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[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BerndM14:
You don't need to be S-OFF to flash ROMs, you do however need to have an unlocked bootloader. You do need to be S-OFF if you want to do a full conversion to GPE, but you don't need to be S-OFF to flash a GPE ROM. It is possible to go back to S-ON once you went S-OFF though it's generally not recommended as it "could" potentially brick your device, it also throws out a security flag that can then be picked up by the carrier/shop anyways. More about that here: why you should NOT turn s-on!

How to unlock bootloader? - Go to htcdev.com register an account with the website. Follow the simple instructions to unlock bootloader. Make sure you follow all, including downloading the Android SDK which you need in order to run the commands. Unlocking Your Bootloader

How to Root: Once you have completed unlocking your bootloader you could flash a custom recovery TWRP or Philz Touch:

TWRP Touch Recovery

Philz Touch Recovery

Download root application like SuperSU available at this thread SuperSU v2.00

Make sure the zip file is in the "root" of your SDCard, boot into recovery and flash the .zip file. I'm sure there are perhaps other methods to root, that's the method I used and I'm not familiar with the rest.

How to S-OFF? You can go to this site http://firewater-soff.com/instructions/ and follow instructions, see if you can gain S-OFF that way, if it doesn't work you can use the new SunShine method, it'll cost you $25 though. :good: [Android][HTC S-OFF] SunShine for modern HTC devices

To unroot and get back to stock follow this guide by EddyOS [GUIDE] Return your M8 to 100% Stock

Just as a side note, you can find stock nandroid backups and stock recovery. IF you flashed custom ROMs you'll need stock rom + stock recovery to do OTA updates as they roll out. COLLECTION of Stock backup's
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muhammad zakir:
i am currently S-on and dont want to fully convert to GPE i just need custom roms like paranoid android or cyanogenmod etc..so i dont need to get s-off.right?

i've one more question..i have used many samsung phones rooting them was easy and getting back to stock was even easier but

after rooting EFS backup was very important because in some cases i lost my efs folder and lost IMEI and network but efs backup was a life saviour so is there anything like this on HTC that i should b worried of?

one more thing if i make a nandroid of my stock rom using twrp how will i get back to purly stock and unrooted as i'll b using custom recovery?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BerndM14:
No you don't need S-OFF to flash custom ROMs, like I mentioned before though, you need to have an unlocked bootloader.

I can't recall anybody complaining about issues like that, I haven't had any problems with it either. So it doesn't look that way :good:

You should of course always make a backup of your system anyways!!! [MENTION=4252827]Mr Hofs[/MENTION] shows you how to do it in the Collection of Stock backup's thread, just boot the custom recovery(not flash) then make a backup of your system. Which should always be done before flashing or playing around with it anyways. As for the actual rooting causing problems, I haven't encountered anything and I can't recall threads being made with similar issues. :good:

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Can just restore the nandroid backup, unzip it in the backup directory on the SD card and flash it back with the Custom Recovery you used to make the nandroid backup. After that you can just flash a stock recovery, you'll go into fastboot mode with device connected to PC then type fastboot flash recovery name_of_recovery.img then you'll have stock recovery back. For unrooting you can just open the SuperSU app and swipe to the right(Settings) scroll down to "Full Unroot" and that's it.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muhammad zakir:
Thank you very much sir you helped me alot..:)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muhammad zakir:
i unlocked my bootloader..but how to flash custom recovery to get root?

how to flash recovery?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BerndM14:
Make sure you copy the entire thing and ONLY the token id. That includes the <<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>> at the top and bottom, make sure you don't paste any spaces that you might have picked up.

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Oh and just be sure you don't copy the part on the left where it says "Bootloader" or "Info", Just where it starts <<<< Identifier Token Start >>>> from the most left arrow < to the most right arrow > all the way to the bottom for <<<< Identifier Token End >>>> No spaces when you paste. I do believe they show a sample picture during the process on the website(htcdev) as well?

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[IMG="Correct Token"]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g27/slycat_2006/Correct_Token.png[/IMG]

[Tutorial][How to] Submit HTC Unlock Token
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muhammad zakir:
i unlocked my bootloader now dont know how to root it :( how to flash custom recovery and root?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BerndM14:
Download the recovery of your choice and then unzip it and place the .img file in the adb.exe folder(Same one where your unlock token file is etc). Then connect phone to PC, open terminal(If your command prompt isn't already open) change directory to adb.exe folder.

Type adb reboot bootloader this will boot into bootloader like you've done before.

Type fastboot flash recovery name_of_recovery.img This will flash the recovery.

Type fastboot erase cache

If you downloaded the SuperSU app and placed it on your internal SD card you can boot into custom recovery and then flash the .zip file.

