AT&T 4.4.2 update solution - AT&T HTC One (M7)

These are the steps i took to get the Kit Kat update.
I couldnt get the update OTA like most people and i was completely stock.
So if you are in a similar position these steps may help.
DO AT YOUR OWN RISK!
1. Unlock your bootloader and get root access. I did by following these instructions from this video.
Credits goes to sakitech.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJYAS2KN17Y&feature=youtu.be
2. Gain S-OFF by following these instructions from this video.
Credits goes to sakitech.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeFwsqU4YL4
3. After you have completed these steps successfully head over to @clsA thread and download the AT&T 4.4.2 OTAPkg.zip and the
stock Recovery_Cingular_US_3.17.502.3.img. Link to the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2659374
4. Place the downloaded .zip on the root your phone storage.
5. follow the steps in @clsA post and flash Recovery_Cingular_US_3.17.502.3.img via fastboot.
6. Navigate to recovery from fastboot on your HTC ONE. If you see "Mount SDCard failed" ignore it. goto to phone storage and locate the update.zip and flash it.
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this worked for me, it should also work for anyone else.
ALL CREDITS goes to the creator of the video - sakitech and Senior Member here on xda clsA
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r3al_0g said:
These are the steps i took to get the Kit Kat update.
I couldnt get the update OTA like most people and i was completely stock.
So if you are in a similar position these steps may help.
DO AT YOUR OWN RISK!
this worked for me, it should also work for anyone else.
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So am I the only person who went into settings and Clicked AT&T update and got the 4.4.2 update that way. I have never had a phone in all my life tell me an update was ready. I always had to check manually about once or twice a week out of boredom. Did the same with my ONE last week and sure enough there was an update and it downloaded and installed fine.

Solarenemy68 said:
So am I the only person who went into settings and Clicked AT&T update and got the 4.4.2 update that way. I have never had a phone in all my life tell me an update was ready. I always had to check manually about once or twice a week out of boredom. Did the same with my ONE last week and sure enough there was an update and it downloaded and installed fine.
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i have been clicking the check for update link at least 10 times a day since the update was released and i didnt get it ota i had to do it manually

If you're stock, you should be able to get the update just by changing the date. I brought my phone back to stock (3.17.502.3) then just kept hitting Software Update. If it didn't update, advance the date and try again. After a few date changes, the update was offered.

chp said:
If you're stock, you should be able to get the update just by changing the date. I brought my phone back to stock (3.17.502.3) then just kept hitting Software Update. If it didn't update, advance the date and try again. After a few date changes, the update was offered.
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ok thanks for the info.. ill add it to the post if its not a prob

r3al_0g said:
These are the steps i took to get the Kit Kat update.
I couldnt get the update OTA like most people and i was completely stock.
So if you are in a similar position these steps may help.
DO AT YOUR OWN RISK!
this worked for me, it should also work for anyone else.
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Will it work if you are running a custom recovery like TWRP?

ExcelonGT said:
Will it work if you are running a custom recovery like TWRP?
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Custom recovery won't work.. U will have to b on stock 4.3 and S-OFF with stock recovery thats mentioned above..
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r3al_0g said:
Custom recovery won't work.. U will have to b on stock 4.3 and S-OFF with stock recovery thats mentioned above..
Sent from my LG-D801 using Tapatalk
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Anyone know if there are issues with S-Off and rooting since the update? I am 100% stock, non rooted, never installed a rom. Its been stock since the day I got it. I planned on getting the AT&T update to 4.4.2, rooting, making an update then testing some roms.
I know with other phones the update screwed some things up so I didn't know if rooting/s-off were an issue since the update.
Thanks ll!
Edit:
nevermind...found it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663122

So what exactly do we need to get OTA?
Stock recovery, android 4.3, locked bootloader?
I have all that, and still not finding an OTA update. Manually looking for the update, and I'm just not getting it.

