I pretty new to android and I'm ready to take the plunge and root... Etc. I have 1 question, how can I back up my app data before I have root access?
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Flash the TWRP or CWM custom recoveries and execute a nandroid backup. You can also use an app called App Backup and Restore on the Google Play store to backup your current app drawer, etc. After rooting, go with Titanium Backup.
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But don't I first have to unlock my boot loader to flash twrp or cwm? And doesn't unlocking wipe all my app data?
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Ah, I thought you were already S-OFF via LazyPanda or HTC Dev Unlocked. In this case, use the App Backup and Restore app to backup your app drawer, get yourself S-OFF or HTC Dev Unlocked, flash TWRP, perform nandroid, etc.
There's a great tool here at HTC that helps automate this entire process, in the apps forum. That will help you.
HTH!
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Are referring to regaws automated rooter?
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That's very helpful too, but I would just search the LTEVO forums for HTC EVO 4G LTE Tool v.1.1 ~ I'm currently mobile, so can't link you up. Also, look at the amazing sticky here that answers most questions, and includes links to all the tools you need for rooting, custom recoveries, app mods, leaked APKs, custom kernels, radios, etc. Good luck,and of course, proceed with caution!
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Thanks I appreciate your help
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So I spent all night researching and I still couldn't find a clear answer, if my phone is completely stock with the latest updates and I want to use regaws automated rooter is there any way to completely backup my IN APP data?
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Can you please define exactly what you mean by "in app data," please? Thanks!
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I mean for instance, in a weather app my locations. In a game completed levels. Sms and emails. Sound settings and screen layouts. Etc.... I know how to back up the actual APKs but not data and phone settings.
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I'm looking for exactly the same thing, but if you're already on 1.22.651.3, there's currently no way.
Titanium will back up this stuff very nicely, but requires root first. There was a local root exploit for the earlier version, but not for the current one.
What's your software version?
. 3. The latest. I'm new to android and stupid me I updated from the earlier version. This was all before I started learning about unlocking and rooting.
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From everything I've seen then the best you can do is something like MyBackup Pro, but you'll lose all the game states and other app settings (except for a very few apps that use MyBackup's API), about half of the home-screen and system settings, and can look forward to days of putting everything back the way you had it.
But, you'll only have to do it once, if you flash TWRP recovery and a rooted rom. Then you can do nandroid backups and titanium backups and get everything from then on.
Guesso.
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I'm looking for exactly the same thing, but if you're already on 1.22.651.3, there's currently no way.
Titanium will back up this stuff very nicely, but requires root first. There was a local root exploit for the earlier version, but not for the current one.
What's your software version?
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Hey man after you get done rooting your phone. Download Rom toolbox and get the pro one cause it is worth it and plus it has 20 apps in one and user friendly. But before you root your phone put your files on the computer and when you get done rooting put those files back in there.
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Rom toolbox definitely looks like it's worth checking out.
I'll copy everything that it'll let me get at to a PC before doing the unlock, and I guess I can diff it all afterwards,
but I would expect that a lot of what I want to preserve would be records in system databases and stuff that I couldn't just copy back, but at that stage I guess there's no harm in trying. If it was that easy, the non-root backup programs would be able to do it.
I am running ROM Toolbox myself, but don't believe that App Manager in ROM Toolbox allows in-app configs to be backed up, passwords, etc. As per the original stated requirement?
Until Titanium is installed after rooting your device, I'm not aware of a way in which to pull this off, sorry.
You might want to PM xHausx, one of our moderators, who has been very helpful to me in the past. He might have some excellent answers for you.
Good luck!
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If you install adb you can do this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193901
#Root_Hack-Mod*Always=LTE
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Also to install adb look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858118
#Root_Hack-Mod*Always=LTE
I'm pretty sure the psneuter temp-root that this uses doesn't work with 1.22.651.3
But I might try it anyway just for the heck of it.
