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[Q] Stock recoveries - The right one, their behavior and the risks of flashing them

Hi, I have an Unlocked 32GB HTC One (BS_US001) and I'm having a hard time trying to find info about stock recoveries.
My phone currently is on stock 4.1.2, bootloader unlocked, S-Off and rooted. I was using the TWRP recovery, used to root my phone. Since the 4.3 update came out, I was searching for the stock recovery to proceed with the update, but too many different files seems to exist. I just want to install the right recovery and apply the 4.3 update, no full ROM flash.
Yesterday I flashed this recovery file (9MB) and got icons similar of those on the right of this image.
Today, I flashed this one (7.9MB) and got something like this, the little android icon.
Later, I've found another one (9.8MB).
Edit: and another one, a few bytes shorter than the third.
But now I'm little afraid of flashing again, just for the sake of it.
So, first of all, which one is the right file for my phone (yet another one)?
Second, I flash recoveries through fastboot command line (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img). Can this method and command brick my phone?
Third, how the stock recovery behaves on your phone? Both times, when I flashed the files and entered in recovery mode, my phone would boot 2 or 3 times straight into recovery mode again, until it boot itself properly, into the system. Also, recovery mode goes from the green to the red icon and awaits until I reboot the phone again.
Thanks in advance.
Final edit: For the sake of others lost in the lack of good info, I'm editing this old post.
I found some crap advices here and there. One of them was the need to relock the bootloader to accept OTAs. It doesn't make any sense, but if you are seeking help, you will take **** as good advice. Don't do it.
Another bad advice was about the stock recovery. Just open the last update you got (Downloads folder on your phone or get the OTA from HTC website) and extract the recovery.img file. Flash it and you have the proper stock recovery for your phone.
All of this is about the stock HTC One - no custom roms, no xposed changes, nothing. The only thing I did prior to this was to flash TWRP and root. That's how I want my phone for now - stock with root.

I kind of went through this today. Ended up just wiping it, running a RUU and reapplying OTAs.
I'll tell you this… after I went through this I attempted to salvage the stock recovery before rerooting etc. I was stuck trying to get fastboot to boot a recovery instead of flash one. I did find an alternate way to harvest the recovery. I got it out of the ota. I'm not done testing it yet, but my phone was still showing tampered. Flashed cwr and called it a day at that point
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Thank you for your answer. I'm trying to avoid the whole RUU thing, but I'll keep it as a last resource, for sure. Also, I'm trying to understand more about this piece of software called recovery.

The one I sent you is pulled directly from stock 1.29.1540.16 for Dev. edition, which comes with an unlocked bootloader as well. Also, it's signed, which will allow it to be flashed whether you're s-on or off. Assuming your MID is PN0712000, with CID BS_US001, this recovery is your stock and will work. Hope it helps.

kibmikey1 said:
The one I sent you is pulled directly from stock 1.29.1540.16 for Dev. edition, which comes with an unlocked bootloader as well. Also, it's signed, which will allow it to be flashed whether you're s-on or off. Assuming your MID is PN0712000, with CID BS_US001, this recovery is your stock and will work. Hope it helps.
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I've been running into similar issues. For the previous 2 OTA's (1540.3 --> 1540.16 & 1540.16 --> 1540.17), simply reflashed stock recovery, ran the OTA, it updated, then I flashed TWRP again. For the most recent OTA (3.22.1540.1, I think), that seems to not be working, but I can't seem to find the right recovery. I've found 1540.3's recovery, but not 1540.16 (or .17 if there was a new recovery in that OTA). Where did you end up finding it?
Thanks!

bjg222 said:
I've been running into similar issues. For the previous 2 OTA's (1540.3 --> 1540.16 & 1540.16 --> 1540.17), simply reflashed stock recovery, ran the OTA, it updated, then I flashed TWRP again. For the most recent OTA (3.22.1540.1, I think), that seems to not be working, but I can't seem to find the right recovery. I've found 1540.3's recovery, but not 1540.16 (or .17 if there was a new recovery in that OTA). Where did you end up finding it?
Thanks!
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I pulled it directly from my decrypted RUU zip of 1540.16.

