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[One (M9+) General] GuyLikePhone:
So I just bought a new HTC One M9+ on e-bay and it arrived in it's original box, sealed with HTC stickers shrink wrap and all that, but when I went to look under the hood, I found it was s-off. I've done a little digging and I get that S-off pretty much means "security-off" essentially allowing you access to write to the NAND partitions of the phone (Boot, Recovery and Radio) with non-HTC signed images.

So my question is, would a brand new phone be shipped out S-off or did someone alter the phone before I got it?

The title of the ebay listing was:

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"New HTC One M9+ Plus M9pw 32GB Factory Unlocked 4G LTE Smartphone, 20MP"

I believe Factory Unlocked should mean that the phone can be used on any carrier and should not pertain to the S-off status.

Some other info about the phone that may be helpful

In download mode it reads:

*** Locked ***

htc_hiau_ml_tuhl PVT S-OFF

CID-HTCCN701

MID-0PK711000

ColorID-DEF00

LK-1.01.0000

RADIO-UNKNOWN

OpenDSP-UNKNOWN

OS-2.27.1405.1

Sep (and then a date and some numbers here)

Below that it has some options for info, show barcode, reboot and power options and then below that there is another warning:

Security Warning

If you flash this phone with any ROM that was not officially released by HTC you take the risk of releasing your personal and financial information to unknown sources.

All that said, if it is true that someone altered the phone, is there a way to restore it back to factory settings with s-on and a stock ROM? I've found lots of threads about returning the M9 to factory but nothing about the M9+

Edit* I should add this strange finding as well, when I press and hold Power + Vol Up to boot into recovery I get a recovery program mostly in Chinese with a few english words, but when I boot into Download mode (Power + Vol Down) then select reboot to bootloader then from bootloader select reboot into recover, this recovery program is in English and has an option Root Integrity Check (have to go this rout because no option to boot to recover from download mode screen)

It's a little strange that there are two recovery modes on the phone and also, when I do the Root Integrity Check it fails with a number of files deleted and modified.
[One (M9+) General] Carick:
LoL

That how it usually is like dude :P

U can do whatever u want with s-off. I had s-on and i had to pay to get s-off back to get rid off CM
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] chavist:
I need help desperately, I bricked my Note 7 and have tried every method possible to get back to to IP4. The latest thing I did was flashed all 4 files; the phone booted but then showed the android man the message no command error. I am thinking I need the PIT file to get it to boot correctly; any help greatly appreciated.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] RaymondPJR:
Aren't official firmware files available at Samobile? Also wouldn't it be available for download in the Rom development section?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] force70:
All firmwares here.

https://note7alliance.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4

Sent from my Note 7, S7 Edge or S6
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] sriharshasv:
I wanted to learn how to port roms. I was looking around and one website mentioned that both phones should be of similar specs. Did that mean that every spec should be same (like RAM, processor, etc) ? Can I port a OnePlus 3 ROM into my OnePlus 3t? Can I port a Pixel XL ROM to the 3t?
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] josephcsible:
It's possible to make a OnePlus 3 ROM work on a OnePlus 3T with a little bit of effort. This is known as a unified ROM and is what Sultanxda did to his CM13 ROM. The Pixel XL is a totally different device, though. There's no way you're going to make a ROM work on both of those devices.
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] sriharshasv:
Thanks for replying. But I'm not talking about making a ROM work for both Pixel and 3T. I maybe misunderstood what porting means. I want to take a Pixel XL ROM and make it work in my 3T with a little editing of the ROM
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] LMcR92:
What is the point? We have a growing number of fully official and hybrid ROMs on here and will just end up having more as time passes. Why not learn on building fresh?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] raychak:
I tried to modify the build.prop lines, I can save it successfully and I can see the build.prop content updated without problem. But after reboot my Mate 9, all my modifications were gone and restored to original. Are all those files under /system on Android N or Huawei require special tricks to modify? Because I also found that I am unable to add new file under /system directory, any new file created will be removed after reboot. Sorry for my dumb questions, I am new to Huawei and Android N... THANKS
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] Sammath:
Doesn't editing the build.prop require root? Are you rooted?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] raychak:
Yes, my Mate 9 is rooted. The build.prop can be modified and saved before reboot, I can see all changed by reading the file. But the file will be replaced with original unmodified one after reboot... I also tried to modify an XML file under /system/emui/base/xml/ with same problem. :confused:
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] duraaraa:
You can't make any changes to the system partition directly... This is why we need to root with a systemless root procedure. It is also the reason why adaway and other things that modify system don't work.

