How to convert back from GPE to Bell - One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am having a ***** of a time here...
I have a Bell M7, I decided to convert to a GPE. I did it no problems. Now i'm selling it and I need to unlock the sim. I don't have the cable needed to do it with the USB drive. I need to convert this back to Bell. My biggest issue is there is no RUU for Bell.
Can I flash the Rogers RUU onto the phone then do the nandroid backup recovery with twrp to Bell.
I have the unlock code for the phone, but it tells me it's invalid. I think my SID is set to the GPE and not the Bell CID.
Anyone else run into this problem with going back to Bell stock?
Hboot is 1.54
CID is GOOGL01

Iz3man said:
I am having a ***** of a time here...
I have a Bell M7, I decided to convert to a GPE. I did it no problems. Now i'm selling it and I need to unlock the sim. I don't have the cable needed to do it with the USB drive. I need to convert this back to Bell. My biggest issue is there is no RUU for Bell.
Can I flash the Rogers RUU onto the phone then do the nandroid backup recovery with twrp to Bell.
I have the unlock code for the phone, but it tells me it's invalid. I think my SID is set to the GPE and not the Bell CID.
Anyone else run into this problem with going back to Bell stock?
Hboot is 1.54
CID is GOOGL01
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207874 there's a cwm backup for bell

Iz3man said:
I am having a ***** of a time here...
I have a Bell M7, I decided to convert to a GPE. I did it no problems. Now i'm selling it and I need to unlock the sim. I don't have the cable needed to do it with the USB drive. I need to convert this back to Bell. My biggest issue is there is no RUU for Bell.
Can I flash the Rogers RUU onto the phone then do the nandroid backup recovery with twrp to Bell.
I have the unlock code for the phone, but it tells me it's invalid. I think my SID is set to the GPE and not the Bell CID.
Anyone else run into this problem with going back to Bell stock?
Hboot is 1.54
CID is GOOGL01
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liam_davenport said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207874 there's a cwm backup for bell
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Theirs never been a Bell RUU ..where is your backup before converting to GPE? Also if you relock the bootloader with that CID their a chance your phone will be toast and you'll never be able to unlock it again.
You need to be Very careful the steps you take right now.
While your s-off revert to the stock MID/CID
Then flash your backup ( or the one posted above)
Don't lock the bootloader or s-on

Iz3man said:
I am having a ***** of a time here...
I have a Bell M7, I decided to convert to a GPE. I did it no problems. Now i'm selling it and I need to unlock the sim. I don't have the cable needed to do it with the USB drive. I need to convert this back to Bell. My biggest issue is there is no RUU for Bell.
Can I flash the Rogers RUU onto the phone then do the nandroid backup recovery with twrp to Bell.
I have the unlock code for the phone, but it tells me it's invalid. I think my SID is set to the GPE and not the Bell CID.
Anyone else run into this problem with going back to Bell stock?
Hboot is 1.54
CID is GOOGL01
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I agree with clsA, you need to change your CID & MID. Then flash a nandroid backup if you have one or get one from crushalot's site. There is a TWRP backup for 3.23.666.1 which is newer. I would also leave it S-OFF.

majmoz said:
I agree with clsA, you need to change your CID & MID. Then flash a nandroid backup if you have one or get one from crushalot's site. There is a TWRP backup for 3.23.666.1 which is newer. I would also leave it S-OFF.
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I'll give her a try

