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[Verizon HTC One (M8)] colorwhitej:
Stuck at HTC boot screen

After troubleshooting through this thread with issues with flash failures, I finally updated to the latest TWRP and successfully flashed the debloated ROM.

After rebooting, I am now stuck at the HTC boot image of the green logo. It had its initial animation and then nothing for about five minutes.

I can not reboot. Am I out of luck until my phone dies of battery sitting at this screen before I can get back into Recovery?

EDIT: Intermittently holding the power button with volume down and volume up managed to get it to start rebooting, at which point I was able to get back into Recovery, flashed the boot.img, re-flashed the ROM, and everything is working great so far! Thank you for all your work!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Justintoxicated:
Need help. I updated twrp to latest 3.0.2.0 updated the firmware via adb (all in one). Installed the rom via TWRP.

I'm stock on the HTC screen and I can't seem to power down or reboot or anything. I read I need to fastboot the boot.img from the zip. Thats fine but I can't get the device to connect to adb (stuck on the green htc sboot screen)... "adb just says waiting for device"
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
Hold volume up and down at same time, while holding those, now also press and hold power.

Continue holding until screen goes black, then you can let up on everything, except volume down.

That should get you to bootloader.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Justintoxicated:
Forgot about vol up + power! Got it done. I haven't used this phone in a while so thanks for the quick response to a stupid question! I appreciate all the work people put in to make this rom and update possible! The battery or charging port had stopped working so I bought a new phone then went about replacing them later on this one (just to see if I could). I wouldn't recommend bothering unless you like to tinker! It was a great phone back in the day though, one of my favorites. Not even my nexus 6P has FM radio and IR blaster, and I swear the M8 takes better macro shots and low light shots than I can get my 6p to do :) Hoping to get some more use from this one as my fiance might finally be ready to move away from her dumb phone, and I think this is a great starter phone to see if she thinks it is worth while.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Talal916:
Yo how do you flash the all in one? Is it through recovery or fastboot? If it's through fastboot, what is it labeled as? boot or kernel? do we rename it to a .img file?

Edit: You know what I should just read the instructions next time lmao.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] umair_11:
hello there, i had firmware 4.17.605.9 with stock rom 5.0.1 on my m8 verizon, i had successfully installed firmware following the manual instructions i.e by booting into RUU, but now i am trying to install marshmallow rom, i copied the stock rooted zip file in sd card and booted into bootloader, the bootloader does not reads the file, what to do now? please help
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] rhaspody:
Can I use this to get back to stock. I'm on asop
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
Stock rooted roms are flashed in Twrp recovery.

RUU is flashed in bootloader.

Roms are rooted, RUU is not.

Both are stock configurations, just that roms are rooted and RUU is not.

What rom you're running now, is irrelevant.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] rhaspody:
I flashed the nusense debloated rom via twrp and now im having bootloop :)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
As discussed many times, if bootloop:

fastboot flash boot boot.img (from rom zip)

Then flash rom.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] rhaspody:
Thanks is a ton. I didn't know that.

I'll get to it now.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] blackdrag0n:
I know this thread is a little old but i have to use this phone for a while. My question is does anyone know why i would only be getting 3g instead of 4g like it should be after flashing a rom to the phone?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
Because you somehow screwed up your NV Radio partition. (probably from using GPE, Aosp, or a poorly ported rom.)

Flash stock recovery > factory reset.

Stock recovery is the only recovery that will fix that issue once you've corrupted that partition.

Then you can reflash twrp after the reset.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] blackdrag0n:
Thank you Santod, Last time i messed with this phone was back in 2014, i no longer have a back up of anything as that sd card was "missed placed" during the 2 years lol, do you know where i can find a stock recovery to flash?

Thanks again!

Edit: Would an RUU do the same thing if its a stock or stockish RUU?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
Post #2

Latest Full firmware zip has stock recovery in it...

RUU also would work, but you'd still have to factory reset after the RUU flash, to get that partition fixed.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] blackdrag0n:
I am doing this now.

