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Can't Root HTC One

Hi, I'm having trouble trying to flash the google play edition rom onto my HTC One (Verizon). I have tried unlocking the bootloader with htcdev.com and it gives me the error: Error Code: 160. Error Reason: MID Not Allowed. I tried to change the cid to 11111111 but that doesn't work either. Also rumrunner doesn't work. I have done a lot of research and can't find any fix for the problem.
Other information:
Android Version 4.4.2
Hboot Version 1.56
Any help is appreciated, thank you in advance.

njcelso said:
Hi, I'm having trouble trying to flash the google play edition rom onto my HTC One (Verizon). I have tried unlocking the bootloader with htcdev.com and it gives me the error: Error Code: 160. Error Reason: MID Not Allowed. I tried to change the cid to 11111111 but that doesn't work either. Also rumrunner doesn't work. I have done a lot of research and can't find any fix for the problem.
Other information:
Android Version 4.4.2
Hboot Version 1.56
Any help is appreciated, thank you in advance.
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if you can't unlock bootloader you can't do much else. pretty much everything else is dependant on it.
I think the error message you're getting when you try and unlock bootloader is because Verizon (through your device MID) does not allow it.

njcelso said:
Hi, I'm having trouble trying to flash the google play edition rom onto my HTC One (Verizon). I have tried unlocking the bootloader with htcdev.com and it gives me the error: Error Code: 160. Error Reason: MID Not Allowed. I tried to change the cid to 11111111 but that doesn't work either. Also rumrunner doesn't work. I have done a lot of research and can't find any fix for the problem.
Other information:
Android Version 4.4.2
Hboot Version 1.56
Any help is appreciated, thank you in advance.
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Look, on a locked bootloader, you cannot do anything what ur trying. Verizon phones cannot be unlocked using dev unlock. Only Rumrunner. Make sure that u have HTC Sync Manager installed on ur PC. Run rumrunner again. Rumrunner is the only bootloader unlock solution fr Verizon. Also, make sure USB debugging is enabled and fast boot in power settings is off

raghav kapur said:
Look, on a locked bootloader, you cannot do anything what ur trying. Verizon phones cannot be unlocked using dev unlock. Only Rumrunner. Make sure that u have HTC Sync Manager installed on ur PC. Run rumrunner again. Rumrunner is the only bootloader unlock solution fr Verizon. Also, make sure USB debugging is enabled and fast boot in power settings is off
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Correct me if I'm wrong but Rumrunner won't work for him either because he is on 4.4.2. That version can't achieve root which is required to s-off. And until s-off is achieved, you can't flash any ROMs...

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số cid của bạn thì up tất cả các vùng,còn muốn root ,tôi không nhớ nhầm thì phải unlock boot s-off

Yep....
After hours of research I feel stupid because this can't be done at the moment. Anyone who is a Verizon subscriber is SOL after updating to 4.4. Can't be done. End of story. Untill then I'll patiently wait. Glad I have an AT&T S4 running CM11 which was done without using a PC so I'm happy about that. The phone I have with Verizon is through work and sense is garbage and battery life is abysmal with all that blotware. I really want CM11 on my HTC One :-/

Does firewater work?!?!?! Use firewater!!!! It works I'm pretty sure with the newest update!!! Link here!!! http://firewater-soff.com/instructions/ Use firewater and see if it works on 4.4.2 if it does then ??????????????
Sent from my Rezound using xda-developers app. CyanogenMod 11. S-off

Firewater does not work either. Really hit a brick wall with this one. Its a shame because I was really looking to use CM11 with the HTC one with the nice display its got and everything

There's a way.... Me and my friend are getting closer to possibly downgrade bootloaders on moto but keep the operating system....... Sorry for that off topic, but there's always a way!!! Unless its Samsung lol, sorry for the off topic OP
Sent From Rezound Running Sense 4. S-Off

Not if you have a Verizon HTC one running 4.4 anytime soon lol

Bet somebody could crack it... Blow the qfuse.... Or is that only moto? I also find it funny how my phone can run the same as the top of the line smart phone running sense 4 now I has sense 5!!! and cyanogenmod 11.
Sent From Rezound Running Sense 4. S-Off

When that happens please let us know. So wait you're running CM11 with sense? How does that work? Also are you able to use the remote app that runs on sense stock? I have used the smart IR remote app on my S4 running CM11 which works great with smart TV's but not so great with non smart TVs at least from my experience with it. that's the only thing I'm worried about losing when and if I'll ever be able to get CM11 on my HTC one

