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[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KcDyb:
Hello!

I've decided I want to turn my HTC One (International version) into a Google Play edition. I've watched a bunch of videos, and went for it. Everything went fine until the step where I should get S-off. I've tried quite a few tools, but just get an error that my version is not going to get S-off.

I have seen people been able to work around using CM11, but from what I've understood, you need S-off to write anything to /boot, which is where I presume CM11 would be flashed. So, am I missing anything important? Is there a workaround if my phone has HBOOT 1.57, and not S-off already? I hope someone can help me!

TL;DR: My phone is unlocked and rooted, but I can't get S-off using any of the most popular tools. My HBOOT is version 1.57.

I hope someone smarter than me is able to help me! If you need more information, please leave a reply and I'll get all the information I'm able to.

In advance, thanks!

Kcdyb
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ATDavis:
No, you can flash cm11 with s-on. You have to have a custom recovery with which to do it, though. I don't know which tutorial you're using, but it should have a section where you flash the recovery after the bootloader is unlocked. If your bootloader is still locked, then... Are you rooted?

I'm pretty new to HTC, I just came off of samsung, and they seem straightforward and simple by comparison, but with s-off, it seems like there's more room for customization with HTC phones...

Anyway, I found that TWRP won't flash cm11, but Philz_touch will. If you're rooted, grab rashr off the play store and you can flash both of these recoveries right from your phone. I'd go with TWRP 2.6.3.0, though, since the latest didn't like my backups.

Then once those are installed, you boot into bootloader and volume down to Recovery and it'll pop up in a few seconds where you can take backups (<--DO THIS!) and flash new roms and kernels and such.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] majmoz:
Have you tried Sunshine S-OFF, it will cost $25 but it is worth it. Once you get S-OFF you can change your CID & MID then flash the GPe RUU or ROM.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KcDyb:
Thanks a lot for your replies!

I have actively tried figuring this out alongside reading for my exam today, and recently found and interesting option to work around S-on. My total goal is getting GPE Lollipop on my HTC, and I just now found a thread discussing using a backup from OPs phone. According to many users in the thread, they have been able to recover this backup and successfully run Lollipop with S-on. I did consider buying Sunshine, but due to finding the backup-option, I wanna try the free alternatives first. My goal is like I said running GPE, and I will most likely not install other roms on my phone.

My phone has an unlocked bootloader, custom recovery CWM v6.0.4.8, and my phone is rooted with SuperSU v2.37 at the moment. This might change some since I'm trying to recover a specific backup as my current tactic.

Your replies have definitely added to my understanding of the workarounds, and are much appreciated. If the backup-method don't work, I will try your methods!

PS: I posted in the backup-thread asking some questions. I'm posting my link here to string them both together in case someone else looks for an solution to the same problem I had.

Link: http://xdaforums.com/htc-one/genera...ackup-twrp-t2963308/post57357202#post57357202
[General Questions and Answers] GuHKS:
I have a Huawei G510, I've recently posted a thread talking about a problem I had with capacitive buttons pressing themselves but i got no reply, I managed to get it fixed by disabling them from android file Generic.kl and qwerty.kl

and enabling softkeys. But now i have another problem with the screen it suddenly becomes unresponsive but after i lock the screen and unlock it it works, and I have to do this every minute or less. I have done a factory reset, wiped cache and everything but it still occurs.

Any idea about what causes this ?
[RAZR HD General] iBolski:
Well, it's been fun. The RAZR HD, unlocked bootloader, has been a joy. But, it was time to move on. Not only do I give up my unlocked phone, I also had to give up my unlimited data. But, with Verizon, unlimited data customers can get the 6gb max plan for $30/month, and I never really went over 6 gb but maybe once or twice in the last 2+ years that I had unlimited 4g data.

So, now I'm off to the land of LG with my LG3, which is kind of ironic as an LG Vortex was my first smartphone, so in some respects, I've come full circle.

My lineage of phones was LG Vortex (free on Thanksgiving day but BOY was it slow - it was a budget Android), Droid X2, Droid RAZR MAXX HD, Droid RAZR HD and now the LG G3.

With the XT926 unlocked (for most), this is still a good phone to have and with the recent Lollipop CM12 releases, you know the dev community is hard at work for this phone still, so enjoy. The LG G3 (for the US) doesn't have an official LP yet, but CM12 has been released for it.

