yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[One (M8) General] manook:
Just bought mine from three. £469 on pay as you go (£459 but you have to buy a £10 sim) and getting a sim only plan for the unlimited tethering. Phone contract dont come with that anymore so of no use to me.
[One (M8) General] @home:
Called in my local CPW & they wouldn't sell me one, said tomoz before I can have one. Like wtf.

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Was that in store or online?
[One (M8) General] dingdong3000:
are three simlocked to network and do you have to get the sim only plan?
[One (M8) General] manook:
Purchased online and you buy a pay as you go SIM which you can discard. Handsets are normally locked to three
[One (M8) General] pro4ever:
thats way cheap £530 WITH P4U:p so is it unlocked to use any other sim and how about 3 logo branding on phone

are they easily unlocked?
[One (M8) General] manook:
I posted the three deal on Twitter and apparently customer services state it is unlocked. Will be sold out very quickly!
[One (M8) General] Funkmeister:
Just ordered mine through EE as I get Employee Call discount and can't get that through CPW or P4U.

I asked twice on the call whether the updates come via EE or whether they're from HTC and they said it's an HTC build. I recall the frustration waiting for T-Mobile to get their arses in gear with updates months after HTC had made the official ones available.

I'll be annoyed if that's not the case as I'll have been outright lied to. I get 14 days to send it back if I'm not happy.

Edit: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand it looks like I've been lied to. Currently considering whether to cancel the order already and buy SIM-free.
[One (M8) General] dingdong3000:
Yeah always seems the way with Three with new handsets that are straight up available. I guess the later models will be locked once they get their bloatware in place.
[One (M8) General] goofy gorilla:
reply

vodaphone wanted £20 lol...actually got it unlocked for a fraction of that price....:good:
[One (M8) General] Brds7t7:
Did he mean unlocked bootloader? That's separate to Sim locking. There's a way of sim unlocking for free with S-OFF.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2708567

Sent from My Calculator!
[One (M8) General] grud1e:
bought a s5 and m8 from cex yesterday both mint son and i were unsure which we wanted but he liked the s5 and i liked the m8 so worked out ok ...s5 unlocked and m8 on ee ......rooted unlocked boot loader s-offed and changed cid / mid to htc europe (htc__001) and now works on any network :) and is running arhd 5
[One (M8) General] Chris_c81:
Did you happen to note what your cid and mid were prior to altering?
[One (M8) General] grud1e:
i didn't take a note of the mid but the cid was ORANG001
[One (M8) General] Chris_c81:
Thanks mate. I've same CID. Did you have any problems with root, s-off etc.?
[One (M8) General] grud1e:
no problems with with anything at all .......

i did in this order

unlock boot loader with htcdev

s-off with firewater

removed red text

removed tampered banner

changed cid then mid

installed a new sim

installed ARHD 5

total time about 45 mins from start to finish
[One (M8) General] alwin006:
Hey guys, I bought my M8 in UK but do you know if HTC Warranty is European ?

Is invoice required to send it back to HTC (i mean directly HTC, not the UK retailer) ?

For example: I buy a phone from Carphone Warehouse then travel to France can I send it back to HTC France for warranty ?

Thanks
[One (M8) General] paulcfc:
just got my M8

upgrade on EE via dialaphone ( online only)

500 mins call

unlimited text

1gb data on 4g

no upfront cost

£29.99 per month!!!!
[One (M8) General] jaimeletelierhay:
Just got my M8 on EE

£20 fee upfront

£25 pm

Unlimited min

Unlimited text

4gb data!

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] mickyboycfc123:
m8

just ordered m8 today on ee,1000 mins/unlimited tex/1gb data free handset,, £29.99 0n 24 months,, got it on fones for u sister website dialafone:good:
[One (M8) General] Thor:
Just finished my review on the HTC One M8 and I really can't stress how great this phone actually is. The specs/features are great, but the design and feel of the phone is amazing and in my opinion, the best I have seen.

Geektech - HTC One M8 Review
[One (M8) General] exocetdj:
if anyone got the whelp message on firewater and really wants s off, see my sig, its for an obviously excellent cause :D:D:good::p
[One (M8) General] Zerodivider:
O_o How did you manage that? Nowhere to be found on the web!
[One (M8) General] jaimeletelierhay:
I called EE direct. Told them I had saw a deal elsewhere and was wondering what they could do for me.......next thing you know they gave me that deal.
[One (M8) General] Python.:
Were you with EE before that? The problem for me is that my contract is with a third party (got the phone from them but am on the O2 network). I'll be moving to EE, mainly because of 4G, once the contract ends in a few months...
[One (M8) General] TwinCalibre:
That is a very nice deal! I can upgrade 23rd May, so will give EE a call and see what they can offer me. If they are no good, will go with dialaphone
[One (M8) General] Stea1thmode:
s off

Has anyone managed to get s off yet on three?
[One (M8) General] Michealtbh:
Yea both me and a friend have, also a few people here on XDA
[One (M8) General] Stea1thmode:
wow, thats good to know, been a way for a while.

