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[Q] Rooting HTC One with hboot 1.55!!!

Hey guys, I've recently received my HTC international. It came with 4.2 but I updated it to 4.3. I've unlocked the bootloader and do have TWRP as recovery. Now I'm trying to root my phone and also s-ff but I run into a problem because my hboot is version 1.55.
I've tried various of different methods to root my One, they all complete successfully, get a shortcut for supersu still not rooted.
Can anyone help rooting One with hboot 1.55?

You only have to flash this...

Just tried. I am getting the same message I did before in SuperSU... "There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!! If you just upgraded to Android 4.3, you need to manually re-root - consult the relevant forums for your device."
Just to clarify, this device was not rooted before 4.3. It's a new device. I took it out the box, plugged it into my pc, UPDATED to 4.3 (which updated hboot to 1.55) and then I started looking for ways to root. Unlocking the bootloader worked perfectly but cannot root :/

cagkanm said:
Just tried. I am getting the same message I did before in SuperSU... "There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!! If you just upgraded to Android 4.3, you need to manually re-root - consult the relevant forums for your device."
Just to clarify, this device was not rooted before 4.3. It's a new device. I took it out the box, plugged it into my pc, UPDATED to 4.3 (which updated hboot to 1.55) and then I started looking for ways to root. Unlocking the bootloader worked perfectly but cannot root :/
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Are you running stock rom?

Yes. I am running the official 4.3 update. Maybe I should have mentioned this before, my aim is to get the Google Play edition, 4.4 on this device. As far as I know, I need to be rooted, s-ff for this.

Ain't there another way of doing this? Eg, flashing Android Revolution 40.0? what would happen if I tried flashing this on non rooted device? is there a way it would root the device?

I was able to root my device using openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-m7 as recovery. SuperSU 1.80

cagkanm said:
Ain't there another way of doing this? Eg, flashing Android Revolution 40.0? what would happen if I tried flashing this on non rooted device? is there a way it would root the device?
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Install Android Revolution HD 31.6 then use rumrunner to s-off. That's what worked for me.

Newbie to unlocking bootloader rooting and getting s-off

I have an HTC ONE on verizon.
I have been reading up on unlocking of the bootloader, rooting and achieving s-off, I have a few questions that I am hoping the XDA community can help with.
1.I am on 4.3 jellybean on my ONE will the new tool for HTC devices?
2. I just checked and the new software for the one 4.4 KitKat is out for my version of the one finally! My question is would the new tool still work if I took the 4.4 OTA update or would I loose the ability to use the new tool?
3. Also I know in this process some where that you loose everything on your phone, can someone recommend a method and/or an app to backup all of that stuff so that I do not loose it?

As for backing up your data, I'd suggest Helium. Since you're not rooyed, you will need a companion app on your computer.
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anyone else ideas?

Noobies should not attempt to root or modify

Dont take the kk update and use firewater to unlock and get s-off. Once s-off flash a recovery and use it to backup the phone. Make sure to move the backup to your pc. Then reflash stock recovery and take the ota. Then reflash custom recovery and flash superuser with it. You would then be s-off stock rooted kitkat.

On the other hand, if you don't want S-Off (I doubt you need it), you should OTA-upgrade first to get the newest firmware for your device, then unlock and root. You should still be able to S-Off after that if you want.
If you go this route, you will lose all the contents of the phone. Helium (buggy as it is, it mostly works) a backup of SMS/call log/contacts (if they're not stored in a Google account), and a backup of /sdcard is approximately everything. Also take screenshots of what your desktop looks like, just in case you have a hard time getting that back.

You can take the ota first, it has been confirmed that firewater works on the new ota.

fenstre said:
On the other hand, if you don't want S-Off (I doubt you need it), you should OTA-upgrade first to get the newest firmware for your device, then unlock and root. You should still be able to S-Off after that if you want.
If you go this route, you will lose all the contents of the phone. Helium (buggy as it is, it mostly works) a backup of SMS/call log/contacts (if they're not stored in a Google account), and a backup of /sdcard is approximately everything. Also take screenshots of what your desktop looks like, just in case you have a hard time getting that back.
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I agree. I doubt you will need S-OFF. You really only need it if the phone didn't allow flashing kernels, radios, and images with S-ON. But since you only need root with the HTC One, I'd suggest to stay away from S-OFF. A simple typo could brick your phone if I'm not mistaken.
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cmlusco said:
You can take the ota first, it has been confirmed that firewater works on the new ota.
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Are you sure? I have been reading around these forums and others and haven't heard anything? Not doubting you just don't want to take the OTA update and then loose my chance to do this to my phone?

