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[One (M8) General] sjeffrey:
I'm guessing you aren't rooted.

If you aren't too attached to your current install you could try the following:

- flash a custom recover

- backup your rom (in case OTA fails at least you can go back to before)

- flash stock rom from the stock rom thread

- flash stock recovery

- wait for OTA

- run OTA

- flash custom recovery

Hopefully your data like music and pictures are on SDCard. If so you would only lose things like installed apps, wifi passwords but you can wipe without touching the sdcard. The HTC messaging app has the ability to backup SMS messages, that's about the only thing I dont want to lose when I wipe clean. You could also root your phone to run titanium backup, backup what ever you want and once updated you could re-root and restore your apps using titanium backup.

Unfortunately there's not going to be an easy to do this with S-ON assuming the OTA thinks you messed up the stock rom.

If you do try to lock bootloader I'm sure you can unlock it again but I would make sure before doing so.
[One (M8) General] 09Ram:
If you are s-on you must Relock bootloader to upgrade. Only with s-off there is no need to Relock bootloader. :good:
[One (M8) General] masterdam95:
Can someone post the firmware 2.23.631.2 pls
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
That's what I am figuring out now, thanks. Question is if I relock, can I easily unlock again after the fact with the same method (unlock_code.bin)?

Sent from my M8
[One (M8) General] 09Ram:
Not sure about that method with new hboot, not even sure about current s-off method with new hboot. If you do plan on going s-off, I would do it now before upgrading. I know a lot of guys have used either firewater or sunshine to s-off successfully with previous hboot, but don't know anyone who has done it with this new one (since the dev has been out). I was lucky to do it with Firewater when it first came out. Check the forums to make sure first.
[One (M8) General] Canadianreaper:
Here's the bell firmware.zip from the 2.23.666.2 OTA. The radio contained within is the same as the Rogers modem (EDIT: new radio version is 1.19.21331147A1.09G, for new hboot 3.18).

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I'm guessing that is the correct way, as it's HTCdev's method. You could however try fastboot oem unlock, but the .bin method is just as easy to do with the HTC instructions.

Please post which method was successful for you however with S-ON or S-OFF. I would like to know in case I ever need to relock/S-ON.
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
I really hadn't planned on s-off but it's sounding more and more like life is just so much easier if you do. I'll have to do that before relocking or trying to update again...

Sent from my M8
[One (M8) General] Canadianreaper:
If you don't mind spending the $25, it really does help if you plan on flashing different ROMS, especially trying the GPE conversion (which I will switch to again at Android L release). You can remove the tampared and relocked text in your bootloader status with S-OFF as well, making it appear as if the device was never touched for warranty return purposes.
[One (M8) General] christal:
Terrific update

I got the 4.4.3 update on my Rogers phone this morning. Yippee.

Since I updated to 4.4.3 my battery is always reporting 100%. I've rebooted, soft reset and used a couple battery hungry apps and still battery reports 100%.

If only it was accurate. I'd never have to charge this thing again.

Everything else seems to be fine.

This m8 is only a month old, never been unlocked, totally stock.

Anyone else have this problem?
[One (M8) General] SaHiLzZ:
Looking for OTA files from Telus and Rogers for 4.4.3 update... Any volunteers?

If you can throw in a TWRP/Philz/CWM nandroid backup of this update, that will be fantastic!
[One (M8) General] k.s.deviate:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/wgsnuz3v9iw5b/stock

this is a link to my stock unrooted rogers 4.4.3. just place in the back up folder of TWRP and restore :D
[One (M8) General] OberonSnowcat:
Just got mine a couple weeks ago, loving it.

Sent from HTC One M8
[One (M8) General] k.s.deviate:
can you test the link for me please? just want to make sure it works :good:
[One (M8) General] tobesedated:
I clicked on it and it comes up as individual files to download...unzipped
[One (M8) General] OberonSnowcat:
Looks good to me... Though I don't need any RoMs at the moment. Gonna leave it stock... Bricked my last phone playing with RoMs.

Sent from HTC One M8
[One (M8) General] k.s.deviate:
perfect, thats what i uploaded. its a back up file for TWRP, just put it in the back up folder on your sd card and restore.

