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[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Yes. Was just trying to save you some time.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] asdecker:
It booted into 5.0.1. Should I run the ruu again?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] asdecker:
Ran the ruu again and everything went through. Thank you for the help!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] killhr:
Sorry for this question but which zip is the just the ruu my twrp is up to date
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
You are still going to need twrp. This will put you back to stock recovery.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] killhr:
I have the latest twrp already I just want to update the firmware
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
An RUU will wipe and reflash every partition on your phone. If you flash this RUU you won't have twrp anymore. Head over to the firmware if you only want firmware.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] killhr:
Oh ok thanks
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] toknitup420:
[MENTION=3472611]dottat[/MENTION]. I'm wondering if you should have people run the 4.4.4 RUU prior to the 5.0.1 RUU. I know it's a lot extra to do but, The 5.0.1 RUU works perfect coming from you're 4.4.4 RUU. No pu_failed or anything like that. Smooth as butter.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
People have reported they have been on that and still had pu update fail. I'm pretty sure it's once on done though. Got one more thing to try later this week to defeat that initial hurdle.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] toknitup420:
That's so weird. I wonder what causes it. I originally thought it was cuz I was running custom firmware. Must be something else. It's def those evil gremlins at VERIZON. Lol.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] haevolution:
I was on 4.4.3 and I had the PU error using the FUU (at least I think it was that error 251 or 255). Not 100% sure what I did but I used the htc_fastboot command to install the L Hboot thinking I was going to have to use the RUU but it rebooted after that and the Lollipop was there and all is well. I got the latest TWRP installed and the tweaks zip - that music channel is fricken cool! Never even knew about that one. Thanks!!!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fryediablo:
I kind of have a weird issue. The first time I did the rru , I got the pu error (I ran a great rom at one point), but the phone booted up and worked fine. After reading through this thread, I decided to do a factory reset from hboot and do the rru again, this time it finished without error, and everything seemed fine, had the stickers and what not. But now my phone won't connect to 4g after coming from WiFi to 3g them 4g. Which is the known 4g handoff issue. The last time this happened to me, I did the ##778 fix from the 4g handoff thread and it worked great. I assume the factory reset undid the change and now when I dial ##778 or ##778#, nothing happens. Has anyone else had this issue or know of a fix? I've been looking for a couple days, but everything I find points to the ##778, which isn't working. Any help is appreciated. Thanks
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Just do a factory reset using stock recovery. That's what fixes 4g probs on HTC phones.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] driguez:
I went from 4.4.2 to 5.0.1 no problems
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fryediablo:
That was the first thing I tried. The 4g works, just not when I come from WiFi or 3g first. But when I change the mobile data setting from global to lte only, it connects, but then fails when I lose 4g (of course). If you think it's warranted I can try it again. Thanks.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
You used stock recovery and not twrp to do that right?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fryediablo:
Yep. I don't have twrp installed.

I boot into bootloader, choose hboot, then factory reset. The phone boots into the stock recovery, resets, then boots back into bootloader and then I select reboot. When it comes up, I get the Android is upgrading app x of 280. Then the setup screen.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jtommyj:
I found an easy way to do this and get 4g back. It worked for me but I'd like some feed back.

I was stuck on 3g. I down loaded a program (free) called Network from Play Store.

