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[Verizon HTC One (M8)] ricarpe:
Is s-off the only way to install custom ROMs? I would be new to HTC if I upgrade to the M8, so I'm researching the phone and the manufacturer.

Is the rooting and unlocking process the same as it was with my Galaxy Nexus? Or is this phone not yet exploited to allow for that?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
HTC isn't the problem. Vzw will not allow boot loader unlocks by users at the HTC dev site. We have to therefore wait for an s-off method which will come. Once s-off , the world is your oyster.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] ricarpe:
Okay. Thank you for the explanation. I know that Verizon is the Evil Empire as far as telecomms go with some of their policies.

I'm going to go to the VzW store tomorrow to check out the M8.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] AlexGMC:
Has anyone tried Super CID yet? I know it works for the m7, just not sure about the m8.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] 123421342:
no write access wont work without exoloit
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] replica9000:
2 weeks from release to S-Off. Hope you kept your M8.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] cemmec:
Weaksauce + firewater worked for me. Verizon m8 HTC One.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] bitemeoftn:
I know I'm sort of resurrecting a dead thread here, but do any of you know whether the weaksauce/firewater method still works. I've been trying for days, but firewater fails every time.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] thunderbls:
It still does it's hit and miss if you are following the instructions correctly. Do me a favor and try with this older download of Firewater and please let me know if it works..

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bsxis3ai8ktzbgc/firewater.bin
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] hgoldner:
Firewater does *not* work on M8's that have taken the 1.55 OTA update. You have to use an exploit developed by the developers of Firewater/weaksauce called "Sunshine" which costs $25. It is the only known way to secure S-OFF on the Verizon HTC One M8. And, yes, HTD dev still does not permit Verizon bootloader unlock.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] bitemeoftn:
Thanks, man! I'll give it a shot and let you know.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] TechnicalUplink:
So is there still a possibility that this can be broken through or is it a definite that the One M8 will never be able to be unlocked on Verizon? I literally just bought the phone today hoping to get Cyanogen on it.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] wtoj34:
Huh? You're looking at a very old thread, buddy. The Verizon m8 has been unlocked for months now via exploits
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] TechnicalUplink:
Can you link me to the newer stuff? From what I have heard the 1.55 update locked it down.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] thunderbls:
http://theroot.ninja. Here is the link to the sunshine appplication download install run and pay $25 after.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Breezer23:
Ugh. So if I updated to 1.55 while I was rooted and unlocked, but ended up having to relock my boot loader I'm screwed? I thought I'd have to return the device due to a USB issue but the issue has resolved itself. I'd like to root and unlock it again...
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] TechnicalUplink:
Use the Sunshine app. It works. I just got through doing the Sunshine app process and it works. I'm also on Verizon running that 1.55 update.

The Sunshine app will unlock the boot loader. Then you have to flash a custom recovery using the ADB method through cmd prompt. I would recommend the TWRP recovery. I had a lot of trouble getting the clockwork one to work. After that flash Super SU on and bingo, you have your root access back. Definitally worth the $25.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] xsteven77x:
Am I the only one who was able to get firewater to work with absolutely no issue on 1.55?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] thunderbls:
Lol I guess... Seems more and more people are unable to use firewater.

Well I have said it before for those who are unable to use firewater at least there is an option for soff in sunshine.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] lucky_strike33:
I used Firewater and I was on 1.55.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] cj2566:
Mine was on 1.55 when I got it from Verizon as a replacement. Firewater worked for me. Several others have had success as well.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] TechnicalUplink:
Well, I had never heard about the firewater method. But I'm running a permenant root now.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] swiber:
This look like good news then. Might have to give it a try.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] shiznu:
Worked for me.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] majormcbain:
No issues here at all either.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] the_rooter:
hey

Did you just do it today? or a few days ago? I am looking to try
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Kidinferno2113:
I tried Weaksauce/Firewater yesterday. Not only didn't Firewater work, but weaksauce only obtains root about half the time (checked with root checker). I was hoping I wouldn't have to plop down $25 for Sunshine, but if it frees me from Verizon's shackles, it's money well spent.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] the_rooter:
weaksauce is only a temp root
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Kidinferno2113:
Yeah, but it's supposed to re obtain root on reboot. It only did it about half the time. When the root actually did take hold, I tried Firewater, but to no avail.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] the_rooter:
ok guys i am stuck on something i just used sunshine to s off and then use weaksauce to root and i am trying to get custom recovery. please help

Edit: I figured it out. I downloaded the twrp img and then used flashify
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] thunderbls:
Good times... Flashify is a good alternative for installing recovery.

