yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grale:
I am having a hard time restoring my phone to stock for a warranty return.

Basically i can't find a Orang001 RUU restore file, i don't think one exists! I have found a CWM recovery file, however when restoring it just hangs at the HTC logo and won't reboot.

I'm starting to think i will have to give up.

Is there any advise you can give to restore my phone??
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squabbi:
Have you tried factory resetting your phone then restoring?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grale:
Sorry i typed this out quickly this morning.

I am S-OFF / Unlocked ect.. Running Android HD rom. I have no backup of the original rom.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stovie_steve:
I made this guide a while back - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2519259

For myself it was returning to complete stock 02 UK. There was no RUU for me either

http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/m7-cwm-nandroid-backup-cid-orang001-1-28-61-7-2013-04-22-zip/ this is an earlier nandroid version for Orange

Try the steps on my thread and hope they work for you. I would leave the phone as s off though. When changing your CID back to Orange ORANG001
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squabbi:
Thats fine! ;)

No need for the original rom, you said you found a cwm restore file. Did you try factory resetting then doing the cwm restore? :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grale:
Stovie_steve, this looks likes just what i need!!

4. Downgrade hboot to 1.44 from sneakyghost http://d-h.st/qfc:

The link is down buddy, any other links for that?? :good:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stovie_steve:
Not surprised the Link is down - I made that post ages ago and should probably update it...

http://www.htc1guru.com/dld/1-29-401-12_hboot_1-44-zip/
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grale:
I'm up to:

5. Downloaded RUU_M7_UL_JB_50_HTC_Europe_1.28.401.7_Radio_4A.13. 3231.27_10.31.1131.05_release_310878_signed from thanks to crushalot, http://d-h.st/Gt8. This will reset the phone back to complete stock, but not stock for the original CID O2___001

6. Reboot into bootloader and fastboot oem writecid O2___001 followed by fastboot oem writesecureflag 3. This will return to S-ON but it will be reobtained again in a few minutes ****NOTE I DID THIS STEP TO S-ON BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE NECESSARY****

No 5. I take it i just run the RUU and install then No 6. instead of writing CID O2___001 i write my original ORANG001 ?

Thanks for your help so far, much appreciated :good:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stovie_steve:
Yeah thats right. If you check the thread again I've cleaned it up a bit. Anywhere I've mentioned O2 you just substitute it for ORANG001 :P

Any problems just get back to me!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grale:
Just a quick one. I've gone through to no.6. I have installed the orang001 nand and i am ready to reboot, however it is saying:

Root access is missing. Root device?

THIS CAN NOT BE UNDONE.

Which should i choose??

No.

Yes. Root device (/system/xbin/su)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stovie_steve:
You can choose yes and continue as normal. Once you reboot, just to be sure re-run revone, and run the remove TAMPERED command and make sure the bootloader is UNLOCKED
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grale:
Thank you. I've spent 4 days pulling my hair out!!

Everything is back to stock now.. Fingers crossed it makes it through the warranty checks :eek:

Thanks again, you are awesome :D
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stovie_steve:
No problem, you're welcome :) save the page as a bookmark for future reference to get back to stock again :P I recommend not OTA'ing right all the way up to the latest hboot as its much harder to obtain s off on later hboots!

Enjoy stock!
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] alexfendi:
Hi guys,

I was wondering..... can we delete the content of the extended rom and use it as extra storage space like the xda mini?
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] EazyVG:
There is a trick to get extra ~10MB via registry hack on Extended_ROM2.

Do a search on this forum to find that post, as I found it here.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] dodo-dk:
This is not possible, with the Unlock Tools you can only view the files, but the extended rom is protected. You can test it!!!

(Sorry for my bad english)
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] meschle:
There are no tools to unlock the artemis external rom at the moment - if you mess with it with the reg edits and tools on the forum you risk loosing the contents of the external rom or the whole external rom may become corrupt so needing a reflash - so beware. On my inspection of the external rom i believe its only 2mb (i may be wrong) in the orbit not sure about the other models so not much to gain anyhow.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] dodo-dk:
it is bigger than 2mb, because the German O2 Extenden Rom (you can find it in ftp) is 4,6mb.

i belive its 7-10mb
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] alexfendi:
only 7 to 10 mb? i cant believe they loaded loaded 20 plus mb of sh*# on the mini with less storage.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] DonQuichotte:
Hello!

From what I assume the Ext_ROM is about 16 Mb. When you look in Settings -> System -> Memory on the left side it shows Total 48 Mb (Datastorage? mine is german!). So its likely the entire storage is 64 Mb, ~48 Mb Data and ~16 Mb Ext_ROM.
[P3300, MDA Compact III General] sammis:
On the T-Mobile MDA the extended rom is less than 2mb of which only 400k is used.
[Android General] 3's&7's:
I was curious about the Snapdragon 810 adoption next year as I would imagine all 2015 flagships will fly one.

Jason Cross wrote a really straightforward piece on 64-bit / ARM 8 architecture:

http://www.greenbot.com/article/2686007/why-you-will-and-won-t-want-a-64-bit-android-phone.html
[LG G Watch] ykphuah:
What's the bottom dial in the classic watch face showing? Its always at 9 o clock for me.
[LG G Watch] Altadroid:
That's the month.
[LG G Watch] ykphuah:
Thanks! Its been a long long time since I have used a watch!
[One (M8) General] exocetdj:
extremely well put out guide mate :) :good:

Maybe worth merging this with other thread so people have it all in one place?

One post for original method and then the next for this one? both brilliantly relevant :)
[One (M8) General] syntropic:
Is there a guide to get the Google Drive offer? I only saw various threads discussing it and threads explaining how to get back to stock...or Scotty1223's method to lock the bootloader.

I wouldn't have compiled a complete guide if there was one already. I hope I didn't miss it.

I started one in the other thread...but it was just a post in the third page of a thread discussing the Drive offer and discussing ways to get it (like contacting HTC, etc. (But thank you for reminding me-- I really should link that post to this thread since the guide in that post is old).

Let me know where the other guide is and I will try to get them merged or linked or something.
[One (M8) General] exocetdj:
HERE is is

They are about the same thing, may be better if everything is in the same place. have a word with the OP and see what he thinks then ask a mod, they should be able to help out :)
[One (M8) General] benj!:
I got the 'not applicable due to tampering' error, but not going to bother with the hassle of relocking the bootloader. I probably would be interested in this offer if my BT Broadband wasn't so utterly dreadful that uploading anything takes a lifetime.

The offer's two years would be up by the time I'd finished uploading this year's holiday snaps :P
[One (M8) General] syntropic:
That's just a thread debating ways some people were able to get it... Posts point to threads to lock the bootloader, and other posts state the tampered banner needs to be removed but no links.... It's a mess for anyone that doesn't understand what all needs to be done, nor how to do it.

That's why I compiled the thread here...it takes all the endless discussions, and just condenses it into a straightforward sequence of steps to get it.
[One (M8) General] exocetdj:
Fair point, as u were soldier!!!! :D:good:
[One (M8) General] nomisunrider:
Save yourself all this time/effort. Just chat with HTC support on their website. Takes less than 5 minutes and they email you a link to activate the extra space. I did this for both my phone and my wife's phone, when they had been unlocked for months already.
[One (M8) General] WTFunk:
I was able to redeem the offer rather quickly, followed your directions, installed a stock rom, redeemed the promotion and nandroid back to Venom within 30 minutes. Mostly because I was reading like an idiot (totally exhausted from work.)

Thanks.
[One (M8) General] syntropic:
I think its luck of the draw... when this happened to me... I read everywhere, and out of everyone I spoke to who had to go to HTC because they couldn't redeem it through the Drive app, about 15% of them chatted with an HTC rep who either: (a) never asked them a single question and just sent them an email with a promo code link; (b) asked them to confirm that the caller "has not unlocked the bootloader or rooted their phone" (in which case the caller would need to lie and say "no sir! I would never do something foolish like that" and then get the email with the promo code), or (c) the rep asked them their IMEI, then said in a wry voice "I see you requested a bootloader unlock token...." (almost as if the rep was leading the caller to admit he unlocked the bootloader—and if he did...no promo).

The other 85% (who for the most part unlocked their bootloader using HTCDev) could not get the Drive deal because HTC had it on file they requested an unlock token... and in most of these cases, HTC was resolute on the offer being ineligible for those who unlocked their BL.

Given those odds—and the fear of choking if I called/chatted with HTC and had to lie—I opted to take the above steps and create a guide for anyone who needed it. Trust me... I would not have bothered to make it if it sounded like it was simple matter of contacting HTC.
[One (M8) General] AmbitiousDonut:
I was debating going through all of this to get the offer since I'm cheap and don't want to pay for dropbox right now.

I did the online chat, and they didn't ask me any questions. I just said I tried to do it over crappy wifi connection early and it failed and now it won't redeem.

I have a Verizon edition however, so I can't unlock with HTC dev which is likely why I didn't get asked questions. My backup was to say something stupid like "unlock....? Like with my SIM code? Or the lockscreen code? Yea, I did that."

Fortunately they didn't ask and were really nice. But thanks for this guide; i was about to switch ROMs so I had just made a nandroid and was about to try and get it to redeem the hard way.

If you have Verizon or used Sunshine (or similar) I would try their support first.
[One (M8) General] kamold:
Thanks very much for taking the time to write this guide.

In my case I was also just able to get in touch with HTC via chat and give them my IMEI, no need to relock, revert to stock etc.
[One (M8) General] kartik.kayz:
I lost my 65gb free storage. Is there anyway to recover it?
[One (M8) General] adotkdotjh:
Interesting. I was one of those who unlocked the bootloader through HTCDev. I called HTC, the rep asked for my IMEI number, and I got the activation email within 5 minutes. No mention of unlocked bootloaders. I guess it really depends on how laid back the rep is.
[One (M8) General] syntropic:
Who knows too if there has been an internal policy change? HTC's website (I can't remember where) states that you are not eligible for the storage if you unlocked your bootloader. About a month ago, the threads I saw on this topic were more of a warning to get it first and then root or else you can't get it.

But since this phone has been out for 6 months and a lot of upfront costs are reduced (for me, I paid $0 to get it under TMO), a lot more people are getting this phone.

Plus Google changed the promo from 65GB to 100GB about a month ago...so it's possible that HTC has encountered higher-than-expected number of purchasers who unlocked the bootloader and also want the Google Drive storage. And maybe recently they have decided relax their restrictions... I am sure that those who were told no were angry. I know that had I ended up calling/chatting with HTC and they said "sorry, you unlocked your bootloader", I would have been very upset.
[One (M8) General] adotkdotjh:
Yeah policy change could definitely happened. Then again, I was dealing with HTC Canada, so that may have been the difference. I didn't even know the offer was changed to 100GB. Htc advantage website still said 65gb when I called htc to redeem the offer several weeks ago, and when I saw they gave me 100gb, I thought the extra space was their way of saying "sorry for trouble".
[One (M8) General] LibertyMonger:
Just got my 100gb free through HTC chat. Very easy just needed my name phone number and email address :good:

Congratulations!

+100GB

added for 2 years

Go to Google Drive

But this guide is very much appreciated i was just hoping I wouldn't have to go this route. Thank you very much for taking the time to share
[One (M8) General] Antilope:
Less work necessary for me

i followed your great guide to redeem the Drive's extra space successfully however i only had to do the:

TEMPERED OUT Removed

UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER Removed

Running Viper without many stock apps

So i avoided all the returning to stock rom and nandroid backup.

Thanks again man :)
[One (M8) General] pastynko:
Hello,

thanks for this write-up! All you need to do is remove TAMPERED flag and LOCK bootloader. There is no need to go back to stock ;)

Thanks one more time!
[One (M8) General] maarawoe:
I was also able to get the offer after contacting the htc support via the live chat.

I didn't bothered with getting back to stock or anything - I just pinged them, was asked for my serial etc. and got an offer email with my 100GB.

No word about the htc dev token I have requested etc. - after about 3 minutes I received email stating that:

Based on your ticket ##TicketNumber## we have increased the storage space for your Google Drive account. In order to access the additional space, please visit the website via the link listed below.

and with the activation link...

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True - on my M7, it was all about the locked bootloader....
[One (M8) General] fallnSaint:
Quick question, does this actually lock the device or does it simply change the unlock flag? If it does lock it, what it's the best way to unlock again?

Sent from my M8 Pro
[One (M8) General] maarawoe:
Best is to rewrite the flag - there are 2 threads - one for remowing the tampered flag and second for locking the bootloader.

Once you are s-off you can lock and unlock the bootloader how many times you want using simple commands.
[One (M8) General] chegeluuv:
Thanks for the guide. I'm on S-ON so I first decided to try HTC CHAT Support and they activated my 100gb in like 5 mins using an email link which was so helpful. I'm sure I'll get round to testing what you've detailed sooner or later.
[One (M8) General] fallnSaint:
Thanks for clarifying, I'm already s-off and it works perfectly.

I tried HTC Chat and received an email link that sent me to Google but it claimed I already received the storage. re-lock was the only way to get it.

Sent from my M8 Pro
[One (M8) General] LeeC:
I'm s-off with unlocked bootloader and the google link worked fine. Now I have 100G:good:

And I got UNLIMITED space from my university alumni account :D
[One (M8) General] gopin:
Just got my link from HTC support. No need to modify my unlocked bootloader, s-off phone.

Thanks for the guide though. Was about to go with it if HTC had not given me a link.

Edit: bootloader relock nesessary. it did not work with unlocked bootloader.
[One (M8) General] Miramontes:
Code redeemed before unlocking

I redeemed the code before unlocked and had no trouble, it gave me error after I installed the first custom rom but the space was already available on my google drive. :D
[One (M8) General] downwiththebanksters:
I just used tunnelbear (just to make sure no glitches) to log into the HTC support chat app on the US HTC site from Taiwan, told the guy I couldn't get the upgrade. We chatted about my christmas present (and Oppo 105D) and I simply gave him my IMEI, and an old landline # from our Palm Beach condo and I got the email with 100GB. He never asked about unlocked bootloaders.
[One (M8) General] lenthele:
Thx, worked liked charm!! I'm on the GPE 5.0.1 Stock Rom (Fully converted).I Removed the "Tampered" Logo, "Locked" the bootloader and uninstalled the Google Drive updates. No issues there :)
[One (M8) General] Santa-Claus:
worked great - even without going back to stock. I am on ARHD 22.1 and stayed there. I only followed the steps to remove the "tampered", locked again the bootloader, uninstalled the google drive app and .... bang - redeemed the 100 GB :p

Thx for this great tutorial :o
[One (M8) General] khan1989:
Worked Like a Charm

When I obtained S-OFF I cleared the TAMPERED LOGO there and then, but left my boot loader unlocked.

Followed your guide and locked my bootloader and was able to get my 100 GB! Currently on 125 GB NOW!

I'm on 5.0.1 GPE Rooted with the SD write mod applied.

Thanks!
[One (M8) General] klbjr:
Just did this and all I had to do was go to HTC Chat, give the rep my model, carrier & serial number and I received the email link in less than a min.
[One (M8) General] Op3a:
The offer is for a limited time, or you will have the 100gb forever?

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But you follow the first page guide right?
[One (M8) General] klbjr:
I believe the promo is for 2 years and no. I didn't follow the guide. I'm still S-Off, unlocked. I flashed firmware with No Red Text but did that months ago and my Hboot still says Unlocked. They didn't even ask any of that. I went to this site http://www.htc.com/us/contact/chat/ right from my phone, told them I missed the Google Drive promo, they asked my serial number & a minute later I get the email link. No going back to stock or flashing anything extra. I was running LeeDroid at the time.
[One (M8) General] epsix:
If you relock bootloader, then how do you unlocked once you get the promo?
[One (M8) General] muzza19751975:
just email htc !

I told them i had unlocked and rooted the phone ( thanks to htc ) and they sent me a link with the activation. Took me all of 5 mins in total:)
[One (M8) General] epsix:
I try live chat with htc 2x they wouldn't give me my promo.
[One (M8) General] klbjr:
Really? Maybe you should try again. 3rd time might be the charm. Did you use Live Chat in the US or another country? I had no problems when I did it
[One (M8) General] epsix:
US
[One (M8) General] FrickDude:
Thank you so much for the guide. I started the first couple steps and decicded to try live chatting real quick with HTC before doing all this work. I was able to get the 100 GB from the live chatting. I'm sorry that you were unable to but it worked for me. Thanks for all your work in creating the walkthrough. Here's how I went about it.

Live chatted with them HERE

Filled out info and gave IMEI

they verified that the promotional offer wasn't listed on your devices Google Drive>Settings>Upgrade Storage

Then they fill out a ticket and you should receive an email with a link to redeem the offer in.

It all worked out for me this way!
[One (M8) General] Logos Ascetic:
Promotion is over
[One (M8) General] Phalangioides:
Thank you Captain Obvious.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulianMarku97:
Hi all, recently my google chrome keep crashing after few minutes of use, in these few minutes it laggs too much, first time this happened when I flashed cm11 by novafusion, now I'm on carbon ROM by flo but it keeps crashing. Someone else had this issue? Sorry for my english.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
Chrome is RAM eater, use some other browser. Probably RAM gets full, and trigers that error.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TPD-21:
Hi ... "Google Chrome Application" always raced like the wind while surfing on my device. Right now I'm also using the CM11 by NF <the last build> (For While Time, perhaps :D). And everything is fine. Try using GAPPS Pico. But first, I suggest you do the cleaning installan. Then flash the ROM and GAPPS like that I mean. Good luck. :)
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulianMarku97:
Yes, for the moment i'm using firefox, i works almost well, but i prefer chrome because is syncronized with my pc google chrome, btw i have much free ram, dont know is this is the problem

I always used pa gapps, and when updating roms o changing rom i always do a full wipe, but i will try to go back to CM11 20140614 by TeamCanjica when i had no issue with chrome.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TPD-21:
Maybe you want to see the new look of the site novafusion.pl. Yes, that is the look of Google Chrome on the last build CM11 ROM by NF on my device. Without lag and freezing when operated.

Ps. It is not a advertising... :D
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
You are sure that you are not geting any cent from this? :cool: :D :D :D
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TPD-21:
I think yes .. Senior. Because he doesn't ever give me a dime for this. Unless some ROM updates that make my heart beat a little-strong. :D
[Moto X Accessories] Mahesh8348:
Hi,

can any one suggest what is the good cases for moto x in india below Rs.1500?
[Moto X Accessories] devilsdouble:
What types of case are you looking at? Leather? Bumper? Back cover only?

You can go for the Case Mate Naked, it was available on Flipkart last time I checked.

I like the looks of this one, not sure about that brand though, http://www.ebay.in/itm/BASEUS-For-M...N_Mobile_Accessories&var=&hash=item461ceb21e5
[General Questions and Answers] Flying snail:
I am kind fo new here.

So could anyone tell me how to link to specific floor (#n) on the contents??

so that others who would go straight to the floor by clicking it !
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yashshan:
What's ur free ram?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariciselman:
Usually 1.1 Gb
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CCody:
Same here, free ram around 1.1 gb
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mashed_Potatoes:
Same as these guys above
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Planterz:
Yep. Running LiquidSmooth or SlimKat or Carbon, typically just over a gig free. According to Clean Master or CPU-Z.
[Android Apps and Games] wshwshaqua:
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[Android Apps and Games] zonzon07:
Not bad, I'll try it.

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[Android Apps and Games] sarahhus:
Great Job

It's funny :o:good:
[Android Apps and Games] JJ_Cat:
Power of Magic!

yeah! the magic and pet is so addictive, really fun game!
[Android Apps and Games] AquaGo:
I love this art style, special game

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[Android Apps and Games] marlove:
Nice game, I really like it!
[Android Apps and Games] huteri:
It seems like a great game. Will try it out
[Android Apps and Games] aurel2152:
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