Once you open it up come done to where it says "Turn off radio" Leave it go for 10 seconds. Turn it back on and you should have 4g back.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Protocol114:
I also don't have 4G. Didn't have any PU failures when doing the 0P6BIMG on SDCard method, not that I think that affects anything. Reboots don't fix it, so I don't think it's a handoff issue. Unfortunately already reinstalled TWRP - do I have to run the full RUU to revert to stock recovery again?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Fastboot flash this recovery or use flashify to flash it.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934538401
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Protocol114:
Was searching for a file and swear I couldn't find one. Flashed via flashify and factory reset via hboot, now I have 4G again. Thanks much!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
No problem. That's usually the problem. Stock recovert factory reset restores the golden config for nv radio settings.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] zim2704:
totally noob question but is there anything special I need to do flashing the tweaks for tether,ext.? I flashed the zip through twrp and I couldn't reboot past recovery after that point. Let me know what i'm doing wrong thanks.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
What recovery did you use and how did you flash your recovery?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] zim2704:
I used twrp 2.8.5 from and flashed it using the twrp manager app from the playstore.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Twrp manager should not be used. Not sure where it flashed to but you might end up needing to ruu. That's a known problem with twrp manager.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fryediablo:
Just to follow up, I fixed my issue. I installed twrp, restored to a 4.4 backup. Dialed the ##778 and changed the rev A modem setting from the default to enable as per the instructions in the Verizon 4g hand off issue thread. Committed the change, rebooted. Then did the ruu for this version again and everything seems good now. Just a heads up for anyone else who runs into the hand off issue, the dial code won't work from this version. At least it didn't for me and I haven't seen another work around. Thanks for the replies guys and for the work you've done on this.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Man....it's been so long since I gave up on that handoff setting I wouldnt have even thought about.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] David 617:
I'm having a weird issue with my phone since I ran the RUU. If I flash cm or any custom then my phone will not boot past the bootloader (it just boots to the bootloader each time). If I flash stock then it boots fine.

I have the latest firmware and TWRP.

Any suggestions? Thanks
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
How did you get and install your twrp?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] fryediablo:
I had that same issue . The only rom that would boot was the kit Kat back up I restored. I flashed the twrp file linked from here via flashify.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
If you used flashify it probably installed sprints twrp and cm is probably not able to properly determine variant.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] David 617:
I did use flashify.

Interesting, I will try this tonight when I get home.

Thanks
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Yeah. If you can boot to stock Rom I have a twrp zip in the op you can flash without a pc.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] toknitup420:
I use the twrp from [MENTION=388504]captainthrowback[/MENTION]. I believe his is based off Sprint. I've never had issues booting cm. From what I've seen in the cm forums there has been some compatibility issues between cm and the new firmware. It's most likely that.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] haevolution:
It works fine if you use the right version at the beginning of this thread and flash it through stock recovery/hboot (after renaming if of course).
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Spider210:
does anyone have a flashable zip of the mobile hotspot that is cracked to work with old unlimited plan?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
It's in the op with a bonus
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Spider210:
thanks!!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Dan Tekle:
[MENTION=3472611]dottat[/MENTION], any word on this? Just got my new m8 and I've got 5 days... TIA !
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Not yet. Will let you know.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] driguez:
So I'm having an issue which I'm not sure of it has to do with this or the ROM I installed, I'm on VZW btw. Every time I uninstall an app it uninstalls just fine, same with updates, but once I reboot the apps reappear and I have to update my apps again. Anyone have any ideas? I reflashed etc. This happens with all apps regardless if they are system apps or not.

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Just tried uninstalling an app, deleting the play data and opening play, the uninstalled app was there.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Reboot into twrp. Wipe cache and dalvik cache. Then reboot and allow ART to rebuild. Did you restore a nandroid at any point?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] driguez:
I did wiped cache and dalvik, no nandroid restore I went from this ROM into Insert Coin. I am wiping tonight and reflash, hoping it will work.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Did you wipe before you flash insert coin? Only time I have ran into this was when I restore apps/system apps and cache wasn't wiped. Ended up with some sort of mismatched art data. Wiping cache and dalvik fixed it.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] driguez:
I could have sworn I did, but who knows maybe I missed that. I'm just wiping and flashing and crossing my fingers lol. Thanks for replying I wholeheartedly appreciate that.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mcdanielvzw:
Thanks for your work on this Dottat, I was still on 4.4.3 because it wasn't worth upgrading to a stock 4.4.4 root. With the RUU's listed here tweaks pack, upgrading to 5.0.1 couldn't have been easier on my M8 and I still have tethering on my unlimited plan!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] xbxjunkie:
i've tried flashing the ruu in hboot as instructed in post 1 and for some reason i keep getting " no image or wrong image "

s-off, 4.4.4 and unlocked...not new to flashing here,,,,ideas?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
When you renamed the file you used a zero for the first character right? And it's on your ext sd card right?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] xbxjunkie:
yes sir, i figured it was a zero and i put the ruu file on my ext sd card...tried several cards using either FAT or FAT32 file systems, this file is only 528kb, correct? md5 checked good
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Can you check and see if your file extensions are hidden? You may have two .zip with one being hidden.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] xbxjunkie:
winner winner, chicken dinner....on the money !!! i didn't think of doing that.....thanks:D

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now i'm getting this....

parsing....sd zip

reset htc debug flag....

[1] bootloader

do you want to start update?

vol up...yes

vol down...no

hit vol up

now i get

[1] bootloader - ok

update complete

took all of a second

press POWER to reboot....boots back to 4.4.4

is that right?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Yep that's correct.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] xbxjunkie:
then i'm confused and perhaps i read it wrong, but i thought flashing the ruu in hboot would update to lollipop? i got be missing something
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
You did the hboot only. Now do the full sized 1.6 gig file. Rename it the same way and let boot loader update.

And if you do a factory reset now you will likely save yourself from two ruu flashes. That new hboot you flashed makes some partition changes
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] xbxjunkie:
well i didn't do a FDR and i'm loading the 1.6 file now....so you're saying i may need to flash this 1.6 file twice?

so far all is OK on the flash...i gotta a BYPASS at step 8 ---SBL1 and a bypass at step 13 ---TP

got everything up and running before i went to sleep....GREAT JOB !!!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] kyohiros:
do you have stock kernel of 5.0.1?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] It IS Lupus:
So I flashed the stock recovery did a factory reset from within the recovery, rebooted into the bootloader then rebooted. Still having 4g issues. Did the reset from within bootloader no dice. I did flash cm12, do I need to flash back to the stock rom?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Yes. Cm seems to be having radio issues on the newer firmware.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] driguez:
Just to update, wiped and flashed and everything is well. Thanks again for helping even though it didn't really had to do with your RUU.

Quoted the wrong post, but yeah thanks.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Dougau:
Well, even though settings/about/ software information showed 4.17.605.5 and everything seemed fine, this is what my bootloader looked like.

Running the ruu again fixed it, but I would still like to know what the two OS versions displayed in red mean. It was the first time I have ever seen it.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Means you never successfully flashed a zip from 4.17.605.5. It knew the last OS read from the last successfully flashed zip and contrasts that against what this hboot version expects. You likely only failed flashing the data chunk. After running it again your data flashed successfully and the zip did too thus satisfying the clearing of the red text. Make any sense?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Dougau:
Yep, thanks dottat and good work!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sjpritch25:
I've tried flashing this ruu, 4.4.3 ruu and 4.4.4 ruu. I get the same can't find image. It happens so fast its hard to tell where exactly, but it doesn't complete. Also, I tried downloading the ruu with the exe and there was no exe in the 4.4.4zip.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
You have file extensions hidden. Enable them and you will see all your zips have two .zips and your exe was there all along ?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sjpritch25:
I checked & that isn't the problem
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sjpritch25:
Here you go
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Well.....the exe is just that. Its not a zip. You simply doubleclick it. As so the zips. Are you renaming them correctly ? That's a leading zero.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
And damn dude. You have launch day firmware/os
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sjpritch25:
Yeah bought the phone on swappa. It was just gsm unlocked. So, I have go to a store & get the correct sim.

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I'm must be downloading the wrong file. Geez.

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Its the app/exe one correct. I swear I'm not going crazy
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sjpritch25:
Yeah, I'm downloading again.

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Named it wrong. Its a 0 at the beginning not a O. Its been a long night getting adb to work on my PC. Adb works, but fastboot isn't. Thanks for the reply. I feel really dumb right now
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
So adb and fastboot both need to have a driver installed. I have commonly found pcs that had a driver installed for adb and Android1.0 installed for fastboot...which will never work. Check device manager while connected to phone in fastboot mode and make sure you see the latest my HTC device.

