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[Q] HTC One returning to stock questions

Hello everyone,
I'm pretty new to whole rooting and stuff so excuse me for my probably noob and dumb questions..
I own a HTC One for a year now I believe, and I wanted to give the rooting thing a try.
So I unlocked my One, and installed a custom recovery (TWRP).
I didn't do alot with it, had a stock version af android with sense, no custom roms or anything, only used root acces for the cerberus app.
The other day HTC released a new version af the stock software, I believe 4.19.401.11.
Since I'm not doing anything with the unlocked phone I want to get it back to stock again.
I am on android 4.4 with sense 5.5 now, android version 4.19.401.9, hboot 1.56
My fastboot getvar all:
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.56.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.23.3263.28
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 4.19.401.9
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno:-
(bootloader) imei: -
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0710000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__E11
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4135mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-4dab9d12
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
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I found this guide to get back to stock: http://www.htc1guru.com/guides/return-stock-guide/
There it works with S-off, with rumrunner to get s-off but I read that rumrunner wont work with hboot 1.56, sadly I have 1.56..
In that guide you have to get s-off, downgrade to another hboot (1.44) and use a RUU with android version 1.28 or 1.29 to go to stock again.
But, in another topic I found this:
herwegan said:
@crushalot hey mate did you realize that there are now 4.19.xxx RUU's available on http://androidruu.com/?developer=M7# ?
for those who are interested: here's the link to the WWE 4.19.401.9 RUU
http://androidruu.com/getdownload.p...10.38r.1157.04L_release_353069_signed_2-1.exe
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That is an RUU for exactly my phone I believe.
So now my question: Can I run that RUU, in the way that is written in the htc1guru return to stock guide (via fastboot) and go back to stock again? With a (re)locked bootloader, and receive OTA updates again?
I hope my question and all the information I have given is clear! If not feel free to ask me below!
Greetings.

N3Gruj1989 said:
Hello everyone,
I'm pretty new to whole rooting and stuff so excuse me for my probably noob and dumb questions..
I own a HTC One for a year now I believe, and I wanted to give the rooting thing a try.
So I unlocked my One, and installed a custom recovery (TWRP).
I didn't do alot with it, had a stock version af android with sense, no custom roms or anything, only used root acces for the cerberus app.
The other day HTC released a new version af the stock software, I believe 4.19.401.11.
Since I'm not doing anything with the unlocked phone I want to get it back to stock again.
I am on android 4.4 with sense 5.5 now, android version 4.19.401.9, hboot 1.56
My fastboot getvar all:
I found this guide to get back to stock: http://www.htc1guru.com/guides/return-stock-guide/
There it works with S-off, with rumrunner to get s-off but I read that rumrunner wont work with hboot 1.56, sadly I have 1.56..
In that guide you have to get s-off, downgrade to another hboot (1.44) and use a RUU with android version 1.28 or 1.29 to go to stock again.
But, in another topic I found this:
That is an RUU for exactly my phone I believe.
So now my question: Can I run that RUU, in the way that is written in the htc1guru return to stock guide (via fastboot) and go back to stock again? With a (re)locked bootloader, and receive OTA updates again?
I hope my question and all the information I have given is clear! If not feel free to ask me below!
Greetings.
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You are still essentially stock, you will only need to flash the stock recovery from 4.19.401.9 , unfortunately I did a quick google and couldn't fine one. If you have the OTA or ruu you can extract the recovery.img to use. unlocked bootloader and root is fine. Then when the version .11 is released by your carrier you will be able to install.

mb_guy said:
You are still essentially stock, you will only need to flash the stock recovery from 4.19.401.9 , unfortunately I did a quick google and couldn't fine one. If you have the OTA or ruu you can extract the recovery.img to use. unlocked bootloader and root is fine. Then when the version .11 is released by your carrier you will be able to install.
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Hi mb_guy, i have a twrp backup which i can restore, which could allow me to return to stock with superuser root access.
If i flash a stock recovery, will it remove my root access and receive future OTA? (if i am not mistaken, i tried flashing the stock recovery, and relocked the bootloader, but i just can't remove the superuser app :crying: )
Thanks.
below are my phone informations :
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.56.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.23.3263.28
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 4.20.707.6
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0714000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__044
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4123mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-59adc32b
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

mb_guy said:
You are still essentially stock, you will only need to flash the stock recovery from 4.19.401.9 , unfortunately I did a quick google and couldn't fine one. If you have the OTA or ruu you can extract the recovery.img to use. unlocked bootloader and root is fine. Then when the version .11 is released by your carrier you will be able to install.
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I have found the RUU of 4.19.401.9 (it is in the link i posted in my opening post, from androidruu).
(http://androidruu.com/getdownload.p...10.38r.1157.04L_release_353069_signed_2-1.exe)
I found a guide to extract the rom.zip from a RUU file, but it wont work for me. Can someone extract the rom.zip file for me and upload it here?
Only flashing the recovery file sounds like loads easyer than the entire guide i found by htc1guru.
And what if i want to re-lock the bootloader and get rid of root? Can i do that too?

N3Gruj1989 said:
I have found the RUU of 4.19.401.9 (it is in the link i posted in my opening post, from androidruu).
(http://androidruu.com/getdownload.p...10.38r.1157.04L_release_353069_signed_2-1.exe)
I found a guide to extract the rom.zip from a RUU file, but it wont work for me. Can someone extract the rom.zip file for me and upload it here?
Only flashing the recovery file sounds like loads easyer than the entire guide i found by htc1guru.
And what if i want to re-lock the bootloader and get rid of root? Can i do that too?
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You don't want rom.zip you want recovery.img it's likely in the firmware folder. You should be able to unroot from twrp. You can re lock the boot loader, but it will say relocked, I would just leave it unlocked.

