[AT&T HTC One (M8)] rica0322:
Thanks for your reply [MENTION=660462]redpoint73[/MENTION] !

LOL - I have been working with [MENTION=2682748]EarlyMon[/MENTION] and [MENTION=2182116]Scotty85[/MENTION] from AndroidForums as well (I imagine they're both on here too). I am close to sending my phone to Scotty to see if he can get it unlocked to load something as he is savvy - I'm just reasonably intelligent but ignorant of Android workings.

(I haven't been able to use the latest AT&T RUU and I also tried the HTC unlock method a number of times from square one. I even file compared the unlock files I got on multiple occasions and I did not typo or include extra characters in what I submitted to them. Applying them works fine until the phone reboots, then says it's still locked. That whole thread starts on androidforums dot com slash threads slash bricked-htc-one-m8-help-asap.904630 slash page-6 and continues on from there. [sorry would not let me post the URL yet]

But for the sake of closure to your question as posted here, here's my getvar output:

C:\Users\Rich\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot getvar all

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 4.0.U605611@50319A

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 4.28.502.1

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON

(bootloader) serialno: {removed for privacy}

(bootloader) imei: {removed for privacy}

(bootloader) imei2: Not Support

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product: m8_ul_ca

(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974

(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B12000

(bootloader) cidnum: CWS__001

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 7f8e91a3

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

all: Done!

finished. total time: 0.031s

The AT&T "taking over" reference was just to point out that on a "normal boot" the HTC logo comes up, followed by the AT&T logo. So I thought that perhaps AT&T introduces some code to make sure my device is consistently relocked and unmodifiable. I have tried the RUU of the same version as above and ultimately get an error 171 about USB connection. Which seems strange since in FASTBOOT USB mode I can issue commands and get coherent responses from the phone, just can't flash anything. Which is not too surprising since it's locked and s on. I even renamed the ROM file on the RUU distro to 0P6BIMG.zip and stuck it on an SD card. This does seem to load after I boot the phone with Vol Up + Power. It goes through some motions but ends up rebooting and giving me the same "Decrypt Storage" screen that I saw when I woke up to the phone in that state last week. (I wanted to eliminate the USB variable even though I tried different cables, ports, and computers. The Windows 10 build is 10162 and I also tried a Windows 7 laptop using current updates. Results consistently unhelpful..

Let me know if anything weird jumps out at you from my getvar or my "saga," but I've been told the most likely scenario is that phone storage is corrupted beyond rudimentary automatic recovery and something on a lower level is needed. I am willing to try anything while I still have the phone here. I would really like to have it usable again.

Thank you,

Rich