What method was used?
[One (M8) General] Michealtbh:
The only one available - firewater
[One (M8) General] elsworth1983:
Jammy :p am on three and no go area for me
[One (M8) General] Stea1thmode:
I managed it after 4 bottles. Not too shabby!!:laugh:
[One (M8) General] hapticc:
HTC One Ace - the plastic brother of HTC One M8 is coming soon at low price
[One (M8) General] xavier2k3:
I got the same deal through P4U but I got the phone for free up front at £37.99 a month with Free BoomBass Speaker, Free Unique London Case, £50 Google Play Credit and Annual subscription to Gourmet Society. This was not long after launch, just after all the promotional offers stopped but a guy at P4U on the phone did it for me. EE couldn't offer me this offer (minus the extras) so I was on the verge of moving to 02 till this guy sorted this deal out for me. Usually have to pay part of the phone up front.
[One (M8) General] Stea1thmode:
Hi guys, I might go back to fully stock at some point. I'm aware that I need stock recovery to receive ota updates, just wondering what are the apps that were removed when the bootloder was unlocked? Many thanks.
[One (M8) General] EddyOS:
If you're S-OFF, this will sort you out ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2735235

Even if not, the ROM I link to will restore the full system (complete with missing apps)
[One (M8) General] Stea1thmode:
Thanks for the speedy response! Yes, I'm s off. Cheers.
[One (M8) General] EddyOS:
The guide will be getting rewritten at some point as there a few changes I want to make but if you know what you're doing it should be pretty easy as it is. It's already the latest build (1.54.401.10) but you'll then get OTA updates in future
[One (M8) General] Doughnut:
I've had enough of the on screen buttons and looking to root...I understand it's done via HTC, so they'll be aware.

Does that mean if my phone breaks, i'm screwed? I got mine through Three...

Also, I assume if I can't S-Off, I can't remove the tempered banner? Am I correct?

My device works flawlessly, just a couple of niggles, would love to run Viper Rom and sort out these stupid on-screen buttons, but I'm worried I'll root, receive tempered banner, and if I can't S-Off and remove it, Three won't honour my warranty...

Wutdo?
[One (M8) General] gr4z:
You can get rid of the tampered banner - there is a post somewhere on here. I have used it and it works great.
[One (M8) General] Doughnut:
Cheers, just unlocked bootloader :)

Now going to do the rest!

Edit:

Woot! HTC One M8 from Three.
[One (M8) General] baz786:
I got my htc one m8 on contract from O2 UK
[One (M8) General] ahyd:
CID/MID

Hi guys, been having a look around and can't seem to find a definitive answer. Does anybody know the Model ID (MID) of the unbranded UK edition of the M8, from what I've read the CID is htc__001 but unsure on the MID, if anybody knows or could do a getvar would be much obliged :)
[One (M8) General] RossMacgill:
Mine is from CPW and its 0P6B10000
[One (M8) General] ahyd:
That's perfect mate, cheers!
[One (M8) General] jaimeletelierhay:
Try this to remove the tampered banner. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2708565
[One (M8) General] Stea1thmode:
Could someone please post the latest HTC dot view apk? I can't update on Play, it's giving me a 942 error. Many thanks in advance.

Edit: I'm not sure what's causing it. I tried clearing data on Google play and services, then reboot. Initially it said not compatible with device so I installed xposed mod Play store fixes which then came up with said error code. My original firmware was latest three .9 Issue started when I flashed latest international .10 firmware. I'm s off and supercid. Not tried full wipe.
[One (M8) General] v1rk:
You need to be s-off to remove the red text
[One (M8) General] Stea1thmode:
Does anyone know how to increase dock page on sense, Say like on nova launcher?

