yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] JayCizzo:
Stuck On Boot Animation

During the process of upgrading my recovery I screwed something up and now I'm stuck on the boot animation. I can reboot to recovery, hboot, etc. fine. I've tried clearing Cache and dirty flashing the ROM with no luck. Just trying to see if I'm missing something simple before I attempt a full wipe. Thanks.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Neo:
Try Wiping Cache and Dalvik, then Dirty flash, then reboot from recovery into hboot and fastboot flash the boot.img from the rom zip.

Wiping cache will cause you to have that long first time boot so give it about 5 minutes. If you are still stuck at boot for longer than 5 minutes after following this process, you may need to clean flash.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] JayCizzo:
Thank your very much. That did the trick. No freaking idea what I could have done to cause that. I rebooted to fastboot via ADB and flashed the recovery. Donation sent.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Neo:
Thank you very much and I appreciate it :)

Glad to hear you're back up and running :good:;)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] JayCizzo:
Sorry to bug you again but the problem came back. I booted into Recovery to run a backup. Figured that would be a good idea in light of recent events. It completed, I rebooted, and stuck at the boot animation again. Any idea what would cause this? Guessing I need to do a full wipe and reload at this point.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Neo:
Yeah... No clue. It sounds like something is corrupted. Clean flash looks like the way to go as you stated.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] JayCizzo:
Disregard. Did a full wipe and reinstall. All is well now.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jannock:
I just wanted to say thank you for your latest release. You rock. I would send you some ducats but I'm looking for work ATM. Keep kicking ass, my brother.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dbizzy:
Awesome Rom!

Yeah this rom is great. So fast and smooth, I love it! Only thing I can't figure out is in the sound settings where it says quiet on pickup and ring louder in pocket, if I check those they just don't stick. Ive noticed this on other sense 7 roms as well. Not sure if this has been mentioned yet but...
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jjmstang:
Which is the correct version for a verizon htc m8 ?

2.3.zip or 2.0_m8vzw.zip ?

I'm looking forward to try this ROM

Thanks,

John
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Neo:
They are both for VZW. Go with 2.3 :)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] vidfinnx:
Weird Sound Bug

Ever since this latest update music in games

Doesnt play at all or partially plays but the rest

Of the sounds work. Any idea what's causing this

Or how to fix it? Like in brave frontier only some

Of the music plays and in another I get zero background

Music altogether. I tried unchecking the compressed

Audio with Harmon with no effect
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Zhaltyr:
Does it work on gsm version?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jannock:
Hey NEO- I was wondering if you made a "NEO" version of 2.3? Also it seems the link to the 'gigantic skittle cake of doom' pic in your third post appears broken :( .
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Neo:
Thanks for the heads up!Skittle Cake of Doom is bigger and better than ever :D

Not sure on a Neo version... I've slowed down a bit here recently.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] the_great_escape:
Getting stuck on the logo screen. At first it was only when I shut the phone off, now it's any time I restart the phone. Clearing the cache and the dalvik cache gets me past the logo screen. I've had the power off variant of the problem happen on 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3, and I've clean flashed each time. I had some problems earlier (right around when 2.1 came out) with the WiFi connection and fixed it at the time by flashing the stock firmware - could that be the source of the issue? Any help is much appreciated.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] JayCizzo:
I'm having similar issues. I've been running 2.3 on a clean flash since the last time I got stuck on the boot animation (10 days ago).

Just got off a fight, took it off airplane mode and my keyboard wouldn't open. Flashed a white screen and took me back to the app. I rebooted to see if that would resolve it and it froze at the boot animation screen again. Cleared cache and dalvik cache and I'm back in after 172 apps were optimized and keyboard is working again.

Last time I had issues I un-checked Amplify in x-posed and I was able to reboot. Checked again, rebooted, and it froze. Could be coincidence. I'm traveling so I'm not going to test that theory again right now.

No mods other than the built in ones. Up until this point everything has worked flawlessly. I'm baffled.

