My device is bootloader unlocked and rooted, TWRP installed, do i need S-Off to flash any custom rom?
M8 Sprint
yunior597 said:
My device is bootloader unlocked and rooted, TWRP installed, do i need S-Off to flash any custom rom?
M8 Sprint
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Short answer...no you don't need to be s-off.
Long answer... most newer roms require your firmware to be updated to the latest for everything to work correctly, with s-off it's a lot easier to update your firmware then it is when you are s-on.
Hi. Any example of a rom to flash without s off?? Many thanks.!
You can flash ANY ROM without having to be S-off.
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Hi,
what are the benifits of having s-off ? could someone tell me briefly ?
i can flash radio, rom, boot all without s-off so what is the key feature?
I dont need to change my cid cause i have the international One so do i need it ?
Can i flash hboot with s-off without relocking bootloader ??
thanks
B-Man2005 said:
Hi,
what are the benifits of having s-off ? could someone tell me briefly ?
i can flash radio, rom, boot all without s-off so what is the key feature?
I dont need to change my cid cause i have the international One so do i need it ?
Can i flash hboot with s-off without relocking bootloader ??
thanks
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Yes, no need to relock bootloader.
One of the advantage is that you can ruu/flash firmwares not specifically not for your device.
Btw you need super cid if you want to ruu firmwares from other carriers.
Sent from my HTC One
Thug_4_Life said:
Yes, no need to relock bootloader.
One of the advantage is that you can ruu/flash firmwares not specifically not for your device.
Btw you need super cid if you want to ruu firmwares from other carriers.
Sent from my HTC One
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"Yes, no need to relock bootloader."
thats enough for me ... thats good ... i hate relocking it when flashing hboot
B-Man2005 said:
Hi,
what are the benifits of having s-off ? could someone tell me briefly ?
i can flash radio, rom, boot all without s-off so what is the key feature?
I dont need to change my cid cause i have the international One so do i need it ?
Can i flash hboot with s-off without relocking bootloader ??
thanks
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I can think of two benefit.
The first one is receiving updates. I give the real example of the htc One X. When htc started rolling out the 4.1 update, very few CIDs received the update at first. others couldn't use updated custom roms, because the new rom required the new firmware, and everyone had to wait for very long (Literally months) until the firmware for their cid was released via ota (Even those using an international one x)
With S-off, as soon as someone receives the update, you can flash their updated firmware/hboot, and then update to the latest version using a custom rom or official RUU.
The other benefit that I would imagine is to be able to use the ROMs for the Google Edition of the htc One, which I guess would require a specific firmware or hboot, that we can flash with the s-off.
Shu. said:
I can think of two benefit.
The first one is receiving updates. I give the real example of the htc One X. When htc started rolling out the 4.1 update, very few CIDs received the update at first. others couldn't use updated custom roms, because the new rom required the new firmware, and everyone had to wait for very long (Literally months) until the firmware for their cid was released via ota (Even those using an international one x)
With S-off, as soon as someone receives the update, you can flash their updated firmware/hboot, and then update to the latest version using a custom rom or official RUU.
The other benefit that I would imagine is to be able to use the ROMs for the Google Edition of the htc One, which I guess would require a specific firmware or hboot, that we can flash with the s-off.
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no need for google edition ... no need for changing cid or flashing ruu´s
i always install renovate or mikes revolution hd and they always have the newest bases at first ...
so ... flashing hboot without relocking is benefit enough for me
thanks guys
With S-OFF you can also flash a custom splashscreens (the screen right before the bootanimation)
See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2318987
So I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere through extensive searching, so excuse me if this has been asked before. Simply put: can I go S-OFF if I have a custom ROM installed? One that isn't Sense based? There's talk about newer firmware not working for S-OFF, and from what I understand, you firmware depends on your ROM. I currently have MIUI installed, which doesn't have the Sense firmware that I've seen mentioned. Can I try and go S-OFF with this ROM installed or do I have to install stock/another Sense based ROM?
Yes you can S-off from standard or custom ROM. Although you would unlikely be able try/install a custom ROM without S-off...
Just try it out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314582
underzone said:
Yes you can S-off from standard or custom ROM. Although you would unlikely be able try/install a custom ROM without S-off...
Just try it out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314582
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Awesome, thank you. I installed a custom recovery (and thus a custom ROM) easily enough without S-OFF, so I wasn't sure. Thanks for the help!
underzone said:
Yes you can S-off from standard or custom ROM. Although you would unlikely be able try/install a custom ROM without S-off...
Just try it out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314582
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All you need to flash a custom rom is to be bootloader unlocked and custom recovery installed..... s-off is not required
Also Roms do not contain any firmware. This is why you're on a 4.2.2 ROM without the new hboot, and still able to s off.