Thanks in advance.
[One (M8) General] EddyOS:
There might be an Xposed module for that but not heard of anything else...
[One (M8) General] Jyotirdeb:
[MENTION=1964406]Stea1thmode[/MENTION] You can try sense6 toolbox.Also on venom tweaks in viper you can find that.
[One (M8) General] Stea1thmode:
I'm already on sense toolkit,I can't see an option for it but will try venom. Thanks
[One (M8) General] gr4z:
What ROMs are people using from the UK? I am using SkyDragon GPE which seems to work very well. Just wondered if anyone had found a ROM that works best for us peeps from Blighty?
[One (M8) General] EddyOS:
There isn't a 'best ROM' as each persons use is different. I, personally, converted my phone to GPe and it suits me nicely but before that I was 100% stock bar S-OFF as I have no need to root any more
[One (M8) General] elsworth1983:
If people haven't successfully achieved soff on there m8s this works wonders sorry if you guys already know http://theroot.ninja

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And the sunshine thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t= had double post as xda app is playing up
[One (M8) General] exocetdj:
Make sure its on a stock rooted rom or anything like maximus that has not had too many changes.
[One (M8) General] EddyOS:
Any Vodafone users here still got the link to the OTA updates/firmware package?
[One (M8) General] Python.:
Does anyone know what is the best offer that I could get from retentions? I'll looking for £20-£25pm. I would really appreciate any help!
[One (M8) General] EddyOS:
Which network? You probably won't know until you ask tbh...
[One (M8) General] Python.:
I'm with Vodafone at the moment. But, I was hoping to see what everyone else got so I would know what to aim for. When, I talked to customer retentions I mentioned jaimeletelierhay's contract:

But, the customer retention rep said that they wouldn't be able to go anywhere near that. So, I just gave the 30 days notice to leave. Now I'm waiting for them to call back. Otherwise, I've shot myself in the foot.

I've PMed jaimeletelierhay to see if he can provide me with some proof that I could use as leverage. But, he hasn't replied...
[One (M8) General] EddyOS:
Better getting a new contract, you'll get a better deal (like the one you quoted)

I was with Vodafone and moved to Three a year ago when I got my M7, unlimited data (and now 4G) for £34 a month and still using the same deal on my M8 (sold the M7 for a Nexus 5, sold that to get the M8)
[One (M8) General] Python.:
So, Vodafone won't be able to go near the quoted deal? I thought customer retentions would be able to price-match. By the way, do you know if they would call back or would I need to call them?

The problem with getting a new contract is that the best one I can find is:

I can't really negotiate the price if I'm moving to another carrier. And I can't use jaimeletelierhay's contract without any proof.
[One (M8) General] jaimeletelierhay:
Mate i've been with T-mobile for years, I handed in my 30 days notice and then EE called and offered me 40% off to switch to there network. I got an amazing deal because they wanted my business. Everyone knows Vodafone are the worst and easily the most expensive in the UK. Take a look at this, you can pick one up for £28......http://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/families/htc_one_deals/
[One (M8) General] Python.:
Thanks for the reply. I had a look at that but I need more than 1GB of data and £28 is still higher than I would like. I was just trying to use your deal as some leverage, either with Vodafone or with EE. So, I could call EE and say something like jaimeletelierhay got this deal from you, what's the best you can offer me? I doubt I'll get what you got but, at least, it'll be better than what I'm being offered at the moment...

Edit: I just spoke to EE and they said that they would be willing to match your contract if I could provide them with proof. (Eg. a bill and the phone number for the contract). I would really appreciate if you could help me out here
[One (M8) General] jaimeletelierhay:
I would buddy but I ain't posting my details on a forum. Ill see if I can help somehow.
[One (M8) General] Python.:
In hindsight, I should have sent that as a PM... I was hoping you could send something via a PM. But, any help would be amazing!
[One (M8) General] jaimeletelierhay:
Just to prove I ain't full of BS. Here's my account. I'm £10 over cause of additional charges to 0845 numbers. But that's my unltd min unltd text and 10gb internet. The plan itself is £22 or so plus VAT it's usually £26-£27.
[One (M8) General] jaimeletelierhay:
UPDATE! Just spoke with EE and they've also given me unltd calls to the 0845 and 0800 numbers that caused the increase in my bill this month. So that now gives me -