I just Ulocked, rooted and S-offed my Freshly OTA updated to 4.4.2 One. No problems or issues.
I used :
HTCDEV to unlock
CWM for recovery and root
and FireWater to S-off
Had some hiccups along the way but nothing that came close to bricking it. Just had to change a few settings and permissions.

Asking questions in International GSM htc one will not help with a Verizon device
sent from my mobile device

cmlusco said:
You can take the ota first, it has been confirmed that firewater works on the new ota.
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Iz3man said:
I just Ulocked, rooted and S-offed my Freshly OTA updated to 4.4.2 One. No problems or issues.
I used :
HTCDEV to unlock
CWM for recovery and root
and FireWater to S-off
Had some hiccups along the way but nothing that came close to bricking it. Just had to change a few settings and permissions.
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I thought HTC Dev no longer worked for the htc one?

JSDragon said:
I thought HTC Dev no longer worked for the htc one?
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Worked great for me yesterday. They emailed me a Unlock.bin file, ran it withbadb and presto unlocked.

Iz3man said:
Worked great for me yesterday. They emailed me a Unlock.bin file, ran it withbadb and presto unlocked.
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what would you recommend for backing up all of your stuff so you can restore it after all of this?

JSDragon said:
what would you recommend for backing up all of your stuff so you can restore it after all of this?
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I use adb backup its so far the best I've used... I didntvuse anything this go around, this one was a warranty replacement and I've been driving with my note 3... I just decided to unlock, root and soff this yesterday as a weeknight project

Iz3man said:
I use adb backup its so far the best I've used... I didntvuse anything this go around, this one was a warranty replacement and I've been driving with my note 3... I just decided to unlock, root and soff this yesterday as a weeknight project
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Mmmmm not sure how to use that for backing up my phone.

[Q] Can you just patch a stock ROM to be rooted if you have S-OFF? Or use OTA updates

I honestly can't believe I am asking such a rudimentary question with how long I've been here, but it's always been "htcdev root then s-off exploit" before.
Now though, I have the option of just simply installing Weaksauce to get a temproot... then running that Firewater adb script with that temproot to get S-OFF, essentially getting S-OFF without needing a (permanent) root first.
To be honest, the only reason I even want root right now is to install that app/patcher that removes the SD card restrictions KitKat added. Again, before since I had to use htcdev first I would root, then install a rooted rom, then get S-OFF, so I already had a permrooted rom before I gained S-OFF. If I already have S-OFF(that means I have full access to the entire flashrom right?), would I still not have root access because the rom itself doesn't give me that access? And if so, can I just modify a permissions file or something similar, or would I need to flash a rooted version of the stock rom? I know those exist, but since I just got this phone I don't want to heavily modify it's software just yet. I know it will still have bloatware, and as much as I hate it, almost all of it is uninstallable on the stock Sprint M8 rom (wish I coudl get rid of Sprint Zone and Sprint ID though).
Well, that, and the other reason is because this phone basically came out less than a month ago, and already had a firmware update from Sprint, it is sure to get more updates down the road. Would rooting and getting S-OFF prevent me from installing official updates? (I don't want to have to wait for a modified version to become available, and if I was going to go down that route, I might as well just use a custom rom). Or could an official update lock me back to S-ON and require me to run the exploit again (providing they didn't also patch said exploit in the update)?
Oh, and oen final thing, because I constantly hear that changing the battery (admittedly, not an issue with the M8) or doing this or that breaks Google Wallet for security purposes, would doing any of this stop Google Wallet and it's NFC features from working?

Weaksauce doesn't work on the Sprint M8.
And of course you can still take OTA updates while S-OFF (as long as your system is completely stock and you have the stock recovery).