If i do a backup using TWRP and then flash the RUU and factory reset and then restore using said backup would that negate the Factory Reset or would it fix the issue still? Would it be best to just do a new flash of the rom?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
That works fine...
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] blackdrag0n:
Awesome Santod, I will do this and let you know how it goes. Thank you very much for the quick responses. I will fully catch on eventually lol
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] blackdrag0n:
Alright, so i flashed the firmware got a few failures they are listed below. I tried the factory restore in recovery and reloaded the backup and it still stays on 3g. Am i doing something else wrong?

*Sorry dont mean to be such a pest*

(bootloader) start image[sbl1] unzipping & flushing...

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,sbl1,0

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,sbl1,100

(bootloader) signature checking...

(bootloader) verified fail

(bootloader) ..... Bypassed

(bootloader) current_image_number=5

(bootloader) start image[sbl1] unzipping & flushing...

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,sbl1,0

(bootloader) [RUU]UZ,sbl1,100

(bootloader) signature checking...

(bootloader) verified fail

(bootloader) ..... Bypassed

(bootloader) current_image_number=7
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
Looks like your existing firmware is outdated and therefor not taking the last incremental update.

You either need to do the All In One firmware zip and then the latest Full one on top to get stock recovery, or simply RUU.

It didn't even update your hboot, due to your existing one being so old.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] blackdrag0n:
Would you suggest doing the ALLinONE firmware 6.21.605.3.zip? would that solve the issue?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] blackdrag0n:
Updating the firmware and doing the recovery did not get the 4g back. I used a RUU and it is still on 3g. What else could I Try?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
New Sim card from Verizon.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] blackdrag0n:
Ive ran into a whole host of problems today lol locked my bootloader again somehow and i had to fix it using ADB shell, and i reinstalled the firmware you have posted the FULL and it appeard to have installed successfully all of it. i am loading a ROM now and its optimizing! I want to thank you Santod for all your help. You have been awesome.!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] blackdrag0n:
Santod, Wanted to give you a heads up as i was able to fix my 3g stuck issue. What i had to do was revert back to 4.4.2 using an RUU and then do a factory reset which fix what ever screw up i managed to do. I AM NOW 4g again! Thank you for all your assistance.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Lindrey19:
Stock?

Is this really a stock marshmallow for htc one m8?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
Yes, for the Verizon HTC One m8.

Why the doubt?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] blackdrag0n:
Hey Santod, Ive got your ROM working good, one thing more is the visual voice mail will not connect to the server do you have any idea how to fix this?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
Sounds like something on your end....

If you're on the Verizon network, Free Visual Voicemail works out of the box.

Premium was discontinued by Verizon, so don't bother trying to set that up.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] blackdrag0n:
I have used it with another ROM before switching back to yours. I am just using the free version.

The error I am receiving is "A Visual Voice mail error has occurred. Please try again. if the problem persists, please dial *611 to speak to a customer service representative."

Could this be a configuration issue or something?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
Yes, something on your end or Verizon's.

This is a stock based rom, it works, trust me. ?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] blackdrag0n:
I trust ya, you know far more than I do obviously :) I have had it working on another ROM with no other change maybe my install is messed up? Should I wipe it and reinstall your ROM and recover my DATA? You think that will fix the issue?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
Restoring data, is probably what caused your issue.

I'd try a full wipe/clean install, without restoring anything, test it.

Go from there...