One way around it is to unpack the system partition, modify it, and repack and then flash it. Big pain to do that though so I have not tried myself. Also OTA updates would no longer work right.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] OnimushaPooh:
so , without changing build.props how can you rebrand to others region FW?
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] duraaraa:
You have to modify the oeminfo, and then repartition (partitions layouts vary between regions) and flash the firmware with eRecovery. FunkyHuawei can handle the repartition and the flashing with eRecovery.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] OnimushaPooh:
cool thanks, it quite complicate things, not simple as others huawei's phone.
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] duraaraa:
They changed a lot when they went to Android N, unfortunately. :(
[Huawei Mate 9 Questions & Answers] dkionline:
The real build.prop is under vendor, not system. Just for information.
[HTC Excalibur] micrors4racer:
Does anyone else here experience random freezing when you reboot your phone? I am thinking it because I install my programs in my SD card. When I take out the card it usually boots fine. Any fix for this?
[HTC Excalibur] goraps:
As a general rule I don't insatll any apps to my SD card that will run at startup. For example any app that has a homescreen plugin like Fizz Weather.

Actually Fiiz gave me a problem when installed to my SD Card. However if it is an app that you are going to launch like Deepfish or a notepad app then I have had no problem installing to my card. I think there is a problem with reading from the card and when the card is available on a reboot. ON a side note I can help to check the windows\startup folder through the Explorer and see if any app that is installed on your card is in that folder.
[HTC Excalibur] micrors4racer:
In my startup folder there is VitoCopyAndPaste. That is located in my memory card should I move it? And theres also somethingcalled WiFiInit.
[HTC Excalibur] goraps:
I would try moving the vitocopyandpaste out of the startup folder or else remove the program and reinstall it to the phone. See if that fixes you freezing issue
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] delnffc:
Hi ,

Can anyone assist me try and fix this nightmare of a m8s

I posted a thread but maybe I put it in wrong section of the forum

http://xdaforums.com/android/help/m8s-black-screen-t3522302

Thanks
[Galaxy S6 General] xCopyrightPvP:
Galaxy S6​

We have partially good news for the Galaxy S6

This is the current state we're in:

Supported editions:

-zeroflte

-zerofltexx

Bugs:

-YouTube sometimes not giving a **** --- you can use it in browser mode and it's totally fine

-Fast Charging being a **** --- it does fast charge, but it's a tid bit slower than on TW

-Fingerprint Scanner gave up --- it doesn't work at all

-Noticeable Lag sometimes --- Lags like hell, it's more lagspikes than normal fps lag, it's resolved by a reboot

-Mic is ****ed --- The only situation where the mic is working is outgoing calls, everything else, nope

Devs currently working on this:

-macs18max

-BMc08GT

Download Links:

-ROM: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=385035244224404376 (macs18max's build)

-GApps: https://www.opengapps.org (arm64, 6.0, Pico)

-Audio Fix:

Galaxy S6 edge​

You guys have a bit more complicated situation

I don't know if any dev is actually working on edge

Well, as soon as we finish the S6, you'll get for the edge pretty quickly

Galaxy S6 edge+​

You guys are lucky, as I was told, everything works for the edge+, the only issue being sometimes not being able to Video Record

I don't have the links, that's because I do not specialize for the edge+, I'm the S6 guy

Note 5​

You guys also have luck, you don't have any errors whatsoever

Here's the only link I have: http://xdaforums.com/note5/orig-development/rom-cyanogenmod-13-alpha-t3520641