Edit: In TWRP press on Install button, then select SuperSU and then you swipe from left to right to flash it. Done, rooted.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muhammad zakir:
thank you sir..:)

sir i wanna know how to make backup of my stock recovery as i am on custom recovery...
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BerndM14:
Ugh... Don't think you can do it now, you already flashed the custom recovery. If you wanted a backup of the stock recovery you should have booted it instead of flashing it. I apologize.

You are on 1.54.707.7 though, in the Collection of Stock backups link that I provided in the second post you'll find a backup of the stock recovery 1.54.707.5 which will work on your device as the base version is the same already. Can download that one onto your PC and you'll have a stock backup for future references.

Sorry...I got a bit ahead of myself, should have made you boot the custom recovery first in order to make backup. :(
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muhammad zakir:
i asked the same question on that thread Mr hofs said..

"As stated in the OP. Boot the custom philz touch recovery and make a nandroid backup. The stock recovery is inside the backup.

Fastboot boot custom_recovery name.img"
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BerndM14:
Correct, did you do that before flashing TWRP though? If you didn't then you flashed the custom recovery over the stock one already and it won't help you to "boot" into it to make a backup of the stock(non-existing) recovery.

Like I said though, the stock recovery that's already on the first page of Mr Hof's Collection thread will work for you. So you can download that one and keep it around on the PC.

Another possibility could be to download the 1.54.707.7 Philz Stock Nandroid on the same thread then extract the recovery.img file from there. The name MIGHT be a bit different and you still flash it accordingly.

As mentioned on the First page of Mr Hof's thread. The 1.54.707.5 that is there should work though.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muhammad zakir:
ok i'll extract recovery from philz stock nandroid coz it matches with my SW number :P ..for flasing same command will be used "fastboot flash recovery name of recovery.img" right?

What is CID HTC_044? philz nandroid is under this..
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BerndM14:
Correct. Just keep in mind the .emmc version as well and remember to add if it's required. Though honestly I don't think you even need to go through all the hassle of downloading such a huge backup just for the recovery. The 1.54.707.5 recovery would still have worked perfectly. The update from 1.54.707.5 to 1.54.707.7 only included things like shown in picture.

It didn't have any effect on the recovery, recovery number only changed because the software number changed that's it...Would still have worked the same. Could have kept it on the device then and with the next OTA you receive it would have been "updated" as well.

But if you insist then yeah, you could extract and flash the .7 version if you want.

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I believe it's for Asia WWE (International version)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muhammad zakir:
There is no problem having SW number 1.54.707.7 and recovery number 1.54.707.5? if yes the i'll just download the stock recovery as i already have nandroid backup of my stock rom.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BerndM14:
Yes there's no problem having version .5 it'll still work. :good:
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muhammad zakir:
Q : How do i restore the stock nandroid backup

A : In general :

- Place the nandroid backup unpacked on the sdcard of the phone in the right backup folder.(Its already unpacked after downloading,right?)

* Philz touch uses - Clockworkmod\Backups\

* TWRP uses - TWRP\Backups\ or TWRP/Backups/serialnum/ (replace serialnum with your device's serial number. To have TWRP create the proper directory structure for you, just do a simple backup of just the boot partition and put the backup files in there) thanks to garyd9 for the additional info

- Flash the boot.img or boot.emmc.win file from the nandroid backup

- Make a full wipe in the recovery

- Restore the nandroid backup and reboot

Can you explain me this plz?

I have to extract the zip file and place it in the philz backup folder?

How to flash boot.img file? I know its in the zip file but how to flash it alone before full wiping and restoring?

Will this nandroid backup restore stock recovery and remove philz recovery?

After restoring i will be able to get official ota from HTC?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BerndM14:
Yes extract the .zip file for the nandroid backup and place it in the philz backup folder on the device.

You place the boot.img file in your adb folder, boot into bootloader, open a command prompt prompt, connect device to PC and then type:

fastboot devices

To make sure device is connected to PC, then type:

fastboot flash boot boot.img

I can't really help with the Third question, I haven't done any restore from philz backup so I don't know if it restores the stock recovery as well, seeing as it makes the stock recovery if so chosen, I would think perhaps it does.

Yes, once you have stock ROM and stock recovery back in place you can do OTA's again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sammyroot:
Hey guys. Recently updated my US verizon s3 to kitkat ((NE1). Just rooted it successfully using towelroot. I found a site that showed how to modify two lines of the build.prop to get the S5 toggles on my S3. Changed to (ro.product.name=SM-N900S) and (ro.product.device=SM-N900S) and it did work. I attached a pic. I did notice that my 4G icon doesn't say LTE anymore. My question is, I know the S5 name is kltevzw and I'm wondering if I replace the sm-n900s with that if I'd get the same icon and toggles. I'm hesitant because I'm not sure if I'll get stuck on boot or something.

Has anyone tried this?

btw, modifying the build.prop is dangerous. It worked on my phone, but that doesn't mean it works on yours. If your phone gets messed up, its not my fault.

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] outcasted2003:
It works on my GSIII but I like the bigger toggles better. It's an age and eye thing .... lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JacobManning17:
I wonder why that works. I don't know much about programming or build.prop mods, but does that mean that the code is built into the system? It just seems silly that two lines displaying product number changes the phone so much haha
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Samsung often leaves dormant code in their software. They have often left some Note II dormant hooks of different kinds through some updates on our S3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JacobManning17:
As if TW didn't have enough bloat already xD I guess in this case its cool though
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sammyroot:
BTW, changing the build number to kltevzw did still give me the new toggles and recent tasks. It also brought the 4G LTE icon back. Love it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AntwonJenkins:
can you please be a little more specific about what exactly you changed to 'kltevzw'?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] omair2005:
build.prop settings (ro.product.name=kltevzw) and (ro.product.device=kltevzw)

Even the boot animation was a lil different! thanks for the mod

I did notice, the 4G icon doesn't go away when connected to wifi, clogging up the status bar when center clock is enabled.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
That's because the S5 has the ability to connect to WiFi and 4G at the same time utilizing both at a faster speed. In most cases the carriers disabled that feature

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
It is usually caused by the Caller ID app. Debloat canid.apk and 4G icon should turn off when on WiFi. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Quantumrabbit:
I don't see a canid.apk. I see a Caller Name Id, but even gone, I still get a 4g icon on with wifi.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Won't be in app drawer. Have to remove from system/app. It is in all S3 stock roms including NE1. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Quantumrabbit:
I was checking with Titanium... I guess I need to use a file browser?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Yea. Will see it with file browser. It is in the stock deodexed 4.1.2, 4.3 and 4.4.2 roms I have made and it will cause both signal meters to show. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Best free one out there is either es file Explorer or jrummys root browser free. With the 2nd one he has a thread on xda where you add something to the system folder and it makes it add free, just throwing it out there

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ATGkompressor:
Does this only work on the kit Kat update?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
It might. I'm not on kk or the new update but I tried it anyways and it didn't work, it might be specific to already being on kk

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] darkharbinger81:
Thanks it worked great I love the s5 toggles I wonder what else can be used by editing the build prop to get s5 features
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] gridflash:
Has anyone found a way to remove Tmobile's update icon from the Notification bar in Kit Kat?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] koolboyztn:
if u rooted, i think GravityBox exposed can hide that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] gridflash:
Unfortunately Touchwiz isn't supported...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] koolboyztn:
did u try it yet?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] gridflash:
No.

The Gravity developer (C3C076), has a Red Letter Message on his thread saying Do Not use... and ...Samsung Touchwiz Not Supported..

I'm surprised that T-mobile researchers haven't found a solution like Verizon and AT&T....
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] y2jdmbfan:
Now that we have sunshine, does it make sense to pay more for the DEV edition vs for the unlocked? Let me know if there is something I am missing, but we can essentially turn the unlocked version back to bootloader locked with s-on if we need to, correct?

Thanks,

Y2J
[General Questions and Answers] Prashanth Meesara::
Hello I hope so ive posted in correct section since i was unable to decompile apk of my moto e so i just install Virtous studio and it works quite well but the only problem is the adb push option copies apk to system/app but in my phone it should be system/priv-app so any way to change that??

Thanks in advance
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] markmcrobie:
My O2 XDA Mini S takes about 3 or 4 minutes to boot up after a soft reset/power on.

Is this normal?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Menneisyys:
Nope. It must be a faulty 3rd party software OR a heavily fragmented card it tries to load, for example, icons from. Even the oldest ROMs "only" needed 80-90s to boot in. (See a chart of the boot timrs, measured by me, at http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=1233&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 )
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oy-ster:
Hi,

So, Android has a permission system which albeit somewhat flawed (malware can gain permissions not intended for it) and not very suitable for laymen (non rooted phones have to either accept all permissions or be denied from the app. In many programs people don't have the luxury of not using them) theoretically has merit. IOS has...well actually I'm not sure how it works security wise but I pressume it creates sandboxes for each app, layman wise it is reasonable since you (theoretically) can deny access for all programs to certain components (no need to jailbreak).

How does WP works?

Thank you.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] th0mas96:
Security is different, apps can't do as much as on android. But iOS is better in this, because capabilities are like in Android: you can see what the apps want prior to installing them, but blocking some of them isn't possible.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oy-ster:
I am very saddened to hear this.

Is there an ability in place similar to Androids rooting?

Also, what do you mean by "apps can't do as much as on android"?

Thank you!
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoodDayToDie:
[MENTION=4969697]th0mas96[/MENTION]'s post is technically *mostly* accurate but very confusing and doesn't actually answer your question at all.

The short version is that WP apps use a capability-and-sandbox system much like iOS and Android, with each app getting a sandbox that gives it read-only access to the app-specific install directory and the global system directory, read/write access to the app-specific data directory, and access to whatever other stuff is specified in the capabilities. Capabilities are currently all-or-nothing; you can't reject or disable any capability except by just not installing the app.

I could go into the technical implementation of the system a bit, but the short version is that WP8 apps use fairly standard NT (as in the NT kernel that is at the core of PC Windows versions) security features: each app has a unique token (rather than inheriting the token of the process that crated it, the way it normally works on PC but very much like how Windows Store apps work on Win8) which contains the app-specific Security IDentifier (SID) that gives access to the app directories, plus the SIDs of the various capabilities that the app has.

What [MENTION=4969697]th0mas96[/MENTION] was talking about is that WP capabilities usable by third-party developers are much more restrictive than they are on Android. For example, Android allows an app have full read-write access to your contacts or to send SMS directly. WP8 doesn't allow that unless you use capabilities that are normally neither allowed on the store nor allowed in sideloaded apps (Microsoft's code can have them, of course - that's how the built-in SMS app works - but not Joe Random Dev). The downside of this is obvious; some app behaviors (like a full replacement for the SMS app or phone dialer) are not possible. The upside is that apps are *way* more limited in how malicious they can be; the most common way that Android malware makes money (remember, the vast majority of malware is for profit) is by sending SMS to "premium" numbers. On WP8, an app could *compose* such a message, but it couldn't *send* it for you (unless it had a capability that third-party apps normally can't have) so you'd have a chance to see what the app was doing and decide not to send that message after all.

This means that the ability to disable capabilities is much less important on WP8 than on Android.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oy-ster:
Oh, then those restrictions are actually good news.

Aside from from your typical run-of-the-mill malware my main concern was actually privacy. I have a huge displeasure from apps like Whatsapp which on android takes a whole plethora of liberties and was hoping that perhaps some other system may contain their user data voracity and their ability to control the divice their on.

Is there any link in which I could see the full list of those restrictions?

I'm still downhearted from not having a more fine grained control of the system but maybe it still has it uses in some scenarios...

Also, thank you very much for your comprehensive explanation!
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grilledcheesesandwich:
i found a tiny file stored inside some of the unbranded htc accord RUUs. its call disablewriteprotect.test. the only thing the file contains is a sentence stating write protection will be disabled until this file is removed. followed by a music note and some other symbol. so there you go thats how you make your entire htc 8x read and write. one file less than 1kb in size. ROOT!

but how can we flash this file. im still working on it. this file is located within the efi partition which also houses the ffuloader.efi, and severl other efi executables. check this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53687985#post53687985

you wont find that on google search.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aman Raien:
Window phone Security Issues

Your Windows Phone is secure by design. Many security features are turned on by default. For example, apps you download from the Windows Phone Store are tested by Microsoft and encrypted to make sure you don't accidentally install malicious software on your Windows phone.

Set a password

Setting up Kid's Corner

If you've ever handed your smartphone to a child, you know that they can quickly get into all sorts of apps and settings they shouldn't. No such worries with Kid's Corner, a place on your phone where your child can play with the games, apps, music and videos

Use the free Find My Phone service

Say yes to updates . check out more at Master Software Solutions - Windows Phone Update
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oy-ster:
Sounds interesting.

Not something I'd try (:)) but interesting.

I pressume this is an advert for Master Software Solutions, but nevertheless I did google the term you suggested and got nil results. I also browsed the main site of the company itself but haven't found anything related, nor did I find anything on their facebook page.

Regardless, I checked out this Kids corner thing, it's cute but not really security related...

Thx anyway. :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nafeasonto:
no matter what call recording app i use there is static . how do you get it to work on kitkat?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I think there's an posted module that'll enable it. Otherwise you'll have to wait till one of the devs figure out how to incorporate it again.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nafeasonto:
what posted module
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Maybe wanam? Not sure as I never really use xposed, but there is a sub forum devoted to it now, you should be able to find it there.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tokenpoke:
Wanam can enable it on touchwiz ROMs but I've never tested it