Captain_Throwback said:
Weaksauce doesn't work on the Sprint M8.
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Oh, I was under the impression that it could
So then my only option is the htcdev unlock? I really want to avoid basically telling HTC "Don't let this IMEI have any warranty service" if I can. I still won't have any issues getting S-OFF if I use the htcdev method though, right?

Cyber Akuma said:
Oh, I was under the impression that it could
So then my only option is the htcdev unlock? I really want to avoid basically telling HTC "Don't let this IMEI have any warranty service" if I can. I still won't have any issues getting S-OFF if I use the htcdev method though, right?
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No, HTC Dev won't interfere with you gaining S-off.

So, does anybody know about the Google Wallet thing?

Cyber Akuma said:
So, does anybody know about the Google Wallet thing?
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What "thing" are you referring to?
Sent from my HTC device

FinZ28 said:
What "thing" are you referring to?
Sent from my HTC device
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Last line in my original post:
Oh, and oen final thing, because I constantly hear that changing the battery (admittedly, not an issue with the M8) or doing this or that breaks Google Wallet for security purposes, would doing any of this stop Google Wallet and it's NFC features from working?
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Google Wallet and all its features should work just fine.
Sent from my HTC device

FinZ28 said:
Google Wallet and all its features should work just fine.
Sent from my HTC device
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Fin is correct, that was an issue with the EVO LTE when it first came out, people were not first disabling Wallet before they flashed, and this caused an issue with app reinstallation. I believe that was resolved many updates ago for wallet.

03orlandor6 said:
Fin is correct, that was an issue with the EVO LTE when it first came out, people were not first disabling Wallet before they flashed, and this caused an issue with app reinstallation. I believe that was resolved many updates ago for wallet.
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Thank you for the detailed response, It's a great help when people also explain why something does or doesn't work in some way.
So basically, to summarize, for a Sprint M8 I can only use the official dev unlock, and even the temporarily root methods don't work, but after I use the dev unlock I can run firewater to get S-Off?
I am going to have to install a rom with root access after I use the dev unlock though and not be able to rely on the Stock rom through aren't I? I can still get a rom that is 100% the stock rom, just with root access though, right?
Would I have to worry about anything or an OTA resetting me to S-ON? Especially if it can fix the exploit that currently allows for S-Off?

Cyber Akuma said:
Thank you for the detailed response, It's a great help when people also explain why something does or doesn't work in some way.
So basically, to summarize, for a Sprint M8 I can only use the official dev unlock, and even the temporarily root methods don't work, but after I use the dev unlock I can run firewater to get S-Off?
I am going to have to install a rom with root access after I use the dev unlock though and not be able to rely on the Stock rom through aren't I? I can still get a rom that is 100% the stock rom, just with root access though, right?
Would I have to worry about anything or an OTA resetting me to S-ON? Especially if it can fix the exploit that currently allows for S-Off?
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Yes, use HTC Dev to unlock, install a custom recovery, then flash SuperSU for root access. You can then use Firewater to gain S-off. You can stay on the stock ROM, just be warned that you'll get update notifications if you aren't on the latest OTA update. Having said that, you won't be able to install said update unless you reinstall the stock recovery.
Sent from my HTC device

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Having said that, you won't be able to install said update unless you reinstall the stock recovery.
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It's only the recovery that matters? Not the S-Off or having Dev unlock or anything else? And only for installing a stock update, not running it after it's been installed?
Isn't that easy to flash and re-flash? Can't I just easily re-flash back to a stock recovery, install the OTA, then flash back?
Oh, and can I lose S-Off in a future update or something this way? Or is it permanent once applied? (Although I know you can hex-exit the bootloader to make it look like it's still S-On, not sure if I want to do that since it sounds extremely risky).