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

I have a Mint Condition HTC One phone I am trying to sell - Mostly just because I also own a Nexus 4 and love it - and decided I'd rather keep it and use the money on the HTC One on something else.
I'm having a hard time selling it because the "everything is unlocked" is making people scared to buy it.
It's S-OFF, SuperCID, TWRP 2.6.0.1, Bootloader Unlocked, Running 2.24 Firmware and Android Revolution 12.1, Sim Unlocked too.
It's originally a Rogers Canada HTC One
Is there any way (or guide) to completely make it stock again to help sell it? Any help would be appreciated.
Yep, just flash the Rogers RUU (if available) and then you're good to go! If there isn't one then use one of the Nandroids provided and then get the stock recovery and relock the bootloader
don't forget to go back to S-ON after flashing the RUU
herwegan said:
don't forget to go back to S-ON after flashing the RUU
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Hmm... never flashed a RUU before. Will need to do some reading.
Anyone know where to find a Rogers RUU?
I don't care if its Rogers specifically - it can be Telus or Bell too as long as it works.
I just want to go back to Stock so it's capable of updating OTA somehow if possible.
bigystyle84 said:
Hmm... never flashed a RUU before. Will need to do some reading.
Anyone know where to find a Rogers RUU?
I don't care if its Rogers specifically - it can be Telus or Bell too as long as it works.
I just want to go back to Stock so it's capable of updating OTA somehow if possible.
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just download the RUU (sorry, don't know if there is one for your carrier), be sure to be s-off, and then run the RUU.exe or flash the RUU.zip.
the RUU will flash stock recovery, stock rom and i think it will even relock your bootloader. and then you'll be able to download OTA-updates again.
last step is to put it back to s-on and you should be done..
Ruu for bell. Rogers, telus is not available yet, your best bet is to flash the stock wwe Ruu. Remember to flash the stock hboot if you are using a modified hboot for the red lines or you would brick your device
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EnIXmA said:
Ruu for bell. Rogers, telus is not available yet, your best bet is to flash the stock wwe Ruu. Remember to flash the stock hboot if you are using a modified hboot for the red lines or you would brick your device
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Thanks
I'm S-OFF using the Revone Method
I'm on firmware 2.24 and HBoot 1.54 (Still S-Off though)
If anyone has time, can somebody give me a real quick overview on what I need to do? I'll buy ya a beer!
I'm not real familiar with HTC Devices - This was my first experience and to be honest, Right now I'm wishing I didn't do this if I knew before hand I was going to flip it so fast.
Ok no problem
First download the RUU from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39588860
and run the .exe.
then you'll have stock hboot and stock recovery + stock rom.
After this you can use hasoon2000's toolkit to get back to s-on: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183942
Be sure you never installed a custom hboot before and you are using a official hboot. Better check twice if the red warning text is there before you go s-on
And that's it
No beer needed, "thanks-button" is enough
Cheers
herwegan said:
Ok no problem
First download the RUU from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39588860
and run the .exe.
then you'll have stock hboot and stock recovery + stock rom.
After this you can use hasoon2000's toolkit to get back to s-on: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183942
Be sure you never installed a custom hboot before and you are using a official hboot. Better check twice if the red warning text is there before you go s-on
And that's it
No beer needed, "thanks-button" is enough
Cheers
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You cant run the RUU with Super CID. You will have to change it to one that matches the RUU you choose before running it, but keep s-off. Then you should be able to use the tool as mentioned above or do all the things manually. You can use my guide if you like:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43458497
Thanks for the help.
Which specific RUU should I flash? I don't see a Generic WWE One in that thread - just a couple of WWE ones for Developer Editions. Should I use an AT&T one? I can change the CID back to whatever is needed.
Am I able to do this somehow with the Nandroid backup for Rogers in that thread?
Also - What do you mean by "check for the red lines" exactly? I am on HBoot 1.54, Is there a easy way of going back to 1.44?
Sorry for all the questions - I'm kinda annoyed there isn't a Rogers RUU available. Last thing I need is a bricked phone - I'm only selling it as I honestly I shouldn't have bought it to begin with (Financially)
Where are you going to try and sell it? If to another user in Canada with one of those carriers, then they wouldn't to buy the unit with a AT&T image on it, I would think.
However running the ATT one would be a very easy way to reset everything including the hboot (no worry about red lines if run the RUU). Then you could sell to a US buyer who is going to use ATT (Tmobile also has a RUU). My guide for reseting to ATT:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43458497
There are some threads around here where users are resetting Rodgers back to stock but it is much harder without a RUU and I am not sure of your comfort level.
