I'm about to S-OFF my m8 and turn it into a GPE device. Before I do that I was to make sure I know how to get back to s-on and stock I can't find any instructions online for my device anyone can give me some advice on this before I spend my $25 for sunshine.
Look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2826343
Pay the $25 now
shawn1482 said:
I'm about to S-OFF my m8 and turn it into a GPE device. Before I do that I was to make sure I know how to get back to s-on and stock I can't find any instructions online for my device anyone can give me some advice on this before I spend my $25 for sunshine.
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DO NOT UPDATE TO GPE BEFORE YOU S-OFF
As someone who recently started playing with his HTC One (m8) in hopes of international use, I had hoped to save $25 dollars and not S-off until I needed to.
YOU NEED TO S-OFF FIRST.
There is no way to S-Off with Lollipop installed, and you will have to get back to stock before you can S-off.
All of these guides are now outdated because of Lollipop and Firewater is nonexistent at this point in time.
And almost every way you attempt to revert to a stock image that Sunshine will actually run on will surprisingly be met with errors and issues. I am in the process of going through some of these hiccups myself, and am hoping I can help others with some of the ones I have ran into.
I unlocked through HTC Dev, Got Sprint to SIM unlock for me, and installed GPE 5.0.1...........Turns out the radio still doesn't work and any and all other mods will require you to S-OFF, but you can no longer S-Off because you have updated your phone.
EVERY GUIDE SHOULD HAVE THIS INFORMATION, at least until a new Sunshine comes out. Save yourself a **** ton of trouble and S-off right away. I wish there were newer guides that told me this.
brettmurf said:
DO NOT UPDATE TO GPE BEFORE YOU S-OFF
As someone who recently started playing with his HTC One (m8) in hopes of international use, I had hoped to save $25 dollars and not S-off until I needed to.
YOU NEED TO S-OFF FIRST.
There is no way to S-Off with Lollipop installed, and you will have to get back to stock before you can S-off.
All of these guides are now outdated because of Lollipop and Firewater is nonexistent at this point in time.
And almost every way you attempt to revert to a stock image that Sunshine will actually run on will surprisingly be met with errors and issues. I am in the process of going through some of these hiccups myself, and am hoping I can help others with some of the ones I have ran into.
I unlocked through HTC Dev, Got Sprint to SIM unlock for me, and installed GPE 5.0.1...........Turns out the radio still doesn't work and any and all other mods will require you to S-OFF, but you can no longer S-Off because you have updated your phone.
EVERY GUIDE SHOULD NEEDS THIS INFORMATION, at least until a new Sunshine comes out. Save yourself a **** ton of trouble and S-off right away. I wish there were newer guides that told me this.
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Thanks for the help yea I can't get sunshine to work at all and I figured it was because of lollipop. Hopefully I can get a cm ROM running on my phone to pass the time as its been impossible so far.
shawn1482 said:
Thanks for the help yea I can't get sunshine to work at all and I figured it was because of lollipop. Hopefully I can get a cm ROM running on my phone to pass the time as its been impossible so far.
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What's the issue you're having getting a ROM up & running?
Magnum_Enforcer said:
What's the issue you're having getting a ROM up & running?
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Everytime i try flashing any CM12 rom in TWRP i get failed message in a second. Every other rom like GPE or Viper flash fine its just the CM12 roms.
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I know, this question is asked a lot but I haven't been able to find any threads that reflect my exact situation so please hear me out!
I have a Developer Edition from launch and recently wanted to try out making it a Google Play Edition, so I did that.
Got S-Off, unlocked, rooted, flashed with the GPE RUU
However I find myself missing the camera features and now that 4.3 is out and with rumors of Sense 5.5 I'd like to go back to Sense
Here's where I'm confused: My custom recovery is gone since flashing the RUU and my bootloader now says that it's locked, even though it's a Developer Edition. I understand that the Google Play Edition doesn't come with an unlocked bootloader so my assumption is that the RUU simply resets it.
Here's my tl;dr version of the question: Do I need to go through the whole unlocking process to go back to sense? Can I just flash the RUU for the Developer Edition and automatically get my unlocked bootloader back? I didn't change the CID or any of that, all I did was flash the RUU.
Thanks for any help!!
Edit: The only thing truly confusing me is the fact that the bootloader got locked (or so that's what is says)
docdoc518 said:
I know, this question is asked a lot but I haven't been able to find any threads that reflect my exact situation so please hear me out!
