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[Q] HTC One Three

Hi Guys, I'm not really a advanced user but i require help in an easy to understand guide. I have a htc one which was on three uk, i changed to a google edition and then backed up back to sense through recovery. However, i now cannot install updates when i do try installing them it takes me to the recovery screen. how do i go back to actual stock rom? would be great help. this is the image that i have took in terminal on my mac of the device as it has all the information there. thanks guys would appreciate it.

John90uk said:
Hi Guys, I'm not really a advanced user but i require help in an easy to understand guide. I have a htc one which was on three uk, i changed to a google edition and then backed up back to sense through recovery. However, i now cannot install updates when i do try installing them it takes me to the recovery screen. how do i go back to actual stock rom? would be great help. this is the image that i have took in terminal on my mac of the device as it has all the information there. thanks guys would appreciate it.
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Just flash a HTC stock rom in recovery.
Here is a link to the stock rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2224752

Thanks for the reply, how do i actually flash it? What software do i need?

There is an app in play store callad .. flashify .. just download it and also download the recovery.img file from the link given in above reply and just flash that recovery image with that app... and done ... you have stock recovery now....
Sent from my GT-S5302 using xda premium

Thanks mate, will I need to put recovery files onto the phone storage first? Currently my phone is rooted by following your method will it become unrooted? I assumed I had to go through boot loader and command prompts in order to put stock ROM. Thanks for the help

John90uk said:
Thanks mate, will I need to put recovery files onto the phone storage first? Currently my phone is rooted by following your method will it become unrooted? I assumed I had to go through boot loader and command prompts in order to put stock ROM. Thanks for the help
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If you flash the revolution stock it will become unrooted, but you can re-root afterwards. To flash it you can put the zip on your internal storage (/sdcard) and then boot to recovery. I assume you have either TWRP or CWM installed? From there you can install the stock ROM.
I have a Three HTC One too and am running the GPE Revolution ROM without any issues. Are the updates you are trying to install for the ROM or for apps?

I cant remember which one it was i think it was TWP? How do i find out? I was getting a software update, thats why i want to go back to unrooted. So if i use flashify and the ROM it should work?
Do i only put the odexed zip file onto the storage? What about the recovery img file?
svenito said:
If you flash the revolution stock it will become unrooted, but you can re-root afterwards. To flash it you can put the zip on your internal storage (/sdcard) and then boot to recovery. I assume you have either TWRP or CWM installed? From there you can install the stock ROM.
I have a Three HTC One too and am running the GPE Revolution ROM without any issues. Are the updates you are trying to install for the ROM or for apps?
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John90uk said:
I cant remember which one it was i think it was TWP? How do i find out? I was getting a software update, thats why i want to go back to unrooted. So if i use flashify and the ROM it should work?
Do i only put the odexed zip file onto the storage? What about the recovery img file?
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From the top of the ARHD post:
With odexed version you can download and flash OTA from HTC (you need stock boot.img and recovery.img as well)
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So if you want to receive over the air updates (OTA) you need the recovery and boot. I don't know where you get the boot from, but I am sure you can find it if you look for it.
Here's some info on how to return to stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265618
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45432325&postcount=2
It's probably just a software update for the ROM that's failing. Go back to stock if you want, but you might want to try ARHD which works really well, and is a very popular, near stock ROM.

John90uk said:
Hi Guys, I'm not really a advanced user but i require help in an easy to understand guide. I have a htc one which was on three uk, i changed to a google edition and then backed up back to sense through recovery. However, i now cannot install updates when i do try installing them it takes me to the recovery screen. how do i go back to actual stock rom? would be great help. this is the image that i have took in terminal on my mac of the device as it has all the information there. thanks guys would appreciate it.
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All that stuff won't work for you, you are on H3G__001 (2.24.771.3), the .401. roms wont get you any OTAs.
Just flash this: http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/guru_reset_m7_2-24-771-3-zip/
Here's a small walkthrough: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47085377&postcount=44 EXCEPT in your case select "stock recovery" and "stock radio", to get OTAs
My humble opinion.
Hit the thanks button if I've helped

nkk71 said:
All that stuff won't work for you, you are on H3G__001 (2.24.771.3), the .401. roms wont get you any OTAs.
Just flash this: http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/guru_reset_m7_2-24-771-3-zip/
Here's a small walkthrough: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47085377&postcount=44 EXCEPT in your case select "stock recovery" and "stock radio", to get OTAs
My humble opinion.
Hit the thanks button if I've helped
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Sounds like the most sensible solution... Useful for me to, just in case.
Thanks!

svenito said:
Sounds like the most sensible solution... Useful for me to, just in case.
Thanks!
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Yeah, but I really don't understand why so many want to return to stock, with those amazing custom ROMs around. Then again, not my call.

nkk71 said:
Yeah, but I really don't understand why so many want to return to stock, with those amazing custom ROMs around. Then again, not my call.
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Me neither, but if that's what they want to do....

I am currently also running Google Edition OS and obviously changed the CID(GOOGLE001 I believe)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47085377&postcount=44
Basically I need to swap my phone with Three, so could you please confirm the above method will work for me to?
Thanks in advance guys.

Jimzoaar said:
I am currently also running Google Edition OS and obviously changed the CID(GOOGLE001 I believe)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47085377&postcount=44
Basically I need to swap my phone with Three, so could you please confirm the above method will work for me to?
Thanks in advance guys.
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can you post a "fastboot getvar all" (remove IMEI and s/n), just to see your details

nkk71 said:
can you post a "fastboot getvar all" (remove IMEI and s/n), just to see your details
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(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.54.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.18.3263.15
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 3.07.1700.1
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
(bootloader) serialno: *****************
(bootloader) imei: *********************
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0710000
(bootloader) cidnum: GOOGL001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3801mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-94cf81a8fd
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
Thank you, hope this is what you were after.

