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Is it possible to go back to Stock - Completely - To sell the phone?

I have a Mint Condition HTC One phone I am trying to sell - Mostly just because I also own a Nexus 4 and love it - and decided I'd rather keep it and use the money on the HTC One on something else.
I'm having a hard time selling it because the "everything is unlocked" is making people scared to buy it.
It's S-OFF, SuperCID, TWRP 2.6.0.1, Bootloader Unlocked, Running 2.24 Firmware and Android Revolution 12.1, Sim Unlocked too.
It's originally a Rogers Canada HTC One
Is there any way (or guide) to completely make it stock again to help sell it? Any help would be appreciated.

Yep, just flash the Rogers RUU (if available) and then you're good to go! If there isn't one then use one of the Nandroids provided and then get the stock recovery and relock the bootloader

don't forget to go back to S-ON after flashing the RUU

herwegan said:
don't forget to go back to S-ON after flashing the RUU
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Hmm... never flashed a RUU before. Will need to do some reading.
Anyone know where to find a Rogers RUU?
I don't care if its Rogers specifically - it can be Telus or Bell too as long as it works.
I just want to go back to Stock so it's capable of updating OTA somehow if possible.

bigystyle84 said:
Hmm... never flashed a RUU before. Will need to do some reading.
Anyone know where to find a Rogers RUU?
I don't care if its Rogers specifically - it can be Telus or Bell too as long as it works.
I just want to go back to Stock so it's capable of updating OTA somehow if possible.
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just download the RUU (sorry, don't know if there is one for your carrier), be sure to be s-off, and then run the RUU.exe or flash the RUU.zip.
the RUU will flash stock recovery, stock rom and i think it will even relock your bootloader. and then you'll be able to download OTA-updates again.
last step is to put it back to s-on and you should be done..

Ruu for bell. Rogers, telus is not available yet, your best bet is to flash the stock wwe Ruu. Remember to flash the stock hboot if you are using a modified hboot for the red lines or you would brick your device
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EnIXmA said:
Ruu for bell. Rogers, telus is not available yet, your best bet is to flash the stock wwe Ruu. Remember to flash the stock hboot if you are using a modified hboot for the red lines or you would brick your device
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Thanks
I'm S-OFF using the Revone Method
I'm on firmware 2.24 and HBoot 1.54 (Still S-Off though)
If anyone has time, can somebody give me a real quick overview on what I need to do? I'll buy ya a beer!
I'm not real familiar with HTC Devices - This was my first experience and to be honest, Right now I'm wishing I didn't do this if I knew before hand I was going to flip it so fast.

Ok no problem
First download the RUU from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39588860
and run the .exe.
then you'll have stock hboot and stock recovery + stock rom.
After this you can use hasoon2000's toolkit to get back to s-on: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183942
Be sure you never installed a custom hboot before and you are using a official hboot. Better check twice if the red warning text is there before you go s-on
And that's it
No beer needed, "thanks-button" is enough
Cheers

herwegan said:
Ok no problem
First download the RUU from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39588860
and run the .exe.
then you'll have stock hboot and stock recovery + stock rom.
After this you can use hasoon2000's toolkit to get back to s-on: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183942
Be sure you never installed a custom hboot before and you are using a official hboot. Better check twice if the red warning text is there before you go s-on
And that's it
No beer needed, "thanks-button" is enough
Cheers
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You cant run the RUU with Super CID. You will have to change it to one that matches the RUU you choose before running it, but keep s-off. Then you should be able to use the tool as mentioned above or do all the things manually. You can use my guide if you like:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43458497

Thanks for the help.
Which specific RUU should I flash? I don't see a Generic WWE One in that thread - just a couple of WWE ones for Developer Editions. Should I use an AT&T one? I can change the CID back to whatever is needed.
Am I able to do this somehow with the Nandroid backup for Rogers in that thread?
Also - What do you mean by "check for the red lines" exactly? I am on HBoot 1.54, Is there a easy way of going back to 1.44?
Sorry for all the questions - I'm kinda annoyed there isn't a Rogers RUU available. Last thing I need is a bricked phone - I'm only selling it as I honestly I shouldn't have bought it to begin with (Financially)