Ciao and I'll probably drop in from time to time to still lend assistance for those that are having issues.
[RAZR HD General] RikRong:
Have fun with the phone. I've enjoyed my M8 since I've had it. Hopefully, we'll still see you around here from time to time.
[RAZR HD General] newmanx4:
Same here. I had an upgrade available the week of Thanksgiving so I dropped my MAXX HD for the $1 deal on the Galaxy S5. I will say the S5 is lightning fast compared to the MAXX.
[RAZR HD General] SFG:
Any word on a BL unlock yet? Had one for a couple months. Even with root, I couldn't make TW bearable enough to use anymore. Sold it and tried the turbo for 14 days but wasnt a fan of the ballistic nylon. This phone might be lacking in processor and ram but its still one of my favorite phones.
[RAZR HD General] newmanx4:
No word on an unlocked bootloader yet. There are several online petitions to try and get it. One can only hope.

I personally think we will see more and more locked bootloaders on Verizon phones so they can push the developer editions. More money in Big Red's pockets.
[RAZR HD General] three west:
Good luck with the new device bud. I remember you from the DX2 days.

I'm stuck wishing the Turbo was unlockable, or the Nexus 6 was smaller, so I'm sticking with ye olde Vanquish for now.
[RAZR HD General] CWGSM3VO:
Weird how everyone (or so it seems) is jumping ship lately.
[RAZR HD General] RikRong:
I still have my Razr M, but I sacrificed my unlocked HD for my M8. I just wanted a flagship device, that's why I stepped up.
[RAZR HD General] grnsl2:
It's hard to forget that face. Lol. Good luck sir, enjoy!
[RAZR HD General] LifeAsADroid:
'Sup bro.

Funny how I have been thinking of making the same exact jump recently. How do you like the phone?

Just to clarify, the LG is still on 4.4.x, is rootable, and is unlockable? I've learned that I cannot live without my Xposed Framework mods, thus need those three requirements in any phone I decide to go with (well, at least root and 4.4.x, the unlocking is a nice added bonus to flash custom ROMs from time to time). Turbo - out. Nexus 6 - out. G3 seems to be the only logical option, other than the M8 possibly, but I just can't get over the nasty casing on the M8...

I'll be spending the 600 bones full price to keep my unlimited data. Using over 20GB a month every month I'll make back the cost in no time, lol.

...looks like I'll be seeing you soon over in the LG forums now.
[RAZR HD General] iBolski:
Definitely. Still like to see how everyone else is doing and lend a helping hand where possible.

Oh, I remember those days. Remember Milton and the infamous "I have code to unlock the bootloader from a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy...". That went viral!

It's not like I wanted to, but it was time to move on. The HD, as great as it is with an unlocked bootloader, was getting long in the tooth. Plus, mine was beginning to act up.
[RAZR HD General] iBolski:
The phone for me is great. It's big, but it doesn't feel too big. My one gripe with it is it feels slippery due to the back. But, it feels lighter and so much thinner than the HD. Battery life is pretty good for me as well.

Yes, it's still on 4.4.2, but it has all the 4.4.4 security patches (like the HD). It is rootable up to version 10b. Beyond that, you have to downgrade it back to 10b, which you can do unlike the Razr HD. Once it's rooted via the Stump exploit, you can then get what is called a "bumped" version of TWRP which will then allow you to flash custom ROMs that are "bumped". Basically, it "fools" the phone into thinking what you are flashing is indeed official. So, we have CM11 (official), CM12 (unofficial), BlissPop and many other custom ROMs. But, I'm pretty much happy with this phone out of the box as it is, so I only root it so I can enable writing to the external SD card as well as use TiBu to backup and restore my apps, plus run Greenify just to eek out a little more battery life. But, battery life is definitely better than the RazrHD.

The difference in the screens between the HD and the G3 are night and day. I mean, we have a better pixel density than your 1080p HD TVs! Some may say you can't see the difference, but when I watch movies on my phone, wow. I can see the difference between what the Razr HD had and what this one has. Plus, the 5.5" screen is awesome.

I love the Knock feature, where you can set a "tap" pattern to unlock the phone, even when the screen is off. So, no need to turn on the screen first to unlock it. Just "knock" your pattern and then the screen comes on. Also, if you forget you pattern, fear not. When you set up the knock pattern, it will ask you for a PIN number as a fail safe measure, so if after 10 tries, you don't get the knock pattern correct, it will then ask for your PIN number. I haven't had it fail on me. I love it.

