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[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Zola_10:
Hi guys, hope I am posting this in the correct thread! Long time reader, first time poster to xda. I'm due an upgrade from VZW and want to get a phone that as of now can be successfully rooted and preferably unlocked. I like the HTC M8, so just wondering whether anyone has purchased one from VZW within the last few days and successfully followed Jcase's directions for acquiring root and s-off? If I get one, I'm assuming it will have the latest system updates installed (or will automatically install then upon booting up). I'm a little confused as the current weaksauce method seems to work for some and not others even though the devices seem to be exactly the same (kitkat version/build etc). As an aside, I currently have a Motorola Razr M and have enjoyed full access to it for the last year or so. Great little phone, and bummed that Motorolas are seemingly impossible to gain access to anymore.

Thanks in advance!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] hodgoutlet:
RE: 3.0 in Early January

If I root now with 2.0 is there any disadvantage?

I mean, is there any reason it would be best to wait for 3.0 besides the updates and healthy practice of patience?

Also, new ETA for 3.0?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Vanischh:
Help

Everytime I open up WeakSauce2 it says "WeakSauce2 has stopped" any1 help me pls..
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sjpritch25:
What is your device?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] alansho:
Waiting update for weaksauce3
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] HFM EUE ACT VKA YINGL:
How To Uninstall

So root can be unachived by uninstalling Supersu or superuser then weaksause 2, sorry for the stupid question i just wanted to double check
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] chris98891:
well this might make sense then...I've been trying to install xposed with weaksauce 2 all day using all the methods and am having no luck. So it isn't possible with weaksauce 2?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] robocuff:
If you have root with weak sauce you should be able to install it but any changes you make with modules you've installed won't stick after a reboot. You can do a hot reboot and they'll stick but rebooting the phone completely will wipe out any of the changes you've made with xposed and you'll have to do them again. Best to just get sunshine (assuming it wil work for you) and s off, flash a recovery and then flash the super user app of your choice.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] andybones:
100% agree.. $25 for S-OFF - that is a steal!

Much rather do this than send my $600 phone to a stranger with a JavaCard
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Poor Grammar:
Correct forum?? it clearly says m7/m8..
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Freedom First:
Oh... I'm sorry. I must be the one having problems with reading comprehension, as I thought this was the

Verizon HTC One (M8) forum!

If you're looking for help for your M7, might I suggest you try THIS forum: http://xdaforums.com/htc-one
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] MyHTC_One_M8:
Trouble installing WeakSauce2

Won't install on My HTC_One_M8. I'm following instructions and when I open WeakSauce2 and "Click install anyways" root activated. I download SuperSU and it tells me to install all the binaries when I select Ok after a minute I get failure root. Am I I doing something wrong? Can anyone HELP ME? Please? Thank you I'd appreciate it.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sjpritch25:
Are you trying to s-off your M8 or just want root? Weak sauce 2 is temp root only
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] chris98891:
Holding off on sunshine for now--still a little bitter. never got around to using firewater, but i kept my VZW m8 on 4.4.2 specifically for that reason. Then it up and vanished :(
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Just do it before you can't do it at all. Passive complaining won't make it easier. It's all reversable and allows you better means to fix your phone should something happen. Plus, most people will pay extra for an s-off phone when you sell it now knowing no free option exists.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] niac93:
So 2 questions...

1.) Is there any way to gain permanent root without s-off?

I know this is probably a dumb question but I have an HTC one Remix (Verizon version of HTC one Mini2). Weaksauce 2.0 works really well for me and I would gladly pay for sunshine to get s-off and a permanent root but sunshine doesn't work for my phone. I know everyone is going to say wait for 3.0 which again I have no problem doing but the Remix is a REALLY unpopular phone. Since not a ton of people have it I don't think Sunshine 3.0 will even work for it. I tried to ask on the Sunshine thread a while ago and I got an answer that was pretty much "not likely." I just want to cover my bases here in case Sunshine 3.0 doesn't work so is there any way to even just get permanent root without s-off? Ideally I would flash a stock ROM without the sense UI so I could use gravity box and stuff on xposed. Xposed works with the temproot but its pretty glitchy (lots of soft and hard reboots plus rerooting)

2.) With this incorrect binaries thing is there anyway for me to fix this myself or do I have to wait for jcase to release a different version with the binaries updated?