Where are you going to try and sell it? If to another user in Canada with one of those carriers, then they wouldn't to buy the unit with a AT&T image on it, I would think.
However running the ATT one would be a very easy way to reset everything including the hboot (no worry about red lines if run the RUU). Then you could sell to a US buyer who is going to use ATT (Tmobile also has a RUU). My guide for reseting to ATT:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43458497
There are some threads around here where users are resetting Rodgers back to stock but it is much harder without a RUU and I am not sure of your comfort level.
To use one of the Rodgers Nandroids to do a complete reset to stock I would:
Change the CID to CWS__001 and run the ATT RUU to reset all your firmware, hboot etc, back to stock. You will still have unlocked bootloader and s-off, so you can then change back to your stock CID and then use the fastboot command to boot (but not install) a custom recovery in order to restore the Rodgers Nandroid and then just relock and s-on. Should be 100% Rodgers stock.
Code:
fastboot boot yourcustomrecovery.img
You can only use this method to boot a recovery without installing it, if on hboot 1.44, so that is why I recommend using the RUU to downgrade all that stuff for you.
Let me know if you need more help. I'd be happy to guide you.
Crush
PS - Love your Avatar. You should change your location to "Parts Unknown" to complete the joke. I may have to bust out a Conky avatar now!

bigystyle84 said:
Thanks for the help.
Which specific RUU should I flash? I don't see a Generic WWE One in that thread - just a couple of WWE ones for Developer Editions. Should I use an AT&T one? I can change the CID back to whatever is needed.
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you could take the latest open europe RUU (RUU_M7_UL_JB_50_HTC_Europe_1.28.401.7), or take an AT&T one.. don't really know which one would be better for your situation you'll know it better
Am I able to do this somehow with the Nandroid backup for Rogers in that thread?
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this is also an option. you can flash this nandroid backup through cwm recovery. but then you'd have to manually install stock recovery and lock the bootloader/go back to s-on. why not :good:
Also - What do you mean by "check for the red lines" exactly? I am on HBoot 1.54, Is there a easy way of going back to 1.44?
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you can stay on 1.54 if everything works fine after flashing the older firmware. the "warning text" is related to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2316726
but if you've never installed a custom HBoot you don't have to worry about this when going back to s-on. just check once if the red warning text in the bootscreen is there.
Sorry for all the questions - I'm kinda annoyed there isn't a Rogers RUU available. Last thing I need is a bricked phone - I'm only selling it as I honestly I shouldn't have bought it to begin with (Financially)
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hope it works :fingers-crossed:

crushalot said:
Where are you going to try and sell it? If to another user in Canada with one of those carriers, then they wouldn't to buy the unit with a AT&T image on it, I would think.
However running the ATT one would be a very easy way to reset everything including the hboot (no worry about red lines if run the RUU). Then you could sell to a US buyer who is going to use ATT (Tmobile also has a RUU). My guide for reseting to ATT:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43458497
There are some threads around here where users are resetting Rodgers back to stock but it is much harder without a RUU and I am not sure of your comfort level.
To use one of the Rodgers Nandroids to do a complete reset to stock I would:
Change the CID to CWS__001 and run the ATT RUU to reset all your firmware, hboot etc, back to stock. You will still have unlocked bootloader and s-off, so you can then change back to your stock CID and then use the fastboot command to boot (but not install) a custom recovery in order to restore the Rodgers Nandroid and then just relock and s-on. Should be 100% Rodgers stock.
Code:
fastboot boot yourcustomrecovery.img
You can only use this method to boot a recovery without installing it, if on hboot 1.44, so that is why I recommend using the RUU to downgrade all that stuff for you.
Let me know if you need more help. I'd be happy to guide you.
Crush
PS - Love your Avatar. You should change your location to "Parts Unknown" to complete the joke. I may have to bust out a Conky avatar now!
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Hey, I'm trying to do the same thing as OP, and this thread has been the closest thing to my issue. I'm trying to return everything on my phone to stock, however my Canadian carrier is Bell. Currently my HTC One has the bootloader unlocked, is rooted, TWRP recovery, and TrickDroid installed.
If I understand your instructions correctly, what I should do (given I want to restore using a nandroid backup) is:
1) S-Off my phone
2) Change the CID to CWS___001 and run the ATT RUU
3) Change the CID back to my original (BM_001 is what I think it is, do you know how I can make sure? What command to run for ADB?)
4) The Nandroid backup from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207874&highlight=bell+update for my phone is for CWM (it's this one: M7 CWM Nandroid Backup / CID BM___001 / 1.29.666.5), does that mean I have to change my recovery from TWRP to CWM at this point?
5) Use fastboot to boot the recovery --> two questions regarding this, 1) why would I not install the .zip I downloaded from step 4? 2) where do I get the recovery.img? Just the one that is in the zip? In which case, shouldn't I also has to boot the boot.img or anything else?
6) I also want to upgrade the radio, should that be done last?
Thanks for all your help!
Lastly, I'm looking for a ROM to flash afterwards, I was wondering if you had any suggestions/know of a ROM that can allow me to use the swipe2sleep features, as well as hold the back touch button to force kill an app.