Jimzoaar said:
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.54.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.18.3263.15
(bootloader) version-main: 3.07.1700.1
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) modelid: PN0710000
(bootloader) cidnum: GOOGL001
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To answer you quickly: no, same procedure won't work, yours is going to be a bit longer and slightly tougher, but you have S-Off, so it's doable.
Just to confirm, you want to go back to original Three UK (CID H3G__001) Sense 5 based ROM? If so you'll have to give me a bit of time to write things up for you.
Out of curiosity: why would you want to go back to stock

nkk71 said:
To answer you quickly: no, same procedure won't work, yours is going to be a bit longer and slightly tougher, but you have S-Off, so it's doable.
Just to confirm, you want to go back to original Three UK (CID H3G__001) Sense 5 based ROM? If so you'll have to give me a bit of time to write things up for you.
Out of curiosity: why would you want to go back to stock
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I would really appreciate that if you can find the time.
Yes I literally want it as I opened it out of the box. This is only because I need to return to store due to dead pixels. I literally do not want Three or HTC to be able to tell I modified a thing?

Jimzoaar said:
I would really appreciate that if you can find the time.
Yes I literally want it as I opened it out of the box. This is only because I need to return to store due to dead pixels. I literally do not want Three or HTC to be able to tell I modified a thing?
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OK, gimme a bit of time, while I write things up for you....
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Jimzoaar said:
I would really appreciate that if you can find the time.
Yes I literally want it as I opened it out of the box. This is only because I need to return to store due to dead pixels. I literally do not want Three or HTC to be able to tell I modified a thing?
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It's gonna take me a while to write things up, sort of busy with someone else right now (sorry), but in the meantime can you download the following files
http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/ruu_m7_...1-27_10-31-1131-05_release_310878_signed-exe/
http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/m7-cwm-nandroid-backup-cid-h3g__001-1-28-771-x-2013-04-09-zip/

nkk71 said:
OK, gimme a bit of time, while I write things up for you....
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It's gonna take me a while to write things up, sort of busy with someone else right now (sorry), but in the meantime can you download the following files
That is not a problem please do not rush yourself. I am in the process of speaking with Three about a solution to this (so I am not without a phone for a few weeks) and so expect that to take at least this week to get solved anyway.
Thanks again.
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Jimzoaar said:
That is not a problem please do not rush yourself. I am in the process of speaking with Three about a solution to this (so I am not without a phone for a few weeks) and so expect that to take at least this week to get solved anyway.
Thanks again.
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First off: the below procedure is going to wipe everything off your phone, so backup anything you need to your PC!!
Step 1: go back to Sense 5 Stock
fastboot oem writecid HTC__001 (two underscores)
fastboot reboot-bootloader
-> and confirm CID is HTC__001
Run the following RUU, to downgrade to stock Sense 5: http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/ruu_m7_...1-27_10-31-1131-05_release_310878_signed-exe/
This will completely return you to 100% stock Sense 5, but European unbranded version.
Step 2: go back to H3G__001
fastboot oem writecid H3G__001
fastboot reboot-bootloader
-> and confirm CID is back to H3G__001
Step 3: restore H3G nandroid
download CWM from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173863
fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.5-m7ul.img
you should now be in CWM recovery.
download this nandroid: http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/m7-cwm-nandroid-backup-cid-h3g__001-1-28-771-x-2013-04-09-zip/
extract the zip on your PC, it will give you a folder called "2013-04-20.21.00.00" place it in your adb folder then push it:
adb push 2013-04-20.21.00.00 /data/media/clockworkmod/backup/2013-04-20.21.00.00
in recovery select RESTORE, it should show you the above backup, so select "2013-04-20.21.00.00" and restore it.
You still need to get the preloaded stock apps (which get deleted when unlocking using HTCdec), so download this:
http://loadbalancing.modaco.com/download.php?file=one-1.28.401.7-preloaded-modaco-withoutmovie.zip
adb push one-1.28.401.7-preloaded-modaco-withoutmovie.zip /data/media/
in recovery, select "install zip" -> "choose zip" -> and install the above file
Step 4: get back stock recovery
the above nandroid may or may not contain stock recovery, but I doubt it does, so get this: http://d-h.st/uGM
now let's reboot to bootloader/FASTBOOT USB:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash recovery recovery 1.28.401.7.img (closest one to your version)
fastboot erase cache
Step 5: let's get rid of TAMPERED (if it's there) and set you back to LOCKED (not relocked)
fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.5-m7ul.img
download this: http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/guru_bootloader_reset_1-0-zip/
adb push Guru_Bootloader_Reset_1.0 /data/media/
in recovery, "install zip" -> "choose zip" -> and select "Guru_Bootloader_Reset_1.0"
go through the installer and select "Remove TAMPERED" and "LOCK Bootloader"; once finished, and since you're still in CWM, go ahead and:
-> "wipe cache"
-> "advanced" -> "wipe dalvik"
then
adb reboot bootloader
and confirm no TAMPERED and LOCKED status
Step 6: get your 1st OTA
finally (almost) to confirm everything is back to 100% stock, reboot your phone, and set up only basic stuff such as WiFi, check for software update and download & install the 1st one only!
Since recovery is not exactly your version, you may need to reboot your phone manually if it doesnt by itself: the progress bar stopped somewhere in the middle -> press and hold POWER + VOLDOWN, when it reboots keep holding VOLDOWN to get back to stock recovery and let it finish it's business; repeat if it gets stuck again
After finishing the OTA, boot up your ROM, and check you Settings->About to confirm you new version, then reboot to bootloader and do a fastboot getvar all, and confirm firmware and hboot are also updated
Step 7: if YOU decide to go S-On
fastboot oem writesecureflag 3
reboot 3 times and make sure it doesnt say "tamper detected - rebooting" and then shows TAMPERED again
as far as I know, this was introduced in hboot 1.55
I really think I should start a universal guide, hmmm
EDIT: I'm sleepy so I hope I didnt forget anything!!
EDIT2: I'll post credits to all those links when I get a chance, sorry guys
Hit the thanks button if I've helped