Yes, yes done in fastboot.. There edited my post lol
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] the_rooter:
I can never for the life of be get adb to work for me so i am very much thankful flashify is available.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] pball52998:
You don't use adb for flashing.... I mean you could do dd command from a shell... But all flashing is usually done through fastboot, not adb....

Sent from my HTC One M8 running Insert Coin. S-OFF.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] the_rooter:
I apologize. I meant to say fastboot
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
I also used weaksauce and firewater on 1.55

When I did mine, and your experience may differ....

Weaksauce seemed to work, but wasn't fully active after the reboot, to do the s-off process.

What I ended up doing, as best as I can remember, is I ran weaksauce, did the reboot as instructed, then once rebooted, I actually ran weaksauce once more(don't reboot this time)and then proceeded to s-off.

Hopefully I'm not forgetting anything critical, but that is essentially what ended up working for me.

Hopefully this might help someone else.

You also need to be sure device administrator is turned off as well as any other settings mentioned by the weaksauce and firewater devs.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] pball52998:
I did very similar. I waited 30 seconds after a reboot to see you toast from weaksauce. Then ran all the commands. Worked great.

Sent From My HTC One M8 Running Insert Coin. S-OFF.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] 996:
Just got my M8. Confirmed cannot unlock with HTC DEV. Also the firewater exploit has not been working for me for S-OFF. I have tried numerous times with numerous different tweaks. Weaksauce root does not re-root after adb rebooting all the time! <----- that is essential to the process of S-OFF.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] the_rooter:
You will need to pay 25 dollars and use sunshine app.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] FragmentedLogik:
so if i pay the $25 x 2 devices does it give S-Off and unlock the bootloader?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] the_rooter:
Sunshine only works for one device. So for two it be 50 all together. It gives you s-off and unlock bootloader then go fine the custom recovery u want and use flashify to install custom recovery.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] FragmentedLogik:
okay i usually use ADB/Fastboot in windows Power shell, ive never heard of the flashify app how does it differ from the method i use?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] the_rooter:
That way is fine too. Just flashing works as follows. Download the zip file for and open flashify and it will do the work.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] 996:
Is this really the only way to unlock/get S-OFF for the M8?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] the_rooter:
Its only 25 dollars. Be grateful there is a way.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] camf3xu:
Other than firewater, yes
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] xsteven77x:
Ya but it a still a shame cause in general that's not how are community works (as far as charging for exploits). When someone tries to charge for a jailbreak the Apple community goes absolutely nuts.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] the_rooter:
Its not really a shame at all. Its becoming harder and harder to find exploits, and these guys that did the developement for sunshine had multiple hard bricks on a 600+ dollar phone. I think the developers should charge for exploits in my opinion. People lately are taking advantage of the developers by not doing research and reading up before they attempt to play with their phone. There are alot of people that dont follow the rules on this forum, and it becomes a headache daily just to come onto this site. So a measly 25$ to support the hard work for the developers is no shame. Its supporting them for this great community that we have. Just be grateful. Eventually there will come a time where exploits will be no more. Flashing and rooting will become no more. Just be happy what you have and be grateful. Like I said 25$ to unlock for a 600$ phone is nothing compared to the headache these guys do for us.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] ericerk:
I'm glad that you feel this way, but a lot of people don't feel this way. While the work is worth something, and always appreciated there are some polices that are kind of ridiculous. For example: You have some form of hardware issue, a factory defect, the vib motor stops working etc... post paying the 25 buck fee... After you get the device replaced, You you have to pay again, same fee.

Whilst the work is appreciated, and your opinion is noted, please don't dictate the feelings people have about paying for what was once free. This is the first time, a software modification such as S-Off / Bootloader unlocking has become real.