Just sell it on swappa. They love rooted unlocked modded phones.

[Q] Back to Stock

Sorry if it is a noob question
I have a Rogers HTC One, 4.2.2 KitKat, S-On, HBoot 1.56, Software 4.19.631.9, Root, TWRP (unlocked at HTC Dev)
I don't have a Nanodroid Backup (Big error...)
I haven't been successful in getting S-OFF neither with Rumrunner nor firewater, I kind of disappointed, and maybe I'm taking the lazy way. I want to go back to stock so I can get future OTA updates. So... I don't care much about the Relock flag or anything, just the OTAs,
Can I just use a RUU and flash it right away? So get a fresh rom, unroot, and stock recovery? Or what can I do? I don't want to brick my device.
I see that in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428276 there is the KitKat Rogers RUU, can I use this even if I'm S-ON?
Thanks for your help...

jorgepena9 said:
I see that in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428276 there is the KitKat Rogers RUU, can I use this even if I'm S-ON?
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With S-ON, you can flash a ruu if its the same version or higher than what you have on the device, so yes, you can use the 4.19.631.9 ruu. You must also have a locked/relocked bootloader to use a ruu with S-ON.

[Q] Return to Stock Question

My phone is rooted, unlocked, and S-OFF. I currently have Cyanogenmod installed but interested in going back to a Sense ROM. With previous phones I had to RUU and go through the rooting process again. Is there an easier way to go back to a Sense ROM without having to relock Bootloader, S-ON, then RUU?

DrZune said:
My phone is rooted, unlocked, and S-OFF. I currently have Cyanogenmod installed but interested in going back to a Sense ROM. With previous phones I had to RUU and go through the rooting process again. Is there an easier way to go back to a Sense ROM without having to relock Bootloader, S-ON, then RUU?
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Just download the Sense ROM, put it in the phone, go to TWRP, wipe everything but internal storage (might want to back things up first), and then flash the Sense ROM.

DrZune said:
My phone is rooted, unlocked, and S-OFF. I currently have Cyanogenmod installed but interested in going back to a Sense ROM. With previous phones I had to RUU and go through the rooting process again. Is there an easier way to go back to a Sense ROM without having to relock Bootloader, S-ON, then RUU?
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Since your s-off you can RUU without relocking bootloader.
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[Q] GPE to Sense

I was originally on Sense 6 with Hboot 1.57, however I made a switch to GPE and flashed the ruu. Prior to this I changed my cid to supercid 1111111 so that I could do so. My Hboot has dropped to 1.54.
If I wish to return to Sense do I need to find my regional ruu, or as I have changed my cid I can pretty much wwe release? Also, do I need to change my Hboot to a lower version or leave as is?
While I'm on GPE, can I flash aosp roms such as cm, aokp etc?
Thank you.