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I'm pretty sure the psneuter temp-root that this uses doesn't work with 1.22.651.3
But I might try it anyway just for the heck of it.
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Yeh from what I understand that exploit doesn't work anymore due to the update in the hboot or something.
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I just acquired s-off and all the good stuff. Now what apps are essential or at least interesting to have with root? I had a couple for my Evo 4G but recollection of any of them is long gone. Except for Shoot Me.
Enlighten me fellow members. Thanks in advance.
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I use root explorer and wifi tether most.
Oh, and titanium backup.
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AntTek App Manager Root. Battery Calibrator. AdFree. CWM. FasterFix (GPS). TitaniumBackupPro. Terminal Emulator.
And many more
These are the ones I remember fast.
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I have to throw in support for my app Flash Image GUI as it allows the flashing of kernels and recoveries from android w/o rebooting to recovery mode.
I consider it essential, but that might be a biased opinion!
Glad you're rooted!
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I have to throw in support for my app Flash Image GUI as it allows the flashing of kernels and recoveries from android w/o rebooting to recovery mode.
I consider it essential, but that might be a biased opinion!
Glad you're rooted!
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+1 I love this app. I used it on my transform all the time. Does.it work on e3d besides just recovery?
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root explorer,adfree,chainfire 3d,roam control,sd maid,titanium backup,battery calibraton
Question on Titanium Backup. I had purchased a key for the full version when I had the 4G but now it doesn't show as purchased. Anyone know why that might be?
As far as doing an entire phone back up, what are recommended steps before jumping into a rom?
Thanks again for refreshing my mind.
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MindSplit said:
Question on Titanium Backup. I had purchased a key for the full version when I had the 4G but now it doesn't show as purchased. Anyone know why that might be?
As far as doing an entire phone back up, what are recommended steps before jumping into a rom?
Thanks again for refreshing my mind.
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try uninstalling both titanium back and the key then reinstall as for backing up i just backup my user apps/data also anytime i get update i backup new verzions of the apps or every few days i do a backup also if u switch roms make sure everythkng is backed up
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try uninstalling both titanium back and the key then reinstall as for backing up i just backup my user apps/data also anytime i get update i backup new verzions of the apps or every few days i do a backup also if u switch roms make sure everythkng is backed up
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By everything you mean apps and data? Or is there an everything option?
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Is it a complete waste of time to use battery calibration if I am always swapping batteries...I have three...I use a wall charger so I never have to leave my phone plugged in....
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affliction said:
root explorer,adfree,chainfire 3d,roam control,sd maid,titanium backup,battery calibraton
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I downloaded chainfire 3d yesterday but havent got to read up on it much so far. I downloaded the nvidea pluggin as well as the others.. Should I be able to download games through TegraZone now?
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I got my phone replaced last night and while I wasn't paying attention to the Best Buy rep, she updated my EVO LTE. SMH!!! Missing MeanROM and google wallet
I thought Google wallet was fixed with the other.
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I thought Google wallet was fixed with the other.
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Really? when I try to activate the app I get error, "error - try again later" HOWEVER, I just tried it right now and now I have my $10 credit Still missing MeanROM though. I guess I'll have to rid stock and wait patiently. heh...
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I got my phone replaced last night and while I wasn't paying attention to the Best Buy rep, she updated my EVO LTE. SMH!!! Missing MeanROM and google wallet
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I'm running flex360's Stock w goodies and 1.22 firmware, wallet is working just fine even though I have a "non supported device" up top. Maybe try that if you want to.
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Zameus said:
I got my phone replaced last night and while I wasn't paying attention to the Best Buy rep, she updated my EVO LTE. SMH!!! Missing MeanROM and google wallet
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You can always use HTC unlock to get recovery, then used recovery to flash root
Currently, S-OFF via LazyPanda has been shot down by the new OTA via hboot 1.15. The best you can hope for with the current OTA currently, is HTC Dev unlock and r00t, such as xHausx's deodexed ROM.