I have a Developer Edition from launch and recently wanted to try out making it a Google Play Edition, so I did that.
Got S-Off, unlocked, rooted, flashed with the GPE RUU
However I find myself missing the camera features and now that 4.3 is out and with rumors of Sense 5.5 I'd like to go back to Sense
Here's where I'm confused: My custom recovery is gone since flashing the RUU and my bootloader now says that it's locked, even though it's a Developer Edition. I understand that the Google Play Edition doesn't come with an unlocked bootloader so my assumption is that the RUU simply resets it.
Here's my tl;dr version of the question: Do I need to go through the whole unlocking process to go back to sense? Can I just flash the RUU for the Developer Edition and automatically get my unlocked bootloader back? I didn't change the CID or any of that, all I did was flash the RUU.
Thanks for any help!!
Edit: The only thing truly confusing me is the fact that the bootloader got locked (or so that's what is says)
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Do you still have s-off? Then you can flash a dev edition RUU to get back sense.. If you want to keep s-off, flash a 4.1.2 RUU, get s-off and then ota update to the latest version.
When you flash the dev RUU, you'll get back your unlocked bootloader.
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n1234d said:
Do you still have s-off? Then you can flash a dev edition RUU to get back sense.. If you want to keep s-off, flash a 4.1.2 RUU, get s-off and then ota update to the latest version.
When you flash the dev RUU, you'll get back your unlocked bootloader.
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I do still have s-off, if I flash the latest RUU for dev edition will I lose s-off? Will I lose it if I flash any RUU?
Just curious at this point.
and THANK YOU!
docdoc518 said:
I do still have s-off, if I flash the latest RUU for dev edition will I lose s-off? Will I lose it if I flash any RUU?
Just curious at this point.
and THANK YOU!
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Some say you lose s-off, some say you don't..Afaik, an RUU is the safest way to go back to s-on. So to be on the safer side get the dev edition RUU for a 4.1.2 base and flash it.. If you lose s-off use Revone, then ota update to the latest 3.xx base. This will also update your hboot to 1.55, so make sure you're s-off before upgrading, as 1.55 cannot be s-offed yet.
Ps: Always use the thanks button
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so as long as the you are s-off, you can ruu to any version even if you are at 1.54 hboot?
n1234d said:
Some say you lose s-off, some say you don't..Afaik, an RUU is the safest way to go back to s-on. So to be on the safer side get the dev edition RUU for a 4.1.2 base and flash it.. If you lose s-off use Revone, then ota update to the latest 3.xx base. This will also update your hboot to 1.55, so make sure you're s-off before upgrading, as 1.55 cannot be s-offed yet.
Ps: Always use the thanks button
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You need to downgrade the HBOOT first following post #2 in the GPe conversion thread, and then flash the RUU. You will NOT lose S-OFF but you will lose all data on the phone so back it up first
EddyOS said:
You need to downgrade the HBOOT first following post #2 in the GPe conversion thread, and then flash the RUU. You will NOT lose S-OFF but you will lose all data on the phone so back it up first
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So considering I'm S-Off with the GPE RUU flashed, hboot 1.54
Will the S-Off allow me to directly flash the 4.3 RUU exe from htcdev? Will I maintain S-Off?
I'm just a bit confused now as you guys somewhat told me the opposite things, I appreciate the help though, getting great information
docdoc518 said:
So considering I'm S-Off with the GPE RUU flashed, hboot 1.54
Will the S-Off allow me to directly flash the 4.3 RUU exe from htcdev? Will I maintain S-Off?
I'm just a bit confused now as you guys somewhat told me the opposite things, I appreciate the help though, getting great information
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Follow what eddy says, he's the man @eddy, how does the hboot version make a difference??
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I'm not sure, here's what I found today...
I was running the leaked Sense 5.5 system dump and FW and wanted to go back to the 1.28.401.7 RUU so I could get the official update. Not an issue I thought as I'd just flash it and away I go as I'd done in the past when on hboot 1.54. It gave the 155 error about not being the right RUU even though I'm S-OFF. So I flashed the hboot in the GPe conversion thread #2 which put it back to 1.44 and the RUU worked fine so it must be something with the new 1.55 hboot that stops it working. I can't be certain but it worked for me
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I'm not sure, here's what I found today...
