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[One (M8) General] pierreammoun:
Where to find the right RUU ?

Hello Guys

Thanks for the great guide.

If I understood correctly , I "just" need the right RUU in order to get my M8 to the original state(real factory reset).

Now the issue is where to get these RUU ?

I am on ARD 9.1 and I am S-ON

and my System (bootloader) version-main: blank !!!!

Please help.

I want to go back to stock !!
[One (M8) General] Sn8kbordin:
How do I make the SD card writable to apps after rooting HTC One M8 form T-Mobile?
[One (M8) General] DuratecPaul:
You should be banned for quoting OP to make that comment
[One (M8) General] swapgut:
Thanks exad

This is the first time I've seen all of this pertinent info laid out so well. All in the same place too!

STICKY WORTHY THREAD
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
Just to 100% confirm...

I'm S-On, Stock unrooted rom, stock recovery, stock kernel (I flashed Rogers stock kernel on my Telus phone) but Bootloader unlocked and of course **tampered** on my hboot.

I'm getting the prompt to take the OTA ... Am I safe to do so without relocking the bootloader?

EDIT: sorry misread. If I relock the BL I will then be OK? After which I can just use the same unlock_code.bin method to unlock again?

Sent from my M8
[One (M8) General] exad:
You might need the stock Telus Kernel. But it will just tell you that it cannot run the OTA as your device has been modified so you should not be scared to give it a shot. And yes you can re-unlock after but you will need to go through the website process again, the same unlock_code.bin won't work again.

To everyone else:

I have been away tending to other aspects of my life. I apologize that I have not updated in a while. I started and should be adding more tonight or tomorrow morning. More to come. Thanks to all for the great feedback.
[One (M8) General] djmatt604:
Thanks for the answer man! I'm all updated and well now. Handle what you need to handle, life always comes first :)

Sent from my M8 that I finally figured out how to update.
[One (M8) General] KotTHECat:
Thank you for this guide, dude!
[One (M8) General] leandronb:
wrong thread. sorry guys!
[One (M8) General] PhallusOfGod:
I'm putting this one in my bookmarks.
[One (M8) General] nabil_na2001:
Thanks. Great job. I truly needed to reed this.
[One (M8) General] elawady.2014:
my phone still in fast boot

it still in fastboot and not open

no os

i have cwm

this happened when install custom rom

my device htc m8_tl

any help please ?
[One (M8) General] ImperiousRex89:
Ok this is probably a dumb question but can converting an AT&T Variant M8 to a T-Mobile version or a GPE unlock the necessary frequency bands for the 1700 AWS need for T-Mobile. Someone once told me its locked on the software side not the hardware side and if you flash the right radios it unlocks them. Only ask this because I saw the unlocked AT&T M8 is on sale on Ebay.
[One (M8) General] ian.anindya:
Hi,

Get cwm backup from your model. Put on SD card.

Do cwm restore from that backup file.

You will get your device up again.
[One (M8) General] christiantx:
Thanks for putting this together.
[One (M8) General] AlcaloidedoErgot:
Can't stress this enough: thank you, thank you, thank you.

Being able to understand a little bit more of all this stuff thanks to the community here. Have been learning a lot before doing anything with my phone.

Really appreciate this guides, tutorials and the answers from you guys.

Keep up! :good:
[One (M8) General] necktru:
Thank you for this guide, I have a question

I have a verizon M8, S-OFF and TWRP recovery, I have been testing several roms, for verizon and for M8 international like Leedroid, SkyDragon, etc.

Is recommended or necesary to change my CID to a Super CID??

I'm not thinking to flash any RUU rom, my operator here in Peru is GSM (not verizon).

---------- Post added at 12:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:00 PM ----------

Thank you for this guide, I have a question

I have a verizon M8, S-OFF and TWRP recovery, I have been testing several roms, for verizon and for M8 international like Leedroid, SkyDragon, etc.

Is recommended or necesary to change my CID to a Super CID??

I'm not thinking to flash any RUU rom, my operator here in Peru is GSM (not verizon).
[One (M8) General] AndyGilmour:
Excellent post I got a lot out of it.

