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4.4 update question

I am running a fully unlocked s-off, super cid, HTC one. I recently upgraded it to ARHD 5.1 kit Kat ROM and I also pushed the latest CWM recovery before flashing.
I want to upgrade the rest of the files that I am lacking since I didn't not flash a ruu or ota. What additional files do I need to flash in order to make my one all up to date as far as the latest kit Kat update.
What is the latest: hboot? Radio? Firmware? Any help will be greatly appreciated in helping me get 100% up to date.
Thanks!

You have a working phone, count your stars. Update radio and no more

SaHiLzZ said:
You have a working phone, count your stars. Update radio and no more
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I appreciate the advice and I do agree with not broke don't fix. I have a bunch of devices and always like to be synced with the latest ota updates.
I researched and found the 4.4 firmware, and radio and will flash them later on. How about hboot/ boot loader?

bradm23 said:
I researched and found the 4.4 firmware, and radio and will flash them later on.
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Is it actually true that one has to relock the bootloader and do a wipe in order to be able to flash a new firmware?
Also when flashing the latest firmware, the latest radio is right included, isn't it?

Just flash the radio man. Beware of the isssues people are having with 4.4 update. Just look at the last three four pages of this section.

Should I upgrade my hboot?

I am on rumrunner hboot 1.55.5555.
I have been having some strange problems, and am wondering if my hboot could be the source. I think it is the only part of the firmware I haven't flashed trying to fix things. The main problem I am having is no service on non-sense roms. It started when I flashed ViperOne, with a full wipe, coming from Noctournal GE. I flashed back to a stock based ROM, and service is back. But I can no longer flash non-sense roms and have functioning service.
I flashed OMJ's modified firmware and twrp 2.6.3.4, then did a full wipe - didn't fix anything. Tried to RUU - it says "The ROM Update Utility cannot update your Android phone. Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again." When the utility showed the old and new baseband [?] numbers before it tried to flash, they were the same.
I am about to flash the unmodified firmware in the hopes that it will fix something, will report my findings. If anyone could steer me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it! :highfive:

It's not a firmware problem. If you want to use it with GSM networks you need a SENSE rom, it has always been like this. The ruu probably doesn't work because you are trying to downgrade and are s-on. If you want to downgrade you need to be s-off, or find a ruu that is the same version or newer than the current firmware
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elvisypi said:
It's not a firmware problem. If you want to use it with GSM networks you need a SENSE rom, it has always been like this. The ruu probably doesn't work because you are trying to downgrade and are s-on. If you want to downgrade you need to be s-off, or find a ruu that is the same version or newer than the current firmware
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What do GSM networks have to do with anything? I've had perfect service on AOSP/GE roms until this problem occurred. rumrunner hboot means I am s-off FYI. I also said nothing about downgrading, the question is should I upgrade.
Also from the above post:
When the utility showed the old and new baseband [firmware] numbers before it tried to flash, they were the same.
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In settings, make sure your CDMA subscription is set to NV.

systemshock869 said:
What do GSM networks have to do with anything? I've had perfect service on AOSP/GE roms until this problem occurred. rumrunner hboot means I am s-off FYI. I also said nothing about downgrading, the question is should I upgrade.
Also from the above post:
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Have you updated your radios?
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[Q] HTC One w ARHD12 - how to get Three's 4G update?

OK, so about 9 months ago I rooted my Three branded HTC one, installed CWM recovery and put ARHD12 on there and it's been brilliant. Three are now rolling out the 4G radio updates which as far as I understand is entirely separate to any ROM such as ARHD. So how do I get the radio update? Do I have to go back to stock? If so, now's the time to confess I didn't take a backup before I installed ARHD. So I guess I need the most recent Three RUU - do I have to remove CWM before I install it? I'm not a n00b - I managed to do this on my own last time and I'm fairly technically competent. The only problem I have now is one of time - I can't spend an entire day figuring stuff out due to the 9-month old bundle of joy that requires a fair bit of attention! If you can help me with a fairly simple outline of what to do in what order, that would be very much appreciated. Cheers!