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michael.stollaire said:
Currently, S-OFF via LazyPanda has been shot down by the new OTA via hboot 1.15. The best you can hope for with the current OTA currently, is HTC Dev unlock and r00t, such as xHausx's deodexed ROM.
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Thanks man, I'll this this route. Will I be able to acheive s-off later down the line if I go with HTC Dev Unlock?
It's possible, but I would count on having to relock the phone, implement a newer version of LazyPanda which leverages a new exploit in hboot 1.15, etc.
Hope for the best, bit expect the worst, in other words.
If you're patient, and don't take any updates, OTAs, etc. You will see the new revision on XDA very quickly. Patience is a virtue in this game.
Use TWRP to do a nandroid, move the backup to your computer, run a full Titanium backup before the nandroid if you're paranoid ~ I am! ~ factory reset the phone reset the davlik cache, etc.
Then, you will have a perfect platform to work with, once the new S-OFF is out. I usually do this in preparation for a new ROM, firmware upgrade, and so forth.
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michael.stollaire said:
It's possible, but I would count on having to relock the phone, implement a newer version of LazyPanda which leverages a new exploit in hboot 1.15, etc.
Hope for the best, bit expect the worst, in other words.
If you're patient, and don't take any updates, OTAs, etc. You will see the new revision on XDA very quickly. Patience is a virtue in this game.
Use TWRP to do a nandroid, move the backup to your computer, run a full Titanium backup before the nandroid if you're paranoid ~ I am! ~ factory reset the phone reset the davlik cache, etc.
Then, you will have a perfect platform to work with, once the new S-OFF is out. I usually do this in preparation for a new ROM, firmware upgrade, and so forth.
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Awesome. Will do just that. Thanks Mike!
Also, I'm curious to know if once I'm rooted and have custom recovery, can I simply flash a RUU image to the previoius software version to obtain S-off? Or am I stuck due to the hboot version? Thanks!
NP. If you run into any issues during the procedure don't hesitate to get in touch immediately, and I will jump in and help.
Feel free to PM me, if necessary.
I feel like I'm the official HTC Evo 4G LTE on-call resource. Awesome! =)
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michael.stollaire said:
NP. If you run into any issues during the procedure don't hesitate to get in touch immediately, and I will jump in and help.
Feel free to PM me, if necessary.
I feel like I'm the official HTC Evo 4G LTE on-call resource. Awesome! =)
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If I want to install TWRP on my LTEVO, do I need to have S-OFF? I rooted from stock using Zedomax's method, and I have not installed the OTA update.
You don't need to have s-off, but you should get it while it's still available to you.
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So I just went up to 1.75 Stock With Goodies....everything was running smooth for the past week and a half or so....
But today It seems to of slowed wayyyy down. Also, About half of my text message threads will not open at all, I simply see the spinning circle thing with "Loading..." forever.
I tried wiping the cache(s) and reflashing the rom, no luck, same exact issues.
What do I do now?
When you wiped the caches, did you include Devlik (can be done via Titanium Backup)? Any new applications installed? Any new mods flashed?!
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Definetly did the delvik.....
I flashed the rom itself, then the remapping that the the rom creator recommended....thats it. no other mods, no other programs that are different. I use the text message app the rom comes with and swiftkey to type
did you do a full wipe?
I did the delvik and cache and the system.....
Full nandroid and titanium backup, wiped all caches, factory reset, etc.?
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Guess I'll do that next.....
any other ideas though?
Check out the system tuner app at Google Play and the native task manager, in order to identify the apps, processes, etc. which are hogging resources.
Also, do you have a CPU overclock app installed, that has been set to the lowest settings to reduce power consumption? That would do it as well.
If not, don't kill the messenger, but then the next step would be installing the Jewel RUU, and re-attaining S-OFF, r00t, etc.
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tm21fourt3 said:
I did the delvik and cache and the system.....
