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[AT&T HTC One (M7)] cschmitt:
Here's a solution that should allow you to flash the OTA using TWRP: I've modified the OTA to remove the commands that prevent it from flashing in TWRP (i.e. cid check, fotoBoot and write firmware.)

Note: must be on stock 3.17.502.3!!

The process is:

- Download these files:

TWRP: twrp-recovery-2.7.0.4b-m7-20140408.img

Firmware: firmware_4.18.502.7.zip

OTA: OTA_4.18.502.7-3.17.502.3-twrp.zip

- Unlock Bootloader via htcdev (remember this will wipe all data...)

- Boot into OS, copy OTA_4.18.502.7-3.17.502.3-twrp.zip to /sdcard

- Reboot into fastboot USB mode and flash TWRP via:

fastboot flash recovery twrp-recovery-2.7.0.4b-m7-20140408.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader

- From bootloader, choose Recovery

- In TWRP make a nandroid backup of /system and /boot (fire insurance, in case update doesn't work.)

- In TWRP install /sdcard/OTA_4.18.502.7-3.17.502.3-twrp.zip. This will upgrade the system partition to 4.18.502.7.

If successful, proceed to next step. If OTA fails, restore nandroid backup, no harm done.

- Reboot into fastboot USB mode and lock bootloader:

fastboot oem lock
fastboot oem rebootRUU

- Flash firmware_4.18.502.7.zip. This is the signed firmware.zip extracted from the OTA and will install radio, boot (kernel), and other 4.18.502.7 firmware files. It will also re-install the stock recovery.

fastboot flash zip firmware_4.18.502.7.zip
fastboot flash zip firmware_4.18.502.7.zip
fastboot reboot

(yes, flash it twice)

If successful, reboot into 4.4.2. If firmware flash fails, restore nandroid backup, no harm done.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] dumitresc:
Master!.. Awesome! done!

Thank you so much ! I really appreciate your time and your attention trying to help me.. Everything works fine!

thank you

kind regards!
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] cschmitt:
So you're on 4.4.2 now? Great!
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] dumitresc:
Yes..

Thank you so much .. I really appreciate it!
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Casual Adventurer:
Hello. Is there any chance you could help me with my problem?

Thank you.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] cschmitt:
What OS version is your phone on? And what's the problem with yours?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Casual Adventurer:
SUCCESS!!!!!

cschmitt - thank you for your offer, but I was able to get the OTA update. I'm now running Android 4.4.2 and Sense 5.5.

It wasn't as satsifying as fixing the problem myself, but I ended up calling AT&T Wireless tech support for help.

I have an HTC One 64 GB AT&T Wireless model and an active prepaid GoPhone SIM card. I did a carrier unlock on it using my wife's post-paid account really for no other reason other than I could. My intent is to use this phone as part of my employer's B.Y.O.D. program which requires an unrooted device for security purposes.

Any how, I called AT&T Wireless tech support and after some prodding to get them to accept the fact that I didn't have the latest firmware on my phone, they called HTC's tech support. The HTC tech support rep had me boot my phone into Safe Mode and I was able to download the update without incident after that.

Thank you again and this is a great forum. I hope to learn a lot here and hopefully one day give something back.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] gopiann:
Done thanks bro

Got into 4.4.2
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] hafizimtiaz:
I have the exact same error while trying to update using the RUU.exe. Any solutions that you know of?
[General Questions and Answers] Goodsdept:
any body have try PA 4.2 Beta 4 and combine with furnace kernel, im having trouble here after flashing furnace kernel i stuck at lg logo does anyone know how to solve this? i really like this kernel
[General Questions and Answers] bmg002:
PA 4.2 is an Android 4.4 (kitkat) ROM. Furnace Kernel only works with JellyBean based roms. This combo will not work no matter what you do.

If you use a KitKat ROM, you need to use a KitKat kernel. If you want a JellyBean Kernel (ie Furnace Kernel), look for a JellyBean ROM.
[General Questions and Answers] Goodsdept:
do you have any sugestion custom kernel? Im having problem using stock PA kernel
[General Questions and Answers] bmg002:
What problems are you having with the stock PA kernel? Are you sure they are not ROM or APK bugs?

I usually stick with stock kernels and report to the dev issues I'm having. Often any issues I am having are either common issues and somebody found a solution (like using an older version of a particular APK) or are problems that are new to me (based on my config like using a govenor that is buggy with that particular ROM).

The biggest issues I have seen with things are often with the init.d scripts OR with using conflicting software (2 different CPU controllers for example).

If you are having FC's, I'd post a logcat in the forum thread along with any relevant data. If it just seems buggy, post the bugs in the forum thread along with steps to reproduce it. If it is a kitkat rom you are running, are you using DALVIK or ART? I know ART is still in testing and does not play nice with some things like xposed framework.
[General Topics] shunny:
My XDA will no longer sync with my desktop PC (Running WinXP) via the cradle on USB or by bluetooth. The PDA has been previously synchronising untill the XDA was left uncharged for about 3 months. I have tried all the obivious things I can think of i.e

Disabling Firewall, Reloading MS Active Sync 3.7/3.8, removing all devices from other USB ports, XDA Hard reset, I have also tried a different PC running win 2000 the result is the same.

When the XDA is inserted into the cradle the PC makes the acknlowledge sound and the device shows CONNECTING USB but thats as far as it goes. The same thing happens when I try a bluetooth connection , the XDA shows connecting via bluetooth but does not connect.

I was wondering if it is possible to perform a ROM upgrade via the SD card, if so how does one perform such an operation. I am wondering if I have some sort of file corruption/missing drivers on the XDA!!!

Any ideas or comments will be greatfully received.
[General Topics] Rudegar:
tried a hardreset ?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snatch_bill:
I am using Rox's cyanogenmod 10.2

The superuser is built in the rom and is not a seperate app anymore.

Is there a way to update supeuser and it's binaries?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tofueatsbread:
download supersu from play store and update binary popup will appear :/
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snatch_bill:
And then what?I just uninstall SuperSU?The binaries will remain updated?
[General Questions and Answers] slamgoku:
I had a question regarding modifying incoming SMS. How would I go about intercepting incoming SMS and automatically modify the SMS before it is displayed in the text app. For example, I use Google Voice. The text always look like 'Contact Name - Message Body Here.' How can I have the text automatically intercepted and have all text including the space after the - deleted? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[HTC Droid DNA] stifer:
Hello guys,

I apologise if I have created a duplicate thread for this issue-but I HAVE looked everywhere to find a solution to this. I am not a 100% expert so please excuse me if I am being a time-wasting nerd.

However, in a few words, the problem I am having is:

I bought HTC DROID DNA (from the states-brand new) and I managed to unlock the bootloader (S-Off) using the info from these threads and for some really silly reason I decided and managed to relock it. Now it is showing ''Relocked'' and ''S-ON''.

I have tried everything I could find so far to unlock the bootloader (i.e. S-Off) (rumrunner,moonshine, traditional method(since I ve got the original unlock token)).

Can anyone please, please let me know how to S-Off as I would like to install a custom ROM since I can't get any updates in the UK-(which I don't see coming anytime soon anyway.)

Thanks very much.

Harry
[HTC Droid DNA] RLGL:
Why don't you look at the sticky at the top of the Q&A section. It is the same section you posted your question in!
[HTC Droid DNA] stifer:
I have. I tried to do what it says there, i.e. CID shows 1111111 and then trying to flash the unlock token but it is not working, it says Error for some reason.
[HTC Droid DNA] RLGL:
tried firewater?
[HTC Droid DNA] stifer:
Thanks, I have just tried that, but get stuck at ''su'' step. I 've looked it up and it says that you need some sort of temp root? which I don't understand what exactly it is. So still stuck. :(
[HTC Droid DNA] stifer:
Thanks for that. I did try that, and now it says '' Tampered'' and ''Relocked'' and ''S-ON''. I don't understand why this is happening.
[HTC Droid DNA] Icyman:
I had a similar issue. To resolve, I used the PC to RUU back to stock then started over with firewater.

Good luck.
[HTC Droid DNA] stifer:
Thanks again for your reply. I tried that just now. Still showing tampered, relocked and s-on. This is unbelievable. I don't think I 'll ever be able to unlock this bootloader and I don't know why!c:(
[HTC Droid DNA] Icyman:
Did you use the unlock bin from HTC?
[HTC Droid DNA] stifer:
The first time I unlocked it which was almost a year ago I used the unlock key, tried the same two weeks ago but did not succeed. I hope this is the answer to what you asked me. (sorry if I misunderstood- I am not an expert)

thanks very much Icyman
[HTC Droid DNA] Icyman:
You need to use the same bin file after ruu.

But I think firewater should work too.

I used firewater on 4 phones. I only had problems when I missed a step. Try again from the beginning. From stock after ruu.
[HTC Droid DNA] stifer:
Hi Icyman, That is what I did, I flashed the original RUU and then deactivated fast reboot, enabled debug. mode, installed weaksauce-1.01 and finally went ahead with firewater. (device always hungs with firewater in the end and I have to hold the power button down for 60s as it says-not sure if that makes a difference)

Will try again as you suggest though.

I really appreciate your help. Thanks very much.
[HTC Droid DNA] Icyman:
I never used weaksauce on DNA. Maybe that's the problem.
[HTC Droid DNA] stifer:
That's the only way I can apply temproot and then firewater, I can't find the original temproot file anywhere and I thought that weaksauce is the updated version of the temproot file. If you could send me the temproot file somehow that would be great,-just to see if it could work...
[HTC Droid DNA] stifer:
Any further advice guys? Please?!!! I've got this phone but the outdated software makes it useless.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Electriccars:
I'm running beanstalk and I have the "switch to 2G while on WiFi" unchecked. But it's still switches everytime and sometimes it won't connect to T-Mobile as a result.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] OMGMatrix:
That sounds like a Rom specific issue, as I've never even seen that option before in any ROM I've used.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Electriccars:
Well I'm a moron. I need to pay more attention to what settings I enable in various apps! :-\

After factory resetting my phone, and restoring everything but the system data, it was still doing it. So I had the brilliant idea to check the apps I use that toggle Wi-Fi. I had set Smart Wi-Fi Toggler to change my network mode when on Wi-Fi. So I wasted a lot of time because I forgot I had enabled the setting. :eek:

Thanks for replying.
[Shield Q&A] DarkJoker:
hi everyone,

i want to ask if anyone also has experienced slowdowns and framerate hiccups in certian emulators (MD.emu, NES.emu, SNES9X EX+...) since the OTA 72 like me? I allready made a full factoryn reset with no success :(
[Shield Q&A] Jesse L:
Hey same trouble here, same emulators. What's sad is it just seems to be slow enough to cheapen the experience. Like you get just a few dropped frames here and there or you can turn frameskip off and get horrible sound crackling. Funny, I did the same factory reset, too. This sucks I would hate to backtrack. I was really looking forward to being able to charge and still use my usb port.

And I just did some digging around the Shield forums before posting this. We are certainly not the only ones with this issue.
[Shield Q&A] HobsonA:
Ah Darn yea I'm experiencing barely noticeable performance changes to my emulators, although very minor like you said it does cheapen the experience to a once nearly perfect experience minus the small audio latency in android.
[Shield Q&A] rushless:
What version of Android is on an out of box unit? I want one just for emulators, so if I buy one at Gamestop, I will not update.
[Shield Q&A] DarkJoker:
I wrote to the developer of the .emu apps Robert Broglia and got the following answer:

Hi, this is a known issue and from my testing I found 2 problems with the 4.4 update:

1. The CPU speed decreases to very low levels if you don't push any buttons on the gamepad, causing dropped frames

2. The refresh rate is now incorrectly reported as 60.03Hz when it's actually 59.94Hz causing timing issues

I reported these problems to Nvidia and they said they're looking into it. Hopefully they can fix this in the next OS update.

Now i'm hoping that Nvidia is making an update soon to get rid of these bugs/problems.
[Shield Q&A] Motawa88:
if nvidia will fix this I am gonna eat a cow.
[Shield Q&A] rushless:
Is this an Nvidia Shield issue, or a 4.4 issue for all devices?
[Shield Q&A] ALLEN2:
It's a 4.4 issue, you get less fps in 4.4 than in 4.3 and I'm soooo pissed cause I can't use my SD card. Could you downgrade the shield back to 4.3?
[Shield Q&A] hexitnow:
I dont think its possible, i tried going back to 4.3 and it bricked my shield. I didnt spend much time on it but i think once youre on 4.4 youre stuck.
[Shield Q&A] alex.mircea0509:
updated and rooted today -no emulators lag :)

+++

- root from github works (no superuser app was installed but it works without any just fine --donno how.. ok for me! :D )

- SD fix from NextApp works with no issues. It was the first thing I did and Folder Mount worked ok right after then next reboot.

- mounting points changed again.. now internal is on /storage/emulated/0 and SD is at /storage/sdcard1

- no emulators lag or anything unusual.. work great as before. No difference in frame rates for android games also.. everything as before. Also didn't noticed CPU scaling differently. Same interactive governor.. no hick-ups when using only touch...

- I previously had a random screen flicker on the left side of the display, when using overlay program like cool tools (as I run it all the time)-- in all 65-67-68 builds. Now it's gone :)

- 99% of my apps work ok after root and sd fix. (MC3 for example was the only one that now seems unsupported and it crashes at start. And on the market is gone for the shield.)

- more polished UI, bit more fluid. Boot time slightly better (for my ~200 apps or so).

- redesigned nvidia TegraZone (now more games options :) );

- GRID beta now works but I only tried grid (the racing game) -and it was not controller. Onlive still a much better alternative.

- even more mature GameMapper app :)

- - -

- microphone doesn't work anymore (audalyzer, widgetsoid -rec button feature, smart voice recorder, voice search.. nada!). Strange..

- a bug that previously had on all builds it's still there: a while after reboot when I press the volume button then "+" and "-" buttons do not work.

- MC3 it's not supported anymore

- now testing another bug that I previously had: no matter the video player (I have MX and BS Player), when streaming a movie from my desktop or whatever (tried from laptop also), after about an hour or so of continuous streaming.. sudden reboot... i believe it's not a temperature issues, since locally (from sdcard) the movie played for 3 hours straight with the shield wrapped in a scarf and everything was ok. Router at work also tested. The sharing method it's via file browsers like fx explorer or ES (and tried both).. no SMB mount (I don't have a different kernel with cifs.. just share from windows and then browsed to the network drive).
[Shield Q&A] hexitnow:
Your mx player bug sounds a bit specific to your setup. I havent experienced that yet, i use mx myself, and have streamed several movies from my laptop and never had a reboot with 4.3 or 4.4.
[Shield Q&A] rushless:
The only place I see concern about this is Shield forums. No reports of this for non Shield devices. Seems if a 4.4 issue in general for all devices, we would see a lot of folks posting, since a lot of forum dwellers notice these things. Even on non gaming type devices.

Does the Shield have 4.3 out of box and is there a way to turn off updating WITHOUT root?
[Shield Q&A] Evo_Shift:
Have you tried using retroarch instead of the paid ones?
[Shield Q&A] rushless:
I ordered one from Best Buy, since Gamestop has a no return policy. If still on 4.3 and I can stop updates without rooting, I will keep it.

I have little if any desire to play PC games on 5" display. I find the 10.6" display on my V11 Pro almost too small with Farcry, Halo and the Unreal Tournament games.

This will be a game emulator station for me.
[Shield Q&A] DJFresh82:
I do love the kit kat update an all.. NVIDIA shield runs great on Stock android starting from 4.3 to kitkat, i can berely notice the difference in performance in the OS it self.. The problems arise in the emulators. Slowdowns, and sound crackling, more than the usual 1 or 2 in various emulators. Just like the other posters stated. It really does take away from the experience. Not sure if PC streaming is really effected much.. seem to run the same to me.... i only tried out real boxing for android games, that ran smooth still... haven't tried any other android game yet.... This caused me to Downgrade back to 4.3 using Shield RAM v1.0.. for those of you looking to downgrade back, hurry and get it while you can, before the develeper updates that great little Program using the latest kitkat update 72 from NVIDIA....
[Shield Q&A] rushless:
I would like to update a to 4.3, but absolutely not to 4.4. Was hoping 4.3 was on the device out of box, but has 4.2. Emulators are my main focus, so a performance hit and the sd issues are reasons to avoid 4.4.

Google is starting to suck real bad like Apple.
[Shield Q&A] eikast:
Fortunately Nvidia allows you to unlock your boot loader and root your device. With root, you can fix SD card issues and stutter problems for emulators by increasing the minimum frequency when using those apps
[Shield Q&A] DJFresh82:
Confirmed here.. no need to downgrade any longer.... can have the latest kit kat with no more hick ups as far as emulation and SD Card goes... thanks again
[Shield Q&A] CDeviant:
Would you please try the GBA.emu with Castlevania Aria of Sorrow?

Please try it with, and without changing the cpu freqs. Also w/o frame skip.

Just skip all the text, and go right into the game where you're walking to the right and killing Zombies. If it doesn't lag I'd be amazed.

I'm asking about that emu and game, because it seemed like one of the hardest hit emulators that works perfectly well before KitKat.

I downgraded some time ago to 4.3, otherwise I would try myself. But I remember that game was unplayable with KitKat, and perfect on Jellybean.

My next question is, why isn't the Shield getting better battery life? (Because we think the cpu is less aggressive in KitKat)

For me it got worse in KitKat, streaming used to be an easy 6+ hours, now the Shield almost never reaches 4.5 hours SOT when doing anything!

I don't think it has anything to do with the CPU/governor (in general) I think it's something to do with the update.

Regardless, I'm pretty happy with Jellybean. There's a few things I wish I could do, like charge and USB host at the same time, but there's really not much that KitKat actually brought to the table that you can't use with Jellybean. (remote streaming, gamepad mapper)
[Shield Q&A] DJFresh82:
Hello, I feel your pain with the battery life after updating to kit kat.. i tried out Castlavania: Aria of Sorrow without any CPU cpu freqs changes and setting frameskip to 0.. I personally use my!boy.. but tried out the emu.gba, it's running smooth to me.. no frame skips what so ever.. My shield is Rooted with the SDFix.. Maybe that has something to do with it.. not sure.. but it runs smooth for me.. I won't reccomend to update to kit kat and it doesn't work out for you.. If your comfortable with Jelly bean, stick with that.. I downgraded from KitKat originally also, and went back to jellybean 4.3, that's what originally came with my shield when i baught it from Game stop.. I knew there would be some devs and talented other users that would fix these emulation issues with kitkat..

As far as the battery life goes.. I don't know the answer to that as of now... It does seem like it's an NVIDIA problem IMO also.. but I could be wrong about that one.. Just do what your comfortable with.. stay with Jellybean if everything is working the way it should for you... If you decide to update back to KitKat.. I suggest you root, and use the SDFIX app from the app store.. along with SET CPU for emus with the slow downs that eikast suggested (thanks again for that).. for now until NVIDIA releases another update for the shield... not sure how long that would be though....
[Shield Q&A] monster@8020:
I have the exact same issue. Furthermore if you set the Frame Skip setting to 0 the shield slows down to a crawl. I too just got my shield and updated it to kitkat OTA 77 (big mistake) all emulators i have tried are suffering from performance issues now. I am very annoyed at this and hope that its down to kitkat and hope nvidia release a fix for it soon.

I am thinking of going back to Jelly bean OTA 68, but nvidia dont make it easy to download it from their web site... The main reason I bouth the shield was for emulation and now it broken... :crying:
[Shield Q&A] rushless:
Nvidia is not going to fix an issue that appears to be app related (else why just his apps?). I sent an email to Broglia asking what the status is for an update or new Nvidia feedback, but no reply.
[Shield Q&A] monster@8020:
Thanks for emailing Broglia, I guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens... Meanwhile I will try and see if I can downgrade back to Jelly Bean OTA 68
[Shield Q&A] monster@8020:
You can revert back to Jelly Bean by following the steps on this thread:

https://forums.geforce.com/default/...ield-kitkat-ota-77-poor-performance/?offset=2

They were able to help me out and I was able to successfully go back to Jelly Bean. Emulator performance issue I was having (NES.emu, MD.emu, etc) are no longer there and everything seems to be back to normal.

Additionally when I performed an Antutu Benchmark with KitKat the score I got was 38470, now the Antutu Benchmark score I get with Jelly Bean is 39214 therefore it seems that KitKat is definitely doing something to decrease performance on the shield.
[Shield Q&A] monster@8020:
You can revert back to Jelly Bean by following the steps on this thread:

https://forums.geforce.com/default/t...ance/?offset=2

They were able to help me out and I was able to successfully go back to Jelly Bean. Emulator performance issue I was having (NES.emu, MD.emu, etc) are no longer there and everything seems to be back to normal.