Sent from my unknown
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] cntryby429:
I've been having this intermittently as well. I haven't spent the time to remotely reproduce the problem but I just now rebooted from recovery (just made a backup before trying out a new exposed module) and was stuck at the boot animation. I forced a reboot to bootloader and selected power off. Then I turned it back on and it booted up fine. Booting to hboot and powering down was way faster than booting to recovery and clearing caches. Something to consider.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Abnova:
Gallery fx bug

Has anyone found a way to fix the gallery fx bug. When you try and apply specific effects onto your photos, it force closes. I think it's the prism effect and the flair ones
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] the_great_escape:
Thanks for the suggestion. Tried it a few times now and doesn't seem to be the source of the problem, unfortunately.

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I had similar problems until I removed Android System Web View - that cleared up the wonkiness.

I'll try that next.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] the_great_escape:
Confirming that disabling Amplify in Xposed ended the problem with the boot loop.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] the_great_escape:
I seem to recall seeing something about the three dot menu being removed, but can't find it in the thread. If it was, was that a universal disablement? I've noticed that the Schwab app, which uses the three dot menu to show additional menu options (great design, I know) isn't showing the menu anymore. I'd love to be able to turn the menu back on for that app, at least, so I can use it for depositing checks.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] schneid:
Xposed for LP Alpha was recently updated. Xtended Settings has the 3dot menu plus adds search..
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] the_great_escape:
Thanks - it's called 3dot, right? That wasn't what I had in mind: the three dot menu on the bottom of the screen is what's gone missing.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] HOLLOWHEART:
I am looking for this too. :confused:

I was told Fluent Rom has the option but im squeamish to return to that rom.

EDIT

By the way do NOT try and install the existing 3Dot mod on LP it will wreak havoc on your device.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] schneid:
I was using Xtended Settings with the Xposed Lollipop Alpha. Most mods work including 3-dot menu. I also like that it will increase the grid in Quick Settings and Theme the bottom bar. DO NOT enable the "HTC" quick settings. It locked me hard.

On Fluent now and using it as I find the Mod packs lacking in choices. To change options there you must reflash. In Xposed, you can just change most on the fly, turn the Modules off, or disable Xposed without a reflash.

You DO NEED a good Nandroid as some Xposed Modules in LP will lock you. Absent that there are instructions on how to remove Xposed through TWRP's File Manager and even a flashable Xposed nuker.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] HOLLOWHEART:
Where do we find the 3dot mod in XS?

EDIT: Nevermind i finally found the option. :eek: XS needs a search option and better nested menus there are so many options available.

And what i would REALLY love to do is setup the soft buttons in a layout like the hard heat buttons on the Nxus1, is that possible?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] HOLLOWHEART:
I should have never installed that 3Dot menu mod now whenever i try to enable it in XS i get locked up.

I uninstalled the 3Dot menu mod but it has no effect. :(

edit: Strike that too. Its more or less whenever i touch XS at all. I wonder if this has anything to do with it being a hard coded system app in the rom ? :confused:
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] henguich:
I´m quite new

i t Looks your room is the best, congrats for that.

im going to try it. i have a questions

Does the native hot spot work? or i need a Verizon hotspot plan

I live in Ecuador witn GSM networks but i use an unlocked a Verizon htc m8 branded. will the room work for me?

thanks you are the best
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] schneid:
Told you it was much more powerful than the mod pack and yes it is ***** to find stuff.

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What version of Xposed are you using? If the LP one, it should be okay. You may have activated one of the gotchas while struggling through the XS menus. Do you have the Mod pack installed? If so, maybe they don't play nice.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] silver04v:
Who's using xposed only, no other mod packs on 2.4, and how's it running? I'm on plain jane 2.4, and its running super clean. If like to do some xposed modules, but don't want to compromise my stability. Thoughts?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Botmaster_Enkidu:
HTC ONE MAX, installed lollipop, cant boot

hi,

i wasnt sure if this ROM is for m8 only or also for one max, i installed it on one max and after boot, my phone cant go further than HTC boot page logo.

also cant go recovery mode using hardware buttons. is it ebcause this rom wasnt for one max? i tried adb, but computer says device not found

any idea?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] furrelkt:
Hello all, sorry I posted in the rom thread instead of this one...