To use one of the Rodgers Nandroids to do a complete reset to stock I would:
Change the CID to CWS__001 and run the ATT RUU to reset all your firmware, hboot etc, back to stock. You will still have unlocked bootloader and s-off, so you can then change back to your stock CID and then use the fastboot command to boot (but not install) a custom recovery in order to restore the Rodgers Nandroid and then just relock and s-on. Should be 100% Rodgers stock.
Code:
fastboot boot yourcustomrecovery.img
You can only use this method to boot a recovery without installing it, if on hboot 1.44, so that is why I recommend using the RUU to downgrade all that stuff for you.
Let me know if you need more help. I'd be happy to guide you.
Crush
PS - Love your Avatar. You should change your location to "Parts Unknown" to complete the joke. I may have to bust out a Conky avatar now!
bigystyle84 said:
Thanks for the help.
Which specific RUU should I flash? I don't see a Generic WWE One in that thread - just a couple of WWE ones for Developer Editions. Should I use an AT&T one? I can change the CID back to whatever is needed.
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you could take the latest open europe RUU (RUU_M7_UL_JB_50_HTC_Europe_1.28.401.7), or take an AT&T one.. don't really know which one would be better for your situation you'll know it better
Am I able to do this somehow with the Nandroid backup for Rogers in that thread?
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this is also an option. you can flash this nandroid backup through cwm recovery. but then you'd have to manually install stock recovery and lock the bootloader/go back to s-on. why not :good:
Also - What do you mean by "check for the red lines" exactly? I am on HBoot 1.54, Is there a easy way of going back to 1.44?
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you can stay on 1.54 if everything works fine after flashing the older firmware. the "warning text" is related to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2316726
but if you've never installed a custom HBoot you don't have to worry about this when going back to s-on. just check once if the red warning text in the bootscreen is there.
Sorry for all the questions - I'm kinda annoyed there isn't a Rogers RUU available. Last thing I need is a bricked phone - I'm only selling it as I honestly I shouldn't have bought it to begin with (Financially)
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hope it works :fingers-crossed:
crushalot said:
Where are you going to try and sell it? If to another user in Canada with one of those carriers, then they wouldn't to buy the unit with a AT&T image on it, I would think.
However running the ATT one would be a very easy way to reset everything including the hboot (no worry about red lines if run the RUU). Then you could sell to a US buyer who is going to use ATT (Tmobile also has a RUU). My guide for reseting to ATT:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43458497
There are some threads around here where users are resetting Rodgers back to stock but it is much harder without a RUU and I am not sure of your comfort level.
To use one of the Rodgers Nandroids to do a complete reset to stock I would:
Change the CID to CWS__001 and run the ATT RUU to reset all your firmware, hboot etc, back to stock. You will still have unlocked bootloader and s-off, so you can then change back to your stock CID and then use the fastboot command to boot (but not install) a custom recovery in order to restore the Rodgers Nandroid and then just relock and s-on. Should be 100% Rodgers stock.
Code:
fastboot boot yourcustomrecovery.img
You can only use this method to boot a recovery without installing it, if on hboot 1.44, so that is why I recommend using the RUU to downgrade all that stuff for you.
Let me know if you need more help. I'd be happy to guide you.
Crush
PS - Love your Avatar. You should change your location to "Parts Unknown" to complete the joke. I may have to bust out a Conky avatar now!
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Hey, I'm trying to do the same thing as OP, and this thread has been the closest thing to my issue. I'm trying to return everything on my phone to stock, however my Canadian carrier is Bell. Currently my HTC One has the bootloader unlocked, is rooted, TWRP recovery, and TrickDroid installed.
If I understand your instructions correctly, what I should do (given I want to restore using a nandroid backup) is:
1) S-Off my phone
2) Change the CID to CWS___001 and run the ATT RUU
3) Change the CID back to my original (BM_001 is what I think it is, do you know how I can make sure? What command to run for ADB?)
4) The Nandroid backup from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207874&highlight=bell+update for my phone is for CWM (it's this one: M7 CWM Nandroid Backup / CID BM___001 / 1.29.666.5), does that mean I have to change my recovery from TWRP to CWM at this point?
5) Use fastboot to boot the recovery --> two questions regarding this, 1) why would I not install the .zip I downloaded from step 4? 2) where do I get the recovery.img? Just the one that is in the zip? In which case, shouldn't I also has to boot the boot.img or anything else?
6) I also want to upgrade the radio, should that be done last?
Thanks for all your help!
Lastly, I'm looking for a ROM to flash afterwards, I was wondering if you had any suggestions/know of a ROM that can allow me to use the swipe2sleep features, as well as hold the back touch button to force kill an app.
Just sell it on swappa. They love rooted unlocked modded phones.