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in the OP i did say if you have issues do a full wipe
Are you s-off?
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in the OP i did say if you have issues do a full wipe
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Hi flex, first of all thanks for the awesome ROM. It stopped me from going to the S3 and I love my EVO 4G LTE now more than ever. I am running into the same problem as vader from post # 2902 so I'm doing a full wipe. I just wanted to give you a heads up that is not isolated. Since I'm new, I'm not allowed to post to post directly in your thread. I did donate and plan to do again, this ROM is awesome! Heavy user and I get home with about 20% battery. Thanks for the hard work!
PS: Just remembered something, I do Dalvik intergration into ROM using Titanium Backup Pro. Does that affect the script that you included to zipalign the APKs? Tks again.
I upgraded to 2.13 and the landscape rosie doesn't work. I flashed the zip but it still doesn't work. Still cannot post to the thread, 4 posts to go.
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I upgraded to 2.13 and the landscape rosie doesn't work. I flashed the zip but it still doesn't work. Still cannot post to the thread, 4 posts to go.
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i saw someone else have that same issue on that build. not sure whats causing it but looks like an update is in order to fix that haha
All credit goes to Shadyace80 at AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3 for starting this.
This thread is for those who have what they may feel is a stupid or simple question. Please read through the thread and use the search first. I know Google doesn't always like to make it easy to find answers, so lets work together to give answers where we can. And please remember you will be reported for flaming others.
Remember, the only stupid questions are the ones you don't ask.
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All credit goes to Shadyace80 at AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3 for starting this.
This thread is for those who have what they may feel is a stupid or simple question. Please read through the thread and use the search first. I know Google doesn't always like to make it easy to find answers, so lets work together to give answers where we can. And please remember you will be reported for flaming others.
Remember, the only stupid questions are the ones you don't ask.
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I feel like a better title for this thread would be beginner or "noob" thread since many people feel their questions aren't stupid even if they are. Just a suggestion
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colemac said:
All credit goes to Shadyace80 at AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3 for starting this.
This thread is for those who have what they may feel is a stupid or simple question. Please read through the thread and use the search first. I know Google doesn't always like to make it easy to find answers, so lets work together to give answers where we can. And please remember you will be reported for flaming others.
Remember, the only stupid questions are the ones you don't ask.
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If I unlocked my bootloader is that enough to get the updates direct from HTC? or do I need to get a unlock code from ATT? or would I have had to buy a unlocked one straight from HTC?
First post! Thanks for starting a stupid question thread!
@ the poster above me, from what I've read so far, any unlocking of the bootloader will disable the OTA HTC updates. But I might have misread, I'm just learning about all this too and have read way too many pages of posts already. I'm sure someone in the know will chime in to confirm.
Now, my turn! I Just switched from iPhone to the HTC one and have really started considering flashing cleanRom 2.5. I have a kindle fire that I managed to root and get jelly bean on, so I'm not a total noob, but I wanna ask a few noob questions. Here goes:
I have spent a long time getting my phone setup the way I like it and when I flash cleanrom, is there a way to carry over the apps and things I've installed? No biggie if not, but I've got some saved game data on here already and some other stuff I'd rather not lose if there was an easy way to save. And is everything working correctly in the cleanrom to where I can still make zoes and use the camera, gallery, etc?
Also, any tips for getting this thing rooted? I was planning on downloading that "noob-proof" toolkit and going from there. I've read about people getting freezes and install issues using twrp, which scares me a bit because I have no idea what that other thing is (starts with a c) that people are using. and I read something Scott said that you should never do a system wipe or you could lose your backup?? I know I used to wipe the system, cache, and something else when I rooted my kindle but I never tried to go back to stock or even look to see if I had a backup file somewhere. maybe if there's a step by step guide you could point me to that I might have missed?
Thanks for the help, I'm glad I joined the forum!
