yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkenedpath:
I believe it's locked bootloader with s-off. I had it, and re-unlocking bootloader made it disappeare if anyone wants the "edit" that's it. Sorry for off topic, but that's the way to get rid of it. Nandroid, unlock, flash backup. That's it.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] jollywhitefoot:
Interesting. I'm s-off and unlocked and get the red text any time I flash a custom kernel. I haven't been locked since the day my phone arrived a month ago.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkenedpath:
Apologize sneaky, will end this off topic post this post. Nothing but respect, and thanks for help in the thread and in personal messages. It's got to be in the s-off signature..... S-off, locked, with stock, close to stock rom it flips the switch like something is abnormal. S-off, unlocked, stock/close to stock, it must flip the tampered switch flashing something "not stock" that actual runs side by side with the rom. Splash and boot, not so much. The rom itself, yes. Modified «stock like " rom flips it. If I'm wrong, correct me and I will delete my post, other than that, all I can guess and again, sorry sneaky. Not that knowlagable, but trying. Will end off topic now though.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] jollywhitefoot:
Sneaky loves OT now. Lol

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67126969&postcount=30
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Captain_Throwback:
I was running a stock rooted ROM with my own custom kernel and I didn't see the red text until I flashed ElementalX kernel. I don't think what you think is causing it is causing it....
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkenedpath:
I thought it was just s-off and locked, then he mentioned the unlocked bootloader with custom kernel. Sorry if I was unclear. With s-off, modification to stock system, it close to stock must have an impact to the text. Ex.... Stock viper with custom kernel. As you say. Sorry, tired not to make that misleading

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I thought it was just s-off and locked, then he mentioned the unlocked bootloader with custom kernel. Sorry if I was unclear. With s-off, modification to stock system, it close to stock must have an impact to the text. Ex.... Stock viper with custom kernel. As you say. Sorry, tired not to make that misleading
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Captain_Throwback:
The text has always only appeared when an unsigned image is flashed to boot or recovery. On the 10, though, it doesn't show up just due to a custom recovery or even a custom kernel. And whether LOCKED or UNLOCKED S-OFF doesn't seem to matter either. Even when running my personal custom kernel, I saw no red text, whether on LeeDroid or Viper. It was ONLY after flashing ElementalX that it appeared. It seemed to coincide with when flar2 added the defconfig flag to disable forced module unloading. That essentially means that the changes he made to the source taint the kernel, so that the stock modules wouldn't normally load. It seems that's what trips the text (at least from what I can tell).
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] dsymbol:
deleted!
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] hx3:
I don't have the firmware to share, but if you're using the NoWipe variant, I was able to use the Windows 10 zip tool. I've always used 7zip as well, but it wasn't needed in this instance on my end. Here's what I did to upgrade to 1.90.401.5:

Changed CID to SuperCID. Copied/dragged the android-info.txt file to my desktop. Added the US Unlocked MID to the file. Copied/dragged the updated file back in the firmware zip. Flashed from download/fastboot mode and using the batch tool from the OP for htc_fastboot flash zip firmware.zip. Everything went fine on my end.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] leonkacherikar:
Us unlocked has received the 1.91 Rom. Any idea when the same will be updated to flash..
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] ThePhoneGeek:
I'll take a run at it in the morning (am Wed on W. Coast of the US) unless someone gets to it before that.

PG
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Stephen:
Moderator Information,

Thread has been cleaned. Please keep posts on topic about this thread only.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] ThePhoneGeek:
Ok here is a No Wipe version for the US Unlocked Ver 1.91.617.1. AFH (md5 3a336944a34c74042fa71d86f8eee4a4)

Follow [MENTION=1102297]Sneakyghost[/MENTION]'s instructions in Post 1 and I take no responsibility for any problems.

I have tested this on my own HTC 10 with no problems.

[MENTION=1102297]Sneakyghost[/MENTION] if you wish sir feel free to include in the list.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sneakyghost:
Jesus people if you'd know what sh!t I need to deal with every day...