I have been searching xda for a few days, and usually when an article mentions unlocking the bootloader it has big warnings that this will factory reset the phone. Is the M8 an exception or will a bootloader unlock force a factory reset?
[One (M8) General] Mr Hofs:
Yep, bootloader unlock does factory reset.
[One (M8) General] eskimosound:
fastboot getvar all?
[One (M8) General] mwake4goten:
Thank-you for this guide I have learnt a lot from this!
[One (M8) General] Khan_Baba111:
The TV is always the centerpiece of all rooms, hence the table under it or the wall behind needs to look prim and proper.

by attaching the wires to the furniture you instantly get a sorted look that looks much neater. So, you could easily do this by bunching the wires together and hooking them to the nearest furniture using command cord clips.

By following these steps you can easily Wall Mounted TV in your house.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jean_ff:
the day yesterday a friend try to edit the file platform.xml sm-g900h

and then restart the computer, I have access to anything, I can not restore the original file, all lod process android stop, does not the wifi, open the file browser and not reads the internal memory or external .. .

how do I revive

my computer is a sn-g900h version unlocked by samsung
[General Questions and Answers] ohad129:
I got new phabelt 8inch with android 4.2.2 using mtk 8382 .i need to know how to upload trwp or cmw over them.

Also got a problem that i cant open my play store please help
[General Questions and Answers] ederekoylu:
Mobile market or mobegeine is the solution. But u need to install market Google apk from the dining appmarket . device is perfect but no support for english
[General Questions and Answers] ederekoylu:
I need stock Rom for Pioneer p81 mtk 8382 device.

Which roms are compatible with Pioneer p81. I found cube u27gt but not sure.
[Xperia Z2 General] TheOnlyIntruder:
Earlier on today I was messing about with my SD card, took it out of the phone to use it in a camera and as I put the sd card back into the phone I noticed a little black tab much like the sim card tray so I pulled it out with a pair of tweezers (the same thing I do to remove the sim card tray, my fingers are just too fat for that fiddly thing) and to my surprise I found the information you would find usually behind a battery cover and such, the IMEI number, other serial numbers and of course, the manufacturing date.

I figured I'd make this thread so people could establish a timeline of what batches of phones have issues.

As for mine it is 14W15, I assume this means 2014, week 15 between the dates April 7th to the 13th, if this is the case, wow, really is a brand new phone as I received it on the 22nd of April.

As for things I've noticed with mine, I have very minor issues, being a very slight gap at the top right (it's not as large as others have reported theirs to be, it's less than a millimetre) and slightly off centre camera lens. As for anything else, well I can record 4k video for possibly over 10 minutes (I've only gone as far as 10 minutes because of storage concerns) and I felt the phone being warm but certainly not hot.

So what about your phones guys?
[Xperia Z2 General] ProdigalFather:
14W16 for me.

No gap, no off centre camera lens, got warm (not hot) after 12 minutes of 4K recording.

No issues at all with the handset I got (besides Three UK sending me the wrong colour, which I've decided to keep anyway :p)
[Xperia Z2 General] platosearwax:
14W17 for mine.

That means that mine was manufactured 2 weeks ago and was sent last Friday (received Monday) so barely a week old when it was sent. I have no gap, no off-center lens. Mine gets warm for sure, but not as hot as my old S3 used to get sometimes. Haven't tested 4K video yet.
[Xperia Z2 General] SexyIceCream:
12 minutes! that's much longer than the reported 3-4 minutes all over the web :eek: can i dare to hope that the overheating issues have been resolved? :silly:
[Xperia Z2 General] kamrul.auntu:
Mine is 14W14.
[Xperia Z2 General] TheOnlyIntruder:
Any comments about the build quality/performance?
[Xperia Z2 General] kamrul.auntu:
Build quality is good. Not noticed anything like you got your one. Performance is satisfactory. Basically till last month I was using Galaxy Note 3. Once S5 launched, I bought S5 on the global launch day. S5 was bit disappointing to me especially battery life, over heating, lake of RAM, sometimes lagging. Then I jumped to Z2. The main reason is to jump for Z2 is, 3200 mAh battery, 3 GB RAM. Z2 somewhat meet my expectation but not so much. I found Z2 display is very dim in outdoor/direct sunlight compare to S5 even with note 3. Inspite of having same size of battery and ram, Z2 charge stay less then note 3. I found Z2 camera as awesome. But still I have complaint about low ringtone volume, auto brightness not work properly, earpiece can't produce smooth call quality, some of my caller complained me that sometimes they get noise in call.

But I believe these problems can be solved with a firmware bug fix. I am just waiting for this.
[Xperia Z2 General] deepflash:
14W16 German Sim unlocked.