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No, unlocking the bootloader won't allow that. If we get s-off then changing the cid and flashing a stock developer edition Rom with a relocked bootloader should allow that if one so desired.
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There is no "easy" way perse' to back that stuff up and carry over. There is a way I saw sometime back to root without unlocking the bootloader. Theoretically one could do that and use titanium backup... But I don't really know if it will save your game progress... And you will have to offload your titanium backup data to a computer or something before unlocking the bootloader because it will erase everything. The thing about not wiping system came about because of all the problems people have been having with aroma freezing. Some people seem to have it worse then others but the idea is if aroma screws up over and over you still have an os to boot into. I personally (cross my fingers) have had little trouble with that (maybe 1 freeze or 2 then it runs through all the way). I'd suggest leaving the system folder alone until you know how your phone reacts to aroma installs.
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No, unlocking the bootloader won't allow that. If we get s-off then changing the cid and flashing a stock developer edition Rom with a relocked bootloader should allow that if one so desired.
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There is no "easy" way perse' to back that stuff up and carry over. There is a way I saw sometime back to root without unlocking the bootloader. Theoretically one could do that and use titanium backup... But I don't really know if it will save your game progress... And you will have to offload your titanium backup data to a computer or something before unlocking the bootloader because it will erase everything. The thing about not wiping system came about because of all the problems people have been having with aroma freezing. Some people seem to have it worse then others but the idea is if aroma screws up over and over you still have an os to boot into. I personally (cross my fingers) have had little trouble with that (maybe 1 freeze or 2 then it runs through all the way). I'd suggest leaving the system folder alone until you know how your phone reacts to aroma installs.
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Good to know, would it effect anything if i got a unlock code? Also if i were to reflash the 1.26 RUU could i then grab them using the update in the menu section that is not labled att update?
Can I flash roms from other HTC one carriers?
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Not sure about the unlock code but I suspect it would only be a SIM unlock to use on other carriers. Not sure it changes the cid. The other software update your talking about won't grab firmware updates from HTC... There was a software update pushed through that recently for the HTC media thing I read it was so media sharing could be turned on without having mobile hotspot activated.
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Can I flash roms from other HTC one carriers?
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Except for Sprint and dual SIM Chinese models,yes.
This also should get stickied lol
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Nick281051 said:
This also should get stickied lol
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Yes it should. Who is able to do that?
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Yes it should. Who is able to do that?
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The mods
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Hi! I´ve noticed that there´s one forum for the HTC ONE and another for the AT&T HTC ONE, I´ve checked the descritpion of both models and seems to be the same thing, what is the difference?, Can I flash HTC One roms on my At&t Htc One???
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Hi! I´ve noticed that there´s one forum for the HTC ONE and another for the AT&T HTC ONE, I´ve checked the descritpion of both models and seems to be the same thing, what is the difference?, Can I flash HTC One roms on my At&t Htc One???
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Yes you can. I'm using Trickdroid currently, and my HTC One is an ATT version.
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Yes you can. I'm using Trickdroid currently, and my HTC One is an ATT version.
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OK! Thank you, Trickdroid is the one I wanted to flash!. :good:
I am unable to see flags in outlook when I flag message in email for exchange. I used to use touchdown but I like the native app on here..Does anyone know what setting needs to be changed so the flag will sync with my outlook.
Thanks in advance,
Root Help
I am having some issues rooting my phone.
I unlocked my bootloader successfully on the HTCdev site
I created a folder on my desktop called android, the folder has the fastboot application and "twrp.img" file
i boot my phone into fastboot (? sorry 100% new to this not sure if i said that correctly)
connect usb cable
command prompt cd desktop\android
then ....android>fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
then it reads...
C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\ANDROID>fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
error: cannot load 'twrp.img': Unknown error
Im not sure what im doing wrong, its probably something very stupid. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Probably a bad download of twrp
I did a back up and want to know if I need to flash the boot img and what I need to get the latest update?