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thank you for testing the link

its just a TWRP backup for those already on a custom ROM. not flashable.
[One (M8) General] newstar:
With Cid telus just get ota 2.23.661.2 , androud 4.4.3
[One (M8) General] ameenshake:
I am s on with unlocked BL therefore no update for me T.T . Can i just restore this and get the update?

Edit: I am on rogers too
[One (M8) General] k.s.deviate:
i believe the firmware wont match.. id do some ore homework before you run this backup
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
So a friend at work has the same phone.

He restored stock recovery and relocked the bootloader. Updated no problem. Then just went thru HTCDev process again since you need a new unlock token and back unlocked. :)

That's the path for us S-On folks...glad to see it working firsthand on a device that isn't mine, lol

Sent from my M8
[One (M8) General] k.s.deviate:
see post #737. restore a 4.4.2 stock back up, relock your BL and stock recovery to get update.
[One (M8) General] christal:
Not sure what was happening there but in the last hour battery is reporting big drops and looks like it is probably about right now.

Reported 100% for over 5 hours of heavy use and then dropped to 41% which I figure is about right.Weird.
[One (M8) General] ameenshake:
Don't need s off to relock bootlaoder?

I think the answer is yes. I already paid $25 for sunshine. I gotta say, thats a lot of money for s-off when the next cheapest one is free.
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
You don't need s-off to relock bootloader, no. When you relock and ota you will then need to do the unlock process again if you want to do so...involves getting a new token from HTC due to hboot change.

I still haven't done it yet but my friend is helping me with a nandroid...something is still off in my setup.

Sent from my M8
[One (M8) General] ameenshake:
Whaaaat?? I though the only way via S off. So how does one go about doing this jazz?
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
fastboot oem lock

Sent from my M8
[One (M8) General] ameenshake:
I refuse to belive it's that easy. Do you have $25 lying around that you don't want?
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
It's just relocking the bl. Done it on two different m8s today alone including my own...

Sent from my M8
[One (M8) General] k.s.deviate:
Hang on. If you've already paid the $25 to sunshine, then your S-off. If your S-off you don't need to relock your boot loader. Just flash a non rooted backup and a stock recovery and get the OTA. Then reinstall custom recovery and then super SU or whatever after that.

Relocking the boot loader is required to get the OTA only on S-on devices.
[One (M8) General] frelnik:
From my experience with this most recent OTA, you don't need an non-rooted ROM if you're S-Off. I'm S-Off and rooted, and all I had to do was flash stock recovery, do the OTA, then flash custom recovery and root.
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
Agreed. Thought that was clear but no harm in repeating at all :)

Sent from my M8
[One (M8) General] k.s.deviate:
I guess it shouldn't matter as long as you haven't changed any system files. But good to know for the future.
[One (M8) General] aumkarpraja:
Hey guys, I'm purchasing an unlocked Rogers M8 and I was wondering if anyone had any sort of idea on what to do with it if I want to use if for Wind. (Nandroids, backups, ROMs, firmwares etc.) I used to own a Nexus 5 till it broke but I have a little bit of experience with flashing and stuff so if anyone could help me out that'd be great!
[One (M8) General] :
Does the Canadian M8 have the bands for wind even? That's the first thing I'd look at.
[One (M8) General] aumkarpraja:
Yup it does, the Canadian M8 works with all carriers. Wind sells them but I found a cheaper brand new one on Kijiji. It's from Rogers but it's unlocked.
[One (M8) General] k.s.deviate:
The only thing I think you would want are the proper APN settings for data/mms. Other than that it should work as soon as you put the SIM in. You'd have to research for firmware etc if you want to put a custom Rom on it. I believe wind is cdma, if it is follow those rules.
[One (M8) General] gomisensei:
Wind is GSM, uses the T-Mobile mobile data frequencies, roams to rogers in Canada, and t-mobile/at&t in the US. CDMA has been deprecated in Canada, only Telus/KooDo use it still, but barely.
[One (M8) General] k.s.deviate:
There you go. Even easier. Haha
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
Telus m8s are gsm...You're referring to other devices or services I presume...

Sent from my M8
[One (M8) General] gomisensei:
Yeah, not sure if they still sell CDMA devices, but I've heard you can unlock Verizon/Sprint devices to work on Telus CDMA network.
[One (M8) General] bobruels44:
It's not CDMA but they do use AWS bands, and that's what makes a lot of ROBELUS phones incompatible with wind as they use GSM bands instead.
[One (M8) General] :
I read back a bit..... Only saw one member say Telus got the OTA. Anyone else? Wondering when to flash stock recovery and scoop it up. :)

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K... Did it anyway and got the OTA on reboot. ;)
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
Dude...did you take a nand before you s offed? I tried a friend's and it failed. If you have your 1.55 backup can you upload it?