He seems busy with other stuff so I'd like to just do it if I could. Also does this even effect anything? It seems to be working ok without it but I'm not sure

also sorry if I'm posting in the wrong forum... there isn't really one for the Remix
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] BadUsername:
1. You can't get permanent root without s-off, only way to get permanent root is to install superuser binaries into the root of your SD card. This requires root access, which is basically s-off.

2. You can't update binaries on your own, and they do affect of it works on your phone or not. Weaksauce or sunshine fail for multiple reasons, but the binaries are basically instructions for the install. If it fails, then it won't be able to root or s-off your phone. They need to be updated for firmware and hardware differences in succeeding devices. If an old binary works for you, then you wouldn't need an updated binary. Is that what you're asking?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] niac93:
Yeah that's what I was asking. Thanks, though, I guess I'll just keep my fingers crossed or something
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] schneid:
Verizon M8 Coming from Amazon - No contract

Retiring my venerable S3 and moving to this. Been reading here for days. Is the prudent path for me to Sunshine right out of the box? I certainly don't mind $25 to support a developer. Or should I activate with VZW and take any upgrades before Sunshine. In the past I've always rooted as soon as possible to avoid VZW locking me out. It also seems I am safe with Sunshine up to 4.4.3 but iffy at 4.4.4. Should I update to 4.4.3 or will VZW take me straight to 4.4.4? Once S-Off I then need to SU and and get TWRP'ed for Root. Correct? Sorry but I'm a noob to the M8 but I'll get up to speed.

Thanks in advance for any guidance.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] beaups:
On vzw device, just run sunshine. You don't need weaksauce. Do it BEFORE you take any updates.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] schneid:
Okay, open box and let the Sunshine on it. Thanks!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Black_magic100:
Trying to root my htc one m8. Need help.

Towelroot doesn't support my device. Verizon htc one m8. Should I download weaksauce2 apk and do that instead??? Is it safe
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] schneid:
Sunshine is ONLY option.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Black_magic100:
Does weaksauce2 not work? Also what is sunshine, I am a dumb**** who has no idea what that is lmao =]
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] schneid:
Weaksauce2 will TempRoot if SS 2.8.5 does not work.Then wait for 3.0.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Black_magic100:
Ok I am a bit confused on what to do now. Do i google sunshine 2.8.5 and download it???
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jafo5:
Does anyone know if they will be posting a weaksauce 3.0 which might still have the temp root support, but for the verizon HTC one (M8) but with lollipop support? I know it was just released a a day or so ago, just curious.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] beaups:
No plans for that currently. We warmed verizon users not to take that L OTA.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] aleph23:
Cracked my screen and got a replacement from Insurion. 4.4.4 :-[

I temp root with weak sauce and get some limited functionality but I can't permanently delete bloatware; it always reappears on reboot. Anyone know where it repopulates from?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] cntryby429:
It's from the system partition which you don't have the ability to change with just weaksauce. There's something about a system write protection flag that must be turned off which I think requires at least an unlocked bootloader. If sunshine 2.0 doesn't work for you then you should avoid the lollipop ota and wait for sunshine 3.0.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] aleph23:
Thanks for the response.

I'd always thought the "/system" folder in the root directory was a direct mount of the block device (in our case, mmcblk0p46).

Can we not manually mount them from command line? As you can see from the attached, I have no problem changing it's permissions.