There's so much more, but I don't want to go into G3 love in the HD forums. Suffice it say, yes, I'm VERY happy with it. I might have to say this is the best Android phone I've had yet.

Just in case you have any questions, let me point you to this FAQ which has a lot of excellent information which is what I read and made sure that this phone was rootable and had custom ROMs:

http://xdaforums.com/lg-g3/help/help-thread-lg-g3-question-t2947298

Also, there are two sets of forums for this phone. One is for the general G3 populace. There is another one specific to the Verizon model (VS985):

General G3: http://xdaforums.com/lg-g3

Verizon G3: http://xdaforums.com/lg-g3

Also, here is an excellent article that compares the G3 to the Samsung S5:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/galaxy-s5-vs-lg-g3/

See you over there if you get the G3.
[RAZR HD General] CWGSM3VO:
On the plus side, you can now read your emails and surf faster. Is Bluetooth faster? I bet benchmarks are out of this world. Do Mp3s sound crisper?

Sorry, I was being sarcastic. Long in the tooth. For what? Acting up? Perhaps, or perhaps you dropped it one too many times to get that shiny new LG :)
[RAZR HD General] iBolski:
Nah, didn't drop it. It seemed like the radio was going bad. Kept losing signal. I replaced the SIM card and that seemed to help for a bit, but then it started acting up again. Since I use this as a personal plus on-call phone for work, I needed to get one that was reliable. Yes, the HD was reliable, until the radio went bad.
[RAZR HD General] CWGSM3VO:
I personally think Verizon ruined a perfectly good device and will continue to do so in the future. Glad you enjoy your new toy, I'm sure I would too except that my wife has clearly stated I need to stick with this one for quite some time :) On the plus side, I get her Xperia T to play with so it's not all bad for 'ol seedub...

EDIT: And the fact that it's Google-ish (the HD) means a good upgrade path future-wise. It's always been my argument when people ask me why I don't run with Samsung or the other guys. Personally, I think Samsung is garbage, I was on a tour of their factory while I was in Korea, it's all cool and stuff but they always feel cheap and knock-off to me. Was hoping Rogers would get a Turbo in, I'd switch to that but they only got the Moto G LTE and one other G-like model.
[RAZR HD General] iBolski:
That's what my wife said when I got the HD, that I was never going to upgrade again. Well, once she couldn't text or call me when she needed something that was an "emergency", that changed her tune real quick! :D

I hated moving away from the HD (due to the unlocked bootloader) and having to lose my unlimited data plan, but once I found out about the 6gb plan, I decided that was fine. I rarely went over 6gb, so to me, it wasn't much of a loss and I got an excellent phone out of the deal for a great price. Still wish I would have upgrade during Thanksgiving/Black Friday when the red one was free. Oh well. I like black better any ways.
[RAZR HD General] CWGSM3VO:
It fills me with hope to see how universal wives are. Lets me know that it's not just *me* :)
[RAZR HD General] iBolski:
Good thing they don't read these forums then. You and I would be in some deep crap! :highfive:
[RAZR HD General] LifeAsADroid:
I am sending anonymous emails to all wives on the planet at this moment. LOL ;)

...second thought, I'll give you both a pass due to your more than helpful post above about the G3, links, etc.

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I'm about to "accidentally" drop mine out the closed window across the room just to get ANY different phone, lol. "They" really ruined a good thing with these HDs. Should have put more effort into the KK build, not just threw something together as a PR gag ("look, we updated an old model phone. We have great customer service. Blah blah blah.").
[RAZR HD General] billycar11:
im waiting for the nexus 6 to come to Verizon then i getting it but i will be keeping my hd for playing
[RAZR HD General] iBolski:
I myself couldn't wait that long since I was having phone issues that couldn't be fixed by getting a new SIM card.

Apparently, you can also purchase the Nexus 6 in Google Play Store and it works just fine on Verizon. But, if you want it subsidized, then of course, you would have to wait.

Looking at the specs, that is a huge screen. I'd have to see how it fits in my in hand. The G3 for me is good, but it would be interesting to see what the N6 is like.

