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[Q] Will this method of flashing work on the HTC One?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500165
Basically it's manually extracting the system, boot, and recovery .img from the RUU and flashing it.

Why use this guide?
Flash a ruu for your phone or get the s-off and flash all ruu you want.
Probably, he have a prob with the CID or the bootloader version!
But you have the s-off, you can do all, why do this method?

Guich said:
Why use this guide?
Flash a ruu for your phone or get the s-off and flash all ruu you want.
Probably, he have a prob with the CID or the bootloader version!
But you have the s-off, you can do all, why do this method?
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Just looking at alternatives and understanding the system a bit more. It was mentioned that 99% of the people who S-off don't really need it anyway.
Looking at how you can flash the radio without S-off. It's a DD command in a flash. (to revert back its another DD command of your extracted radio)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2245615
So couldn't you technically do that for the entire Rom if you wanted to? I mean isn't that what all custom Roms do?

Help reverting back to stock.

I'm trying to unroot and revert back to stock and having a bit of a nightmare. I didn't make my own nandroid backup before I installed a customer rom (lesson learnt), so I downloaded the one I needed off a thread on here (UK Unbranded CWM). Every time I try to flash the nandroid I get an MD5 sum mismatch error. I've tried various methods people have suggested across the internet to no joy. Is there a stock .401 rom knocking about? I saw mikes thread but that has the latest 4.22 stock rom, is there one for an older version? Thanks.

if you have s-off you should
1)download this ruu http://androidfiles.org/ruu/getdownload.php?file=M7/RUU_M7_UL_JB_50_HTC_Europe_1.28.401.7_Radio_4A.13.3231.27_10.31.1131.05_release_310878_signed.exe
2)lock your bootloader (use command "fastboot oem lock")
3)run ruu
4)done

Rayskull said:
if you have s-off you should
1)download this ruu http://androidfiles.org/ruu/getdownload.php?file=M7/RUU_M7_UL_JB_50_HTC_Europe_1.28.401.7_Radio_4A.13.3231.27_10.31.1131.05_release_310878_signed.exe
2)lock your bootloader (use command "fastboot oem lock")
3)run ruu
4)done
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Thank you very much. I've managed to restore from a nandroid backup and I've installed stock recovery, I'm now installing a OTA as prompted by the device. As I now have stock rom, recovery and no root access, gain I still use revone to lock bootloader and go S-On? The reason I want to use revone is so that it doesn't say 're-locked'. If so, how? Thanks for all your help.

if you recieved the OTA i think there's no need to relock the bootloader, but if you want to... so yes, use revone.
"./revone -l" to lock it (no relocked warning)
if you recieve the tampared warning use:
"./revone -t"
cheers

[Q] how to downgrade firmware

I updated firmware to 2.24.401(s-off),but now I have a camera issue,I want to go back to 1.29.708.16(I can't find this firmware) then turn to s-on for warranty,there isn't update to 4.2 in HK(where I bought the phone),so how can I downgrade firmware to 1.29,and can I change the firmware number by change "mainver" in android-info.txt ?

dingnangen said:
I updated firmware to 2.24.401(s-off),but now I have a camera issue,I want to go back to 1.29.708.16(I can't find this firmware) then turn to s-on for warranty,there isn't update to 4.2 in HK(where I bought the phone),so how can I downgrade firmware to 1.29,and can I change the firmware number by change "mainver" in android-info.txt ?
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If you are returning your phone for service then you can run an RUU if your phone has one.
It will reset everything back to stock, even the firmware. Check here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39588860

crushalot said:
If you are returning your phone for service then you can run an RUU if your phone has one.
It will reset everything back to stock, even the firmware. Check here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39588860
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can 2.24 firmware use 1.29 ruu?how to do it ?

dingnangen said:
can 2.24 firmware use 1.29 ruu?how to do it ?
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If your s-off then a RUU can downgrade your firmware. (I did this on a phone I returned for service without issues) If you are still s-on I don't think it will.
You just download the RUU.exe and run it on your PC and it guides you through resetting everything on the phone.

crushalot said:
If your s-off then a RUU can downgrade your firmware. (I did this on a phone I returned for service without issues) If you are still s-on I don't think it will.
You just download the RUU.exe and run it on your PC and it guides you through resetting everything on the phone.
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thank you very much,i'll try it.if there aren't my ruus of region,I use other region ruu,can I get warranty?