This is the first phone I've owned dating back to my BlackBerrys that I haven't had full control over and it's somewhat infuriating. I'm near ready to tell Verizon to do something with their contract that ironically would involve it not seeing Sunshine...
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] beaups:
Its write protected and you cannot change its contents when both locked and s-on
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Blk47 now sir when on lollipop. Just so you are aware of the change.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] aleph23:
Thanks for the info. Still at 4.4.4 here tho.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] vitogga:
Does WeakSauce2 work in lollipop for s-on devices? I only will want root if I update my device.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] inbleedshadows:
I ran Ws2 and when click I agree nothing happens the phone just stays on that screen am I doing something wrong? Oh I'm using a stock Verizon HTC m8 with the newest update lollipop I believe.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] beaups:
Read OP/thread title, etc.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Caprario:
sunshine root

if you use sunshine to unlock your verizon htc one m8 4.4.4 and then install superuser on stock rom, can you update that rom to 5.0 without losing unlock, or would you have to use sunshine again to unlock the new installation? thanks!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] beaups:
You never lose unlock or s off unless you intentionally relock or s on the device.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] oldschoolbikes:
sunahine did it

Sunshine unlocked my boot loader today on my HTC desire612 (Verizon)....Watching for root and recovery
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Caprario:
can't root :(

So i used sunshine root on 4.4.4 and everything worked awesome, obtained s off unlocked and root. installed cmod but then had an issue with it so i installed 4.4.4 again and then updated to 5.0.1 official. I still have s off and unlocked from sunshine and have flashed custom recovery and then installed su through recovery but when i reboot it will not stick and just says you have to manually re root... any help?? thanks all.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] BladeRunner:
I would flash the latest supersu zip from chainfire or flash one of dottats prerooted RUUs
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Caprario:
thanks

yeah thats what i figured i would have to do. root will not stick no matter what i do :( thanks for the response
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jmonroe:
I did the Sunshine option. How do I know if my phone is now S-off?

Thanks
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sjpritch25:
It should boot your phone into bootloader after its done. Just boot into bootloader & you should see soff
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Narbzilla:
I didn't see if this question had already been asked but if I have my M8 on 5.01 unrooted but S-off is there any easy way to gain root would I just have to wait for a new weaksauce?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Fastboot flash twrp and then flash the latest supersu.zip in recovery.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] cambra925:
root for lollipop HTC m8

does anybody have any idea when Root will be available for the Verizon HTC m8? Thank you very much
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jmonroe:
Desire 612

I have successfully soff and rooted my desire 612. Do any of you know of a rom that is available for this device? I have been searching but it doesn't appear to have any development going on for this device.

Thanks
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sjpritch25:
If your referring too root with lollipop, its unlikely for free. When it does happen, I'm sure it will be apart of sunshine, so it won't be free. Lollipop has filled a lot of exploit holes, so root is much harder.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] yayanaji:
After I install weaksauce 2. and try to install supwesu and I got this error message please help!!!

SuperSU

There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problems!

If you just upgrade to Android 4.3, you need to manually re-boot - consult the relevant forums for your device!

please help what I need to do?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sjpritch25:
What version of android is your phone on?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] yayanaji01:
I got Verizon HTC M8 4.4.4 android, please help!!

Im using the free superSU from market, and should pay verison superSU pro is going to work? or they might be the same?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sjpritch25:
Only way to root 4.4.4 is to pay $25 for sunshine. Then you can root your phone. Weaksauce 2 only worked pre 4.4.4.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] yayanaji01:
Sunshine will be the only one can root 4.4.4 htc m8 now? will it 100% work? just making sure it is 100% work before I pay $25.

reasosn why I want to root my phone. Im using tmobile with this verizon htc m8. problems I have cant get APN setting menu. and I get no 4G let and some call will drop!!!!

try maybe way to set GSM network. still not work!! thats why I want to root my phone and install rom for tmobile
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sjpritch25:
I don't know much about that but you would need s-off & root to do what you want. Yes it does work with 4.4.4

---------- Post added at 09:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:31 PM ----------

The only thing I don't know if 4g works on t-mobile. I believe there is a thread somewhere on that though
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jjjovi:
WK2 can't be opened

hi there,

i have a sim-unlocked VERIZON HTC M7 with android 5.0.2 (been upadted recently) but i would like to root the phone to install a clean rom. the verizon version of HTC sense gives me annoying notification when i use my European simcard and doesn't let me use teethering and other things on the phone.

i downloaded WS2 but "can't open file"...

what can i do?

thanks

Alex
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elfarto:
Sorry it has been asked before, tried search without success, so here i go.