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Baadnewz's InsertCoin 3.0-14
Flar2's Bulletproof 4.3
So i just successfully rooted my international HTC ONE. I want to flash Venom one Custom ROM . The latest version is for 4.2.2 but my current software version is 4.1.2 . Can i just go ahead and flash the venom ROM or do i have to update my bean to 4.2.2 first?
if so how?
Thank you for the replies
ronnyg13 said:
So i just successfully rooted my international HTC ONE. I want to flash Venom one Custom ROM . The latest version is for 4.2.2 but my current software version is 4.1.2 . Can i just go ahead and flash the venom ROM or do i have to update my bean to 4.2.2 first?
if so how?
Thank you for the replies
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You can unlock and install the ROM.
You might want to S-Off with revone, after the official update you won't be able to.
BenPope said:
You can unlock and install the ROM.
You might want to S-Off with revone, after the official update you won't be able to.
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Alright thank you. And just a brief explanation what the s-off would do ?
ronnyg13 said:
Alright thank you. And just a brief explanation what the s-off would do ?
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S-off unlocks ALL security on your phone, which can be dangerous if not done wisely. Read the Revone and Moonshine threads in the original development forums. HTC let's you do a lot without S-off: you can unlock, flash rooms, custom kernels, radios and mods. S-off gives you complete control, like flashing custom splash screens and unsigned firmware. Viper one will install and run well if you staye 4.12 and S-on, just unlock, flash custom recovery, and you are good to go...
ronnyg13 said:
Alright thank you. And just a brief explanation what the s-off would do ?
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Apart from all the other stuff mentioned above, it will allow you to go back to "locked" bootloader instead of "relocked", which may or may not have warranty implications.
So I'm new to HTC, I've mainly been using Samsung phones so things were much different then (so you could say I'm a textbook newbie).
I just rooted and unlocked my HTC One but I just found out that I can't S-off since I'm on hboot 1.54.
After researching for a while I read that the system, recovery and boot partitions are not locked with s-on. So does that mean I can freely flash custom roms?
All I really am planning to do is try out different roms, flash different kernels and so on. I'm not planning to flash different bootloaders or radios so would I need S-Off?
You can mod you phone as you like with s-on.
But, for example, you can't donwgrade your hboot or upgrade the firmware with some zip.
You can't change the splash screen when you turn on your device...
And, the best quality of the s-off, is that you can restore as fully stock your phone
Guich said:
You can mod you phone as you like with s-on.
But, for example, you can't donwgrade your hboot or upgrade the firmware with some zip.
You can't change the splash screen when you turn on your device...
And, the best quality of the s-off, is that you can restore as fully stock your phone
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But can I flash custom roms using recovery?
minamfm said:
But can I flash custom roms using recovery?
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Yuuup, rom, kernel, mod, theme
Hi to everybody. I am planning to buy an used M7 with 1.55 Hboot.
So I was planning to Unlock, Root and then S-Off with Rumrunner.
But when I do this how can I update the phone to Lollipop stock to flash a custom rom like Viper (I've red that I can't flash it if I am not in Lollipop stock)?
Or have I to do every OTA Updates, upgrade to stock Lollipop, than do Unlock, Root and S-Off by Sunshine?
I really do not understand, it's very difficult to find this information, I've red lots of posts but I am still confused!
Thank's a lot!
HarryCustom said:
Hi to everybody. I am planning to buy an used M7 with 1.55 Hboot.
So I was planning to Unlock, Root and then S-Off with Rumrunner.
But when I do this how can I update the phone to Lollipop stock to flash a custom rom like Viper (I've red that I can't flash it if I am not in Lollipop stock)?
Or have I to do every OTA Updates, upgrade to stock Lollipop, than do Unlock, Root and S-Off by Sunshine?
I really do not understand, it's very difficult to find this information, I've red lots of posts but I am still confused!
Thank's a lot!
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You should definitively try to s-off for free on hboot 1.55, better not to update the phone until you have achieved s-off.
Once s-off, you'll be able to update to anything you want using a ruu for example. Newer roms doesn't really requires lollipop OS but the firmware update that comes with it (7.xx.xxx.x)
You'll then update the firmware to a 7.xx.xxx.x version using a firmware.zip file or a full ruu.zip. Ask help when ready to flash the firmware to be sure you flash the right one as you can brick your phone if not done properly.
Also note that you don't need s-off to update your phone and flash a rom but its a good idea to achieve it now before updating. Its always easier to recover a bricked phone when its s-off but also remember its also easier to brick a s-off phone if you flash the wrong file so do not hesitate to ask questions before flashing, especially when flashing firmware files.
alray said:
Also note that you don't need s-off to update your phone and flash a rom but its a good idea to achieve it now before updating. Its always easier to recover a bricked phone when its s-off but also remember its also easier to brick a s-off phone if you flash the wrong file so do not hesitate to ask questions before flashing, especially when flashing firmware files.
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Thank you very much I think the phone is an HTC One M7 801e "U" version, so as I understand well, after S-Off, I have to find the right RUU, flash it and than flash my favourite rom!