Here, there are some of stock recovery.
Check if there is the right version for you.
You have to check the versionmain on your phone

kibmikey1 said:
I pulled it directly from my decrypted RUU zip of 1540.16.
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Would you be willing to share it? I haven't found a decrypted version of the 1540.16 RUU since Bugsy's hosting server stopped hosting downloads (The new thread only has 1540.3 last I checked).
Guich said:
Here, there are some of stock recovery.
Check if there is the right version for you.
You have to check the versionmain on your phone
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Thanks, looks like for the dev edition, those sites only have the new recovery from the Android 4.3 updated (3.22.1540.1), though

bjg222 said:
Thanks, looks like for the dev edition, those sites only have the new recovery from the Android 4.3 updated (3.22.1540.1), though
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Is the 3.22 in the folder

Guich said:
Is the 3.22 in the folder
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In the Dev Edition folder, 3.22 is all that's there. Have you had any luck finding the 1.29.1540.16 recovery? That's the one I need.

bjg222 said:
In the Dev Edition folder, 3.22 is all that's there. Have you had any luck finding the 1.29.1540.16 recovery? That's the one I need.
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1.29.1540.16 Developer Edition signed stock recovery.

Has anyone else flashed stock recovery while on custom ROM? I was pleasantly surprised to discover my SD card was wiped Is this normal, and was there some way I could have figured out this was what was going to happen? I don't really understand what stock recovery does/is for. The only other time I'd flashed stock recovery was after restoring to stock ROM from nandroid.

kibmikey1 said:
1.29.1540.16 Developer Edition signed stock recovery.
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Awesome, thanks!

bjg222 said:
Awesome, thanks!
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Have you had any luck with this? I have a DE 64gb and I'm in the same situation you were/are, I'm on stock recovery but I can't accept the OTA unlike the other 4.1.2 ones. Always gets stuck on the red triangle !.

arikah said:
Have you had any luck with this? I have a DE 64gb and I'm in the same situation you were/are, I'm on stock recovery but I can't accept the OTA unlike the other 4.1.2 ones. Always gets stuck on the red triangle !.
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If you're rooted, unroot through SU, then do a factory reset and try it again.

kibmikey1 said:
If you're rooted, unroot through SU, then do a factory reset and try it again.
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I haven't been rooted since one of the last 4.1.2 updates, because that's when I went back to stock recovery. I was able to accept those OTA packs, why is this one different? I'm really trying to save factory resets or RUU's for the absolute last ditch effort, in fact I'm more likely to stick with 4.1.2 until I can find a way to do this.

help
I have att htc one dev edition, its in soft brick state and i cny get it to do anything, i have tried running the recovery kit, and that get to the end then error 131...
could somebody please suggest some help for me please, thanks in advance

[Q] Dev Edition - Root but keep OTA?

I have sucessfully converted my AT&T HTC One to the Developers Edition. If install TWRP and root the device, then re-install the stock recovery, can I maintain the ability to receive OTA Updates?
Also can someone confirm that the 4.06.1540 recovery is the latest for 4.4.2 sense 6? (Found Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2545227)
Or if there is a better way to accomplish root etc.
Thank you in advance.

sednafx said:
I have sucessfully converted my AT&T HTC One to the Developers Edition. If install TWRP and root the device, then re-install the stock recovery, can I maintain the ability to receive OTA Updates?
Also can someone confirm that the 4.06.1540 recovery is the latest for 4.4.2 sense 6? (Found Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2545227)
Or if there is a better way to accomplish root etc.
Thank you in advance.
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That is a good recovery to have in place *before* you start checking for the latest 5.x.x.x OTA. Technically it's not the "latest" (the latest one would be the one you will end up with *after* the OTA) but it's the right one for your situation.
Overall the short answer to your question is yes, you can get OTA's with this plan.
If you remove anything from /system you might not.
If you do more stuff (like downgrading HBOOT, installing a custom kernel, whatever) you might not.
But for most people in your situation, you'll get OTA's.
Generally.
Enjoy.

sednafx said:
I have sucessfully converted my AT&T HTC One to the Developers Edition. If install TWRP and root the device, then re-install the stock recovery, can I maintain the ability to receive OTA Updates?
Also can someone confirm that the 4.06.1540 recovery is the latest for 4.4.2 sense 6? (Found Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2545227)
Or if there is a better way to accomplish root etc.
Thank you in advance.
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The best thing to do is a nandroid of your stock rom & recovery prior to installing TWRP and obtaining root. If you need to go back to stock you will have it. I haven't seen the stock recovery for 4.4.2 sense 6, it should be 5.11.1540.9.

majmoz said:
The best thing to do is a nandroid of your stock rom & recovery prior to installing TWRP and obtaining root. If you need to go back to stock you will have it. I haven't seen the stock recovery for 4.4.2 sense 6, it should be 5.11.1540.9.
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Sure it is but unfortunately if has not been possible to (fastboot boot recovery.zip) since hboot 1.44
The best most people can do is after taking the update reflash TWRP and make a backup including recovery. then download and keep the stock recovery with it.

Thank you all for the response. Here is what I would like to do:
1. Backup my existing recovery through adb using the #dd command. Anyone know the correct syntax?
2. Install TWRP and backup the existing unrooted ROM.
3. Root the device. Do not remove any files from /system, no custom kernels (doesn't really matter since I will restore backup). Simply use titanium back to restore my apks and freeze the ones I don't use. I would like to install Xposed though.....
4. See OTA Update. Backup apks, restore unrooted. Restore stock recovery through adb. Anyone know why the syntax??
5. Run the OTA Update.
6. Profit.... Go back to step 1.
What do you all think? Any help with the syntax to dump and restore stock recovery?
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sednafx said:
1. Backup my existing recovery through adb using the #dd command. Anyone know the correct syntax?
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doesn't know the #dd command but recovery can be extracted from the firmware package inside the ota.zip
anyway, I have all the latest dev edition recovery so you'll save a little time:
4.06.1540.2 MD5: 2bb3d9df9ce8c8329db8d22781613e2c
4.06.1540.3 MD5: 87eaf7d4a9c4ba1108bf26164b1f3f3d
4.19.1540.4 MD5: 6e25ef0e614c41722b2fb4afbdde5d7c
4.19.1540.9 MD5: b4d31a181a9e44225dc83282bc1bf134
5.11.1540.9 MD5: c487a17382e2e1c207efae66fed00925
you need the one that match your actual version
2. Install TWRP and backup the existing unrooted ROM.
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Always a good thing to do, also make a copy of that backup on your computer.
3. Root the device. Do not remove any files from /system, no custom kernels (doesn't really matter since I will restore backup). Simply use titanium back to restore my apks and freeze the ones I don't use. I would like to install Xposed though.....
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no problem using xposed and receiving ota updates
4. See OTA Update. Backup apks, restore unrooted. Restore stock recovery through adb. Anyone know why the syntax??
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no need to restore your backup if you didnt modified/deleted /system or /preload files and your kernel is stock. Just restore your recovery
Code:
fastboot flash recovery name_of_file.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
5. Run the OTA Update.
6. Profit.... Go back to step 1.
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More Questions on Receiving OTA's
@alray On Step 4, to receive the OTA's, in addition to restoring stock recovery, wouldn't it be necessary to unroot the device and disable Xposed?

gingerlindsey said:
@alray On Step 4, to receive the OTA's, in addition to restoring stock recovery, wouldn't it be necessary to unroot the device and disable Xposed?
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no need to unroot to be able to apply the ota but you might loose root after the update, in that case, root again after the update.
I have updated mine many times with xposed still enabled and didnt have any issue. But you might want to disable module like ''sense 5 toolbox'' when updating to sense 6... Anyway if you want to be safe, yes you can disable xposed but this is not required.

@alray Thank you very much! I was unrooting and disabling Xposed, etc. Good to know I can "Keep it Simple"!

@alray The link for the latest recovery is 404ed. Can you repost? EDIT: Nevermind. Removed the [/HIDE] from the link and it worked.
Where is the OTA saved BTW?
Thanks again for all the advise. I may update the OP to outline these in detail.

The ota is saved to /sdcard/downloads
Sorry for the bad link, it should work now
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alray said:
The ota is saved to /sdcard/downloads
Sorry for the bad link, it should work now
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That path makes perfect sense.... I feel like captain obvious smacked me in the face..... Thanks!!!!!
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[Q] Help...stuck at HTC screen

Please help I unlocked and loaded twrp. Then I flashed the latest Bad Boys Rom 4.4.3 and now I am stuck at the HTC screen. I can't get it to do anything. I have read and tried for hours to RUU or find some way to get a ROM to boot. I am lost...any help much appreciated!

kpahl1973 said:
Please help I unlocked and loaded twrp. Then I flashed the latest Bad Boys Rom 4.4.3 and now I am stuck at the HTC screen. I can't get it to do anything. I have read and tried for hours to RUU or find some way to get a ROM to boot. I am lost...any help much appreciated!
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Did you fastboot flash the boot image?
What firmware are you on?
Which version of TWRP did you flash?