I'll take a look at XDA earliest Thursday night, if I'm not totally tired by then.

Thank you [MENTION=4639705]ThePhoneGeek[/MENTION] for having my back on this... Appreciated.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] ThePhoneGeek:
I'd love to tell you it's out of some higher purpose to help others but it's not. You've educated me enough through the years to be able to do for myself, and then if I didn't break my device in the process I share with others. :D

Thanks for what you do sir, including the education you provide!
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lastwurdz:
do you know if this version will prevent me from using wifi calling?? i heard that 1.9 will do that so i stayed with 1.8
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rojax:
Wifi calling works fine with us unlocked 1.91
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] ThePhoneGeek:
This is the US Unlocked version firmware, if wifi calling worked on 1.80.617.1 then it should be fine on 1.91.617.1. If it doesn't then you can go back to 1.80, one of the great things about s-off...
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lastwurdz:
thanks, thats what i have...US unlocked.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lastwurdz:
i have another question. i ran into the same problem twice each time i flashed firmware. when following the instructions on page 1 i kept getting an error telling me something like the command was not good (cant recall exactly what it said) the command "fastboot flash zip (Firmware_xx.zip)" just wouldnt work. someone on here in one of the pages posted their command line which was "htc_fastboot flash zip (Firmware_xx.zip)" and that worked perfectly for me. but each time it took me a while to figure out what i was doing wrong.....so my question is, why is the "htc_" part not in the original instructions?? or maybe it is and i just missed it....but i'm assuming some people are having success without having to add "htc_" and i've had no problems since then. but i just want to know out of curiosity.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kratos90:
It's two different fastboot's, the normal android fastboot that can handle pretty much everything other than large zip flashes which we have to do on HTC's to flash RUU's and some firmware zips. So it's not exactly instructions, the instructions are the same and it's actually the same exact command, one is just with regular fastboot for android devices and one is just with HTC fastboot optimised for use with HTC's. People, especially those who root and mod their phones etc. normally have fastboot and adb set up and are totally fine, it's only IF they happen to own an HTC and IF it fails to flash RUU's, firmware zips, etc. that HTC fastboot is used. So its not you just adding the "htc_" before the command. Its that you have a "fastboot.exe" and a "htc_fastboot.exe" and you need to use the HTC version for RUU's and firmware especially with the last few devices. Tl;dr I know :(
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] bigcid10:
I'm a little confused by this zip

I'm s-on on venom 2.80

can I just flash this or do I have to go stock first?

forgive my noobish
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lastwurdz:
definitely not too long, thanks for clearing that up :good:

i think im not confused :eek:
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] xunholyx:
The easiest way is to just use the SDcard method to flash. No worries about commands, no need to hook up to your PC
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lastwurdz:
i never knew that was possible. is it just like installing any zip with TWRP?? because that would have saved me plenty of time.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] jollywhitefoot:
No. Rename the zip. "2PS6IMG.zip" and place it in the root of your external sd card. Reboot to download mode and you will be promoted to press volume up to flash.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lastwurdz:
thanks, i'll make note of that for the next time.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] xunholyx:
That's the method I use every time. Super simple
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] gmoe65:
It's not working for me

I had an corrupt sd card so I had to format it and that fix my problem...winwin
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] howlingmoon12:
Question about the stock recovery, does the version ever change on those? I prefer to have a stock recovery since I only use twrp to root and nothing else. When I went through the whole shebang converting to US Unlocked with an RUU, I ended up downloading a full ota zip to pull out the recovery img after obtaining root. Jsut wondering if I needed to it every time an OTA rolls out.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Captain_Throwback:
It needs to be the correct stock recovery in order for the OTA to install. That's why I just install my OTAs with TWRP ;).
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] xunholyx:
Check the folder. You probably named it to 2PS6IMG.zip.zip if your file extensions are hidden on Windows. Just rename it to 2PS6IMG on your PC, or rename it with a file explorer from your phone where the .zip file extension won't be hidden
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] nkk71:
Yep, definitely too long to read... Make a YouTube or something [emoji23] [emoji23]

Agreed... Mention it long enough, and perhaps they'll listen :)

But don't hold your breath though [emoji14]
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] hismir:
help

almost nothing has changed

I flashed 1.90.401.5 international twrp 3026 (I have had 1.80.401.1 and twrp 3025)

everything remains the same (except TWRP, now is 3026)
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] xunholyx:
It's only a firmware update dude. What did you expect would change?

