yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexikhan:
I am non-rooted, and I will download the rooted one for the future if ever need it.

but is there a thread on how to root, a stock 5.0 of HTC M8 or it is the same process than for nexus.

---------- Post added at 03:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:10 PM ----------

After I updated with the OTA and everythign working fine, but I just have an issue unless it has changed on lollipop,

When I boot into the bootloader and then go to the Stock recovery I get to the dead android screen, then I try to do the up volume and power but I do not get to the options of the recovery, has that changed on how to get to them?

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Yes I am replying to my own thread, But well I was able to get to the Stock recovery menu instead of the sequence of push volume up and then power, I got to it by push volume + power at the same time.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jg7:
Flashed the rooted 5.0.1 RUU via HBOOT and everything works perfectly. Big thank you graffixnyc!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xcutz:
Sense to gpe 5.0.1 conversion

Hi,

Just got my htc one m8 at&t, the phone is rooted, bootloader unlocked, custom recover (twrp) and s-off.

Can I directly convert to gpe with the 5.0.1 or should I first convert to 4.4.4 and then upgrade?

Could I just install a twrp backup of lollipop 5.0.1? What would be the benefits of a full conversion?

Thank you,
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iPhotoDroid:
Flash bootloader, firmware before RUU

Do I need to flash bootloader, firmware before flashing RUU? I intend to use non rooted RUU.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghalbehamed:
ota update error

hi.

my device htc m8 convert to gpe.

download ota update 5.0.1 with device (settings - About phone - system updates) but after download and reboot to stock recovery for install but error!!!

htc m8 gpe 4.4.4 rooted

unloack boot loader

stock recovery

cidnum: GOOGL001

mid : 0P6B17000

help! :)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaXsPoT:
Hello everyone, I have a little problem here.

So I have downloaded the RUU.zip and the phone is already S-off.

I have changed the CID and MID in the android-information.txt to match the one in my phone (it was HTC__J15)

I have followed the steps and flashed it, but after rebooting the phone is stuck in the fastboot screen and won't boot.

Any ideas on how to fix this.

The phone is an HTC M8 -dual sim edition.

Thanks.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iPhotoDroid:
Converted to 4.4.4 GPE - OTA update

About 3 weeks ago, I converted my HTC One M8 to 4.4.4 GPE from stock AT&T. Have S-OFF, GOOGL001 as CID, 0P6B12000 as MID.

I dont have stock recovery, but have TWRP.

I was expecting OTA update come through system update, but havent gotten in yet.

Is it reasonable to expect them?

Other getvar details are

version-bootloader: 3.18.0.0000

version-baseband: 1.14.21331931.LA02

version-cpld: None

version-microp: None

version-main: 2.12.1700.1

version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF

imei2: Not Support

meid: 00000000000000

product: m8_ul_ca

platform: hTCBmsm8974

modelid: 0P6B12000

cidnum: GOOGL001

battery-status: good

battery-voltage: 0mV

partition-layout: Generic

security: off

build-mode: SHIP

boot-mode: FASTBOOT

commitno-bootloader: 6e0f5a3d

hbootpreupdate: 11
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sliparoon:
This thread is literally why I registered an account and why I bought an M8.

Thanks a lot for the work you put into this!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriz13:
Help Htc one m8 GPE Conversion

I tried converting my HTC ONE M8 to GPE. It was successful until it tried to reboot. It rebooted onto fastboot. But the background is black with the android robot on the bottom of the screen. i tried ruu but it didnt work. Any help? Please?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iPhotoDroid:
Updated OTA, worked great

Thanks for posting the OTA file.

I followed slightly different path to install. I was on 4.4.4 RUU and had S-OFF, unlocked bootloader and TWRP.

Extracted stock recovery from 4.4.4 and flashed stock recovery.

Renamed downlaoded OTA zip to update.zip and copied to InternalStorage.