Captain_Throwback said:
Did you fastboot flash the boot image?
What firmware are you on?
Which version of TWRP did you flash?
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I used the One_M8_ALL-in -One-Kit_v to get root and to flash trwp 2.7.0.2. I didn't mess with the firmware but I know I was on 4.4.2 and it wanted to take the update but I didn't allow it. I flashed Bad Boyz 4.4.3 latest version...And I do feel dumb for doing that. Wasnt thinking. NOw I am stuck on the white htc screen and cant even get it off by holding the power down button.

kpahl1973 said:
I used the One_M8_ALL-in -One-Kit_v to get root and to flash trwp 2.7.0.2. I didn't mess with the firmware but I know I was on 4.4.2 and it wanted to take the update but I didn't allow it. I flashed Bad Boyz 4.4.3 latest version...And I do feel dumb for doing that. Wasnt thinking. NOw I am stuck on the white htc screen and cant even get it off by holding the power down button.
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Ok I was just able to get it back to the bootloader and recovery. Thats a positive step. So what do I need to run? I am not S OFF and dont have a rom loaded at the moment. Any help appreciated. I dont want to mess it up any more than I have.

kpahl1973 said:
Ok I was just able to get it back to the bootloader and recovery. Thats a positive step. So what do I need to run? I am not S OFF and dont have a rom loaded at the moment. Any help appreciated. I dont want to mess it up any more than I have.
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Does anyone have an old 4.4.2 rom I can load to get me going? I know I need to s off and right now I need to get my phone up and running for work and need an older rom that works with current firmware. Thanks so much for any help. I am dead in the water at the moment.

kpahl1973 said:
Does anyone have an old 4.4.2 rom I can load to get me going? I know I need to s off and right now I need to get my phone up and running for work and need an older rom that works with current firmware. Thanks so much for any help. I am dead in the water at the moment.
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http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...L-Stock-Rooted-Base-2-16-651-4-(Android-4-4-3)
Don't forget to fastboot flash the boot image, and you'll need to download SuperSU and flash the zip after you flash the ROM for it to boot up completely.

Captain_Throwback said:
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...L-Stock-Rooted-Base-2-16-651-4-(Android-4-4-3)
Don't forget to fastboot flash the boot image, and you'll need to download SuperSU and flash the zip after you flash the ROM for it to boot up completely.
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Thanks Captain...how do you fastboot flash a .zip file? never done that before...I have flashed a image file but not a zip. I have downloaded your rom and waiting to make sure I flash your 0P6BIMG_m8whl_2.16.651.4_boot_kexec-hardboot_patched.zip correctly before moving forward. Also will any SuperSU zip file work on the phone?

kpahl1973 said:
Thanks Captain...how do you fastboot flash a .zip file? never done that before...I have flashed a image file but not a zip. I have downloaded your rom and waiting to make sure I flash your 0P6BIMG_m8whl_2.16.651.4_boot_kexec-hardboot_patched.zip correctly before moving forward. Also will any SuperSU zip file work on the phone?
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Click the second link in my sig & scroll down to the section on S-on kernel flashing.
As far as SuperSU, you'll find it in the link below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053

kpahl1973 said:
Thanks Captain...how do you fastboot flash a .zip file? never done that before...I have flashed a image file but not a zip. I have downloaded your rom and waiting to make sure I flash your 0P6BIMG_m8whl_2.16.651.4_boot_kexec-hardboot_patched.zip correctly before moving forward. Also will any SuperSU zip file work on the phone?
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You don't need that zip file. Just extract to boot.img from the ROM zip. The zip file is specifically for MultiROM support.