There is one big issue I have with the N6 - no SD card slot. That is a killer for me and the G3 handles up to 128GB MicroSDXC cards. I have way too much music stored that I can't put it all on my internal memory, and I don't have unlimited data anymore (on the 6gb max plan now). So, there's that. But otherwise, having the Nexus means unlocked bootloader. However, it makes me wonder if Verizon is going to carry it, there might be some "changes" or other stipulations such as:

It won't be subsidized since the bootloader can be unlocked.

The bootloader won't be unlockable on Verizon's version.

I remember when they provided a dev edition of either the RAZR (XT912) or RAZR HD (XT926) and it wasn't subsidized. You had to pay for the full price. Now, whether that was Verizon or Moto, I can't remember, but I wouldn't be surprised if Verizon does the same thing with this. Which in that case, I'd just go and get it from the Play Store now and not wait.

In any case, it is nice to have a choice of phones, unlike the fruit company. That's the beauty of Android, but it also means having to research a bit and figure out what's out there and what best fits for you.

Enjoy that Nexus 6 when it comes out. The unlocked bootloader (if available on Verizon when they release it) is definitely nice, but so far, with the G3, we have a pseudo-unlocked bootloader (well, more like it's fooled), but hey. I'll take it over not having any way of flashing custom ROMs and kernels.
[RAZR HD General] OrBy:
Wanted a smaller phone so went with a Sony Z3C. Will see how it lives up to the XT925's battery life. So far so good but really needs a BL unlock that does not trash the battery performance. I miss my root.
[RAZR HD General] iBolski:
That's why I researched around on these forums and other web sites before I chose the G3. Even though the bootloader is not really unlocked, because there is a workaround to allow you to flash anything, and there is a working root, that was one of the reasons I went with the G3. I wasn't about to go to another phone that didn't at least allow rooting, along with my other requirement of having an SD card slot that could handle at least a 64gb card.
[RAZR HD General] LifeAsADroid:
^This. All of this.

Had to research before buying again. With my love of Xposed, custom ROMs, etc. I needed a phone that was rootable, unlockable, and on 4.4.x so that custom ROMs would be originally based off of 4.4.x as well.

I've never really needed an external card since I just stream all of my music from one of my cloud drives, Pandora, Songza, or wherever, and basically use my different cloud drives for storing all of my "stuff" instead of directly on the phone. But given the option of having one or not, I'd prefer yes to no.

...And it turns out I needed the external card slot this past weekend... I rooted, Bump Unlocked / installed TWRP, then attempted to take the OTAs (should have done more research... ugh, owned the phone for 24 hours!). When I got into the bootloop-to-TWRP that is known, I decided I'd attempt to wipe EVERYTHING to see if I could wipe out the error instead of using the "Flash2FixBootloop" zip file. UGH! Wiped system and everything else... so sad. Anyways, I used a microSD card in the RAZR HD (glad I kept it!) to drop custom ROM files for the G3, then installed the external card into the G3 and flashed from TWRP. Success! Still had the bootloop error (really?? after all that??) and had to flash the zip fix as well. But short story long, all is well and the external slot was definitely handy, lol.
[RAZR HD General] iBolski:
Welcome to LG Land. Might have to change your avatar pic now since you're no longer on a "Droid".

Love the G3. Awesome phone. Kicks the Razr HD's butt both in response AND in the screen. Can't believe how well high def videos look on it.

BTW, if you haven't had a chance, navigate to /sdcard/Preload and fire up the "Landscape of Dustin" video. Turn your brightness all the way up and enjoy. Then, show all your friends and watch them salivate with envy at the video and how it looks on the G3.
[RAZR HD General] LifeAsADroid:
LOL, good call, updated pics ;)

I was expecting a smoother, faster experience going from a dual core 1.5GHz to a quad core 2.5GHz and from 1GB RAM to 3GB RAM, but damn this thing is fast. The screen size is just right I think (Nexus 6 I think would have been just too big), especially since the screen-to-total-phone-size ratio is so small.

Tried out SkyDragon ROM, not bad but I'm looking for more of a blacked out "everything" ROM like I had on the RAZR HD. I hear SlimKat is blacked out or at least has a built in blacked out setting, might try them next.

See you over in the G3 forums my man!
[RAZR HD General] lloydsw:
Well it's been fun, especially the last seven or eight months with the unlocked bootloader :D I've had many different ROMs, ending in CM12 Lollipop. But yesterday, I activated a used Note 3 (yes I like being an iteration or two behind the latest & greatest) so now it's time to retire the HD. Best wishes to all!
[RAZR HD General] Almighty1:
Thanks for the post [MENTION=3250093]iBolski[/MENTION] as I got a LG G3 in black as well, what color did you get?