N3Gruj1989 said:
I have found the RUU of 4.19.401.9 (it is in the link i posted in my opening post, from androidruu).
(http://androidruu.com/getdownload.p...10.38r.1157.04L_release_353069_signed_2-1.exe)
I found a guide to extract the rom.zip from a RUU file, but it wont work for me. Can someone extract the rom.zip file for me and upload it here?
Only flashing the recovery file sounds like loads easyer than the entire guide i found by htc1guru.
And what if i want to re-lock the bootloader and get rid of root? Can i do that too?
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Ok it's easy
Retry run that ruu exe file goto temp folder in c-Windows- user- app data - local - temp find in some folders you will get it but it's not worth it as it's encrypted so next time you will ask how to decrypt it
So better Google HTC One stock recovery download it flash it
2 if you want unroot mostly super user or rooting apps have methods in their settings try them
3 locking boot loader is last step after recovery flash
Unlocked bootloader not prevent future OTA
So no need for relock bootloader
OTA need stock recovery + unmodified system
HTC One 1.56 S-Off MaximusHD 33

mb_guy said:
You don't want rom.zip you want recovery.img it's likely in the firmware folder. You should be able to unroot from twrp. You can re lock the boot loader, but it will say relocked, I would just leave it unlocked.
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But the recovery.img file is in the rom.zip file correct?
So i have to extract the rom.zip file out of the RUU first to get the recovery.img out of the rom.zip file.
Or can it be done a much easyer way?

yatin kumar said:
Ok it's easy
Retry run that ruu exe file goto temp folder in c-Windows- user- app data - local - temp find in some folders you will get it but it's not worth it as it's encrypted so next time you will ask how to decrypt it
So better Google HTC One stock recovery download it flash it
2 if you want unroot mostly super user or rooting apps have methods in their settings try them
3 locking boot loader is last step after recovery flash
Unlocked bootloader not prevent future OTA
So no need for relock bootloader
OTA need stock recovery + unmodified system
HTC One 1.56 S-Off MaximusHD 33
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I googled HTC One stock recovery, but i didn't find a recovery for my HTC One build version, or are all the recovery.img the same?
Because I need a recovery.img for the 4.19.401.9 HTC_E11 (NL) version.

N3Gruj1989 said:
But the recovery.img file is in the rom.zip file correct?
So i have to extract the rom.zip file out of the RUU first to get the recovery.img out of the rom.zip file.
Or can it be done a much easyer way?
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You can't get the recovery from the rom.zip as the zip is encrypted.
I downloaded the 4.19.401.9 firmware.zip and extracted the recovery from it.
Here is the recovery : http://sourceforge.net/projects/htcone/files/Recovery/4.19.401.9/recovery.img/download
Now you have two options:
With the RUU that you have
1. relocked the bootloader
2. run the RUU to go back to stock
3. do the OTA
With the recovery only
1. fastboot flash the recovery
2. not necessary to remove the SuperSU (but you will lose root after OTA)
3. or remove root (open the SuperSU app, - settings - scroll down - select Full unroot if you think it's better to remove it before OTA
4. do the OTA

Remove root by flashing stock firmware
Hi guys, i did some searching and found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
according to this thread if i flash in stock firmware it will remove the root?
So my question is, if i restore my phone to the rooted stock state > relock the bootloader > flash in the stock firmware, in theory it should return the phone to stock state right? just to confirm if the above thread works for the HTC One
Thanks.

ckpv5 said:
You can't get the recovery from the rom.zip as the zip is encrypted.
I downloaded the 4.19.401.9 firmware.zip and extracted the recovery from it.
Here is the recovery : http://sourceforge.net/projects/htcone/files/Recovery/4.19.401.9/recovery.img/download
Now you have two options:
With the RUU that you have
1. relocked the bootloader
2. run the RUU to go back to stock
3. do the OTA
With the recovery only
1. fastboot flash the recovery
2. not necessary to remove the SuperSU (but you will lose root after OTA)
3. or remove root (open the SuperSU app, - settings - scroll down - select Full unroot if you think it's better to remove it before OTA
4. do the OTA
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Thank you very much!
When I unlocked, rooted and installed the TWRP recovery I lost the stock flashlight app and calculator app and some others.
With the RUU i will get them back i think, with the other option, flashing recovery it wont return right? And after the OTA?
Is there any risk in running that RUU?

N3Gruj1989 said:
Thank you very much!
When I unlocked, rooted and installed the TWRP recovery I lost the stock flashlight app and calculator app and some others.
With the RUU i will get them back i think, with the other option, flashing recovery it wont return right? And after the OTA?
Is there any risk in running that RUU?
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You should have said this earlier. When you lost the some apps that reside in data/preload folder means you don't already have a proper stock, OTA most probably will be a fail attempt.
Flashing the recovery alone cannot guarantee a successful OTA update due to those missing apps.
The best option that you have is run the RUU unless you can find any nandroid backup for the current ROM.
For me, I will choose to run the RUU as that is always the best option when it is the right RUU for your device.
Make a backup to PC all your storage content in case you lose them by running the RUU (but unlikely you will lose them)
With the RUU ... the procedure is :
1- in fastboot mode - relock the bootloader : run command fastboot oem lock
2- in fastboot mode - flash/run/double click the RUU; follow the updater instruction - next,update,bla,bla,bla until it finish
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SiaoNang said:
Hi guys, i did some searching and found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
according to this thread if i flash in stock firmware it will remove the root?
So my question is, if i restore my phone to the rooted stock state > relock the bootloader > flash in the stock firmware, in theory it should return the phone to stock state right? just to confirm if the above thread works for the HTC One
Thanks.
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If it is the firmware.zip alone, no .. it won't remove your root app.
When people say stock firmware it is always mean stock ROM.
To remove root, just simply select Full unroot in SuperSU settings. (asumming your rooting app is SuperSU as shown in that thread).

Thanks everyone for their help!
Everything worked fine, I'm back to stock now and just updated the OTA !

[Q] Can you help me get S-ON please? HTC One M7

Hello everyone,
I am trying to get S-ON and I cant seem to figure it out, here is a little bit of background information you may need to provide proper help.
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Background info:
- HTC One M7
- I have a LOCKED Bootloader
- I have tried "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" command to try to set S-ON but i got this error: "partitions siganture failed"
- I have stock recovery
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If someone can help me it would be greatly appreciated.

slicer812 said:
Hello everyone,
I am trying to get S-ON and I cant seem to figure it out, here is a little bit of background information you may need to provide proper help.
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Background info:
- HTC One M7
- I have a LOCKED Bootloader
- I have tried "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" command to try to set S-ON but i got this error: "partitions siganture failed"
- I have stock recovery
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If someone can help me it would be greatly appreciated.
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post your fastboot getvar all minus serial and IMEI and your bootloader screen

clsA said:
post your fastboot getvar all minus serial and IMEI and your bootloader screen
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What is "getvar" and also why would you need my IMEI?
Here is a pic of my bootloader.

slicer812 said:
What is "getvar" and also why would you need my IMEI?
Here is a pic of my bootloader.
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you have a Verizon HTC one ...why would you want s-on ?
it may be impossible to ever s-off again and you'll be stuck with stock
I said Minus your Serial and IMEI

clsA said:
you have a Verizon HTC one ...why would you want s-on ?
it may be impossible to ever s-off again and you'll be stuck with stock
I said Minus your Serial and IMEI
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The reason I would want S-ON is to update to HTC Sense 6 Verizon does not allow updates to go through with S-OFF, as I was told by HTC, I have tested updating my device it wont work.

slicer812 said:
The reason I would want S-ON is to update to HTC Sense 6 Verizon does not allow updates to go through with S-OFF, as I was told by HTC, I have tested updating my device it wont work.
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you phone will update with s-off
you need stock recovery
you should be using these forums before you screw up completely
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one/general

clsA said:
you phone will update with s-off
you need stock recovery
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I have the stock recovery though. And when i called HTC they said it will only update with S-ON.

slicer812 said:
I have the stock recovery though. And when i called HTC they said it will only update with S-ON.
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lol, what did you think they would say ...shakes head
go here and do some reading
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one/general

clsA said:
lol, what did you think they would say ...shakes head
go here and do some reading
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one/general
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I have looked up many things like that I just cant figure out what else i need to do I have tried restoring S-On by doing this "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" then I get this error "partitions siganture failed"
Any suggestions?
And by the way I appreciate all your help.

slicer812 said:
I have looked up many things like that I just cant figure out what else i need to do I have tried restoring S-On by doing this "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" then I get this error "partitions siganture failed"
Any suggestions?
And by the way I appreciate all your help.
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regardless of what HTC told you you don't need s-on to take the OTA ...
have you downloaded the OTApkg.zip ?
what stock recovery did you use ?
what is your fastboot getvar all results ? Minus your serial and IMEI

clsA said:
regardless of what HTC told you you don't need s-on to take the OTA ...
have you downloaded the OTApkg.zip ?
what stock recovery did you use ?
what is your fastboot getvar all results ? Minus your serial and IMEI
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What is "fastboot getvar"? Also where do I get the OTApkg.zip?

slicer812 said:
What is "fastboot getvar"? Also where do I get the OTApkg.zip?
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fastboot is an app you run from your PC command prompt to flash your phone
fastboot flash recovery recovery.zip is an example
fastboot getvar all outputs the specs for your device
here's mine
C:\fastboot>adb reboot
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
C:\fastboot>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.57.0000 My phones hboot
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4T.27.3218.14 Radio
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 5.11.401.10 < my phones software version
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
(bootloader) serialno: HT34 Removed
(bootloader) imei: 354 Removed
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0712000 My MID
(bootloader) cidnum: CWS__001 My CID
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4316mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-e47fb74b
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.066s
C:\fastboot>
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here's the only RUU I can find for your phone
http://flyhalf205.com/?dir=RUU/m7vzw
you flash them with fastboot
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip rom.zip
fastboot flash zip rom.zip << yes two times
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Just make sure you name the RUU rom.zip not rom.zip.zip and it's in the same folder as fastboot
Don't lock your bootloader and Don't go s=on
just flash the PN07IMG_M7_WL_JB_50_VZW_2.10.605.1_DECRYPT.zip
and take all the OTA updates you want .. then flash custom recovery and re- root your phone if you want.

clsA said:
fastboot is an app you run from your PC command prompt to flash your phone
fastboot flash recovery recovery.zip is an example
fastboot getvar all outputs the specs for your device
here's mine
here's the only RUU I can find for your phone
http://flyhalf205.com/?dir=RUU/m7vzw
you flash them with fastboot
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip rom.zip
fastboot flash zip rom.zip << yes two times
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Just make sure you name the RUU rom.zip not rom.zip.zip and it's in the same folder as fastboot
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I used flashify app to flash my recovery but I backed up my stock recovery. My phone is on the stock recovery right now and its been on stock for over a day now. I tried to issue the command "fastboot getvar" but nothing happened and it listed command options. I do not have too much experience with this lol sorry if I'm annoying you.

slicer812 said:
I used flashify app to flash my recovery but I backed up my stock recovery. My phone is on the stock recovery right now and its been on stock for over a day now. I tried to issue the command "fastboot getvar" but nothing happened and it listed command options. I do not have too much experience with this lol sorry if I'm annoying you.
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pretty much all i can tell you is, everything you need is above in post #12
Flash the RUU and your phone will redownload and install the updates one at a time.
Don't Relock the bootloader
Don'T go S-On !
use this custom recovery when you done taking updates
http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/m7vzw/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.1-m7wlv.img
P.S I'm not Annoyed ..I'm just old and grouchy

clsA said:
pretty much all i can tell you is, everything you need is above in post #12
Flash the RUU and your phone will redownload and install the updates one at a time.
Don't Relock the bootloader
Don'T go S-On !
use this custom recovery when you done taking updates
http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/m7vzw/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.1-m7wlv.img
P.S I'm not Annoyed ..I'm just old and grouchy
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What if I install the RUU and I cant update my phone? <-- Im not sure if thats even possible. lol
Couldn't I just call verizon and have them push an RUU to my phone? They said they could do that.

elsaltu vers
slicer812 said:
What if I install the RUU and I cant update my phone? <-- Im not sure if thats even possible. lol
Couldn't I just call verizon and have them push an RUU to my phone? They said they could do that.
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Also, would installing the RUU wipe my phone?

Have somewhat similar problem
have RUU flashed should be completely stock, but can't S-ON
https://www.dropbox.com/s/33jun0xivk0wamt/Screenshot 2014-07-13 00.02.23.png
Heres the getvar all
Btw, does the RUU contains stock recovery?

slicer812 said:
Also, would installing the RUU wipe my phone?
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Yes RUU wipes everything
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk 4
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alwinwh said:
Have somewhat similar problem
have RUU flashed should be completely stock, but can't S-ON
https://www.dropbox.com/s/33jun0xivk0wamt/Screenshot 2014-07-13 00.02.23.png
Heres the getvar all
Btw, does the RUU contains stock recovery?
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Yes RUU is stock everything
Don't go S-on ever!!
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk 4

clsA said:
Yes RUU wipes everything
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk 4
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What if I install an RUU and I still can't update my phone? Also, couldn't I call Verizon and have them puch an RUU to my phone, they said they can do that?

slicer812 said:
What if I install an RUU and I still can't update my phone? Also, couldn't I call Verizon and have them puch an RUU to my phone, they said they can do that?
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Just flash the RUU and take the updates
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk 4

[Q] Having Trouble Going Back to Stock

I have been at this for a couple of days, and have had no luck. So here I am posting for help.
I need to revert a HTC One m7 Sprint to stock for my cousin who bought the phone rooted on swappa. She wants it stock so she can get OTA updates. By stock I mean no tampered flag, no unlocked flag and OTA updates, stock rom and recovery. And I'm having trouble doing so, I have no experience with anything other than Nexus devices.
Current status:
1) Flashed this (Sprint-ONE-3.04.651.2-De-Odex.zip) to the phone using CWM
2) Relocked bootloader (I relocked bootloader so I can use official ROM update utility tool to install (Sprint_HTC_One_m7wls_3_04_651_2_RUU)) on phone.
3) Phone won't boot into ROM (can't get past bootloader)
4) Now phone won't even boot into recovery
>>>fastboot oem boot
...
(bootloader) Start Verify: 3
(bootloader) Boot/Recovery signature checking...
(bootloader) TZ_HTC_SVC_HASH ret = 0
(bootloader) [ERR] Boot/Recovery image signature checking failed!
OKAY [ 1.107s]
finished. total time: 1.108s
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I'm guessing that because S=ON it's checking signature of recovery and failing because recovery isn't stock. If this was a nexus I could just flash the official recovery.img but alas it's not, so I don't know where to turn.
Please tell me how to best proceed.
Thank you and have a nice day.

markushendrich said:
I have been at this for a couple of days, and have had no luck. So here I am posting for help.
I need to revert a HTC One m7 Sprint to stock for my cousin who bought the phone rooted on swappa. She wants it stock so she can get OTA updates. By stock I mean no tampered flag, no unlocked flag and OTA updates, stock rom and recovery. And I'm having trouble doing so, I have no experience with anything other than Nexus devices.
Current status:
1) Flashed this (Sprint-ONE-3.04.651.2-De-Odex.zip) to the phone using CWM
2) Relocked bootloader (I relocked bootloader so I can use official ROM update utility tool to install (Sprint_HTC_One_m7wls_3_04_651_2_RUU)) on phone.
3) Phone won't boot into ROM (can't get past bootloader)
4) Now phone won't even boot into recovery
I'm guessing that because S=ON it's checking signature of recovery and failing because recovery isn't stock. If this was a nexus I could just flash the official recovery.img but alas it's not, so I don't know where to turn.
Please tell me how to best proceed.
Thank you and have a nice day.
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Can you post the out put of
Code:
fastboot getvar all
Please edit out serial + imei before posting thanks.
You will need s-off to go back to stock 100% with LOCKED bootloader, but if you just want ota's that's possible with s-on you just need Stock recovery and Rom. But best you'll get the bootloader is RELOCKED with s-on.
Also it won't boot custom software when relocked. That's why your recovery and Rom won't boot
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Danny201281 said:
Can you post the out put of
Code:
fastboot getvar all
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Sure thing:
>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.55.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.00.20.0913_3
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) product: m7_wls
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0720000
(bootloader) cidnum: SPCS_001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3837mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-005bf6a40e
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.092s
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markushendrich said:
Sure thing:
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http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/guru_reset_m7_sprint_3-04-651-2-zip/
Unlock your bootloader, and use CWM to install this Rom. In Aroma installer choose YES to Stock Recovery and Radio. NO to Root.
Reboot the phone to take ota's after you've updated relock the bootloader .
I notice the version main is missing from your getvar also. Installing the ota's may fix it but I should be able to help you with that before you do anything else. It will require the bootloader to be relocked so better to do it now if you want to.
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Actually it would be better to unlock, flash the Rom first then relock and flash the firmware to restore the version main.
Then reboot and your done
http://xda7.androidrevolution.org/db_mirror/Firmware/index.php?dir=HTC/HTC_One/651/
You can get the firmware here. Download it and rename the file to firmware.zip and put it in your fastboot folder. Then after unlocking and flashing the reset.zip. relock and flash the firmware.
Reboot the phone to the bootloader and Connect fastbootusb. Now open your Fastboot command line and type
Code:
fastboot erase cache
Code:
fastboot oem lock
Code:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
< --- case sensitive.
The phone will reboot to a black screen with a Silver HTC LOGO. This is RUU mode. Now we're going to flash the firmware.
Code:
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
The first flash will be short. It's just a preupdate preparing the hboot for the new firmware. So we need to do the same command again.
Code:
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
The second flash will take a little longer and this time it will flash the full firmware. The progress bar on the phone screen will not reach 100% this is normal as long as the command window has completed its output the flash is done.
Code:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
You should now see your new firmware version main in the bootloader and getvar. And that's it reboot and take ota's.
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Danny201281 said:
Then after unlocking and flashing the reset.zip
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Wait what? Can you explain this reset.zip? Or you copied and pasted the above from somewhere else and that step does not apply to me?

markushendrich said:
Wait what? Can you explain this reset.zip?
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The reset zip will restore your stock Rom and recovery and Radio. But you have to Install it with a custom recovery like CWM or TWRP. Which requires the bootloader to be unlocked. Once it's installed you can take ota updates. The bootloader does not need to be locked for ota's.
Then you can relock and flash the firmware.zip which will restore your version main information. Which is missing. Caused by a recovery bug that wipes that info from the misc partition. Installing the ota updates may fix it. Or you can manually flash the firmware to fix it before you take the ota updates. :good:
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Danny201281 said:
The reset zip will restore your stock Rom and recovery and Radio. But you have to Install it with a custom recovery like CWM or TWRP. Which requires the bootloader to be unlocked. Once it's installed you can take ota updates. The bootloader does not need to be locked for ota's.
Then you can relock and flash the firmware.zip which will restore your version main information. Which is missing. Caused by a recovery bug that wipes that info from the misc partition. Installing the ota updates may fix it. Or you can manually flash the firmware to fix it before you take the ota updates. :good:
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Oh sorry when you said reset.zip I thought it was something totally new but you were referring to "Guru_Reset_M7_Sprint_3.04.651.2.zip". My bad.
So I followed the steps above including flashing firmware.zip. Now fastboot getvar all shows main having a version. Currently apps are being downloaded, and I will try to install the ota update after they are all done. And there is stock recovery, I confirmed by launching into recovery from fastboot after flashing "Guru_Reset_M7_Sprint_3.04.651.2.zip" in CWM, and the orange triangle with exclamation point showed up.
Thank you for helping me out!
Also one last thing, to clean everything up, how do I reset the tampered flag? And so it shows locked instead of relocked?
EDIT: First OTA was successful!

markushendrich said:
Also one last thing, to clean everything up, how do I reset the tampered flag? And so it shows locked instead of relocked?
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For that you need s-off and this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2541082
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Danny201281 said:
For that you need s-off and this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2541082
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Will I lose my current progress with that guide?

markushendrich said:
Will I lose my current progress with that guide?
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You will have to downgrade the phone again yes. And s-off is not so easy to accomplish. Unless you pay $25 for Sunshine app.
If you wanted to return it for warranty or sell the device as un-tampered stock. You can use firewater for or rumrunner to s-off both methods are free exploits but are not so simple to get them to work you will need to unlock flash a custom recovery make a nandroid of the stock rom, then root the device again. Probably need to flash a few different roms + Kernels to find something that works.
There's the possibility that neither will work and your only choice then would be Sunshine.
If there's no warranty and your friend just wants stock with ota updates I would just leave it as relocked unless your prepared to put the work in
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Danny201281 said:
There's the possibility that neither will work and your only choice then would be Sunshine.
If there's no warranty and your friend just wants stock with ota updates I would just leave it as relocked unless your prepared to put the work in
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I'm not sure about the warranty, but I will leave it as is since it sounds like a headache and I really want to get back to my phone, and flash the new android 5.0 preview to my Nexus
Thank you so much for helping me out, you have good knowledge of this device!

markushendrich said:
I'm not sure about the warranty, but I will leave it as is since it sounds like a headache and I really want to get back to my phone, and flash the new android 5.0 preview to my Nexus
Thank you so much for helping me out, you have good knowledge of this device!
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Need to get stock recovery back on modified GPE

I bought HTC one M7 unlocked from HTC.com when it came out. Last year I modified it to get rid of sense and made it "google play edition". I discovered I can't get OTA updates though due to the presence of stock recovery though.
Question: How can I get rid of TWRP and get back to stock recovery? fastboot getvar version-main returns empty

anil_robo said:
I bought HTC one M7 unlocked from HTC.com when it came out. Last year I modified it to get rid of sense and made it "google play edition". I discovered I can't get OTA updates though due to the presence of stock recovery though.
Question: How can I get rid of TWRP and get back to stock recovery? fastboot getvar version-main returns empty
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Bump - still looking for answers

anil_robo said:
Bump - still looking for answers
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everything you need is here >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358781
Do Not Relock your bootloader !! It will never unlock again

That tutorial still converts to GPE. I need one that converts GPE back to Sense.

anil_robo said:
That tutorial still converts to GPE. I need one that converts GPE back to Sense.
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What is your android version? 5.1? 5.0?

