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Is there a way to make it so my HTC One is back to complete factory settings. I want it back as if I'd never touched it. Unrooted, locked, S-ON, HTC Sence, stock firmware, etc.
I'm not so great at all this stuff, so some simple instructions rather than just a tonne of links would be great! Eg. flash this, do this, install this recovery, etc.
Thanks,
Joe

smartiejoe said:
Is there a way to make it so my HTC One is back to complete factory settings. I want it back as if I'd never touched it. Unrooted, locked, S-ON, HTC Sence, stock firmware, etc.
I'm not so great at all this stuff, so some simple instructions rather than just a tonne of links would be great! Eg. flash this, do this, install this recovery, etc.
Thanks,
Joe
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Maybe you should start by describing what you did to your phone? Also post the output of fastboot getvar all except IMEI

alray said:
Maybe you should start by describing what you did to your phone? Also post the output of fastboot getvar all except IMEI
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First off, it is rooted, has twrp recovery, a 4.4 GPE ROM and is S-OFF.
I'll get the fastoobt getvar all results for you.
C:\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot getvar all
< waiting for device >
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.54.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.16.3250.24
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 2.17.401.1
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
(bootloader) serialno: HT368W908963
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0710000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3661mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-ae095083bf
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.078s

smartiejoe said:
First off, it is rooted, has twrp recovery, a 4.4 GPE ROM and is S-OFF.
I'll get the fastoobt getvar all results for you.
C:\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot getvar all
< waiting for device >
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.54.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.16.3250.24
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 2.17.401.1
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
(bootloader) serialno: HT368W908963
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0710000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3661mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-ae095083bf
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.078s
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you want to return it to stock like if you had never touched it.. So you want stock software, locked bootloader and S-ON ? If you are not sending your phone for a repair under warranty, I'll recommend you to keep unlocked bootloader and S-OFF or at least locked bootloader but S-OFF. Do you want to be on latest stock version? If yes then its almost impossible to s-off again on hboot 1.56.
What is your goal to restore your phone back to 100% stock?
Also need to know what operating system is on your computer.

alray said:
you want to return it to stock like if you had never touched it.. So you want stock software, locked bootloader and S-ON ? If you are not sending your phone for a repair under warranty, I'll recommend you to keep unlocked bootloader and S-OFF or at least locked bootloader but S-OFF. Do you want to be on latest stock version? If yes then its almost impossible to s-off again on hboot 1.56.
What is your goal to restore your phone back to 100% stock?
Also need to know what operating system is on your computer.
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Just in case I do need to send it off for repair or replacement, I don't want a tampered device. Just don't want that risk. I'm running WIndows 7.

smartiejoe said:
Just in case I do need to send it off for repair or replacement, I don't want a tampered device. Just don't want that risk. I'm running WIndows 7.
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You should keep s-off unless really necessary, not ''just in case''. If you need to send your phone for repair in the future, with s-off, you'll be able to remove the tampered flag and s-on again before sending it back to repair. But atm turning back S-ON is the risk you should not take imo.
Again if you go back to stock and update your phone to the latest version then it will be very difficult or even not possible to s-off again.
Im waiting your decision to guide you.

S-OFF is a gift and should never be taken for granted. If you throw it away it may not be available to you again.
S-ON is an operation I would defer until I learned that I actually *need* to send in the phone to someone who cares if it is S-ON or not.
S-ON is always the last step in any "going back to stock " process, the very last thing before the phone leaves your possession. And even then the step is usually optional. Warranty repair people often don't care, eBay doesn't care, it's just really rare that there is *any* actual benefit.
Sent from my HTC One using xda app-developers app

alray said:
You should keep s-off unless really necessary, not ''just in case''. If you need to send your phone for repair in the future, with s-off, you'll be able to remove the tampered flag and s-on again before sending it back to repair. But atm turning back S-ON is the risk you should not take imo.
Again if you go back to stock and update your phone to the latest version then it will be very difficult or even not possible to s-off again.
Im waiting your decision to guide you.
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Okay, I think I'll stick with S-OFF, I just want a really stable build, as close to stock as possible. Decent battery life, decent speed, and not too much hassle to return to complete stock if necessary.
I'll take your advice on what you think is best!