Sent from my M8
[One (M8) General] :
The only nand I took after I s_off'd. Just before I flashed stock recovery and took OTA.

Sowwy. ?

Flashing my first rom in about 10 minutes. ?
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
It's ok. I finally got the formula right and I'm up on the ota. :)

Later today I will unlock again and get back to business!

Sent from my m8
[One (M8) General] :
You're doing better than me then. Lol

Tried flashing my first ROM. Was on Philz. It worked, but after seeing the HTC logo for over half an hour, I rebooted to recovery to find I couldn't access my SD, at all. Got some advice from ROM thread...flashed twrp. Turns out data partition is corrupt. And empty. Formatted it. Now waiting for ROM to download on PC to ADB side load it to device and try again. Lol

What a noob I feel like. Lol
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
Balls. What rom?

Sent from my M8 that I finally figured out how to update.
[One (M8) General] JohnM109R:
Guys it's important that every time you install a new recovery make sure you clean the cache or your backups won't work....just a tip
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
Weird. Ok now I am on 2.23.661 and looking to do a philz backup to retain recovery etc. When I try to load Philz into memory with "fastboot boot xxx.img" the phone just reboots system. Anyone else seen this? Was fine before updating.

Sent from my M8 that I finally figured out how to update.
[One (M8) General] :
Finally got it all sorted. Lol

What a mess. Don't even know where I went wrong. Had to format data... So have to set up again.

Viper rom. Very slick! ?
[One (M8) General] ILIVE4HEAD:
Does anybody have a stock nandroid or just a stock recovery for cid TELUS001... I've looked in the m8 thread for nandroids and stock recovery but it doesn't seem like ANYBODY has the right ones for cid TELUS001
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
There is a thread with one published in the OP. Look up "return to 100% stock Canadian HTC one m8"

Sent from my M8 that I finally figured out how to update.
[One (M8) General] pks4510:
Freinds, Can anybody provide a link to rogers m8 nandroid backup of version 2.23.661 as i need badly telephony.apk As well its odex file which has got corrupted . Thanks
[One (M8) General] pks4510:
Dear Sir, Since you have updated to 2.23.661 & I am sure you must have been able to take nandroid backup of the same, Can U help me getting the telephonyprovider.apk & its odex file from "system< prv-app> folder as I have messed it up & having no backup. I am getting the error processcom.android.phone has stopped working when I insert the sim. Thanks
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
That's the problem. I'd like to, but can't unless I can boot a custom recovery without flashing the device. I haven't rerooted yet and don't plan to before I can capture a backup. I'm sorry...i'll post a backup as soon as I can though.

Sent from my M8 that I finally figured out how to update.
[One (M8) General] pks4510:
Thanks dear for prompt reply. Temp root can be achived with towelroot for our phone where their is no need for custom recovery and moreover I think by installing root explorer the two files can be copied from "prv-app" folder even without root.. See if its possible . .Thanks once again
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
The files cannot be copied out without root.

I'll help as quickly as I am able but am working at the moment and have a busy evening tonight. If someone else can help this guy with getting those two files that would be awesome...

Sent from my M8 that I finally figured out how to update.
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
How many guys here running ARHD 10.2 on the latest Telus/Rogers/Bell 2.x OTA delivered firmware? Reviews?

Sent from my M8 that I finally figured out how to update.
[One (M8) General] :
Like your tapatalk sig. Lol

Isn't it kind of cool being a noob! ?

I like to learn.

View my profile, I dare you. ?
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
Yeah I'm intent on remaining S On this time thru. So taking updates might be harder but it helps me learn stuff.

Besides I don't need S Off to build and flash a custom Rom and my current aspiration is to build a Rom for the device so...

Sent from my M8 that I finally figured out how to update.
[One (M8) General] :
As long as it boots and sms works.... Tester here if you need one. ?

I can endure any other bugs... Just need sms. ?

View my profile, I dare you. ?

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Northern Lights? (that was the name.... No?)