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Obie911 said:
I did a back up and want to know if I need to flash the boot img and what I need to get the latest update?
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Afaik you don't need to flash a boot.img on this phone at all
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Hi everyone,
I have used the forums in the past to root my old s3 and before that to root/add a custom rom to an old HTC Aria so I do have a little experience with modifying phones. I recently got the HTC m8 (att version) and was holding off on doing anything to it until the EPS got added. Since the update today, EPS is currently live on my phone. How would I go about rooting it now? I saw a post about the old root methods, but will they still work with the new update? I basically want to root my phone so that I can uninstall any bloatware. I know I can disable it but would prefer to get it off completely. On my s3 I also used an app to prevent certain apps that I periodically used from automatically starting up. Would rooting be my best option? I have read up a little on the S-off, and I don't believe I need to do this to uninstall bloatware, but please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks in advance for any advice.
You may just wanna boot loader unlock and flash twrp first in order to keep that full stock image. So once you start uninstalling things you don't run into trouble. Also it's the easiest method to root (after fastboot flashing twrp 2.7.0.2, you can flash supersu 1.94 via recovery and your good to go. Stock backup with root
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kmac212 said:
Hi everyone,
I have used the forums in the past to root my old s3 and before that to root/add a custom rom to an old HTC Aria so I do have a little experience with modifying phones. I recently got the HTC m8 (att version) and was holding off on doing anything to it until the EPS got added. Since the update today, EPS is currently live on my phone. How would I go about rooting it now? I saw a post about the old root methods, but will they still work with the new update? I basically want to root my phone so that I can uninstall any bloatware. I know I can disable it but would prefer to get it off completely. On my s3 I also used an app to prevent certain apps that I periodically used from automatically starting up. Would rooting be my best option? I have read up a little on the S-off, and I don't believe I need to do this to uninstall bloatware, but please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Old root methods worked for me, so unlocking the boot loader, flashing TWRP, then flashing supersu will work.
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I know the OP isn't concerned about S-OFF, but I am...is that affected by this update?
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I know the OP isn't concerned about S-OFF, but I am...is that affected by this update?
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If you're already S-Off, then the update can't do anything about it.
If you're S-On, and firewater was patched in the update, then you shouldn't be able to S-Off (unless another exploit is found). Thing is, I don't think anyone who's S-On has updated yet to test firewater. I will when I get my replacement, but I won't have that for days.
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If you're S-On, and firewater was patched in the update, then you shouldn't be able to S-Off (unless another exploit is found). Thing is, I don't think anyone who's S-On has updated yet to test firewater. I will when I get my replacement, but I won't have that for days.
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Firewater still works on 1.58. At least it still works for one person so far: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2751803
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Firewater still works on 1.58. At least it still works for one person so far: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2751803
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SWEET! Looks like AT&T was either too lazy or didn't have enough time to have HTC patch it (betting on former), either way we still have the ability to S-Off.
Guess I'll be able to give another confirmation in a few days.
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Longcat14 said:
SWEET! Looks like AT&T was either too lazy or didn't have enough time to have HTC patch it (betting on former), either way we still have the ability to S-Off.
Guess I'll be able to give another confirmation in a few days.
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Why not s-off before updating? As you already said, this is always going to be the safer route.
redpoint73 said:
Why not s-off before updating? As you already said, this is always going to be the safer route.
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With my luck, I'll somehow get the one M8 that was updated prior to shipping.
If it's not updated, I'll definitely S-Off before that, but I was also wondering for people who get M8s with 1.58.502.1 on the phone from the factory.
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Just an FYI I rooted and soff after update
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Android The Greek said:
Just an FYI I rooted and soff after update
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Yep, I was also able to
Some people are having issues with the OTA update after they S-OFF. About 30-40% through the update process, their phone freezes with a red exclamation point on the screen. Then again, it works for others, so I'm not really sure what's causing the issue.