[HELP] Possible Bricked Phone

XDA-
I could really use your help. Here are the details:
Bootloader unlocked/tampered
Hboot 1.54
S-ON
TMO US CID (TMOB010 - which I guess is Google Edition? This is supposed to be the TMO version)
SD card won't mount in CWM
Can't sideload
OS 3.06.1700.10
What is going on? I'm getting really frustrated. Flashed the latest RUU to try and go back to stock. Hboot went from 1.44 to 1.54. Made things worse. I also get a non-root message from CWM when I try to reboot? Is my phone corrupted? Any hope for getting this fixed?
TIA,
D6E
P.S. How do I file a warranty claim with HTC?
what RUU did you flash?? Is your phone a Google Edition or just one from T-Mobile??
wwjdd44 said:
what RUU did you flash?? Is your phone a Google Edition or just one from T-Mobile??
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I don't recall the RUU. Latest edition which I think might have been from EU (makes no sense). My phone is TMO branded. For some reason when I tried to go back to stock the TMO RUU.exe wouldn't work. I did relock as recommended. As soon as I used the GE version of the RUU it flashed successfully. I have no idea how that switch happened.
Did I flash the wrong RUU? Why all the CWM errors all of a sudden? Corrupt memory perhaps?
EDIT: I think I flashed a custom ATT RUU or a custom Nandroid. Is that possible?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2427325
this is the latest RUU for T-Mobile phones.
You need to read this as well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265618

[Q] GPe reversal / Software Question

Hi guys,
i currently have a UK Vodafone HTC One MID PN071000 fully converted to GPe, unlocked and S-OFF through Revone. I'm looking to go back to stock as per the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43460011&postcount=2
I can't find a Vodafone UK RUU but can find a European 1.28.401.7 version. In the above thread he states that if you can't find your carrier RUU to flash a 1.29 ROM.
So, if I flash the 1.44 HBOOT and then run the 1.28.401.7 RUU, will this bring me back to stock (sense) or do I need to find a 1.29 ROM?
I know these have been done to death a bit but I didn't want to annoy the OP of the above thread by adding yet more pages to it.
Thanks in advance for any help on this
I'd flash the 1.28.401.7 RUU to get back to 4.1.2 and then restore a Vodafone stock Nandroid backup (or your own one you made before doing anything )
Then change the CID back to VODAP001 if needed, change the MID back to the EU handset and flash the stock recovery again and you should be good to go...depending on the Nandroid you can find perhaps do they OTA updates with the stock ROM until you get to a comparable version you can restore a nandroid with (if that makes sense)
EddyOS said:
I'd flash the 1.28.401.7 RUU to get back to 4.1.2 and then restore a Vodafone stock Nandroid backup (or your own one you made before doing anything )
Then change the CID back to VODAP001 if needed, change the MID back to the EU handset and flash the stock recovery again and you should be good to go
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Cheers Eddy,
unfortunately I was a plonker and never backed up but i'm fine with it being on the standard EU software rather than Vodafone's own.. just want sense back. Main reason for asking was unsure if there was a different hboot for software prior to 1.29.
thanks again
Eldwafio said:
Cheers Eddy,
unfortunately I was a plonker and never backed up but i'm fine with it being on the standard EU software rather than Vodafone's own.. just want sense back. Main reason for asking was unsure if there was a different hboot for software prior to 1.29.
thanks again
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Just stay S-Off !!
Don't go back to S-On EVER otherwise you won't be able to use RUUs etc.
No plan to go s-on, just want sense back
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Gah! Poxy error 170. Will investigate tomorrow
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[q] at&t m7 relocked, s-on, tempered, security warning

