yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] AndroidNerdz:
Use Root Explorer and navigate to /sysem/apps if there is .deodex at the end of your apps then you have a deodex rom if it says odex you have a odex rom
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Ricky Divjakovski:
You mustbdeodex your rom to mod it but even If it's not it's still possible to mod (Y)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiaTheKing:
Hi everyone.... Can someone tell me what i need to know before buying this phone.Is there bootloader and can someone tell me more . Also i never had an samsung device always sony or lg and dont know anything.And when i go in bootloop how to flash original firmware with odin etc.. or can someone give me some guides..Can i unlock bootloader on every phone and if no, how to check that? Is there any code like *#1234# where i can check is phone original? And is there any way to check is phone original exept ckecking imei and this code (saw that code on youtube :D, dont sure about it) Thanks to everyone who help me....I know a lot about roms kernels etc.. but never had samsung so dont know a lot about it... ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiaTheKing:
I thought is there code to check if bootloader unlock is allowed, and i saw knox, can someone tell me more? thanks.Also sorry for 2 posts here, xda app always crashing when i want to edit posts.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
Go to this thread for your questions: HERE
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiaTheKing:
Ok man but can someone please help me here? Thanks..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiaTheKing:
Anybody?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] profcb:
Hi, I woke up this morning abd my dispkay looked like this...

I would like to know if the touchscreen is damaged or the lcd display or something else?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gussta:
Can you fully boot into ROM (android desktop)?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] profcb:
Yes I can, I just posted this photo because this black points are more visible on a white background...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickeyasamoah:
That could be caused by two things.

1. Water damage

2. Over heating of device(maybe the battery)

A friend of mines android phone got too hot that he had the same result. His was worse than this. when you look at his device carefully, you could see the shape of the battery underneath the screen.

It might be you left the device in a hot place or under you pillow or something like that, without any air flow with 3g or wifi connected.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] profcb:
I think I know the cause, it fall on yhe street,but I would like to know what part of the phone is now damaged...

As I am wtiting this post the display looks much much better than yesterday,there are only a few black points left...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mickeyasamoah:
According to the picture, the damage seem to have affected the screen. I dont think its the touch panel.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] profcb:
Is it replaceable at home or do I have to take the phone to htc service?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gussta:
It depends on your skills. You can but it's not too easy.

This may help you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG6RLR_tAEs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj2rhucq1uk
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] profcb:
Hvala prijatelju :D

Well I think I am gonna leave the phone like this I hope the pixels will not start taking more display space...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gussta:
Nema na čemu
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] jcase:
FYI I didn't develop firewater, just weaksauce. That is [MENTION=711482]beaups[/MENTION] baby
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
Thanks for the info! Changed in OP.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] egcthree:
Your posting title is slightly misleading since a good portion of T-mobiles m8s are not compatible with firewater.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] fryingpan0613:
Where do you find the build date
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
It's on the bottom edge of the box on the same sticker as IMEI.

Sent from my HTC One M8

Updated OP to show that firewater may not work without having to show the contents of the S-Off info. Thanks for the comment.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] OctoberNexus:
I get the whelp yada yada and my build date is 4/10/14 do I need to have busy box installed?

Sent from my HTC One M8
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
Nope. That means that firewater won't work for you and S-Off isn't yet achievable for your phone.

OP updated with your build date.

Sent from my HTC One M8
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] OctoberNexus:
Hopefully there will be another way in the future until then running GPE ROM which is a lot better than nothing still not what I had in mind when purchasing this thing.

Sent from my HTC One M8
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] uoY_redruM:
Glad someone condensed everything down into an instructional guide. This should be stickied (if it's not already).

Thanks bro! :good::good:
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] tnez:
thanks for writing this up!! got the dang Whelp message tho :( build date of 04/05/2014 if you want to add that to the list
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] abutran:
tks
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
Thanks for posting your results. OP updated with your build date.

You're welcome. If you don't mind, please edit your post to remove the quote of the OP. It keeps the thread much shorter for people on mobile devices. Thanks.

Sent from my HTC One M8
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
Saw your post in the other thread and agreed with you! It was way too many pages to sift through.

Sent from my HTC One M8
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] donciclon:
Anyone good to go with a build date of 04/01/2014?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
My build date is 04/01/2014 and I was able to achieve S-Off. If you try it, let us know the results. We haven't pinned down if the build date is the indicator. I'm hoping like hell it is though. :)

Sent from my HTC One M8
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] irrelephant:
04/07/2014 build date no go... Got the whelp message as well.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Behold_this:
As I've said in the other thread it is the luck of the draw. Assembly date and location have little to do with it. It's a matter of what components were put into your device and that is a matter of what components were available at the time of assembly.

