[Verizon HTC One (M9)] MrTrip:
SOLVED!

While I was S-OFF, I was not Bootloader Unlocked...

HUGE thanks to Andybones and santod040!!

Solution a few posts down.

--ORIGINAL POST--

I cannot obtain Root on my Marshmallow 6.0 Verizon HTC One M9 phone (HTC6535LVW) . I have tried all the methods, and have flashed all the ROMs.

I have gone through the steps of upgrading to Android 6.0 both manually, and letting OTA do it from the oldest RUU I could find.

Here is some minor info...

hTC download mode

*** LOCKED ***
htc_himawl PVT S-OFF
CID-11111111
LK-1.0.0.0000
RADIO-2.15.C1144077@60105
OpenDSP-15.6.1.00522.8994_1026
OS-3.37.605.7
Jan 28 2016,20:52:56(669662)

The recovery.log seems to spit out errors every time it flashes SuperSU which leads me to believe it is an issue with SuperSU, but I cannot for the life of me figure out why...

Here is the outline of my entire process from start to finish, including a suggestion from a forum member in the beginning.

C:\adb>md5sum 3.37.605.7_FULL_firmware.zip
0285e23f98c44aebe9150f1e2c33a3b4 *3.37.605.7_FULL_firmware.zip

C:\adb>md5sum 3.37.605.7_HIMA_WL_M60_SENSE70_VZW_MR_Full_DEODEX.zip
6164c613d0fe7eb09fe111944848bc80 *3.37.605.7_HIMA_WL_M60_SENSE70_VZW_MR_Full_DEO
DEX.zip

C:\adb>md5sum 3.37.605.7_HIMA_WL_M60_SENSE70_VZW_MR_Full_ODEX.zip
250a94e294a0fc0f10f9b4abf3e456e5 *3.37.605.7_HIMA_WL_M60_SENSE70_VZW_MR_Full_ODE
X.zip

C:\adb>md5sum 3.37.605.7_NoBoot_TWRP3.00-1_firmware.zip
2979ebc4e8b64a7b8fc24e99e6f5a2fb *3.37.605.7_NoBoot_TWRP3.00-1_firmware.zip

C:\adb>md5sum 3.37.605.7_Stock_BootImg.zip
3272dcc7aee5b38dc335a6cdaf076417 *3.37.605.7_Stock_BootImg.zip

Those are the MD5sums of all the files. They match with what is provided on android file host.

Next, I flashed the Full firmware and booted to the stock recovery and did a wipe.

C:\adb>htc_fastboot oem rebootRUU
... OKAY
Execution time is 16(ms)

C:\adb>htc_fastboot flash zip 3.37.605.7_FULL_firmware.zip
sending 'zip'... (74990 KB) OKAY
sending time = 4.796 secs
writing 'zip'... (bootloader) HOSD CL#669662
(bootloader) GPT is up-to-dated. [17408]
(bootloader) Perform pre-update
(bootloader) start@14
(bootloader) aboot_signed.img@100%
(bootloader) adsp.img@BYPASS
(bootloader) boot.img@BYPASS
(bootloader) hosd_signed.img@100%
(bootloader) hyp-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) pmic-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) recovery.img@BYPASS
(bootloader) rfg_1.img@BYPASS
(bootloader) rpm-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) sbl1-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) sensor_hub.img@BYPASS
(bootloader) tp_MXM11876.img@BYPASS
(bootloader) tz-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) radio.img@BYPASS
FAIL90 hboot pre-update! please flush image again immediately
FAILED (remote: 90 hboot pre-update! please flush image again immediately )
For "hboot-preupdate" response, restart the same procedure for device HT54DSV054
60...
< waiting for device >
sending 'zip'... (74990 KB) OKAY
sending time = 4.826 secs
writing 'zip'... (bootloader) HOSD CL#669662
(bootloader) GPT is up-to-dated. [17408]
(bootloader) start@14
(bootloader) aboot_signed.img@100%
(bootloader) adsp.img@100%
(bootloader) boot.img@100%
(bootloader) hosd_signed.img@100%
(bootloader) hyp-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) pmic-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) recovery.img@100%
(bootloader) rfg_1.img@100%
(bootloader) rpm-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) sbl1-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) tz-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) radio.img@100%
(bootloader) sensor_hub.img@BYPASS
(bootloader) tp_MXM11876.img@BYPASS
(bootloader) Update zip file OK
(bootloader) end@Done
OKAY
Flash Zip Complete
Execution time is 15(s)

C:\adb>htc_fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader... OKAY
Execution time is 3(ms)

Following that, I rebooted to download mode again, and flashed the NoBoot firmware with TWRP.