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When that happens please let us know. So wait you're running CM11 with sense? How does that work? Also are you able to use the remote app that runs on sense stock? I have used the smart IR remote app on my S4 running CM11 which works great with smart TV's but not so great with non smart TVs at least from my experience with it. that's the only thing I'm worried about losing when and if I'll ever be able to get CM11 on my HTC one
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Okay lol, were getting all of our info for moto right now, reading boot sequences the way in which everything boots, the structure of the bootloader, where the qfuse is located and how we can possibly fry it. My question is. What actually unlocks the HTC bootloader. I know the unlock code.bin But what "actually" let's you unlock the phone? Questions to think thats where you get into the thought of how to hex or trick something such as rum runner/firewater does. Its unlocks and makes you s-off. I read somewhere that it just makes your phone think its s-off, could this be or not to be? I'm finding all these answers..... Were going to try something tomorrow, could possibly brick moto or allow us to unlock WISH ME LUCK!!! I have rooted romed a HTC one, can someone answer one question on the HTC one. When in FULL stock recovery or when someone goes into it, does it just do like my phone and set it back to when I go it (not factory reset) or does it allow options just like wipe cache factory reset and stuff like that? Please someone answer that for me
Also I know how to write the code and make exploits and everything, but how in gods name do you edit a .bin file and see what the ACTUAL ORIGINAL code was. I know its not just some computer person is going to sit down and write ¢=¥=€℅£{`¶¥°`°©=¥ ain't no way in hell nobody gonna read that, then there's the way to change that to hex which is like CB190 FD240 something like that idk, the thing is, there's over 50,000 lines of that, but that simplifies to binary. I can't get anything to change my hex to binary. Because im pretty sure you can change binary to text but i cant get anything to change hex to bainary properly. I can change binary to hex then whatever the foop that symbol crap is. But not do it backwards. It simpily wont work for me.sorry for that noob question, but i havr an idea and need to know. Sorry if my words are wrong I'm tired.
With the IR blaster I'm unsure. I didn't test it. With 4 ROMs I switch back and forth from my SD card. I can backup restore/install and be rebooted with a totally different ROM in 10 minutes like I got bored with sense 4 last night, now I'm on sense 5 woot.
Sent from my Rezound running sense 5. S-OFF

[Q] Can anyone confirm if the new update blocks any S-Off or TempRoot hacks?

So, my still rooted and S-On Sprint HTC M8 just received a notification that an update is available.
I AM going to eventually root and s-off this thing, but I am going to be going on a few trips soon so I figured it would be best to wait until after just in case something goes wrong so I won't be out of a phone while not at home.
Just wanted to know if anybody can confirm if the current firewater S-Off and/or Weaksauce temproot methods still work if you install these on an unmodified Sprint M8.

Cyber Akuma said:
So, my still rooted and S-On Sprint HTC M8 just received a notification that an update is available.
I AM going to eventually root and s-off this thing, but I am going to be going on a few trips soon so I figured it would be best to wait until after just in case something goes wrong so I won't be out of a phone while not at home.
Just wanted to know if anybody can confirm if the current firewater S-Off and/or Weaksauce temproot methods still work if you install these on an unmodified Sprint M8.
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I think you're rolling the dice there. Even if you find one that can be S-Off'd with the new firmware on it that doesn't necessarily mean that the next person will get the same result as we have seen phones that are identical in software and firmware both fail and succeed at obtaining S-Off. In short, I think the it's always great to get a sampling of results but I do not believe we would be able to make any accurate conclusions, regarding S-Off anyway, from the data.
I suppose I am interested in knowing whether even a single M8 with the new firmware is able to S-Off with firewater but that's just the curiousity inside me.^^

slimbrady said:
I think you're rolling the dice there. Even if you find one that can be S-Off'd with the new firmware on it that doesn't necessarily mean that the next person will get the same result as we have seen phones that are identical in software and firmware both fail and succeed at obtaining S-Off. In short, I think the it's always great to get a sampling of results but I do not believe we would be able to make any accurate conclusions, regarding S-Off anyway, from the data.
I suppose I am interested in knowing whether even a single M8 with the new firmware is able to S-Off with firewater but that's just the curiousity inside me.^^
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Well, I'm about to give up on achieving S-Off. Being that I don't tinker with my device the way that I messed around with my previous device, I might be throwing in the towel. I'm possibly even giving up root. This is my first device that truly didn't need to be rooted.
But then again....there's free tethering....

AarSyl said:
This is my first device that truly didn't need to be rooted.
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The whole **** with how KitKat limits your SD card access alone is enough to get me to root.