Just because one device was produced with exploitable components on one day doesn't mean another device wasn't produced with unexploitable components on the same day. A run of a particular component can run out at any time. When it does the next available run of components will be used.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
That's what I was thinking too. Multiple runs happen on any given day.

I was hoping it would be as simple as the build date. Of course we're not that lucky though. Lol. Whelp.... Back to the drawing board.

Sent from my HTC One M8
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] irrelephant:
Well what information might be of assistance and I will gladly provide it. I'm pretty good with adb, and willing.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Behold_this:
Well, unfortunately the problem is there really are no definable characteristics on the box (serial # or otherwise) that can tell you it will or won't be compatible with firewater.

Plus even if there was its not like many locations are prone to letting you root through all their existing stock to find a number that you like.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] irrelephant:
That isn't what I asked about. If someone needs anything pulled from the phone via adb, or to try experimental stuff. I'm not scared to mess up my phone... I keep spare phones to root with.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Behold_this:
I can appreciate your desire to move the project forward but I can tell you 100% for sure the developers know everything they need to know. They know exactly why some devices aren't compatible, they know exactly why the rest are. They also know that the current method will not work on the other devices no matter what and no amount of ADB anything will change that.

You don't have to take my word for it, pop on into their IRC chat and see how far you get after telling them you have an incompatible device. There is no mystery to s off compatibility for these developers, they know everything about it. They are simply not sharing that vital info with everyday users in hopes that the exploit won't be closed. You will not present something to them they don't already know.

I know it sucks to be told to sit and wait for a new exploit but that is the hand you been dealt if you have an incompatible device.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] irrelephant:
Again, you are missing understanding me. I've been in the irc. They are the best at what they do, and I respect that. As I do you, all the way back to the glacier days, or maybe the sensation... (can't remember exactly) I just know that more information, and fresh eyes never hurt. I'm in no rush, I have my m7, g2 and other toys on the way to play with.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Behold_this:
Perhaps you are right and I have been completely misunderstanding your goal.

If the case is that you just want more information about compatible and incompatible devices, I can completely understand that! I'm the type of person that likes every drop of information he can get as well, but in this case, all I can say is beaups has asked on a few occasions for speculation to remain out of threads. Hell, the main development thread has even been closed due to the speculative and off topic posts.

I am confident that they will come up with a new exploit at some point. I understand the waiting game sucks in the meantime though.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] egcthree:
6324

I really don't think build dates matter too much my is 4/4 and fails with the incompatible message
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Fenny:
[MENTION=2481078]VolcanicSkunk[/MENTION] Great writeup man. :D
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] wase4711:
apologies if this question is a bit OT, but not getting s-off on this phone does NOT keep you from rooting/flashing roms/kernels/recoveries, correct?

thank you!
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
Correct. You can still do all those things. Just can't flash RUUs, splash screens, radios, etc...

Sent from my HTC One M8
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] wase4711:
thanks;I've had a few htc phones, but, you never know what changes from phone to phone!

You could still restore your stock rom from a nandroid though, correct?

not being able to flash a radio might be the only thing that might cause an issue, but, if your current radio works fine, then I believe in leaving well enough alone!
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
Nandroids won't be an issue. Anything ROM related you shouldn't have any issues with.

It's been a while since I've had an HTC too. My last phone was an S3, so I'm not 100% that you won't be able to flash an RUU that is actually for the T-Mo M8. It might be that with S-Off it just allows you to flash RUUs from other phones (e.g. the GPE RUU). If that's the case, I remember from my myTouch 4g days that there were RUU packages that just contained radios. That might be a way that S-On phones could flash a radio. But that hinges on S-On phones being able to flash RUUs specifically for our variant. Hopefully someone else here knows a little more and can give more insight.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] xacid480:
Firewater worked on my 4/3/14 build date M8. Got it on the 12th and flashed everything the same day.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] fryingpan0613:
Firewater worked, 4/02/2014
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] dougxd:
Build date 04/05/2014....no joy.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Roflcopter572:
Firewater successful on first try.

T-Mobile HTC One M8

Build Date: 4/12/2014

Purchased and activated on April 28, 2014

HTCDev Unlocked on April 28, 2014

ViperOne 1.4.0 installed on April 28, 2014

ViperOne 1.4.1 OTA installed on April 29, 2014

ViperOne 1.5.0 OTA installed May 1, 2014

ElementalX 0.10 installed on May 3, 2014

Firewater ran successfully on May 3, 2014

Was at ~66% battery, in Extreme Power Saving Mode

S-Off Achieved!
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] asianflavor:
I just wanted to say that I was able to s-off my M8. Just bought it about an hour ago. Asked my friend who is a customer rep for T-Mo to get me a M8 with a 4/2/2014 build date, which it was.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] F@E:
very useful tutorial, thanks very much
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] FreydNot:
I was able to achieve s-off using this tutorial on my M8 that I purchased yesterday.

I don't think it matters much, but my manufacturer date is 4/18/2014
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Galaxysm:
Any help on this guys?:(
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] lotzakritters:
Thanks for this guide. My phone is s-off and I now removed the tampered banner. Worked like a charm
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
I've never seen that message before. I really don't know what could be the issue.

I can only suggest that you re-download the bin file, then re-copy the file to your platform-tools folder.

Also, when you run the command, change the directory (cd command) to the platform-tools folder. I'm not positive, but you may not have adb and fastboot added to your environment variables. If this is the case you would not be able to run those binaries from outside the directory, and that may have caused the error.

I hope this helps.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Galaxysm:
Thanks I got it all working. And s-off.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
What got it working? I'll add it to the OP when I get home from work so if anyone else gets that message they know what to do.

Sent from my HTC One M8
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Galaxysm:
I think it was on my side. When I downloaded the files I didn't set them in the right folders.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
Right on. Thanks for your reply. I'm glad you got it working!

Sent from my HTC One M8
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] aboveusonlysky:
ive done every thing to the letter i got my .bin file but i dont understand what command to type into terminal to make it do what it needs to do.

when i type in fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin it does nothing

i get a command not found message
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
Change the directory (cd command) to the platform-tools folder. Also, make sure that the .bin file is there too.

Sent from my HTC One M8
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] aboveusonlysky:
thanks i got it to work right as you replied turns out adb and fastboot decided not to install
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] fredrick1213:
If I do this and get S-Off and root, will I have problems with HTC/T-Mobile if I need a return or repair?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
Unlocking your bootloader voids your warranty. Having said that, many people claim to have returned phones S-Off with no issues. They have returned the phone to virtually stock conditions though. It's really up to if you are comfortable taking full responsibility for your device.

Sent from my HTC One M8
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] aboveusonlysky:
unlocked rooted and s-off

build date- 04/03/14
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] buby78:
i was able to unlock and put a custom recovery and perm root my t-mobile htc one m8 but when i try to get s-off i cant.

im able to push the file over

adb gets root permission

firewater runs i get the "The first bottle is open chugging......."

but then it goes back to "root@htc_m8:/ #"

so am i doing something wrong?

*** TAMPERED ***

*** UNLOCKED ***

M8_UL PVT SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-3.16.0.0000

RADIO-1.16.21.....

OpenDSP-v38.2.2-.....

OS-

eMMC-boot 2048MB

May 8 2014,21:19:27.0

software number 1.57.531.7
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
Not sure what's going on, but you should definitely be able to achieve S-Off since you haven't received the whelp message. Keep trying. I've seen posts saying it took several tries to S-Off. One person said it took seven tries.

Make sure that screen security is off and you may want to try making the screen on time longer.

Sent from my HTC One M8
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] buby78:
ive been at it all day yesterday and all morning with no luck

restarted laptop and phone

i even did the screen time out longer

now to check if i can do it on another pc maybe its this laptop or just me lol
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
A different pc could do the trick. I hope it works for you, but as long as you don't see the whelp, you should be good to go.

Sent from my HTC One M8
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] dizbstretch:
What version of Windows Are you using? I only ask because I had a difficult time with Windows 8, but then fit the thing to run flawlessly with Windows 7. Good luck.

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] buby78:
windows 8.1 and windows xp with no luck

can you tell me what you did to make it work with windows 7 i got a friend that has windows 7
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
Weird. I got mine to work on Windows 8.1. I don't remember doing anything special to get it working.

Sent from my HTC One M8
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] renn9420:
Been looking at recoveries posted by op, I'm using TWRP 2.7.0.4, don't know where I got it from but it works great.

Phone: T-Mobile HTC M8 Rooted/SuperCID/S-Off

ROM: Latest Cyanogen

Recovery: Lates TWRP
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] buby78:
im still fighting with this... i cant get s-off...
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] RotaryXperiment7:
so am i, i keep getting the still no buzz reboot device and try again
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] corona10:
Me too. But I got the welp. So sad. I really was looking forward to this.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] mdizzle:
After first bottle chugging I get root@htc_m8:/ #

And why is my radio and open dip shows invalid and how do I fix it
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
Not sure about the invalid identifier, but did you apply the OTA update before trying?

Sent from my HTC One M8
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] mdizzle:
Yes after the ota update I unlocked and rooted and tried s off with firewater
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
The OTA seems to be giving people a lot of trouble with S-Off. I don't know if anyone has had success getting S-Off after applying the OTA.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] طوني تبولة:
I bought my phone earlier today and followed every bit of instruction on this page and thankfully got my phone unlocked, rooted, s-off before applying the OTA update (1.57.531.7) The current BN is (1.12.531.19).

The question is: If I apply this update, would I lose the s-off? I know that since I installed a custom recovery, this update won't flash automatically but If I managed to push it manually, would it somehow lock or set my phone back to S-On ?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
Not sure if it'll go S-On, but why worry. Just flash radio separately and use Fenny's Stock+ rom. It's updated with the OTA.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Behold_this:
The advice above is not the same as taking the full OTA. If you only flash the radio you are not receiving the improvements to wifi stability and other firmware improvements. WiFi firmware is contained in wcnss.img. That image can only be flashed via official updates if s-on or via flashing firmware packages if s-off. Most of the improvements in this software build come from the firmware not the software. The main internment to software in this build is extreme power saver mode. The rest are small tweaks to code meant to work better with the new firmware.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] طوني تبولة:
So, is this update gonna affect the S-Off status?

When I achieve S-Off, is it a permanent thing or should I worry about official OTA updates breaking the S-Off?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Behold_this:
S-off is permanent until you turn security back on via command line
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] lotzakritters:
I was wondering the same thing. What about if you use the official RUU, is it the same with being permanent?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Behold_this:
Permanent is permanent last time I checked[emoji12]. Yes even if you flash the RUU, s-off will persist.

The only users that OTA's and RUUs effect regarding s-off are users that have not achieved it yet, as updates usually close the exploits used to gain s-off, as they did in this case. If you already have it, however, you will have it until you decide to turn it off by re-enabling security.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] dizbstretch:
Great thread, this will be useful when I restore my M8.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] boo_radley:
Ex LG L9 user

On the lg l9 we could not unlock bootloader depending on time phone was bought (T-MOB). I am just curious as to if i do not root and unlock phone now...is there a chance i would not be able to root phone and unlock bootloader later? Weird question but I like phone as is now but in the future may want to mod and theme to my hearts desire. Any input would help thank you. New to HTC btw.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] fclifton:
I unlocked and rooted using this method. Recovery is TWRP. SuperSU is installed and working. I am trying to install Busybox but having troubles. When I try to install it, I get a dialog saying the installation was not successful, try a different location. The default location looks to be \system\xbin. An alternate is \system\bin. When I try to install to that location, my phone reboots. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? Thanks!
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] VolcanicSkunk:
You need r/w permissions to write to the system partition. Flash custom rom/kernel to fix. Flar2 has a thread on international M8 development too.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] nigilv:
First bottle problems

I am also getting caught up on the first bottle as well. I installed the OTA when I first got my device. Is this the problem? Has anyone got S-OFF to work using firewater that has installed the OTA?

I don't know what I'm doing wrong :( :confused:
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] skinsfanbdh:
mine goes through all 12 bottles then says out of bottles reboot and try again. ive done this probably 30 times same result every time.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Gunkk:
Copy a large file from the pc to the sdcard on the phone just after typing yes to firewater. Can use adb or windows.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] skinsfanbdh:
large file? you mean like a rom zip?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] boo_radley:
So as soon as I got my phone I ota software updated without thinking. Am I still able to use this method with success. I read threw thread and heard something along the lines of not being able to s-off which I think means security off (please let me know what s off means). I just don't want to not be able to unlock boot loader and root device.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] gokun:
You can still unlock the bootloader(through htcdev) and you can still root it, and you can still flash most roms as well.

s-off I think refers to the flash security setting being on or off and thus making certain parts of it writeable.

Most average users don't generally need it if all you wanna do is flash roms, etc. since you can do that anyways.

I did it because I needed to sim unlock my phone and didn't want to pay $25+ to do it(I'm cheap like that).

Anyhoo, from what I've read, no you can't s-off with firewater(or anything else as of this moment) once you've run

that OTA update. Apparently it fixes whatever vulnerability firewater was using or something.

Hope that helps.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] vWvSTATICvWv:
Can I take this annoying update after I've unlocked the bootloader, rooted and S-Off? Or will I lose S-Off? Or do I need to flash a rom that has this update included? Thanks
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Tidbits:
You will be S-Off. You can't lose S-Off to my knowledge without you turning if on yourself.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] vWvSTATICvWv:
Thanks for the reply. I've been reading around and it seems the OTA won't take even if I tried since I'm on a custom recovery. I would have to flash the stock recovery, accept the OTA then re-root? But I would still have S-Off...is that right?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Tidbits:
I am all stock with S-Off, and the newest version.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] boo_radley:
Did you ota update before s-off?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Tidbits:
I was already S-off before the update. I updated and still off.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] blackwing182:
got a 4/21/2014 t mobile htc one m8 wont take the ota at the store.

got to my home and s-off it using firewater method .