lettuceman44 said:
So what exactly do we need to get OTA?
Stock recovery, android 4.3, locked bootloader?
I have all that, and still not finding an OTA update. Manually looking for the update, and I'm just not getting it.
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unlocked bootloader, stock 4.3 and s-off, stock recovery.. download the ota place it on ur phone reboot into recovery and flash it.. that worked for me

r3al_0g said:
unlocked bootloader, stock 4.3 and s-off, stock recovery.. download the ota place it on ur phone reboot into recovery and flash it.. that worked for me
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Oh, I meant from at&t over the air. I feel like I'm missing something, so trying to find out what the ota requirements are.
I can't flash it yet, I only have a windows 8.1 computer with usb 3.0 ports. Fastboot doesn't work.

lettuceman44 said:
Oh, I meant from at&t over the air. I feel like I'm missing something, so trying to find out what the ota requirements are.
I can't flash it yet, I only have a windows 8.1 computer with usb 3.0 ports. Fastboot doesn't work.
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@chp recommend advancing your date and try and see if the update comes through. Try it a few times and see if it will work for you also
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Tried that with no luck. Had to do a factory reset because I went to far, and my OTA check was in -300 hours.

You guys are forgetting that to be able to update the OTA, you need to have an ACTIVE at&t sim card inserted to your phone. I think this is the reason for all the confusion around since not everybody lives in the US

Downgrade to 4.3
OK, so I was able to upgrade but now I messed it up trying to patch default.xml. :crying:
I am trying to revert to the 4.3 with RRU but I get error 155.
I am S-Off, HBOOT 1.56.
I tried with bootloader re-locked, unlocked, locked. I tried with stock recovery and with ClockWM recovery both locked and unlocked.
I also tried to re-apply the patch with stock recover but it fails verification...
Any ideas how do I go back or fix this?
Thanks
Adrian

Tutorial
How to Update HTC One AT&T android 4.4.2 and root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...79356166999787

Gabe09196 said:
You guys are forgetting that to be able to update the OTA, you need to have an ACTIVE at&t sim card inserted to your phone. I think this is the reason for all the confusion around since not everybody lives in the US
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i kinda figured n yea im not from the US so this was the only method that worked for me

agoyeneche said:
OK, so I was able to upgrade but now I messed it up trying to patch default.xml. :crying:
I am trying to revert to the 4.3 with RRU but I get error 155.
I am S-Off, HBOOT 1.56.
I tried with bootloader re-locked, unlocked, locked. I tried with stock recovery and with ClockWM recovery both locked and unlocked.
I also tried to re-apply the patch with stock recover but it fails verification...
Any ideas how do I go back or fix this?
Thanks
Adrian
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The BEST way to make sure that you can run the RUU, whether it be the ATT version, or the Dev Edition is to make sure you downgrade the HBOOT to 1.44. You will never see than error again. No problems at all. Why on Earth though would you want the ATT version, when you can Dev it, and take the 4.4.2 OTA with no carrier BS?

hack14u said:
The BEST way to make sure that you can run the RUU, whether it be the ATT version, or the Dev Edition is to make sure you downgrade the HBOOT to 1.44. You will never see than error again. No problems at all. Why on Earth though would you want the ATT version, when you can Dev it, and take the 4.4.2 OTA with no carrier BS?
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Thank you.
Actually that is what I did. After downgrading HBoot I was able to use the RRU.
Unfortunately I use my phone for work with Mobileiron and will flag it to IT if I'm rooted. I have tried a couple of workaround so but did not work very well. Every time I try to monkey with it IT starts getting emails every 30 min saying my device is not compliant and I am rooted.... So my best solution is to unlock boot loader and flash mods there. Which got me into this trouble....

I can't navigate to the recovery after I flashed Recovery_Cingular_US_3.17.502.3.img to install the OTA. I've tried going to recovery mode and then pressing Power + Vol. Up to no avail. Any help?