I was running the leaked Sense 5.5 system dump and FW and wanted to go back to the 1.28.401.7 RUU so I could get the official update. Not an issue I thought as I'd just flash it and away I go as I'd done in the past when on hboot 1.54. It gave the 155 error about not being the right RUU even though I'm S-OFF. So I flashed the hboot in the GPe conversion thread #2 which put it back to 1.44 and the RUU worked fine so it must be something with the new 1.55 hboot that stops it working. I can't be certain but it worked for me
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Hmm, I have hboot 1.54 not 1.55, so it sounds like I may be able to flash right to 4.3 with the .exe (at least from what I understand)
If it is incompatible it should just give me an error, correct?
I'm willing to take the extra steps but if they're not totally necessary then I'd much prefer to just go down the simpler path
Also, I've got CID BS_US001, what are the benefits of changing it to supercid? Would I get OTAs such as the Sense 5.5 faster?
Hopefully I'm not being a pain, I'm trying my best to learn.
You should be fine on that HBOOT, just try it and if it works it works! If not, you'll get an error and then you just following the second post in the GPe conversion thread
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Hmm, I have hboot 1.54 not 1.55, so it sounds like I may be able to flash right to 4.3 with the .exe (at least from what I understand)
If it is incompatible it should just give me an error, correct?
I'm willing to take the extra steps but if they're not totally necessary then I'd much prefer to just go down the simpler path
Also, I've got CID BS_US001, what are the benefits of changing it to supercid? Would I get OTAs such as the Sense 5.5 faster?
Hopefully I'm not being a pain, I'm trying my best to learn.
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Yep, go ahead and try, if it gives you an error, post back.
AFAIK, the dev edition BS_US001 gets OTAs the quickest, so you could keep it at that. SuperCID will allow you to flash any RUU/OTA, even of a different region/MID/CID
Nope, you're not being a pain We're all trying to learn and help here
Good news, I tried flashing the 4.3 RUU exe from HTCDev and it wouldn't work so I just took the longer route and flashed 1.44 hboot, flashed stock 4.1 RUU and then exe flashed up to 4.3
So I'm back on Sense and I'm happy, the only thing that was a slight setback was my bootloader, for some reason it did not unlock after flashing the Brightstar RUU so I went through the process on HTC dev and reflashed the 4.3 RUU to get back the flashlight and other apps lost through the unlocking process. Maybe I should have unlocked it through fastboot while on the GPE ROM? Not sure, but either way I'm back on Sense, bootloader unlocked and S-Off maintained so a huge huge THANK YOU from me.
Now I'm just waiting for Sense 5.5!
You guys are awesome :good:
docdoc518 said:
Good news, I tried flashing the 4.3 RUU exe from HTCDev and it wouldn't work so I just took the longer route and flashed 1.44 hboot, flashed stock 4.1 RUU and then exe flashed up to 4.3
So I'm back on Sense and I'm happy, the only thing that was a slight setback was my bootloader, for some reason it did not unlock after flashing the Brightstar RUU so I went through the process on HTC dev and reflashed the 4.3 RUU to get back the flashlight and other apps lost through the unlocking process. Maybe I should have unlocked it through fastboot while on the GPE ROM? Not sure, but either way I'm back on Sense, bootloader unlocked and S-Off maintained so a huge huge THANK YOU from me.
Now I'm just waiting for Sense 5.5!
You guys are awesome :good:
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All you had to do was flash the HBOOT in post #2 of the GPe conversion thread and then the 4.3 RUU and you would have had the same result
EddyOS said:
All you had to do was flash the HBOOT in post #2 of the GPe conversion thread and then the 4.3 RUU and you would have had the same result
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Newbie move I suppose :angel: haha
I've been rooting and flashing ROMs on my Androids since the G1/Dream believe it or not, but with every new phone/manufacturer there's always new terminology and steps to be taken so I feel like I start over every single time, which honestly isn't much of a bad thing, keeps things exciting (even though HTC made the G1 but that was what feels like ages ago now)
Thanks again guys, it's hard not to feel intimidated but it's been an extremely pleasant experience learning from you. This is why xda is by far the best site you can find for these things.
Cheers
hello dear friends, maybe someone can lead me in the right direction here. I have a sprint Htc One m8 Harman Kardon with badboyz 4.4.2 rom installed. I have tried rumrunner S-off and Firewater S-off to no avail. I then read about Sunshine S-off and was ok with parting with $25- to have my phone unlocked but when I run the compatibility test in sunshine it says that my htc isnt supported! My htc M8 currently has the BadBoyz rom in it, I dont have a nandroid backup to get back to s tock and i havent been able to find a stock rom that i can flash in TWRP. I have only found RUUs, but to use RUUs you have to have s-off so I really dont know what else to try at this point.... any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
RUU's do not require s-off.