[Q] HTC One returning to stock questions

Hello everyone,
I'm pretty new to whole rooting and stuff so excuse me for my probably noob and dumb questions..
I own a HTC One for a year now I believe, and I wanted to give the rooting thing a try.
So I unlocked my One, and installed a custom recovery (TWRP).
I didn't do alot with it, had a stock version af android with sense, no custom roms or anything, only used root acces for the cerberus app.
The other day HTC released a new version af the stock software, I believe 4.19.401.11.
Since I'm not doing anything with the unlocked phone I want to get it back to stock again.
I am on android 4.4 with sense 5.5 now, android version 4.19.401.9, hboot 1.56
My fastboot getvar all:
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.56.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.23.3263.28
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 4.19.401.9
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno:-
(bootloader) imei: -
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0710000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__E11
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4135mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-4dab9d12
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
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I found this guide to get back to stock: http://www.htc1guru.com/guides/return-stock-guide/
There it works with S-off, with rumrunner to get s-off but I read that rumrunner wont work with hboot 1.56, sadly I have 1.56..
In that guide you have to get s-off, downgrade to another hboot (1.44) and use a RUU with android version 1.28 or 1.29 to go to stock again.
But, in another topic I found this:
herwegan said:
@crushalot hey mate did you realize that there are now 4.19.xxx RUU's available on http://androidruu.com/?developer=M7# ?
for those who are interested: here's the link to the WWE 4.19.401.9 RUU
http://androidruu.com/getdownload.p...10.38r.1157.04L_release_353069_signed_2-1.exe
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That is an RUU for exactly my phone I believe.
So now my question: Can I run that RUU, in the way that is written in the htc1guru return to stock guide (via fastboot) and go back to stock again? With a (re)locked bootloader, and receive OTA updates again?
I hope my question and all the information I have given is clear! If not feel free to ask me below!
Greetings.

N3Gruj1989 said:
Hello everyone,
I'm pretty new to whole rooting and stuff so excuse me for my probably noob and dumb questions..
I own a HTC One for a year now I believe, and I wanted to give the rooting thing a try.
So I unlocked my One, and installed a custom recovery (TWRP).
I didn't do alot with it, had a stock version af android with sense, no custom roms or anything, only used root acces for the cerberus app.
The other day HTC released a new version af the stock software, I believe 4.19.401.11.
Since I'm not doing anything with the unlocked phone I want to get it back to stock again.
I am on android 4.4 with sense 5.5 now, android version 4.19.401.9, hboot 1.56
My fastboot getvar all:
I found this guide to get back to stock: http://www.htc1guru.com/guides/return-stock-guide/
There it works with S-off, with rumrunner to get s-off but I read that rumrunner wont work with hboot 1.56, sadly I have 1.56..
In that guide you have to get s-off, downgrade to another hboot (1.44) and use a RUU with android version 1.28 or 1.29 to go to stock again.
But, in another topic I found this:
That is an RUU for exactly my phone I believe.
So now my question: Can I run that RUU, in the way that is written in the htc1guru return to stock guide (via fastboot) and go back to stock again? With a (re)locked bootloader, and receive OTA updates again?
I hope my question and all the information I have given is clear! If not feel free to ask me below!
Greetings.
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You are still essentially stock, you will only need to flash the stock recovery from 4.19.401.9 , unfortunately I did a quick google and couldn't fine one. If you have the OTA or ruu you can extract the recovery.img to use. unlocked bootloader and root is fine. Then when the version .11 is released by your carrier you will be able to install.

mb_guy said:
You are still essentially stock, you will only need to flash the stock recovery from 4.19.401.9 , unfortunately I did a quick google and couldn't fine one. If you have the OTA or ruu you can extract the recovery.img to use. unlocked bootloader and root is fine. Then when the version .11 is released by your carrier you will be able to install.
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Hi mb_guy, i have a twrp backup which i can restore, which could allow me to return to stock with superuser root access.
If i flash a stock recovery, will it remove my root access and receive future OTA? (if i am not mistaken, i tried flashing the stock recovery, and relocked the bootloader, but i just can't remove the superuser app :crying: )
Thanks.
below are my phone informations :
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.56.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.23.3263.28
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 4.20.707.6
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0714000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__044
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4123mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-59adc32b
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

mb_guy said:
You are still essentially stock, you will only need to flash the stock recovery from 4.19.401.9 , unfortunately I did a quick google and couldn't fine one. If you have the OTA or ruu you can extract the recovery.img to use. unlocked bootloader and root is fine. Then when the version .11 is released by your carrier you will be able to install.
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I have found the RUU of 4.19.401.9 (it is in the link i posted in my opening post, from androidruu).
(http://androidruu.com/getdownload.p...10.38r.1157.04L_release_353069_signed_2-1.exe)
I found a guide to extract the rom.zip from a RUU file, but it wont work for me. Can someone extract the rom.zip file for me and upload it here?
Only flashing the recovery file sounds like loads easyer than the entire guide i found by htc1guru.
And what if i want to re-lock the bootloader and get rid of root? Can i do that too?