Rebooted in stock recovery and flashed OTA from InternalStorage.

It did ask me to reboot once to upgrade firmware - had to press Power button on already selected System Reboot option.

It restarted twice and the flashing process was complete.

It indeed was smooth and took about 9 minutes to finish.

Big thanks to graffixnyc for the files and this thread.

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Software status: Official

*** UNLOCKED ***

M8_UI_CA PVT SHIP S_OFF

CID-GOOGL001

HBOOT - 3.19.0.0000

RADIO-1.21.213311491.A04G

OpenDSP-v4.2.2.-005640M8974_F0.1024

OS-3.11.1700.5

eMMC-boot 2048MB

--

Software status = Official was a surprise, did not expect that.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HabueN:
Hi.

Did the conversion to 4.4.4 earlier tody, and got a message about the 5.0.1 update, but i forgot to do something on the sense room, so i restored it and did a backup etc. And than when i converted back to 4.4.4 again, i dont get the 5.0.1 update. Any idea?

Thanks
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matija1900:
remote: 24 parsing android-info fail

Hi!

I have a converted htc one m8 gpe android 4.4.4. Since it is asian version i needed to flash Hong Kong radio. The problem is now with lollipop ota rolling out i didn't get it. I tried manual ota but build keys don't match up and it will not apply the update. It says i have android 4.4.3 even thow ih have 4.4.4.

Then i tried to flash gpe radio back thinking the hk one was causing problems using ruu and got eroror remote: 24 parsing android-info fail. I tryed to flash the whole 5.0.1 ruu and got the same error. Even when i tryed to flash 4.4.3 ruu (the same one i flashed half a year ago) I got the same error.

Any ideas what it means? Please help.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dragonswithin:
Question why would anyone want to get the ota and not just flash the 5.0.1 RUU? I was able to do the ota but had issues and ended up using the RUU anyway.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] makeitra1n:
no connection network

hello guys! i got a problem. after i hotbooted everything and my phone rebooted, I have no network connection (mobile connection) also manually searching doesnt work... any suggestions?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nathbullen:
Downloads Fail

Whenever I try to download the RRU from the OP's website, it downloads really slowly (15kb/s) and then fails due to an 'unexpected network error'. Is there anywhere else I can download this RRU from? Somewhere like Mega?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
My understanding is the RUU formats all your partitions, cache, boot, recovery, etc. So retaining apps and data is not possible. So if you're on 444 GPe you just side load the OTA.

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I flashed the rooted RUU on my phone and everything is running fine, do I also need to flash the firmware?

My understanding was that this is already inside the RUU, no?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daniel2744:
quick question for you all, ever since updating to lollipop and rooting my converted m8 gpe have anyone noticed that when some apps or menus it will not let you do a change. for example, i can't grant root access to apps because when i tap on "ok" it doesn't do anything but the cancel option works just fine. another example, i want to turn on accessibility for my pebble but it will not let me choose "ok" my brother is also having this problem on his OnePlus One so I know i'm crazy lol. any help would be great thanks.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
As far as root goes I was able to grant it to titanium backup just fine, after installing the rooted RUU. But that's all I really use root for, can't comment on any other app. Is it any app or just the one?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
Yes the RUU includes the firmware and stock recovery and bootloader
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daniel2744:
alright so far it was been for any app asking for root access and changing some system settings on the menus. i updated by using the OTA zip and installing it. maybe with i used the rooted RUU, this problem wont happen?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
I read somewhere from another user that he had issues with the OTA zip. Are you updating from the 4.4.4 GPe?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daniel2744:
yes i am
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
And you manually rooted it after the update? Because you'd have to.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daniel2744:
yeah thats what i did. however I decided to flash the rooted RUU file and the problem went away. Thanks for your help :)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
I would bring that to the attention of graffixnyc.

