yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Benko111:
Ok, so bootloader is fine. This seems to be strange, how can you have ADB access if you can't boot up thus USB debugging's not enabled?

I had a similar disaster lately with Note 3, a real pain in the a** updating to KK. Also the 'firmware encountered blabla...' message, I got this fxed by flashing latest CWM right after the stock firmware flash, then it would finally boot.

Your case is different though since you even do get into recovery. Deep down I'm positive you just need to find the correct PIT resp. 3-part stock ROM.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EqUaTe:
philz recovery has adb support built in, that's how I've accessed it. I believe CWM used to, but it doesn't seem to anymore.

Do you know which firmwares are likely to have the PIT file separately? I've got one downloading at the moment, but no guarantee it'll have the various files individually. Most of the ones I've come across are AIO files.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Benko111:
Alright, never used philz 'cause I always loved TWRP, this could be a reason though ;)

Well, they are hard to find indeed. On a quick random search I found this JB ROM:

http://uploaded.net/file/p8e4pasy

Though I must say I always had best results when repairing persistent devices with older firmwares, so I got used to finding the exact

version installed when factory delivered, when issues are fixed updating is no problem.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EqUaTe:
Have set that file downloading, and have also grabbed TWRP.

Will give it a shot when I get home from work tonight. Cheers for your help so far :) Sometimes it helps just to have another set of eyes on these things!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EqUaTe:
Balls.. That link is a passworded zip. Don't suppose you came across the password for it? :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EqUaTe:
Ok, found the password.. Extracting a bunch of zips atm, fingers crossed one will help!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EqUaTe:
So, I've now flashed that 3-part ROM, sadly with no joy - it does the same.

It has made me go back and look at your earlier comments, and made me wonder if the logo we each refer to is the same one, so I'm attaching an image..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Benko111:
It is indeed what I meant. If it was the bootloader it most likely wouldn't do a thing anymore.

But k-semler above this post is absolutely right, I forgot to pay attention to what model size you've got?

Of course PIT is different for 16 or 32GB model.

Just in any case, I attached two PIT from my collection, DBT region for 32GB model, you've got a 16GB one above (use his firmware with that), flash the size according to your model and try once again. Eventually it should work.

If your phone was branded originally, find the original branded firmware and try as well.

That's all I can think of right now.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EqUaTe:
It's the 16gig model, will have another go this evening :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EqUaTe:
I'm curious, which version of Odin did you use when you fixed yours?

Interestingly, while I've had it available before, the bootloader update tickbox isn't available on 3.07/3.09 at the moment, stays grayed out..

Going to give 1.85 a whirl
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EqUaTe:
So flashing with 1.85 has resulted in the same thing.. Wondering if it may actually be a 32gb one.. I don't think it is, but at this point I have no idea.. Are there any identifiers that distinguish it on the unit itself? FCC ID, SSN, etc.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EqUaTe:
Fairly sure it's not a 32gb as it hangs flashing if I use that pit.. Trying another flash at the moment.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EqUaTe:
So no joy with this so far.. :( Getting a bit annoying really, tried quite a few combinations now..

Fairly certain at this point it's a 16GB model, using the 16GB PIT I can flash other ROMs, but no joy on actual resurrection of the device.

Odin logs seem fine, with and without a bootloader update.. After the ROM flash, sometimes I get the Android with the spinning polygon for a while with a new progress bar, followed by a further reboot, and then the sick android (little red triangle coming out his chest).

All stock roms have the following text at the bottom (though the actual position varies from rom to rom as some of them have recoveries at much higher res than others):

# MANUAL MODE #

-- Appling Multi-CSC...

Applied the CSC-code : VOD

Successfully applied multi-CSC.

And yes, the typo is on the screen.. Appling.. Really? :)

Anyway, don't know if that is normal (while I've used other s3's, I can't remember what they showed with stock recovery as I rooted them pretty early on, and never really touched them again).