Boot into download mode and check your OS version. Is it 1.90.401.5? Good. Now you have some security updates.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] hismir:
Sorry I didn't see that. But what is different between settings_software version software number and os version
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kratos90:
The version in download mode (OS) is the actual firmware on your device, the software number is the firmware the ROM is based on.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] xunholyx:
What you see in settings is the ROM base (the firmware the ROM uses as its base), what you see in download mode under OS is your current firmware version. You can also see your current firmware in fastboot with fastboot getvar version-main
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] hismir:
Thanks
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] ThePhoneGeek:
Sorry been away for a couple of days. You're s-on so this entire thread isn't for you, your best bet is to RUU to get the update or s-off.

If you s-off then read the first page of this thread completely before you begin. This is not for those that are new to the HTC devices, or those that are just beginning.

PG
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] FenrirMX:
I keep getting 22 RU_HEADER_ERROR when attempting to fastboot flash the file ThePhoneGeek uploaded (PMEWL_1.91.617.1_NoWipe_TWRP3026.zip)

I looked in the error handling post and searched the thread and found no hits. Any ideas?

EDIT: Took a chance, rebooted to download and the flash took.

Thanks!
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sneakyghost:
You're not exactly helping to clear confusion on this by calling the Rom base "firmware" like the Sammy guys do.

It's differentiated on HTC. "Firmware" is the low level part, anything that's not the ROM, Kernel or recovery.

The ROM and kernel are technically not firmware. People call it the "base" or simply "your ROM" or just "Android".

The recovery is a bit odd. I place it with my firmware, yet technically it's sort of a micro Android, a second ROM if you will. Android can also live without recovery. It's not a required part. So in my mind, it sits somewhere between firmware and the ROM.

So, the software version in settings/about is telling you the ROM version from the entry in build.prop.

On a stock HTC it would of course be the same as the firmware version. On a customized HTC phone, it usually drifts away from the firmware version at some stage, so it's not a reliable indicator. You'll need to boot into the firmware, a.k.a into bootloader/download mode to get a reading of the software version stored in the /misc partition, which is updated with a firmware flash - hence this being the more reliable indicator of what firmware you run.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] gmoe65:
Can anyone tell me what I'm missing here,I've relocked my bootloader and now I'm trying to unlock it but I get the ,is not recognize as an internal or external command

And I am s-off with the latest TWRP Recovery
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sneakyghost:
Is it possible that you're using "fastboot " instead of "htc_fastboot" while using my tool? I'm using htc_fastboot in my tool and you need to adjust manual commands accordingly...
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] gmoe65:
OK I'll give that a try, but first let me get a better understanding here what your saying is I need to us htc_fastboot and the hit enter?

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Thanx a ton I unlocked it:good:
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] bigcid10:
Thank you

I wound up going s-off/unlocked ,formatted data

then restored backup.then flashed your firmware file

worked like a champ,Thank you
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] howlingmoon12:
More OCD here, OS version is showing as 1.91.617.1 in Download mode. But running the updater insists that its still 1.80.617.1 as in settings, which lines would I be looking to change to resolve those issues?
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] xsoft7:
can you please upload firmware for 709 version just released? - for Taiwan. I cant find it anywhere..

thanks
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sneakyghost:
Assuming I have that?

I don't. Sorry.