I keep getting a message about google play unfortunately stopping. Not sure why. Ideas? Thanks.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] 2CHP:
Micro to USB

Hi Neo,

Thank you for your hard work, this is truly the fastest and most stable rom for HTC One M8. Like McDonalds "Im loving it"!

The only issue Ive came across is that I can no longer connect my micro to USB adapter, and have the M8 register it. I use it for connecting my Xbox controller, and wireless keyboard. I'm just wondering if anyone else has this problem, and how I may fix it.

Im running a clean install, did advance wipe before I flashed your recent version 2.4 no other issues beside USB support gone.

Thanks!
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] -MightyMouse-:
Hi Sprint M7wls forums

I have been trying to work on a rom for this device for some time now, and I think I may do pretty good

Since I updated I want to keep lollipop on my phone for a few days, so I need some beta testers to make sure that my deodex proses worked.

Disclaimer

This is android version 4.4.3 with sense version 6 not lollipop.

this has also been untested by me so I don't know what it will do.

Anyone who would like to test please pm me, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] miko12312:
Can you give more information on the ROM like kernel ,tweaks that are added ,is it stock, I'm willing to test, is it compiled by your or source
[One (M8) General] Macropoutsis:
I'm posting this as a guide to repairing your GPS at the hardware level after a teardown. So you decided to replace your broken screen, or put on some fancy back cover on your M8. Or even sent in your phone for repair just get it back with no GPS lock. You notice your phone sees satellites but can't get a fix/lock because the signal is to low. Simple fix. I've attached some images to help explain the process.

First you need to remove the back cover. Just the back cover. (This is a nice tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDsZLl_JzwA )

Second. Locate ITEM #1 at the top of the phone shown in the attached pictures. This is a copper metal tab that bends easily. My guess, this get bent during teardown.

Third. Locate ITEM #2 on the back cover shown in the attached pictures. This is a contact point for ITEM #1.

Fourth. Bend ITEM #1 so it contacts ITEM #2 when you reassemble the back cover. That's it.

Fifth. Download GPS Statues from the market and test your GPS.

Sixth. Hit the thanks button and enjoy a beer.
[One (M8) General] Golf3-2.8:
thank you

very nice idea and saved my day/week/month.... i tried everything regarding software, firmware and rom but nothing would help.

at the same time when i flashed to another rom i tried to fix my speaker and i had to remove the speaker cover.... i never thought of a hardware problem but my GPS is functioning well again now.
[One (M8) General] Macropoutsis:
Glad to help. :good:
[One (M8) General] mccollumni:
I couldn't find this copper tab (maybe the reason why mine isn't working), but I also couldn't see it in the video you linked to?
[One (M8) General] Macropoutsis:
Yeah. Hard to see it in the video. That's just for teardown. Best is to check the pics. That tab should be at the top of the phone next to the power button. Unless yours is missing altogether. It is pretty flimsy.
[One (M8) General] *Arctic*:
Saved my ass ! I changed my back cover and then my gps stop working ! Thx kind sir ! =)
[One (M8) General] t2k269:
Many thanks! My GPS was fixed.
[One (M8) General] Macropoutsis:
You're welcome. Glad to help. :good:
[One (M8) General] Macropoutsis:
Very good. Glad to hear. ;)
[One (M8) General] hzw1199:
You have saved my phone! Thank you very much!
[One (M8) General] Macropoutsis:
Your welcome :good:
[One (M8) General] 300swolesquid:
Hey, thanks for the great information! Do you know of any fix for a metal tab that broke off completely?
[One (M8) General] Macropoutsis:
Ouch! Not sure. I think it's soldiered to the board. You may want to use a generic piece of metal and just sandwich it place. It just has to touch the case.
[One (M8) General] kickz77:
thanks man i will try it!!
[One (M8) General] Macropoutsis:
Hope everything goes well. :good:
[One (M8) General] allgoodcory:
Any luck with your attempt to fix this with that tab gone? This also happened to me after I had swapped colors. Love the phone but I need GPS lock.
[One (M8) General] Espartan55:
Thank so much men, i have like half year without gps and this solution works for me. And for the ones that broke the metal tab like me :( i put a piece of aluminum paper and it works. Again thank you men i'm very happy
[One (M8) General] Macropoutsis:
Glad to help :good:
[One (M8) General] m1kem:
Does anyone have a better picture of the tab? I think mine is broken off, but I can't tell from the blurry pictures. I tried stuffing aluminum foil in the gap, but I'm not sure if I'm touching the correct points. The phone is now locking a few satellites, but only barely enough - and it is super slow. This is better than without the foil, but not a ton better.
[One (M8) General] ut666:
Thanks so much for sharing the info!

