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[One (M8s) General] DarkEden_-:
Hey, nice post, finally something for the new M8s, however, everytime i try to flash the recovery, i get this message:

sending 'recovery' (31014 KB)... OKAY

writing 'recovery'... (bootloader) signature checking...

FAILsignature verify fail

FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)

Execution time is 5(s)

It seems to work halfways but i dont understand this signature error. Do you have any suggestions? How do i fix this signature error? I've installed your RUU

Device: HTC One M8s

Have a great day! ~Eden

EDIT: I got it to work, i just got confused because you said to relock the BL. I did this, then installed your RUU, but now i figured out that i have to unlock the BL AFTER installing RUU AGAIN.

I'm now with recovery, rooted, and everything works fine.

Thank you for providing the files.

If anyone needs help or can't get past something or doesen't fully understand what to do, hit me up on skype: a_busload_of_chips. I'd be happy to help out.

Have a great day to all! ~Eden
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
I don't get the error 155 anymore since i did fastboot oem lock so the bootloader is relocked, now i can use the RUU but none of europe ones from this thread worked it just says sending and nothing more happends.

So is there something else i need to do before using the RUU?
[One (M8s) General] DarkEden_-:
I somehow can't write on /system or make it writable in TWRP, it get's reset everytime i boot... any ideas?
[One (M8s) General] wurstherpes:
I'll do everything in Recovery with aroma File Manager .
[One (M8s) General] xunholyx:
None of the Europe ones from what thread? There's only one M8S RUU link in the OP here. Use that one if you have the M8S. I imagine you are trying to run the 4.16.401.10 RUU? You can't run that one on the M8S. You need the proper RUU, which is provided in the OP.
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
what? i tried every europe one on the ruu.lalleman site that i found on this thread, and umm what is OP?

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I'm so confused :confused:
[One (M8s) General] xunholyx:
When I clicked his link in OP (Original Post) it only showed one RUU. I looked through the site and see what you are referring to now. They all appear to be for the M8S.

Try booting to RUU mode on your phone before running the RUU.

In fastboot fastboot oem rebootRUU

You should boot to a black screen with the HTC logo. That is RUU mode.

Some people have success running the RUU while the phone is in fastboot when they are experiencing issues. Try that if the last method doesn't work.
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
okay thanks

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Update: i tried doing it in the RUU mode but it didn't work sadly i got error 155 when i tried again ._.
[One (M8s) General] DarkEden_-:
Could you tell me what exactly you did? I just got it to work on my device a few hrs ago. I think i can help you out.

Cheers, ~Eden
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
I tried running an RUU for on my m8s but i always get error 155 iv tried relocking the bootloader and just tried doing it while in RUU mode but none of the ones work
[One (M8s) General] DarkEden_-:
On your M8s, i assume you connected it to the PC and so on? I don't know if there are any other methods since im not an expert here. But here's what i did, and it worked perfectly smooth:

First, make sure the bootloader is lockked (Simply lock it thru ADB)

Then go into the BL by pressing Vol DOWN + POWER for a few seconds, make sure you're on FASTBOOT not HBOOT (It's above the options you can choose from) If it says HBOOT above the options go to FASTBOOT and press VOL DOWN.

Now connect your device to the PC, if your drivers are installed correctly, it should say now FASTBOOT USB in red.

Now go to the RUU folder (extract it first!) and run ARUWizard.exe.

Go through all the pages and accept. Then simply follow the instructions given by the installer, it takes about 10 minutes.

When you've installed the RUU, boot into your devi9ce, make sure USB debugging is ON in the DEVELOPER OPTIONS, if you dont see them tap the Build number in software settings 7 times.

Now you just copy the recovery image file to your internal storage via usb and go to ADB (Right click inside the ADB folder and click command promt here.

To make sure your device is connected and working fine type adb devices. You should see your device with a random number. Now type adb reboot bootloader. Wait for it to get in the BL. Now type adb fastboot flash *name of recovery.img) and click enter

That should be it, now you can enter the recovery form the bootloader. It will promt you to install SuperSU then.

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Just forgot to quote, doing it now in case you wouldn't see it without the quotes.

Cheers ~Eden
[One (M8s) General] hector2001:
Hi,

Thanks a lot for starting this thread concerning the M8S.

About the procedure, I think this is not very clear to me :

It is written :

" 0. Copy the custom recovery or stock recovery into your internal storage. <== of the phone ??...

New method :

1. Use the HTC_Fastboot linked above and flash the recovery :

Code:

htc_fastboot flash recovery {Your_Recovery}"

Should we understand "Copy the custom recovery or stock recovery into your hard disk." instead of "Copy the custom recovery or stock recovery into your internal storage." ?

Then flash the recovery image file using (for example) :

"htc_fastboot flash recovery C:\TEMP\RECOVERY.IMG"
[One (M8s) General] wurstherpes:
In the folder where adb is
[One (M8s) General] DarkEden_-:
Copy the custom recovery to your phones internal storage. Then right click in your ADB folder while holding SHIFT. choose open cmd here. Then type "htc_fastboot flash *recovery.img*

(To make it easier just type a space after 'flash' and then drag and drop the recovery image from your ADB folder into the cmd. You should see the path now)

As always, do it from your FASTBOOT USB menu, obviously.

Have a great day! ~Eden

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EDIT: Indeed, I had trouble understanding the procedure too. The explanation is very very bad. Especially, It doesn't say that you have to unlock the BL after installing the custom RUU, even if it's obvious, new people may not know it, like I didn't.

Have a great day! ~Eden
[One (M8s) General] jd1001:
Rom

Hey guys,

I just wanted to know if there are plans to develop this ROM further? Obviously I am not asking for ETAs or anything I am just wondering if there are future builds planned?

Also does anyone know how we can request XDA to create a dedicated device thread for our HTC M8S?
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
That's exactly what i have done except i didn't do that usb debugging thing that might be it, it might work now, i'm gonna try and im so sorry i couldn't test this before because i had to go for vacation in two days.

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well my problem right now is that none of the RUU's in this thread work :( one of the europe ones worked b4 but now none of them work.
[One (M8s) General] hector2001:
Hello,

I have a few more questions :

Concerning the recovery image file, there are several ones :

- twrp-recovery-2.8.6.0-m8s-qlul.img (from El-Conkistador)

- twrp-2.8.7.0-m8s-qlul.img (from El-Conkistador)

- twrp-2.8.6.0_CPTB-B1-m8ql.img (from Captain_ThrowbackOne)

- twrp-2.8.6.0_CPTB-B2-m8ql.img (from Captain_ThrowbackOne)

- twrp-2.8.7.0_CPTB-B1-m8ql.img (from Captain_ThrowbackOne)

- twrp-2.8.7.0_CPTB-B2-m8ql.img (from Captain_ThrowbackOne)

- twrp-2.8.7.0_CPTB-B3-m8ql.img (from Captain_ThrowbackOne)

- twrp-2.8.7.0_CPTB-B4-m8ql.img (from Captain_ThrowbackOne)

- twrp-2.8.7.0_CPTB-B6-m8ql.img (from Captain_ThrowbackOne)

- twrp-2.8.7.0_CPTB-B7-m8ql.img (from Captain_ThrowbackOne)

Which one is best recommanded ?

Before flashing the Pandora 1.2 ROM, should we wipe :

- Dalvik Cache ?

- /System ?

- /Data ?

- /Cache ?

Does Pandora 1.2 ROM already include its custom Kernel ?

Concerning Xposed framework, Rovo89 has released a new version v69 (2015/08/03) :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3034811

Should we flash using the file "xposed-v69-sdk21-arm64.zip" ?

I will post some screenshots of Pandora ROM v1.2 after I get it worked.

Thanks.

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Hi Alex,

As suggested by xunholyx, if you are S-On (which should be the case) you need to lock the bootloader first (fastboot oem lock) before installing a RUU.
[One (M8s) General] Captain_Throwback:
As far as TWRP goes, the one in this folder is the one you should be using. Old/test versions have been archived.
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
I know i did relock the bootloader and iv tried more than 10 times already but i don't know why it won't work ._.
[One (M8s) General] DACATA:
xposed is not running on this rom !! device wil not boot
[One (M8s) General] wurstherpes:
Sometimes it works , sometimes it does not. For me, the version worked v67. When Logo stucks then reboot again and then wait a long time. But had GPS problems then .

We have to wait probably.
[One (M8s) General] DarkEden_-:
Might be a stupid idea but have you tried resetting your phone via the Bootloader? I mean the factory reset. I assume you havent rooted it beforehand, before trying to install this RUU right? So it should be full factory reset, like out of the box. I don't know if USB Debugging will help with the RUU but you can try it.

Have you tried checking if the PC detects your phone? Do this in adb: "adb devices". (use adb commands when in FASTBOOT USB MODE, not HBOOT, installing the RUU, you have to be in FASTBOOT USB also). If you see a weird number and phone or device, then its alright, try it again. As stated above locking your BL is essential. Im not sure if there are more RUUs in the link but i've used

RUU_M8_QL_UL_L50_SENSE60_HTC_Europe_1.16.401.1_Radio_1.0.U20410.1@50408_15.00_016_F_release_436156_signed

And it went fine, but don't forget to unlock your BL AFTER installing the RUU and BEFORE flashing your recovery, when you get that far.,

And by the way, i got my M8s hard bricked to the point where it didn't even charge after updating SuperSU after installing xposed. So beware of flashing any SuperSU *updates*. The first time you will be promted to do so, it's alright but the second time after installing xpodsed as said, be careful, and i'd advise you not to update it at all. Luckily i got my M8s replaced.

Cheers ~Eden
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
I'm pretty sure the computer recognizes the phone but maybe its windows 10? last time the i ran the RUU i was in win 8.1

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and i don't know how to factory reset it but before i flashed the pandora rom i was rooted on the stock rom i believe or maybe not, i don't remember
[One (M8s) General] wurstherpes:
You do not need to make reset. That's all in the installer included.
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
well i can't get any RUU to run, everytime i run an RUU it says sending and stops at 0 / 8
[One (M8s) General] hector2001:
Alex,

If not OK with Windows 10, use Windows 7 (or 8??) as you said it worked before you upgraded to Windows 10...
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
well i don't know how to restore to windows 8 now ._.
[One (M8s) General] jd1001:
Reinstall the phone drivers for Windows 10
[One (M8s) General] hector2001:
Here are some screenshots of Pandora ROM 1.2 :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1yYk6BUagHBOS1Ra29tcHhnZXM/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1yYk6BUagHBMVhuYjNxNlZCZFE/view?usp=sharing
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
Now i know what the problem is! my computer doesn't recognize my device when i type adb devices and i just tried running the RUU on my win 8.1 laptop but it didn't work, that means i need some drivers or something, i dunno but the thing is i don't know where to get those drivers so a little help from anyone would be appriciated.
[One (M8s) General] jd1001:
Download the HTC application for Windows ten. Think it's called HTC sync or something like that. Go to the HTC site you should be able to find it handy enough.
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
and then? my computer doesn't recognize my m8s because it's using pandora rom, wich means no drivers?
[One (M8s) General] jd1001:
No dude it's hardware. Nothing to do with the rom. Your laptop is not recognising the hardware. You can't do what you're trying to do because your new w10 laptop won't recognise the phone. You need to find HTC m8s drivers for Windows 10...try a Google search but the HTC website should have an application that allows you to sync, bundled with that software are the drivers you would need.
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
I don't know where to find those drivers? ._.
[One (M8s) General] jd1001:
Download "HTC sync manager" install it, the drivers are included. Connect phone check again if it is recognised.
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
I'v tried, and it doesn't recognize
[One (M8s) General] voidzero:
Ok guys a couple of really important things.

1: use htc's fastboot. Flashing with other fastboot executables seems to fail for some reason. Be sure you use HTC's Fastboot!

2 to flash a RUU, as I have covered earlier in this thread, I only got that to work as follows.

1. Download the RUU.

2. Unzip it.

3. Make sure you have an sdcard that is fat32 formatted. Maybe exFAT alse works, I do not know.

3. Put rom.zip on the root of the sdcard. Do NOT extract it. Just copy it.

4. Rename rom.zip to: 0PKVIMG.zip. The first character is the number 0, not the letter O!

5. Unload the SDCard from your computer

6. power off your phone

7. insert the SDCard into the phone

8. Take a deep breath

8. Boot the phone to fastboot by pressing Volume Down and Power at the same time.

The restoration process will now start. If it fails, this is probably due to a faulty sector on the SDCard. Happened to me once. I found out by verifying the md5sum of rom.zip on the sdcard and my computer. They didn't match, so I copied rom.zip to the sdcard for the second time, and *then* deleted 0PKVIMG.img, and then renamed rom.zip to 0PKVIMG.zip. That worked, the md5sum matched, and then the restoration worked.

Good luck!
[One (M8s) General] hector2001:
Alex's problem is only related to his Operating System (Windows 10) which is not 100% compatible with HTC drivers or HTC Sync Manager.

According to HTC Web site, HTC Sync Manager is supported on WinXP, WinVista, Win7, Win 8 (they do not mention Windows 10).
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
Oh i must have missed that, i'll try doing it on my other win 8 laptop tomorrow
[One (M8s) General] tsimitsangaz:
you missed the basic part Mate ! os support maybe?
[One (M8s) General] klaymaniaf:
And how to revert to stock for warranty issue, after this install????
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
guys wich RUU do i need if my version number is 1.11.401.1 CL531284
[One (M8s) General] PatarNoster:
Just wanted to pop this on here, anyone care to look into it ?

A stable CM12 Rom.... could be easily ported maybe?

http://xdaforums.com/yureka/orig-development/rom-cyanogenmod-12-1-build-1-unofficial-t3086007
[One (M8s) General] DACATA:
the device is only produced for EU.... ;) but who knows
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
Still can't get any RUU to work ._. not even on win 8.1, htc sync manager doesn't recognize my device in 8.1 either .-.
[One (M8s) General] DACATA:
Compatibility mode win7 tested also?
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
i dunno, i haven't had win 7 on my computer for atleast 4 years, do i need htc sync manager to recognize my computer to use an RUU?

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And what is compatibility mode?
[One (M8s) General] jd1001:
Ah here explaining all this here is gonna really clutter this thread.
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
I'm sorry if i did something wrong i'm kinda new to xda, and android in general
[One (M8s) General] jd1001:
I understand but this is on the border of being windows support.
[One (M8s) General] xunholyx:
HTC Sync is only good to install the drivers. It does not work with ADB well, and RUUs too aparently. After the drivers are installed, uninstall Sync Manager.
[One (M8s) General] DACATA:
And reinstall the drivers ?
[One (M8s) General] Captain_Throwback:
Uninstalling Sync Manager doesn't uninstall the drivers.
[One (M8s) General] Captain_Throwback:
No.
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
Oh i must be really stupid ._. well then i'm not sure what to do because it won't run the RUU it just stops at 0/8 and that's it ;-;
[One (M8s) General] DACATA:
im testing and switching now from pandora to RUU .. lets see ..Óò.. cant exists without xposed framework,,.. lol
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
Yeah let me know if it works for you
[One (M8s) General] smittie-4:
Hi.

I unlocked the boot loader and i have rooted my one m8s. nothing else

Like it has been described here (many thanks for that)

But now as I take a look at my (internal) storage it say`s used 11.03 of 16 GB.

Apps 3,19 GB

music 158 kb

photo video 119 MB

downloads 3.83 MB

rest 7.72 GB

Available 4.97 GB

I do not know where the "rest" comes from

I installed nothing and can`t find this 7.72 GB back in ES FILE EXPLORER

Did I made a mistake / do something wrong?
[One (M8s) General] DACATA:
First i must say .. the ruu ....50408 eu for my device is totally laggy...even adaway3 don't run .and many crashes too..I'm back in Pandoras heaven now...

Seems like some system folders are not accessible and root is not working to 100%...
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
and i still can't get it to run, how did you do?
[One (M8s) General] jd1001:
Yeah Pandora rom for this device at present over stock all the way. Any news on any future updates?
[One (M8s) General] DACATA:
yes.. but xposed framework dosnt work on pandora :(
[One (M8s) General] wurstherpes:
Try this, this workt for me but GPS and Google PlayStore stopped.

https://mega.nz/#!AkQ3lApa!xsYgiDBhqY9Qre9K-kmrgHi76rjh7q54O2TLkI6zFYA
[One (M8s) General] DACATA:
thx.. just testing ;) & report

someonw tested if sunshine is running ?
[One (M8s) General] wurstherpes:
No, I have not tried . Thinking at Xposed to an Uninstaller ...
[One (M8s) General] DACATA:
not working.. :(
[One (M8s) General] wurstherpes:
I'm sorry. For me it works only half so uninstalled.
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
Seriously how did you do iv tried getting any RUU to work for weeks now, i have even tried on different computers ._.
[One (M8s) General] klaymaniaf:
I have same problem. Not been able to run AruWizard even on Win 10, 8.1, 7, 32bit\64bit Net Frame and ++ instaled all updates up to date. Run as admin everything I do they not start. What am I doing wrong????
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
I'm not sure what to do for me it worked on win 8.1 once but i just restored to 8.1 from win 10 and now my computer doesn't even recognize my phone ._.
[One (M8s) General] DACATA:
HTC bootloader relocked ??? ;)
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
Yeah i had it locked when trying to run the RUU's
[One (M8s) General] jd1001:
ROM Developement

Hey [MENTION=6701903]El-Conkistador[/MENTION],

Thank you for your hard work so far, do you have any plans to develop Pandora rom further? Thanks
[One (M8s) General] ullysse31:
hello everybody

i juste rooted my M8S , i'm in stock 1.11.401.2 , but i have some problems with sd card

for exemple Titanium Backup "the folder is not accesible in writing" i dont know if is the sd card , or Rom problems

can i flash firmware 0PKVIMG_M8_QL_UL_L50_SENSE60_HTC_Europe_1.16.401.1_Radio_1.0.U20410.1%4050408_15.00_016_F_release_436156_signed.zip on my stock rom?

tKx
[One (M8s) General] DACATA:
i think you have to use the version..
[One (M8s) General] ullysse31:
hello

you think a must flash this firmware, it will be better ???

hey guys, tell me what you are done on your M8s, if ther some issue, bugs, and more ...

have you flashed firmware1.16 ...? stock rom ? pandora ? other ?

what is your battery life ?

thank you to share
[One (M8s) General] jd1001:
Hey Pandora ROM for me. Nice and fast, no lag for me anyway. BT, WiFi, Data, Camera, All work fine. It is pretty much the stock rom which allows you to remove some apps when you install it. Battery life is good.

Unfortunately it is the only rom available for our phone at the moment as most developers do not have any interest in building roms for it.
[One (M8s) General] Alex-M8:
For me it's just as choppy when scrolling as on the stock rom so yeah.. and also i can't seem to use any RUU and i really need to use one so i can send my phone back because there are many broken things about my phone but no one seems to know why i can't use the RUU so right now this thread seems hopeless :(
[One (M8s) General] jd1001:
It's not hopeless for everyone though.

I love the Pandora rom, I get occasional lag but very rarely and it is usually because I have too many running apps. It is just a shame that we don't have more releases of the Pandora rom to try out.

There is another thread on here where a developer said he is going to compile a version of CyanogenMod for this device. Obviously that will take time but I am hoping this will happen. I imagine CM on this phone would be great.

Link to other thread, we should all try to help this CM project get off the ground.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3142668
[One (M8s) General] hector2001:
Pandora ROM seems to have the same memory leak problem as Lollipop.

Did not find any fix for this yet (Xposed is not compatible with Pandora ROM, even the latest version v70).
[One (M8s) General] XUNILI:
Hi folks.

I`am having some problem with flashing of TWRP. As I tried to do this in fast usb mode, I got this one

sudo ./fastboot-linux flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.0-m8s-qlul.img

arget reported max download size of 16773120 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
sending sparse 'recovery' (15368 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.622s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: image error! (BootMagic check fail))
finished. total time: 1.622s

I tried with this image few times from ruu.lalleman website

But if I run this one in fast usb mode

sudo ./fastboot-linux boot twrp-recovery-2.8.7.0-m8s-qlul.img

.

The phone booted in to recovery and I can flash a SU zip.

Any ideas, how I can flash the twrp?
[One (M8s) General] maciejst:
Hi did anyone get xposed to work with rooted stock on m8s? Any experiences on things working/not working?

Cheers.
[One (M8s) General] wurstherpes:
Not until now.
[One (M8s) General] DACATA:
Right.. xposed isn't compatible with Pandora Rom ...and even 71 too...tested many times and versions..

Gesendet von meinem HTC One M8s mit Tapatalk
[One (M8s) General] barak06:
Hi !

I just need to root my M8S (no roms)

How do i proceed ? I must install a recovery ?

THX
[One (M8s) General] DACATA:
First Page ? Maybe....[emoji12]

Gesendet von meinem HTC One M8s mit Tapatalk
[One (M8s) General] barak06:
Yeah, i saw the 1st page... :p BUT is not that clear as you seem to suggest...

Because i'm not so fluent with these things. So i need something simple to understand and moreover simple to do !

i.e. :

"This only works if you flashed a custom recovery . Not in boot only.

Problem: When the phone is rooted in changes to the phone are reset on restart "

- I have to install the twrp recovery ? Add that's it, the phone is then rooted ? Only install superSU after ?

- There's no "rootkit" like with my iphone. SIMPLE : Launch an exe file, push a button, and the phone is cydia compatible ?

- How to do that with siple words please ! Not this kind :

"1. Use the HTC_Fastboot linked above and flash the recovery :

Code:

htc_fastboot flash recovery {Your_Recovery}"

What's the code stand for ? etc.

THANKS mate !
[One (M8s) General] voidzero:
Do you want us to clean up your room and make your bed too? Sorry, but you'll have to do the legwork and read more posts in this thread, because what you are asking for has already been described.
[One (M8s) General] barak06:
Thank you for your support. Take time to make such an answer to my post is a pitty. Don't answer if you have nothing else to say. Go bip !