UNLTD MIN

UNLTD TEXT

10GB INTERNET

UNLTD CALLS TO 0800/0845

£25.99pm

Oh and to top it off they also halved my bill this month from the £39 including the additional charges to £19. Result. Best network ever!!
[One (M8) General] Nihtilan:
No offence, but I think you're full of ****. I work for a UK mobile carrier in SALES, and I know very well how competition between networks works.. which is no where close to what you're saying. So stop with the BS and move along with your lies ;)
[One (M8) General] jaimeletelierhay:
Ha ha ha ha ha u goon. Why the hell would I make up an imaginary tariff. Fool. Get a grip. Suppose the pics I made of my account are all photo shopped as well are they????
[One (M8) General] ravishah922:
Can smebdy lemme knw whether this fone supports subtitles??? If yes, how can i view them???
[One (M8) General] Python.:
I don't think the phone's media player supports subtitles. But, you can just download an app from the play store which does...
[One (M8) General] ravishah922:
Bought myself mxplayer pro... Works well... Have to tweak wid video clarity bt subtitles run flawlessly...
[One (M8) General] jerico9:
I know this is an old post but made me chuckle. 3 doing away with unlimited tethering also by jan next year they will not be able to use the term unlimited they have plans to cap at 5gb over all and 1gb thether. T-mobile are coming in line with orange and EE even tho their unlimited data is only 3gb with 500mb stream. Virgin 2gb unlimited with 250mb stream

The EU have slammed the networks over compliance in everything they do. Every part of the contract has to be told to the customer, the customer has to understand what everything means and their rights. Insurance again all terms and exclusions have to be advised. if non are adhering they face hefty fines and revoke of licences

plus i'm sure 3 use a different radio which makes it locked to 3 not being able to use on other networks.

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For those who are asking about deals in retention direct etc.

I work in retention(o2) have done for 14yrs and heres my 2 pennies worth.

Go direct CPW, upgrade not new connection because that costs you(i'll explain in a mo) and a few reasons.

1, the devices is unlocked

2, they cover the full 24 months warranty expect iPhone

We do try to price match handset cost only not tariff. so say the m8 is 49.99 £28 a month unlimited 1gb on o2. they could not match that tariff

The iPhone 5 deal is 33 unlimited 5s foc, can't be done. The networks will not go in the red to keep a customer anymore. its all on profit. o2 make on average £26 per 2 year contract. Voda is £18 EE £15 and 3 £8. they are approx amounts but are within the ball park. o2 will only give a max of up to 20% off the line rental which is usually £3-£4 off per month depending on your tariff then the upfront cost of the handset. thats the first thing that gets discounted because people still think they get a free phone. o2 refresh is the best contracts you can get if you want to swap your phones every 12 months or so. sell your old phone use the money to pay it off and re-upgrade. i.e. the M8 was 549.99 but on refresh its 480. take out the contract pay the phone off the next day and close the account. loads of people do it. get them to price match the ip5s pay 480.

It will be interesting if they do bring out the rumoured M8 prime, also the E8 and what the costs are.

oh and a friendly warning stay away from P4U they only cover the warranty for the first 12 months but push you out the door once they sold things to you. we took everything away from them for miss selling, first it was new connections and then the upgrades went. big thing to dii because all the marketing they do that the networks don't have to pay for.
[One (M8) General] Smeghead_:
It really sucks that there isn't a 32GB option. Do none of the international 32GB variants work with UK 4G bands?
[One (M8) General] agent.m:
I in the end sold m7 and bought an m8 from computer exchange. Was on unlimited calls and txt 4gb for £26 EE SIM only then got lucky with a store deal. They gave me the same but with extra 5gb per month and free 08 numbers for a year £23
[One (M8) General] MyNameIsRamo:
Is anyone else on EE having the issue that mobile data is automatically disconnected? Is there a carrier or firmware update I can install to fix this?
[One (M8) General] Chris_c81:
I'm on EE and just received an update.

Update details:

Current software information:

Will update with updated software information after update process.

Edit:
[One (M8) General] Pard0ned:
That's odd. Wonder what it was.
[One (M8) General] Chris_c81:
No idea. Was a heft 200-300mb download though. Shame they give no details.
[One (M8) General] StuMcBill:
Has anyone in the UK got the 4.4.3 update yet over official OTA?

I've converted to stock unbranded wwe (bootloader still unlocked) and still nothing!
[One (M8) General] Chris_c81:
Nope. Only the above, which appears to still be a build of 4.4.2. The only real noticeable change is I'm sure they changed the settings icon you see in the top right in below image?
[One (M8) General] Stea1thmode:
I got it on super cid
[One (M8) General] StuMcBill:
Might try that!

Yep - worked!!
[One (M8) General] uronfire:
+1
[One (M8) General] ZANGETSU786:
Hey guys, im super cid how do i get the 4.4.3 on vodafone?
[One (M8) General] alwin006:
Having Supercid won't change anything if you run a branded vodafone rom
[One (M8) General] StuMcBill:
I am not in a position to download the update at the moment (limited Internet supply at work), however, now when I check for updates it says that I'm up to date?