I'd like to swap and/or customize the navbar/softbuttons on my Note4, so the back button is at the left.

I think there are some roms that offer thia feature but i was wondering if the icons of the buttons can be changed as well.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whittikins:
Since you want to swap them instead, change BACK to APP_SWITCH and APP_SWITCH to BACK.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidState:
Isnt this for the hard buttons?

Not navbar
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] JewRican:
My mother in law got an ATT Alpha and tried to connect to wifi. It will connect and immediately say wifi turned off. When you disable mobile data it enables wifi. That makes no sense... why would the phone favor mobile data.

How can we correct this? I have owned 5 Samsung devices and never seen this.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] doramark:
Beacuse the phone has a Smart network switch feature. You can turn off in the wifi menu.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] JewRican:
We turned that off and it still didnt work. we then turned it back on and it didnt correct the issue either. Is a restart needed when you do or something?

Kinda odd that in a home with nearly no data signal from the provider (they use femtocell) that it would prefer the mobile data network over the wifi.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] JewRican:
apparently a reboot was needed. thx!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GioXmen123:
Basically,

I have an unrooted device(I had it rooted but quickly re-flashed it with stock firmware later)and ever since that(not sure,maybe even had it before)my s5 keeps freezing and glitching when rapidly locking and unlocking lock screen.

It takes like 3 or 4 times to lock and unlock fast-ish to make it freeze up for 20 secs.Another thing that happens is instead of freezing on lockscreen it stops asking to unlock,and I get t see the homescreen ,and sometimes when I see it I cant tap or do anything on it,usually if I see the home screen no matter if I can or cant do anything my device will lock itself again in 30 seconds and if I unlock it again immediately it will show me the homescreen ,but I wont be able to do anything on it.To avoid this I just unlock and lock my device slowly.

How do I fix this bug.Should I flash stock firmware again?I have already done factory reset.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whlzibos:
When you rooted your device did you trip knox? Go into download mode and check if knox is 0×0 or 0×1 if its 0+1 then you tripped it and that's not that good. Tripping knox can give you problems coz of security reasons.if you tripped knox already then just flash another rom with knox removed that will solve the problem but only flash another rom if knox has been tripped .if it hasn't been tripped then take it to Samsung they wouldn't know if you did it because knox isn't tripped
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GioXmen123:
Yes,knox is 0x1 sadly,it probably is not possible to return it to 0x0,but is there any way to keep the official samsung rom?I want to keep it as stock GS5 as possible,and with the ability to update
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] baarod:
I've been digging for this fix for some time. Seems that a storage card in any AKU2.3+ including Crossbow device cannot be seen by the shipping version of Windows Vista. This fixes that. Hotfix available on link below for both 32 and 64 bit...

From Microsoft:

FIX: Only the external storage is available when you synchronize content from Windows Media Player 11 to a Windows Mobile 5-based device with AKU 2.3 or a later AKU

SYMPTOMS

You try to synchronize content from Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 to a Microsoft Windows Mobile 5-based device with AKU 2.3 or a later AKU. When you do this, the phone connects. However, only the internal storage on the phone is available in Windows Media Player as a synchronization target.