This fixed my no GPS locks after a back/case change.

I did break the metal clip slightly, so be very gentle, but kitchen foil did the trick.

ut.
[One (M8) General] steele_lee:
I cannot upload pictures so I just send a PM to you for the copper tab pictures.
[One (M8) General] vazersecurity:
If only I would have known this 8 months ago...
[One (M8) General] groovyz1k:
This may save my behind. I just replaced the USB board and now only Google Maps can locate me. Every other GPS app cannot. Thanks!!
[One (M8) General] groovyz1k:
Aaaaaaand, it snapped completely off with a super gentile touch. I can't really tell if it broke or part pops out, but a set it back into place and now I have GPS again...for now.
[One (M8) General] Macropoutsis:
Yeah. That clip is very fragile. Glad to help.
[One (M8) General] :
Hello guys. compass is not working in my device. in a repair, NFC antenna of battery cover has missed. can I get to know whether NFC antenna affects the compass?
[One (M8) General] Xdpker06:
Any solutions if the copper tab completely fell off when I opened up the cover? Thanks
[One (M8) General] seadersn:
use aluminium foil, fold it to the correct suiting size and fix it with super glue: but take care with it because of contact area etc ;)
[One (M8) General] Skllz:
I broke mine as well.. fell off completely I tried the foil solution without any luck.. the best that I have it's locking 1 GPS but it was for a few seconds... maybe it's making contact with something that it shouldn't... any of you can send a pic of the form you used on the aluminium foil?
[One (M8) General] Macropoutsis:
This is the GPS tab. I believe the foil must touch this point on the board to your case (see attachment). I myself haven't done the foil fix.

Here's a link for a replacement board and video guide if you can't get it to work. I'm not sure if the daughter boards are the same between carriers (check fitment).

http://www.witrigs.com/oem-daughterboard-for-htc-one-m8
[One (M8) General] seadersn:
here's what i did:

fix it with superglue on the opposite side of the contact point, there's much place for it. then bend it over the circuit board until it reaches the contact. now you need sth to press the foil down onto the contact. i seized a piece of wood into the small area, cut it until it had the right size, was a funny job... but it works now [emoji106]

edit: ok, abload sucks atm. direct upload:
[One (M8) General] Skllz:
That's probably why it didn't work for me.. the way you did it it only touches the daughter board and the connector on the case... I just stuffed the gap with foil lol I'll try this way to see if it works
[One (M8) General] seadersn:
maybe, it even may be that you produced a short-circuit with this. it's a little bit tricky, this place isn't the best one for mc gyver solutions :D
[One (M8) General] Skllz:
After many tries I managed to get it working.. the way you did didn't work for me... I had do fold the foil to the front... if it was folded backwards to the back of the contact it didn't work.. maybe didn't make contact with the connector on the back casing.. anyways it works now and I'm not afraid of getting lost again :silly:
[One (M8) General] down33:
thank you ..saved my phone:good:

MY BLOG :: https://wingiz.com
[One (M8) General] das_bear:
you just saved my day!

as already mentioned before : by trying to bend the litte copper tab it just crumbled into pieces.

made a quick replacement with a self-made tab out of aluminum foil - now have an indoor fix right next to the windows with up to 8 sats in less than 15 sec .

U'r the man !!!

Thnx
[One (M8) General] Enders13:
Another grateful reader, fortunately my clip was just pushed in, I have some very fine tweezers which pulled it back into shape. I'm back on the map thanks bro!
[One (M8) General] mrsofa:
I broke off my pin too.