@alray
Android version is 4.4.4.
The phone downloaded an update (to 5+ ) but I am unable to install it because I have TWRP but not the stock recovery.

anil_robo said:
@alray
Android version is 4.4.4.
The phone downloaded an update (to 5+ ) but I am unable to install it because I have TWRP but not the stock recovery.
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If its 4.4.4 (Build KTU84P) you need the 4.09.1700.1 stock recovery to install the 5.0.1 update (LRX22C). You'll then receive another notification to install the 5.1 update (LMY47O)

alray said:
If its 4.4.4 (Build KTU84P) you need the 4.09.1700.1 stock recovery to install the update.
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Thanks a lot!
Actually my "goals" have changed. Now I need to convert the phone into "totally stock" because I want to send it to HTC for free camera fix. If you don't mind, is there an instant messenger etc where I can contact you?

anil_robo said:
Thanks a lot!
Actually my "goals" have changed. Now I need to convert the phone into "totally stock" because I want to send it to HTC for free camera fix. If you don't mind, is there an instant messenger etc where I can contact you?
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im not really using any IM app but i can help you here. Do you remember your original CID and MID ? Also post the output of "fastboot getvar all" (remove imei/serialno before posting)

alray said:
im not really using any IM app but i can help you here. Do you remember your original CID and MID ? Also post the output of "fastboot getvar all" (remove imei/serialno before posting)
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My wife has the exact same phone (we bought together) but hers is not tampered at all. So I have the original settings in her phone:
(bootloader) modelid: PN0712000
(bootloader) cidnum: BS_US001
I have wife's phone (original) with me right now, and need to convert my phone (tampered) into exact same as my wife's.
fastboot getvar all returns this in my (tampered) phone:
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.54.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4T.27.3218.09
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
Serial and IMEI deleted
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0712000
(bootloader) cidnum: BS_US001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3860mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-e02a9046
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

anil_robo said:
My wife has the exact same phone (we bought together) but hers is not tampered at all. So I have the original settings in her phone:
(bootloader) modelid: PN0712000
(bootloader) cidnum: BS_US001
I have wife's phone (original) with me right now, and need to convert my phone (tampered) into exact same as my wife's.
fastboot getvar all returns this in my (tampered) phone:
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.54.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4T.27.3218.09
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
Serial and IMEI deleted
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0712000
(bootloader) cidnum: BS_US001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3860mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-e02a9046
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
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So it was originally a developer edition phone right?
First download this ruu and save it in the same folder you have fastboot and adb on your computer. Rename the file "ruu" so it will be easier in the command prompt.
Download this tool and save it on the root of your phone storage
Boot in twrp recovery, select "install" and choose "Guru_Bootloader_Reset_1.0.zip" and then "swipe to install"
Follow instruction of the installer to remove tampered from the bootloader. Don't set the bootloader to locked or re-locked. Keep it unlocked as Developer edition phones are factory bootloader unlocked.
Then boot the phone in bootloader / fastboot usb mode
Confirm that tampered is gone and bootloader is still unlocked.
With the phone still in bootloader, open a command window from your adb/fastboot folder
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
phone will reboot in ruu mode, a black screen with silver htc logo
Code:
fastboot flash zip ruu.zip
first flash will report "failed, flush image again immediately, so do the same command again:
Code:
fastboot flash zip ruu.zip
this one will report "flashed successfully"
Code:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
If you want to turn the bootloader back to S-ON for warranty do this command as the final step:
Code:
fastboot oem writesecureflag 3
fastboot reboot-bootloader
and confirm phone is S-ON, Unlocked, no tampered flag.
And a big warning here, do not perform this if you are using a windows 8/8.1 computer as the ruu will downgrade hboot to 1.44. hboot 1.44 is not compatible with windows 8.1 and you'll loose fastboot connectivity after the first "fastboot flash zip ruu.zip" and you'll be stuck in ruu mode. Use windows 7. XP, Linux (Ubuntu for example) or use MacOS

alray said:
So it was originally a developer edition phone right?
First download this ruu and save it in the same folder you have fastboot and adb on your computer. Rename the file "ruu" so it will be easier in the command prompt.
Download this tool and save it on the root of your phone storage
Boot in twrp recovery, select "install" and choose "Guru_Bootloader_Reset_1.0.zip" and then "swipe to install"
Follow instruction of the installer to remove tampered from the bootloader. Don't set the bootloader to locked or re-locked. Keep it unlocked as Developer edition phones are factory bootloader unlocked.
Then boot the phone in bootloader / fastboot usb mode
Confirm that tampered is gone and bootloader is still unlocked.
With the phone still in bootloader, open a command window from your adb/fastboot folder
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
phone will reboot in ruu mode, a black screen with silver htc logo
Code:
fastboot flash zip ruu.zip
first flash will report "failed, flush image again immediately, so do the same command again:
Code:
fastboot flash zip ruu.zip
this one will report "flashed successfully"
Code:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
If you want to turn the bootloader back to S-ON for warranty do this command as the final step:
Code:
fastboot oem writesecureflag 3
fastboot reboot-bootloader
and confirm phone is S-ON, Unlocked, no tampered flag.
And a big warning here, do not perform this if you are using a windows 8/8.1 computer as the ruu will downgrade hboot to 1.44. hboot 1.44 is not compatible with windows 8.1 and you'll loose fastboot connectivity after the first "fastboot flash zip ruu.zip" and you'll be stuck in ruu mode. Use windows 7. XP, Linux (Ubuntu for example) or use MacOS
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Yes it is a developer edition phone.
Question though: My android version is 4.4.4, and the RUU you linked is 5.0 - does it matter? Won't I run into a "boot loop"?

anil_robo said:
Yes it is a developer edition phone.
Question though: My android version is 4.4.4, and the RUU you linked is 5.0 - does it matter? Won't I run into a "boot loop"?
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The ruu linked is not 5.0 its 4.1.2 Jelly Bean

anil_robo said:
Yes it is a developer edition phone.
Question though: My android version is 4.4.4, and the RUU you linked is 5.0 - does it matter? Won't I run into a "boot loop"?
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Wow this was simple! I'm now running stock Jelly Bean, just like a new phone two years ago
I have still left S-OFF and Unlocked - will compare these settings to how my wife's phone is, and then either leave it unlocked or locked to match hers. And then will do S-ON.
Thank you kind sir!

anil_robo said:
Wow this was simple! I'm now running stock Jelly Bean, just like a new phone two years ago
I have still left S-OFF and Unlocked - will compare these settings to how my wife's phone is, and then either leave it unlocked or locked to match hers. And then will do S-ON.
Thank you kind sir!
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Dev edition are unlocked from factory
Security is set to S-ON from factory
anyway its to late to set the bootloader to locked because the tool to set this requires a custom recovery.

alray said:
Dev edition are unlocked from factory
Security is set to S-ON from factory
anyway its to late to set the bootloader to locked because the tool to set this requires a custom recovery.
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I'll try this tomorrow: https://aubykhan.wordpress.com/2013...t-into-twrp-or-cwm-recovery-without-flashing/

anil_robo said:
I'll try this tomorrow: https://aubykhan.wordpress.com/2013...t-into-twrp-or-cwm-recovery-without-flashing/
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Thats right, I forgot about this. fasboot boot recovery.img will work fine since the phone is now on hboot 1.44, but anayway as I said, dev edition are bootloader unlock from the factory so setting it Locked will be suspicious
@anil_robo see the 4th dot: http://blog.htc.com/2013/03/htc-one-developer-edition/

alray said:
Thats right, I forgot about this. fasboot boot recovery.img will work fine since the phone is now on hboot 1.44, but anayway as I said, dev edition are bootloader unlock from the factory so setting it Locked will be suspicious
@anil_robo see the 4th dot: http://blog.htc.com/2013/03/htc-one-developer-edition/
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Well I checked wife's phone, and it is "LOCKED" to my surprise. So I have to do the same to match those settings. I bought this phone within few days when it became available, and it may not have been the developer edition I initially thought. It must have been the "international" version rather than the "unlocked developer" version.

anil_robo said:
Well I checked wife's phone, and it is "LOCKED" to my surprise. So I have to do the same to match those settings. I bought this phone within few days when it became available, and it may not have been the developer edition I initially thought. It must have been the "international" version rather than the "unlocked developer" version.
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The international version is MID PN0710000, version base is .401 e.g. 7.19.401.2 and BS_US001 is not a CID for international version...
There a method to know what your phone was originally. Your original CID/MID and firmware/software version are stored in the MFG partition of your phone. If you can dump this partition to your computer and send it to me, we can determine for sure what it was originally. Unfortnately this partition also include your IMEI and Serial number which should be kept private, if you are ok with sharing this with me here how to proceed:
Boot twrp recovery without flashing it to your phone:
reboot your phone in bootloader / fastboot usb mode
Code:
fastboot boot [URL="https://dl.twrp.me/m7/twrp-2.8.6.0-m7.img.html"]twrp-2.8.6.0-m7.img[/URL]
once booted in twrp main menu, type these commands in the command window:
Code:
adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p6_bakup.img
exit
exit
Then reboot the phone normally, go to "My Computer --> HTC One --> Internal Storage. You'll find the mmcblk0p6_backup.img file. send it to me via PM only

[Q] Upgrading Firmware and stuff

Hey XDA.
I have an HTC M7 currently with ARHD.
How I did it since now, was to unlock bootloader, get a custom recovery and then flash the custom ROM zip.
Now I found out that I should flash base(?) firmware zips and then then Custom ROMs and Radio and stuff like that.
After reading all that I got a little confused.
Can somebody explain me what I should do?

Le_Vizz said:
Hey XDA.
I have an HTC M7 currently with ARHD.
How I did it since now, was to unlock bootloader, get a custom recovery and then flash the custom ROM zip.
Now I found out that I should flash base(?) firmware zips and then then Custom ROMs and Radio and stuff like that.
After reading all that I got a little confused.
Can somebody explain me what I should do?
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Weather you need to update firmware or not depends on your current firmware. And version of the ROM, I assume your running the latest 92 lollipop Rom.
Can you please post the output of
Code:
fastboot getvar all
please remove your IMEI and Serial number before posting. :good:
Then we can see if you need to update your firmware. And which firmware you need.
Sent from my M7 Running ARHD 92.x

Danny201281 said:
Weather you need to update firmware or not depends on your current firmware. And version of the ROM, I assume your running the latest 92 lollipop Rom.
Can you please post the output of
Code:
fastboot getvar all
please remove your IMEI and Serial number before posting. :good:
Then we can see if you need to update your firmware. And which firmware you need.
Sent from my M7 Running ARHD 92.x
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C:\ADB>fastboot getvar all
< waiting for device >
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.55.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.21.3263.04
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0710000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__102
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3976mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-bb768ae1
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.066s
Thank you for your support

Le_Vizz said:
C:\ADB>fastboot getvar all
< waiting for device >
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.55.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.21.3263.04
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0710000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__102
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3976mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-bb768ae1
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.066s
Thank you for your support
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Your firmware is very old. But maybe not such a bad thing at the moment. Have you ever considered going s-off. If you have it would be better to do it now before updating your firmware.
Your currently on hboot 1.55 which you can s-off for free using rumrunner. Once you update past 1.55 your only option for s-off will be Sunshine which costs $25 to use. Also updating firmware while s-off is much easier since you won't need to relock your bootloader.
Your current firmware base is for jellybean. So you will probably have some problems with the latest lollipop roms. You should update to get the most out of your device and the latest roms. But I do recommend going s-off first. :good:
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Danny201281 said:
Your firmware is very old. But maybe not such a bad thing at the moment. Have you ever considered going s-off. If you have it would be better to do it now before updating your firmware.
Your currently on hboot 1.55 which you can s-off for free using rumrunner. Once you update past 1.55 your only option for s-off will be Sunshine which costs $25 to use. Also updating firmware while s-off is much easier since you won't need to relock your bootloader.
Your current firmware base is for jellybean. So you will probably have some problems with the latest lollipop roms. You should update to get the most out of your device and the latest roms. But I do recommend going s-off first. :good:
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So I should S-OFF, then Update my firmware and then install Custom ROM/Kernel?

Le_Vizz said:
So I should S-OFF, then Update my firmware and then install Custom ROM/Kernel?
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Yeah that's what I would recommend. S-off first
Then you can find all firmware zips for your device here https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=32777
You will need to flash
4.19.401.11.zip
5.11.401.10.zip
6.09.401.12.zip
7.19.401.22.zip
If you flash them with s-off they will not wipe anything from your device. Once you have the latest firmware you can use any lollipop Rom you choose :good:
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Danny201281 said:
Yeah that's what I would recommend. S-off first
Then you can find all firmware zips for your device here https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=32777
You will need to flash
4.19.401.11.zip
5.11.401.10.zip
6.09.401.12.zip
7.19.401.22.zip
If you flash them with s-off they will not wipe anything from your device. Once you have the latest firmware you can use any lollipop Rom you choose :good:
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Do I flash the firmwares through recovery or through fastboot?
And do I flash them after another or do I have to flash one and start the phone and then flash the next one?

Le_Vizz said:
Do I flash the firmwares through recovery or through fastboot?
And do I flash them after another or do I have to flash one and start the phone and then flash the next one?
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Flash them with fastboot. Put the firmware files in your fastboot folder. And connect fastboot usb in the bootloader.
With s-off flash with these commands.
Code:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem rebootRUU
The device will boot to a black screen with silver HTC logo. This is ruu mode.
Code:
fastboot flash zip name_of_firmware.zip
The first flash is just a pre update. Repeat the same command.
Code:
fastboot flash zip name_of_firmware.zip
The second flash will flash the firmware. The progress bar on the screen will not reach 100% that's normal. When the flash is complete
Code:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Done.
You don't need to reboot to Android just repeat the procedure again for the next zip strait from the bootloader.
The firmware updates will include the stock recovery. So you will need to flash TWRP or CWM when your done.
If you decide to update wile s-on the procedure is the same. But you will need to 're-lock your bootloader before you start.
Code:
fastboot oem lock
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Be aware though when you unlock the bootloader it will wipe your devices internal storage.
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When I flash/update the Firmware, does it change my current ROM in a way, that I need to reflash it?

Le_Vizz said:
When I flash/update the Firmware, does it change my current ROM in a way, that I need to reflash it?
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Very good question I'm glad you asked. I missed this in my last post. The firmware will also replace the stock boot.img. only a problem if your running a custom Rom. In which case you don't need to reflash the entire Rom. You can extract the boot.img from the rom zip and flash it with fastboot.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Did you manage to s-off? With s-off you can also flash custom firmware. So you could just delete the boot.img and recovery.img from each of the firmware.zips then you can just flash the firmware without complications. :good:
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Danny201281 said:
Did you manage to s-off? With s-off you can also flash custom firmware. So you could just delete the boot.img and recovery.img from each of the firmware.zips then you can just flash the firmware without complications. :good:
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Unfortunately, I'm stuck and I get the error "WTF: What are you doing"
Tried to re-install drivers, changed USB ports but nothing worked

Le_Vizz said:
Unfortunately, I'm stuck and I get the error "WTF: What are you doing"
Tried to re-install drivers, changed USB ports but nothing worked
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This error was from rumrunner? What Rom is currently installed?
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Danny201281 said:
This error was from rumrunner? What Rom is currently installed?
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Currently on ARHD 92

Le_Vizz said:
Currently on ARHD 92
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You may need to flash a jellybean Rom for rumrunner to work. I'm looking for a link for you :good:
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@alray @clsA @majmoz hey guys any idea where to find a 3.62.401.1 stock rom to use with rumrunner. The one on htc1 guru has a dead link. Can't find anything else. Or ARHD 31?
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Danny201281 said:
@alray @clsA @majmoz hey guys any idea where to find a 3.62.401.1 stock rom to use with rumrunner. The one on htc1 guru has a dead link. Can't find anything else. Or ARHD 31?
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@alray @clsA
Here you might find ARHD 31. Hope it helps.

majmoz said:
@alray @clsA
Here you might find ARHD 31. Hope it helps.
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Yes thanks @majmoz helps a lot. Couldn't find anything. Even a direct search at AFH turn up nothing
Le_Vizz said:
Currently on ARHD 92
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Rumrunner should work with this rom :good:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23269279319197489
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Danny201281 said:
Yes thanks @majmoz helps a lot. Couldn't find anything. Even a direct search at AFH turn up nothing
Rumrunner should work with this rom :good:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23269279319197489
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Will this work with Hboot 1.57, I tried with insertcoin 5.0.2 and ARHD 4.4.2? Can I downgrade Hboot with S-ON by flashing older RUU signed by HTC or 3rd pary authority?

nebitan said:
Will this work with Hboot 1.57, I tried with insertcoin 5.0.2 and ARHD 4.4.2? Can I downgrade Hboot with S-ON by flashing older RUU signed by HTC or 3rd pary authority?
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Sorry confused you with a different user. Previous reply deleted.
No rumrunner will not work on hboot 1.57. Only sunshine app works to s-off hboot 1.57. If you mean will the rom work then yes it should but it's based on a much older firmware. Downgrading firmware is not possible with s-on. So you can either upgrade your firmware and use ARHD 92 which is a lollipop rom. Or keep your existing firmware and flash ARHD 84 which is a kitkat rom
Because your s-on upgrading firmware will require you to lock the bootloader. Be advised that unlocking again will wipe your devices internal memory. So backup everything you want to keep to your pc before you start. If you want to upgrade to lollipop there are plenty of RUUs for lollipop there should be one you can use depending on your current OS version. Upgrading via ruu will also require you to relock the bootloader.
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