N3Gruj1989 said:
I have found the RUU of 4.19.401.9 (it is in the link i posted in my opening post, from androidruu).
(http://androidruu.com/getdownload.p...10.38r.1157.04L_release_353069_signed_2-1.exe)
I found a guide to extract the rom.zip from a RUU file, but it wont work for me. Can someone extract the rom.zip file for me and upload it here?
Only flashing the recovery file sounds like loads easyer than the entire guide i found by htc1guru.
And what if i want to re-lock the bootloader and get rid of root? Can i do that too?
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You don't want rom.zip you want recovery.img it's likely in the firmware folder. You should be able to unroot from twrp. You can re lock the boot loader, but it will say relocked, I would just leave it unlocked.

N3Gruj1989 said:
I have found the RUU of 4.19.401.9 (it is in the link i posted in my opening post, from androidruu).
(http://androidruu.com/getdownload.p...10.38r.1157.04L_release_353069_signed_2-1.exe)
I found a guide to extract the rom.zip from a RUU file, but it wont work for me. Can someone extract the rom.zip file for me and upload it here?
Only flashing the recovery file sounds like loads easyer than the entire guide i found by htc1guru.
And what if i want to re-lock the bootloader and get rid of root? Can i do that too?
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Ok it's easy
Retry run that ruu exe file goto temp folder in c-Windows- user- app data - local - temp find in some folders you will get it but it's not worth it as it's encrypted so next time you will ask how to decrypt it
So better Google HTC One stock recovery download it flash it
2 if you want unroot mostly super user or rooting apps have methods in their settings try them
3 locking boot loader is last step after recovery flash
Unlocked bootloader not prevent future OTA
So no need for relock bootloader
OTA need stock recovery + unmodified system
HTC One 1.56 S-Off MaximusHD 33

mb_guy said:
You don't want rom.zip you want recovery.img it's likely in the firmware folder. You should be able to unroot from twrp. You can re lock the boot loader, but it will say relocked, I would just leave it unlocked.
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But the recovery.img file is in the rom.zip file correct?
So i have to extract the rom.zip file out of the RUU first to get the recovery.img out of the rom.zip file.
Or can it be done a much easyer way?

yatin kumar said:
Ok it's easy
Retry run that ruu exe file goto temp folder in c-Windows- user- app data - local - temp find in some folders you will get it but it's not worth it as it's encrypted so next time you will ask how to decrypt it
So better Google HTC One stock recovery download it flash it
2 if you want unroot mostly super user or rooting apps have methods in their settings try them
3 locking boot loader is last step after recovery flash
Unlocked bootloader not prevent future OTA
So no need for relock bootloader
OTA need stock recovery + unmodified system
HTC One 1.56 S-Off MaximusHD 33
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I googled HTC One stock recovery, but i didn't find a recovery for my HTC One build version, or are all the recovery.img the same?
Because I need a recovery.img for the 4.19.401.9 HTC_E11 (NL) version.

N3Gruj1989 said:
But the recovery.img file is in the rom.zip file correct?
So i have to extract the rom.zip file out of the RUU first to get the recovery.img out of the rom.zip file.
Or can it be done a much easyer way?
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You can't get the recovery from the rom.zip as the zip is encrypted.
I downloaded the 4.19.401.9 firmware.zip and extracted the recovery from it.
Here is the recovery : http://sourceforge.net/projects/htcone/files/Recovery/4.19.401.9/recovery.img/download
Now you have two options:
With the RUU that you have
1. relocked the bootloader
2. run the RUU to go back to stock
3. do the OTA
With the recovery only
1. fastboot flash the recovery
2. not necessary to remove the SuperSU (but you will lose root after OTA)
3. or remove root (open the SuperSU app, - settings - scroll down - select Full unroot if you think it's better to remove it before OTA
4. do the OTA

Remove root by flashing stock firmware
Hi guys, i did some searching and found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
according to this thread if i flash in stock firmware it will remove the root?
So my question is, if i restore my phone to the rooted stock state > relock the bootloader > flash in the stock firmware, in theory it should return the phone to stock state right? just to confirm if the above thread works for the HTC One
Thanks.

ckpv5 said:
You can't get the recovery from the rom.zip as the zip is encrypted.
I downloaded the 4.19.401.9 firmware.zip and extracted the recovery from it.
Here is the recovery : http://sourceforge.net/projects/htcone/files/Recovery/4.19.401.9/recovery.img/download
Now you have two options:
With the RUU that you have
1. relocked the bootloader
2. run the RUU to go back to stock
3. do the OTA
With the recovery only
1. fastboot flash the recovery
2. not necessary to remove the SuperSU (but you will lose root after OTA)
3. or remove root (open the SuperSU app, - settings - scroll down - select Full unroot if you think it's better to remove it before OTA
4. do the OTA
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Thank you very much!
When I unlocked, rooted and installed the TWRP recovery I lost the stock flashlight app and calculator app and some others.
With the RUU i will get them back i think, with the other option, flashing recovery it wont return right? And after the OTA?
Is there any risk in running that RUU?

N3Gruj1989 said:
Thank you very much!
When I unlocked, rooted and installed the TWRP recovery I lost the stock flashlight app and calculator app and some others.
With the RUU i will get them back i think, with the other option, flashing recovery it wont return right? And after the OTA?
Is there any risk in running that RUU?
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You should have said this earlier. When you lost the some apps that reside in data/preload folder means you don't already have a proper stock, OTA most probably will be a fail attempt.
Flashing the recovery alone cannot guarantee a successful OTA update due to those missing apps.
The best option that you have is run the RUU unless you can find any nandroid backup for the current ROM.
For me, I will choose to run the RUU as that is always the best option when it is the right RUU for your device.
Make a backup to PC all your storage content in case you lose them by running the RUU (but unlikely you will lose them)
With the RUU ... the procedure is :
1- in fastboot mode - relock the bootloader : run command fastboot oem lock
2- in fastboot mode - flash/run/double click the RUU; follow the updater instruction - next,update,bla,bla,bla until it finish
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SiaoNang said:
Hi guys, i did some searching and found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
according to this thread if i flash in stock firmware it will remove the root?
So my question is, if i restore my phone to the rooted stock state > relock the bootloader > flash in the stock firmware, in theory it should return the phone to stock state right? just to confirm if the above thread works for the HTC One
Thanks.
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If it is the firmware.zip alone, no .. it won't remove your root app.
When people say stock firmware it is always mean stock ROM.
To remove root, just simply select Full unroot in SuperSU settings. (asumming your rooting app is SuperSU as shown in that thread).