ShadowTD said:
OK, so about 9 months ago I rooted my Three branded HTC one, installed CWM recovery and put ARHD12 on there and it's been brilliant. Three are now rolling out the 4G radio updates which as far as I understand is entirely separate to any ROM such as ARHD. So how do I get the radio update? Do I have to go back to stock? If so, now's the time to confess I didn't take a backup before I installed ARHD. So I guess I need the most recent Three RUU - do I have to remove CWM before I install it? I'm not a n00b - I managed to do this on my own last time and I'm fairly technically competent. The only problem I have now is one of time - I can't spend an entire day figuring stuff out due to the 9-month old bundle of joy that requires a fair bit of attention! If you can help me with a fairly simple outline of what to do in what order, that would be very much appreciated. Cheers!
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You will have to return completely to stock. That means everything must be as it was out of the box. As for the ruu for your carrier, if they released it then it should be in one of the stickies.
Bat cave One

I'm on Three in the UK and before I flashed a custom ROM I made sure I got S-Off then flashed the latest unbranded firmware(FUU_4.19.401.9-TWRP2633_combined_nowipe.exe which I got from XDA) and then changed my CID to SuperCID. After that I flashed custom ROM without flashing a stock ROM. LTE/4G works perfectly ok.

heat57 said:
I'm on Three in the UK and before I flashed a custom ROM I made sure I got S-Off then flashed the latest unbranded firmware(FUU_4.19.401.9-TWRP2633_combined_nowipe.exe which I got from XDA) and then changed my CID to SuperCID. After that I flashed custom ROM without flashing a stock ROM. LTE/4G works perfectly ok.
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Thanks Heat57. I'm currently S-On, Unlocked, Tampered. I've also found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2419699
which seems to contain all of the radio files in the world, and also all of the firmware. This radio:
(1.29.401.12 WWE OTA) Radio_4A.14.3250.13_10.33.1150.01L
Looks interested, but you say you never flashed your radio? When did you get your one?
I'm thinking from your post I'm going to get S-OFF (using Revone, yes?) and flash a firmware to see if the 4G radio options show up. I can't see the one you mentioned - could you recommend one from the above thread? Also, it says TWRP - I'm using CWM - is that a problem?
Final question - if I do a backup I'm backing up the radio and firmware as well? So if I make a total plums of this I can get back to CWM and restore?
TIA for any further help you can give me

ShadowTD said:
Thanks Heat57. I'm currently S-On, Unlocked, Tampered. I've also found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2419699
which seems to contain all of the radio files in the world, and also all of the firmware. This radio:
(1.29.401.12 WWE OTA) Radio_4A.14.3250.13_10.33.1150.01L
Looks interested, but you say you never flashed your radio? When did you get your one?
I'm thinking from your post I'm going to get S-OFF (using Revone, yes?) and flash a firmware to see if the 4G radio options show up. I can't see the one you mentioned - could you recommend one from the above thread? Also, it says TWRP - I'm using CWM - is that a problem?
Final question - if I do a backup I'm backing up the radio and firmware as well? So if I make a total plums of this I can get back to CWM and restore?
TIA for any further help you can give me
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Well, I flashed the firmware, which amongst other hardware bits includes the radio. My first goal was to unlock the bootloader and then S-Off, as the latter removes any potential issues with firmware flashes and the like. I also went and changed CID to 11111111, which I understand is SuperCID and enables flashing of firmware and ROMs of different CID designations. Please beware, YOU MUST BE S-OFF FOR FIRMWARE FLASHING!!!
Regarding your question of revone, if you're on hboot 1.44 then yes, revone, hboot version 1.54 and 1.55 only work with rumrunner and latest versions require the 'firewater' exploit.
I am relatively new to HTC, although I owned an original Desire many years ago, so I still remember the peculiarities of HTC ROM. I had a Galaxy Note 2 and rooting and flashing ROMs there is a piece of cake by comparison. I digress.
Unlike most other manufacturers, where you get everything included in the custom ROM, it seems with HTC that is not the case, hence if you want to update your radio for example, you need to flash a firmware package. Therefore, I am not certain if a Nandroid would restore the firmware, if you encounter any problems, maybe someone more knowledgeable can confirm. In any event, if you're S-Off then flashing any firmware for the M7ul should work, so worst case, if you mess up you could always flash the one I pointed out via adb. Here is a link to the latest firmware http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2485651
Regarding the recovery, I just prefer TWRP and use the one but last version 2.6.3.4, which works perfectly. #However, there is no reason why your CWM should not be adequate. Before I took the jump, after just receiving my One, I read through the threads for about a day to make sure I got it right.
Finally, if you end up rooted and S-Off then there is a supper little flashable zip called 'Guru_Bootloade_Reset_1.0.zip' that allows you to remove the tampered flag, relock the bootloader and unlock it again by simply flashing it and selecting what you want in it's aroma installer. You'll find it on XDA as well, justuse the search function.