smartiejoe said:
Okay, I think I'll stick with S-OFF, I just want a really stable build, as close to stock as possible.
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You can use the stock RUU for your phone version, so you'll be 100% stock rom but with s-off and unlocked bootloader
smartiejoe said:
not too much hassle to return to complete stock if necessary.
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Easy to do with S-OFF
So you can use the latest RUU for your phone which you can find here
this will make your phone 100% stock (except s-off and unlocked bootloader). This will wipe everything on your phone so be sure to backup your media and personal data before on your computer.
download the exe file (about 1.5Gb)
plug your phone to your computer ( I assume your htc drivers are already installed correctly, if yes, your device is listed as ''My HTC'' in windows device manager)
launch the ruu.exe and follow instructions.

alray said:
You can use the stock RUU for your phone version, so you'll be 100% stock rom but with s-off and unlocked bootloader
Easy to do with S-OFF
So you can use the latest RUU for your phone which you can find here
this will make your phone 100% stock (except s-off and unlocked bootloader). This will wipe everything on your phone so be sure to backup your media and personal data before on your computer.
download the exe file (about 1.5Gb)
plug your phone to your computer ( I assume your htc drivers are already installed correctly, if yes, your device is listed as ''My HTC'' in windows device manager)
launch the ruu.exe and follow instructions.
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Hi there,
I downloaded the RUU and ran it and followed all instructions but it encounters an error every time. It doesn't give any information on what the error is, it just stays on the silver HTC logo and the software says it has failed. It doesn't get stuck in a bootloop though.
Thanks,
Joe

smartiejoe said:
Hi there,
I downloaded the RUU and ran it and followed all instructions but it encounters an error every time. It doesn't give any information on what the error is, it just stays on the silver HTC logo and the software says it has failed. It doesn't get stuck in a bootloop though.
Thanks,
Joe
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MD5 check the ruu file and make sure it match, if not download it again.
MD5: 9ad4111ce86981e3dffcce6d9ee80551

alray said:
MD5 check the ruu file and make sure it match, if not download it again.
MD5: 9ad4111ce86981e3dffcce6d9ee80551
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Hi,
I redownloaded it and ran it and it has been stuck on "0/5 sending" for the last 20 minutes or so, the interface says the whole process should take 10 minutes, is this normal?

smartiejoe said:
Hi,
I redownloaded it and ran it and it has been stuck on "0/5 sending" for the last 20 minutes or so, the interface says the whole process should take 10 minutes, is this normal?
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have you checked md5?
Maybe you could try another usb cable or another usb port

alray said:
have you checked md5?
Maybe you could try another usb cable or another usb port
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I checked MD5 and that was all fine, I'm using a different port and now it sits on "updating (1/5) Checking Header..." for ages and I've not yet seen it move any further

smartiejoe said:
I checked MD5 and that was all fine, I'm using a different port and now it sits on "updating (1/5) Checking Header..." for ages and I've not yet seen it move any further
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Try another usb cable. You could also try the 1.28.401.7 ruu

alray said:
Try another usb cable. You could also try the 1.28.401.7 ruu
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I just read somewhere that hboot 1.44 might be needed, and I have 1.54. So I shall flash 1.44 and see if it works then!
EDIT: When trying to flash hboot 1.44 it won't even send the 501kb zip file, even through a brand new usb cable. Updating drivers now to see if that works

[Q] RUU stuck at "checking headers"

I have an HTC One M7 (European unlocked version). I'm trying to restore it to the stock software, but I don't care about the "locked/re-locked" status, so I didn't bother getting s-off. Right now I have the stock odexed ROM that I got from here and TWRP 2.6.3.3.
This is the RUU file I'm trying to use. (The "stock ROM" I have now is version 4.19.401.8 instead, and has support for OTA updates, but it says my phone is up to date even if it's not.)
I know that to get a RUU working on an HTC phone, you have to re-lock the bootloader. So I did. This is my fastboot info now:
Code:
C:\Windows\system32>fastboot getvar all
< waiting for device >
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.54.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.17.3250.14
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno: CENSORED
(bootloader) imei: CENSORED
(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: 4302mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-d959c75800
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.059s
At the top the screen says "tampered" and "relocked."
So, still being on fastboot and aware that all the data in the phone would be gone, I ran the RUU file on my windows pc. It started up and I went through the setup. It rebooted my phone to a black screen with a gray htc logo and started the process.
However, I've noticed it's been at 5% and saying "checking headers" for a bit too long now. I waited an hour and it was still stuck. I held down the power button on my phone until it rebooted. It still booted up and worked fine, nothing was deleted. Tried again, same thing. I'm sure I'm using the right RUU file, and the MD5 checks fine. I remember doing this on an htc one v, I was in the same exact situation and everything went through. Why doesn't it work with my m7?
Now my bootloader is locked and if I re-unlock it, it will delete all my stuff. I can still use the phone fine, but I want stock rom, recovery and everything, so I can also get the official sense 6 update. I could do s-off if I really have to, if that's what it takes to get the RUU working. My phone's still rooted, but I don't think the firewater or whatever utility to get s-off works with a locked bootloader. What I'd like to do is just get the RUU working, but it's not. Have I screwed up? Do I re-unlock the bootloader and have to resort to custom roms on this phone? Please help. If I didn't provide enough info, tell me.