I got a question for you. Does your M8 have the cid changed and have a valid mid? If so, were you not prompted with the OTA update direct from Google?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daniel2744:
yeah everything is correct. I was at work the morning the update was released and instead of waiting to get it since I was completely stock I decided to sideload the OTA. I will let him know. i haven't seen others with this problem but idk if i have looked hard enough for it.

I have another question for you. I don't know if you use google play movies at all but i have noticed that my HD content does not play on the M8 regardless of whether i'm on sense or converted GPE. do you happen to know anything about this?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
I saw another user in the other form complain about the OTA. So perhaps something is off with that file, who knows.

Your HD problem sounds odd. It's definitively not software related as I'm able to stream hd content from play. Could it be your provider restricting content? Did you check your settings in play movies to mange sure the SD quality is not ticked off?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daniel2744:
yeah could be a problem with the OTA. well i have it so it plays HD. I had this same problem last year with the M7. I'm on T-Mobile USA so it could be them doing something. Its just annoying since I buy the HD stuff since i use my shield tablet and chromecast also. but its probably them doing something. oh well. thanks for the fast responses.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liquience:
Apologies for a somewhat basic question, but I'm new to this.

My device is currently running 4.4.2 (from the RUU HTC provides), I'm using the latest TWRP recovery (2.8.1.0), and I have root and S-OFF (via Sunshine). Here's the details:

(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) [B]version-bootloader: 3.16.0.0000[/B]
(bootloader) [B]version-baseband: 1.16.21331931.LA11G[/B]
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) [B]version-main: 1.58.502.1[/B]
(bootloader) [B]version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF[/B]
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m8_ul_ca
(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974
(bootloader) [B]modelid: 0P6B12000[/B]
(bootloader) [B]cidnum: CWS__001[/B]

Here are my questions:

Am I in a state where I can currently flash this RUU? Do I need to update the firmware or bootloader first? Does the RUU automatically do that for me? Lastly, do I update the CID to GOOGL001 after I've flashed the RUU or before? The OP states the CID needs to be changed before the OTA updates occur, but I'm not 100% clear if it means OTA updates after flashing to 5.0.1, or that the "OTA" is applied as part of the RUU... Sorry, just a little confused as to how RUU and OTA relate.

Thanks for the post. Huge help. Will be throwing a few bucks your way.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
Yes you're in a state where you can flash the RUU, your MID and CID match the list. The RUU will wipe all your data, and recreate your partitions, so back up.

For OTA updates to work your CID needs to reflect the GPe CID. I'm not 100% sure if there are multiple GPe CIDs so I changed mine to the obvious one GOOGL001, to be on the safe side. I did this right before flashing.

It refers to future OTA updates, anything after 5.0.1.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liquience:
Beautiful, thanks a ton for the quick response. Your comment about OTA updates did make me wonder about something though: If I install the stock rooted RUU, will that interfere with future OTA updates?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
I'm not sure about that, I used to have a rooted Nexus 4 and it received OTA updates, it would just remove the root. I guess it depends if it's kernel level or not. Personally I think it will, otherwise OP wouldn't post it. So yes, I believe so, I flashed the root one myself.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RNSJNA:
Do i really need to be S-off?

Will this work if I flash and dont have s-off?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
No
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liquience:
Thanks again. Going in now; I'll report back if I run into anything interesting. :)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ws88:
Hangs at last step

I'm running a Telus GSM m8 and have s-off, rooted, twrp custom recovery flashed and went to go flash the 5.0.1 (I tried replying in that thread, but was automatically redirected here) RUU it hangs after the first attempt. Here's the thing guys *puts on ****storm hat* I didn't make a backup. Now my phone won't boot at all. I still have fastboot access but for some reason adb isn't working properly.

Also I changed CID to GOOGL001

Someone please help?