More:​

If you want unofficial support and some company, check this out: https://telegram.me/cmdeveloping
[Galaxy S6 General] khanvict90:
i think our galaxy s6 can use a liitle a bit of this software cause i hate TW roms and i love CM Roms its stock as hell and fast if this rom works 100% iam gonna switch to it love to see it running our lovely s6's
[Galaxy S6 General] mijosa:
ingoing calls also not working on s6?
[Galaxy S6 General] SrikarPrayaga:
So currently calls and fingerprint scanner are the only major bugs?
[Galaxy S6 General] RandomUsername02:
so basically us s6 edge users are absolutely f*****

well this definitely made my day...

EDIT: Nevermind, I don't know how to read...
[Galaxy S6 General] ali8160:
Hi Thanks)

Its Cm 14.1???
[XDA Assist] keshavshiyal:
I have flashed cutome recovery TWRP in my canvas a1. it stuck on startup? also prevent to open the phone normally?
[XDA Assist] sawdoctor:
Greetings and welcome to assist. Twrp should not prevent the phone from normal start up unless it was for the wrong device. You may need to reinstall stock firmware for your device

Good Luck

Sawdoctor
[XDA Assist] twenty13:
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[XDA Assist] Vatsal:
Hello,

We don't allow such threads here at XDA.

Please read the XDA Rulesxdaforums.com/announcement.php?a=81 well before making any further posts.

Regards

Vatsal,

Forum Moderator.
[Huawei P8 Questions & Answers] gyarmati22:
Hi!

I am from Hungary I have B323 Telekom Hungary version, but the phone is carrier unlocked. I want to clear the B323 carrier locked rom and get the lastest unlocked. After B323 (it was the default rom) I don't get OTA updates. Could you help me?

Sorry for my bad english. :)
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sampido:
Hey guys,

I'm new here, please suggest me which N910F rom have a working online update?

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amar.B:
What do you mean by online update?

Are you referring to OTA update !

If you are referring to ota updates i don't think there's a custom rom with this functionality..

Only the stock rom and CM based roms i guess and it depends on the devolper..
[Honor 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hamxa_911:
Hello i am using the Chinese variant of H7 PLK-ULOOC17B190. Its been almost two years and still no MM update. I cant root because i cannot unlock bootloader due to 14 days error on huawei site. Can someone please guide me how to update or if it is even possible to update. Thank you.
[Honor 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gopinaidu77:
If there is no official update , u can't install or find a firmware which matches for our device . and the 14 days deadline , try to get an unlock code directly from vmall
[Honor 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hamxa_911:
Is there any way i can update then. Its awfully bad that Huawei has no support for their phones.

And btw this is the chinese variant. I don't get how to vmall may help me get the code.
[Honor 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gopinaidu77:
Does honor 7 (in other countries) receive the update ?
[Honor 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hamxa_911:
Well i did recieve the B190 update. But nothing ever since. I mean it really is a great phone but i guess that is why you buy high priced from google ,samsung etc.
[Honor 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gopinaidu77:
You may want to check CM13 for Honor 7.
[Honor 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddor1614:
Hi

Latest lollipop ROM for that model is B211.

You can download it from here:

http://emui.huawei.com/plugin/hwdownload/detail?modelId=171

There are two files there, one is B211 Stable ROM, and the other is Beta ROM 5.12.16.

You will have to update using three button method, and it will completely erase your data (BACKUP FIRST!)

After that, you can request update on HiCare app, or wait a few days, you will get B380 MM update, then probably B383.

You can also try Beta ROM, which works fine and it gets 2 updates per month. It's also on MM.

Regards.
[Honor 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hamxa_911:
Brother like i said before that i cannot unlock bootloader due to the 14 days error. I always get that when i am requesting for the unlock code at huawei site.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] natibongo:
According to an article on gmsarena.com the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is likely to get Nougat.

The article mentions that "Note 4 in general is likely to get Nougat, but not before the Galaxy S7s and Note 5"

This makes a lot of sense since the failure of the Note 7.