My AT&T M7 was bootloader unlocked, S-OFF, TWRP installed, Custom ROM (PA), and rooted. I wanted to sell it so I got a SIM Unlock code from AT&T. I went to input the unlock code and it wouldn't work. Apparently you have to be on stock hboot (which I wasn't since I did the google play edition conversion a long time ago) and on a stock ROM (which I also wasn't). So I tried to restore through an RUU.exe and it wouldn't work. RUU.zip didn't work either. So I restored my CID to CWS__001 and that didn't work (I had super CID before). I restored back to stock hboot 1.44 easily. Then I guess I somehow started just clicking random combinations of things inside of HTC One Toolkit and managed to relock my device and s-on so that I could try to restore a stock RUU. I must have done that incorrectly though because now I have no ROM installed, no recovery installed, and I'm S-ON with a message that says "security warning". I'm unable to flash a ROM since I don't have a recovery.
I went to HTC Dev to get an unlock code, which I did, but fastboot bootloader unlock says successful and does nothing. Additionally, I am unable to flash a recovery because I am S-ON.
Help! Any way to get S-OFF trough fastboot only without a ROM installed? Any way to force flash a recovery? Any way to force flash a ROM? Any way to get RUU to not spit out error 158? HELP!!!
ajr901 said:
My AT&T M7 was bootloader unlocked, S-OFF, TWRP installed, Custom ROM (PA), and rooted. I wanted to sell it so I got a SIM Unlock code from AT&T. I went to input the unlock code and it wouldn't work. Apparently you have to be on stock hboot (which I wasn't since I did the google play edition conversion a long time ago) and on a stock ROM (which I also wasn't). So I tried to restore through an RUU.exe and it wouldn't work. RUU.zip didn't work either. So I restored my CID to CWS__001 and that didn't work (I had super CID before). I restored back to stock hboot 1.44 easily. Then I guess I somehow started just clicking random combinations of things inside of HTC One Toolkit and managed to relock my device and s-on so that I could try to restore a stock RUU. I must have done that incorrectly though because now I have no ROM installed, no recovery installed, and I'm S-ON with a message that says "security warning". I'm unable to flash a ROM since I don't have a recovery.
I went to HTC Dev to get an unlock code, which I did, but fastboot bootloader unlock says successful and does nothing. Additionally, I am unable to flash a recovery because I am S-ON.
Help! Any way to get S-OFF trough fastboot only without a ROM installed? Any way to force flash a recovery? Any way to force flash a ROM? Any way to get RUU to not spit out error 158? HELP!!!
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Post a fastboot getvar all except for the imei and serialno! I hope you restored the MID!
majmoz said:
Post a fastboot getvar all except for the imei and serialno! I hope you restored the MID!
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LOL @ randomly clicking and ending up with S-On and locked bootloader. That's a great way to mess up your phone .
Deepening on your fastboot output, you are probably SOL.
oh no,
locked bootloader + GPE =
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2547894
alray said:
oh no,
locked bootloader + GPE =
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2547894
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Yup. Shows how easy it is to mess up . maybe hope depending on fastboot output
SaHiLzZ said:
maybe hope depending on fastboot output
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yep we will see.
I also heard of someone lucky here who had a rep from HTC helping him. That guy from HTC compiled a custom firmware package signed with HTC private key (which will allow it to be flashed with s-on and locked bootloader). Once the firmware is flashed, it will unlock the bootloader. That was the only time I heard about this kind of thing and i'm not sure its approved by HTC and will probably not happen soon again.
Similar situation, but haven't gone backwards yet