I can say I'm glad I still had the jig from my s2, as it makes getting into download mode much easier :)

I've tried several odin versions, different USB ports, different cables.

I can go through and provide details of the various ROMs I have downloaded, the majority of which are stock at the moment, and am happy to grab others if people think they may work..

Cheers,

EqUaTe
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Benko111:
That's not nice, still busy with it... I must say, when I read the bit you wrote

I thought yay, that sounds promising. That is exactly what happens after a successful stock flash. Also

is absolutely normal (incl. the spelling;)). The question is why does it not boot into system then? After a (what I consider) successful flash and then in stock recovery, have you tried a factory reset/wipe cache? Please try this urgently.

In my optinion you can stick to Odin 3.09, I could never confirm the reports of different versions working with certain devices, at least not with the new ones. Re-partition is forced and mostly greyed out when a PIT file is flahed with the ROM. Without PIT it should be not greyed out.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EqUaTe:
I figured the spelling was normal, just a little disappointing :P Also thought it was normal that this appeared, but wasn't sure. Makes sense though.

I have tried a factory reset after pretty much every flash attempt, but will give it another go. Getting to the point where i'm tempted to try and do the sd card recovery, just to see if there is something fundamentally broken at that level.

I'm also downloading the latest ROM for the carrier (Vodafone UK) to see if flashing that here makes any difference..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EqUaTe:
Well, factory reset and wipe cache don't help. Other ROM won't be donwloaded for a bit, so will have to try it after work. grr.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EqUaTe:
Well, even with the latest vodafone uk rom I get the same thing.. Grr.

Anyone got any bright ideas?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EqUaTe:
Hm.. This is interesting..

If I put CWM recovery on, and try to format /preload it fails - make_ext4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p10

Showing the log, I get the following:

Formatting /preload...

E:format_volume: make_ext4fs failed on /dev/mmcblk0p10

Error formatting /preload!

Block size: 4096

Blocks per group: 32768

Inodes per group: 7168

Inode size: 256

Journal blocks: 2240

Label:

Blocks: 143360

Block groups: 5

Reserved block group size: 39

error: make_ext4fs_internal: cannot lookup security context for /preload/

E:format_volume: make_ext4fs failed on /dev/mmcblk0p10

Error formatting /preload!

Seems interesting.. Wonder if a restructured pit with that partition moved elsewhere on the device might help? (presuming such is possible)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EqUaTe:
Further reading says no, it's an selinux thing with some recoveries. D'oh.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EqUaTe:
Still stuck with this.. Interestingly, heimdall can't flash the various pit files - I get "ERROR: Failed to confirm end of PIT file transfer!" with all the ones I've tried.

Is anyone with a working 16GB i9300 able to pull out their pit file with heimdall and attach it?

Cheers,

EqUaTe
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EqUaTe:
Well, at this point I've given up.. Nothing has made the damned bit of difference, so it'll get consigned to the waste pile most likely.

I suspect that all that is left is some sort of device that can do more, such as the z3x flasher, but frankly that's too much work and cost. Oh well. :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7dwergen:
/dev/mmcblk0p10 is a non-existing block device

/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 is the right-one for the mentioned preload partition.

solution: use the most recent TWRP2-recovery with which you are able to format /dev/block/mmcblk0p10 with make_ext4fs (of course /preload must be umounted)

using twrp adb-recovery is most convenient to do so.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChronaMewX:
I tried unlocking the bootloader and flashing cyanogenmod but must have done something wrong, as now it doesn't boot up whatsoever. I can put it in fastboot mode but nothing beyond that from what I can see. Light turns red when charging and if I hold power and volume up the light blinks, then blinks 3 times after a few more seconds - that's about it. Can't get into recovery mode either.

Is there any way to fix this?
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donedos:
Holding the power button and the volume + for a while will blink once(it will boot), and holding them both for a little longer will blink 3 times( turned off).

I suggest. You download the firmware for your tabZ and flash it using flash tool..

Make sure your tablet blinked 3 times before entering flashmode(that is power and volume -)..
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChronaMewX:
Oh my god that actually worked! I didn't know of flashmode, only fastboot. It's back to factory settings it seems but I can easily work with this!

So I don't end up making another topic, what would be the best way to root it? Pretty wary of messing with it after that little scare

Here's the firmware I used if it matters

SGP311_10.4.1.B.0.109_CE.rar
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donedos:
Go to the link below and look for my post. It is easy and fast as long as all of the firmwares and tools are present. Happy flashing!!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=51344072#post51344072
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mcluvn:
Stock Rom with Mods
​

1.55.605.2

fernando sor

jeffsanace

slayer69

eg1122

steelH

mcluvn

chogardjr

thicklizard

cbrown245

stoney666

silverxbv2

dased14

steal25

chingy51o

amik

ART DOES NOT WORK!

Homescreen Menu

5X6 app drawer option

Tweaked Anim speeds in prism and framework

Hide MTP notification

Hide GPS icon

BT icon only when connected

100 battery anim and percent on battery

Toggleable HEQS and minor QS

App Ops in settings

Extreme Power saver

Added Torch and EX powersaver tiles in NEQS

Unlimited tabs in browse

Battery Tweak App

Added power saver option in power settings

Reconfigured homescreen menu

added HtcTaskmanager to homescreen menu

Added 3G conectivity tweaks to build.prop

added streaming and video tweaks to build.prop

Added Dropbox

Added HTC back up

Added Beats audio

unsecured boot.img

init.d support

R/W support

added menu button to nav bar

Removed USB and power saver icons

added File Manager to homescreen menu

removed 3g icon when connected to wifi

added s2s

fernando sor

Huge thanks to steal25

Updated to new base.

Added LongPress back kill app thanks to andybones​

DOWNLOAD

BSC_VZW_M8_1.55.605.2_v2

md5 = a965eab4ddf7b7136dd14ec6e187b6f1

updated

Message_Extreme_Power_Saver_Fix​

Bugs

Sometimes tiles repeat themselves in eqs.

5x6 app drawer is a little tight​

XDA:DevDB Information

HTC ONE M8, a ROM for the HTC One (M8)

Contributors

mcluvn, chingy51o, fernando sor

ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x

Version Information

Status: Stable

Stable Release Date: 2014-04-27

Created 2014-04-27

Last Updated 2014-04-30
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mcluvn:
Reserved

Replaced almost all of the green.

TOUCH OF BLUE THEME v3
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] steal25:
SICK!!!!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dased14:
Nice
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mcluvn:
It's uploading to adf and I'm going to start devdb now
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] cbrown245:
Great work , I will sit here .
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] NickDVS:
Subscribed :)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
Nice work
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evolutionmods:
I'm on board.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mcluvn:
Link is up
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evocm7:
Your inverted theme with blue doesn't work on the new base right? Or did I misread somewhere?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mcluvn:
No it doesn't work. I'm probably not going to do an inverted mod for this. We will have tranquil Rom that will be fully inverted. That's still in progress.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evocm7:
Bummer. Loved that theme. Can't wait for tranquil though. Thanks
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mcluvn:
I'll put up the non inverted tob theme though
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evocm7:
Oh Awesome! Thank you sir.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mcluvn:
Tob theme is up in the second post
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dlscott1111:
Tether hack?

Does this have the tether hack to skip provisioning check?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dsEVOlve:
Just for clarification, what is different (if anything) between this and the one posted in the other thread on 4/25?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mcluvn:
Yes I think I did it right but haven't tested it yet.

Fixed the WiFi and kernel issues.

Sysui and settings icons are fixed.

Enabled beats audio.

Enabled power saver.

New boot ani.

Changed default app drawer to alphabetical.

Fixed vvm.

Maybe more that I'm forgetting
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] NickDVS:
Battery life was phenomenal on the older base. Can't wait to see the improvements with this one! :cowboy:
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] droidkevlar:
Most not know NWA. hehe
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] NickDVS:
I was actually at a bar this weekend and they played nwa lol. Cool place, except the waitress gave me the wrong card back and I didn't notice it. She charged me his 80 tab when mine was 20 lol

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If I had the latest ROM, it never would have happened
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] boss336:
When is update coming out
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
Well waiting for aroma to get sorted I added a quick settings tiles page. MacdaddyMcluvn did the images.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] alexstoriu:
Can't wait for this thanks for all the hard work you guys have been doing
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
It's just aroma and we're done
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] SupaSwag:
Awesome
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
Sorry for the delay guys. We compiled our own super user and it's being a tad temperamental. We are close tho. Good news is I keep adding to our tweaks app
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] grimlocksmash:
Can't wait! Keeps getting better. Wish I had something to do during this waiting period. Haha

Sent from my HTC6525LVW
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] kremer4:
Please let us know if it will be tonight so I can stop refreshing this page lol
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mcluvn:
Well, I'm at work and won't be off till late tonight. So if it is ready tonight, I won't be able to make a new thread for it till tomorrow morning. Good thing is that it will be aroma installer. So maybe if it happens tonight, fern or someone can post a link here until I make the new thread. I've been so busy at work that I'm not even running our latest build.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evocm7:
Sounds like I might have something to entertain myself during a boring Ass wedding tomorrow :D
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
Probably be tomorrow unfortunately but it's getting worked on. Trying to get everything working on four carrier's.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evocm7:
So I'm guessing this will be based on 1.54 then right?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
It's based on the last update. Not sure what will be in the prop. Everything is working but our own su on fresh flash and aroma is buggy
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
Dot matrix themes
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] NickDVS:
No more screenshots till it's out! lol :p
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
Haha I keep adding to it
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] kc6wke:
keep adding keep adding:D
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dsEVOlve:
This ROM is going to have EVERYTHING! (except a release date)

I kid...I kid. :D
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
yeah. Im at work till 9 tonight. steal25 is working on aroma. the super user issue is sorted out.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] drbveb88:
So what your saying is be patient until 9:15...

lol. J/k. When it's ready it's ready!! Thanks for all the hours and hours of working on this bad a$$ update. We are lucky to have this to look forward too. [emoji106]
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
We really have put time in this. Tweaks is an original app built in Eclipse. Aroma is just being really buggy. We don't want to release something that is going to cause a lot of problems for people.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] NickDVS:
What is the risk of leaving Aroma out of the build?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
it isn't a risk. it is just very convenient for all users. we have one zip as opposed to 5. one main thread as opposed to 5. we will get it. but it has to be right.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] drbveb88:
I'm am so stoked for the tweaks. The themes and screenshots have looked fantastic!! Some serious talent at work here!! :thumbup:
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jackie08:
Just curious does this ROM or any M8 ROM have like a landscape Rosie and say a carousal option for the tabs I am coming from the Sprint Evo LTE and those where in the ROM there cant wait for this one thanks sorry for the HJ :)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] NickDVS:
Gotcha! Thanks.

I haven't really used it before, so I was curious.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
Carousel is gone. There is no framework left. We do have land prism though. Prism = Rosie

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Good news is Verizon on aroma is working well.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
hey all. We are going to let this test out for a few days. really the best road to take. i feel bad though some of you have been waiting. If you want pm me and ill bring the first 5 into our test huddle. You cant share it under any circumstances.:laugh:

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Ok the pm box is full. I'll get back to the first five tonight
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] kremer4:
Hope I made it. Thanks again.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] drbveb88:
Damn. I missed out. Uugh!! I have been following this for weeks. Oh well a few more days!! ~ peace
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
pm me your google plus name.

in fact if everyone who got a reply back could pm me their gplus name that would help.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] drbveb88:
Sent!!! Thank you..Thank you!!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] holla420:
Congrats
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] cornjo:
Sent you a PM hope to make the cut
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fLaWx:
Hope you guys get it all sorted out soon cant wait to try it out
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] droidkevlar:
So next rls won't be based on official vzw rls, correct? It will be the latest Intl?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] droidkevlar:
Thanks. And I hate you!!!!

;)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] ocman40:
Lol, best rom out!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] droidkevlar:
Well its not out yet. Stop rubbing it in. :(
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] ocman40:
I'm sure it's really soon, only minor things being adjusted. No issues at all for me.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] cduru:
Can this blue theme be used on other roms like cleanrom or was it built just for badseed?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evocm7:
Not sure about cleanrom but BlinkFeed fc non-stop on skyfall. Probably won't work on CR. Try it but make a backup first
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
Everything is dependent on our framework
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] droidkevlar:
Since you guys are such teases, why not rls a build for us to further test for you guys. You know, for science. :D:angel::cowboy::highfive:
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evocm7:
Haha I know they want to release, they just don't want a thread full questions because it's not quite right yet
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] kc6wke:
Everything comes to he who waits:D
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] droidkevlar:
Id be saying that too if I was beta testing. Maybe I should hack some of the beta testers computers to get the .zip :P
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
we ended up with a bunch of testers. actually the last few bugs are more on non verizon versions. we are really close.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] scott45333:
The bugs have to be on the other variants because the Verizon version is running flawlessly... You guys won't be disappointed.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] blazinandroid1:
You guys take your time. Release it when it's ready. Update status is a just sign that you guys are making progress. Every Dev understand there always a rough draft. Before the outstanding ROM. So all you demanding people need to relax. I have built roms in the past. And it has its up and down. I stopped totally due. They always want more.. Or change this or that. :D

Blazin on ScottsROMS 1.1
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] NickDVS:
Any way to throw in a good SMS/MMS blocking app to block certain contacts? lol Or does anyone know an app that works on 4.4 that would support this functionality?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
you should be able to block with htc mms. You can with hangouts also.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] ocman40:
Rom is awesome. Been using as DD For over a month.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] demmo86rt:
I have to say, out of all the teams out there, Badseed is one of the few who don't release things before they're ready. Its well worth the wait.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] drbveb88:
You are absolutely correct. These guys are amazingly detailed. Everyone is going to love this new update. [emoji1]
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] t3project:
this rom doesnt install properly for me. it looks good in twrp and there are no errors but upon reboot it just sits at htc splash screen. have to do hard reset to get back into recovery.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] kc6wke:
Have you verified the md5 in the OP? Maybe a bad DL?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
Sorry for the delay guys. We just want it to be right.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] t3project:
yes, it's not just this one. viper won't install either. dh's gpe rom installs fine though
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] andybones:
GPE and AOSP ROMs are much smaller in size, around 200-300mb compared to over a GB for Sense ROMs, thus leaving those smaller sized ROMs to boot much faster on first boot. How long are you giving the Sense ROMs to boot (could take up to 10-20 mins). Also what happens when it doesn't work and how do you reboot back to recovery (also what custom recovery are you using?)? Volume+ and power?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] pahlerc1:
Would love to give this a try...

But it seems I have been checking this thread for the past month and the only updates I see are themes lol looking forward to it.. Going to be hard to leave Clean Rom, but will give this a shot when it is ready.. if the time ever comes :)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Evocm7:
Must....... Flash....... Something...... Ahhhhhhhhh I'm having withdrawals and I'm too excited! Lol. Can't wait for all these theming options!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] ElijahD407:
Really can't wait for this Rom to be updated, nice to hear you guys are just making sure we get the most perfect of a product as possible.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
what is coming next isn't an update of this rom. Its a completely different Rom fully customized. We have built a third party tweaks app with over 200 oprtions, added a cpu modifier in settings. compiled our own super user. added 9 themes and a whole bunch more.

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could be his recovery too
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] eikast:
Would your guys super su be overwritten by kernels such as faux which would require us to flash root?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
Flash root?

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