Captain_Throwback said:
You don't need that zip file. Just extract to boot.img from the ROM zip. The zip file is specifically for MultiROM support.
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Ok I flashed the boot.img from the rom I downloaded which was M8WHL 2.16.651.4 Stock Rooted - Deodex and then I flashed the rom. I then flashed the latest SuperSU and rebooted and I am still stuck at the htc screen...did I do something wrong? I was careful to follow step by step with the instructions.

kpahl1973 said:
Ok I flashed the boot.img from the rom I downloaded which was M8WHL 2.16.651.4 Stock Rooted - Deodex and then I flashed the rom. I then flashed the latest SuperSU and rebooted and I am still stuck at the htc screen...did I do something wrong? I was careful to follow step by step with the instructions.
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I thought you wanted to flash an older base ROM? If so, you wanted to choose a 1.xx base ROM from the thread. Perhaps that's your issue.

Captain_Throwback said:
I thought you wanted to flash an older base ROM? If so, you wanted to choose a 1.xx base ROM from the thread. Perhaps that's your issue.
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Yes I did to get it going. What would I have to do to get the 2.xx rom going? Or do I need to just get it running first on the old version? I really do appreciate all the help! I really just want my phone to work and its so frustrating. I am downloading the older version now and will try that with the boot.img and supersu as well.

kpahl1973 said:
Yes I did to get it going. What would I have to do to get the 2.xx rom going? Or do I need to just get it running first on the old version? I really do appreciate all the help! I really just want my phone to work and its so frustrating. I am downloading the older version now and will try that with the boot.img and supersu as well.
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Flashing the 2.xx base ROM requires updating your firmware. You needed an older stock ROM so you could S-OFF and do update it, correct? I thought that was the original issue?

Captain_Throwback said:
Flashing the 2.xx base ROM requires updating your firmware. You needed an older stock ROM so you could S-OFF and do update it, correct? I thought that was the original issue?
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Yes you are correct. I got ahead of myself. I am downloading the older stock now and hopefully can get that running and then will attempt to s off and put this behind me. Believe it or not I have rooted the evo, lte, one7 and now first time messed up with the m8. You would think I would know a little more and not have made these mistakes. Oh well...with luck this will work and I appreciate all the help!

kpahl1973 said:
Yes you are correct. I got ahead of myself. I am downloading the older stock now and hopefully can get that running and then will attempt to s off and put this behind me. Believe it or not I have rooted the evo, lte, one7 and now first time messed up with the m8. You would think I would know a little more and not have made these mistakes. Oh well...with luck this will work and I appreciate all the help!
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Thanks for all the help! I am back up and running. I will S off and update.

HTC one OTA

Hello everyone, I have a question. First of all, I have a rooted HTC one on stock ROM with TWRP recovery with s-on (haven't got to it yet.). How would I install an OTA without loosing root? I saw a video in which I flash stock recovery, download and install OTA, then reinstall custom recovery. Question us will this work on s-on? If not, is there another way? Thanks!

superrichie2825 said:
Hello everyone, I have a question. First of all, I have a rooted HTC one on stock ROM with TWRP recovery with s-on (haven't got to it yet.). How would I install an OTA without loosing root? I saw a video in which I flash stock recovery, download and install OTA, then reinstall custom recovery. Question us will this work on s-on? If not, is there another way? Thanks!
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The minute you flash the stock recovery you will lose root. The steps you describe is how to get the OTA. For the OTA you need stock recovery, stock rom and you may need some files in the /preload/ folder that were deleted when you unlocked your bootloader.

majmoz said:
The minute you flash the stock recovery you will lose root. The steps you describe is how to get the OTA. For the OTA you need stock recovery, stock rom and you may need some files in the /preload/ folder that were deleted when you unlocked your bootloader.
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Oh ok, well as thanks for the reply. Do you think it would be possible to download it and install it by flashing the apk file or zip file instead of OTA?

superrichie2825 said:
Oh ok, well as thanks for the reply. Do you think it would be possible to download it and install it by flashing the apk file or zip file instead of OTA?
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If you are S-OFF you can flash it in stock recovery otherwise you will have to get the file OTA.