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Trying to revert to stock

Wind Mobile released ICS today so I want to go back to stock from the custom ROM I'm using.
First I downloaded the RUU.exe in a thread I found here for Wind Mobile. I tried running it on my PC with my phone plugged in and it failed. So I thought perhaps I need to relock the boot loader (my phone is S-ON btw). So I downloaded the All in One Tool Kit, booted into the bootloader and chose relock option. First thing said success, second thing said failed too many failed attempts. After that my phone rebooted and went into the bootloader. It says **RELOCKED** and then *** Security Warning***. I'm assuming that meant it worked?
After this I could not reboot my ROM and I could not get into clock work mod recovery. So I attempted to install another recovery EXT4 included in the toolkit, it said success and rebooted. But when I choose recovery it just goes reboots into bootloader from the beginning again.
Did I fubar my phone?
mapleleafs89 said:
Wind Mobile released ICS today so I want to go back to stock from the custom ROM I'm using.
First I downloaded the RUU.exe in a thread I found here for Wind Mobile. I tried running it on my PC with my phone plugged in and it failed. So I thought perhaps I need to relock the boot loader (my phone is S-ON btw). So I downloaded the All in One Tool Kit, booted into the bootloader and chose relock option. First thing said success, second thing said failed too many failed attempts. After that my phone rebooted and went into the bootloader. It says **RELOCKED** and then *** Security Warning***. I'm assuming that meant it worked?
After this I could not reboot my ROM and I could not get into clock work mod recovery. So I attempted to install another recovery EXT4 included in the toolkit, it said success and rebooted. But when I choose recovery it just goes reboots into bootloader from the beginning again.
Did I fubar my phone?
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Boot your phone into bootloader, choose fastboot, then run the RUU.exe file, follow the instructions to get it back to complete stock.
Mind telling me what ROM you were running? If it was ICS or something based on GB.
Edit: Wrong forum by the way
Thanks, it worked like that. I was on GB energy rom btw.
Back to stock, looks like Wind didn't even push the update out fully yet because no ones been able to update OTA yet.
Thanks again.
mapleleafs89 said:
Thanks, it worked like that. I was on GB energy rom btw.
Back to stock, looks like Wind didn't even push the update out fully yet because no ones been able to update OTA yet.
Thanks again.
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Welcome, I was just checking the software version to make sure it would work correctly. Try checking for the update in settings, usually comes through faster that way.
ruu.exe being something like ruu_ruby_globalive_wwe_1.45.1500.2_r_radio_1.09.550L.11V2DC........etc etc etc.. ?
is that the right version to revert back to?
seems to be the only one i can find on the forums here.. via a really slow download link.
Ashcunak said:
ruu.exe being something like ruu_ruby_globalive_wwe_1.45.1500.2_r_radio_1.09.550L.11V2DC........etc etc etc.. ?
is that the right version to revert back to?
seems to be the only one i can find on the forums here.. via a really slow download link.
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Well that's the only link we have here, you can always google for it, hopefully you can find a link on HTC's site, since that's probably the only link I'd trust.
forgot about this guy, everyone seems to trust him so ill go with the crowd...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335368
Ashcunak said:
forgot about this guy, everyone seems to trust him so ill go with the crowd...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335368
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Fair enough, peace.

