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[Verizon HTC One (M8)] supersquirrel211:
Sorry I'm lost...

Ive been away from the forums for a while guys, and it seems I am at a complete loss and things have moved fast in past couple months. I am Verizon s-off, viper rom 1.8.0. I'd like to catch up to the viper 2.5.0, I'm guessing here, that I need to verizon update firmware so I am able to continue with viper roms. Thinking I am in the right place for the vzw update firmware being here, but I dont understand what exactly needs to be flashed because in OP it leaves phone unrooted but s-off?? That means no twrp recovery, no custom rom, and I'll have to firewater again?? I dont even know if I am thinking right on this matter. could someone please better define things for me so I can begin to catch back up with things. I am not that well with fastboot/adb, but do have it set up. I would love to know the order of steps to take to bring me from where I am to where I want to be. I know I'm asking a lot here, being lost is quite confusing, maybe I'm not as lost as I think, I just dont want to mess things up and I appreciate anyone who wont mind helping me out. I obviously dont mind if a helpful private message comes my way, also dont mind chat on hangouts or something if it would make things smoother.

Thanks!!

Luke
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
If you are s off you don't ever need firewater again. That's only used to get s off. You only need to go to the firmware thread and follow the steps provided there by tigerstown. This RUU is to restore all partitions of a phone to stock (with root included).
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] supersquirrel211:
I have searched all throughout vipers threads and verizon m8 threads and havent seen where your talking about. Everything I come across says that its not available for vzw handsets yet and to not use any of the other firmwares for everyone but vzw. So me being s-off already means all I should need to do is flash or fastboot the new firmware for vzw, then profit and move forward with vipers rom?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
This..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2723159

[UPDATED 4.4.3 firmware only][9-11][UPDATEDboot.img][UPDATED recovery][VZW STOCK ADSP

Then go forward with the latest viper Rom.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2715225

[ROM][Vzw] ViperOneM8 2.5.0 • Tweaks, HUB, IconPacks, Themes, OTAs and more
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] supersquirrel211:
Thank you VERY much, there is soo much to search through in the htc threads, after 3 days of searching and nothing...I appreciate the awesome info and quick reply. Hope I didnt frustrate anyone, being in the wrong thread...:good:

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that one also leavs phone with out boot or recovery also? so I will need to fastboot a recovery?? or am I reading it wrong and its saying that it isnt done through boot or recovery mode because its the zip in bootloader?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
No. It leaves you with whatever boot or recovery you already had. I removed boot and recovery before I uploaded it simply for the convenience of custom Rom flashers who wouldn't want their custom boot and/or recoveries overwritten with stock.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] supersquirrel211:
Holy sh*t....man thank you so much...I feel so stupid. Ive not done the firmware updates because it said that and I was thinking that it wasnt complete due to now having boot or recovery. Well I definately have a better understanding of all the downloads you've posted and others now!!!This is going to be a breeze, I was stupidly thinking things were way more complex than they are. sucks being away for a while. Many many thanks to you, really appreciate it!!!!:laugh:
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Newt:
What's up dot
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Wazzup newt?!?! Hope life is good!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Newt:
Doing alot better man thought I'd see what was going on around here don't look like much
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Yes well last I checked you weren't active since Dec .............
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Newt:
Well I may change that soon.... Good talking to you man
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] BBEgo:
Whoa! Welcome back, Newt!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Hey gang-

Just wanted to drop a note that i'm moving on. As such, I have requested my threads to be closed as I won't be around to support them much anymore. Any download links (if applicable) will also be removed shortly as well.

Thanks and peace out.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] yugendreams:
I take it this isn't official...
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] aer0zer0:
Its as official as we are going to get at this point
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] yugendreams:
Well the download is pending so I assume he's waiting for it to be released?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
If you are asking as to whether or not we will get an official RUU for this phone it's not looking likely anymore. That's more to do with VZW than HTC though.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] ScottIsMyName:
Hoping there will be just the updated radios for those of us on custom roms....not sure if anything else would be of use?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
If it's anything like what the m7 received, there will be a radio update too. I can't imagine them not having one included with the 4g switching problems some m8 users have been seeing. Soon as it hits we'll get custom firmware, straight OTApkg.zip, and RUU files up for use.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] hgoldner:
Would also like to see a GPS fix.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Antny6:
How did you get this already? I ran your other RUU this morning so that I could take the update today, & I still haven't got it
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] JB_Da_Greatest:
It's been delayed until tomorrow...
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Antny6:
Nm...lol
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Hah...you could have just waited for the new one and ruu'd once
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Antny6:
Didn't realize you'd be creating a new one right away [emoji110] [emoji111] [emoji117][emoji108]
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] remicks:
Obligatory post to make people think something actually happened in the thread.

Can't wait.

Hehehe
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] JediMindTrixx:
Hell yeah brother! I was thinking about picking one up. How is it?

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Yeah, when I get annoyed with it I switch to my S5... But with the nano sim it's not as easy as just popping the sim in the new phone, but my S5 is stock and I get pretty bored with it pretty quickly... LoL
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] holla420:
Lol hell yea I bet
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] David522d:
So when this update drops will there be a zip file to flash/update?

Just a little confused with the RUU? (Rom Update Utility)

Teach me something new.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Ruu will wipe internal storage and put you back to stocked rooted firmware/software.

Separately there will be an ruu mode flashable firmware only zip to update firmware only for custom Rom users.

Then the regular Rom devs will put out roms featuring the new software.

If anyone ever gets stuck or unsure I do team viewer sessions.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jtommyj:
So do I gather that to update firmware no computer needs to be involved? You can put the 1.5 GB update on SD card fat 32 formatted, boot to boot loader or hboot and its the same as ruu?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
If you intend to ruu yes. If you want to update the firmware only, a zip will be posted that you can download to your external SD and rename to the correct ruu name for this phone (see op) and use bootloader to flash it. No pc required.

Firmware only zip might only be 50megs too.... In the ruu it's the system.img that takes up all the space.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jtommyj:
So I can update firmware,radios, etc. Just by flashing a zip ? Beats the old Odin and RSD lite days. Thanks !
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] yugendreams:
I'm curious if the zip will contain radios and etc.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] buckmarble:
Yes it will
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] remicks:
I feel like those old JC Penny's commercials... *open open open*
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] RedBullet:
Why not include twrp 2.8 instead of 2.7.1?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] S1L3nTShaDoWz:
Wow, I thought I was the only one on here who did TV sessions lol. Excited for the FUU or firmware update/w.e. Can't wait to install it so I can finally update to a 4.4.3 based ROM with WiFi :D!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] davidmatt34:
Just was about to post that...:(
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Seanzle:
yes!

Lets do this! Cant wait for the flashable firmware only zip!!!!!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Antny6:
It's out!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Dougau:
Well i got the update notification
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] hgoldner:
A reality check, folks

Just looked over the Verizon documentation referring to the current OTA:

The point is not whether these matters have been "resolved," but rather "resolved to whose satisfaction?" You can bet it isn't the end user, but rather Big Red.

Let me point out that those two bullet points I have highlighted in red above should be alarms to anyone inclined to take the OTA without waiting for a developer to release ROMs which don't impair root or other functionality. It was obviously more important to Big Red to stuff their crappy "Verizon Cloud" into this release than HTC's own "Backup" which is can be a lifesaver (and works with Dropbox anyway, not Verizon's Cloud). If you didn't like paying for Sunrise (or is it Sunshine? can't remember), you may not like what comes next if you take the OTA.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] misterk267:
Shouldn't be a problem if you are already S-Off though, correct? I wanna know what I'm getting into here lol
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
That's correct.. had no problem flashing custom recovery and re-rooting on newest ota/firmware.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Preston2291:
I read in Tigerstowns thread that there were 2 different uploads of the zip with 2 different md5's. I flashed the first. Is there any difference between the two?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] runandhide05:
same here no issues what so ever
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Probably not.. i just don't like it what AFH does that. I want them to match what i have.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Preston2291:
When I updated the second time through the hboot method, it got ok on all of the 8 or so items except like number 3 and it said skipped. Idk what that could be or mean.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
likely SBL partitions.. they rarely take an update.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Preston2291:
Those were it! Does that make a difference?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Not at all.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Virus:
I took the ota still have s-off already dumped and rooted it :)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] hgoldner:
Delighted to hear that. I can't imagine why I don't trust Big Red......
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] garywojdan81:
Good, it's already been confirmed that the ota patches weaksauce.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
So here's the dealio.. RUU is uploading.. Right now, you can only flash it via SD/bootloader, RUU mode does not work.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Scott:
Sweeet! NOT!

Im pretty sure that we all expected that though.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] hgoldner:
So, like I said here a few pages back, okay to flash the firmware; leave the ROM alone until Scott and others work their magic. Meanwhile, still can't figure out the ADSP anomaly; have flashed both via sdcard and RUU and still have the 38.x iteration. So be it.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Preston2291:
What anomaly are you referring to?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] hgoldner:
After flashing the firmware, my ADSP is v38.... (not repeating the rest of the digits) versus the other versions reported above. Several who had taken the HK mod which requires an ADSP update were on v44 and another user reported being on v42 without having taken the HK update. I don't think it matters; since we're all just starting with this, I just don't know what the "official" ADSP version number is supposed to be on Verizon post OTA firmware update.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Preston2291:
Ohhhhhhhhh ok. I remember hearing a little about that when I was messing with the hk mod.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] coldconfession13:
So glad it has fixes for bluetooth.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
There was no adsp image in the firmware update. Hence no update.

Would you guys like the one from the last one to revert a hk mod?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Preston2291:
I still don't understand the adsp thing. Like what it stands for or whatnot. I'm still rocking boom sound lol
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mlin:
So you'd take the ADSP from the previous release so that the current HK mod still works?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Unless a user flashes something else (HK mod etc) they should have the same ADSP that was released with the previous OTA this phone first got. If you wanted to undo the HK mod at some point you would probably want to flash back to the stock VzW ADSP.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mlin:
I see, thanks.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Scott:
38 is official Verizon

44 is initial Sprint H/K Mod

45 is current Sprint HK Mod.

Edit: There is no 42 that I am aware of... Could be wrong... If there is a 42 then it would be the initial release of Sprint ADSP and not the one I am thiking of.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Preston2291:
My bootloader shows my open dsp version is open dsp-V45.2.2
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Scott:
Oh dude, I cant believe it!!!

Been waiting all this time for the new Verizon cloud and its finally here! OMG! :victory:
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Scott:
45 is the HK mod I created.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Smoke some today lol? Riddle me this.. was THCspeak.apk always 200+mb ?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Scott:
HTCSpeak, yes, off the top of my head I want to say close to 215 Megs.

EDIT: Checked my rooted device... Its 234 Megs on 1.55 OTA.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] xsteven77x:
Can't wait for this! :)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Preston2291:
I did at one time flash one of your ROMs to test art and Harmon karden about 2 weeks ago. That might be why it changed. Time to try the hk mod then lol
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Not sure if you noticed yet but /system files increased by about 200 megs since last ota
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] krazie1:
Nvm
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Files are up in the OP....

RUU tested via SD card method. Due to the size of the system.img within, my PC either doesn't have enough **** to send it via RUU mode (it will the previous RUU) or there's some fastboot limit that's been hit.

If anyone feels like they have time to kill try RUU mode and report back. I'm not done working out that part...
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] BotFly:
downloading now to attempt ruu mode. fingers crossed. will report shortly....

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Worked like a champ using RUU Mode in fastboot via OSX. Flashed twrp as well. Much thanks!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Scott:
:(

Yeah, its the CLOUD Brother! The Cloud! Ahahaha

BTW I will be stealing your RUU to make a stock rooted as soon as I get home. (I dont have the patients to apply the update and my battery is almost dead)

Can you tell me what, if any mods you made to the RUU / DUMP?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Root. . Nothing else. ☺
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Duckman_UF:
Do you guys think this will fix my /data partition??
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Scott:
I might get ambitious and do it myself but I dont think I have the battery left.

What method do you use, dd out the block for system and the other partitions when you do this?

Or do you have access to something I dont know about?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] OneNutShort:
Trouble

I can't seem to get either method to work. When trying the SD card method, it detects the image, says loading image, the status bar on the right gets to maybe 95%, but then it just hangs. I am s-off, properly renamed the file, checked the md5, tried a different sd card, am formated fat32, and redownloaded the original file. I then attempted the fastboot method, but when I attempt to push the file I get an error saying there is not enough memory. Anyone have any suggestions?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] studiorat:
this might be a newb question, but this is pre rooted with stock recovery, can I reinstall twrp, the usual method through goo, or is there a preferred method

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What is the proper name to rename I tried the logical OP6BIMG.zip and no dice? Any help would be like totally Like awesome...ll
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] OneNutShort:
That's what I did as well, as per the OP. Glad I'm not the only one having a problem...
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] studiorat:
you tried which per OP the rename ...If so what is it?...

or the flashing of TWRP?/
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] S1L3nTShaDoWz:
All I want to do is flash the new firmware/radios/etc. I don't want the new system, data & stock recovery, what all should I remove in order to do this or can I even remove them and successfully flash it without any type of f up?

Currently I'd assume I'd need to remove the following: recovery.img & system.img and some more but i cant figure out which ones, which do I remove in order to just get what I want? (if thats possible) If it's not possible do I have any other options or am I stuck doing it all...?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] krazie1:
New 4.4.3 Firmware & Radios here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2723159
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] scott45333:
Your putting the letter O, it is the number 0 at the start. 0P6BIMG.zip
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jascolli:
Looks like you may the letter "O" P6BIMG.zip

I think it should be zero "0"P6BIMG.zipl
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] OneNutShort:
Don't think so, I downloaded the file, and then just deleted everything in the file name before the 0, I didn't actually type anything, so unless the original file was incorrectly spelled with an O...
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] RedBullet:
So, I am currently S-Off, unlocked bootload, and TWRP 2.8 running ViperOne ROM.

I assume I just run the RUU and then the RUU for TWRP 2.8?

Will my system & data be OK? Or will I have to restore or reflash ROM?

Thanks in advance!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Antny6:
Hey Dottat, what SU did you put in here? I tried re-rooting after taking ota and the binary seems shaky on all of them. SuperSU is best, but it won't let me back anything up in TiBu...

And to those of you discussing the HK mod: one thing I did notice is that the XML file does have a Harman Kardon false entry now, so that's one step out of the way in getting it going
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
You only need to flash the firmware zip in the other thread.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
I used 1.94 zip flashed from Twrp. Root has been solid for my two m8's
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] RedBullet:
Sorry, which other thread?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Nismo6921:
This one.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Antny6:
I was thinking about trying an older one. I'll check it out. Grazie.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Nismo6921:
My question is though, when you say flash that, would it be through TWRP?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] silver04v:
No. Fastboot. Read that threads directions
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] paulg1981:
Just put it on my extsd and it loaded up in hboot and started flashing but for system partition I got the error that image is too large?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
By any chance did you convert to gpe at any point?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] paulg1981:
Yes I did at one point......got an idea of how to fix it?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
So just to be clear you ran the gpe ruu?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] paulg1981:
No but I tried out Sinless's and digitalhighs versions.

Here and Here
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
OK... So do this... Flash the firmware only zip from the other thread. Then flash twrp. Boot into it and chose wipe. Advanced wipe/factory reset including /system. Reboot phone to bootloader and try your ruu again. The problem is your system partition needs returned to stock size. Let me know how you make out.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] paulg1981:
Will give it a go thanks!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Bad Bimr:
Never had to flash an RUU (coming from ODIN and Samsung). Have my M8 running Viper Rom 1.8.

What file do I flash?

Will both OPTIONS (1 & 2) wipe my phone.

Will I loose root?

Will I loose S-Off?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

BB
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] studiorat:
I did the same just deleted everything before the 0 and added.zip at the end..perhaps that's not needed
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] krazie1:
Option 1 is the best way to go

Question1. Yes both will wipe your internal storage

Question2. This RUU comes pre-rooted

Question3. No you won't lose S-Off
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] paulg1981:
Just tried it and got the same error :(

Wiped /system in twrp and booted into bootloader again...same results?

Not sure WTH is going on...

EDIT: Apparently second times the charm....worked! Thanks for your quick help!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Bad Bimr:
I'm in the same boat.

The file in the other thread is 24MB

The file in this thread is 1.7GB

A few posts above I was told the larger file is the way to go. But now I see the quoted post and am more confused.

Do they both do the same thing?

Because I am on a custom rom the smaller file (24MB from the other thread) will be better for me.

After I flash it will I need to do anything else?

Will I have to install a custom recovery again?

Thanks in advance.

BB
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Hah... It's about rebooting the phone after wiping system like that. Don't ask me why but it needs the reboot. Glad you are back to sense land.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
No. If on a custom rom you can flash the smaller one (firmware only) which will update your firmware and will not affect your rom, data, s status, or root.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
nevermind I am an idiot
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] wileout:
You said it fern lol
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fernando sor:
fricking downloaded the old ruu
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] wileout:
Well then yes sir you are an idiot lol
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] loser:
+1 for the same problem as OneNutShort. Stuck @ 95% for last 20 mins. This is my 3rd attempt by the way. I am s-off and Super CID.

Any thoughts ?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] buildable:
Well looks like I'm a OneNutShort loser too ;)

downloaded it twice, once on the device, once transferred from 'puter. Starts to load and then hangs at ~95% forever.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Flash the firmware zip in the other thread and then flash the ruu
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] buildable:
That might actually solve the 95% problem.

I ended up doing it through ADB and when I first tried to RUU the large file, it started out great and processed away like it should.. .until it failed and bitterly complained about the wrong HBOOT pre-upgrade

by this time, I'm fed up with it arguing so I installed the smaller firmware upgrade first:

renamed m8.443.firmware.zip to just firmware.zip (not sure if that makes a difference, but I was taking no chances by this time)

fastboot oem rebootRUU

fastboot flash zip firmware.zip

that went smooth as butter, so...

fastboot flash zip 0P6BIMG.zip

BAM! no issues whatsoever.

I then took the opportunity to install TWRP the same way.

So, long story short...

Fastboot RUU mode certainly does work, although you may have to upgrade the HBOOT with the smaller package first

Since that was a hold up for me in Fastboot RUU mode, I would imagine that same mismatch may have been the trouble with the fastboot flash from the SD card too, but of course it won't give you any info... just hangs.

So, perhaps if someone else who is having the 95% hang of doom can try...

load m8.443.firmware.zip to the root of the external SD card and rename to 0P6BIMG.zip

fastboot from bootloader and let it install.

restart into system and remove that file from external SD card and replace it with the lard file, again renamed to 0P6BIMG.zip

boot into bootloader and fastboot install the big file.

I suspect that will work, that's the same workaround I used through ADB...
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Actually...if you get the wrong hboot complaint you are supposed to rerun the ruu without rebooting. In your case, firmware first did the same trick.

My pc with its 8 gigs of ram just says "cannot load". Never even tries. Lol