View my profile, I dare you. ?
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
It was NorthernTouch :) and I'm doing AOSP not Sense this time around...

Sent from my M8 that I finally figured out how to update.
[One (M8) General] :
That's it! I used it a long time! ?

Just came from an X and N5...Sense is a nice change. FAR better than TW ! Lol

I'm sure I'll go Aosp eventually. Depends how much is involved going back and forth.

View my profile, I dare you. ?
[One (M8) General] bobruels44:
Just wanted to make sure you weren't surprised when it came to that.
[One (M8) General] 09Ram:
Got my email that it shipped from Rogers with tracking number. I'm picking up in the store hopefully before the weekend. :D
[One (M8) General] Bigal77:
Dude....it's ups...will be there tomorrow afternoon
[One (M8) General] 09Ram:
I have M7 dev edition, it's identical to AT&T and Rogers except for bloatware. Should be the same this year. According to Rogers specs, M8 should also be compatible with T-Mobile this year. So I wouldn't be surprised if all GSM North America models are the same this year.
[One (M8) General] Turge:
Don't want to side-track the thread, but for the more experienced users, feel free to drop me a PM when you get your M8's if you're interested in doing some testing: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2695777
[One (M8) General] xavier2k3:
Does anyone know if there are any Rogers stores in Toronto that have these available in store? Missed the pre-order/reserve bandwagon and want to pick a device up before I travel back to London on Sunday night. Trying to reserve now but site keeps failing.
[One (M8) General] WorldIRC:
Store won't have stock until April 10. Only devices right now are pre-orders.
[One (M8) General] xavier2k3:
That's annoying. Knew I should have pre-ordered yesterday. Trying to now but can't seem to get the site to work. Keeps kicking back with some error....grrrr!
[One (M8) General] collin128:
I'm getting the same error. That's why I was looking at buying the Dev Edition. I can't figure out if it'll work on Rogers LTE bands so I'm hesitating.
[One (M8) General] xavier2k3:
I looked at that but If i remember they don't ship to Canada. Nor will Amazon. Frustrating as I'd love one.

2G: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

3G WCDMA: 850/1900/2100 MHz with HSPA+ up to 21 Mbps

4G LTE: 700/850/AWS/1800/1900/2600 MHz

Those are the supposed bands. Rogers use 1700/2600 for LTE. 2600 for more bandwidth. 850/1900 for 3G. Basically the same as an AT&T device. So it should work.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks
[One (M8) General] Bigal77:
Ups tracking info in......delivery by end of day to the store. Going after work I guess!
[One (M8) General] brar.arsh:
Yo.. Same with me.. :D
[One (M8) General] iTeeXDA:
Damn, it's pretty frustrating to see Rogers shipping nice and early. Any Telus folks receive any updates about their orders?
[One (M8) General] htc fan89:
nope. and representatives are not helpful either, I called yesterday and he said it's still being processed ( said they need to check with credit card company)...I call bull **** on that, because I called my credit card company and they said everything is good on their side.
[One (M8) General] brar.arsh:
Do keep System Dumps

Hey do keep the system dumps for your providers before doing anything else.

It was pain last time to get RUU's for Canadian versions.

Now am not familier with the process to get system dump, I have fastboot and adb but it would be great help if anyone can help me out in commands.
[One (M8) General] iTeeXDA:
Yeah, just called them. They have no idea. Said the order is submitted and now only have to wait for a tracking number. Was very vague when saying that it would be today or tomorrow. No real hope until mid next week.
[One (M8) General] Turge:
You can post it but I don't think it'll add much value since the build number should be the same.

PM me for instructions if you want to pull it from your phone.

I just spoke with a supervisor at Telus who contacted me because my shipping address is different than my billing and when I asked him if this would delay my order at all, he indicated it wouldn't because all Telus orders are being shipped out tomorrow afternoon.