BD619 said:
RUU's do not require s-off.
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sorry about that....could you please tell me which is the right RUU to use in my case then? thanks!
I had some similar issues in the past, try flashing thoughtlesskyle's stock rom. It may show compatability then. Hope this helps.
U need to be running a stock Rom.
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Thanks for your help, after flashing a stick Rom sunshine worked just fine and I'm now unlocked
Hello
Basically I'm attempting to S-OFF my HTC One so I can flash on different stock firmware, namely the GPE firmware. Simply put I can't seem to find a straight answer on how to achieve S-OFF on my HBOOT version. I've tried both Firewater and Rumrunner with no success. I attempted both on CM11 and an un-official CM12 ROM with zero success, all I get are messages telling me to switch my phone off and start again.
What is the most successful method to achieve S-OFF on the given HBOOT? Should I be using another ROM perhaps?
acnak said:
Hello
Basically I'm attempting to S-OFF my HTC One so I can flash on different stock firmware, namely the GPE firmware. Simply put I can't seem to find a straight answer on how to achieve S-OFF on my HBOOT version. I've tried both Firewater and Rumrunner with no success. I attempted both on CM11 and an un-official CM12 ROM with zero success, all I get are messages telling me to switch my phone off and start again.
What is the most successful method to achieve S-OFF on the given HBOOT? Should I be using another ROM perhaps?
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Firewater + ARHD + Bulletproof kernel worked for a lot of people
clsA said:
Firewater + ARHD + Bulletproof kernel worked for a lot of people
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ARHD version? I need S-off too:cyclops:
clsA said:
Firewater + ARHD + Bulletproof kernel worked for a lot of people
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Hi friend, my hboot is 1.57 and i have the latest firmware which is 6.09.401.11 .
For making s-off with ARHD +Bulletproof combination, do i have to downgrade my firmware or hboot or will it work directly ?
thanks
clsA said:
Firewater + ARHD + Bulletproof kernel worked for a lot of people
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Well Firewater has been discontinued so that's of little use, any other known methods/combinations?
Discontinued yes but it still works for some people. If it doesn't then go sunshine. It will cost you $25 but it will do compatibility tests first to see if it works
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Discontinued yes but it still works for some people. If it doesn't then go sunshine. It will cost you $25 but it will do compatibility tests first to see if it works
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Can't see how it can work as it relies on some remote content. Any attempt to use it is hanging on the very first steps of initialization.
Regarding Sunshine I find so shocking to read everyone advising to go for it. $25 to get 100% access to our phone, that is just so ridiculous. And even if it's guaranteed.
TBagwell said:
Can't see how it can work as it relies on some remote content. Any attempt to use it is hanging on the very first steps of initialization.
Regarding Sunshine I find so shocking to read everyone advising to go for it. $25 to get 100% access to our phone, that is just so ridiculous. And even if it's guaranteed.
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Well it depends on the urgency. Some need quick s-off to return device to stock for warranty, and that's cool I guess. Its worth it then. I on the other hand like some others need s-off to maybe convert to GPe to try out lollipop. However seeing as its only a matter of short time until its released for stock sense devices, the wait isnt bad at all...
Well it's currently easily the cheapest way to s off. You can take it to a shop that uses a java card and pay more. HTC like to lock their phones down good. Which for the average user is a good thing. Has lots of safeguards
TBagwell said:
Can't see how it can work as it relies on some remote content. Any attempt to use it is hanging on the very first steps of initialization.
Regarding Sunshine I find so shocking to read everyone advising to go for it. $25 to get 100% access to our phone, that is just so ridiculous. And even if it's guaranteed.
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If you find it so shocking then blame HTC, and other OEM's because is their fault that our devices are locked. This guy's found a vulnerability in these devices and with hard work, money invested and free time lost they put up this amazing tool that help us.
If you work for something and invest money and time in that then you would give it for free?
I say thanks to them because at least even if is paid EXISTS. They could renounce to develop S-off and then we won't have to blame them that they sell us freedom for our devices.
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If you find it so shocking then blame HTC, and other OEM's because is their fault that our devices are locked. This guy's found a vulnerability in these devices and with hard work, money invested and free time lost they put up this amazing tool that help us.