That depends on the carrier/vendor. If you don't have a RUU you could also run an RUU for another area (Since your S-off) to downgrade the firmware and then root it and use one of the posted stock nandroids to restore to your proper areas stock config. Then do the stuff to re-lock your bootloader. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43458497

crushalot said:
That depends on the carrier/vendor. If you don't have a RUU you could also run an RUU for another area (Since your S-off) to downgrade the firmware and then root it and use one of the posted stock nandroids to restore to your proper areas stock config. Then do the stuff to re-lock your bootloader. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43458497
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I can back to stock rom,but firmware version can't change,because there aren't ruu of HongKong,any ideas to change firmware version?

Since your S-off you can change your CID to use another RUU like this one:
http://bugsylawson.com/files/file/1...14325013-1033115001-release-311678-signedexe/
The RUU will set the device firmware back to stock. Then restore your stock ROM and you should be ok.
Also if you have it stock rom and setup now, you may just want to put S-on so that it says Locked and S-on on bootloader and your vendor will probably not care about the firmware version.

crushalot said:
Since your S-off you can change your CID to use another RUU like this one:
http://bugsylawson.com/files/file/1...14325013-1033115001-release-311678-signedexe/
The RUU will set the device firmware back to stock. Then restore your stock ROM and you should be ok.
Also if you have it stock rom and setup now, you may just want to put S-on so that it says Locked and S-on on bootloader and your vendor will probably not care about the firmware version.
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thank you ,downing ruu now . is there Hboots red warning by using ruu back to stock?

dingnangen said:
thank you ,downing ruu now . is there Hboots red warning by using ruu back to stock?
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The red warning in hboot is from being unlocked. Once you have back to stock (especially recovery) then the red warning will be gone. For sure after re-locking.

crushalot said:
Since your S-off you can change your CID to use another RUU like this one:
http://bugsylawson.com/files/file/1...14325013-1033115001-release-311678-signedexe/
The RUU will set the device firmware back to stock. Then restore your stock ROM and you should be ok.
Also if you have it stock rom and setup now, you may just want to put S-on so that it says Locked and S-on on bootloader and your vendor will probably not care about the firmware version.
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how to backup my stock recovery,because I must flash custom recovery to restore my rom,then back to the stock recovery.

dingnangen said:
how to backup my stock recovery,because I must flash custom recovery to restore my rom,then back to the stock recovery.
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Sorry, I'm not sure I understand what you are asking here.

crushalot said:
Sorry, I'm not sure I understand what you are asking here.
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how can I backup stock recovery?
because there are not ruu of HK,so I should use TWRP to restore nandroid backup from HK htc one. then back to stock recovery .

Yes you would TWRP to restore and then flash the stock recovery and relock.
Here is a post where I helped another and it has the stock recovery and instructions for flashing if needed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43625746&postcount=17
Just an FYI that this method will not downgrade the firmware, but just get you back to locked and a stock look, but with the newer firmware.
Let me know if you need something else.

[Q] Want to restore TELUS unit to as stock as possible

Hi Guys,
I want to restore a TELUS Canada HTC One back to as stock as possible for warranty exchange purposes.
There is no RUU available for TELUS, but I do have a TWRP Nandroid backup. The device's HBOOT has been updated to 1.54, and the device is currently S-OFF / SuperCID via Revone and obviously unlocked bootloader with TWRP recovery. As well, the device is running the ARHD ROM.
What order / process do I need to follow to get this back to as stock-like as possible?

WorldIRC said:
Hi Guys,
I want to restore a TELUS Canada HTC One back to as stock as possible for warranty exchange purposes.
There is no RUU available for TELUS, but I do have a TWRP Nandroid backup. The device's HBOOT has been updated to 1.54, and the device is currently S-OFF / SuperCID via Revone and obviously unlocked bootloader with TWRP recovery. As well, the device is running the ARHD ROM.
What order / process do I need to follow to get this back to as stock-like as possible?
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-Manually flash back the stock 1.44 hboot (and any custom splash you may have flashed)
-Nandroid restore (make sure it includes recovery, if not manually flash the stock one)
- Set CID back to stock
- S-on with revone
- Relock bootloader
Let me know if you need help with any of the steps.