I'm still supercid and nothing has changed since I got the update notification (4 posts up) - very weird!
[One (M8) General] Stea1thmode:
You need to have stock international ROM and stock recovery.
[One (M8) General] StuMcBill:
Hmmmm,

Changed from HTC__001 to 11111111 - got update notification (unable to download) - Checked for updates again today - no updates available

Changed back to HTC__001 - no updates available

Changed back to 11111111 - no updates available

Have I been blacklisted for refusing the update?!
[One (M8) General] uronfire:
You can 1 , try clearing cache for the update app in manage app settings then try updating. Or

2 clear cache from recovery then try updating
[One (M8) General] StuMcBill:
Nope, no joy.

I tried to delete the cache from the update app, however, I don't know which App it is? (I tried HTC Guide).

Then I cleared cache partition in (stock) recovery - still nothing.

Just booted a custom recovery and wiped Dalvik too - nothing.
[One (M8) General] StuMcBill:
Looks like its being slowly rolled out - http://www.htc.com/uk/go/htc-software-updates/

Guess I must have missed my chance for the time being.
[One (M8) General] uronfire:
Don't think it's been rolled out in the UK yet. Still integrating
[One (M8) General] EddyOS:
Why aren't S-OFF users just downloading and flashing the OTA manually?
[One (M8) General] StuMcBill:
I just wanted to see if my phone was back in a state to actually get OTA's.

Do you have a link to the OTA? Do you just flash it through recovery?
[One (M8) General] uronfire:
https://www.hightail.com/download/ZUcyYnU2V3JQb0lYRHNUQw
[One (M8) General] EddyOS:
You could actually link to my post so I get proper credit you know ;)
[One (M8) General] uronfire:
Sorry bro didn't know how to do that. Thanks anyways for link. Have used it myself
[One (M8) General] StuMcBill:
Where's your post eddy?
[One (M8) General] EddyOS:
Buried in the Updates thread in General! :D
[One (M8) General] usmanmh_10:
lost my cid

hey guys i have an unlocked htc one m8 gunmetal grey in the uk

i converted it to gpe - i changed my cid to googl001

i did not write down my original cid

can anyone tell me or help me to find out the original cid

thanks in advance
[One (M8) General] uronfire:
If it's unlocked and unbranded then it should be HTC__001.
[One (M8) General] stevendeb25:
Anyone been able to get s-off with cid orang001 and firmware 1.54?
[One (M8) General] elsworth1983:
If firewater dosnt work for you, download sunshine app & see if it's compatible but I don't think you will have a problem with sunshine
[One (M8) General] stevendeb25:
$25 tho I'll have to cope without hopefully Firewater May release an update.
[One (M8) General] elsworth1983:
It's the same people who released sunshine, so I don't mean this in any disrespectful to the team who brought us S-off I don't think firewater will be updated I might be wrong. & $25 is roughly £15, sometimes it's safer to be S-onn than it is S-off ;) the choice is always with the user
[One (M8) General] boe323:
Its only £15 for uk
[One (M8) General] MistaJae:
I had orang001 CID and couldn't get firewater to work (kept getting the 'whelp' message). I paid for Sunshine and now I am s-off, SuperCID, 2.22 firmware and running ARHD 10.2 with no problems at all.

Sunshine is well worth the £15!
[One (M8) General] elsworth1983:
Good tweak http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2846653
[One (M8) General] myself11:
Does anyone know if the firmware of M8 bought on Amazon.co.uk/Expansys.ie/handtec.co.uk, which has the item model number 99HYK014-00, is 1.54.401?
[One (M8) General] Hereisphilly:
Does anyone know if an M8 bought from Three uk direct runs their own software build version or does it run the x.xx.401.xx standard EU version?
[One (M8) General] elsworth1983:
Am on three & I think 98% sure you will be on three's software, if you are it's no big deal you can either try firewater to gain soff so you can go to 001 if firewater dosnt work there is sunshine search for it in xda or Google it.
[One (M8) General] Hereisphilly:
Cheers for that, I figured that was the case, it has been in the past, I just couldn't find can RUU or Cid list that says that the software build even exists

Yeah my missus is after one and after the terrible experience my brother had with his M7 on an EE build (they only just released the 4.4.2 update last week), I wanted to get her an EU WWE without having to go down the S-OFF path unless absolutely necessary, seeing as she isn't a fan of me "messing"!