XDA Dev said:
I have an HTC One M7 (European unlocked version). I'm trying to restore it to the stock software, but I don't care about the "locked/re-locked" status, so I didn't bother getting s-off. Right now I have the stock odexed ROM that I got from here and TWRP 2.6.3.3.
This is the RUU file I'm trying to use. (The "stock ROM" I have now is version 4.19.401.8 instead, and has support for OTA updates, but it says my phone is up to date even if it's not.)
I know that to get a RUU working on an HTC phone, you have to re-lock the bootloader. So I did. This is my fastboot info now:
Code:
C:\Windows\system32>fastboot getvar all
< waiting for device >
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.54.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.17.3250.14
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno: CENSORED
(bootloader) imei: CENSORED
(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: 4302mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-d959c75800
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.059s
At the top the screen says "tampered" and "relocked."
So, still being on fastboot and aware that all the data in the phone would be gone, I ran the RUU file on my windows pc. It started up and I went through the setup. It rebooted my phone to a black screen with a gray htc logo and started the process.
However, I've noticed it's been at 5% and saying "checking headers" for a bit too long now. I waited an hour and it was still stuck. I held down the power button on my phone until it rebooted. It still booted up and worked fine, nothing was deleted. Tried again, same thing. I'm sure I'm using the right RUU file, and the MD5 checks fine. I remember doing this on an htc one v, I was in the same exact situation and everything went through. Why doesn't it work with my m7?
Now my bootloader is locked and if I re-unlock it, it will delete all my stuff. I can still use the phone fine, but I want stock rom, recovery and everything, so I can also get the official sense 6 update. I could do s-off if I really have to, if that's what it takes to get the RUU working. My phone's still rooted, but I don't think the firewater or whatever utility to get s-off works with a locked bootloader. What I'd like to do is just get the RUU working, but it's not. Have I screwed up? Do I re-unlock the bootloader and have to resort to custom roms on this phone? Please help. If I didn't provide enough info, tell me.
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Great information! Your post is a model of HOW a question should be posted!
Anyway, if 4.x.401.x RUU is NOT working, try another computer, if it is still not working, then yes, S-OFF, flash 1.44 HBOOT, and run the http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/ruu-zip...1-27_10-31-1131-05_release_310878_signed-zip/ RUU. This will take you back a few months ago, but you will be able to OTA all the way upto Sense 6!

SaHiLzZ said:
Great information! Your post is a model of HOW a question should be posted!
Anyway, if 4.x.401.x RUU is NOT working, try another computer, if it is still not working, then yes, S-OFF, flash 1.44 HBOOT, and run the http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/ruu-zip...1-27_10-31-1131-05_release_310878_signed-zip/ RUU. This will take you back a few months ago, but you will be able to OTA all the way upto Sense 6!
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Haha, thanks, I guess nearly 3 years of lurking on these forums taught me something about posting.
I was using a Windows Vista SP2 PC to try this. I've just tried it on my Mac running Windows 7 SP1 with bootcamp, the RUU file (which still checks out with the correct MD5 hash) starts the installshield wizard normally, but as soon as I accept the terms and conditions, the program closes and nothing opens again. I checked on task manager, the process closes shortly after accepting the terms. I tried restarting and looking up for a solution but I couldn't find anything that worked.
Is Vista really the only reason it's stuck at checking headers? I know Vista is rather despised by a lot of people, but by 2014 it did get better. I'd rather use that machine because on my Mac running Windows 7 the RUU could not start up because I've made the Windows partition too small. (It has around 3gb free now whereas the vista machine has more than 150).