C:\adb>htc_fastboot flash zip 3.37.605.7_NoBoot_TWRP3.00-1_firmware.zip
< waiting for device >
sending 'zip'... (65327 KB) OKAY
sending time = 4.306 secs
writing 'zip'... (bootloader) HOSD CL#669662
(bootloader) GPT is up-to-dated. [17408]
(bootloader) Perform pre-update
(bootloader) start@13
(bootloader) aboot_signed.img@100%
(bootloader) adsp.img@BYPASS
(bootloader) hosd_signed.img@100%
(bootloader) hyp-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) pmic-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) recovery.img@BYPASS
(bootloader) rfg_1.img@BYPASS
(bootloader) rpm-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) sbl1-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) sensor_hub.img@BYPASS
(bootloader) tp_MXM11876.img@BYPASS
(bootloader) tz-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) radio.img@BYPASS
FAIL90 hboot pre-update! please flush image again immediately
FAILED (remote: 90 hboot pre-update! please flush image again immediately )
For "hboot-preupdate" response, restart the same procedure for device HT54DSV054
60...
< waiting for device >
sending 'zip'... (65327 KB) OKAY
sending time = 4.335 secs
writing 'zip'... (bootloader) HOSD CL#669662
(bootloader) GPT is up-to-dated. [17408]
(bootloader) start@13
(bootloader) aboot_signed.img@100%
(bootloader) adsp.img@100%
(bootloader) hosd_signed.img@100%
(bootloader) hyp-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) pmic-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) recovery.img@100%
(bootloader) rfg_1.img@100%
(bootloader) rpm-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) sbl1-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) tz-8994-1.img@100%
(bootloader) radio.img@100%
(bootloader) sensor_hub.img@BYPASS
(bootloader) tp_MXM11876.img@BYPASS
(bootloader) Update zip file OK
(bootloader) end@Done
OKAY
Flash Zip Complete
Execution time is 17(s)

C:\adb>htc_fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader... OKAY
Execution time is 3(ms)

C:\adb>

I booted into Recovery and wiped my SD Card out. Then I copied up the DEODEX'ed ROM 3.37.605.7_HIMA_WL_M60_SENSE70_VZW_MR_Full_DEODEX.zip to the SD Card. The MD5 is below...

C:\adb>adb shell md5sum /external_sd/3.37.605.7_HIMA_WL_M60_SENSE70_VZW_MR_Full_
DEODEX.zip
6164c613d0fe7eb09fe111944848bc80 /external_sd/3.37.605.7_HIMA_WL_M60_SENSE70_VZ
W_MR_Full_DEODEX.zip

I then installed the zip using TWRP. I pulled the /tmp/recovery.log file before rebooting to the System. I was not asked to install SU by TWRP, and there for did not allow TWRP to install Root or SU for me.

Recovery.log file is below...

ui_print

3.37.605.7_HIMA_WL_M60_SENSE70_VZW_MR_Full.zip Successfully Installed!
script succeeded: result was [3.37.605.7_HIMA_WL_M60_SENSE70_VZW_MR_Full.zip Successfully Installed!]I:Updater process ended with RC=0
I:Legacy property environment disabled.
Updating partition details...
I:Data backup size is 388MB, free: 22144MB.
I:Unable to mount '/usb_otg'
I:Actual block device: '', current file system: 'vfat'
I:Unable to mount '/sd-ext'
I:Actual block device: '', current file system: 'ext4'
...done
I:Set page: 'flash_done'
I:TWFunc::Set_Brightness: Setting brightness control to 255
I:operation_end - status=0

There was not a lot of information in this log file when installing only the ROM.

Next I rebooted into the system, this boot process took a long time (as expected for first boots). I went through the setup of the phone and made sure NOT to RESTORE any old settings or apps. I did not want any old data coming back to haunt me. I checked in my App Drawer for SuperSU and did not see it. I installed Root Checker from the App store and it told me I did not have root.

I decided to try flashing the SuperSU 2.65 zip file manually and seeing if that would give me root. I rebooted to recovery and started the flash process.

I downloaded SuperSU from this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053 and this link https://download.chainfire.eu/921/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.65-20151226141550.zip

SuperSU did not provide an md5sum, so all I can compare it to is the local to the phone ->

C:\adb>md5sum UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.65-20151226141550.zip
419d48a14d8ae9f247cd9266e14ad8cf *UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.65-20151226141550.zip

C:\adb>adb shell md5sum /external_sd/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.65-20151226141550.zip
419d48a14d8ae9f247cd9266e14ad8cf /external_sd/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.65-201512261415
50.zip

C:\adb>