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[Sprint HTC One (M8)] jeffshead:
Has anyone else encountered an issue with losing the permissions you have set for some apps when you boot to system from recovery? Does this version fix that issue?

This has been an issue from day one for me. I have reformatted, RUU'ed, factory reset, etc.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Captain_Throwback:
Recovery doesn't change any permissions....not unless you tell it to.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] jeffshead:
Any idea as to the cause? Sometimes when I reboot, many apps lose their permissions. It's always the same ones. This has been reported by others on Marshmallow.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Captain_Throwback:
All I know is that it's highly unlikely to be caused by TWRP. So it belongs in another thread.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Captain_Throwback:
New TWRP is out :)
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] pourya-man:
can you give me a mirror

i can't download new twrp
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] x000x:
can someone update this to twrp 3.2.2?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] The_Walking_Playground:
Hi,

I answered you in the other thread. There isn't a separate TWRP for the Sprint variant of the M8. The version of TWRP you're currently using is unified, just as the new version is.

TWP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kpirnie:
I have a VZ S3 i535. For some reason or another the settings app does not work anymore.

Is ther any way thru adb or fastbboot or someother method that I can find out what my firmware vesion is?

It is rooted and if I remember correctly its running an older version of BoneStock Rom. (been a long time since i flashed it...)

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] twistedillutions:
Settings / About Phone.. Scroll down
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kpirnie:
please re-read the question... I clearly state I have no access to the settings.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Boot into download mode, and look at information displayed. You'll be able to tell if you're on 4.3 or not by reading the information that's displayed.

Post that information here if you want clarification.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kpirnie:
Cool. :good::cyclops: Thanks for this. Yeah, I just needed to see if it was still on MF1, which it is.

Thanks!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aruiz93:
I have a 2012 nexus 7. I had root access before but then i wanted to update my nexus 7 to JB 4.3. So to do that I updated via CWN intallin zip form sd card. Now I want to update it again to Kit Kat 4.4.2. My nexus gives me the message to update it to 4.4.2 OTA but when i do that when it is intalling in recovery, it says an error occured. I still have CWM on my nexus and the bootloader is unlocked, but rootcheckes says I don't have root access. If i wan to update it how can i do that? Via fastboot or installing the zip from sd card via CWM, Im not very clear whether it is rooted or not.

Thank you for your time.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PhillyKing:
Thanks for taking the time first!

I recently updated to CM10.2 but had issues that I overlooked. Those issues lead to my phone hard bricking... Completely black and no power.

After doing research, I found out about a Jig but while I was waiting for it come in the mail I found out about the SD Unbrick. I tried the SD Unbrick and the phone came back on! However, I got the following:

______________________________________________

BOOT RECOVERY MODE

CHECK BOOT PARTITIONS

BOOT RECOVERY

WRITE 159488 sectors

FLASH WRITE FAILURE

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: SGH-T999

CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO

CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL

SYSTEM STATUS: NONE

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE

Warranty Bit: 0

BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 1

and after trying to flash via ODIN - Odin says "there is no pit partition"

and the phone I get:

"ODIN: flash read failure" at the bottom

______________________________________________

I got the Jig in the mail today and tried it without the SD and the phone wouldn't boot up.

However, and this weird part, if I have the SD Debricker in the phone and then use the Jig it boots up without me even having to touch the power button. Not sure what to do at this point?

From what I've read so far, the Warranty Bit: 0 might be my problem but I'm not sure? I can't get anything to install on the phone. I have yet to get the phone into a download mode that has the android mascot either.

Thanks for any all help!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
You probably need the pit file. Thread in General section.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DrGit:
Flashing a PIT file does you no good if the phone can't read from or write to the internal storage.

I'm in the same boat, and this sounds like an eMMC failure.

I have not heard about anyone who has had success fixing this kind of brick, JTAG or otherwise.

I wish I had a RIFF box to test that theory, but I can't spend much more money to fix this.

[OT]I wish there was a way to disable Qualcomm Secure Boot (bootloader signature checking),

because that would allow us to use 4.1 debrick images with a 4.3 bootloader, cross-device bootloaders,

and possibly boot Android directly from the SD card, bypassing this useless brick "download" mode.

If Android booted, we might have low-level access to the eMMC, assuming the hardware still works. But no, Catch-22...[/OT]
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Considering he can get it to boot with the SD card, and Odin says there is no PIT file, its at least worth a shot before writing it off.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DrGit:
I've tried every combination I can think of: different PIT files, different debrick images, different versions of ODIN, repartition/no repartition, and I don't think any amount of fiddling with this useless "download mode" (I'm not convinced it's actually in download mode BTW) will make it flashable. I'd like to try JTAG or a low-level format, but both require eMMC hardware that isn't dead. Not being able to boot into Android like the debrick image is supposed to let you do is frustrating, because if it got as far as recovery mode I could at least poke at the eMMC.

OP, if JTAG is an option for you, don't expect it to work, but if you do try, let us know how it goes.

If this flash write failure is fixable with JTAG, I'd love to know - I'm just not prepared to pay shipping costs to send it in for JTAG repair when it's near certain that they won't be able to fix it without replacing the eMMC chip (expensive and risky) or the motherboard.

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Can you clarify "boot"? Is it the same screen that says "BOOT RECOVERY MODE" at the top?

If you can boot into recovery or Android from the SD card, you may be able to poke at the eMMC and reset it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
If I'm not mistaken, a jig is supposed to automatically boot into download mode, and that's all. If you can boot with the sd debrick image, then inserting the jig should work normally.

When I got the sd debrick method working, I was able to fully boot system, recovery and download mode. Of course if you don't have a working system after attempting to flash over your last rom it won't boot that part, but you should be able to get to recovery.

Have you tried flashing just twrp or cwm via odin? Does it give the same message as you posted above?

If you can boot to a custom recovery, have you tried flashing another rom?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PhillyKing:
Yes, when it "boots" up it says "BOOT RECOVERY MODE" -- I don't have nor get the Android mascot either.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Have you tried any of the things I've suggested?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PhillyKing:
I'm having a hard time finding the Pit files....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Just search general section for "pit" and this is the second result.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1848267
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PhillyKing:
I found the PIT file but when I try to flash it using ODIN I get:

SECURE CHECK FAIL : PIT
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Oh man....I remember in the note3 forums people mentioned they needed a properly signed pit.....I hope that this isnt the case for us on 4.3! Search for a program called pit magic. I dont know if it can help or not, but its worth a try.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] PhillyKing:
I got the app but not sure what I need to do with it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Youll have to read up on the thread. I dont know much about it, just that it may have the potential to help.

Ive never needed to use it myself, but ive directed others there and it helped some and didnt help others...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] syben7:
brick

test
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Dees_Troy:
Reserved

Based on the work and assistance of [MENTION=4973732]simonsickle[/MENTION] so thanks very much to him.

Device specific page on our website.

Download link to current and past versions
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] TopazAaron:
Says device not supported when using the app
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] PhantomApollyon:
What's different from this(2.7.0.0) and the one here:

http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m8_wlv

That one says 2.7.0.2?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] gris1016:
+1
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] blacknight1114:
+1
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mchief298:
I really hate to be THAT guy... But how many TWRP ports are we going to see? Oo
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Tigerstown:
I just tried app an made a backup an restore no problem. App is pretty cool. Thanks for the link
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] who MIKE D:
This is the real deal.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Tigerstown:
This is the official release.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] holla420:
So I went to TWRP site and got it the official one. Is this not the same?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Tigerstown:
It's the same if you click this thread download it takes you to same download the twrp site takes you too.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] bmerrill63:
Is there a fix for the app saying our device isn't supported to install the recovery or just flash using another method?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] holla420:
Adb fast boot? I dl'ed the .img file.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] owenbeals:
Mine
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] billard412:
Any particular reason that RECOVERY is not an option to backup in this version of TWRP. I used fastboot to just temporarily boot twrp rather than flash it so that when it did a backup it would be backing up the stock recovery rather than twrp. I used cwm to do the backup instead so it was no biggie. Was just curious.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] nicholi2789:
Grr.... Every time I try to download it with Goo it just says Device not supported. How are you guys getting the image file?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] JelloB:
From their website. Listed at the bottom of the downloads section.

---------- Post added at 12:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:17 PM ----------

Actually here..

http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m8_wlv

---------- Post added at 12:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:21 PM ----------

Here's the path through their website if you want to confirm source.

http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/226
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] nicholi2789:
Actually I found it right after I posted. I just used the link for my old s4 TWRP images to Terrachata then found m8 and fastboot flashed it. Works great.

Thanks tthough.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] wonkizzle:
Can someone PLEASE make this a flashable zip in recovery for me? Because android wont start, and keeps booting to recovery only. When I try to fastboot flash another .img, adb devices reports no device found, even though ive installed all the drivers, and the only thing I can adb sideload is a .zip file. Can someone help me out here?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Preston2291:
I havent seen anyone talk about this so here is my delimma. I was on your 2.7.0.1 recovery and my backup and restore times were not too bad, maybe 2-3 mins. After flashing your 2.8.0.0 backing up the same rom with ~ the same amount of data my backup times are like 6-7 mins now...it doubled the time it takes to backup and restore. Idk if this is common or not.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Captain_Throwback:
Did you enable/disable compression?

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Currently Posting From: Device 1 (see details in my official signature)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Preston2291:
had compression enabled both times
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jsaxon2:
For comparison purposes, I just did a backup on 2.8.0.1 and it took 532 seconds to complete. That is a little over nine minutes. I enabled compression and the total backup size was 2.5GB. I know this is not apples to apples, but it gives you an idea. I do not remember how long a backup took on 2.7.0.x.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mlin:
My compressed backups on 2.7.x.x typically took around 430-450 seconds.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jwt98:
This update made my phone bootloop into twrp recovery every time I rebooted. Was on stock but flashed venom and now phones working but still have the recovery bootscreen show up while phone is booting. The one with the red lettering at the bottom. Tried changing it. Applied a venom boot logo but won't take. Any ideas?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Captain_Throwback:
That has nothing to do with recovery. You need to update your firmware.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jsaxon2:
How did you install the update?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jwt98:
Twrp manager. Heard it installs recovery to your boot partition. Is there a way to clear it from there.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] enigma2446:
Flash a kernel should do the trick. I think. Try bucks version of TWRP 2.7.1.0 as well.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] buckmarble:
I started a thread here with the recovery i modified. It included the new curtain from scott. http://android-edge.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=266&t=8865&sid=580e81331255b114690ab2b623865c79
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] shawnshawn90:
I installed the latest version through the app and now my phone won't boot out of recovery. It won't read the internal SD card either. Help!!! How can I save my phone?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] scott45333:
Are you able to enter RUU mode and flash TWRP through adb?

Try steps listed here...

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-htc-one-m8/development/ruu-m8vzw-4-4-3-s-off-onlynewest-t2873144
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] andybones:
I couldn't get any of the new ROMs to boot.

Bucks It works though..
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Tigerstown:
Captain throwback has a working twrp for our device that has blank os fix an everything I tested works. You have to edit the text file to show os
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Captain_Throwback:
You don't have to do all that. There are other instructions in the thread that don't require RUU mode or editing of that file (you trying to scare people away, lol?)

You only have to edit the android-info.text if you care what it says. I made it a generic number because the software versions on all the variants are completely different.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Tigerstown:
Didn't know I was. My bad
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Rafy186:
My phone also just bootlooped into recovery. Installed the latest version 2.8.0.1 using TWRP manager from 2.8. Running the latest rooted stock rom from scott 4.4.3. I had the ROM in my external SD and installed that.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Captain_Throwback:
TWRP Manager apparently flashes recovery to the wrong partition for Verizon devices. I'd advise doing it manually. Someone should let [MENTION=1219335]jmz[/MENTION] know so he can correct the issue.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] andybones:
ruu mode?

a recovery should be able to be fastboot flashed?

mind sharing the link?

for some reason on the official 2.8.0.1 I get a binary error, but with Bucks I don't get that error using the same ROM.zip
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Captain_Throwback:
It's in my sig.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Tigerstown:
He has it zip up with a text file..so I flashed it ruu mode.

You can extract the img an flash it like normal yes.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] toknitup420:
I didn't mind loading it through ruu. It only took about 5 minutes total. Used winrar to edit the file. After that it was easy pickins.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Tigerstown:
I changed my post for you fyi. Ruu mode is almost a everyday thing. Didn't know it scared people.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Captain_Throwback:
Maybe it doesn't, but its certainly not as easy as Flashify flashing a recovery image ;). I typically don't use the zips myself - I fastboot flash them as I build them.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Tigerstown:
Yeah I never seen a recovery in a zip. I wanted it to show my correct os as that was the whole point lol. I was told you can extract the img from zip an it will display the rt os without any text file change needed. But since each one take me bout the same time I just left the zip edited text. I do appreciate the recovery anyways.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Captain_Throwback:
We've been zipping recoveries since the OG EVO days . . .

I get what you're saying though, since your purpose in flashing the zip was to restore your OS version in bootloader. That's not why I put in a zip, though.

Using a zip is one of the few ways you can flash a recovery to your device without a computer or an app while S-ON. In that case, though, the main version in the zip must match the current main version stored in the device.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] toknitup420:
Let's be real here. We all know that we love plugging our phones into the computer and opening that lovely little black window and punching away at the keyboard. That's what makes it fun. [emoji83]
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jsaxon2:
I also tested that if you don't change the text file, you can just flash the firmware again and it will update the OS- version in bootloader. Lots of ways to skin a cat. I just like options. lol
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Tigerstown:
I tested you can pull img from zip an flash like normal an it will show correct os in bootloader
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dragontology:
Partition /dev/block/mmcblk0p44?

I just searched the thread and didn't find it. TWRP Manager wants me to verify the Verizon M8's recovery partition is, in fact, /dev/block/mmcblk0p44, with the threat of a hard brick if it isn't.

I Google'd it, and the T-Mobile M8 uses /dev/block/mmcblk0p43 as its recovery. /dev/block/mmcblk0p44 is reserved but it doesn't say for what. Only the T-Mobile M8's XDA page comes up in the Google search. T-Mobile's M8 could use the same partition, or it could be different. I don't even know. Partitions are way above my knowledge base.

Am I okay to go ahead and flash this safely, or should I use fastboot? I selected m8_wlv as my phone model, as that's in the topic title.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jsaxon2:
You are correct. TWRP Manager v 7.3.9 and probably others, installs to the wrong partition for Verizon m8.

DO NOT USE TWRP Managerto install TWRP recovery on Verizon m8.

You can use Flashify and that will work fine for you. It is what I use. Or you can do the fastboot method.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Captain_Throwback:
Is dev/block/mmcblk0p44 the right partition? [MENTION=912474]Dees_Troy[/MENTION] updated it a few days ago since previously it was set to block 43 which I thought was incorrect. Can you confirm the correct block?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jsaxon2:
Correct, dev/block/mmcblk0p43 is the boot patition. dev/block/mmcblk0p44 is the recovery partition. TWRP Manager v7.3.9 which is the latest from the play store writes to boot partition dev/block/mmcblk0p43 for the Verizon m8, causing users to only boot into recovery.

The website http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/226 has the correct partition listed. Just not the app.

I'm just trying to warn users cause the ones that usually use apps like TWRP manager are not familiar with fastboot or flashing from sdcard. I''ve sen quite a few posts lately about only booting into recovery after installing TWRP recovery. Then they assume it is the recovery's fault when it is not. TWRP Recovery is awesome, TWRP Manager just needs updated.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Captain_Throwback:
So according to the poster, it sounds like TWRP Manager is reporting the correct partition. Or am I misunderstanding?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dragontology:
Okay, what in the ...?

I can't install Flashify because it's already installed? And there it is in my drawer? Did TWRP Manager install this for me?

I have installed Flashify in the past, but it was unable to create a backup for me (owing to a bad TWRP, 2.7.1.0 that's been problematic for everyone including myself) so I uninstalled it. I meticulously maintain my app drawer (Nova Prime; it has six tabs, each an app category) and it wasn't there yesterday, for sure.

So Flashify can't find TWRP 2.8.0.1 even though TWRP Manager downloaded it twice (did it delete it when I failed to confirm the partition?) and when I tell Flashify to download TWRP, it says TWRP doesn't exist for my device.

Looking in settings. Flashify says it checked for root a week ago. I didn't have Flashify a week ago. I definitely didn't authorize it for root access a week ago. I would have wondered how it got back on my phone.

Thanks for the heads-up @jsaxon2. I will probably wait until Monday. That's the soonest I can really sit down at my PC, and just fastboot it over. CleanROM 2.0 should be done by then (though I don't mean to speak for Scott; he said he's hoping to have it out this weekend, but you know, we don't push ETAs here) and I'll get 'em both at the same time.

/edit: I see the conversation continued as I wrote this. YES I can verify that TWRP Manager offered 44. I copied it exactly and triple checked. Since I'm not getting any younger and my eyes aren't what they used to be, I will happily download it a third time and provide a screenshot. Here it is, hosted on Imgur.

/edit 2: Flashing from SD card is what I am most familiar with, via recovery, but it seems posting recovery-flashable recovery zips has fallen out of favor. I'm perfectly fine using fastboot from home, but I've never felt comfortable with these apps that do it for you, mostly because they target phones I don't have. Even Flashify has a Nexus-only feature... Coming from US Cellular (a small American CDMA carrier) I'm used to a low ROM selection. Now I'm on the biggest carrier but it's also the most hated carrier. So for example all our GPE ROMs (or rather, both?) are ports, and packed with a theme or themes and extras... No straight up vanilla GPE to be seen. Not complaining, it is what it is and all but I'm used to flash-it-for-you type apps not recognizing my phone... Whereas if I have a recovery flashable zip and I know it's for my phone, the flashable zip makes the partition stuff completely transparent... And now I'm rambling but you get the idea...
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jsaxon2:
You can download the TWRP v2.8.0.4 from @Captain_Throwback at http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...CIAL)-v2-8-0-3&p=300416&viewfull=1#post300416

It is an unofficial version but it is working perfectly. When you download the zip, just put it on the root of your external sdcard and rename it to 0P6BIMG.zip and boot into the bootloader. From there select hboot and it should detect it and ask Vol-Up to update or Vol-Down to not update. Hit Vol-Up and let it apply. Reboot and you will have it installed. After you reboot, be sure to either delete or rename the 0P6BIMG.zip or it will ask you to update every time you go into hboot.

Also, Thanks for the screen shot from TWRP Manager. It appears that it has been updated to install to the correct partition. I cannot verify this cause for some reason it keeps crashing.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dragontology:
Same way I updated the baseband/firmware. That's a neat feature, HBOOT and 0P6BIMG.zip. And we're up to 2.8.0.4 now? Anyway, that sounds like something I can do while mobile. Thanks!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Feldroid:
My phone is a Verizon phone, and it only has internal SD card. Which m8 devices has the external SD Card for this method to work?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] toknitup420:
Mines Verizon and I have an external SD card.