Cyber Akuma said:
The whole **** with how KitKat limits your SD card access alone is enough to get me to root.
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Riiight....forgot about that.
Sent from my 831C using Tapatalk

Go root or go home. (Sorry, couldn't resist)
If you're already at home....well...you're cheating and you should feel bad....so bad that you might as well root anyway because things can't get much worse for you!

Just to let you all know....
Went back to a stock Rom, locked my bootloader, then received the .13 update(could only find .9 stock to use) then the .15 update and was able to unlock my bootloader again with the same .bin file I received from HTCDev, flash a custom Rom, and restore my root with no problems at all.
Tried Firewater again for the heck of it and it actually chugged one bottle....but then whelped me again! =/

slimbrady said:
Just to let you all know....
Went back to a stock Rom, locked my bootloader, then received the .13 update(could only find .9 stock to use) then the .15 update and was able to unlock my bootloader again with the same .bin file I received from HTCDev, flash a custom Rom, and restore my root with no problems at all.
Tried Firewater again for the heck of it and it actually chugged one bottle....but then whelped me again! =/
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For next time, I don't think you need to lock the bootloader to receive the OTA.

rhe12 said:
For next time, I don't think you need to lock the bootloader to receive the OTA.
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Hmm well I'd done everything else except for that and it failed so locked it and it worked. Maybe it was just a fluke but either way only took a couple seconds to both lock and unlock again. =)
Edit: Yeah pretty sure you do have to lock it if you're stuck S-On like I am. S-Off most definitely doesn't need to though.

slimbrady said:
Just to let you all know....
Went back to a stock Rom, locked my bootloader, then received the .13 update(could only find .9 stock to use) then the .15 update and was able to unlock my bootloader again with the same .bin file I received from HTCDev, flash a custom Rom, and restore my root with no problems at all.
Tried Firewater again for the heck of it and it actually chugged one bottle....but then whelped me again! =/
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Has the new radio helped your reception?
I can't s-off either. Big pain to go stock to get OTA's.

Wait, I admit I haven't kept up much on S-Off news, so you mean it's random if your M8 will be able to S-Off or not?

im also failed when want to s-off
how i want to unlock gsm my sprint harman kardon edition if cannot s-off ?
is there any method to unlock gsm without s-off ?

comstar said:
Has the new radio helped your reception?
I can't s-off either. Big pain to go stock to get OTA's.
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Well I noticed that in certain areas I actuallly start picking up the Spark network where I never exceeded 3G speeds in the past so that is somewhat exciting. Didn't really have any reception issues persay previously but I would say it has been slightly improved overall.....or at least it seems that way to me. Could just be towers too I suppose but meh =)
Cyber Akuma said:
Wait, I admit I haven't kept up much on S-Off news, so you mean it's random if your M8 will be able to S-Off or not?
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Pretty much....We've discounted "batches" being the case by virtue of serial number comparisons and, as far as I am aware, no one has been able to identify any kind of pattern to it.
You would think that the newer the phone the less likely you could s-off with it...and perhaps that is the case....but we've seen people as recent as this week go in and get one, take it home and firewater s-off with it while I've had mine for much longer and can't...maybe the ones people are getting were sitting around for a long time I guess...All pretty much educated (or not educated) guessing at this point.

Bought used One M7, someone messed with IMEI - NEED HELP!

I picked up a used HTC One M7 yesterday, locked to T-Mobile, thinking I could do what I usually do, buy an unlock code for $4 on eBay and use the phone.
Problem is, when I tried to get the unlock code, sellers told me they couldn't find the unlock code for the IMEI I gave them.
So I compared it to the one on the box, and it is different.
I loaded up bootloader, and saw it's unlocked, so now I know someone messed with the phone.
My problem is this:
If I want to use an official unlock code, it will only work with a stock ROM. Now, in order to change the IMEI back to the original one, I have to root (already done) and switch S-OFF. However, when I attempted to run Firewater, it told me I have to try a different kernel, because the one that's installed has an anti-firewater lock.
If I change the kernel, the ROM will no longer be stock, and then I won't be able to use the unlock code anymore, correct?
I did find another way to unlock the phone which uses a custom Config.dat file, but that's a last resort and I'm not certain if it will work or not, so I'm not really sure what I should do at this point to actually get this phone unlocked.
Originally, my plan was to unlock it and then install Cyanogenmod.
Can someone please help? I've spent hours on this today already and I'm running on empty.