CAUSE

This issue occurs because the canonical name for Windows Mobile 5-based devices with AKU 2.3 and later AKUs is truncated in Microsoft Windows Media Device Manager. This hotfix eliminates a bug that causes this truncation to occur.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931621/en-us
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] ladude626:
Thanks for the heads up.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazydeepman:
Before I have the note 4 rooted this mod was been at setting..now I can't find it

Why??
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iznee:
What exactly is a 'prayer mode'?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rudynasco:
U can find it in the widget!
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iznee:
I can't find prayer mode in widgets. It does not matter but I am curious what does it do?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rudynasco:
schedule of prayers for muslims!
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazydeepman:
but prayer mode i think was been at setting right?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ausboy 2011:
Huh prayer mode??
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marleyb:
think it's private mode, c'mon guys ;)
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] midi_1996:
Ah nope (sorry for the delayed reply), it's PRAYER mode! (like really, it's not private mode)

And yes, it's a Widget, once on the desktop, you can touch it to configure it.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cacingbesar:
Never heard of it.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] midi_1996:
I dont think it's shipped with all ROMs, and mostly comes with ROM which CSC is from an arab/islamic country.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkGuyver:
I have a UAE model of the N910C and I've never notice a Prayer Mode Widget on my device!
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] midi_1996:
Its just a widget that you can control, it shows duration of the silent mode while praying (by default its 30 minutes). And even send messages when called.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d.kuyt:
My m7 had some problem yesterday and I decided to dirty flash my ROM again to see if it can fix it. But then when I rebooted into TWRP recovery (v2.8.1.0) and flashing, the aroma installer stuck at "formatting system" and I rebooted again into TWRP it has "E: Unable to Mount '/System" in the log

I tried to google it but couldn't find anyway to fix it.

Could anyone please help?:crying:

[Fixed by using TWRP 2.6.3.3]
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
did you try factory reset or format data in TWRP ?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danny201281:
Boot your device to TWRP Recovery. Select "Mounts" and uncheck/unmount System, Data and cache.

Now in the adb command window type

adb shell

e2fsck -fvy dev/block/mmcblk0p35

e2fsck -fvy dev/block/mmcblk0p36

e2fsck -fvy dev/block/mmcblk0p37

exit

These are M7_UL partitions if you have Sprint or Verizon let me know. ;)

Then after checking the md5 of your Rom try to flash it again ;)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d.kuyt:
Tried, nothing changed, the code is as follow:

C:\ADB>adb shell

~ # [6ne2fsck -fvy dev/block/mmcblk0p35

e2fsck -fvy dev/block/mmcblk0p35

e2fsck 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)

e2fsck: Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks...

e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open dev/block/mmcblk0p35

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2

filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2

filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock

is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:

e2fsck -b 8193 <device>

~ # [6ne2fsck -fvy dev/block/mmcblk0p36

e2fsck -fvy dev/block/mmcblk0p36

e2fsck 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)

Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes

Pass 2: Checking directory structure

Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity

Pass 4: Checking reference counts

Pass 5: Checking group summary information

19 inodes used (0.05%)

1 non-contiguous file (5.3%)

0 non-contiguous directories (0.0%)

# of inodes with ind/dind/tind blocks: 0/0/0

Extent depth histogram: 10/1

7454 blocks used (4.55%)

0 bad blocks

0 large files

6 regular files

4 directories

0 character device files

0 block device files

0 fifos

0 links

0 symbolic links (0 fast symbolic links)

0 sockets

--------

10 files

~ # [6ne2fsck -fvy dev/block/mmcblk0p37

e2fsck -fvy dev/block/mmcblk0p37

e2fsck 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)

Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes

Pass 2: Checking directory structure

Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity

Pass 4: Checking reference counts

Pass 5: Checking group summary information

54505 inodes used (3.20%)

4542 non-contiguous files (8.3%)

67 non-contiguous directories (0.1%)

# of inodes with ind/dind/tind blocks: 0/0/0

Extent depth histogram: 53704/489/2

5511071 blocks used (80.86%)

0 bad blocks

1 large file

49281 regular files

4903 directories

0 character device files

0 block device files

0 fifos

0 links

303 symbolic links (293 fast symbolic links)

9 sockets

--------

54496 files

~ # [6nexit

exit

C:\ADB>
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danny201281:
Still can't mount system? Does it only show this when you try to flash the Rom? Can you please post the output of

fastboot getvar all

Please remove serial and imei numbers before posting.

What is the Rom your trying to flash. A link would be great ;)