Thanks everyone for their help!
Everything worked fine, I'm back to stock now and just updated the OTA !

[SOLVED] [Q] HTC Stuck on Boot Screen, here's what I did

Hi everyone,
I've spent the last 6 hours attempting various fixes from forums and I just can't &^%$ing get this.
Here's what I did.
(1) Phone got stuck in a bootloop.
(2) I did a backup in TWRP version 2.6.
(3) Factory reset.
(4) Everything worked again, no bootloop.
(5) Tried to recover from the backup in TWRP, backup failed.
(6) Phone now stuck on the HTC One screen.. won't load a thing.
I really just want things back to normal, as in stock ROM.
Some info about the phone:
S-ON
TWRP ver 2.6
rooted
can access recovery
don't need anything on the phone
I'm looking for a solution to get this phone going again.. any solution. I'd prefer to be on stock ROM. I'd love some help on this. I'm here.

post your fastboot getvar all please

2dayquestion said:
Hi everyone,
I've spent the last 6 hours attempting various fixes from forums and I just can't &^%$ing get this.
Here's what I did.
(1) Phone got stuck in a bootloop.
(2) I did a backup in TWRP version 2.6.
(3) Factory reset.
(4) Everything worked again, no bootloop.
(5) Tried to recover from the backup in TWRP, backup failed.
(6) Phone now stuck on the HTC One screen.. won't load a thing.
I really just want things back to normal, as in stock ROM.
don't need anything on the phone
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well if you don't need anything on the phone and you previously did a factory reset and the phone stopped boot-looping, why did you restored that faulty backup? just do a factory reset and you'll be good

alray said:
well if you don't need anything on the phone and you previously did a factory reset and the phone stopped boot-looping, why did you restored that faulty backup? just do a factory reset and you'll be good
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The backup contained all of the original apps. Thought I could get it rolling again, but no go. Now the phone just won't boot. Stuck on the HTC one screen, even after another factory reset.

2dayquestion said:
The backup contained all of the original apps. Thought I could get it rolling again, but no go. Now the phone just won't boot. Stuck on the HTC one screen, even after another factory reset.
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post the ouput of fastboot getvar all

Seanie280672 said:
post your fastboot getvar all please
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(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.56.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.23.3263.28
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 1.00.000.0
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno: ---------------
(bootloader) imei: ----------------
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0712000
(bootloader) cidnum: ROGER001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3855mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-4dab9d12
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

2dayquestion said:
The backup contained all of the original apps. Thought I could get it rolling again, but no go. Now the phone just won't boot. Stuck on the HTC one screen, even after another factory reset.
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factory reset again
Install Titanium backup it will restore apps & data from nandroid backup
from HTC One

yatindroid said:
factory reset again
Install Titanium backup it will restore apps & data from nandroid backup
from HTC One
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The factory reset isn't working. It still hangs. I did the initial backup through TWRP. Will Titanium backup be compatible with that backup?
Now the phone is currently locked, no OS.Should I flash another ROM?

http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/ruu_m7_..._10-38r-1157-04l_release_351317_signed_2-exe/
Looks like your RUU to return to fully stock
You could do with seeing if you can see this number anywhere in the bootloader 4.19.631.9 usually under os- however, radio's match

Seanie280672 said:
http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/ruu_m7_..._10-38r-1157-04l_release_351317_signed_2-exe/
Looks like your RUU to return to fully stock
You could do with seeing if you can see this number anywhere in the bootloader 4.19.631.9 usually under os- however, radio's match
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The OS is set to 1.000.000. I used some **** utility that reset it. I started clicking things... lol
One thing I'm wondering is since this phone is S-ON, will I be able to even flash a ROM? Could that be the reason that the TWRP restore function isn't working? As far as I know... SON would prevent system files from being written.. correct me if I'm wrong
..downloading that file as I write this

Seanie280672 said:
http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/ruu_m7_..._10-38r-1157-04l_release_351317_signed_2-exe/
Looks like your RUU to return to fully stock
You could do with seeing if you can see this number anywhere in the bootloader 4.19.631.9 usually under os- however, radio's match
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The phone is the HTC One m7 through Rogers. It was recently asking me for the latest OTA update. The ROM was stock, if that helps.

2dayquestion said:
The phone is the HTC One m7 through Rogers. It was recently asking me for the latest OTA update. The ROM was stock, if that helps.
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looks like your RUU, like I said, its a Rogers RUU and contains the same radio, your version-main just threw me off a bit, leave your bootloader locked / relocked and plug into your computer in bootloader mode, then run the RUU on your computer, follow the instructions, make sure your battery is 50% or more before running.
regarding your other question, you can flash custom roms whilst s-on, you just have to make sure your bootloader is unlocked, s-on is not there to protect system files, its there to protect you from messing with the HBOOT and radio's etc which will brick the phone if done wrong, you cant brick by flashing rom's.