If you work for something and invest money and time in that then you would give it for free?
I say thanks to them because at least even if is paid EXISTS. They could renounce to develop S-off and then we won't have to blame themthat they sell is freedom to our devices.
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I am usually part of those who support devs for their good work by donating. But 25$ is for me way to much for supporting such a hack. I am not saying their work is not good, it looks quiet nice in fact. If they would make their first price around 5$ and still opened to donations it would be much more reasonable. But hey, that's just my opinion.
On a side note I totally agree with you on the HTC responsibility in that, they totally suck and I think it's the last time I go for their devices. This S-OFF thing is so much giving me the feeling I don't own the device I paid for... (not to mention I have a barely usable camera)
Yes, I agree. I would be happy to pay if it were something along the lines of $5-10, but $25 is a bit too much for myself.
Firewater doesn't work anymore for me either, makes sense given that it relies on some content stored on their servers.
Hello,
I recently bought an HTC One (M7), and I wanted to convert it to a Google Edition.
So I searched on a few forums for instructions and they said that I had to unlock the bootloader first AND to root my device.
I did all of this, but now I don't know which method I can try to S-OFF my device.
My rom is currently CM11 Android 4.4.2 and HBOOT 1.5.7 Tampered, Unlocked.
I heard about Sunshine already. And I think it's worth the money but I think it's not gonna work because I don't have money on my paypal, and I would like to try to do it myself. I just don't know how. I tried some methods but I think I did it wrong.
Can someone help me out? I would really appreciate your help.
Regards,
Joeperdepoep said:
Hello,
I recently bought an HTC One (M7), and I wanted to convert it to a Google Edition.
So I searched on a few forums for instructions and they said that I had to unlock the bootloader first AND to root my device.
I did all of this, but now I don't know which method I can try to S-OFF my device.
My rom is currently CM11 Android 4.4.2 and HBOOT 1.5.7 Tampered, Unlocked.
I heard about Sunshine already. And I think it's worth the money but I think it's not gonna work because I don't have money on my paypal, and I would like to try to do it myself. I just don't know how. I tried some methods but I think I did it wrong.
Can someone help me out? I would really appreciate your help.
Regards,
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I hope you realize there are dozen of threads like yours here?
Currently, hboot 1.57 can only be s-off'ed using sunshine.
(btw sunshine will not charge anything to your paypal if s-off doesn't work)
Joeperdepoep said:
Hello,
I recently bought an HTC One (M7), and I wanted to convert it to a Google Edition.
So I searched on a few forums for instructions and they said that I had to unlock the bootloader first AND to root my device.
I did all of this, but now I don't know which method I can try to S-OFF my device.
My rom is currently CM11 Android 4.4.2 and HBOOT 1.5.7 Tampered, Unlocked.
I heard about Sunshine already. And I think it's worth the money but I think it's not gonna work because I don't have money on my paypal, and I would like to try to do it myself. I just don't know how. I tried some methods but I think I did it wrong.
Can someone help me out? I would really appreciate your help.
Regards,
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With hboot 1.57. Sunshine is the only working method. Sunshine won't work wit a CM Rom though you need a stock based Rom
Danny201281 said:
With hboot 1.57. Sunshine is the only working method. Sunshine won't work wit a CM Rom though you need a stock based Rom
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Thanks for answering my question to you both.
I am gonna update to CM12 then and stay on that for a while.
so where we are at now in development, if s-off cannot be achieved because stupid sunshine won't work on my m8 on viper 4.4, I have no way I can revert to stock to take the official update nor can I flash the RUU so WiFi will work with lollipop roms.....correct me if I'm wrong because after 6 months I want to throw this thing into traffic.
ipetloudog said:
so where we are at now in development, if s-off cannot be achieved because stupid sunshine won't work on my m8 on viper 4.4, I have no way I can revert to stock to take the official update nor can I flash the RUU so WiFi will work with lollipop roms.....correct me if I'm wrong because after 6 months I want to throw this thing into traffic.
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You're wrong. Sunshine works fine and so do RUU's, either S-off or S-on. You do need to be running a stock ROM but Sunshine does work, even on Lollipop now.
Re-lock bootloader the run ruu
Not stupid, sunshine is amazing, you're doing it wrong, let us help you.
Stock boot.img if you can't RUU for some reason, but relock boot loader and run RUU, would be fastest way....