yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlogan:
OK, sorry, I don't know anything about a fastboot getvar all. I'm still trying to wrap my head around firmware being something different than the operating system / rom that I flashed. I'm back on GPE for the time being just so I have a working phone for the workday.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmed.ismael:
ok it's written before so i won't write it again :o

here do what said in this post

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=64926362&postcount=4

run the command while the device booting into fastboot mode
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mv79590:
Thanks a lot

Thanks a lot now im good!!! :)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
A ROM is a ROM. When referring to OS or ROM, its best to just call it that.

In the past, it was common for folks to use the terms ROM synonymously with "firmware". But in fact, on this device, then saying "firmware" were are typically referring to a firmware.zip which is included in the official OTAs, RUUs which contain a collection of "modules" needed for the ROM to work (including hboot, radio, WiFi, Bluetooth, and others) but does not actually contain the ROM itself. Its probably best to erase from your mind the idea that "ROM" and "firmware" are at all the same thing, at least for this device.

To the point, is your bootloader screen background black or white? What number does it say for OS on the bootloader screen?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlogan:
It's white with green HTC and at the bottom in red a warning about developer only blah blah blah, there are no version numbers. It goes straight from that to the GPE animated splash.

If any of this helps:

Model number: HTC6525LVW

Android version: 6.0

Baseband version: 1.12.20.1211

Kernel version: 3.4.0-perf-gd7aafa47

Build number: MRA58K.H15 release-keys

I no longer have Windows on any of my machines. After the BS that is Windows 10 hit the market I went back to linux, although I believe there is an Android SDK I can install on linux. I did all my rooting and romming to date on the phone itself without the aid of a Windows PC.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrrocketdog:
not be butting in [MENTION=660462]redpoint73[/MENTION] , and i know there is a tutorial here on xda somewhere , but a quick www search found this for "mac" ;

https://htc-one.gadgethacks.com/how...-mac-os-x-send-commands-your-htc-one-0151178/

maybe would help ??

"err on the side of kindness"
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
That isn't the bootloader screen; that is the boot splash screen, and boot animation.

To get to bootloader:

1) Hold power+vol up until the phone reboots (screen will go dark). May take a minute or so in the current "stuck" situation.

2) The moment the screen goes dark to reboot, let go of the buttons, and

only

hold vol down. Do not let go until you on the bootloader screen. This screen will have a bunch of version numbers and other status indicators near the top, and the Android mascots along the bottom.

3) If you fail to get into bootloader, you simply got the timing wrong. Either you started pressing vol down too late, or let go too early. Just repeat Steps 1 and 2 until you get it right.

From there, tell us what it says for OS number.

Also, if it says s-off or s-on; and whether it says LOCKED, UNLOCKED or RELOCKED near the top of the bootloader screen.

Linux will work fine with fastboot and adb. You just need to proper fastboot/adb files (yes, you can install the whole SDK, but that is probably more than what is needed). But I'm personally not a Linux user.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlogan:
***Software satus: Modified ***

*** UNLOCKED ***

M8_WLV PVT SHIP S-OFF

CID-VZW__001

HBOOT-3.19.0.000

RADIO-1.12.20.1211

OpenDSP-v47.2.2-00564-M8974_FO.1024

OS-

eMMC-boot 2048MB

Feb 3 2015, 21:50:28.0

Under that in options if I select FASTBOOT my options are:

HBOOT

RAMDUMP

REBOOT

REBOOT FASTBOOT

POWER DOWN
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
What version TWRP?

I see you have the Verizon M8 variant, and on Lollipop firmware. However, these should work okay with Viper, I believe.

Its best to update to Verizon Marshmallow firmware, which I can't find at the moment. And it

must

be Verizon firmware, its dangerous to flash another version's firmware to the Verizon version (radio brick is possible).

Assuming the TWRP version is somewhat current (2.8.7 recommended) you might try another ROM which supports the Verizon M8, and see if it will boot.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlogan:
Is the firmware like a BIOS update, a low level instruction set before the OS loads? Like on a PC? Is that what firmware is referring to on Android?

