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[Sprint HTC One (M8)] chrislvb:
I was able to s-off with firewater on my new HK edition. I just followed the instructions and everything went perfectly.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Registerforwhat:
Has anyone who got welped been able to get passed it and get S off? I too have an hk version
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] drlzanej:
Nope, not here. HK version as well.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Bradh024:
I was just about to ask that... I've tried about 30 times with 2 different devices, even tried rumrunner a couple times and still nothing. I'm about ready to throw in the towel until the devs release an update. btw, HK edition as well.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] drlzanej:
Same scenario, 2 different laptops, 3 PCs all different OSs, must have tried a hundred times. Im told patience is a virtue that good things are on the way. Ill give it a little more time, if nothing comes our way i may just jump ship and move on to the S5. We'll see what happens.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Bradh024:
I'm not going to jump ship cause I can't change the splash screen. I'm sure the devs will eventually release an update.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Granite1:
Last I checked the S5 is completely locked down too, not 100% on that. At least with the M8 you have HTCdev. Just my opinion of course. ;)
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Bradh024:
Would have to agree, nice phone though none the less
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] pisang_aza:
what's the software version of your devices ?

because with software version 1.15.654.15 s-off doesn't work
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Sloth:
One of the devs in this section bricked his M8 a couple days ago...got his brand new replacement yesterday and was able to s-off first try
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] slimbrady:
Supposedly......Beaups already has another working method that works for whelped M8s but he is holding onto it because he wants lots of $$ for it. Lame. That's what I heard anyway...
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] drlzanej:
(Statement retracted)

[MENTION=4609217]BD619[/MENTION], thats really why i believe its moer a hardware thing than software or firmware, theres simply to many folks with exactly the same device, software and firmware and still some can get it and some cant. Really no way to know for sure tho.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] chrislvb:
As I stated in my original post, I got a replacement M8 HK the day before I s-off'ed and when it booted for the first time it loaded the .15 firmware OTA. I followed the firewater instructions to the letter and I had absolutely no trouble getting s-off, so it does work with that update.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] willy900wonka:
Two different M8's one new from the fathers day sale(my daughter's), S-off first time; one from may still whelps. Not the method or equiptment. Def the M8. Just saying.

Doing the OTA on the S-on meant reloading the stock recovery, then back to twrp and SuperSu and BusyBox.

Took the OTA on the new one prior to S-off.

Probably saved me from only updating the firmware on the older M8.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Lexus1616:
Sorry i wanna ask if i want to GSM UNLOCK did i need to S-OFF it too ?

Im using HK edition.

Thanks
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] feizy:
We did! :highfive:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53544664&postcount=812
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] drlzanej:
Thanks for sharing this. Read through the whole post, was alotta talk about money and such. Very disheartening. Never known xda to be about charging and profiting, and the few tmes i did see it, it didnt turn out so well for those involved. Oh well guess thats how it goes. Thanks again :cool:
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] slimbrady:
Yeah, apparently Beaups thinks no one else is up to the task as he is risking a lot by dangling the exploit out there but not accepting "pre-payment" for its release.....really makes me sad to see one member of the community holding back knowledge from the rest of us for money....why don't you go get a job at HTC then since you share the same goal!

I wish someone else would release a tool just to spite him, lol.

I know I know it is a lot of effort and hard work that must be put in but the accolades and gratitude of the community as well as volunteered pledges should be enough IMO to warrant the work.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] drlzanej:
Readily agreed on all accounts. Especially Where you said "its alot of effort and hard work". I could name a large hand full of devs, themers, script writers etc that have put a huge amount of time and effort into thier developements and never asked for or "suggested " payment for thier efforts. They just did it for the benefit and betterment of the community.

After posting in his defence which i now retract,,,

Doesnt really piss me off as much as it just disappoints me in reguards to greed and the weakening of human nature.

I myself have donated literally hundreds of dollars to various devs and teams not because it was required or expected but because it was appreciated and they deserved it. They never outrite asked for it. Had they askeed or expected it it would have never happend.

That being said, if the tool would be made available i would have donated generously but from what i read in that particular thread, i dont care if i get s-off or not i wont give a g0¤ da^^m red cent to some one that demands, expects or suggests payment for it. Just the principle. Thanks, :end_rant: :cool:
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] sgt. slaughter:
take it you guys didn't see where he was refunding people that donated already... If it was money think he would be doing that?....no.

also, would you rather them release a half tested/vetted tool to the community or fully vet it out and make sure it's safe before release?.... last thing any dev wants to see is a tool they release end up bricking a bunch of users devices.... with the area they are tweaking here that brick is ever so more likely and puts more pressure on them to get it right.

yeah we've seen some hold back work for $ in the past but this doesn't seem like the case at all guys...

calm down and it will be released when it's ready... I assure you you would be much more pissed if they released it half tested and your device was one that bricked by the tool!....
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] drlzanej:
We were just discussing what we percieved as to statements that were projected in his thread. Sorry for upsetting your majesty. Both 8's up
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] feizy:
This looks promising...hopefully the wait won't be much longer...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53566150&postcount=837
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] dandan2980:
All I gotta say is Wow the members in here complaining about the gentleman who is working on an exploit to soff really annoy me just sound like a couple of ungrateful brats. Really you guys should figure it out on your own if you can't accept waiting for something that will be completely free you don't deserve Soff if you haven't already achieved it. Once it's released you guys will be all over that free **** pathetic
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] drlzanej:
Before calling someone ungratefull you may want to research thier past donations,,

Mine for instance ;

GW,$100

utkaar099; $200

Badseeds; $150+

Just to name a few. Ungrateful,,,im not

"Dont stir the pot unless you plan on licking the spoon." Nuff said, let it go and we'll see how it unfolds.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] slimbrady:
Yeah, that's a good point...if that's what it's really about then I'm all for caution and certainly over a rushed job that performs poorly. I perhaps misunderstood and assumed the exploit was good to go since I've now seen several screenshots etc of whelped M8's now s-off. Attribute it to my lack of developmental knowledge that I assumed the tool would be the easy part and the exploit the time-consuming difficult portion....didn't know I had that backwards! =)

Anyway, it's not so much the pace things are moving....Hey I have not paid in a penny, as of yet, and I well know I have no place in demanding something now....that wasn't what my post was intended to do...I simply thought it was good to go since there was a "minimum" amount placed in the thread title itself, and that it was solely being held back for monetary reasons...Apologies if I offended.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Bradh024:
S-Off for welp devices...... 25 smackeroos http://theroot.ninja/
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Mike Boogie:
Well hot-damn!!! That was fast...almost too fast. Not sure how I feel about the $25...
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Bradh024:
I'm not sure if changing my slash screen is worth $25. I guess it would be if I had to return it to stock though. I'll hold off till then

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Couldn't resist.. Paid $25 of the apk, achieved soff with in a couple minutes without my computer
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Mike Boogie:
Jeez, somebody couldn't keep it in their pants. I'll be ready to take the plunge later this week.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] drlzanej:
And if you pay the $25 and it doesnt work???
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] feizy:
jcase said he would refund....

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53626442&postcount=871
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Bradh024:
Download the apk and run it, it'll go through testing to see if it'll work before you pay
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] drlzanej:
Ok, cool, not complaining here just general knowledge, Tried it on OMJs stock rooted and testing failed. gonna flash back to bone stock and try it again. Should it fail again , Where should I post a logcat ?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Bradh024:
Try here, this is the app thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53624322
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] drlzanej:
Thanks for the replies Bradh024 and feizy, Ran out of thanks today but, Bit the bullet paid the $25 and got s-off. Had to go to stock rooted. Was worth it to me. Worked great
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] slimbrady:
I would've donated at least that much but no, i'll stay s-on until/if I need to return to stock 100% then I will pay it.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] drlzanej:
quick question, even tho I didnt get firewater to work, can I still use the firewater custom HBOOT on th H/K,? Just curious
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] slimbrady:
If you've got s-off that's all that matters. You can flash whatever Hboot you like once you're s-off.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Cyclonut:
Does it or should I say did it wipe your data?

Swyped mobile from HTC One M8.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] drlzanej:
Nope
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Bradh024:
No, it didn't touch my data. One thing I did notice is that reboot prompt wasn't all that prompt. it took about a minute or so after the prompt went away before it reboot. And also, after the second reboot when it was supposed to boot into the bootloader, It just powered the phone down. Just saying so you don't think ur device hung up and u manually reboot.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] kenny8504:
Anyone can link me to a stocked rooted so I can try?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] drlzanej:
Here ya go: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2736048
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Bradh024:
I ran it on viper 1.7.1 with badseeds rw kernal
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] scott_0:
worked for me!!! viperone 1.6.0 with badseeds stock kernel here

sent from HTC M8 using tapatalk
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Purest:
These guys are making a killing on it, they could've charged 10 and they would still make a lot. It kind of sucks because it will prolly be the same way from now on now that they are doing it this way.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Granite1:
Support the devs, it's about 1/25th the cost of the phone. More than worth it to have S-off.

Plus they mentioned in research they bricked many devices. @ $700 a pop that ads up quick. This will cover the cost of the bricked test devices and provide the money to get new test devices once the exploit is patched. Or the next device down the line. It's worth it. [emoji3]
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] drlzanej:
I know i flipped a ***** earlier about charging, it was because someone was asking on XDA. not what xda is all about.

the fact they presented an exploit on a private website to me was the right thing to do and i was glad to pay the $25. The fact that they explained why they were charging was acceptable as . It was an extremely difficult task they accomplished and from what i understand, yes many devices were bricked as a result . So yeah on that instance i was glad to pay the price.

As far as charging for exploits in the future, i dont think that will be the case, other hand, if theyre as difficult as this one was it would probably be expected.

To all involved, Thanks for the sunshine.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] willy900wonka:
Ran great on my stock rooted whelped, phone

. Just installed the root binaries again and it all works.

Finally s off.

Paying made me feel like I am helping.

Best idea yet kudos for both.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Glewis21:
How I just tried it and it didn't work
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] scott_0:
Idk man, I didn't do anything special, just let sunshine do it's steps........

sent from HTC M8 using tapatalk
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] drlzanej:
What rom are you on. I tried it on omj stock rooted and it didnt work. Went to factory stock and it DID work. Past posts have stated it works on BadSeeds rom and viper rom as well
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Glewis21:
It work I forgot to flash the stock kernel lol
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Cyclonut:
Took the plunge, so worth it to be able to s-off from an app!

Stock rooted HK version, latest update .15, twrp 2.7.1. Ran the sunshine app, now s-off. Only hiccup was the last reboot to the bootloader didn't happen, had to do it manually, no biggie.

Now what's the best kernel out there with balanced performance and improved battery life?!?

Swyped mobile from HTC One M8.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] drlzanej:
This one http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2792480
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Cyclonut:
Nice..lots of options..I'll give it a go..thank you!

Swyped mobile from HTC One M8.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] yossi1983:
SunShine (firewater alternative)

I had same problem and it worked perfectly with SunShine S OFF .. google it :D
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] willy900wonka:
Yes. I did too. LOL

Best concept in years. Worth every penny.

Finally the dev gets something.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] flewpastu:
mine was a whelp device too was on Badboys and sunshine wouldnt work,, made a nandroid ..installed kyles barebones stock and happily paid the $25 let sunshine do its thing no hicups once completed i restored my backup and has been solid as a rock since

my only regret was not having my own stock rooted back up ... would have made things a little easier
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] scott_0:
odd how some of you are having issues with sunshine working with non stock roms, Im on viperone and sunshine worked beautifully.......
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] ticklemepinks:
did you do the adb reboot?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] jvs60:
Ok, I got past that and now after the disclaimer I don't even have a chance to type "Yes" before the C:\ pops up and 'Yes' is an unrecognized command
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Robbie_G:
Has anyone tried weaksauce to get temproot before firewater?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] exSD:
Wow the s-off exploit took all of 20 seconds and didn't even need to reboot to achieve S-OFF. I was HTC Unlocked + supersu/busybox rooted on stock ROM.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] ahecht:
Weaksauce only works on Verizon
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] chemjb:
Like I said this seems like the system write protection kicking you out.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] jvs60:
How do I get around that?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Success100:
Any luck for Mac users
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Sloth:
http://firewater-soff.com/instructions/
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] KennyG123:
Had big issues with my phone showing offline in ADB Devices.. Finally looked at phone screen and there was some type of USB permission I had to grant... Got it to reboot after that then it showed offline again. Checked screen and there was that USB message again... Allowed it and went right to the next step pushing firewater... Well after 2 hours of playing with drivers and adb versions I finally got S-off. I swear it is Samsung somehow cursing me. Had other issues since Friday as well. Cursed I Say!
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Sloth:
I had some weird issues also, first 2 attempts after 1 chugging my phone powered off yet was still trying to install drivers lol. Third attempt 1 chugging and it said it was s-off. I'm thinking sure it is, rebooted to bootloader and it was indeed s-off :D
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] mcwups1:
If only I knew how to use adb.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] IBLKIxV3N0Mx:
Adb still shows device offline or multiple devices plus emulator depending on the windows machine I use.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] ticklemepinks:
i had this issue, go to device manager and click on android phone and go to update drive, navigate to the htc sync partition of the phone then click that folder then the win7 folder and then update the drive then run adb and it works
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] IBLKIxV3N0Mx:
I'll give it a shot in a few. Thanks ticklemepinks
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] KUmike:
Is HTC Dev unlock the only option for root for our device currently? Thanks in advance.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] mcwups1:
Okay....5 minutes looking in the interwebs, and I'm a pro! S-OFF!!!!
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] ticklemepinks:
yep, the inly way im pretty sure
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] MassStash:
Lol yea it's Samsung. The permission accept was put in 4.2.2 or 4.3 I believe, and Samsung turned it off I think. Then, you've been all drinking the Sammy "touched-your-wiz koolaid" and haven't had HTC drivers and stuff setup; this firewater s-off method took me 3 minutes while watching Raising Hope with the girl haha so good to see ya here again man

~m8whl modded stock

2.265 Max ¦ 300 Min

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[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Rydah:
Idk if it's just me, but I kept trying to run it too fast from my MacBook, and the phone seems to mount then remount, if you had trouble at the last step, wait for the phone to show the adb and usb icons.

Sent From My HTC One (M8)
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] fastamx79:
I have a Mac. I used terminal like I do for adb/fastboot related stuff. worked perfectly. Had s-off within two minutes

just follow the directions on the firewater page
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] skyheli:
This is what I get when I run Temproot...

run_root_shell, thanks fi01 - https://github.com/android-rooting-tools/android_r

un_root_shell

[*] Attempting to acquire root. This will take 5-10 minutes, be patient

error in setsockopt().

Failed to get prepare_kernel_cred address.

Failed to get commit_creds address.

Failed to get ptmx_fops address.

Failed to setup variables.

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[Sprint HTC One (M8)] klbjr:
PROFIT!!! This has gotta be the fastest S-Off I've ever seen! Definitely worthy of a donation.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] shabam_shaba:
Does this mean that we can flash roms other that the ones tailored to the Sprint variant?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] hazmad:
Yup, just did mine today too. GtG now :):good:

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Just HTCDev unlock, put TWRP on and root it regular. Then s-off it, worked for me
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] uh60james:
No, it just means you have access to what was previously protected. Kernel, bootloader, etc.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] mikeregister:
Anyone have any tips on getting ADB to work on Windows 8.1? I got it to work enough to get root/recovery but it was a pain. I disabled Driver Signature Enforcement but, today I cannot get it to work no matter what.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] hazmad:
I'm skipping win8, sticking with win7. I wouldn't be able to help you out there. The easiest/fastest thing I can think of is to do a work-around:*

http://lifehacker.com/5965889/how-to-run-windows-xp-for-free-in-windows-8

or

http://www.howtogeek.com/171395/how-to-get-windows-xp-mode-on-windows-8/
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] mikeregister:
Thanks, I have Ubuntu on my computer also, but not all that great with it might have to figure that out.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] jvs60:
After the disclaimer when I to type Yes this is what happens:

"Do you understand the implications of these warnings?

(Yes/No)

Yes

Yes

C:\Users\J>"

How do I fix this?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] exSD:
Give it a couple of seconds...... lol
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] jvs60:
It doesn't need a couple of seconds. That time i was able to actually type yes. I was getting this:

"Do you understand the implications of these warnings?

(Yes/No)

Y

C:\Users\J>es"
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] mikeregister:
FINALLY got Windows 8.1 to cooperate after restarting the computer and phone 100 times ADB finally picked up my phone. Only took about an hour and a half!!
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] IBLKIxV3N0Mx:
Device Offline

So this simple S-Off method is making me feel like a total noob. I have tried everything I can think of included what some others have thought of and I still continue to get Device is offline or Device not found. I have tried an XP machine, 2 Win 7 machines and 2 Win 8 machines. I have reinstalled the drivers on every machine, rebooted, installed HTC sync then unistalled it, I have tried installing different releases of the adb drivers, tried putting the phone in disk management and HTC manager mode. USB debugging is on. I'm starting to think it's my M8 not the computers. I guess I don't get S-Off. :( If anyone has a magic wand I would be grateful if you would wave it around a few times.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] exSD:
Update your version of adb...
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] IBLKIxV3N0Mx:
do you have a link for the newest. I had assumed that the one that shipped on the HTC Sync partition of the phone was the latest. I don't want to download the entire SDK but I guess I will if I have to.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] jvs60:
I'm trying to figure out why when i type 'Yes' after the disclaimer nothing happens.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] josh030181:
Does HTC dev unlock wipe the phone? I can't remember if it does or not
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] hazmad:
you can try this too:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2694925
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] IBLKIxV3N0Mx:
Yes it will wipe it.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] hazmad:
yup, it wipes to factory. so might want to do a backup (manually or let google do it)

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check this out, maybe it'll help you figure it out:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2632351
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] schmeggy929:
Is the firewater img in the same folder as your adb?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] jvs60:
Yes, it actually is. It has to be something with the adb because if i don't type the commands in fast enough the "C:\Users\" pops up. There must be something in the pc settings that can fix it
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Sim-X:
I got adb working on my 8.1 64 bit. Was a pain on the ass (as in didn't work) on my m7 with old hboot. New hboot and m8 no issues. I did download this version of adb here for it to work. The other versions showed it was offline. If you are still getting an error, uninstall everything htc. Then install HTC sync, connect your m8, then disconnect m8 and uninstall sync leaving drivers behind. Haven't had any issues since I did that.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] hazmad:
If you want to try my platform tools files (http://www.adrive.com/public/pqfTBG/platform-tools.7z), maybe corrupt files? swap 'em out see if it works?

you could also check out your*android sdk﻿ and java jdk﻿ for issues.*

I'm just throwing stuff out there....*:D
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] jvs60:
OK, I'll try it out. adb worked fine to unlock the bootloader

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How do i point the adb to the platform tools folder?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] boosted125:
i cant get s off through firewater. it says 1 chugging then phone shuts off ,tried 50 times dont know what im doing wrong any help
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] mrlakadaddy:
Adb should be in the platform tools folder...in order to open cmd from the folder just shift and right click, an option for cmd should pop up
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] skyheli:
Is every one using TEMPROOT to root the M8? My temproot will not run on the M8 Gold. I can adb fine to the m8.

Running Temproot gets these errors. Has anyone rooted the gold model?

run_root_shell, thanks fi01 - https://github.com/android-rooting-tools/android_r

un_root_shell

[*] Attempting to acquire root. This will take 5-10 minutes, be patient

error in setsockopt().

Failed to get prepare_kernel_cred address.

Failed to get commit_creds address.

Failed to get ptmx_fops address.

Failed to setup variables.

1|shell@htc_m8whl:/ $