Other question is where does one find TWRP that works on the Verizon version of the LG G3 as I looked and it doesn't seem like the TWRP is for Verizon's G3.
[RAZR HD General] iBolski:
It's there. Go to the Verizon LG G3 forums.

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-lg-g3/orig-development/recovery-twrp-touch-recovery-2-8-2-0-t2966014

That's the thread for TWRP for the VS985.

Also, Nitro has released Eclipse for the Verizon LG G3. It isn't blacked out, yet, but he's working on it.
[Sony Xperia C] UnArm3D:
I found this site for unlocking xperia c boatloader..

developer.sonymobile.com/unlockbootloader/unlock-yourboot-loader

Can anyone tell me ...is it working or not??

At this site it is written that we can unlock the bootloader by giving the imei and getting the unique code...

Could please someone confirm this if it is working or not

Thanks in advance :)
[General Questions and Answers] lelecohen:
Hi guys , so , I`ve been trying to port a rom to my device and I stayed all day trying to do it , but I get always a problem and like my boot animation never ends ;-;. Can anyone help me plz? the problem I have is this :

NI posting fatal error: RegisterNatives failed for 'android/content/res/AssetManager'; aborting...

QMUXD: WARNING qmi_qmux_if_pwr_up_init failed! rc=-1

then this in the end:

I/ServiceManager( 293): service 'media.audio_flinger' died

I/ServiceManager( 293): service 'media.player' died

I/ServiceManager( 293): service 'media.camera' died

: DCD ON

I/ServiceManager( 339): Waiting for service AtCmdFwd...

E/SMD ( 303): DCD ON

I/ServiceManager( 339): Waiting for service AtCmdFwd...

Plzzzz can anyone help me???

the full logcat is here:

pastebin . com / RXwurbxX
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jroozing:
Sorry if this is already disscused.

I own orange spv m600 (prophet), and it happend allready two times that outlook stops queueing the notifications, so i don't get a reminder.

I used to hard reset the device, but i don't want to do this 2 times a month.

I installed alarm today lately and directly afther installing my notifications all were queued. But i got the feeling it stops working again.

Is there a good solution to fix this problem?

Thanks a lot for your help
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jroozing:
Nobody got this problem?
[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] mangoman:
have had CM11.0 for Huawei Mediapad 18.01.2014 on the pad for some time, then suddenly got the play services pop up error every few seconds.

then installed gapps (pa_gapps-modular-pico(uni)-4.4.4-20141207-signed) the smallest gapps I was able to install.

The play services error wnt away, but now google play autocloses with error "Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped."

I have tried deleting data and cache, and deleting account and reenable. But no luck.

any advice?
[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] eugenko:
i had various recent issues suddenly with my mediapad (restarting whole os itself, crashing apps, etc.)

i tried deleting cache, dalvik, factory reset, delete internal storage, then flashed older rom and (it seems) important is to flash correct gapps version related to that rom.

now it seems to be again usable, not tested yet too much... but anyway strange how this can happen.

for cm try gapps from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps
[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] mangoman:
what worked here (for now) is the smallest gapps from paranoidandroid.

pa_gapps-modular-pico(uni)-4.4.4-20141207-signed
[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] zyr3x:
Check https://plus.google.com/107204019190327452213/posts/RskaK3CVQpu
[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] mangoman:
thanks, just installed it. Good christmas present
[XDA Assist] meissen:
[Q] Why is "Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development" under AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5?

Mods / admins / powers that be,

Can we have the Unified Development forum removed as a redirect from the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5 section? It's confusing XDA veterans and newbies alike when they see threads about CM and other roms located in a subforum beneath the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5 section. Due to AT&T's bootloader being locked, we cannot partake in any of the ROMs located under the Unified Development section. There's already been people posting that they bought the AT&T Galaxy S5 because they saw the Unified Development section and thought they could flash some of their long-time favorite ROMs only to later find out the bootloader is locked and that we can't.
[XDA Assist] Darth:
Hi,

You can ask about that here,

> General discussion > About xda-developers.com > [All XDA Members] Requests to Moderators and Admins

Good luck!