Cannot install ICS

So Sprint finally said there was a system update to ICS so I downloaded it and installed and it instantly popped up an error, didn't have any words it was just a picture of the guy with the warning sign. So I waited and it never did anything. I figured I would clear everything/factory reset and see if that fixed it. Nope. Even moreso, it wouldn't let me install any other ROM either. I did enough superwipes and stuff that I finally got the stock ROM to work so I'm back where I started.. One clue might be that I cannot seem to clear the sd-ext, it gives me an error there.
With it back in working order, if I don't clear anything and just try and install ICS from bootloader, what I show in the pic is what happens.
The last part about the E:error in sd card is what I was getting when all the other ROM's were screwing up.
Maybe bad sdcard
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I don't see how when it works fine now. It's like something is messing with it but I have no clue what.
Re-lock your device and apply the update again.
Just do a fastboot command "fastboot oem lock".
Ugh, you cannot take an OTA if you are rooted with a custom recovery.
sitlet said:
Ugh, you cannot take an OTA if you are rooted with a custom recovery.
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I had Revolutionary with CWM installed on mine w/ Gingerbread. Installed via EXE method and everything works.....
js593 said:
I had Revolutionary with CWM installed on mine w/ Gingerbread. Installed via EXE method and everything works.....
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Right, that is not an OTA.
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wow! are you F***ing serious? OH I'M ROOTING AND I'M GOING TO TAKE AN OTA? SERIOUSLY!? lmao! Other than that, I'm not going to say anything more. lol. I WISH I WAS ROOTED AND HAD 1.4 INSTALLED WHEN I GOT MY PHONE! but no! it came with 1.5 and it took a year to figure out how to downgrade. lol. oh well. now they've figured everything out. can s-off with being on 1.5. love everyone on here. Anyway, DO NOT TAKE AN OTA!
I am not the greatest with these things. You are saying I need to unroot my phone for this to work? And I need to somehow get rid of the revolutionary recovery thing? I don't know what OTA means but I can see it's part of the file name. Is there a non-OTA version of it that I can use? For some reason a lot of ROM's don't work. I have hboot 1.5 with s-on and cynogenmod and a lot of ICS ROM's just hang on the HTC screen.
You are saying I need to unroot my phone for this to work? And I need to somehow get rid of the revolutionary recovery thing?
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You don't need to unroot, but you need to lock your bootloader and get the stock recovery back to take the OTA. The easiest way to upgrade to ICS without doing all that is to flash the new firmware, then flash a stock rooted rom if you want to stay on the stock rom.
I don't know what OTA means but I can see it's part of the file name.
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Over The Air, i.e. the update that Sprint sends out.
Is there a non-OTA version of it that I can use?
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Upgrade firmware through bootloader, then flash a stock rooted rom or a custom rom based on ICS. If you want to use the new kernel, you will have to upgrade hboot as well, or you can keep your current hboot and use the VM leak kernel.
For some reason a lot of ROM's don't work.
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Could be a number of reasons, you need the new firmware to run an ICS rom, and you need the new hboot if those roms use the new kernel.
I have hboot 1.5 with s-on and cynogenmod and a lot of ICS ROM's just hang on the HTC screen.
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You can't flash kernels with s-on, so you will need to get s-off before you want to use an ICS rom.