Now I know you want to bring up the bounty threads, those are people who are trying to motivate the devs to unlock. People who have spare cash. Some people don't really have a spare 25 bucks. While that number may not seem like a lot to you, it's a lot for a college student, I know no one is forcing anything on any of us but again, we must come back to my point, it was free before, now it's paid. It stings a little. No one is being ungrateful, we're just confused. When you get used to something you like keeping it. I.E. free mods, and the benefits of Unlocked bootloaders (Yay CM)

This is

not

an attack against the sunshine team. They have and will continue to do good work, which I appreciate.

UPDATE. I was wrong, 25 bucks is worth every penny, sunshine is great.​
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] 996:
Yeah I think this is the only way at least for later models of the M8. I have tried firewater too many times lol. Just whelps after trying to chug the first time.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] lahegry:
Yes
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] BadUsername:
Sunshine was never free, firewater was, they are completely different methods and aren't even related. You're comparing apples and oranges.

The only reason I agree with them charging $25 per device is to keep sunshine up to date throughout the life of the device. If you had a samsung s4 or s3 and received a warranty replacement from a phone that was unlocked to a new one, the new phone would be locked with no exploit. Wouldn't you rather know that the phone you're receiving can still be unlocked? I think so. Makes me much less concerned about exchanging my phone if I need to.

Even $25 isn't too much for a college student. Save a dollar a day, or don't drink coffee or tea for a week. I've never met a college student who couldn't save $25 for something they really want.

Sunshine is great for what it does, firewater would be impossible for them to keep updated at this point anyway. There's a reason they developed sunshine's exploit over firewater's. It's a much better method.

Bootloader exploits are something special anyway. Gives you complete freedom to do anything you want, including the ability to permaroot the phone without an exploit. Samsung owners have to use exploits to root, and it sucks when Verizon patches those exploits. The bounty has to be restarted and paid all over again, and causes device fragmentation.

A bootloader unlock for all versions of a phone is great for the community, all roms will run great across all devices and the guides will all remain exactly the same. That alone is worth $25 to me.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] the_rooter:
I been trying to explain to him. Thanks
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jcase:
IOS exploits are not uncommonly sold, but generally not used for public jailbreaks. The when public ones are sold, the uproar is because someone has STOLEN another developers work, not because someone who has invested years decided they want reimbursement for their costs. Construction works don't go around building garages for people, for free all day, why should we invest a lot of money and time to give unlocks away? Any idea how much time goes into these things? Way more than it would take to build the garage I want.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Scott:
Its not often I agree with JCase, but I agree with Jcase!

Actually I usually agree with JCase...

But yeah, its software, its not open source, you have to pay for it. Just like you have to buy apps from play store. You also had to pay for the hardware.

You get free ROMS for free though!

Pay them the $25.00 and dont complain. Life would be hell (for me anyways) if there was no S-OFF.

Jcase, i appreciate the time you put into this because if you did not, I would have NOTHING to do.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Siouxsie D:
I know this is late in the game and completely personal opinion but for what it's worth Sunshine is the way to go.

It is completely worth the $25!!!

Spent a total of 6 hours trying to gain root and S-off last week using weaksauce, SuperSu,firewater, etc.and was going to give up when someone suggested using a different browser to download and use Sunshine.

Had Verizon HTC one m8 completely done within about 15 minutes.

It was so easy.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] ericerk:
It's time I eat my words, Sunshine is worth every penny.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokerni:
Hi All

is anyone else having this problem? Not all the time but my Z keeps opening screens - I suppose its like phantom key presses. usually happens when I first switch it on.

Thanks

Paul

Update, I have this in the wrong section, can a Mod please move it to the Q/A section
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technaudio:
Yes, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2419767 but not so much recently.
[Omni Q&A] BlaqueDroid:
Guys Please Help i managed to build a working OmniRom for the i9500 and its working smooth and the only issue i have is that the camera is not available on the build i have tried installing the apk an the camera still dont appear on the app drawer. I have installed other camera apps but nothing seems to work . and the device buttons the lights dont switch on even when u press them. So if anyone has an ideaon what i did worng when building please point me to the right direction
[Omni Q&A] Entropy512:
There are 321497329790479230773420 different reasons camera might not be working, you'll need to dig through your logcat to figure out why.