maritimesbob said:
I was originally on Sense 6 with Hboot 1.57, however I made a switch to GPE and flashed the ruu. Prior to this I changed my cid to supercid 1111111 so that I could do so. My Hboot has dropped to 1.54.
If I wish to return to Sense do I need to find my regional ruu, or as I have changed my cid I can pretty much wwe release? Also, do I need to change my Hboot to a lower version or leave as is?
While I'm on GPE, can I flash aosp roms such as cm, aokp etc?
Thank you.
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1. The best way to get back your warranty (I think you want it) is to change CID to your stock CID and flash RUU for your CID.
2. Yoou don;t have to change Hboot coz RUU will do it for you so leave it as is.
3. Yes you can flash all Custom ROMS not only AOSP but it's good to have SuperCID.

No I'm not after keeping my warranty, just asking in case I wanted to switch back to Sense. I can flash a Sense rom over GPE? I wasn't aware that was possible. Figured I would need to go back to a Sense base via ruu.

maritimesbob said:
No I'm not after keeping my warranty, just asking in case I wanted to switch back to Sense. I can flash a Sense rom over GPE? I wasn't aware that was possible. Figured I would need to go back to a Sense base via ruu.
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Yes to go back to Sense you should flash a Sense RUU. And to be on the safe side you should use the earliest ruu you can downgrading to hboot 1.4.4. Then update the phone to the latest sense.
If you don't use an ruu to revert you risk running into problems later. And as your obviously s-off do not under any circumstance 're-lock your bootloader or go back to s-on. you will be stuck with a brick.

Ok, any tips to avoid accidently relocking the bootloader?
I was checking the GPE conversion thread, it simply states flashing the hboot 1.44 ruu, flash a stock ruu, pretty much it? Is there anything that could cause the bootloader to lock or for me to lose s-off? I paid sunshine for that, don't fancy losing it again!!
Assume, I'll have to root and flash custom recovery again? Yeah don't fancy going through the unlocking bootloader procedure again.
I simply want to go back to Sense, retain s-off and my unlocked bootloader so I can continue flashing custom roms and all that fun.
I have supercid 1111111 which means I can use a Euro ruu or any other? I was on Vodafone UK.
Thanks,

maritimesbob said:
Ok, any tips to avoid accidently relocking the bootloader?
I was checking the GPE conversion thread, it simply states flashing the hboot 1.44 ruu, flash a stock ruu, pretty much it? Is there anything that could cause the bootloader to lock or for me to lose s-off? I paid sunshine for that, don't fancy losing it again!!
Assume, I'll have to root and flash custom recovery again? Yeah don't fancy going through the unlocking bootloader procedure again.
I simply want to go back to Sense, retain s-off and my unlocked bootloader so I can continue flashing custom roms and all that fun.
I have supercid 1111111 which means I can use a Euro ruu or any other? I was on Vodafone UK.
Thanks,
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Well you'll be pleased to know that if you used Sunshine to s-off. Should you need it again you won't have to pay. You only pay once per device.
Locking the bootloader and switching s-on can only be done manually using specific fastboot commands. Or Very specific dd commands in recovery. It's not likely to happen accidentally.
I only warned you of it because some users made the mistake of thinking it was necessary. But if the phone ends up locked or s-on without a proper conversion they can become impossible to recover.

All done, quite painless really. Thanks for the help.

The easiest way to return to stock rom?

So I have tried CM13 and MIUI, but I preferred the stock ROM. What's the easiest way now to return to the stock ROM? I'm S-OFF and I really need to keep S-OFF, this is why I didn't go with a RUU, I'm not sure if using a RUU will make my bootloader S-ON again!

You can use an RUU to go back to stock. It is in fact the best way to do so. It won't set your bootloader to s-on. You can only do that manually your self with a specific fastboot command. Also being s-off means you don't need to relock your bootloader to flash the RUU either.

Thanks, you cleared my doubts. Is there a good guide you can reccomend to flash a RUU?

Look in the general section, there is a sticky thread for RUU, you'll find the instructions at post #1.