Seanie280672 said:
looks like your RUU, like I said, its a Rogers RUU and contains the same radio, your version-main just threw me off a bit, leave your bootloader locked / relocked and plug into your computer in bootloader mode, then run the RUU on your computer, follow the instructions, make sure your battery is 50% or more before running.
regarding your other question, you can flash custom roms whilst s-on, you just have to make sure your bootloader is unlocked, s-on is not there to protect system files, its there to protect you from messing with the HBOOT and radio's etc which will brick the phone if done wrong, you cant brick by flashing rom's.
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Thanks a lot for that link. I found an RUU file about 7 hours ago, but it was in .zip format, not .exe like the link you provided me. This made it damn easy. I relocked the bootloader, installed, now it's all great. Thanks a lot. Can I thumbs up you, or do anything in return?

2dayquestion said:
Thanks a lot for that link. I found an RUU file about 7 hours ago, but it was in .zip format, not .exe like the link you provided me. This made it damn easy. I relocked the bootloader, installed, now it's all great. Thanks a lot. Can I thumbs up you, or do anything in return?
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Just hit the thanks button a couple of times is plenty.
The Zip would of worked too, you just have to flash it in a special kinda way.
Glad its all working now, could you edit your title in your first post to SOLVED now please.

Seanie280672 said:
Just hit the thanks button a couple of times is plenty.
The Zip would of worked too, you just have to flash it in a special kinda way.
Glad its all working now, could you edit your title in your first post to SOLVED now please.
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I'm guessing a side-load? I really like the install wizard, the RUU method is pretty ingenious. One quick question for you: It's asking me for a system update, OTA, that's not installing after I download it. I unlocked the bootloader through HTC dev using the binary they e-mail you. Would I have to unroot? Any tips on what I could do?
[edit: for some reason, OTA worked] thanks a lot for your help and especially for that magical link. cheers

2dayquestion said:
I'm guessing a side-load? I really like the install wizard, the RUU method is pretty ingenious. One quick question for you: It's asking me for a system update, OTA, that's not installing after I download it. I unlocked the bootloader through HTC dev using the binary they e-mail you. Would I have to unroot? Any tips on what I could do?
[edit: for some reason, OTA worked] thanks a lot for your help and especially for that magical link. cheers
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No, you have to put your phone in fastbootRUU mode and then flash the zip from your computer using fastboot commands.
Glad the OTA worked in the end, but in future when installing OTA's just make sure your bootloader is locked / relocked first.

Seanie280672 said:
No, you have to put your phone in fastbootRUU mode and then flash the zip from your computer using fastboot commands.
Glad the OTA worked in the end, but in future when installing OTA's just make sure your bootloader is locked / relocked first.
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That may have been the issue. Thanks for your time. Another 'thanks' is in order. Cheers

[Q] How Update Rooted One

Hi everyone
I want to do a "Official" Update for my HTC One (M7) that i rooted a while ago...
I allready read this topic : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2748547 And i found that the first and most important think is to have a Stock recovery
Unfortenantly i Have a custom recovery (TWRP) and the bootloader is "Unlocked"
What's the most secure and efficient way to be able to update my phone Offcially ?
Thnk's for help

Flash a stock recovery... You'll probably find one in the thread you got your custom one from.
Then just relock bootloader with the command
fastboot oem lock
You can now update with no issues.

AmineOne said:
Hi everyone
I want to do a "Official" Update for my HTC One (M7) that i rooted a while ago...
I allready read this topic : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2748547 And i found that the first and most important think is to have a Stock recovery
Unfortenantly i Have a custom recovery (TWRP) and the bootloader is "Unlocked"
What's the most secure and efficient way to be able to update my phone Offcially ?
Thnk's for help
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if you have unlocked your bootloader and rooted the phone, you'll probably have issue installing the update even if you restore the stock recovery, Like I said in the post you have linked, when you unlock bootloader, /data/preload get wiped. You need this folder and its content back in place to install ota updates. Also, if rooting or anything else you did, modified some /system files, the ota will not install. However, flash you stock recovery back and try the ota, if the ota fails with an image of a red triangle and an exclamation mark inside, then you'll need to restore some files (either /system files or /data/preload files) You have to flash the stock recovery version that match your current version. If you can post the output of fastboot getvar all (minus imei and serialno) we could help you find the recovery you need.
and btw, no need to relock bootloader like said above. Better to leave it unlocked so you'll not have to unlock it again and wipe /data/preload again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52894276&postcount=9

@alray I tried the update after flashing the stock recovery and relock the bootloader, and as you mentioned it shows the exclamation red mark... I will past the info getvar soon, big thanks

AmineOne said:
@alray I tried the update after flashing the stock recovery and relock the bootloader, and as you mentioned it shows the exclamation red mark... I will past the info getvar soon, big thanks
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relocking bootloader was not required, better to re-unlock it now, or you'll have the same problem with the next ota.
try to reapply the update. when the phone boot in stock recovery and start to flash the ota, press and hold vol+ then power and release both. You'll see some command lines and you'll be able to know which file is causing the ota to abort.
look for something like: unexpected content or no such file or directory)
also post the getvar all

Hello again
This is the getvar :
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.55.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.21.3263.04
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main:
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0710000
(bootloader) cidnum: ORANG309
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3876mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-d2906a15
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.052s

@alray
I applied what you told me, (apply the update and look after errors)
her are what i get after that :
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifing update package...
Installing update...
assert failed: check_cid(getprop("ro.cid"), "00000000" , "11111111" , "22222222" , "33333333" , "44444444" , "55555555" , "66666666" , "77777777" , "88888888" , "99999999" , "ORANG309") == "t"
Installation aborted.
I:Write host_mode:0 done

Is any body out there ?

Where did you get the update?