I didn't know I was in a Viper thread, I started in an ICE Rom thread and was redirected here. I'm currently booted back with GPE Marshmallow (I guess I can still be on Lollipop firmware and boot Marshmallow), but I always end up with lagging problems with GPE and the camera is sooooo slooooooow I was just looking to try out something else.

When I flashed ICE 8.2.2 it said successful but it just hangs at the android animated splash screen indefinitely, so I went back to GPE.

When I boot into TWRP it says v2.8.5.0 at the top....how do I update it again? Do I need to flash something or can I do it from the booted phone with root?

I know, my memory sucks I haven't played with this stuff in a couple of years.

Thanks.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
My responses below in red font:
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlogan:
I really appreciate your time. So to be 100% compatible, I need to find a Marshmallow, Verizon, Sense firmware for the HTC One M8? Anyone know where to look? And I assume I flash this before flashing the ROM?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrrocketdog:
the verizon forums ?

https://xdaforums.com/verizon-htc-one-m8/development

& yes , upgrade firmware first.

"err on the side of kindness"
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wakas_razaq:
Hi! Was trying to reinstall Marshmallow via Htc Sync Manager but it failed and stopped at 42%. I kept the phone plugged in for almost an hour but no success. Finally, had to unplug it and found it unusable. Now it's stuck in a screen - perhaps bootloader or don't know what do you call it- and it's giving these things:

*** LOCKED ***

M8_ UL PVT SHIP S-OFF

CID- 11111111

HBOOT- 3.19.0.0000

RADIO- 1.29.213311491.05G

OpenDSP- v51.2.2-00593-M8974_F0.1015

OS- 6.20.531.5

eMMC-boot 2048MB

Mar 1 2016, 00:59:13.1

HBOOT

FASTBOOT

RECOVERY

FACTORY RESET

SIMLOCK

CHECK SMARTSD

IMAGE CRC

SHOW BARCODE

Somebody please suggest something.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmed.ismael:
i'm not sure what you mean by reinstall using HTC sync manager !!

did you mean RUU.exe from this page ??

http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-one-m8-t-mobile/news/

have you tried to run it again ??

this time before you trying to run it again do the following

1- press ctrl+r in your keyboard and type %temp% then press enter,a folder will be open delete all this folder content

2-run the RUU.exe to start flashing ( if it complete the flashing process then no need to continue this post )

3-once the process start go to %temp% folder again ( press ctrl+r in your keyboard and type %temp% then press enter ) this time you will see a folder contains rom.zip copy it to a new folder on desktop or anywhere

4-rename the rom.zip to 0P6BIMG.zip and put it on your external sd card ( formatted as fat 32 ) then insert the card into the device and reboot to bootloader ( hboot ) it will scan for the file and ask you to update just confirm it,a few minutes then it will ask you to reboot after flashing
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wakas_razaq:
Problem solved!

Actually i had Marshmallow installed on it but i was having issues with wifi connectivity, so i decided to install it anew and did as i mentioned earlier. Ignore my wrong usage of terminology :)

And i tried it again few hours ago and worked perfectly. Thank you for you reply.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bijilabu:
Hello..

I just replace my lcd..

when I try to start up the phone, I'm getting bootloop on htc screen.

I've managed got into TWRP recovery, but when I try to factory reset or anything else (such as wipe or flash new rom) suddenly the phone restarts and goes bootloop again.

Please help.

Thanks
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
Are you sure you reconnected everything when you put the device back together.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bijilabu:
thank you for your reply..

well, i'm quite sure of that.. at this point, just the back casing not put back yet.. but, i'll recheck it again one by one..

btw, the cpu temp is 57-61 C (read from TWRP), is that normal? i'm afraid temp is causing the loop
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wakas_razaq:
My phone was running stock Marshmallow but had problem with wifi: wifi would disconnect after 5-10 seconds. I had to turn it on every time but no success. Reset it, problem persisted. Then i had no option but to try some custom roms. So i flashed RR Marshmallow: this too had the exact same problem. Finally, i flashed Skydragon's Lollipop and wifi started working.

Seems like my device is having some compatibility issues with marshmallow. Anyone here who might have faced this issue?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
That's correct, for best compatibility with Marshmallow ROMs, I recommend to update to MM firmware. And the firmware in your case

must

be intended for the Verizon M 8.

Here is the Marshmallow Verizon firmware (instructions on how to flash also on the same post): https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62734094&postcount=2

Yes, update the firmware before flashing a ROM. Additionally, firmware will likely over-write custom recovery (TWRP) with stock recovery (this is normal for official firmware - exception being if stock recovery was removed from the firmware zip). So after updating the firmware, you'll nee to re-install TWRP (recommend version 3.0.2).
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justsomeguy007:
Thought I would ask here and see if anyone had a solution. Ok so my headphone Jack doesn't work for whatever reason. I've cleaned it with compressed air and even changed the entire port to no fix. When I plug in headphones audio plays through speakers as if my phone doesn't recognize my headphones are in. Any idea of how to fix it? I'll try any suggestion because it's been like this for a while. HTC m8 32 gb verizon. Thanks for any replies!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justsomeguy007:
Hahaha OK just thought I would post a fix in case someone else is having the same problem. Literally just take your headphones in and out of your headphone Jack until it fixes. Worked for me.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbwarfield:
I want to return a pattern-locked, SIM-card-less HTC One M8 to its owner.

I was at a food court and the person who was seating beside me left their cellphone -- an HTC One M8. The screen is locked with a 3-by-3 pattern. The locked screen says "No SIM card in phone". There is no info on the locked screen. When I plug the phone via USB to my linux computer, the file manager does show "Android phone", but the contents are hidden.

Is there some way to overcome the lock? I'm hoping that I would be able to find the contact info of the owner's friends, and then connect to the owner through a friend.

I have adb on my Linux.

I'm guessing that the phone is not rooted, doesn't have custom recovery, and doesn't have USB debugging activated.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlogan:
OK, so I made some headway. I got the android-sdk loaded on my linux box and got the firmware flashed with fastboot. Somehow I ran across Beanstalk 7, an Android 7.1 ROM for the HTC One M8 and I just wanted to see what that was all about. It worked ok, but it's a bit laggy, particularly the Google Assistant, the whole phone freezes for several seconds when I say "OK Google".

So I tried to go back to the ICE rom 8.2.2. Once again it flashed but this time instead of sticking at the android splash, it seemed to stick earlier, at the HTC splash screen. I tried S.Rom. It worked, but it's so full of HTC bloatware, and I didn't see the option to remove all that garbage like with the ICE installer. So, just for sh*ts and giggles, I tried flashing ICE again. This time, it gets past the bootloader/splash screens but as soon as it pulls up the sign-in assistant or whatever you want to call it, the wizard at startup, very briefly there's some kind of error icon in the notification bar at the top and the phone just goes black (complete and sudden shut down). I tried powering up several times, and it just keeps doing the same thing.

Any advice? or maybe another similar ROM to try? The things I'm looking for most are: battery life, performance, no bloat.

Thanks.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jafferkhan:
Best camera app for the phone?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
In my opinion, stock was always the best. Too many options, I loved it. Wish I had the same on my Nexus 6P now.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Deleting unwanted system apps is easy for Titanium Backup, which for me is a "must have" app for ROM flashing. Although there are a variety of other apps and methods to easily remove unwanted system apps.

Titanium also has a handy "freeze" option; which you can use to disable apps (before you decide to fully remove them) so you can test and make sure that disabling/removing a system app doesn't break other things. If you run into problems, simply "unfreeze" the offending app. Otherwise, you can go ahead and uninstall the system app(s) in question.

Not sure what is going on with ICE. Did you pick the Verizon option in the AROMA installer?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlogan:
Yes I made sure to pick the Verizon option.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
I tend to agree that the stock HTC camera app is better than anything else I've tried. It has an intuitive interface, lots of customization and tweaking options, and I love having the photo and video buttons always available, without extra taps or swipes. Plus, you get the Duo camera options, which is one of the main features of this phone (although a bit gimmicky).

It's been a while since I've looked much at 3rd party camera apps. But when I did, it seemed most were just for photos, and didn't have native video ability. Which for me is kind of a deal breaker, as that is a significant inconvenience.

The HTC camera app is so good; I'm surprised other phone makers haven't stolen some of the features and layout elements.

Have you tried this: https://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/themes-apps/htc-sense-6p-t3270340

The camera apps link works, although the first link is broken. But it just seems to refer to the service pack, etc. on the following (which also has a ton of other Sense apps): https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/htc-blinkfeed-plugins-devices-08-03-2015-t3049438

I haven't tried the HTC camera app on any non-HTC device. But I did install the HTC keyboard (also excellent IMO) on my NVIDIA Shield K1 tablet. Did not even require root!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a9*:
Hey there, I want to buy m8 from ali express but it is showing two models, one is eu version and another is us version, which is good for development plz tell me :)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ckpv5:
If you're a developer, any of them is good for developments because it's up to you what you want to develop.

If you're a user and don't develop ROM and you're not is US, take the EU one.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a9*:
I have been porting roms like flyme, miui and sailfish for moto g2 but i planning to switch my device and when i saw Ali express it showed two variants , one was eu 16gb and another was us 32gb. Ofcourse it will take time for me to know about the device. So please help me , if you were in position which version would you have chosen if you only use it as a daily driver and flashing "custom roms"
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmed.ismael:
If the us one is cdma and you live out side the us then take the eu,If you live in the us and can handle a cdma device then take it ( 32 GB is a good choice )

The gsm device is a good choice

Based in where you live choose
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a9*:
Its gsm and 4g bro, already unlocked phone

---------- Post added at 07:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:23 AM ----------

Would work in any country and I'm from India
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmed.ismael:
i think you already decided which one you will have

all the m8 variants supporting LTE/4G

( AFAIK every variant support some bands based on where it's market )
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a9*:
???? My mind has said to buy 32 gb but as i said the development, i saw on thread some at and t mobile, verizon, sprint , which is confusing me :/
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmed.ismael:
Verizon and sprint is a special devices ( both are CDMA and both are different )

so if i have to choose i won't choose one of those ( and that's my opinion,maybe yours is different )

AT&T is GSM but uses a special network also ( if i'm not mistaken )

and for a 25 USD ( sunshine payment to s-off the device ) you can do anything with this device ( specially if the device is GSM ) like you can flash a different firmware that include a radio supporting a specific LTE band ( some times this doesn't work but in most of the time it work )

s-off = security off

( HTC's security implementation on their devices,by default it's s-on )

i can't make a choice for you

but i can help you with some information about the device ( links for threads and posts in this forum )
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a9*:
Ok thanks and one last question so the us version 32gb model is the standard m8 phone ?

---------- Post added at 09:23 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:58 AM ----------

If it is not cdma!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
My advice is keep away from CDMA. You have limited ROMs and support for this device and being in India, I would think probably very little support at all for CDMA. GSM device can be used anywhere.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a9*:
Yep true af!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Bear in mind, that having support for GSM (and LTE, for that matter) does

not

exclude it being a CDMA variant. "CDMA" variant simply means it supports CDMA in addition to GSM, HSPA, and LTE.

We've seen a number of Sprint/Verizon CDMA M8 variants being passed off as "unlocked/unbranded". So without any specific info about the device besides "US" version, we can't know for sure if its not one of the CDMA version. Any info on the model number, or if it's AT&T, T-Mobile, etc.?

Additionally, if its the Verizon version, and not already s-off, you will have to s-off the device ($25 US by sunshine app) if you want to unlock the bootloader and/or root. The Verizon version in particular, is blocked from normal bootloader unlock by HTCDev.com.

All other versions can't be bootloader unlocked by HTCDev.com at no charge.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jafferkhan:
I've got an unrooted m8, I've noticed it won't turn off if I double tap even though the gesture is enabled.. It turns on perfectly, it's Jst too troublesome to turn it off while driving since I use navigation a lot. Any solution would be great since I'm new to HTC

Thanks
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a9*:
Ok let me check what says the Ali express details of the phone bro
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a9*:
Wcdma stands for 3g, gsm for 2g and lte for 4g. So i guess this is not a cdma handset ???
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Maybe, maybe not. I wouldn't rely on that. They might be intentionally omitting the mention of CDMA, since nobody really uses it, expect the US carriers (Sprint, Verizon) and they can get more sales that way.

Unless there is a significant price difference, I'd go with the Euro version. By definition, it should not be CDMA. Although I see in your past post, that the Euro one is only 16 GB, which is kind of a joke as far as storage these days, IMO.

Even if the US version is cheaper, one has to wonder why it

's

cheaper. Such as the fact, that they are trying to pass of Verizon/Sprint versions as "unbranded" or "GSM".
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a9*:
True bro i have contacted the seller, i wanted to buy the us version just because it had higher rom space of 32 gb, if turns out to be cdma then i will standard 16gb m8 which also on sale in Ali express :)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Yeah, I saw in your previous post that the Euro version is only 16 GB (edited my last post after you read it). 16 GB is kind of a joke for storage these days. So I can see why you want the US (32 GB) version.

I guess us Americans tend to store a lot more crap on our phones, lol.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmed.ismael:
That's not an option in the stock rom ( or you use a custom launcher ? )

However you can add a fourth button to the navigation bar to turn off the display
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a9*:
With the incoming of Donal trump there's more too???
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jon Olita:
Hey guys, I'm facing lock screen gestures not working randomly. Without reboot, starts working every now and then so I'm thinking of using RUU/FUU in order to fix it. Does anyone how to do it so I won't loose s off or unlocked boot loader , root etc?

Read about it on the venom page but not quite sure how to proceed.

Thank you
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
RUU/FUU won't affect s-off.

RUU,FUU also won't affect bootloader unlocked. And with s-off you can run RUU,FUU with bootloader unlocked (with s-on, you need to relock the bootloader to run RUU. Not necessary for s-off).

There is no way to keep root with RUU. The whole point of the RUU, is that it restores a complete factory image. Meaning it re-writes all partitions to stock; which will remove root.

After RUU, you can simply flash TWRP back to the phone, and root again.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jon Olita:
That's cool!

Thank you!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasterMarius:
Hy I have an HTC M8 with this specs

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.29.214500021.12G

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 6.12.401.4

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON

(bootloader) serialno: SH44JWM****

(bootloader) imei: 358714059894***

(bootloader) imei2: Not Support

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product: m8_ul

(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974

(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B10000

(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__E11

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 76df2b54

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

[IMG="Before my intervention"] https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B93yqSIaVaLAUVdWRmFGdGdXNzdUVWNxNHpMVks3d1pCbC1J

[IMG="After what I did wit it"] https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B93yqSIaVaLANy1uV1pLRWY4WkRhQ2ZvSFFCREhYM2t6LXpB

How do I do the S-off and a factory reset

Succeeded to install another ROM "[ROM][Jul 28][#024] Blues* GPE 5.07.1700.15 MRA58K.H15 " throw recovery but still I need to do a return to stock and a root
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Einwod:
S-OFF can only be achieved with sunshine which costs 25 $. Well worth it. To return to stock you need the correct ruu.zip that matches your firmware version. If you have fully converted to gpe, it will be more difficult as the partition sizes are different. Rooting is easy, just flash twrp and SuperSU.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasterMarius:
How do I change the language of the phone when it is not in the menu. (With adb push ?)

Where do I find my language to install it on my phone?

THX