Clean
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] blackdrag0n:
I will try that after my meeting thank you! Ill let ya know how it goes. Thanks
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] blackdrag0n:
Santod, did a wipe and clean reinstall, still couldnt contact voice mail server. Please try again. (last error i posted was because i had my mobile data off) .
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
I'd say, call Verizon.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] REtails:
As a former VZW employee, I second santod040's opinion. Your line may just need to be re-activated to sync up everything. The voicemail servers are finnicky at times! From that error it sounds very much like a back-end account issue.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mc_365:
This has happened to me twice the first time was Christmas day and everyone was mad that I never called to say merry Christmas. Now again on Friday the 13th, what is up with this? Is this software or Battery, or something with sunshine / moonshine. I don't know just seems strange. My phone does shut off at about 12% battery now hmmm.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jluva420:
All in one firmware issue

First thanks Santod040 you keep hitting it out of the park. Ruu firmware all in one flashed with no issues and everything is working. However when I boot into hboot the os # 6.21.605.3 is not there. It goes blank after I flash TWRPs latest. Any tips on how to make the os #6.21.605.3 stick in hboot. Is the blank os line something I should just ignore? Again thanks for all your work.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
That's a bug with certain older versions of Twrp, which wipes that info out.

Shouldn't be present in the latest release of Twrp....

Sounds like you still have an old version?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] jluva420:
Downloaded twrp-3.0.2-0-m8.img 19.6M	2016-04-04 20:49:13 direct from twrp. Everything is working fine so far. I'm just wondering if I should ignore it. I flushed twice the firmware in ruu with adb from PC installed 3.0.2-0 from pc in fastboot and after reboot I see the blank os info..
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] ptrmotion:
help flash rom

please help me flashing ROM my device. can i flash using this firmware?

here my device detail.thanks

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.14.20.0930

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main:

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

(bootloader) serialno: HT45KSF02250

(bootloader) imei: 990004296725553

(bootloader) imei2: Not Support

(bootloader) meid: 99000429672555

(bootloader) product: m8_wlv

(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974

(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B20000

(bootloader) cidnum: 11111111

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: off

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 205bdca3

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

all: Done!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
Yes you can.

fastboot flash boot boot.img

Then flash rom in Twrp.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] ptrmotion:
how to flash this ROM with TWRP?im using twrp 2.7.0.2

C:\Users\Oxide\Desktop\One_M8_All-In-One_Kit_v2.0\One_M8_All-In-One_Kit_v\data>f

astboot flash boot boot.img

< waiting for device >

target reported max download size of 1826418688 bytes

error: cannot load 'boot.img': No error

please help solve this error.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
Start by updating your twrp to a current/compatible version.

This won't flash on older Twrp and that's also what wiped your main version info from Fastboot getvar all.

Then flash like any other rom...
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
Easiest way to guide you right now, as I don't have time at the moment to help set up and figure out your fastboot/adb setup/drivers, etc:

-- Flash FULL firmware zip from post #2.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=62734094

This MAY wipe your data, I don't recall

-- Then, flash Twrp firmware zip from same post.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=62734094

You can do both using SD card method or fastboot.

-- Then flash the rom.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] ptrmotion:
i found this error

Installing ' /external_sd/6.21.605.3_M8_WL_M60_

SENSE70_WZW_MR_Full.zip' . . .

Checking for MD5 file . . .

Skipping MD5 check : no MD5 file found

E:Failed to sysMapFile ' /external_sd/6.21.605

.3_M8_WL_M60_SENSE70_WZW_MR_Full.zip'

Error flashing zip '/external_sd/6.21.605.3_M8

_WL_M60_SENSE70_WZW_MR_Full.zip'

Updating partition details . . .

. . .done

please help me..thanks
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] gau6k:
plz any one show me how to install this rom i tryed twrp but not working

plz any one show me how to install this rom i tryed twrp but not working i have downloaded

Pure Stock Rooted

6.21.605.3_M8_WL_M60_SENSE70_VZW_MR_Full

help me plz help me :crying::crying:
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
"Not working" is not enough information.

Provide errors and details and I'll attempt helping you.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Mirzar1:
Can i use this zip file while having s-off but without root access?

hey bro i really appreciate your effort on this.

i want to know that can i use this method that you provided on my htc verizon m8 that has s-off but its bootloader is locked and it is NOT ROOTED .

really looking forward for your response.:)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] therreid:
The debloated version of this ROM is working great! It is unreal how long my battery is lasting. I really have no urge to upgrade at this time with how well this thing runs!