Ok, I got the unlock code and tried it but it says it's invalid, so it definitely won't work with the modified IMEI (wasn't really expecting it would).
So I'm left with the challenge of reverting the IMEI back to factory. In order to do that, S-OFF needs to be set, and for that I need to run firewater, however, this is what I keep getting:
ERROR: kernel contains HTC anti-firewater patch!
****** Try again with a different kernel ******
I've tried installing the elemental kernel, and it gives me the same error.
I'm running 4.4.3, Sense 6, bootloader 1.57
Really not sure what to do next.

You won't find anything here. Changing the IMEI is illegal and not to be talked about here

Well that's lame. I'm not asking because I want to perform an illegal act, I just want to restore my phone to it's proper settings so I can actually use it.

kloan said:
Well that's lame. I'm not asking because I want to perform an illegal act, I just want to restore my phone to it's proper settings so I can actually use it.
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Well that's the thing. Changing it in any way is an illegal act. Any tool that could help has been banned from the site for years and if no original backup was made sending it in for repair is the only option I can offer.

Yeah, I suppose if I can't figure it out I'll try to find a tech in town that can help.
But I don't necessarily need specific step by step instructions on how to modify the IMEI, just some general guidance with getting S-OFF working properly, and making sure I don't mess anything up so that when I do revert back to stock I can still use the unlock code I got.
I just re-locked the bootloader and am now installing the RUU_M7_UL_JB43_SENSE50_MR_TMOUS_3.24.531.3_Radio_4A.21.3263.03_10.38m.1157.04_release_336982_signed_2(2).exe I downloaded, which I'm running in Parallels, since Mac seems to be fairly limited with some things.
After I get that installed and working, I'm going to see if I can go through the steps of unlocking the bootloader, rooting and trying firewater again.
If that doesn't work, maybe I'll try installing the latest cyanogenmod build, and trying to get firewater to set S-OFF after that.

You may have many issues if you doing all this on a mac.
Ref lashing the stock ROM has been known to help some. Not all but a few it worked on.
The IMEI change could also be a main board replacement. Then the IMEI on device would be correct and the one on the box would be wrong.

The serial number is still the same.
I re-locked the bootloader to try and install that ruu, but it got stuck and now it won't boot past hboot.
I'm running the cyanogenmod installer now because I don't know what else to do.

You could also try to S-OFF with revone, which got stuck for me at a certain point, but I went S-OFF anyway.
I tried revone because I had the same issue with firewater as you had.

Alright, I'm not going to get into all the crap I went through trying to get s-off, but suffice to say it was a colossal waste of time.
Ended up buying Sunshine and that worked like a charm when I ran it after restoring the factory T-Mobile rom.
Changing the IMEI back was ridiculously easy once I had s-off.
HOWEVER, the unlock code doesn't work! It tells me it's invalid.

HTC one GPe 4.4.4 - S-OFF still broken on 4.3+ devices?

I have a true Google play edition, and to unlock the bootloader, we were only needing to run a couple things and given fully unlocked bootloader. I had received the phone new, but it was already past 4.2.2 so when i ran the script it did not work anymore. I gave up on it for awhile and ran stock, but im itching to get it S-OFF and unlocked and im wondering if this was ever resolved on HTC's side considering the bug that doesnt allow the popup? Thanks a bunch, i searched but there was nothing pertaining to a solution to the problem for a real gpe, which wasnt s-offed before i got it. :good:

jbatacan said:
I have a true Google play edition, and to unlock the bootloader, we were only needing to run a couple things and given fully unlocked bootloader. I had received the phone new, but it was already past 4.2.2 so when i ran the script it did not work anymore. I gave up on it for awhile and ran stock, but im itching to get it S-OFF and unlocked and im wondering if this was ever resolved on HTC's side considering the bug that doesnt allow the popup? Thanks a bunch, i searched but there was nothing pertaining to a solution to the problem for a real gpe, which wasnt s-offed before i got it. :good:
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As far as I can tell -- No. Here is a thread on the issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2547894