I just bought a AT&T-locked HTC One M7 and mistakenly thought that rooting and s-off would unlock the SIM. I've also requested an unlock code from AT&T, but if what he's saying is true, I'm going to have to revert to a stock AT&T phone as well.
So my question is, How do I go backward without screwing up the same way? I have made some recovery backups of the original ROM but the bootloader was unlocked already. Took me a long time to figure out how to go forward in the process and I wasn't really concerned about having to re-lock anything because it's beyond the warranty period.
I'm running the following:
Bootloader unlocked
CWM Touch Recovery backups along the way
Firewater for S-Off
Venom ViperOne ROM installed
Bulletproof kernel
Firmware upgraded to 6.09.401.5
I'd really like to un-do as little of this as possible. I'm wondering what part of the modification is detected by the SIM unlock code process.
I'm kind of a noob, but this is my second Android phone that I've rooted and modded in the past couple of weeks, so I'm getting better. I'm very frustrated that unlocking the SIM is such a big deal. Any help you can offer is appreciated.
lamonster26 said:
I just bought a AT&T-locked HTC One M7 and mistakenly thought that rooting and s-off would unlock the SIM. I've also requested an unlock code from AT&T, but if what he's saying is true, I'm going to have to revert to a stock AT&T phone as well.
So my question is, How do I go backward without screwing up the same way? I have made some recovery backups of the original ROM but the bootloader was unlocked already. Took me a long time to figure out how to go forward in the process and I wasn't really concerned about having to re-lock anything because it's beyond the warranty period.
I'm running the following:
Bootloader unlocked
CWM Touch Recovery backups along the way
Firewater for S-Off
Venom ViperOne ROM installed
Bulletproof kernel
Firmware upgraded to 6.09.401.5
I'd really like to un-do as little of this as possible. I'm wondering what part of the modification is detected by the SIM unlock code process.
I'm kind of a noob, but this is my second Android phone that I've rooted and modded in the past couple of weeks, so I'm getting better. I'm very frustrated that unlocking the SIM is such a big deal. Any help you can offer is appreciated.
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your situation isnt really comparable to OP's situation.
You just have to use the sim unlock code on a stock rom or "close-to-stock" rom like arhd (might also work on venom idk)
If you have to return stock to use the sim unlock code, you can use the stock odexed rom of 6.09.401.5 on available arhd blog download section. just make a nandroid backup of your current setup, flash the stock odexed rom, sim unlock using the code and then revert back to your venom rom using your nandroid backup.
or with s-off, simply ruu your phone, use the unlock code then flash the rom you want to use.
Got it working
alray said:
your situation isnt really comparable to OP's situation.
You just have to use the sim unlock code on a stock rom or "close-to-stock" rom like arhd (might also work on venom idk)
If you have to return stock to use the sim unlock code, you can use the stock odexed rom of 6.09.401.5 on available arhd blog download section. just make a nandroid backup of your current setup, flash the stock odexed rom, sim unlock using the code and then revert back to your venom rom using your nandroid backup.
or with s-off, simply ruu your phone, use the unlock code then flash the rom you want to use.
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Thanks again. Just bought an unlock code for $5 off one of those sites and it worked without doing any changes to the ROMs and other mods. Thanks for the tip about going back to stock easily though. Might want to set that up just as a backup.

Need help with CID and stock recovery

I downloaded the 6.16.651.2 RUU and installed it on my Sprint M7 and I was wondering if there is anyway for me to get a backup or download the stock recovery before I flash TWRP. I was also wondering what the CID should be? I am worried that I have put the wrong CID into my phone. I had s-off but I turned it back on after I changed the CID.
Thanks

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