[Q] Help with new firmware

I have a rooted Rezound running the OTA ICS. I also have Amon Ra recovery. The newest Firmware update keeps downloading. Once it does the phone shuts off and goes straight to Amon Ra which does not install new firmware. So I reboot the phone and the download process starts all over again. Is there any way to get this new firmware with having to factory reset? Thanks in advance!
xCOOLHWIPx said:
I have a rooted Rezound running the OTA ICS. I also have Amon Ra recovery. The newest Firmware update keeps downloading. Once it does the phone shuts off and goes straight to Amon Ra which does not install new firmware. So I reboot the phone and the download process starts all over again. Is there any way to get this new firmware with having to factory reset? Thanks in advance!
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If you want the OTA to go you need to flash stock recovery.
- "Is it dark in there?"
drynyks said:
If you want the OTA to go you need to flash stock recovery.
- "Is it dark in there?"
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Thanks. I was hoping that wouldn't be the case. Do you know of anyway of getting rid of the update? I would rather not have the update than flash back to stock. But my phone shutting off every few hours is pretty annoying. Thanks again.
xCOOLHWIPx said:
Thanks. I was hoping that wouldn't be the case. Do you know of anyway of getting rid of the update? I would rather not have the update than flash back to stock. But my phone shutting off every few hours is pretty annoying. Thanks again.
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Remove otacerts... Don't remember the exact location and I'm on my phone, a search on that should turn it up.
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mjones73 said:
Remove otacerts... Don't remember the exact location and I'm on my phone, a search on that should turn it up.
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\etc\security\otacerts.zip
same problem here
hgoldner said:
\etc\security\otacerts.zip
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I cant seem to find the otacert on my htc resound. I have tried every way to update the new radios and nothing works. I have tried everything but a hard reset and relocking the bootloader. I would rather shut the stupid auto update off. My phone resets at 12:30 am and again at 4am. considering I need the alarm clock on my phone it renders it useless. Any help is appreciated. I am Rooted running stock OTA ICS with Amon Ra.
xander5680 said:
I cant seem to find the otacert on my htc resound. I have tried every way to update the new radios and nothing works. I have tried everything but a hard reset and relocking the bootloader. I would rather shut the stupid auto update off. My phone resets at 12:30 am and again at 4am. considering I need the alarm clock on my phone it renders it useless. Any help is appreciated. I am Rooted running stock OTA ICS with Amon Ra.
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In confused why don't you just flash stock recovery and let the OTA go? Problem solved. Oh you'd have to relock also.
drynyks said:
In confused why don't you just flash stock recovery and let the OTA go? Problem solved. Oh you'd have to relock also.
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I have relocked the bootloaderb and gone back to stock 605.12 now it won't download the ota updates. I'm a little stuck on this one
xander5680 said:
I have relocked the bootloaderb and gone back to stock 605.12 now it won't download the ota updates. I'm a little stuck on this one
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Are you going to settings> software update> check new?
From 605.12 you should get a small OTA first then the big one after that one is done. I just did same procedure in the last week on my wife's phone.
Btw might want to be on WiFi if you aren't already for the download.
Having the same issue here as OP and been searching forums for days looking for help...
First, I'm on 605.13 already, stock ROM, rooted with Amon ra. I realize the steps I need to take but can't find any specifics.
Could someone please spell out the specifics of how to flash the stock recovery, and if I can use the 605.12 RUU to do this being on .13 already. I keep seeing others posting about just renaming a file to recovery.img and pushing using fastboot, but I'm not sure how to obtain the correct file.
Do you relock bootloader first or flash stock recovery first and the relock? BTW I'm s-on stil. Thanks in advance
drynyks said:
Are you going to settings> software update> check new?
From 605.12 you should get a small OTA first then the big one after that one is done. I just did same procedure in the last week on my wife's phone.
Btw might want to be on WiFi if you aren't already for the download.
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I have tried your suggestions. It goes to download the small update and never downloads it. It says unable to download after about 3minutes.
fixed
xander5680 said:
I have tried your suggestions. It goes to download the small update and never downloads it. It says unable to download after about 3minutes.
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For some apparent reason the 605.13 update downloaded this afternoon and the 605.14 updated. Its all set after a frustrating 2 weeks of digital torture. thanks to all that helped. I had to scour all these resources and forums to get this done but this is what worked for me. I relocked the bootloader then I used the 605.12 RRU.exe program. After about a day I checked for the updates and they downloaded and installed successfully.
Xander, since you just got this working, can you please confirm the process - I'm about to do this myself and want to verify the steps...
1) Reboot into hboot > fastboot and relock bootloader via fastboot oem lock
2) download 3.14.605.12 RUU.exe (I'm currently on 3.14.605.13)
3) Reboot phone into hboot > fastboot usb
4) run RUU.exe from PC
Is that it? Anything I'm missing here or am I on the right path?
mattman37 said:
Xander, since you just got this working, can you please confirm the process - I'm about to do this myself and want to verify the steps...
1) Reboot into hboot > fastboot and relock bootloader via fastboot oem lock
2) download 3.14.605.12 RUU.exe (I'm currently on 3.14.605.13)
3) Reboot phone into hboot > fastboot usb
4) run RUU.exe from PC
Is that it? Anything I'm missing here or am I on the right path?
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U have step 1 and step 2 correct. Step 3 would be to connect the phone to the computer and run the 605.12 ruu.exe tool. After that u are now back to a stock phone. After the initial setup of adding your gmail account and contacts you can now go into system settings and check for update. As I stated before my phone would not download the update for some odd reason. I tried it a couple more times without success. Today on a whim I went to check for the update again and it started to download. After the small 6mb file was complete the next update for 605.14 downloaded without anny issues. Make sure you delete any zip files off your external SD card labeled ph98img.zip if u tried that method.
Step1 relock boot loader
Step2 run 3.14.605.12 ruu.exe
Step3 check for updates
Step4 unlock phone if you want to
I hope this helps anyone. Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks.. Got it! And I got both the 13 and 14 updates almost immediately afterwards. I appreciate the confirmation about the process...
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xander5680 said:
U have step 1 and step 2 correct. Step 3 would be to connect the phone to the computer and run the 605.12 ruu.exe tool. After that u are now back to a stock phone. After the initial setup of adding your gmail account and contacts you can now go into system settings and check for update. As I stated before my phone would not download the update for some odd reason. I tried it a couple more times without success. Today on a whim I went to check for the update again and it started to download. After the small 6mb file was complete the next update for 605.14 downloaded without anny issues. Make sure you delete any zip files off your external SD card labeled ph98img.zip if u tried that method.
Step1 relock boot loader
Step2 run 3.14.605.12 ruu.exe
Step3 check for updates
Step4 unlock phone if you want to
I hope this helps anyone. Let me know if you have any questions.
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Can anyone point me to where to find the 3.14.605.12 ruu.exe? I didn't want to spend all day flashing my phone, but ok, I guess I can to get rid of this annoying update.
digitalmofo said:
Can anyone point me to where to find the 3.14.605.12 ruu.exe? I didn't want to spend all day flashing my phone, but ok, I guess I can to get rid of this annoying update.
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Check the march 10 2013 thread titled rezound in trouble please help. The download link is there. Its under the vigor section.
Here is the RUU I used without issues:
shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Vigor
(http removed from link due to forum limitations)
3rd from the bottom...

[Q] CM11 install Fail's

Hi
I need a little information. I have been looking on the site but cant seem to figure what i need.
I would like to get CM11 or Avatar 5.0.6 on my incredible 4g but it keeps failing.
I have a unlocked bootloader S-Off and TWRP for my recovery. I guess my question is, how can i get this to load.
The directions stated to install the latest OTA but that will lock my phone back up. The directions also stated they were installing it with CWM.
So my question is do I need to change from TWRP to CWM to get the install to work and do I really need to update my phone and lose my unlocked phone?
OR is there a way to update the phone without re locking it?
Thanks
SpiKeTheOne said:
Hi
I need a little information. I have been looking on the site but cant seem to figure what i need.
I would like to get CM11 or Avatar 5.0.6 on my incredible 4g but it keeps failing.
I have a unlocked bootloader S-Off and TWRP for my recovery. I guess my question is, how can i get this to load.
The directions stated to install the latest OTA but that will lock my phone back up. The directions also stated they were installing it with CWM.
So my question is do I need to change from TWRP to CWM to get the install to work and do I really need to update my phone and lose my unlocked phone?
OR is there a way to update the phone without re locking it?
Thanks
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to update the firmware look at this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2626511
this i wll give you the new radio and power management and secute bootloader.
but it won't affect s-off or the boot image or the recovery.
you will need cwm for cm11 but i think you can switch back after the install
I didn't
If you have the latest TWRP 2.6.3.0h it works with CM11 and is supposed to have better support for SELinux.
SpiKeTheOne said:
Hi
I need a little information. I have been looking on the site but cant seem to figure what i need.
I would like to get CM11 or Avatar 5.0.6 on my incredible 4g but it keeps failing.
I have a unlocked bootloader S-Off and TWRP for my recovery. I guess my question is, how can i get this to load.
The directions stated to install the latest OTA but that will lock my phone back up. The directions also stated they were installing it with CWM.
So my question is do I need to change from TWRP to CWM to get the install to work and do I really need to update my phone and lose my unlocked phone?
OR is there a way to update the phone without re locking it?
Thanks
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Thank you for the help!
I got it done!
SpiKeTheOne said:
Thank you for the help!
I got it done!
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There is a tread on the firmware. If your phone is already s-off, the firmware won't undo it. CM11 is using the radio libraries that go with the new radio firmware.