I should've ordered from Rogers..
[One (M8) General] iTeeXDA:
That helps, we should have them by Monday then. ?
[One (M8) General] collin128:
Placed my order for a Dev edition and it was cancelled immediately by the system. A CS rep said that the system detected my Canadian IP (rookie mistake) and automatically cancelled it. Will try again & report back if the Rogers system is still broken.
[One (M8) General] terryd66:
HTC One M8 Rogers

Just received confirmation from UPS that my M8 was delivered to my Rogers location. Picking it up within the next 1h. Attaboy Rogers :)
[One (M8) General] diagnadi:
which stock recovery is it? (1.55.631.4?)

which stock recovery is it? (1.55.631.4?)
[One (M8) General] k.s.deviate:
I am. Running smooth as butter. I'm with Rogers. I have had zero issues..
[One (M8) General] junooni.1980:
Alright so this is my first non galaxy phone since 2010. I'm on bell and wanted to confirm if this phone does not need additional work to root and flash recovery. Any good ROMS??:
[One (M8) General] ILIVE4HEAD:
Viperone is nice and there aren't many differences to sense other than a lot of tweaks.. Cyanogenmod is also very nice... it's close to stock android and has many fully customizable themes
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
Lots of good roms.

You need to unlock the bootloader to root/flash recoveries or roms...easiest way. Htcdev.com. There are temp root options but I haven't seen much evidence of their use (could just be me though)...

S Off is an option but do your research carefully before you decide to do it. There's lots you can still do without it.

It's a different world than Galaxy but it's better. There's fastboot here. :)

Sent from my amazing M8
[One (M8) General] Turbojugend:
Had the M7, may pick this up, especially since Windows Phone will probably be ported to play around with if I get bored of Android.

What are people's battery life like with this with custom roms? Oh and which roms will work with Bell M8's, I am assuming ATT?

Thanks.
[One (M8) General] schergr:
Running the nightlies Cyanogenmod 11 on my Rogers HTC M8. Camera stopped working two or three nightlies ago. Anyone with similar issues? I installed a third party camera all and some features are also broken
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
That sounds more like a question you should post on the cm thread if you haven't already. I would guess that if it's a rom issue it wouldn't be just Canadian phones having problems.

Try a redownload and clean flash to be sure?

Sent from my amazing M8
[One (M8) General] pks4510:
Thanks dear I have been able to sort out the things by extracting the files from wwe nandroid backup.My phone is back on track. Thanks once again for all the pains you have taken to help me out.

Thanks once again
[One (M8) General] lutchm:
I'm kinda noob so please bare with me and did some research but I'm stuck

I got my Rogers HTC one m8 rooted and S-off but still running software(firmware?) 1.55.631.4. I tried to download the 2.23.631.2 OTA (reverting back to the stock recovery), the installation seemed like it was working fine. It completed, then it went to the phone with an exclamation mark inside a triangle screen for a bit then restarted. From there I was stuck in the boot animation screen. When a restarted holding vol up+power, it seemed that the 2.23.631.2 OTA didn't apply as it still reads 1.55.631.4

Any help?
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
When you say you downloaded the ota did you do that from inside the stock rom or did you download the firmware package from the xda thread? If you're s off of course I believe you just need the stock recovery and you can flash that, but others will correct me if I'm wrong.
[One (M8) General] lutchm:
I downloaded it with my phone (see screenshot). I flashed the stock recovery and hit the install after the download. And it seems like it worked but after the reboot it gets stuck on the boot animation and then after I restart with Vol Up + Power it finally boots up but still prompting to download the update as seen on the screenshot
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
The ota is picky. Are you positive you have the correct stock recovery and kernel?

Perhaps try writing the stock recovery again...Not sure...in order to do mine I needed to restore a stock nandroid backup I downloaded from a thread here. But I'm S-On so a little different of a situation.

I also know that with S-On you must relock your bootloader but with S-Off you shouldn't have to. I wonder if relocking your bootloader even if S Off is advised? Maybe that will help.
[One (M8) General] lutchm:
Finally got it to work, thanks for the help.

I reverted to the Rogers TWRP backup from this thread and reflashed the stock recovery and proceeded to do both OTA updates. With this update can I flash any rom or does a firmware need to be flashed before? (I read on some ROM threads that you need to flash a firmware before the rom)
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
You should be fine to flash whatever but for sense roms I would think it would be advisable to only flash roms based on 2.x firmware for best results. Of course read the OPs for any roms in which you are interested for flashing instructions or any other recommended prerequisites.

Glad you got it worked out!
[One (M8) General] dragonesdenano:
Who can share with me Canadian stock CWM style made with philz recovery 2. 26 canadian stock sense Android 4.4.3 rom? Im bored, want to cook a Canadian rom. Thanks in advance. :):thumbup: