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[One (M9) General] hoaisonongame:
Anyone here work in handy-faq.de?

The ruus of x.425.xx they uploaded can not take any ota update. So if someone could flash these ruus and give feedbacks, please!
[One (M9) General] Flippy498:
Thanks for the hint. I will add a warning. Not sure whether I will have enough time for flashing/testing them before the next weekend.
[One (M9) General] Flippy498:
Some may have already noticed that there are some new files in my sheet. I will update the first page of this thread when all files are uploaded.
[One (M9) General] Alex4455:
Currently having a lot of issues trying to update via OTA or fastboot flash zip Firmware_xx.zip

Every time i either get status 7 as an error or some kind of -2, 22 error when trying to update via download mode from SD card

I tried all stock back-ups that i could ever find in this forum and still cannot update to 6.0

Currently having a M9 Europe with 2.10.401.1

PS: The errors i get in the adb are also Remote 22 and Remote 9
[One (M9) General] Flippy498:
Please don't cross-post the same question in several threads. That's considered as rude behaviour on xda.

Can you tell me which part of my instructions you didn't understand so that I can rephrase them if needed? In your thread in the Q&A section you were told to take a look at my google sheet and if you understood the instructions you wouldn't have tried to restore "all stock back-ups that you could ever find in this forum".
[One (M9) General] Asselalf:
Hey guys.

Can anybody try this RUU and tell if it's working or not? http://1drv.ms/1SQ0YMq

SKU 2.10.161.7 Vodafone Germany
[One (M9) General] jamieunit:
Can I use this for voda uk or will I have German stuff everywhere?
[One (M9) General] Flippy498:
161 is the SKU for Vodafone UK and German Vodafone M9s use the same firmware as their UK counterparts. So you shouldn't face any "German stuff" at all. :p
[One (M9) General] donibrasco:
Feedback

Hi folks,

Did a little experiment, i'm on the latest international firmware 3.35. 401. 12(s-on), downloaded SoLdieR9312's RUU(3.35.401.12) on my 64gb exFAT SanDisk and it worked like a charm!
[One (M9) General] Flippy498:
Yeah, firmware 3.x can read exfat formatted SD cards*. People discovered this in Captain Throwbacks TWRP thread some weeks ago.

*That's why I added the info that the size limitation doesn't apply to phones with firmware 3.x and higher to my Google sheet.
[One (M9) General] aestivalisakito:
Yeah problem is in twrp still doesn't want to mount exfat formatted SD or even recognize them for that matter.
[One (M9) General] angasreid:
Help! Trying to restore my US T-Mobile M9 back to stock. Could someone walk me through what the process is here? Accessing a windows machine may be a problem. Thank you!
[One (M9) General] aestivalisakito:
ABTW for those of you wanting to be able to access your external SD in twrp and don't mind having their microsd formatted in fat32 (yes this goes for SD s larger then 32GB) download the attachments I have here. Eject your microsd. Put it in an adapter and connect to your pc. Backup your files, then unzip the supermarket zip and install, then run and let it format the microsd. Now unzip the guiformat zip to anywhere and run it. Do not change anything other than pointing it at your microsd. It is very quick and when it is done your macros will be completely in fat32. Put your files you backed up earlier on the card eject and put it back in your phone. Boot into recovery and now your card will be seen.
[One (M9) General] Flippy498:
Since TWRP isn't made by HTC you might want to talk to Captain Throwback via his TWRP thread about this topic. Forget what I wrote earlier. I'm not sure whether you're right with that statement. I only use exfat formatted SD cards for creating my backups and they all work fine. So I guess it's an error on your side. (Nevertheless the only one who could really clarify this is Captain Throwback.)

There already has been a discussion about formatting bigger SD cards to fat32 during the last days/weeks (Posts: 845, 846, 847 and 848). I personally don't think it's a good idea to force a card into a format it's not meant to be formatted to and that everyone should be aware of the risks.

Edit [MENTION=2667899]angasreid[/MENTION]: You're question might better be asked in the M9 T-Mobile Forum. We don't have any files for T-Mobile US in this thread. The european T-Mobile M9 is hardware-wise the same as the unbranded international M9. That's why you can find files for the SKU 111 on page one.
[One (M9) General] aestivalisakito:
Actually my fault. I am using the xda labs app and got threads mixed
[One (M9) General] AddiXz:
Hey guys,

I was trying to flash the VODAPE17, 1.40.161.8 zip file (since my phone is still on that v according to download mode and is S-ON). But I keep getting the message; could not find meta-inf/com/google/android/update-binary

I would VERY much like to be able to flash this nandroid so I can finally upgrade to the Marshmallow system. I've been busy for the past 2 days trying to get it done. Please help? :confused:

edit-

Oh, maybe it's handy to give some more info..

HTC One M9

NL (EUR) Simlock-free

Unlocked bootloader

S-ON

Android v5.1 (atm)

Software number: 2.8.617.4

Kernel version: 3.10.49-perf-g901e7f1
[One (M9) General] Flippy498:
All RUUs that can be found in my google sheet are only tested with my S-OFFed M9. Since some combined RUUs (custom made and therefore lack the HTC signature S-ON phones need) that can be found on the internet are not marked as combined it might be possible that some of the RUUs in my sheet are actually combined ones. Another possibility is that you had a bad download. Did you check the MD5 sum of the downloaded file?

2.8.617.4 is not a vodafone firmware but the US unlocked or developer edition (depending on the CID). I guess you got that info from the menu "settings>about". The version that is displayed in that menu is the rom base and not your firmware. Please use the fastboot command fastboot getvar all and post the output here so that we actually know the firmware you're using. Delete the IMEI and the serial number before you submit the post. Besides you should be aware that a downgrade is not possible with S-ON. So if you're firmware is higher than the version of the RUU you tried to use then the flash will fail.

Btw.: I know that there is a 3.35.161.12 RUU in the Handy-FAQ RUU collection. Did you try that one?
[One (M9) General] AddiXz:
Thanks for the information, I'll try the 3.5 RUU. I just thought you can't flash any OTA RUU's if you're S-ON.

Also, here is the info you requested:

(bootloader) kernel: lk
(bootloader) product: htc_himauhl
(bootloader) version: 1.0
(bootloader) imei: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(bootloader) version-main: 1.40.161.8
(bootloader) boot-mode: download
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.0.0.0000
(bootloader) mid: 0PJA10000
(bootloader) cid: VODAPE17
all:
finished. total time: 0.005s
[One (M9) General] angasreid:
Hey guys, thanks for the help. I had a bad CID - RUU worked. Now, trying to figure out it if I can remove the "Modified" software, "Relocked" and "S-Off" flags. Would I have to re-root to do this?
[One (M9) General] Flippy498:
A RUU (Rom Update Utility) is not an OTA (Over The Air [Update]). ;) You can flash any RUU that has at least the same version as your phone (or a higher one as long as the SKU matches).

You need to flash a RUU via SD card to get rid of the "Modified". For the rest you should search for the 100% back to stock thread here in the General Section of the M9 forum. I personally would not recommend "locking" the phone and setting the security back to on if it's not absolutely necessary but there are a lot of different opinions about this topic... :p
[One (M9) General] angasreid:
I did the RUU.exe. So - I need to return the phone to an insurance company... after an upgrade
[One (M9) General] Flippy498:
The *.exe won't reset the modified flag. You need a *.zip and the SD card method.

Well, in my opinion that's a situation that falls under the category "absolutely necessary".
[One (M9) General] angasreid:
Thanks for the info - super helpful. Flashed the .zip, now says Software: Official. Only thing I'm seeing is Re-locked and S-OFF. Anyways to rid those flags?
[One (M9) General] Flippy498:
As said in my first answer there is a back to 100% stock thread here in the general section. It contains all needed commands to lock (which is not the same as relocking as you already did) the bootloader and to set the security back to on.
[One (M9) General] AddiXz:
Thanks, Did not know that! I guess I was just reading it wrong all the time. I just tried that RUU that you pointed to. Was corrupt. So I'm re-downloading it now to see if it was the download or just the file. After that I'll let you know if it worked.

Once again, Thanks for the help! :o
[One (M9) General] angasreid:
Thanks again. Just did "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" switched to S-On and Relocked. I'm happy with that. Many thanks!
[One (M9) General] Flippy498:
None of the files is corrupt. I've tested them all on my phone. Check the MD5 sum. The correct value is stated on the download site. If you lack a programm for doing so you can download WinMD5.

As said before those files might be combined RUUs which aren't marked as such. I can't test that since you need a S-ON phone to find out. S-OFF phones don't care whether a RUU is signed or not. Only S-ON phones deny to flash them.
[One (M9) General] AddiXz:
The MD5 is correct (matches). Yet when I try to install it through TWRP it says that the zip is corrupt. When I try to adb sideload it, it says it cannot read it. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

edit-

How do I find out if it is combined?

edit 2-

Tried to flash it through Download mode (0PJAIMG.zip) and get the error:

Security checking failed NOT_FIND_SMARTIO
FILE /mnt/media_rw/ext_sd/0PJAIMG.zip
press VolUp to start flash
press VolDown to cancel
Failed: -2, 7: fail to flash via downloadzip
Failed: -2, 7: fail to flash via downloadzip
Failed: -2, 7: fail to flash via downloadzip
press power to continue
[One (M9) General] Flippy498:
As you already found out (and as explained in my google sheet) it's not meant to be flashed via TWRP. There's a reason why I wrote in the OP that people should take a look at the sheet if they don't know how to flash a RUU. ;)

You simply can't flash it with S-ON if it's a combined one.

Since I didn't face this error when I tried to flash that RUU I would assume it's a combined one. But you could still use one of the backups and the corresponding instructions in my google sheet for returning back to stock if you're still able to access TWRP. Or if you insist on using a RUU you can use the RUU service on Llabtoofer's website.
[One (M9) General] AddiXz:
Thanks again!

I guess I read over it when I was looking through your google sheets. Was busy with about 10 pages all through each other looking for a solution. Sadly my current SD is not big enough. Tomorrow at work I'll have a look for a different one and follow the instructions given by you. I sure hope it works!

If it works, and I have updated to the Marshmallow system, can I once again unlock/root and stuff? Or will this be troublesome?
[One (M9) General] Flippy498:
As written in the OP there is absolutely no reason for re-locking if you want to install OTAs or RUUs. But yes, as long as OEM Unlocking is activated (located in the developer options) you can always re-unlock the bootloader. Rooting and flashing is as easy as always as long as the bootloader is unlocked.

Btw.: I totally forgot that I've already suggested a German S-ON user to try the 3.35.161.12 RUU. (That's a link to the German Forum Handy-FAQ.) He could use it without any problems so it must be a problem on your side.
[One (M9) General] AddiXz:
Hi again Flippy, I'll assume that we are on different time zones so you'll probably get this in a couple hours from now.. But I'm running in to a pretty serious issue at the moment.

I did the TWRP restore as described in your google sheets. But it's not going anywhere past the boot screen. And I'm not talking about the animation. But even before that. It seems to show something about the build being for development purposes only. And I can not shut it down, reboot, adb reboot or anything.

Is there anything I can do from this point on?

edit- Just for informational purposes.

I did it exactly according to your steps in the google sheets.

Power button turning off does not work.

ADB recognises device, but shows: Serial unauthorized.

ADB keys deleted, and now it says that the phone is offline... Not getting any further.

Fastboot does not recognise.

Stuck on boot screen before animation.

No storage recognition on PC (I work from Mac by the way).

[IMG="boot image"]http://i.imgur.com/uEzpM3K.jpg[/IMG]
[One (M9) General] Flippy498:
Press and hold the power and both volume buttons. After 30 seconds or so the device should turn of. If you then release the volume up button your device will reboot to download mode.

There must be a problem on your side because from more than 300 people who used my backups and my instructions I only received two reports (including yours) that the stock system couldn't get restored. Did you check the md5 sum after you downloaded the backup? Did you use the TWRP version I mentioned in the sheet?

Edit: I guess I should check my download stats more frequently. It looks like more than 1000 people have already used the backups... :p
[One (M9) General] AddiXz:
Thank you so much, I started to worry I might have bricked it. So I guess that's not working? Or might a retry do it?
[One (M9) General] Flippy498:
I would retry. I can't say what went wrong because normally everything should work fine if you follow the instructions...
[One (M9) General] AddiXz:
Now every time I want to restore I press on the folder which has the boot, and it restarts TWRP. Any ideas?

I'm sorry by the way for asking so many questions about this. I just really want to fix this.

Never mind, It was because I switched from direct SD insert, to OTG. Had to reboot the phone

EDIT-

Sir, you made my week! Everything works as expected now! I can not thank you enough for the great help you provided me!
[One (M9) General] BLEK0TA:
hi guys i dont have anymore in my house any PC with Windows (or MAC) so in all my family we have only android devieces, my question is:

now im on viper LP rom, i would like to flash MM rom but in flash manuals is wrote: you need MM firmware flash before you will flash MM rom, if you dont do that your phone will not boot..

but i now read MM flashing firmware guide where is wrote: you need connect with adb your phone and flash by PC or MAC

so my question is: can i flash MM firmware without PC? if yes can someone put here guide how to do that withou pc?

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[One (M9) General] Flippy498:
What prevents you from reading the flashing instructions for RUUs that can be found in my google sheet? ;) The M9 is able to format SD cards to fat32, too, as long as they're not bigger than 32gb.
[One (M9) General] Roobwz:
What happens if i restore a lollipop nandroid backup IF im running mm?

Edit : no need. There is an nandroid backup avaible for h3g mm
[One (M9) General] Adam182:
Ok so I have downloaded the latest 3.35.401.12 RUU but cannot for the life of me manage to flash it.

I cannot transfer it directly onto my phone as it just says "this device has either stopped responding or disconnected" so the automatic method of then opening bootloader is a no go.

Secondly when I try the "fastboot flash zip 0PJAIMG.zip" method i get "E:\Android\com>fastboot flash zip 0PJAIMG.zip

'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file."

I have already read all the info in the OP and still none the wiser - Adam
[One (M9) General] Flippy498:
Since I prefer the SD card method I'm going to focus on that one. Taken from my google sheet:

If you can't copy the file while the SD card is plugged into your phone you need to directly connect it to your pc. The RUU has to be placed on a SD card if you want to use this method. Even if you were able to copy the file "directly onto your phone" your M9 wouldn't be able to flash it since it only searches for RUUs which are placed on a SD card.

Edit: I added the info (that the SD card might need to be directly connected to the pc) to my instructions.
[One (M9) General] Adam182:
I must be looking at the wrong googlesheet i cant find any info on this subject anywhere.

Ive used your method of putting the 0PJAIMG.zip onto my external sd card but nothing happens when i reboot into bootloader, is there something i need to do to start the process?.

Ive also swapped onto my surface pro 3 now thinking my PC might be the issue, now adb will accept fastboot commands but when i "fastboot flash zip 0PJAIMG.zip" i just get <waiting for any device> in the console and my phone says "FILE /mnt/media_rw?ext_sd/0PJAIMG.zip File NOT FOUND" - Adam

*EDIT* something is happening now, i changed the 0PJAIMG.zip to just 0PJAIMG and its flashing now
[One (M9) General] Flippy498:
Did you really read the OP? :p

And from the 6th post:

As quoted before your SD card must have the correct size (not more than 32gb if your phone doesn't have firmware 3.x installed) and the correct format (fat32 for firmware 1.x and 2.x - fat32 or exfat for firmware 3.x). Besides the file needs to be renamed correctly (0PJAIMG.zip not OPJAIMG.zip or 0PJAIMG.zip.zip - the latter mistake often occurs if people set file formats to be invisible on their pc) and copied into the main directory of the card (not into a subfolder).
[One (M9) General] Nima78600:
Ive used your method of putting the 0PJAIMG.zip onto my external sd card but nothing happens when i reboot into bootloader, is there something i need to do to start the process?.

You have another mistake using sd card method to flash an RUU.

After placing 0PJAIMG.zip into the root of your external sd card you should go to the Download mode (Not bootloader) to star flashing process.
[One (M9) General] Adam182:
Thanks guys all sorted now, my PCs adb setup must be fudged and having it named 0PJAIMG.zip.zip clearly didnt help either! - Adam
[One (M9) General] Roobwz:
Does anyone know why the zips i download becomes corrupt when i try to unzip it with both es file explorer and one more app? Im using the 3.35.771.12 file for H3G.
[One (M9) General] 5m4r7ph0n36uru:
The RUU zips!? If so I can tell you that they are not meant to be unzipped.

Send by the swarm intelligence of my coffee machine ?.
[One (M9) General] Roobwz:
forgot to say.. its a twrp backup
[One (M9) General] 5m4r7ph0n36uru:
Then I'd try unzipping it on PC and then copy it to the TWRP folder on your device

Send by the swarm intelligence of my coffee machine ?.
[One (M9) General] Roobwz:
Alright ill try it later. Thanks
[One (M9) General] Black_Eyes:
[MENTION=5832952]HTCNerdYoda[/MENTION] which Ruu exactly? I'm currently on 2.10.401.1 S-Off
[One (M9) General] 5m4r7ph0n36uru:
Download the 3.35.401.12 RUU as a zip and use SD Card method as explained in the Google sheet.

Following this you'll be on latest ROM and thus Marshmallow and full stock.

Edit: this is the specific RUU you should download: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24421527759889369

Send by the swarm intelligence of my coffee machine ?.
[One (M9) General] Black_Eyes:
It's for s-off?
[One (M9) General] 5m4r7ph0n36uru:
It's for S-ON as well as S-OFF. S-OFF is even better as it deactivated some security measures taken by HTC and thus in addition allows to downgrade the software. I saw on your Screenshot that you're S-OFF (so I guess the previous owner payed to use SunShine on this device), CID HTC__001, and 2.10.401.x. Thus you can use the RUU linked in my post above to apply the upgrade to Android 6.0.1 right away.

Send by the swarm intelligence of my coffee machine ?.
[One (M9) General] dragonsacred:
i need help, i have an htc one m9 (s-on, operator orange, spain, cid orang309, software 1.40.x), i'm trying to install OTAs, but i have TWRP, so i can't install it directly

i download OTA's zip file, 1.32-1.40 and 1.40-2.10, but when i tried to install i received a message where told me that OTA is from htc_himauhl, and my device is htc_himaul, how can i install OTAs?i read that i had to delete a sentence in file "updater-script" but i can't find that sentence

can i install backup from 2.10, in version 1.40, or i will brick my phone?i want to upgrade my phone at android 6.0

sorry about not reading tutorials, but i don't know which one i should read
[One (M9) General] 5m4r7ph0n36uru:
First of all it would be good if you could post the output from the "fastboot getvar all" command when in download mode. Don't forget to delete you serial no. and IMEI prior to posting it here. With this done we'll see how we can help you to update/upgrade to Android M.

Send by the swarm intelligence of my coffee machine ?.
[One (M9) General] dragonsacred:
how can i write command in download mode?i suppose that i should use some pc program

edit: ok, i have to use adb......sorry, i'm noob XDDDDDD

(bootloader) kernel: lk

(bootloader) product: htc_himauhl

(bootloader) version: 1.0

(bootloader) imei:

(bootloader) version-main: 1.40.75.8

(bootloader) boot-mode: download

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.0.0.0000

(bootloader) mid: 0PJA10000

(bootloader) cid: ORANG309

all:

finished. total time: 0.025s
[One (M9) General] Black_Eyes:
[MENTION=5832952]HTCNerdYoda[/MENTION] can you check that firmware, i've downloaded it two times but it's corrupt, I mean i can't open/edit it with WinRaR/7zip. :(
[One (M9) General] 5m4r7ph0n36uru:
If you read the google sheet carefully you'll see that it is not meant to be unzipped/edited. It has to be renamed to 0PJAIMG.zip. then you put it into an 32GB Fat32 formatted SDcard. Insert this card into your M9 and reboot to download mode. Follow the command and press power to start flashing. Done.

Send by the swarm intelligence of my coffee machine ?.
[One (M9) General] Black_Eyes:
I'm getting MODELiD Error, so i've to edit android_info.txt
[One (M9) General] 5m4r7ph0n36uru:
Hmmm you'd need stock recovery and an untouched system img for the SKU 75, that's 1.40.75.8 to get back to full stock and update the device.

Send by the swarm intelligence of my coffee machine ?.

---------- Post added at 06:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:45 PM ----------

Weird. According to your pictures in the other thread this shouldn't be the case. Can you also perform "fastboot getvar all" in download mode and provide the output.

Send by the swarm intelligence of my coffee machine ?.
[One (M9) General] Black_Eyes:
(bootloader) kernel: lk

(bootloader) product: htc_himauhl

(bootloader) version: 1.0

(bootloader) imei: 3572xxxxxxxxxxx

(bootloader) version-main: 2.10.401.1

(bootloader) boot-mode: download

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.0.0.0000

(bootloader) mid: 0PJA12000

(bootloader) cid: HTC__001
[One (M9) General] 5m4r7ph0n36uru:
OK the device is no WWE device as far as I can see. Have to look up what it is myself.

Send by the swarm intelligence of my coffee machine ?.
[One (M9) General] Black_Eyes:
Can i write universal SuperCID and see what happens? Will it bypass MID check?
[One (M9) General] 5m4r7ph0n36uru:
It's a US T-Mobile device according to the MID. This meansbthe correct CID would be T-MOB010. It can be changed using fastboot "fastboot oem writecid T-MOB010". The latest RUU would be of SKU 531 and thus the latest one 3.39.531.7 found here: http://dl3.htc.com/application/RUU_HIMA_UL_M60_SENSE70_TMUS_MR_TMOUS_3.39.531.7.exe.

You could try to change MID using "fastboot oem writemid 0PJA10000" and flash the 3.35.401.12 RUU again. But this would be on your own risk, as I can't tell if it would work.

SuperCID won't bypass MID check any longer since Marshmallow got released.

Send by the swarm intelligence of my coffee machine ?.
[One (M9) General] dragonsacred:
so, when can i find stock recovery?can i extract it from firmware file from ota?

i am with stock rom
[One (M9) General] Black_Eyes:
Would changing the MID brick the device? and isn't this RUU is for Hima-UL?

---------- Post added at 11:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:06 PM ----------

Which firmware i need to flash? if i want to have ViperOne on my m9?