Sorry for the double post, but it's probably my last one on this thread.
Even if my boot loader was re-locked, I tried running the firewater program to get s-off, and it worked. (As a bonus it re-unlocked my boot loader without wiping the phone, but I re-locked it again to get the ruu working).
Then I tried downgrading to hboot 1.44, but for some reason it kept giving an error like "failed: remote 42 custom id check fail." I decided to try the sense 5.0 ruu anyway (on my vista PC), and it worked! The phone now says "relocked" but tampered is gone of course, and I have hboot 1.44, android 4.1 and htc sense 5.0, but still s-off.
The first update popped up (and it's not android 4.4 with sense 6, it's something in between) so I'm going to update until no more updates are available. Then I'm going to re-unlock the boot loader because I want to root my phone, and then set up all my stuff. When a new update comes out, I can just flash the original recovery, apply the update and then re-flash twrp to root again.
Thank you for the suggestion to install the older ruu. I'm still stumped on why the newer one didn't work (it would have caused much less hassle), but whatever. At least my phone is much cleaner now. It feels good to have it like this again, I'm not against custom roms but I like the stock software too.
I'm using my iPhone to write this, but trust me, my htc is in full working order now.
Until next problem I can't solve myself
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for updating back. Don't S-ON.

SaHiLzZ said:
Thanks for updating back. Don't S-ON.
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Yeah, I'm not going to. I've updated to android 4.3 now and I'm still downloading updates--it updated hboot to 1.55 but I still have s-off, so I believe it stays s-off if I don't run the command to (I guess irreversibly) go back to s-on, which I don't even know. (I didn't do s-off before because I didn't care about the extra privileges and was afraid of bricking my phone, but now that I have it I don't mind so I'm keeping it).
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[Q] Bootloader says Tampered but I've never tampered it!

I got a message about the OTA update so downloaded it and went to install, on the reboot I got the bootloader appearing which says
****TAMPERED***
****LOCKED****
****Security Warning****
I have never bothered to root the phone or anything as its one I use for my business so didn't want to take any risks with it! HTC were absolutely useless when I asked them about this (no surprises there)
so how do i get the update to install on my phone?

the_r_sole said:
I got a message about the OTA update so downloaded it and went to install, on the reboot I got the bootloader appearing which says
****TAMPERED***
****LOCKED****
****Security Warning****
I have never bothered to root the phone or anything as its one I use for my business so didn't want to take any risks with it! HTC were absolutely useless when I asked them about this (no surprises there)
so how do i get the update to install on my phone?
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can you post the output of ''fastboot getvar all'' except imei and serialno

i can try!

(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.56.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.25.3263.21
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 4.19.401.11
(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__001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3835mV
(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
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.071s

well, now it's getting really annoying, I guess the update tried to install and somehow fooled google play into thinking it had, that updated itself and now I get errors every minute to say google play services has stopped and then after about 4 the phone reboots - it's really handy having a premium device for work that I can't use

so decided i would try and follow the guide to set back to stock - first thing to do is to get s-off - tried the firewater thing but the phone won't stay on long enough to get through the instructions!!
What a piece of …
I am going to attempt to get a new handset from my network as this kind of rubbish shouldn't happen to a handset that i've never tried to alter!

Can you download the RUU for your phone, boot into bootloader then flash it?
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well, no!
I am now looking at the white screen "h&c quietly brilliant" and have been for some time - won't get past that screen now not sure what happened on one of the restarts to make that happen but assuming it's just going to get worse until it goes in the bin

can i flash the RUU with S-On?
I have so much hate for my phone right now, the one reason I have never touched the software on this one is because I need it for work, and it's the only one that's gone t*** up!

the_r_sole said:
can i flash the RUU with S-On?
I have so much hate for my phone right now, the one reason I have never touched the software on this one is because I need it for work, and it's the only one that's gone t*** up!
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One of the main reasons I root and install custom recovery and s-off is to insure I have backups and the ability to flash any RUU. Their is no Nandroid with a stock phone.