And I keep saying that my principle is to make zips for users from firmware ota and RUU files they bring me. I'm not searching the web for some random files.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] xsoft7:
hey, thank you for the reply.

here the OTA file:

http://fotadl-az.htc.com/secure/OTA...1.80.709.1_release_483464y3fn9gtu9kw00x9t.zip

is it possible to extract the firmware from there and flash it as in the method described?

thanks
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] xsoft7:
hey, tried to flash the OTA firmware file:

and got this error:

writing 'zip'...

(bootloader) HOSD CL#761759

FAILED (remote: 9 RU_SECURITY_FAIL zip from usb command in download mode)

finished. total time: 6.538s
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sneakyghost:
OTA File not enough. Need RUU base to build from. Best would be 1.80.709.1 RUU. Find it and I can make you the zips.

Thank you for submitting this error. In order to investigate the exact meaning and solution strategies, please let me know more details. For now, this error simply means, in a very general fashion, Security (S-ON/OFF) has blocked this from flashing because some parameters weren't met. It would be helpful to find out what exactly.

Please submit the complete output from your flashing attempt, e.g. copy/paste the console output from start to end (error) so I can take a look.

Please tell me whether you were S-ON or S-OFF at the time of flashing.

Please tell me whether the bootloader was locked or unlocked at time of flashing.

Please tell me whether your system was modified at time of the flash or was it still untouched? (If you had TWRP installed previously and EVER mounted system as RW, it will be broken and not accept OTA files).

Did you only try download mode or did you also try RUU-Mode?

Did you try the SDCard method (rename zip to "2PS6IMG.zip" and place on root of sdcard, reboot to download mode, confirm flash with VolUp and wait)?

You can pull the "firmware.zip" out of that OTA file (7zip to open that zip) and flash that without the whole OTA stuff. But beware: you need to be on 1.80.709.1 to properly flash this, not on older versions.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] xsoft7:
ok, here are the findings:

TL;DR - updated firmware with SD card method - worked!

i've copied the file, renamed , and put it to SD card - booted to download mode and flashed, then restarted then continued to flash.

2) no OS found (corrupted boot), and no RECOVERY- make sure to have it nearby to flash TWRP.

3) flash latest TWRP via fastboot, and installed without wipe VIPERROM 2.8

that's it - booted up with all settings and data intact.

i didnt think this method was possible (didnt find it anywhere.. ) so thanks for the tip Sneakyghost!

-----

for other questions you've asked here some info (it's not relevant now because it worked.. but nonetheless for others)

1) S/ON

2)Bootloader unlocked

3)had twrp installed 3.0.2.5,

4) was on 1.80.709.1 firmware, but was on ViperRom 2.8.0 (based on 1.90.401.5)

now a question- in the menu of the the device, i'm seeing july security patch, not august- probably due to ViperRom outdated? (at download mode i have 1.92.907 latest)
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] jollywhitefoot:
That's not OCD. That means you have updated your firmware but not your software (ROM). Are you on stock rom? If so, you probably manually flashed firmware from this thread but didn't take the OTA in system > about.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] FenrirMX:
Let me hop on this train.

After flashing the firmware, in order to get the OTA, we still have to do the Stock Recovery song and dance? Or does flashing it change anything at all in this process?
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] jollywhitefoot:
You can install the OTA with TWRP. The firmware portion will fail, but that won't matter if you already have installed the firmware from this thread.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] ThePhoneGeek:
Just saw this, hmmmm sorry let me do some digging on that. Sneaky is the master of this domain and clearly I missed something in the process. Everything works fine and seems to only be cosmetic during the upgrade but I'll look into it.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] xunholyx:
Are looking at settings > about > etc......That's the ROM base.

You can change what is says there in /settings/build.prop to what you want if it helps your OCD
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] howlingmoon12:
Yeah, I figured that out more or less. Firmware.zip is not the full OTA. Ended up restoring stock system and bootloader to take the OTA. Trying to figure out if I can avoid having to overwrite TWRP?
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] xunholyx:
You didn't figure it out though.

Flash the ROM you were on again (the same version as well) and in settings > about it will revert to what you had before.