That isn't a supported device, so you're going to need quite a lot of time and patience to figure it out - but the only way to learn about device bringup and maintenance is by doing the work. If it's frustrating and time consuming - this is normal. It's not rare to spend 3 weeks trying to figure out a problem only to have it require only one line of code change. (As a generic and unrelated example - https://gerrit.omnirom.org/#/c/2757/ took me the majority of the month of November to figure out...)
[Omni Q&A] Hacker_Zero:
You can install a Third Party camera app from google play or aptoide... Iam sure it will work
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] PanchoPlanet:
I have made several B/U's using Phil's Touch recovery, and after reviewing them I noticed that the dates read 1970-10-01. ?

Month and date are good but year is wack, ?

Anyone have an idea about this?

Pp.

sent from my S4 as I replace spark plugs on my Ford Escape via bluetooth.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] bobolinko:
When you boot into recovery, the device unloads all the phone system and whatever was loaded into memory, and loads up another small operating system in order to read and write the backup files and information. The system does not "know" what the date is and it uses the default date of whatever is the oldest date that was available when the system it currently is running and that is the reason you see that "Weird date" I thought is was something like 01 01 1970 as the default date for Linux, but I could be mistaken. Even your computer or laptop would boot a similar date if the clock battery of the motherboard went dead. The phone does not have a dedicated clock to keep the time/date for such instances....
[One (M8) General] AngioNicholai:
Just bought One, unfortunately its Verizon and it seems its already behind on software. As you can see here https://twitter.com/mike1986_/status/448492232929050624/photo/1 the latest is 1.54.401.5

OH well, I GOT ONE!!!

What Color did you buy yours in?
[One (M8) General] fr0st420:
I'm about to order One from Sprint. Too bad I have to wait to use it lol.
[One (M8) General] NoFanboy:
Does the Verizon logo on back seem removable?
[One (M8) General] user602:
The HTC website isn't making it easy to spend my money: "The product chosen HTC One® Developer Edition (M8) - Grey is no longer available through LetsTalk." :rolleyes:
[One (M8) General] SWYRx:
Can you confirm the lack of notification led? How does it show new messages? BLN?
[One (M8) General] EvoKnvl:
Ordered my Dev Edition and have it for Overnight. Now the wait...
[One (M8) General] ejtrademark:
I ordered one from Sprint, only shipping option was 2-5 days. Order status says its processing in the warehouse. Guess I will hold my breath til it gets here :cyclops:
[One (M8) General] techfanatic9:
I really want to get one now, but I have T-Mobile... :(
[One (M8) General] Frankie1588:
This doesn't have a notification LED? That is a HUGE bummer if so. :(
[One (M8) General] blackroseMD1:
Just ordered mine in Gunmetal Grey (only color available, for some reason) through AT&T. Free overnight shipping, but the order says it won't ship until sometime between the 28th and the 1st.
[One (M8) General] rotchcrocket04:
Just got off the phone with AT&T - told them I was going to cancel my line ($145 ETF) unless they could do something for me as I wasn't up for renewal until September 2014. They renewed my line with the $199 pricing, priority shipping, and waived activation fee. I'm quite happy with them right now. Very excited to get back on Android (currently using iPhone 5, don't ask lol).

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Guys, my friend is stopping by work to show me his (he was the first one to buy it at our Verizon store today) One... I will verify the Notification LED and provide a pic if I can get one. I do believe I remember reading somewhere that it had the same style LED as the M7?! I could be wrong. Will update soon.
[One (M8) General] jim380:
same here. I ordered mine off-contract. Wish it could be shipped sooner.
[One (M8) General] ken830:
Sprint is offering the M8 for $249 for existing upgrade-eligible customers, but $199 for new customers!? WTF?
[One (M8) General] nugzo:
Just ordered mine from ATT. business account so had issues to start. THey said it wasnt available for business customers yet. transferred to customer assistance and they were able to order it. He said it would ship today or tomorrow, havent received any tracking info yet.
[One (M8) General] hgoldner:
Got mine. Currently moving data over to my 128g card. Forgot about Sense....been running AOSP so long and never liked anything past Sense 3.6 anyway.
[One (M8) General] Frankie1588:
Thanks so much! Appreciate it
[One (M8) General] Springy_Minaj:
Notification LED is there, it's inside the top speaker
[One (M8) General] tnicko:
But is it only red/green like the M7 or RGB so it can be assigned to different apps :confused:

Would love to see a short vid if anyone has the time and means :p
[One (M8) General] mushages:
can anyone check the video slowmotion mode if it records in 720p or 1080p?
[One (M8) General] Scott:
Verizon version in hand!

I dont know what color it is, looks brown?
[One (M8) General] its_dale:
Ordered mine yesterday around 3pm SoCal time. Says it will arrive tomorrow (Thursday) before 3pm.

Question: Does the US version also come with a TPU case? I ordered AT&T
[One (M8) General] Scott:
Yes, and for the record its much easier to see than the M6 or M7.

Agreed. I have had the best of the best since... well, before Android even existed... This is Top Dawg!

Call the 1-800bestbuy number. I have them price match all the time for me. Just google bestbuy price match and the numebr will show up. Operator answers... Tell her you need to buy a phone. She will get you to the phone guys, tell them you want to price match it...

Tell me what they say. I am curious. I never matched a phone.

Gray!

There was no speculation. I clearly stated it had DDR3 :angel:

There was never a doubt in my mind :p

Metal.
[One (M8) General] subcola:
Soo how is the camera. Can someone post some pictures
[One (M8) General] blestsol:
There's like three threads for that in the general section. My personal opinion based off the pics is you have to be crafty to get nice pics in low light. And turn sharpness down in bright pics.
[One (M8) General] surge27:
Anyone order a dev edition today? if so, What's your order status say?
[One (M8) General] barondebxl:
Is it really that smooth? How does it compare to the nexus 5 in smoothness?? ( the nexus 5 do far is the smoothest thing I gt save ever used on android)
[One (M8) General] bobbarker2:
Grills feel to be the same material the rest of the shell is made of.
[One (M8) General] Scott:
I think it smoother but my experience with Nexus 5 is very limited. I dont much care for AOSP based phones. Prefer some sort of skin. But in the short time I played with it... I still think this is smoother. The nexus series do not use qualcom optimized binaries which hinder its performance greatly. You can google about it "Qualcomm Binaries Nexus 5" and you will see how hindered Google choose to make the Nexus 5. Go into a sprint store, reboot both phones and test and see for yourself.

I am utterly amazed at how smooth this is.
[One (M8) General] minieod:
"Estimated Shipping Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Estimated Delivery Date: Thursday, March 27, 2014 "

BOOM

ordered around 11AM EST.

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have we figured out the range of colors the LED has....is it like older HTC phones (green yellow red) or full LED spectrum?
[One (M8) General] djkinetic:
My ATT order just changed to preparing to ship...yay!!! However the ship date is listed as 3/31-4/02 which makes me a bit sad...better than having to wait till the 11th to walk into a store but still not as good as getting it within the next couple days...knew I should have ordered at 1 on the dot lol.
[One (M8) General] gomorrah:
I had no doubt either. And upon receiving mine today, it clearly says on the back of the box that it's DDR3. :good:
[One (M8) General] barondebxl:
Wow.... That is REALLY REALLY REALLY IMPRESSIVE then cause to me the Nexus 5 is the definition of smoothness in android. I'm really impressed.

I also prefer skinned android over stock any day. But kudos to HTC, I'll be getting the One soon.
[One (M8) General] Scott:
These things have boxes??? :p

Hey does anyone know if Dev Unlock works with AT&T version? I dont feel like waiting any more. Yeah, that impatient.
[One (M8) General] barondebxl:
Yes, LTE.

http://www.androidcentral.com/developer-and-unlocked-htc-one-m8-ready-order

Edit: Or did u mean the boot loader unlock?? If that's the case I don't know.