crushalot said:
-Manually flash back the stock 1.44 hboot (and any custom splash you may have flashed)
-Nandroid restore (make sure it includes recovery, if not manually flash the stock one)
- Set CID back to stock
- S-on with revone
- Relock bootloader
Let me know if you need help with any of the steps.
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Where would I get the stock 1.44 HBOOT and stock Recovery? I'm using the TELUS TWRP Recovery from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207874

WorldIRC said:
Where would I get the stock 1.44 HBOOT and stock Recovery? I'm using the TELUS TWRP Recovery from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207874
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The Nandroid should include the stock recovery.
The stock hboot can be downloaded here: http://d-h.st/qfc
It is from post 2 of sneakyghost's guide which has the instructions as well:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2316726
Let me know if you need anything else.

crushalot said:
The Nandroid should include the stock recovery.
The stock hboot can be downloaded here: http://d-h.st/qfc
It is from post 2 of sneakyghost's guide which has the instructions as well:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2316726
Let me know if you need anything else.
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Curious -- since making a Nandroid requires a custom recovery, how would that Nandroid contain the stock recovery?

WorldIRC said:
Curious -- since making a Nandroid requires a custom recovery, how would that Nandroid contain the stock recovery?
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A few different ways. First, once you have a custom recovery installed, the 2 main recovery's used (TWRP & CWM) have an option to backup the recovery.
Second, when a new user unlocks their bootloader, they can then use fastboot commands to boot the custom recovery but keep the stock recovery installed and then it can take a backup of it. Example would be:
fastboot boot customrecovery.img
Also possible via a few different other more complicated methods.
If the nandroid you download doesn't have the stock recovery (the few that I downloaded for parts all had the recoveries, so I assumed it was a requirement before they would post a backup) then just give a shout around here and I can find a link for you.

crushalot said:
A few different ways. First, once you have a custom recovery installed, the 2 main recovery's used (TWRP & CWM) have an option to backup the recovery.
Second, when a new user unlocks their bootloader, they can then use fastboot commands to boot the custom recovery but keep the stock recovery installed and then it can take a backup of it. Example would be:
fastboot boot customrecovery.img
Also possible via a few different other more complicated methods.
If the nandroid you download doesn't have the stock recovery (the few that I downloaded for parts all had the recoveries, so I assumed it was a requirement before they would post a backup) then just give a shout around here and I can find a link for you.
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Awesome -- I'll be trying this once my replacement unit has arrived. I'll let you know how everything works out.

crushalot said:
A few different ways. First, once you have a custom recovery installed, the 2 main recovery's used (TWRP & CWM) have an option to backup the recovery.
Second, when a new user unlocks their bootloader, they can then use fastboot commands to boot the custom recovery but keep the stock recovery installed and then it can take a backup of it. Example would be:
fastboot boot customrecovery.img
Also possible via a few different other more complicated methods.
If the nandroid you download doesn't have the stock recovery (the few that I downloaded for parts all had the recoveries, so I assumed it was a requirement before they would post a backup) then just give a shout around here and I can find a link for you.
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Not sure why I'm having so much difficulty with this.
I've restored the 1.44 HBOOT referenced above.
I've restored the stock TELUS ROM via TWRP referenced above.
I can boot into the phone, but I have no touch-screen response now. Also, that TWRP backup did not include the stock recovery and I'm not sure which one I should push.
Tried flashing: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41953560&postcount=32 and now I have a red triangle recovery.....

OK, everything is normal. The red triangle means it is the stock recovery.
The touchscreen doesn't work because you must have updated your firmware. If you still have s-off then you can downgrade that back to stock before s-on and re-lock. Go to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2316726
Download and install the package he has for " Base 1.29 Firmware, original unmodified"
After that you should be stock and just need to s-on and re-lock the bootloader.

crushalot said:
OK, everything is normal. The red triangle means it is the stock recovery.
The touchscreen doesn't work because you must have updated your firmware. If you still have s-off then you can downgrade that back to stock before s-on and re-lock. Go to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2316726
Download and install the package he has for " Base 1.29 Firmware, original unmodified"
After that you should be stock and just need to s-on and re-lock the bootloader.
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That site needs a "decryption key"?