superrichie2825 said:
Oh ok, well as thanks for the reply. Do you think it would be possible to download it and install it by flashing the apk file or zip file instead of OTA?
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It would be better to use a Guru Reset if you want ota's. You can simply make a backup in custom recovery. Flash the reset zip and take ota updates when your all done reflash twrp recovery and restore your backup.
You need to see if there's a reset zip that matches your MID, CID and Version main. For it to work though. Look here http://www.htc1guru.com/downloads/stock-rom-downloads/ or post your details if you need help to find the right one.
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Danny201281 said:
It would be better to use a Guru Reset if you want ota's. You can simply make a backup in custom recovery. Flash the reset zip and take ota updates when your all done reflash twrp recovery and restore your backup.
You need to see if there's a reset zip that matches your MID, CID and Version main. For it to work though. Look here http://www.htc1guru.com/downloads/stock-rom-downloads/ or post your details if you need help to find the right one.
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Sorry for late reply, but thanks for the help!
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Latest KitKat stock ROM available

So I've reset my HTC One back to stock 2 days ago and since then have received a lot of OTA updates.
Then I found that I had lost root.
I managed to reinstall TWRP and root today, but got another OTA update notification.
Because I don't want to lose root (and because TWRP says you should not update with custom recoveries), I'm looking for another way to update.
TWRP suggests to "wait for the developers to create a new ROM" but honestly, finding something in this forum is not easy...
My update is 6.09.401, but if there is something more recent I'll take that (but still KitKat). I've looked in the ROM collection but the latest seems to be 5.x or jump to 7.xx.
If I have to do some work (e.g. more research) please direct me to the right direction and I'll be happy to do it.
Will RUUs work? Still not clear what they are.

algiogia said:
So I've reset my HTC One back to stock 2 days ago and since then have received a lot of OTA updates.
Then I found that I had lost root.
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Yep, you'll always loose root after an OTA update. Must ppl doesn't matter about that since it only takes a few minutes to root again.
I managed to reinstall TWRP and root today, but got another OTA update notification.
Because I don't want to lose root (and because TWRP says you should not update with custom recoveries), I'm looking for another way to update.
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The only way to use ota update is by flashing back the stock recovery that match your version-main. Like said above, you'll loose root after an update. You can also update your phone by flashing a RUU but you'll also loose root and all your file since the RUU will make your phone stock, like if it was brand new.
TWRP suggests to "wait for the developers to create a new ROM" but honestly, finding something in this forum is not easy...
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My update is 6.09.401,?but if there is something more recent I'll take that (but still KitKat). I've looked in the ROM collection but the latest seems to be 5.x or jump to 7.xx.
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The latest Kitkat version is 6.09.401.12 otherwise its lollipop 7.19.401.x
I think the simplest solution since you want to stay on kitkat is to reflash your stock recovery 6.09.401.? (you didn't typed the last number), install the ota updates until you are on 6.09.401.11 or 6.09.401.12, reflash twrp and flash Supersu to re-root.
If I have to do some work (e.g. more research) please direct me to the right direction and I'll be happy to do it.
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RUU are packages that will restore then entire phone Software and firmware partitions.

Thanks alray.
So are you saying there is not pre-rooted 6.09.401.11 ROM available to flash on the forum?
Where shall I look for it?

algiogia said:
Thanks alray.
So are you saying there is not pre-rooted 6.09.401.11 ROM available to flash on the forum?
Where shall I look for it?
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Maybe i don't know. All roms are posted in the development section. Why not simply updating your phone and flashing Supersu again? It will take you maybe 20 min to install the update, reflash twrp and root...

alray said:
Maybe i don't know. All roms are posted in the development section. Why not simply updating your phone and flashing Supersu again? It will take you maybe 20 min to install the update, reflash twrp and root...
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I'll have to find and flash the stock ROM first, do the updates, then flash TWRP and SuperSu.
If there is a way to flash only once why should I waste time (and increase chances of bricking the phone)?

algiogia said:
I'll have to find and flash the stock ROM first, do the updates, then flash TWRP and SuperSu.
If there is a way to flash only once why should I waste time (and increase chances of bricking the phone)?
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You already are on the stock rom, just flash the stock recovery over twrp, install ota update(s) until you are on the desired version, flash twrp and supersu. There isn't really any chances to brick....
Code:
fastboot flash recovery your_stock_recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
Then boot the phone, install update(s). Once updated to the desired version, reflash twrp:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Boot in twrp, install supersu 2.46.zip then reboot in the OS and you're done.
But yes if you prefer you can find a stock rooted rom of 6.09.401.11 if there is still one somewhere.