[Q] Restoring OTA update capability

Hi All,
I'm new here and I came here because of some verizon HTC One (M7, cid = vzw001) troubles.
Last year when I got the phone I was intent on making it like a Google play edition phone. I did rumrunner to get s-off and I unlocked the bootloader somehow (I don't remember) and rooted it. I tried flashing a GPE rom but being a noob, I flashed a GSM rom and it did not boot. In a frantic effort to make my phone usable I downloaded a deodexed verizon stock rom and flashed it, and thankfully it worked. I was able to get the Sense 5.5 OTA update after that. A little while later, I installed TWRP because I did not have a recovery at all. Now the Sense 6 update has been out for awhile now and I had tried updating to it but it would take me straight to TWRP and stop. Later on I read about how TWRP stops OTA updates so I installed a stock recovery. I also uninstalled root. Today I looked at my mom's HTC One, and I looked at her stats under Recovery Menu:
hboot: 1.57
radio: 1.13.41.0.421
OS: 4.10.605
I flashed a 1.13.41.0.421 radio and updated somehow the hboot got updated when tinkering and now all those specs match my Mom's, but it is obviously not the same OS. My phone from the settings says it is 4.4.2, 3.11.605.1.
What can I do to essentially return it to fresh out of the box state with restored ota capability? I want to be able to update normally like my Mom's phone and I don't care about root access. I'm not sending it in for warranty do I don't care about turning S-ON or dealing with tampered flags.
Also I'm sort of a noob. I only have a basic idea on how to use fastboot, so a step by step walkthrough would be helpful.
Thanks,
sugehtc

surgehtc said:
Hi All,
I'm new here and I came here because of some verizon HTC One (M7, cid = vzw001) troubles.
Last year when I got the phone I was intent on making it like a Google play edition phone. I did rumrunner to get s-off and I unlocked the bootloader somehow (I don't remember) and rooted it. I tried flashing a GPE rom but being a noob, I flashed a GSM rom and it did not boot. In a frantic effort to make my phone usable I downloaded a deodexed verizon stock rom and flashed it, and thankfully it worked. I was able to get the Sense 5.5 OTA update after that. A little while later, I installed TWRP because I did not have a recovery at all. Now the Sense 6 update has been out for awhile now and I had tried updating to it but it would take me straight to TWRP and stop. Later on I read about how TWRP stops OTA updates so I installed a stock recovery. I also uninstalled root. Today I looked at my mom's HTC One, and I looked at her stats under Recovery Menu:
hboot: 1.57
radio: 1.13.41.0.421
OS: 4.10.605
I flashed a 1.13.41.0.421 radio and updated somehow the hboot got updated when tinkering and now all those specs match my Mom's, but it is obviously not the same OS. My phone from the settings says it is 4.4.2, 3.11.605.1.
What can I do to essentially return it to fresh out of the box state with restored ota capability? I want to be able to update normally like my Mom's phone and I don't care about root access. I'm not sending it in for warranty do I don't care about turning S-ON or dealing with tampered flags.
Also I'm sort of a noob. I only have a basic idea on how to use fastboot, so a step by step walkthrough would be helpful.
Thanks,
sugehtc
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Here is a step by step instructions for returning to stock. There is a Verizon HTC One Forum which has a ton of information much more than this forum. The Verizon phone is very different than the GSM version.

majmoz said:
Here is a step by step instructions for returning to stock. There is a Verizon HTC One Forum which has a ton of information much more than this forum. The Verizon phone is very different than the GSM version.
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I read the thread but the link to the decrypted ruu was gone.
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I flashed a 1.44 hboot
and the did fastboot reboot-bootloader
it went to a bootloop and I cant use fastboot
When I plug in my phone to the computer
my phone never says fastboot usb
Windows also says "malfuctioning device"
When I press power on
It goes to boot loop
I can enter the recovery menu
I have no idea how to use adb.
I think I'm screwed.