Let's keep our fingers crossed.

Hopefully 2nd Quarter of next year.

Here's a link to the article

http://www.gsmarena.com/tmobiles_galaxy_note_4_receives_november_security_update-news-22266.php
[Galaxy Note 4 General] macmobile:
No way!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] natibongo:
Too good to be true?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] remosam:
looking back on all note series and updates before note 4, I can say that nougat will never be available for it
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Kast09:
Please small baby Jesus, make this be sure.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Brophen:
It would be a nice investment of the resources that were working on the Note 7 nougat update, and a good appeasement of Note fans, so it probably won't happen
[Galaxy Note 4 General] nighthawk29:
No way the Note 4 will get Nougat, it's Samsung FFS! It would be smart and make sense for them to do it which means they won't lol.

In all seriousness though, if the only reason they are making such a comment that the Note 4 would likely get Nougat just because the T-Mo Note 4's just now got the Nov.1, 2016 security patch is a joke because in Canada we got this security patch back at the end of November which just means nothing more than T-Mo was slow as hell to release this security patch. I fail to see how this small update could make anyone think Nougat will "likely" arrive for our Note 4's.

Every other article that has mentioned the Nougat update states that 2014 flagships will not get 7.0 and I am more likely to believe those reports over this one article that bases it on T-Mo's late release of the Nov.1 security patch lol. I would love to see Nougat on my Note 4, especially after giving up the Note 7 due to Samsung's incompetence but it will never happen (not officially anyway).
[Galaxy Note 4 General] yashthemw:
Currently samsung wants their customers to purchase new phones, so that they can revover their losses caused by the note 7 fiasco.

Now, if samsung updates the note 4 to nougat, why would note 4 users consider purchasing a new device.

Therefore, even if we were to get nougat update before the note 7 started malfunctioning, it is impossible now.

They want to recover their economy.

Anyways, if the past updates of note lineup are considered, it still says that note 4 wont get a 3rd major software upgrade.

Failing of note wont make any difference, definitely not a positive one.

Therefore, simply dont expect something which is not possible and stop criticising samsung.

Reporting Via N910G
[Galaxy Note 4 General] DarkGuyver:
After the disaster of the Note 7. I can understand why Samsung may want to release Nougat for the Note 4. Seeing as the Note 5 is only available in the US and Asia but not Europe. Which leaves their European Note fans without a Note worthy flagship device. It would be a good idea to release Nougat for the Note 4 to restore a bit of user confidence in their company as a way of apologizing for the disaster that was the Note 7. Not that the Note 7 was a bad device, it was just poorly designed.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] LMrcS:
Note 5 is also available in South America. Here in Brazil for instance. But it's rare to see them, people prefer S7 or note 4 still. Or even S6..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] DarkGuyver:
Thats interesting.... But then again the Samsung's Galaxy Note series of devices were never very popular in the West as they are in Asia.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Jovan1997:
I m from Serbia(Europe), and here Note4 is last from note series so it will be okay if thay update to Nougate, but if not I going to root and flash with last rom....
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Simonetti2011:
I can't see why the Note 4 wouldn't get it.

The Note 4 has all the hardware it needs to run Nougat with excellent performance. Even although it's been a few years since its release, it is still a high-end device.

Besides, Samsung needs to recover some of the confidence everyone lost on it after the Note 7 fiasco.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] LMrcS:
Today I just heard about note 8 that it is "about to be released" to recover losses.

So no, I don't have my hopes up. :(
[Galaxy Note 4 General] megamanrave@gmail.com:
i saw this
[Galaxy Note 4 General] kaisar1994:
eagerly waiging for nougut :(
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Amar.B:
In your dreams ??
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] biglightbt:
So I would have asked this question directly in the DirtySanta thread, but apparently I don't have enough posts to actually do anything there yet.

So my device is now in a rather bizzare zombie state. I did manage to get my device fully rooted with TWRP installed. Followed the instructions on how to get everything working with no problems. I ended up wanting to try to flash some audio mods (V4A and such), however they did not install properly, so I went and did what anyone else would do - restored to a full backup I made of the device before I started mucking about.