SaHiLzZ said:
Where did you get the update?
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Download from Setting>Update

No more help

AmineOne said:
No more help
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you can't manually install an OTA if you are S-ON, you need to "download and install" on the phone directly.

nkk71 said:
you can't manually install an OTA if you are S-ON, you need to "download and install" on the phone directly.
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I do so ! as i told befor i download using automatic update on setting (with my phone)

AmineOne said:
I do so ! as i told befor i download using automatic update on setting (with my phone)
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hmm, in that case I don't have any ideas.
some users say they had to relock bootloader, though i don't think that's necessary, as the US Dev Edition comes bootloader unlocked by default, and still receives OTAs just fine.
I guess you could try that.

AmineOne said:
Hi everyone
I want to do a "Official" Update for my HTC One (M7) that i rooted a while ago...
I allready read this topic : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2748547 And i found that the first and most important think is to have a Stock recovery
Unfortenantly i Have a custom recovery (TWRP) and the bootloader is "Unlocked"
What's the most secure and efficient way to be able to update my phone Offcially ?
Thnk's for help
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The easy way is to use a RUU to get you phone back to Stock
then download and flash the update.
the more complicated way is to restore stock recovery and the missing files from unlocking the bootloader and then download the update.
Depending on your phones CID / MID some are able to just flash a Guru Reset and choose to install the stock recovery and say no to root and then take the OTA update.
As you already have TWRP why not just install the Stock unrooted 6.xx.xxx.x Rom ? >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one/development/rom-4-4-3-sense-6-6-09-401-5-100-stock-t2854300

@nkk71
Thank you any way
Yes as alray told befor it's not necessary to lock the bootloader, my probleme I think is bigger cuz my version is Orange Spanish
Hope some one will help me soon

AmineOne said:
@nkk71
Thank you any way
Yes as alray told befor it's not necessary to lock the bootloader, my probleme I think is bigger cuz my version is Orange Spanish
Hope some one will help me soon
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well, you could always go s-off and make things easier on yourself, but a question, what stock recovery are you using and where did you get it?

nkk71 said:
well, you could always go s-off and make things easier on yourself, but a question, what stock recovery are you using and where did you get it?
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This one : Stock M7 GPE Recovery (i got it frome another web site i don't know if it's permitted to put external links in the Forum ?! )

AmineOne said:
This one : Stock M7 GPE Recovery (i got it frome another web site i don't know if it's permitted to put external links in the Forum ?! )
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okay, that will not work, a GPE recovery, you need one for your phone. the easiest would be to extract it from the OTA

nkk71 said:
okay, that will not work, a GPE recovery, you need one for your phone. the easiest would be to extract it from the OTA
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And how can i do that ? (i'm still novice don't know much)

Can't find RUU

hey xda,
trying to restore my M7 to stock for a warranty repair, but the link to download the Bell nandroid backup of the phone is down. it was HTC1guru but apparently it went down and came back as androidRUU, however all the backups are there except the one I need (but of course, right?). Could anyone please point me to the file I need? Nandroid or RUU is fine.

bbmaster123 said:
hey xda,
trying to restore my M7 to stock for a warranty repair, but the link to download the Bell nandroid backup of the phone is down. it was HTC1guru but apparently it went down and came back as androidRUU, however all the backups are there except the one I need (but of course, right?). Could anyone please point me to the file I need? Nandroid or RUU is fine.
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We can't help you find the file you need if we don't know your phone details. Post the output of "fastboot getvar all" (remove imei and serialno before posting)

alray said:
We can't help you find the file you need if we don't know your phone details. Post the output of "fastboot getvar all" (remove imei and serialno before posting)
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I didn't think the rest of the details mattered, but since you asked, here are the details. Original CID was BM__001 before I changed it to superCID
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.60.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4T.33.3218.
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 7.15.401.1
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0712000
(bootloader) cidnum: 11111111
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3966mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-91
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.047s

bbmaster123 said:
I didn't think the rest of the details mattered, but since you asked, here are the details. Original CID was BM__001 before I changed it to superCID
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.60.0000
(bootloader) version-main: 7.15.401.1
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) modelid: PN0712000
(bootloader) cidnum: 11111111
(bootloader) security: off
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There is no RUU for Bell (x.xx.666.x), Only a 3.23.666.1 nandroid backup is available which is useless in your situation. After restoring that nandroid backup, your firmware will still be that leaked 7.15.401.1 version and will not match the 3.23.666.1 software version which will void the warranty. You'll also need to set your bootloader back to "LOCKED" and remove your "TAMPERED" flag which should be done on hboot 1.44 or 1.54 like explained in nkk71's guide.

alray said:
There is no RUU for Bell (x.xx.666.x), Only a 3.23.666.1 nandroid backup is available which is useless in your situation. After restoring that nandroid backup, your firmware will still be that leaked 7.15.401.1 version and will not match the 3.23.666.1 software version which will void the warranty. You'll also need to set your bootloader back to "LOCKED" and remove your "TAMPERED" flag which should be done on hboot 1.44 or 1.54 like explained in nkk71's guide.
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thats fine, I can reflash my firmware. I know how to do all of this, I just need the file, but as I said, since the htc1guru server is down, I can't find it.

bbmaster123 said:
thats fine, I can reflash my firmware. I know how to do all of this, I just need the file, but as I said, since the htc1guru server is down, I can't find it.
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But there is no 3.23.666.1 firmware uploaded anywhere, only a Nandroid backup (which does NOT include the firmware, only the software) so how will you reflash the stock 3.23.666.1 firmware over you 7.15.401.1 firmware?
For the nandroid backup, you'll have to wait for htc1guru.com to be back online.