Thanks guys
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
I'm also on Telus, got mine working on Saturday by flashing the rooted RUU. If you can get into the hboot menu and access fastboot you'll be fine. In fastboot you should be using the fastboot ... command not adb. Just re-flash your phone, you have to run the flash command twice, as it fails the first time.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xerro-Five:
In a way I kind of hope I'm just missing something stupid or obvious, but I've been unable to take a screenshot since the 4.4.4 RUU (also 5.0.1). I've tried the power + volume and power + home combos but no go.

Anyone else?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
Hold power+ volume down.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xerro-Five:
Holding... Something simple and stupid that I missed Indeed lol. Much appreciated!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackinthefox:
no gps

s the title says I have flashed this 2 now and tried everything i can think of but i still get no gps position. cell tower position works but gps only doesnt work. gps apps show its not communicating with any satellites. any ideas?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
And you rebooted your device after flash. Have tried stepping outside so it had a clear line of sight to the satellites?

Don't forget the tinfoil hat though.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackinthefox:
yes stood outside for 15 mins. does nothing. rebooted many times. switched location modes, turned location on/off. only way to get location is battery saving or high accuracy which gets no gps input... very frustrating. what would be best way to provide logcat?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
Via adb, or aLogrec. Try re-flashing your phone.

developer.android.com/tools/help/logcat.html

aLogrec (free) you can find on play store
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackinthefox:
reflashed it twice already. logcat attached. not sure if i did that right lol...

should i logcat
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
Post it in the main thread and mention the OP.

He should be able to help you out.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackinthefox:
thanks
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StartDash:
Nice!

Awesome Tutorial! :D Thanks a lot! I'm new to this Android thingy because I owned an IOS before :D
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daveincanada:
"Phone Search" under Google Now-->Settings blank, phone not searching contacts

Hello,

First - thank you for the RUU. Worked like a charm after S-OFF with Sunshine.

I'm sure this is un rom-related but I cannot find a solution. The 'Phone Search' menu under Google Now settings is blank and will not populate or respond. I've cleared the data of the app, tried reinstalling an apk of the Google Now Launcher but have ultimately been unsuccessful. When I try to voice dial a contact, it says not found even though I can manually search for that contact without issue. Has anyone else run into this problem after flashing? What would be a solution?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
You have to give Google now access to your contacts. It should prompt you for said access the first time you try to vice dial.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daveincanada:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7fVxMLOgcRHeUVwQWNxendPM1k/view?usp=sharing

I have this "Contact Recognition" toggle enabled, which I find under Accounts & Privacy. But if I try to access the "Phone Search" it shows up blank:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7fVxMLOgcRHeUVwQWNxendPM1k/view?usp=sharing
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
Even when not using the Voice search, just typing gets you the same results, or a lack of?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rafucho:
Hello, I bought an htc one m8 off ebay, and is S-ON plus CM11, I haven't been to return it stock. I have tried even sunshine S-OFF but sadly it doesn't work on this Rom. I really need to return to stock
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vesten:
Lemme get this straight...

The 5.0.1 RUU rooted version is basically not a final build of Lollipop update?

Also, is it possible to change the weird green colour scheme?

And where the hell has the reboot option gone from the power menu?!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
5.0.1 RUU is the final version for the m8. Straight from Google ota.

Don't know what green colour scheme you're talking about. Screen shot?

Reboot option is all gone.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vesten:
It's probably the Lollipop theme..

The light green theme of icons and stuff. I've attached a couple of screenies.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daveincanada:
507

Voice or typed search yields the same results:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7fVxMLOgcRHb1ZDR0FpdUtVaW8/view?usp=sharing
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
You don't need S-OFF to get another ROM on your phone. If you have CM11 you probably already have a custom recovery on there.

Just flash a stock ROM on your phone, then flash a factory recover if you want to bring it back to complete stock.

S-OFF is necessary only if you want the Google Play edition of the HTC M8.

Yeah that's just Lillipop default theme.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
Is your account syncing with Google?

Also double check your Ok Google settings.

Hit the 3 dashes, go to settings and phone search. Make sure contacts search is checked off.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrChinn:
ADB hanging on second flash command

Hey guys,

Just going over some options in my head while I'm out having dinner and thought I'd get a reply in for any suggestions from the A Team ;)

Fulfilled all the correct prereq's, bootloader unlocked, rooted with TWRP and S-on switched off...changed the CID and then ran the flash command, had the expected error and then ran the command for the second time - see screenshot for issue. ADB seems to have hung at "Sending ZIP", I would've thought if the connection was broken it would've said so and there is no obviois reason for it hanging here.

The device is still stuck on the HTC screen which is displayed after rebootRUU command and has not shown any progress.

As I said I've left it at this stage to come out for dinner with colleagues, just grabbed the screenshot using Chrome Remote Desktop. I'll be back home in around 2 hours 2300GMT so I'll hopefully get back to work on it then. Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to next steps from here.

Ive searched through about 60 pages of this thread and searched elsewhere but not found anything that will be of use here.

Thanks guys!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
Scroll up see what it has flashed, for your sake I hope that it sent the recovery partition already.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rafucho:
I've been trying to flash arhd, but the hboot seems to be modified and always gets bootloops
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrChinn:
Oh... :fingers-crossed:
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
Yeah good luck. If you were using a usb hub id omit it.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrChinn:
No wasn't using a hub. Penny for your thoughts?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
Well I have had instances where my phone would disconnect while in adb, I would just re plug. You might want to try that first, and try flashing.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rafucho:
Just tried Viper Rom 2.5.0 and ARHD 8.1, both show errors installing, what can I do?? It seems like I'm stuck with AOSP roms :(
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
Try different s-off methods.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rafucho:
I've tried firewater and no success, it just won't execute. And sunshine doesn't work on the cyanogenmod Rom... [emoji17]
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exist2resist:
Yeah, I used firewater. It doesn't work on some devices.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashikch:
HI Guys,

Im facing a problem with mobile(HTC one) which unknowingly came into hands of one of my friend. Seeing the problem he gave it to me and I am shocked to see the problem.

The problem is phone doesn't boots and it goes straight into recovery mode when power button is pressed. The big problem is its not giving me recovery options but it shows some sort of loading bar with an unpacking logo and that's it nothing happens anymore. If I switch it on with powerON+ volume down button, it goes to factory mode and there it has no options regarding cache wipe or recovery.. I can see only some inbuilt tests such as wifi, bluetooth, headset, camera etc...

So, What I can understand is someone tried to install custom ROM without doing s-off or enabling USB debugging. In tht stuck recovery screen, ADB in my PC is unable to detect the device (or) my HTC drivers are not good but I tried ADB reboot using various HTC drivers from sync to BMP but of no use.

Please see the attached ZIP file which contains all the pics of the phone with screens

Coming to phone specs, it looks and feels like Original HTC ONE dual sim phone which was launched in Asian sub continent by HTC. It has 1600 mAh battery which is something weird as minimum battery is 2300mAh in present HTC One phones.

So, what can be done on this phone to make it useful? Can I flash a kernel and install custom ROM? If possible, what are the steps?? Pls, help me here...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
It's fake .. you'll need to read Chinese and browse the Chinese forums for software for that phone. Theirs nothing we can do for you here .. sorry
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashikch:
How its fake?

Can you give me how you concluded its fake?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
The word One on the front and the bootloader screen and the battery all add up to Fake. Software in these forums will not help you
[XDA Assist] GjorgiDxc:
So, guys the new android update is out, and I'm like the wallpaper very much, so if anyone knows whats the name of it and where to find it please tell me :cyclops::cyclops::cyclops::):):)
[XDA Assist] vin4yak:
Hi,

It hasn't been released. Once the preview images are released today, we can extract it. Henceforth, please ask this in the Android Q and A Section:

> Android Development and Hacking > Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Thank You.