WorldIRC said:
That site needs a "decryption key"?
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Not sure what thats about. I will look into it and try to host those files on my site. However for now, you only need the touchpad driver part of the firmware which can be downloaded from his thread without a key here:
https://mega.co.nz/#!7YB1GCAJ!LaWJ8x5Vsjrw9YrLTIe262ZslZBNwRgp6i0qx2M_lIw

crushalot said:
Not sure what thats about. I will look into it and try to host those files on my site. However for now, you only need the touchpad driver part of the firmware which can be downloaded from his thread without a key here:
https://mega.co.nz/#!7YB1GCAJ!LaWJ8x5Vsjrw9YrLTIe262ZslZBNwRgp6i0qx2M_lIw
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How am I flashing this?

WorldIRC said:
How am I flashing this?
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Same way as the firmware zip's. You use the same guide from post 1.

crushalot said:
Same way as the firmware zip's. You use the same guide from post 1.
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Thought so, wasn't 100% sure
Anyways - that worked. I have control of my Touch Screen. I'll await your response on the rest of the firmware, at which point I'll finish everything up and send you some beer for your time

WorldIRC said:
Thought so, wasn't 100% sure
Anyways - that worked. I have control of my Touch Screen. I'll await your response on the rest of the firmware, at which point I'll finish everything up and send you some beer for your time
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Here you go bud. This is the stock firmware from 1.29.401.12. It has the stock radio and recovery(just in case).
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/36946918/1.29.401.12.zip
If you flash that, it should put everything back to complete stock in regards to the firmware.
Should be able to s-on and relock afterwards and should be no signs of mods.
Let me know if you need help finishing up.

crushalot said:
Here you go bud. This is the stock firmware from 1.29.401.12. It has the stock radio and recovery(just in case).
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/36946918/1.29.401.12.zip
If you flash that, it should put everything back to complete stock in regards to the firmware.
Should be able to s-on and relock afterwards and should be no signs of mods.
Let me know if you need help finishing up.
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Will give it a shot later today and let you know!

crushalot said:
Here you go bud. This is the stock firmware from 1.29.401.12. It has the stock radio and recovery(just in case).
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/36946918/1.29.401.12.zip
If you flash that, it should put everything back to complete stock in regards to the firmware.
Should be able to s-on and relock afterwards and should be no signs of mods.
Let me know if you need help finishing up.
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Well now I've done it. Reflashed the firmware, put my CID back to TELUS001. Went back to S-ON, locked BOOTLOADER.
Now I am showing TAMPERED / LOCKED.
I reunlocked the bootloader, and am now showing TAMPERED / UNLOCKED, with stock recovery. I put back on TWRP and it shows TAMPERED / UNLOCKED.
I tried re-running REVONE and I am unable to go back to S-OFF.
What the heck happened?

WorldIRC said:
Well now I've done it. Reflashed the firmware, put my CID back to TELUS001. Went back to S-ON, locked BOOTLOADER.
Now I am showing TAMPERED / LOCKED.
I reunlocked the bootloader, and am now showing TAMPERED / UNLOCKED, with stock recovery. I put back on TWRP and it shows TAMPERED / UNLOCKED.
I tried re-running REVONE and I am unable to go back to S-OFF.
What the heck happened?
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Can you verify your hboot is back down to level 1.44?
If it is, we should be able to revone to s-off again, but we may need to try a few times.
Did you have tampered displayed before you went s-on?
It did display locked rather than relocked so that it good. However it must be picking something up as non original as that is what causes the tampered flag.

crushalot said:
Can you verify your hboot is back down to level 1.44?
If it is, we should be able to revone to s-off again, but we may need to try a few times.
Did you have tampered displayed before you went s-on?
It did display locked rather than relocked so that it good. However it must be picking something up as non original as that is what causes the tampered flag.
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Yes, I am on HBOOT 1.44 from April 2013.
Tampered was not present before (I had hidden it with Revone). Tampered came back only after I re-locked the bootloader (with the stock recovery via firmware file you provided to me).
I tried to go S-OFF but I keep getting error 2 or 6 when doing ./revone -P
Meanwhile no issues doing 2 other phones with Revone (fresh out of box).