Cyber Akuma said:
It's only the recovery that matters? Not the S-Off or having Dev unlock or anything else? And only for installing a stock update, not running it after it's been installed?
Isn't that easy to flash and re-flash? Can't I just easily re-flash back to a stock recovery, install the OTA, then flash back?
Oh, and can I lose S-Off in a future update or something this way? Or is it permanent once applied? (Although I know you can hex-exit the bootloader to make it look like it's still S-On, not sure if I want to do that since it sounds extremely risky).
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It's that easy, yes, and no, you can't lose S-off by applying an OTA update. Take a look at the thread in the link below for more info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2720558
Sent from my HTC device

[Q] I cannot get htc one m7wls to root

Hello everyone, I've read over many post on rooting this phone, did research online and even watched youtube videos, for some reason its just not working for me. I have unlocked my bootloader, with my unlock code.bin, I've installed TWRP version 2.6.3.0 because the 2.5 version doesn't work with touch for some reason. I then went into recovery mode and hit install and hit SuperSu-v1.25.zip and it says successful. I do notice it says "Updating partition details" . . . then followed by "E:Unable to mount '/cache". I hit reboot system, use the root checker app, and it says sorry phone is not rooted. I click on supersu in apps icon and get message saying "There is no SU binary Installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a pronlem!" I hit ok and the app exits. What did I do wrong? Any help would be appreciated

Try updating your recovery to 2.7.1.1 (via the same method you installed 2.6.3.0) and try using the most up to date su.zip. do a Google search and you should find it in the first couple of links.

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Try updating your recovery to 2.7.1.1 (via the same method you installed 2.6.3.0) and try using the most up to date su.zip. do a Google search and you should find it in the first couple of links.
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Thanks for the reply! I found an update to supersu and installed that zip with same version.recovery. I updated prior to posting to their 2.8 version but something made my phone stay stuck at the HTC brilliant spreen so had to use a recovery and reinstall this older version. Well in any case phone is rooted, now to find threads of getting s off on 4.3 android

Gaining s-off is dependent on the hboot version not the android version. Reboot to your hboot and you'll find your hboot version. Hboots 1.56 and 1.57 are very troublesome to s-off manually, but the sunshine s-off method makes light work of it (it will cost $25 though).

[Q] rooted

Do i have to unroot my moto x for the lollipop update??

rahulgoyal93 said:
Do i have to unroot my moto x for the lollipop update??
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I don't think so, however, if you made any changes to your /system directory the OTA will probably fail.

bhmcarr said:
I don't think so, however, if you made any changes to your /system directory the OTA will probably fail.
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But I read on internet that i probably unrooted automatically after upadte and afterwards i cant able to root my phone again.

rahulgoyal93 said:
But I read on internet that i probably unrooted automatically after upadte and afterwards i cant able to root my phone again.
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If you're unlocked then no problem regarding gaining root.
But yes you have to unroot to receive update

adity said:
If you're unlocked then no problem regarding gaining root.
But yes you have to unroot to receive update
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so can you please give me the link of unrooting the moto x device it would be a great help.

Really? Try scanning threads in this general section. The returning to stock thread always is hovering near the top.

And questions go in the Q&A section.

rahulgoyal93 said:
But I read on internet that i probably unrooted automatically after upadte and afterwards i cant able to root my phone again.
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It depends on which model you have. If you have a model with an unlockable bootloader, you can just re-root when you're done in the same way as you did initially. If you used an exploit on a locked (AT&T/Verizon/Republic) model to get root, it's pretty much guaranteed that you won't be able to get root after the update, and I wouldn't count on another exploit showing up anytime soon, if ever.

You can flash OTA updates while rooted, as long as nothing else is modified or missing from /system and you don't have custom recovery. The update won't remove the su binary either, but permissions will be messed up so it will seem like you're unrooted after you restart.
Sent from my Moto X

imnuts said:
You can flash OTA updates while rooted, as long as nothing else is modified or missing from /system and you don't have custom recovery. The update won't remove the su binary either, but permissions will be messed up so it will seem like you're unrooted after you restart.
Sent from my Moto X
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I install twrp recovery in device and nothing done with the system and i cant find a way to unroot device

imnuts said:
You can flash OTA updates while rooted, as long as nothing else is modified or missing from /system and you don't have custom recovery. The update won't remove the su binary either, but permissions will be messed up so it will seem like you're unrooted after you restart.
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So I can leave twrp installed & remove Xposed and its Modules ?
Thanks

Mickoou said:
So I can leave twrp installed & remove Xposed and its Modules ?
Thanks
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At least read the post you quote

rahulgoyal93 said:
so can you please give me the link of unrooting the moto x device it would be a great help.
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hey can i use temporary unroot option in supersu for the ota??

Can someone post a link to the stock recovery.img? all links i find seem to be dead. VZW standard edition.