Cannot Update

Hi everyone,
I have an M8 that has been rooted and has s-off. One of my friends helped me do this. It is at version 4.4.2. When I download the OTA package, it boots to teamwin and when I try to flash the ota package it fails. Is there something that I am missing? Do I need to un-root it and turn s-on? Thanks in advance.
kmac212 said:
Hi everyone,
I have an M8 that has been rooted and has s-off. One of my friends helped me do this. It is at version 4.4.2. When I download the OTA package, it boots to teamwin and when I try to flash the ota package it fails. Is there something that I am missing? Do I need to un-root it and turn s-on? Thanks in advance.
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You need to revert back to stock recovery. Stock recovery is required to install OTA.
Unrooting is not needed to OTA. Going back S-on is not needed either, and absolutely not recommended.
How would I go about going back to stock recovery? I think I tried this in the past but was never able to get it to work correctly.
kmac212 said:
How would I go about going back to stock recovery? I think I tried this in the past but was never able to get it to work correctly.
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See is someone has posted it, then flash in fastboot.
You are still on the stock ROM? What software number in Settings>About>Software information?
Alternately, if you don't care about your personal data being wiped and setting up the phone again (there are various ways to backup and restore your data, especially since you are rooted) you can just RUU up to the current OS version.
redpoint73 said:
See is someone has posted it, then flash in fastboot.
You are still on the stock ROM? What software number in Settings>About>Software information?
Alternately, if you don't care about your personal data being wiped and setting up the phone again (there are various ways to backup and restore your data, especially since you are rooted) you can just RUU up to the current OS version.
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As far as I know it is still the stock Rom. The software number is 1.58.502.1 I would prefer if I did not have to wipe my phone. Thanks for helping, I appreciate it
kmac212 said:
As far as I know it is still the stock Rom. The software number is 1.58.502.1 I would prefer if I did not have to wipe my phone.
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You can get the stock recovery for that software number here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/development/att-stock-backups-recoveries-otas-t2855966
If the ROM isn't stock, the OTA will fail and tell you so. You can get the stock ROM backup from the same thread,
redpoint73 said:
You can get the stock recovery for that software number here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/development/att-stock-backups-recoveries-otas-t2855966
If the ROM isn't stock, the OTA will fail and tell you so. You can get the stock ROM backup from the same thread,
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I used the stock recovery for the same version as my phone, but now when I go into recovery mode, it is a red triangle with an exclaimation mark. Any suggestions for how to get past this? Thanks!
kmac212 said:
I used the stock recovery for the same version as my phone, but now when I go into recovery mode, it is a red triangle with an exclaimation mark. Any suggestions for how to get past this? Thanks!
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That is what stock recovery is. You can OTA by booting normally and checking for software update in settings.
redpoint73 said:
You can get the stock recovery for that software number here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/development/att-stock-backups-recoveries-otas-t2855966
If the ROM isn't stock, the OTA will fail and tell you so. You can get the stock ROM backup from the same thread,
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So I got my recovery back to stock. I download the update fine but when it goes to reboot into recovery, it starts to update and a little into it, I get a red triangle and I have to reboot my phone. When it comes back up, I get the message saying "There was a problem with this software update that prevented installation." Any suggestions?
kmac212 said:
So I got my recovery back to stock. I download the update fine but when it goes to reboot into recovery, it starts to update and a little into it, I get a red triangle and I have to reboot my phone. When it comes back up, I get the message saying "There was a problem with this software update that prevented installation." Any suggestions?
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Delete the OTA file (believe it should be in Downloads folder) and try to download the update again.
Or just RUU as I mentioned previously.
redpoint73 said:
Delete the OTA file (believe it should be in Downloads folder) and try to download the update again.
Or just RUU as I mentioned previously.
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Hi Redpoint, I deleted the OTA file and tried again with the same results. How would I go about RUU? And you mentioned before that this will wipe my device, correct? Will it change me being rooted and having s-off? Thank you so much for the assistance, I really appreciate it
kmac212 said:
Hi Redpoint, I deleted the OTA file and tried again with the same results. How would I go about RUU? And you mentioned before that this will wipe my device, correct? Will it change me being rooted and having s-off?
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RUUs are linked on my Index thread under "RUUs": http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2751432
Yes, the RUU will wipe the device. So backup anything you want to keep accordingly.
You can RUU all the way up to Lollipop. Just download the RUU to a PC, connect the phone, and run the RUU executable. The rest is self-explanatory by the RUU program, and very easy.
Since you are s-off, no need to relock the bootloader to RUU. Relocking the bootloader is required to run the RUU with s-on. I know that you are s-off (and this doesn't apply to you), but just wanted to add that in case anyone else reads this and tries it (to avoid confusion).
S-off will remain after RUU.
You will lose root. So after RUU, just install custom recovery again, and root by your desire method again. The same would happen if you updated by OTA.

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