surgehtc said:
I read the thread but the link to the decrypted ruu was gone.
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I flashed a 1.44 hboot
and the did fastboot reboot-bootloader
it went to a bootloop and I cant use fastboot
When I plug in my phone to the computer
my phone never says fastboot usb
Windows also says "malfuctioning device"
When I press power on
It goes to boot loop
I can enter the recovery menu
I have no idea how to use adb.
I think I'm screwed.
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It looks like you got a corrupt hboot flash. I hope you got the hboot from the Verizon forum instead of this forum. This forum is geared to the GSM phones not the CDMA phones. You need to find a hboot for a Verizon phone in zip format to flash in recovery. The hboot controls the bootloader, so this could be the issue.
If you get that straighten out and you are able to use fastboot again, this post has a stock rom and firmware you can flash. Then you would have been back to stock. Spend time in the Verizon forum.

majmoz said:
It looks like you got a corrupt hboot flash. I hope you got the hboot from the Verizon forum instead of this forum. This forum is geared to the GSM phones not the CDMA phones. You need to find a hboot for a Verizon phone in zip format to flash in recovery. The hboot controls the bootloader, so this could be the issue.
If you get that straighten out and you are able to use fastboot again, this post has a stock rom and firmware you can flash. Then you would have been back to stock. Spend time in the Verizon forum.
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I did get it from the verizon section.
But I have no custom recovery and no fastboot
I can't adb sideload either.
What should I do?

[Q] Cant get OTA, for ViperOne update

I have my Sprint HTC One m8 and I'd like to update to ViperOne ROM 3.1.0
I was using ViperOne 1.8.0, but to install the new version I need to get things back to stock so I can get all the OTA's up to the most recent update, and then flash the new ViperOne.
I've gotten this far and now I'm stuck...
Flashed Sprint_HTC_One_M8_1.54.651.8_RUU and now it boots into the stock no problem. Flashed the stock recovery here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2736048 . When I start the phone it recognizes there is an update, but when it tries to install it, the process quits about a quarter of the way through, it gives off the red ! with triangle, then eventually reboots back into android. I feel like I'm missing a step here somewhere, not sure why the stock recovery doesnt work. I can flash back and forth from the stock recovery and twrp, and twrp works. I have access to fastboot if needed.
General specs of the phone as I believe they still are...
S-Off (htc unlock)
Rooted
1.54.651.8 Stock rom
hboot 3.16.00 (i flashed some mod a long time ago to hide the red development message you'd get)
Anything else you need?

Scrufdog said:
I have my Sprint HTC One m8 and I'd like to update to ViperOne ROM 3.1.0
I was using ViperOne 1.8.0, but to install the new version I need to get things back to stock so I can get all the OTA's up to the most recent update, and then flash the new ViperOne.
I've gotten this far and now I'm stuck...
Flashed Sprint_HTC_One_M8_1.54.651.8_RUU and now it boots into the stock no problem. Flashed the stock recovery here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2736048 . When I start the phone it recognizes there is an update, but when it tries to install it, the process quits about a quarter of the way through, it gives off the red ! with triangle, then eventually reboots back into android. I feel like I'm missing a step here somewhere, not sure why the stock recovery doesnt work. I can flash back and forth from the stock recovery and twrp, and twrp works. I have access to fastboot if needed.
General specs of the phone as I believe they still are...
S-Off (htc unlock)
Rooted
1.54.651.8 Stock rom
hboot 3.16.00 (i flashed some mod a long time ago to hide the red development message you'd get)
Anything else you need?
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delete the cache after flash stock recovery ? fastboot erase cache

dawexxl said:
delete the cache after flash stock recovery ? fastboot erase cache
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did that, didnt help, but thx

does the phone have to be S-On with a locked bootloader to recieve OTAs?

Scrufdog said:
does the phone have to be S-On with a locked bootloader to recieve OTAs?
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If you're S-off, no.
You might want to take a look at the thread in the link below. It pretty much covers what you have to do to take the OTA. Since you're S-off, why not install the firmware for the latest update and then flash a ROM based off the latest update? Much simpler than having to go through all the steps you're going through.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2888993

yeah, i was trying to update via methods that were a couple weeks old, which of course are old.... lol
I installed the latest ROM from sprint, then install ViperOne on top of it, going through the install right now. Wifi is working so I guess the firmware updated correctly.
Thanks