No problems so far regarding gaps.didn't test 4 know video yet

Sent with Tapatalk through my Sony Z2
[Xperia Z2 General] kersey:
14W17 here, from UK stock bought on 1st May...no issues for me
[Xperia Z2 General] numskull:
Mine is 14w15, if your right on what this means that means i recieved my phone on the saturday of the week it was made (got it on 19th april). As far as the phone goes, seems fine, 1 very small gap top right (less then 1mm) i dont believe this will affect waterproofing (altho i havent tested yet), no other issues, only recorded 4k once...... deliberately to crash it lol managed 5 mins 4 seconds and it saved the video
[Xperia Z2 General] hanano17:
14W12. Haven't really noticed any hardware issues yet. Haven't tried any video recording though.
[Xperia Z2 General] ahvipardik:
Week 16, 4k crash on about 2mins.

Edit: crash ka 1.14 min.
[Xperia Z2 General] bombdog:
White 14W16 here through Three UK.

No gaps anywhere, one dead pixel (meh), have been dunking it regularly into water and filming things in 4K for 3 mins+ without incident.

Only time it's gotten a little too hot (39.5 battery temp) was when I was downloading a large file over 4G and then transferring to SD. Plus it was charging and it was in a very warm office so lots of reasons to get too hot there.. but it didn't shut down or warn that it was going to.

Otherwise flawless device.
[Xperia Z2 General] kersey:
Have just recorded 6mins of 4k video and the temperature warning only came up when I stopped the recording. Not sure how much longer it would have gone on for. The temperature was 40c when stopped manually...
[Xperia Z2 General] Kamran9558:
can we make a poll about the week numbers so that we may get an idea about the faulty batches :confused:
[Xperia Z2 General] strongylad28:
Mines 14W16

Don't see any gap, but I will look online at what and where the gap is. 4K I havent tested yet, camera lense isnt perfectly central (Slightly up and left of centre)

Waterproofing seems fine, however volume decreased hugely when playing music, then dunked. I think its returned to normal now though
[Xperia Z2 General] drknezz:
14W16. No gap issues. No overheating that I'm aware of. Recorded a 6+min 4K video and didn't get too hot, just a little warm below the camera lens.

Australian stock, recieved it on 1st May in black. Really happy with the battery performance too. No arguments from me :)
[Xperia Z2 General] ILS_SuperNova:
Well mine is 14W16 which sounds new according to last page.. Have a gap on from top right and same on back but top left above camera.. I get overheating on 1080p video up to 12 mins so far.. Got overheating message at 7 mins yesterday :(

Sounds like they started ironing out gap issues and overheating half way through 14W16 production :/
[Xperia Z2 General] Pesetio:
14W16

4K overheat @ 14:45 mins

No gap issues

Australian stock

https://www.dropbox.com/s/n08ih856cc6npkn/Screenshot_2014-05-08-21-34-25.png
[Xperia Z2 General] corallus:
14w15 purple

4k overheat at 5 and half minutes

No gap issue

2 dead pixels
[Xperia Z2 General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Hot water ???
[Xperia Z2 General] mujj:
Room temperature
[Xperia Z2 General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Strange ...

Condensation occurs due to temperature difference and not by water on the device!

Takes pictures of the gaps for us!
[Xperia Z2 General] mujj:
Took a few snaps of the top and bottom. I'm going to get my replacement tomorrow. The gaps aren't even that noticeable. Top right and bottom left of the phone.

Top

Bottom

Camera

Gets worse when I start using it in a cool environment. Below
[Xperia Z2 General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Very strange!

Already beginning it was not proven that those gaps really impair the water resistance of the device!

The strange thing is that not even entered the water on your device, for example: the display!

It's like having only entered moisture! Something like you've entered a bathroom with a lot of steam and left the flaps open!

Apart from that your gaps are minor!

The rest of the device is working normally?
[Xperia Z2 General] mujj:
That's what I'm confused about. After submersion, the speakers and microphone were muffled, but it says so in the manual. 2-3 hours later they were both fine, and everything else about the phone is perfect.
[Xperia Z2 General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
It really was very strange this event ...
[Xperia Z2 General] Shidapu:
14W16 here, Gap at Top right, Bottom Left. Camera not correctly centered.

Gets abit hot when taking pictures.

No scratches.

The Flash LED seems abit weak in my opinion, pre S3 owner.

Mic issues though, my voice is very dark when talking with others, but i bought a Handsfree, no issues anymore.

The mic issue seems to be random though, but most of the time bad quality sound.

This problem didn't exist before unlocking bootloader, had to run the phone atleast 24 hours before unlocking.

Compared the LCD with my friends Z2, got my phone the day earlier. Mines has better whites, his is more blueish.

Havn't tested waterproofing.. (Paranoid)
[Xperia Z2 General] StarFcker:
I got my white z2 yesterday.

it says 14W19

no gaps at all on top

but spotted a very very tiny gap at bottom left

screen had a bit of yellowish tint but fixed it after playing with the white balance :)
[Xperia Z2 General] cheetah2k:
Oh no, here comes the phones with "that yellow tint".... FFS Sony... :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z2 General] kamalaggi:
I believe the gap issues and heating issues have been fixed on 14W19 devices.
[Xperia Z2 General] KrisPerry:
Who told you this
[Xperia Z2 General] Kamran9558:
I think that's his observation and I am also inclined to believe it by reading this thread. I have yet to see any posts from w19 owners with gaps. But of course it may be just coincidence
[Xperia Z2 General] kamalaggi:
Its just observation. I know a few people at work who have 14W19 and dont have the heating issue and gaps
[Xperia Z2 General] osbertc0ol:
NOOOOO i just want to buy the phone. and now there's yellow tint?????

:crying::crying::crying::crying:
[Xperia Z2 General] iAMOA:
i just decided not to buy xperia z2 as the list of issues is just getting long and long and i live in a country where cell phone once bought can not be returned i.e it can be only sold so can't take a risk of wasting equivalent to $800 in vain. you lost a customer sonyyyy. :mad:
[Xperia Z2 General] yogg:
Yeah, went to the store and talked about it, Sadly I couldn't return my Gappy Z2 because it has been 2 weeks already. They said they can receive the device if I've had it for 1 week.

But I'm not concerned anymore since there is no reports about it being non-waterproof. Everything of my Z2 is fine, its just the two gaps on the top right and bottom left that are a little bit visible, but you wouldn't notice it.
[Xperia Z2 General] Another_Android:
14w17 - UK from EE

Two issues -

1) Screen has feeling of static electricity as I move my finger downward from the top of the screen to the bottom.

2) The volume rocker has no tactile response on the upward half of it and it makes a crunchy kind of noise as if there is silver foil beneath it.

EE have agreed a replacement, I can't fault their service at all.
[Xperia Z2 General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
You have not tested the water resistance it?
[Xperia Z2 General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Still has not proven that the gaps impair water resistance?

As I bought in another country, my device is not guaranteed and does not have the possibility to send to service center to take the test!

Does the adhesive or glue that seals the glass to the frame is placed on the edge? I believe it is deeper into the device! Not so close to the edge!
[Xperia Z2 General] yogg:
I could send it for 2-3 weeks to service for testing. But its not worth my time. I know that its water resistant and water proof. Haven't seen any reports about it.
[Xperia Z2 General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
I searched all internet (youtube, forums, sites, etc) and found nothing about! But I want be sure before submerging my device!

Sorry my english!
[Xperia Z2 General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Guys, I hope you notice a detail!

I took this photo of the review of the "GSM Arena"! When I went to buy my Xperia Z2, noticed that he had only gap in the left bottom. I asked the seller to let me see the other devices and he answered. It came with 3 Xperia Z2. 1 white and 2 black! The 3 devices had exactly the same size gap and in the same place! All 14w17! Seeing the review site "GSM Arena" I could see that their device has exactly the same gap that my Xperia Z2, besides having the same little hole into the gap! Inside the gap in the bottom left you can notice a small hole. I picked up the smartphone of my mother, I activated the flash and put the flash directed to that hole where the appliance is to put strings, grips, etc.. The light exits the top of the gap, namely that hole which puts string, grip, etc. is poured into the top of the device! Has anyone noticed that too?

Whoever device with the gap on the left bottom, please do this test! Put a light in the hole where you put strings, grips, etc. and see if the light will go out in the gap!
[Xperia Z2 General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
These holes I mentioned in the post above!

So I believe the glue or adhesive passes over the hole and not in the edge of the device on the left bottom!
[Xperia Z2 General] StarFcker:
i took a shot of my upper front z2 to show what i meant.

mine is 14W19

as you can see there are no gaps at all,its precisely closed up with the speaker cut out in middle.

submerged my z2 in a bowl of water for few mins, no sign of water damage
[Xperia Z2 General] _noone_:
Mine is week 17 and I notice the back glass plate is slightly lifted near the charging port area. Anyone has the same problem?

My old Z had this problem and eventually it can be pried open. Hope it doesn't happen this time
[Xperia Z2 General] HeartUnderBlade:
I have a white Z2 and yes, light does escape through the tiny gap but only where the lanyard hole is.

Do you have any gaps on the bottom at all? I'm just asking this because it seems like the glass is slightly too small for the frame so if one area is flush then I'm assuming there's another area that has a gap :(
[Xperia Z2 General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Exactly!

The light does escape through the little hole inside the gap but only where the lanyard hole is!

I do not know if you will understand me, but I believe that part of the device, the glue or adhesive should seal around this hole instead of sealing the edge, since the edge sealed, water would enter through this lanyard hole!

2 questions:

1) Have you tested the water resistance of your device?

2) What is the manufacture date of your device?
[Xperia Z2 General] HeartUnderBlade:
1: Yes, I have tested it. In fact, I just "washed" my phone a few minutes ago by pouring 16oz of water all over it to clean it. Everything is still working fine. I have not submerged my phone but I believe there is a higher chance of water spilling on the phone than dropping the phone into a foot of water!

2: My phone is week 18. Just in case you were wondering - I have very tiny gaps on the bottom left and top right. The gap is only big enough to fit ONE sheet of paper - not two. I also do NOT have an off-centered camera. :)
[Xperia Z2 General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Just like my device! I was afraid to wash it, but now I'm more relaxed!

You intend to submerge it?

I believe we will have no problem, since it did not find anything on the internet regarding problems with water because the gaps!
[Xperia Z2 General] SexyIceCream:
14w17 batch, gap in upper right and lower left corner. Sony service center said it passed their water resistance test, so i guess i will trust them
[Xperia Z2 General] changkho1908:
dust under camera lens??? anyone??

mine have some litlle dusts under camera lens, but not effect to quality
[Xperia Z2 General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Really???? Oh! Greeeeeaaaaaat news !!!!

You could make 2 huge favors?

1) You could perform this test I proposed in this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52780057&postcount=203

2) Could take a macro shot of the gaps in your device?

I believe that you not only help me, but help a lot people!

Many people are afraid of submerging devices because of these gaps, but could not find anything on the internet in any case that has damaged the device!
[Xperia Z2 General] TheOnlyIntruder:
Hi guys, I think this will certainly help alleviate some of your concerns about the Z2, a water test!

http://youtu.be/XZcRmQTYr1w

This is a 14W15 device in white. It has a minor gap in the top right and off centre camera.

This is proof that the gap is a cosmetic issue and does not affect the phone's water resistance.
[Xperia Z2 General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
I also believe that it has nothing to do with the gaps of the fault resistance to water!

With either device with gaps that sold, we would have many cases of devices damaged by water on the internet!

The first thing you do when purchase the Z2 is submerge it!
[Xperia Z2 General] KrisPerry:
Still doesn't excuse it being there though. I have dust in it already
[Xperia Z2 General] TheOnlyIntruder:
This is probably why the device has a rating of 5 for dust resistance then.

I didn't submerge mine till after I had insured the phone, it certainly wasn't the first thing I did with mine.
[Xperia Z2 General] KrisPerry:
No I mean I can see particles physically lodged in the gaps. Looks poor quality
[Xperia Z2 General] SexyIceCream:
hi, i may take the macro shot if i have the time! but i did the quick test in 1) and yes, the light does indeed show from the gap. i am guessing the aluminium frame serves more as a chassis around the actual phone, hence the water resistance is not affected.
[Xperia Z2 General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Wow! Now I was verrrrry relaxed! When I bought mine, the 3 devices in the store had the same flow of light! Brought worried, but now I saw that it is normal!

Have you ever submerged your device after Sony test?
[Xperia Z2 General] SexyIceCream:
not yet...hahaha ok maybe i'll do it

alright, just did a 30 second test( just a quick one) phone is still working fine after submersion =)
[Xperia Z2 General] StarFcker:
I have a very tiny gap at bottom left, no gaps on top.

tested water proof :good:

but still abit worried of the yellow/red tint on the display. May i know if everyone here has a perfectly grey white without setting the white balance?

if its hard for you to tell, try to compare with another phone display
[Xperia Z2 General] BR4DOKYBrazil:
Excellent! Thank you! You helped me a lot and a lot of people too!

We will be awaiting the macro photo!

Tks!

You could do the following test and tell me if the light exits the hole inside the gap: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52780057&postcount=203
[Xperia Z2 General] KrisPerry:
FYI

http://youtu.be/fhERk1nyv78