It's only a build.prop entry. It says what version the ROM is based on. Flashing firmware won't change the ROM base.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Captain_Throwback:
You know, a good place to look for information like that would probably be the FAQ in the TWRP thread...:rolleyes:
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] howlingmoon12:
If you reread, I took the OTA since tinkering with build.prop is only a display nuance and not the ROM base as you kindly mentioned.

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If that worked, I wouldn't be asking to begin with :rolleyes: That's actually what forced me to have to flash stock bootloader and lose TWRP to even take the OTA. Even after going back to stock system preroot, the OTA insisted that something was corrupt. If the method requires completely stock everything, then its probably not for me then. I can live with having to fastboot as an extra step.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Captain_Throwback:
If it didn't work, it wouldn't be in the FAQ ;).

There's an entire thread about the "system corrupt" message, btw.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] nunyadambidness:
does this not work with unlocked Verizon? got error code 10 MID when flashing firmware.zip, changed MID in the .txt file within the zip, and then got error code 7 CID mismatch.. my cid is VZW_001
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] sdamark:
This thread is for GSM devices. There's another thread in the Verizon HTC 10 forum about your VZW device firmware updating. [emoji106]

Sent from my Venomized Verizon HTC 10
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] nunyadambidness:
oh, duh :eek:
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] jollywhitefoot:
You realize fastboot flashing firmware only applies a very small portion of the changes, right? When you do that, you only get the updated firmware and none of the updated system changes, like new camera libs, security updates, etc.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sivat:
I ripped the firmware/sys/boot from the latest Dev/Unlocked RUU if someone wants to grab them after they're done uploading and repackage them nicely. I tried zipping them up myself but couldn't figure out how to get it to work right in linux and ended up just replacing all of the files in the last full-wipe zip. (if it gets uploaded it should be named PMEWL_	1.91.617.1.zip) I flashed everything onto my phone and it all seems to be working flawlessly.

If I screwed something up, definitely let me know so I can learn/fix it.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0ByRPtdp5OYAXOTJXd2VrOUlYNE0&usp=sharing
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Captain_Throwback:
Out of curiosity, how did you extract the RUU?
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sivat:
It took me an hour or so to figure out everything I needed to do, but there's a tool called unruu which allowed me to extract the rom.zip from the .exe and then I used your(oh hey thanks!) decrypt tool that I found at http://xdaforums.com/chef-central/android/tool-universal-htc-ruu-rom-decryption-t3382928
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Captain_Throwback:
If you had found the tool first, you wouldn't have needed unruu ;).
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sivat:
Yeah... I didn't even realize that it would've been encrypted when I was first going about this.

would you know why the zips I was creating weren't working? I kept getting a 22 RU_HEADER error and fastboot said it couldn't find the zip header.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Captain_Throwback:
No idea - I've never had any issues zipping up stuff in Ubuntu, either via the File Manager or command line.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] dolapo78:
I'm on firmware 1.80.531.1 / T-mobile. Which firmware can i upgrade to
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lastwurdz:
after flahing to 1.9 it verifies that i am on that version in download mode. but i was just looking my build number and its saying 1.8....i havent any issues or anything. i just wanted to know why my build number stopped displaying my updated firmware version.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jump1ng:
Are you looking at the build info from the Settings/about etc...that shows the build of the ROM you are on and have nothing to do with the firmware version.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lastwurdz:
yes, thats where im looking. thanks for clearing that up. it had me scratching my head
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrro82:
Has anyone tried the 1.90 firmware on T Mobile? Just curious if wifi calling and voice over LTE work.
[HTC 10 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sneakyghost:
Guys, man. Ed. What are you doing? :laugh:

its not mmcblk0p35. It is an ERROR code. "35 ruu partition....." just means that fastboot zip was being flashed in the wrong mode. Its gotta be ruumode or download, but it does not flash on bootloader.

New Aboot/HOSD structure since the M9. Same on the 10. You should have heard of it by now :D