WorldIRC said:
Yes, I am on HBOOT 1.44 from April 2013.
Tampered was not present before (I had hidden it with Revone). Tampered came back only after I re-locked the bootloader (with the stock recovery via firmware file you provided to me).
I tried to go S-OFF but I keep getting error 2 or 6 when doing ./revone -P
Meanwhile no issues doing 2 other phones with Revone (fresh out of box).
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I had one phone that gave me trouble with revone. I tried it like 20 times and nothing was working. Then I ran all the commands in a terminal window on the phone rather than adb shell and it worked. Can you try that?
There are also some other good tips in the revone thread, but I forget them all and will have to read it again.
It wouldn't have been the recovery as that for sure was the stock recovery. Did you download the stock nandroid or did you make it yourself?

S-OFF Necessary?

Is it necessary to s-off for installing custom roms? is it more safe to install the roms and kernels like we do in one-x?
thx

kami2k said:
Is it necessary to s-off for installing custom roms? is it more safe to install the roms and kernels like we do in one-x?
thx
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no its not necessary to S-OFF for installing custom ROMs, all you need is unlocked bootloader and custom recovery (TWRP/CWM):good:
and yes its totally safe to install roms and kernels without PC unlike on One X :laugh:
just flash 'em from recovery

The only benefit to S-OFF is you have a get out to get back to stock if you need to as you can flash one of the early RUUs that leaked. If HTC released RUUs to the public there would be no need to have S-OFF unless changing the splash screen is important to you

EddyOS said:
The only benefit to S-OFF is you have a get out to get back to stock if you need to as you can flash one of the early RUUs that leaked. If HTC released RUUs to the public there would be no need to have S-OFF unless changing the splash screen is important to you
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S-OFF is needed I think if you want to change HBOOT or downgrade OS versions for ex from 4.2.2 to 4.2.1, but how about correct CID and S-ON again?

EddyOS said:
The only benefit to S-OFF is you have a get out to get back to stock if you need to as you can flash one of the early RUUs that leaked. If HTC released RUUs to the public there would be no need to have S-OFF unless changing the splash screen is important to you
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So without S-OFF, I can't go back to stock ROM after installing custom ROM, right?
What about before installing a custom ROM, I create a backup with TWRP, can I use this backup to return to stock?

htcm7 said:
So without S-OFF, I can't go back to stock ROM after installing custom ROM, right?
What about before installing a custom ROM, I create a backup with TWRP, can I use this backup to return to stock?
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Yes. You would only need s-off if an ruu isn't available for your cid.
Sent from my HTC One using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

If you have to ask then no....
S-OFF often introduces more problems then it's worth, especially when your not very experienced. It is a great tool to fix stuff when you really screw up, but it also allows a lot more control then most people can handle. If you so S-OFF then just remember to never S-ON unless you are already back 100% stock.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4

Anyway if you are on the HBOOT 1.54 you wont be able to S-OFF...

htcm7 said:
So without S-OFF, I can't go back to stock ROM after installing custom ROM, right?
What about before installing a custom ROM, I create a backup with TWRP, can I use this backup to return to stock?
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You will be able to go back to stock if you can get hold of the original recovery as well as using your backup (for the love of God make a backup!!!). S-OFF means you can use one of the rare publicly-leaked RUUs to get back to stock

EddyOS said:
You will be able to go back to stock if you can get hold of the original recovery as well as using your backup (for the love of God make a backup!!!). S-OFF means you can use one of the rare publicly-leaked RUUs to get back to stock
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Sorry, not sure if i understand your information correctly.
What do you mean by 'get hold of the original recovery'?
If I backup stock ROM using TWRP and when I want to go back to stock, can I just restore my backup without a use of RUU?

htcm7 said:
Sorry, not sure if i understand your information correctly.
What do you mean by 'get hold of the original recovery'?
If I backup stock ROM using TWRP and when I want to go back to stock, can I just restore my backup without a use of RUU?
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Yes but you wouldn't be able to install OTA updates without the original recovery image

so only if u want ruu u do s-off otherwise no reason......

S-OFF allows you to flash an RUU earlier than your current build, e.g. I can flash the 1.28.401.7 on top of my current 2.24.401.8 whereas without S-OFF I wouldn't be able to

but if a new rom came with new built u can install that, who needs s-off then?

As I originally said, you don't need S-OFF if you have no need to go back to stock. If you need to send the phone to HTC for repair, having S-OFF means you can get the phone back to 100% stock and showing 'locked' as opposed to 'relocked' so they won't know you've ever done anything to the phone.
Otherwise you're taking a chance on HTC refusing the repair