Anyone ever dared to solder a new piece back in? (im skeptical about the kitchen foil cause i drop my phone 6x a day :D)

+I didn't know the solution was this, and I took the phone apart like 5x allready, now my screen is falling out and the tiny plastic bezel wont fit back in...its like all wobbly and weird...

Yes, the answer is get a new phone...but still.
[One (M8) General] hololight:
Thanks for this.... When my GPS quit working I hadn't even thought of this possibility (I noticed it pretty long after I had opened up my phone). For a long while I was chasing the issue as something to do with running Cyanogenmod (there is a known issue there).... Once I saw this I opened the phone up and fixed it. Now I get a 10 foot fix in about 5 seconds (versus a 200 foot fix in like two minutes if i was very lucky).
[One (M8) General] yeah88:
Guys I have the very same issue. However the cooper tab of mine has fallen of the board. So the question is there a specific point that the copper tab should touch on the board? I tried to put some aluminum foil but it did not work maybe not conductive enough.

Give me your thoughts on this as i have no GPS for a while now.
[One (M8) General] Hamodi:
I will try this today hopefully it will solve my problem.

I lost my gps after dissemble my phone
[One (M8) General] BabsDublin:
Hello, could you also PM me the pictures, please?
[One (M8) General] alvtminghui:
Destroyed and lost the little metal spring that supposedly contacts the case to get GPS signal.

What can I do to replace that metal contact that I lost? Is it possible if I just randomly solder another piece of metal onto that part of the board and make sure it is in contact with the case?

Also, how do I know if it's not the GPS component that's damaged instead of the contact problem.
[One (M8) General] Parrcat:
HI tried to bend the copper tab but it came off. How do you get it back on again please? Do you use solder, it's very small.
[One (M8) General] An7ig:
Thank you very much! Just replaced the usb port and GPS stopped working.

With your guide it works fine again :D
[One (M8) General] yzdeaner:
Another successful GPS repair

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I am forever thankful to you for solving my GPS non functionality issue. Several months ago I replaced the charging port on my HTC M8. It went off without a hitch but it was soon after that I noticed my GPS was minimally working. Google Maps could find my location and map out some directions but the app would not speak to me, wouldn't track me and if I went off course the app would not redirect me. All other apps that require on the fly tracking did not work. I even went through the painful process of doing a hard reset courtesy of Verizon and HTC customer service centers to no avail. Of course, that preceded hours of internet search for a software fix.

Praise the lord!! I came across your description for a hardware fix. In my case, the copper tab was bent just enough to not make contact with the cell phone body. All I had to do was bend it outward and presto, I am up and running just fine.

Throughout the experience of not having full GPS functionality I noticed that my battery life was phenomenal. Maybe I was just imagining this to be the case since I previously had repaired a bad charging port. Time will tell but for now I am willing to sacrifice some battery life in exchange for full GPS functionality
[One (M8) General] Macropoutsis:
Your welcome. Glad it helped.
[One (M8) General] Macropoutsis:
Your welcome. Sharing is caring. :D
[One (M8) General] leo9xs:
Hi! i just destroyed the whole contact, resoldered with tin but now when putting the phone back in place the whole tipe came off... :(

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same here did you solve it ?
[One (M8) General] alvtminghui:
Unfortunately, no :(

Tried to solder different types of metal onto the board so that it can come into contact with the back cover but it was very hard. It might jsut be because I'm not very good at soldering too
[One (M8) General] leo9xs:
The only solution I figure out came to this point is buying a new daugther board :(
[One (M8) General] higadoo:
thanks,thanks a lot man,who think that little thing is the reason,thanks.Muy agradecido.
[One (M8) General] OhAime971:
Thank you very much!! That fixed my GPS !!
[One (M8) General] spach:
Many thanks, your rescued my phone

Many thanks, your rescued my phone
[One (M8) General] Macropoutsis:
Glad to help
[One (M8) General] navcar:
Thanks, I replaced my battery and had this same problem - all fixed :)

(Unfortunately I also broke the volume down button, but a replacement's on the way)

and hello from 2018 :)