alray said:
But there is no 3.23.666.1 firmware uploaded anywhere, only a Nandroid backup (which does NOT include the firmware, only the software) so how will you reflash the stock 3.23.666.1 firmware over you 7.15.401.1 firmware?
For the nandroid backup, you'll have to wait for htc1guru.com to be back online.
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huh, I think I found a TWRP backup of the stock OS. Downloading now. Will check if it includes the firmware. its strange, it din't show up in a google search of of the ruu, but came up when I searched for 3.23.666.1. I will post the link if its the right file

bbmaster123 said:
huh, I think I found a TWRP backup of the stock OS. Downloading now. Will check if it includes the firmware. its strange, it din't show up in a google search of of the ruu, but came up when I searched for 3.23.666.1. I will post the link if its the right file
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TWRP backups never includes the firmware. Only include /data partition (user data), /system partition (software aka Operating System) and /boot partition (kernel).

alray said:
TWRP backups never includes the firmware. Only include /data partition (user data), /system partition (software aka Operating System) and /boot partition (kernel).
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yea, your right. now the hunt has changed from nandroid backup to firmware. I will scour and report my findings.

bbmaster123 said:
yea, your right. now the hunt has changed from nandroid backup to firmware. I will scour and report my findings.
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so you'll need to find at least a firmware.zip and a nandroid backup of the same version, restoring the backup using the appropriate recovery and flashing the firmware.zip with fastboot with the phone booted in ruu mode. Don't ever think about using a firmware.zip from an ota update or you will brick your phone. Good luck.

alray said:
so you'll need to find at least a firmware.zip and a nandroid backup of the same version, restoring the backup using the appropriate recovery and flashing the firmware.zip with fastboot with the phone booted in ruu mode. Don't ever think about using a firmware.zip from an ota update or you will brick your phone. Good luck.
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I believe I found it, but I want to be sure. Why would an OTA version of the firmware brick the phone? heres the link for the file I found
http://xda7.androidrevolution.org/db_mirror/Firmware/HTC/HTC_One/666/3.23.666.1.zip

bbmaster123 said:
I believe I found it, but I want to be sure. Why would an OTA version of the firmware brick the phone? heres the link for the file I found
http://xda7.androidrevolution.org/db_mirror/Firmware/HTC/HTC_One/666/3.23.666.1.zip
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Im not sure if that is OTA or Full firmware, im not too upto speed with firmware packages, but to answer your question, OTA firmware just upgrades the original firmware on your device, so its not a complete firmware package (which is what you need), and as you dont have the original firmware, it would just brick.
Could you not get away with using dev edition RUU and sending it back like that, dev edition devices come s-off and unlocked, the tampered flag is easy to remove, if they question it, deny any knowlege.

Seanie280672 said:
Im not sure if that is OTA or Full firmware, im not too upto speed with firmware packages, but to answer your question, OTA firmware just upgrades the original firmware on your device, so its not a complete firmware package (which is what you need), and as you dont have the original firmware, it would just brick.
Could you not get away with using dev edition RUU and sending it back like that, dev edition devices come s-off and unlocked, the tampered flag is easy to remove, if they question it, deny any knowlege.
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thats a good idea, but I got impatient and just flashed everything. turns out it works fine. now ill just run the stock ota updates from the settings menu and s-on and lock the bootloader. I should probably make a new thread with instructions to return to stock bell and host post the nandroid and firmware. thanks for your help! now that I'm thinking about it, I should go back to all my previous threads and hit the thanks button for everyone who helped me!

bbmaster123 said:
thats a good idea, but I got impatient and just flashed everything. turns out it works fine. now ill just run the stock ota updates from the settings menu and s-on and lock the bootloader. I should probably make a new thread with instructions to return to stock bell and host post the nandroid and firmware. thanks for your help! now that I'm thinking about it, I should go back to all my previous threads and hit the thanks button for everyone who helped me!
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you need to go locked and s-on before the OTA's, if you go s-on after HBOOT 1.54 the tampered flag will come back and you'll have to get s-off again and start all over.
Have a look at post 2 by @alray he has a link in his signature by nkk71 of how to return to 100% stock which contains all the instructions

Seanie280672 said:
Could you not get away with using dev edition RUU and sending it back like that, dev edition devices come s-off and unlocked, the tampered flag is easy to remove, if they question it, deny any knowlege.
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Afaik they come unlocked but not s-off. Anyway converting it to full dev edition might be the best solution at this point. Customer support often repair modded phones depending what is broken. For the purple camera for example, some users got their phone repaired under warranty even if the phone was not stock.
bbmaster123 said:
thats a good idea, but I got impatient and just flashed everything. turns out it works fine. now ill just run the stock ota updates from the settings menu and s-on and lock the bootloader.
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You can't !
Your firmware is 7.15.401.1, To use ota update firmware must match the software version. The ota need to patch the 3.23.666.1 firmware not the 7.15.401.1 firmware.
unless you have flashed the 3.23.666.1 firmware then you should be fine. You must make sure that firmware file is the FULL firmware and not a firmware extracted from an ota update before flashing.

alray said:
Afaik they come unlocked but not s-off. Anyway converting it to full dev edition might be the best solution at this point. Customer support often repair modded phones depending what is broken. For the purple camera for example, some users got their phone repaired under warranty even if the phone was not stock.
You can't !
Your firmware is 7.15.401.1, To use ota update firmware must match the software version. The ota need to patch the 3.23.666.1 firmware not the 7.15.401.1 firmware.
unless you have flashed the 3.23.666.1 firmware then you should be fine. You must make sure that firmware file is the FULL firmware and not a firmware extracted from an ota update before flashing.
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I already flashed the 3.23.666.1 firmware, and it worked. I already went through the first round of the update process, now its downloading the OTA for kitkat. still s-off right now. bootloader is still unlocked too.

bbmaster123 said:
I already flashed the 3.23.666.1 firmware, and it worked. I already went through the first round of the update process, now its downloading the OTA for kitkat. still s-off right now. bootloader is still unlocked too.
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I'm looking forward to your post with all the links and instructions ... good job