The restore did complete successfully, and I still have a device that has a working recovery, and an OS with root permission...but I can't flash anything anymore from TWRP. TWRP is unable to mount the /system partition after the restore, and seems convinced that I have no OS installed, even though there is one and the phone boots into it just fine. The restore I'm on now is post-flashing the Konverged Kernel. Attempting to restore to an even earlier backup (one I made just before flashing Konverged) produces similar results - the restore succeeds and produces a bootable phone, but TWRP still can't flash anything.

Just to cover bases I also tried running "fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-1-us996.img" again in case TWRP got messed up (trying to get the "Swipe to allow system changes" prompt to reappear - it didn't), with no changes - TWRP still works fine, but cant mount and edit /system and still claims I have no OS installed when requesting a reboot.

Any advice on how to get things working again would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] slickdaddy96:
This may be an issue with TWRP. When I had my Galaxy S3 rooted back in the day I would have this issue, also with a Nexus tablet I rooted as well. It turns out I needed to flash a specific "fixed" version of TWRP to fix the mount/flash issue. That was a long time ago though, so this might not be the problem, but I thought I would at least tell you my experience.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] LuckyColdJohnson:
I beleive you have to do Dirty Santa over again....The steps that is.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] imucarmen:
So your phone isn't booting beyond TWRP? I'm assuming that's what you are saying. I only want clarification because you mentioned how it won't flash anything.

Try this. Go to "mount" and make sure system is checked. Then power off the device. Then use the button combo to boot back into recovery. It's power + volume down, as soon you see the LG logo let go of the power button and then press it again and hold it (never let go of the volume down button though). If done correctly you'll get a white screen asking you if you want to factory reset. Choose yes for both questions. This will boot you back into recovery. Once in recovery again go back to mount and check system again. Now reboot system. This method got me out of being stuck in TWRP after I had tried every other method I could think of.

PS. Make sure you are on a fully stock version of the ROM that came on your phone. This may work for any backup you have but just incase use the most stock version backup you have.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] biglightbt:
Sorry if I wasn't clear, its a bit confusing to me also. Normally TWRP saying you have No OS installed is pretty bad news, but it seems to be a bit confused itself, since there IS and OS installed, and the phone boots into it.

The phone basically works exactly as you'd expect after the DirtySanta exploit. It can boot into whatever backup I restore it back to, and works just fine, root included. I can also boot into TWRP just fine also..... Its just that within TWRP, if I try to flash anything at all (apps, zip files, kernels) it comes back with an error just after "Updating Partition Details". The specific error is "failed to mount /system (invalid argument)". If I had to guess I'd think that /system was somehow marked as Read Only after I did the restore. I haven't needed to use the button combos for anything since ADB and Fastboot commands all work just fine too.

If I go into the "Mount" section in TWRP "System" is unchecked, if I tap it to try to check it the phone vibrates as if it accepted the input, but the check never appears. If I select "Mount System as Read Only" I can mount it though. I followed the instructions in the DirtySanta thread to a T, and am using all the recommended software versions.

I also tried restoring back to the backup I made just before flashing Konverged Kernel, with similar results. The restore works, and the phone boots into Android, but if I try to pick up where I left off and flash Konverged again from within TWRP, it fails with the "failed to mount /system (invalid argument)" again.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] imucarmen:
I would run the dirtysanta exploit again from the beginning. Your assumption about being stuck in read only seems correct. I'm guessing you might have chosen read only on accident one time when you booted into TWRP and now it's stuck there.

Or you could try using flashfire to flash the TWRP.img
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] nahepler90:
I am having the same issue. I tried doing the DAC mod that enables high impedance as always on. Audio quit working along with the stock music app. Did a restore from after I flashed the konverged kernel. And now no r/w ability and twrp will not mount system unless I check mount as read only. I was able to reinstall supersu from the recovery. But still have the issues.

Only thing I can think of is waiting for a return to stock unrooted method to Come out and re-root.