Don't feel stupid. Seriously. I would much rather be asked questions all night then get the mayday call after a user turns s-on and locks a phone in an attempt to "fix" it. Ask anything you want here....
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sjpritch25:
Well, I'm exhausted. Do I'm going to bed. Going to tackle it tomorrow.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Shadow Death:
I'm about to run this through my old M8 as well. I have to send it back as soon as HTC sends me my new one. :/
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Run it. Run it again. Lock bootloader using adb command. Reboot a time or two. Uninstall su. Install full L firmware.zip on my androidfilehost. If all looks well....then and only then turn s on. Pm me if you have any questions.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sjpritch25:
Okay still not working. I'm going to try the exe tonight. Scratching my head
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
You run the exe on your computer. You don't copy it to the phone. Your phone must be USB connected to your PC.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sjpritch25:
Yeah, I will. However that picture is me downloading the standalone zip to my external sdcard, renaming it to 0P6BIMG.zip. That's what i was getting when i booted into bootloader. I'm beginning to think my sdcard might be going bad. Its old and its from my sgs3. Tonight I'm going to get fastboot working on my laptop and then i'll run the exe with my phone connected.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Shadow Death:
It worked fine for me. The first time it said that it failed. I rebooted into hboot and flashed it again and it worked fine. All I have left is to reboot, uninstall SuperSU, relock the boot loader and then turn S-On. I believe that's all I have left after flashing the RUU.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
have to relock before unrooting....
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
[MENTION=1940582]Dan Tekle[/MENTION]

come out come out wherever you are.... i'm uploading something :)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Dan Tekle:
Feeling so much better now!!! I had a really big interview today so this could be icing on the cake! Thanks brother... Will buy a beer soon.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] xbxjunkie:
it is working....notice the progress bar on the right side corner of your screen? that's the zip file being loaded, so be patient, it'll take a long time.....
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Dan Tekle:
New thread?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
The master listing will always be here...

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-htc-on...rmware-collection-t2946473/page5#post59397126

and the link is live..
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sjpritch25:
Thanks. I waited over 30 minutes and it was still loading. I figured it would of gone quicker than that.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Shadow Death:
Gotcha, I'm about to start that process tonight. I'm assuming you mean a full unroot via SuperSU.

Edit: all is good now. I flashed your ruu by putting it on the external sdcard and rebooting into hboot. Then I made sure to find and flash your android l firmware just in case. Then I locked the bootloader, used SuperSU to do a full unroot (reboot is needed) and turned S-ON. Its working great and ready to ship back for warranty.

Thanks for the help dottat. :D
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sjpritch25:
Okay, I was tired & stressed out last night. I'm all set got lollipop & twrp installed
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Sweet. I was worried it was time for an Android intervention.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sjpritch25:
lmao. I'm in IT, so that's why i was so frustrated. I was just tired that day. I'm going to vent. I had a horrible run, bad day at work and got the new phone. It didn't come with a sim removal tool, so i had to remove the sim with a stable and find something else to remove the sdcard slot. So lets just say i was a little frustrated. Then Verizon said the sim that it came with wasn't compatible. . Can we connect via teamviewer? Fastboot doesn't seem to be working still. I'm lost.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Yeah man. What time works for you?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] str8str:
God you didn't have to go thru all that all I did when I returned my phone was unroot it. I already had the fake son official hboot and that's it. Flashed back my backup of the original stock rom sent it back and got my replacement
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Shadow Death:
I didn't have my backup of the original rom and I didn't know what they looked for. Besides, it wasn't that difficult and I enjoy doing that stuff anyway. Makes me feel like I accomplished something. lol
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] sjpritch25:
Going to have to be later today. Whatever is easier for you.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] nelsonator1982:
i have been looking for a while now for a easy way to do this i need to send my phone to htc the front mic broke could you point me to a guide or anything to help sir
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] WorldOfJohnboy:
Process

OK, so I am going to do this as I am having GPS lock issues and hope it's something that's easily fixed by a "full" RUU.

I want to confirm that the following is the correct process for doing so:

NAND Backup in TWRP of Data, System, etc. (exclude Cache) of current ROM. (Also have TiBu of all apps/system just in case)

Using the EXE, run and follow instructions to flash RUU.

Go back into Fastboot and flash TWRP recovery (I have the IMG file from their site)

Boot into ROM to ensure all works

NAND restore custom ROM.

EDIT: Only change is that the EXE boots you into the ROM automatically. So #3 and 4 need to be switched.

Just so you know, I noticed something during the EXE process. [IMG="VersionInfo"]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/73223825/VersionIssue.jpg[/IMG]
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] str8str:
All that's needed is to make a backup ,restore a backup of a sense rom, open maps, get a lock on your location then immediately reboot from maps back to recovery and restore backup
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
unless you can get me a copy of htc's signing keys.. this app will never read the version info right because it's expecting to need to decrypt it. That said, it's been present and will be in every s-off RUU i put together.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] pie_are_squared:
I downloaded the file, moved to root, renamed, rebooted fastboot, hit hboot and got this. What am I doing wrong?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] aer0zer0:
[MENTION=3472611]dottat[/MENTION] So if i wanted to flash zip from RUU mode on the phone and wipe firmwares prior to flash my command would be

fastboot flash zip 0P6BIMG.zip /w

Is this correct. Im asking because i flashed so many RUU/ROMS/Firmwares and i figure this would be the freshest start, to wipe firmwares from RUU level prior to reinstallation? If it is a dumb question, i am sorry ahead of time
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
-w

And do a

Fastboot oem task 28

Fastboot oem task 29

First [emoji2]
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
Extra hidden .zip extension on the end?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] aer0zer0:
so i am looking at

fastboot oem rebootRUU

fastboot oem task 28

fastboot oem task 29

fastboot flash zip 0P6BIMG.zip -w

fastboot reboot-bootloader

in that order. I am curious what does the task 28 & 29 do?

hooray for figuring things out on my own

so 1st off, you need to use the htc_fastboot in the FUU, or you will get the "not enough space" error

task 28 is wipe user data

task 29 is user+system

the -w switch at the end of the zip does a user data wipe (im not sure if anything else)

[MENTION=3472611]dottat[/MENTION] do we need the -w switch if we perform a task 29?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
29 also does cache.

Technically, if you do it this way the w isn't needed. I have been batting 1000 on the ones I have helped users do by wiping via oem task. Definitely surefire and clean.

I only use HTC fastboot. I have a separate zip with just that and adb on my androidfilehost.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] WorldOfJohnboy:
OK, this was my first time, had no clue. I still flashed with complete confidence. especially with NEO endorsing your work!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] oebanez:
i've run RUU via app/exe . and get error 152 , then i tried again and succes but, i have wifi issue, can't connect to wifi. how to solve this ?

Wifi detail is using 802.1x EAP-SIM . i cant connect to that wifi, but still connect to usual wifi. can u fix this ?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] kyohiros:
after installing 5.0.1 when i send a message in facebook messenger my phone freezes a bit, anyone else having same problem?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] rzap:
First off, I would like to thank you, Dottat, for the files and expertise you provide for us. Flashed the RUU update using second option with sdcard. I received and fail-up on userdate and pg2fs and then at the end , i got partition update fail, update fail, hit power to reboot. I rebooted and not it's optimizing my apps. I was flashing this over your 4.4.4 RUU. surely this is not normal is it? Not sure what will happen after all apps are optimized, will advise. Thanks, once again.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] toknitup420:
Lollipop optimizes apps upon first boot. Reboot to fastboot and perform a factory reset. Then run the ruu again. You should be all set after that.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] rzap:
ok, trying that now, although having trouble booting into fastboot, keeps going to hboot and want to reinstall RUU