So, can anyone help with this?
Phone can only get to bootloader and freezes at white screen if I try to start it...

the_r_sole said:
So, can anyone help with this?
Phone can only get to bootloader and freezes at white screen if I try to start it...
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well, I got somewhere! went to htcdev to unlock the bootloader, once I did that it rebooted properly so apart from losing all my text messages and having to set up my emails it's all good!

have done some more reading and it seems like 1.56 hboot can't get s-off so I am in the ludicrous situation of not being able to get a completely stock phone to be a completely stock phone and get the OTA updates!!

the_r_sole said:
have done some more reading and it seems like 1.56 hboot can't get s-off so I am in the ludicrous situation of not being able to get a completely stock phone to be a completely stock phone and get the OTA updates!!
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you can s-off using firewater for hboot 1.56, sometime it works, sometime it don't.
you can still have ota updates if you restore the missing files for ota and you flash back the stock recovery.
or some custom roms are always up-to-date and not much different from a stock rom look (i.e ARHD)
you can always send the phone to fonefunshop.com and have it s-off'ed via a java card. then you'll be able to do a full ruu

Yeah, tried firewater a few times and it gave me the error saying that it will never work!
Went for ARHD which works fine, so will just stick with it for a while anyway
Cherrs

HTC ONE Bootloop

Hello,
I hope somebody can help me with a new HTC One. It stucks in bootloops. Sometimes I can get to the lockscreen: But when I unlock the device the HTC-logo shows up and the phone restarts again. Some ideas to solve my problems? I thought I could flash the ruu with fastboot? but it failed - well, maybe it was the wrong firmware or did another mistake..
The device is locked - so no recovery and no root, but I can reach the bootloader
Hboot 1.57.0000
firmware 5.12.206.3
UPDATE
Oh well. It is an O2-model.. so I need an O2-ruu and if I can't find an O2-ruu I can't unbrick my phone??!!

seven09 said:
Hello,
I hope somebody can help me with a new HTC One. It stucks in bootloops. Sometimes I can get to the lockscreen: But when I unlock the device the HTC-logo shows up and the phone restarts again. Some ideas to solve my problems? I thought I could flash the ruu with fastboot? but it failed - well, maybe it was the wrong firmware or did another mistake..
The device is locked - so no recovery and no root, but I can reach the bootloader
Hboot 1.57.0000
firmware 5.12.206.3
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.57.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4T.27.3218.14
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 5.12.206.3
(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: O2___102
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4294mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-6d8a0b9b
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
UPDATE
Oh well. It is an O2-model.. so I need an O2-ruu and if I can't find an O2-ruu I can't unbrick my phone??!!
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1st of all delete IMEI No & serial number from your post above
Go to bootloader select recovery
In recovery wipe cache and restart
( If recovery not show menu then press volume up 1st + power button 2nd for 5 secs then leave power button then volume it will show menu )
If wipe cache not working you have to factory reset your phone from bootloader
This problem arises when any installed app trouble with boot or corrupt app data

Thanks for your reply..
but nothing worked. I opened the bootloader and installed cwm. After that I tried to restore an old backup, which I found on the Internet and flashed a custom rom as well... :S
Oh now it boots
But every 2 min my device reboots... ??

seven09 said:
Thanks for your reply..
but nothing worked. I opened the bootloader and installed cwm. After that I tried to restore an old backup, which I found on the Internet and flashed a custom rom as well... :S
Oh now it boots
But every 2 min my device reboots... ??
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what backup version? If using a backup it must be the same version as your firmware (version shown in bootloader).
You should try to flash a custom like ARHD 83, easiest way to get your device booting again. (use TWRP 2.6.3.3)
There is no RUU for this version, so forget RUU unless you want to convert your phone to another version (s-off required)

alray said:
what backup version? If using a backup it must be the same version as your firmware (version shown in bootloader).
You should try to flash a custom like ARHD 83, easiest way to get your device booting again. (use TWRP 2.6.3.3)
There is no RUU for this version, so forget RUU unless you want to convert your phone to another version (s-off required)
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hmmm, I already tried AHD 83. but I still get reboots very often
Yes there is no RUU. I thought I could maybe try to get s-off, change the cid and install another RUU.. But I dunno if it would solve my Reboot-problem.. Maybe, but I do not want to pay 25 bucks for nothing (sunshine - HBoot 1.57)

seven09 said:
hmmm, I already tried AHD 83. but I still get reboots very often
Yes there is no RUU. I thought I could maybe try to get s-off, change the cid and install another RUU.. But I dunno if it would solve my Reboot-problem.. Maybe, but I do not want to pay 25 bucks for nothing (sunshine - HBoot 1.57)
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If you achieve S-Off to flash a Ruu, and your phone still have the rebooting issue, then youll know its an hardware problem. 25$ worth it imo