I am also going to try this in Mexico in March with a local SIM card.......If anyone has any advice on how this will work please let me know....
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Claps1775:
In the stock rooted and debloated ROM. Can any of the HTC apps be uninstalled? Has anyone had problems with the VZW messenger app taking a while to download pictures or attachments? My wife has been having problems. Like to keep this phone going and her happy. Do not want to buy a HTC10 right now.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
It's a rooted rom, of course you can make whatever system changes you want, such as removing apps.

Using a system app removal utility or a root enabled file explorer.

I use HTC Messaging app personally for SMS and mms.

But I have seen that the Vzw Messaging app recently was updated, one of the bugs fixed was issues with mms.

Might wanna see if you have the latest update for it...
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Claps1775:
Roger that. I will see if she does. I know if certain apps are removed. The ROM will do funny things or not work. Not sure if the HTC apps are needed to function. I would use the app RootJunky did a video on that removed and back ups apps for cuter install.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] johncano2605:
Heeeeeelp i have a question

Can i Flash the rom with s-on?

I need the rom for wifi hotspot and for root

Plz help me!:crying::crying:
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
You need S off on the Verizon m8 to unlock bootloader., which is required for root and flashing rooted roms.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] johncano2605:
how can i get s-off?

my htc is in Marshmallow:confused:
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
Sunshine

http://theroot.ninja
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] cyrillem28410:
hello

I have a HTC One M8 Verizon with a stock rom (android v4.4.2) and use it in France

Everything works correctly

I have flashed this firmware : m8vzw_AllInOne_Firmware_6.21.605.3

Now, I have :

Hboot : 3.19

Radio : 1.14.20.0930

OpenDSP-v51.2.2-00593-M8974_F0.1015

OS-6.21.605.3

Feb 3 2016,21:05:10.0

The problem is with my Sim Card, it is not recognized anymore

Any idea to help me ?

Thanks
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
You've updated to MM firmware, but are still running a 4.4.2 rom?

I highly suggest updating your rom/software to match the updated firmware.

The mismatch is not helping your problem...
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] cyrillem28410:
Done, now I have a MM rom. problem continues
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
I'm guessing you aren't on Verizon, in which case I can't help.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] cyrillem28410:
Hummm the back of the M8 has a Verizon mark and under a 4G LTE so...

In the bootloader:

M8_WLV PVT SHIP S-OFF

CID-VZW__001
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
I'm not doubting the model...

I'm talking about your service provider/carrier/network/sim card > Not Verizon?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] cyrillem28410:
Oh I understand, no it is not a verizon simcard, it's a french simcard but as I said previously, if I use the 4.4.2 RUU rom, there is no problem so I would like to upgrade my phone to MM but at this time, I have 2 issues :

- wifi is ok but phone not

- phone is ok but not the wifi
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] torojet:
Hi, I'm using this Rom for 2 months. Anyone experiencing lags, freezing or something like that? I was not experiencing these issues while using GPE edition.

Apps:

Android os 398mb

Facebook 106mb

Whatsapp 97mb

SystemUI 85mb

Android System 82mb

GP services 70mb

Gboard 70mb

Sense Home 68mb

Phone 62mb

Messenger 46mb

Pages Manager 45mb

People 43mb

Maps 22mb

Vpn 20mb

Contacts 13mb

Translate 12mb

Instagram 8mb and the rest are below 5mb.

This is 3hours usage(1.3gb ram). However daily usage is about the same(1.5gb).

Can someone help me about this freezing issue? I'm using NuSense_of_Stock_M8vzw_6.21.605.3_Debloated
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] tgp1994:
Since you mentioned it, I too have been noticing quite a lot of slowdowns. It's usually the worst when I unlock my phone after it's been sleeping for a few hours. It will stutter really bad on the lock screen, then gradually catch up.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Claps1775:
My wife is having the same thing. Thinking of flashing stock.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] torojet:
That's it. The same is happening to me. After the night or 2-3 hours without looking the phone, when I try to unlock it, it just freezes. However while using the phone during the day, everything is reasonably better.