[Q] Downgrade

Hi
A friend who is disabled has a HTC One phone that has been updated to 5.0.2 but a vital app he uses no longer worked (auto answer) I tried lots of alternative apps and none of them work. So I thought I would try and downgrade the phone to 4.4.2 as I believe the app worked then. However I really don't want to brick it!
It is a stock UK Vodafone phone, completely stock, no root, probably sim locked to vodafone etc. I was looking into downgrading and it said I would have to first get "S-OFF" so I found a tutorial (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314582), when I went through with it though it said something about the "path" not found or invalid or something, I think this was because the phone wasn't rooted.
Is there an easy way to root this phone? Should I just follow this tutorial : http://htconeroot.com/htc-one-root/how-to-root-htc-one-windowsmaclinux/
After I have root and S-OFF I need to flash a new 4.4.2 (stock) firmware, but not sure what one, I downloaded one but can't remember where from and don't want to flash something that I'm not sure about! I need to know the phones CID and MID whatever they are?
Thanks

mike_1983 said:
Hi
A friend who is disabled has a HTC One phone that has been updated to 5.0.2 but a vital app he uses no longer worked (auto answer) I tried lots of alternative apps and none of them work. So I thought I would try and downgrade the phone to 4.4.2 as I believe the app worked then. However I really don't want to brick it!
It is a stock UK Vodafone phone, completely stock, no root, probably sim locked to vodafone etc. I was looking into downgrading and it said I would have to first get "S-OFF" so I found a tutorial (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314582), when I went through with it though it said something about the "path" not found or invalid or something, I think this was because the phone wasn't rooted.
Is there an easy way to root this phone? Should I just follow this tutorial : http://htconeroot.com/htc-one-root/how-to-root-htc-one-windowsmaclinux/
After I have root and S-OFF I need to flash a new 4.4.2 (stock) firmware, but not sure what one, I downloaded one but can't remember where from and don't want to flash something that I'm not sure about! I need to know the phones CID and MID whatever they are?
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The only way for you to downgrade is to get s-off, revone wont work, you will have to use sunshine on your current HBOOT which will be the latest HBOOT version, sunshine is the only way to s-off this HBOOT and will cost you $25 through paypal during the s-off process.
for this to work, you will need to unlock your bootloader at the HTC dev website, then flash the latest version of TWRP recovery and then root the phone before running the sunshine app, sunshine used to do all of this for you, but for some reason does work on Lollipop.
Are you sure auto answer isn't in there, its on mine, its in settings - call settings - auto answer ?

Seanie280672 said:
The only way for you to downgrade is to get s-off, revone wont work, you will have to use sunshine on your current HBOOT which will be the latest HBOOT version, sunshine is the only way to s-off this HBOOT and will cost you $25 through paypal during the s-off process.
for this to work, you will need to unlock your bootloader at the HTC dev website, then flash the latest version of TWRP recovery and then root the phone before running the sunshine app, sunshine used to do all of this for you, but for some reason does work on Lollipop.
Are you sure auto answer isn't in there, its on mine, its in settings - call settings - auto answer ?
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Hi thanks for replying
we can get the auto answer app on the phone, its just 5.0.2 is breaking the functionality, it doesn't auto answer its just rings. Some apps even crash when it should auto answer (after 2 rings) looking on google it seems a lot of people are having trouble with auto answer on Android 5.
Are you saying auto answer is inbuilt into lollipop? Is there any chance you can test if it works or not? I only see this guy on Tuesdays so won't have access to the phone until then, but if its inbuilt and works then that's great! He uses a bluetooth headset to answer the call (can't move his arms)
So sunshine is the only method that will work because it was upgraded to 5.0.2? I don't mind paying if it I can get auto answer working again.
Still a bit confused about what rom I would have to flash (if I need to)
Thanks
Mike

mike_1983 said:
Hi thanks for replying
we can get the auto answer app on the phone, its just 5.0.2 is breaking the functionality, it doesn't auto answer its just rings. Some apps even crash when it should auto answer (after 2 rings) looking on google it seems a lot of people are having trouble with auto answer on Android 5.
Are you saying auto answer is inbuilt into lollipop? Is there any chance you can test if it works or not? I only see this guy on Tuesdays so won't have access to the phone until then, but if its inbuilt and works then that's great! He uses a bluetooth headset to answer the call (can't move his arms)
So sunshine is the only method that will work because it was upgraded to 5.0.2? I don't mind paying if it I can get auto answer working again.
Still a bit confused about what rom I would have to flash (if I need to)
Thanks
Mike
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You know it might just be easier to get a BT headset with the auto answer built into that so you wont have to worry about app updates.

zelendel said:
You know it might just be easier to get a BT headset with the auto answer built into that so you wont have to worry about app updates.
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Hi
Thanks, I have bought a bluetooth headset which is voice activated to accept calls, he has no trouble speaking, I didn't even know they existed!

mike_1983 said:
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Thanks, I have bought a bluetooth headset which is voice activated to accept calls, he has no trouble speaking, I didn't even know they existed!
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No prob. I use one myself. The right ones will even tell you who is calling.