[Q] relock/unroot HTC One M7, hboot 1.57

Hi guys, hope you can help me out...
I just rooted my HTC One (unlock bootloader and install TWRP recovery), WITHOUT installing any custom ROM (i just kept the factory OS, because i couldn't S-Off the phone in order to install the google play edition). The OS i had (and still have) is stock Android 4.4.3 with Sense 6.
The problem is that i need to lock the phone back (in order to benefit from the warranty - technical touchscreen problem).
I tried using Revone to lock the phone back, but i get an error: "Failed to open framebuffer device". I understand that revone doesn't work with hboot 1.57.
Could you please help me with the relocking/unrooting the phone (at least give me a link to a guide that is working for my phone configuration - hboot 1.57) ? And also could you tell me if i need a RUU, or i can just wipe/reinstall the current OS (which i never changed in the first place) ? And if i need a RUU, how can i find the one that was initially installed on the phone ?
Oh, and one more thing: at first, when my phone started, i had a Vodafone screen showing up, and some crappy apps preinstalled. After i rooted an installed twrp recovery, i don't get that vodafone screen anymore, an the crappy apps weren't preinstalled anymore.
Cheers and thanks in advance !

andreih8017 said:
Hi guys, hope you can help me out...
I just rooted my HTC One (unlock bootloader and install TWRP recovery), WITHOUT installing any custom ROM (i just kept the factory OS, because i couldn't S-Off the phone in order to install the google play edition). The OS i had (and still have) is stock Android 4.4.3 with Sense 6.
The problem is that i need to lock the phone back (in order to benefit from the warranty - technical touchscreen problem).
I tried using Revone to lock the phone back, but i get an error: "Failed to open framebuffer device". I understand that revone doesn't work with hboot 1.57.
Could you please help me with the relocking/unrooting the phone (at least give me a link to a guide that is working for my phone configuration - hboot 1.57) ? And also could you tell me if i need a RUU, or i can just wipe/reinstall the current OS (which i never changed in the first place) ? And if i need a RUU, how can i find the one that was initially installed on the phone ?
Oh, and one more thing: at first, when my phone started, i had a Vodafone screen showing up, and some crappy apps preinstalled. After i rooted an installed twrp recovery, i don't get that vodafone screen anymore, an the crappy apps weren't preinstalled anymore.
Cheers and thanks in advance !
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Ok well first off you need s-off to set your bootloader to ***LOCKED*** and to get back to 100% stock. As your on Hboot 1.57 the only way to gain s-off is with Sunshine App. Which will cost $25 to use.
The stock Rom on your Device won't be a complete stock Rom either. When you unlock the bootloader the device is wiped along with some preload data (crappy apps) which is critical if you want the device back to stock. Or to be able to accept OTA updates. If the device is Vodafone I'm not sure there is an RUU but you should be able to get a full stock Rom from somewhere. Please post the output of
Code:
fastboot getvar all
Please remove your imei and serial number before posting. And we can see what is available for you. But if you want to go 100% stock to reinstate your warranty you will need s-off first :good:

Danny201281 said:
Ok well first off you need s-off to set your bootloader to ***LOCKED*** and to get back to 100% stock. As your on Hboot 1.57 the only way to gain s-off is with Sunshine App. Which will cost $25 to use.
The stock Rom on your Device won't be a complete stock Rom either. When you unlock the bootloader the device is wiped along with some preload data (crappy apps) which is critical if you want the device back to stock. Or to be able to accept OTA updates. If the device is Vodafone I'm not sure there is an RUU but you should be able to get a full stock Rom from somewhere. Please post the output of
Code:
fastboot getvar all
Please remove your imei and serial number before posting. And we can see what is available for you. But if you want to go 100% stock to reinstate your warranty you will need s-off first :good:
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Hey, thanx for the quick answer !
This is the result:
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.57.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4T.29.3218.08
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 6.09.401.11
(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__032
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4234mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-6d8a0b9b
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.054s
What do you mean by "Or to be able to accept OTA updates" ?? At his moment i won't be able to receive any updates anymore ? :crying:
Also, what about Firewater for S-OFF ?