If you can find the stock version of Marshmallow for Verizon device, could you please inform me? I know there is 5.0 version for m8, but it does not allow me to enable tethering. I couldn't find any rooted Marshmallow update, which allows me to enable tethering.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
Sounds like you guys are experiencing the reason why I stopped posting deodexed roms for my current devices, and/or the build just needs to be redone using my current methods...

In light of that, I've got a revamped stock rom in the works for you guys.

It will utilize aroma, Will allow for full stock rom with or without root, as well as debloat, tether unlock, and a couple of root options, including Magisk to allow for safetynet bypass.

Will try and get it posted in the coming days.

Could be as early as tonight, but will depend on my available free time...
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mikeataol:
can the FM radio app be enabled? You're awesome, thanks
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
Yeah, I could probably sneak that in as an aroma option. [emoji106]
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Eroth:
So wait, I'm rooted/s-off (only just today). Should I take the normal OTA and then flash this, or just flash this?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
I would do one or the other, no need to do both.

The choice is yours though.

OTA requires stock recovery, this does not.

But yeah, it's up to you which you do...
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Eroth:
I ended up figuring out adb mode and just flashed it. I've done rooting with my phones over the years, I just didn't want to bork all the rooting/s-off work I did today. So far so good.

Alright, now I'm having issues with flashing the rom. usually I would just use the SD card method, but you said to use adb.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
Rom is flashed in recovery/Twrp
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Eroth:
Tried that. Said it failed due to my binaries
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] garywojdan81:
Debloated Rom flashed perfectly to a secondary slot in multirom.

Thanks Santod!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] hfam:
Hi santod,

Thanks for all the work you put into this, very grateful!

I've read the thread 4-5 times through now, and I want to be *sure* I understand, or get some clarification to be sure I don't blow it. Sorry if I sound n00b here:

I have the m8 Verizon stock rom 5.0.1, s-off, rooted, using TWRP. I am now being hammered with the OTA notice.

I'd like to get updated fully to whatever the OTA is pushing, but I dont want to wipe my data/apps/etc.

I see the firmware offerings and see that one of them will wipe, and one won't. Easy choice there in my case. But I see thats not really the full update, hence the 2 Roms you offered up later; stock, and debloated.

Is there a method to apply either of those roms (i prefer the debloated one if possible) without it wiping my data?

I see I can of course do the non-wiping firmware, but I'd like to do the whole enchilada if possible.

If I can install one of your roms over my 5.0.1 to get the benefits of the OTA without wiping my data, would you be so kind as to clarify the steps to do so?

Again, sorry for the n000bish question, just want to make sure I don't blow it, and any assistance would be met with my utmost sincere gratitude.

Thanks again for all your hard work!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santod040:
Flash the No Wipe firmware

Make a Twrp backup of your system, boot, and data

Flash the rom of your choosing without wiping in Twrp

Should work just fine.

If you have any issues from dirty flashing(shouldn't since you're on stock already), you can just restore your backup and decide what you wanna do next and when.

You could back up what you choose using your choice of backup method, Tibu, Google, HTC, etc,..as examples.

The firmware with stock recovery would not just wipe data, but your internal storage as well.

That is why it's provided that way, so that it doesn't wipe either.

It's your choice to wipe data if/when you choose to, or if needed, such as when coming from another base, besides Verizon stock"ish".
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dbrits:
Would you consider CleanROM 4.0 "Verizon stock-ish" enough to dirty flash? I plan on flashing the No Wipe firmware and I already have a TWRP backup, but I wasn't sure if flashing your debloated stock ROM over CleanROM would cause any issues. (I'd guess no, but it's better to ask than find out later you've done something incredibly stupid. :)) Normally I'd do a factory reset and setup my phone from scratch but I'm pressed for time and I'd really like to have those stagefright vulnerabilities fixed.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] hfam:
Thanks eternal for your quick, clear and thoughtful reply!! Charging up the m8 and will report back on my success!!