andreih8017 said:
Hey, thanx for the quick answer !
This is the result:
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.57.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4T.29.3218.08
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 6.09.401.11
(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__032
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4234mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-6d8a0b9b
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.054s
What do you mean by "Or to be able to accept OTA updates" ?? At his moment i won't be able to receive any updates anymore ? :crying:
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Unlocking the bootloader wipes /data partition to prevent unauthorized access to your data. Problem is that HTC packed some of their stock apps in /data/preload which mean you don't have these apps anymore after unlocking the bootloader. When installing an ota update, there is a script verifying the integrity of each files to be patched, inluding apps normally present in /data/preload. After the script will find out that these apps are missing, the ota update installation will abort. So no your phone can't install ota update anymore unless you restore your phone back to stock (which can be done with s-off btw).
Also, what about Firewater for S-OFF ?
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Its discontinued. Firewater was using online resources no more available to do its magic.
From what I see from your "getvar all" you have the pretty standard version of the M7. Follow nkk71's guide linked in my signature. You want to follow the procedure using the 1.28.401.7 ruu.zip

@alray
@Danny201281
I successfully did the following:
- S-OFF with Sunshine
- I got rid of "tampered" and "unlocked" in bootloader, by using nkk71's guide. Now it just says "locked".
- I flashed the 1.28.401.7 ruu zip
- I updated the software via OTA
Now the only thing left is to get back to S-ON, right ? How can i do this without risking the "tampered" sign (as explained in nkk71's guide) ? Any safer way ?
And btw, the result of getvar all is the same as before, except now is S-OFF instead of S-ON
Thanks,

andreih8017 said:
@alray
@Danny201281
I successfully did the following:
- S-OFF with Sunshine
- I got rid of "tampered" and "unlocked" in bootloader, by using nkk71's guide. Now it just says "locked".
- I flashed the 1.28.401.7 ruu zip
- I updated the software via OTA
Now the only thing left is to get back to S-ON, right ? How can i do this without risking the "tampered" sign (as explained in nkk71's guide) ? Any safer way ?
And btw, the result of getvar all is the same as before, except now is S-OFF instead of S-ON
Thanks,
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To safely go back to s-on without risking tampered you should have done it before installing the OTA updates as explained in @nkk71 guide.
So now you should downgrade with the ruu again then set s-on then install OTA updates to avoid the tampered flag returning. :good:

andreih8017 said:
@alray
@Danny201281
I successfully did the following:
- S-OFF with Sunshine
- I got rid of "tampered" and "unlocked" in bootloader, by using nkk71's guide. Now it just says "locked".
- I flashed the 1.28.401.7 ruu zip
- I updated the software via OTA
Now the only thing left is to get back to S-ON, right ? How can i do this without risking the "tampered" sign (as explained in nkk71's guide) ? Any safer way ?
And btw, the result of getvar all is the same as before, except now is S-OFF instead of S-ON
Thanks,
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how far did you go with the OTA's? as long as it's pre 7.xx (ie Lollipop), sunshine will still work, in case you the tampered sign back, you can use sunshine again to s-off, and redo it (the guide)
but as danny said, i (personally) only recommend it on 1.xx or 2.xx firmware.... i don't know the reason for tampered [sometimes/often] reappearing so i dont know what's involved or what triggers it

@Danny201281
@nkk71
i took a leap of faith and eneter the "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" command. It worked like a charm. Afterwards i rebooted the bootloader 3 times and no "tampered" sign, but S-ON. I also rebooted the phone once and still no "tampered" sign, but S-ON. Guess it worked, right ?
As for the OTAs, i went until the last one available for HTC One - 6.09.401.11.
Thanks guys !

andreih8017 said:
@Danny201281
@nkk71
i took a leap of faith and eneter the "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" command. It worked like a charm. Afterwards i rebooted the bootloader 3 times and no "tampered" sign, but S-ON. I also rebooted the phone once and still no "tampered" sign, but S-ON. Guess it worked, right ?
As for the OTAs, i went until the last one available for HTC One - 6.09.401.11.
Thanks guys !
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You need to reboot the ROM three times at least, not the bootloader
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@nkk71
I did that also. Still working fine, "locked" and S-ON
Thanx,

andreih8017 said:
@nkk71
I did that also. Still working fine, "locked" and S-ON
Thanx,
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cool, good to hear :good: :good: