Hey guys, so I've been reading through the forums for a week and I have never rooted, so please forgive me if I am missing something.
I recently picked up a Verizon HTC One Max and thought why don't I give rooting a shot. I did some research (not enough apparently) and was attempting to use Rumrunner. After that wouldn't work I attempted to do the CyanogenMod easy root (sorry if I have that wrong) and that did not work as well, I eventually stumbled upon having to get on to HTC Dev, so I i attempted to unlock my Boot Loader, and found that you are unable to do that Via HTC Dev.
So my question to you seasoned vets, is can anyone point me to a step by step how to for first timers on Verizon running HBOOT 2.49 and are on 4.4.2. Like I said I know I am really new, and still not sure how to go about flashing a new ROM once rooted, but I will get there in time. Thanks to any help in advance guys.
Check out this link. I think this would work for you.
http://firewater-soff.com/instructions/
I'm not really experienced, might want to wait for one of the pro's to confirm before you try.... I except no responsibility. lol
Still having some issues. Tried running rumrunner again and it'll get to "packing bottles" and than error out with unexpected behavior.
Tried doing the weak sauce/Forrester method and supersu will error out.
Any other ideas?
Have you unlocked your bootloader with HTC dev? If not try firewater. temp root and then s-off and it will unlock your bootloader at the same time then you can go about flashing custom recovery and then try custom ROMs. That's the way I went but I'm on international build
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Or look on firewater website at the weaksauce s-off option and try again.
nathlynn22 said:
Have you unlocked your bootloader with HTC dev? If not try firewater. temp root and then s-off and it will unlock your bootloader at the same time then you can go about flashing custom recovery and then try custom ROMs. That's the way I went but I'm on international build
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Or look on firewater website at the weaksauce s-off option and try again.
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I tried doing the HTC dev initially and than read you can't with Verizon (I have the Verizon version) I tried the Forrester / weak sauce method this morning and was still unable. I will try again after work. Sorry if my tone comes off rude just at work so have to be short. Is it ok if I pm you ?
Kreepy_Sloth said:
I tried doing the HTC dev initially and than read you can't with Verizon (I have the Verizon version) I tried the Forrester / weak sauce method this morning and was still unable. I will try again after work. Sorry if my tone comes off rude just at work so have to be short. Is it ok if I pm you ?
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Yeah sure but I'm in UK so getting late here drop me a pm and I'll get back to you. Your best option is after work trying firewater. Have you ever rooted/unlocked/s-offed a phone before..? Do you know how to use adb and fastboot?
FINALLY!
Bootloader is Unlocked.
And I am S-OFF
Had some troubles with getting weak sauce to cooperate, finally just installed it on the phone itself and ran it. Than pushed firewater and worked with it in ADB.
On to the next project. Big thanks to nathlynn22, tip my hat to you boss.
Kreepy_Sloth said:
FINALLY!
Bootloader is Unlocked.
And I am S-OFF
Had some troubles with getting weak sauce to cooperate, finally just installed it on the phone itself and ran it. Than pushed firewater and worked with it in ADB.
On to the next project. Big thanks to nathlynn22, tip my hat to you boss.
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That's cool mate does take abit of getting used to but in the end when it works you think yeeessss. Haha. On to flashing ROMs now just make sure you make a backup of you stock ROM as there is a shortage of ruus
just got my max too, but having the damnest time rooting this device.. have no clue.. rumrunner, and what not.. my note 3 was way easier....
any step by step help out htere?
i am on verizon
Ok if you want to go to power setting turn off fastboot and then go to boot loader by turning phone on with vol down to check hboot.
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GreenGoblin227 said:
just got my max too, but having the damnest time rooting this device.. have no clue.. rumrunner, and what not.. my note 3 was way easier....
any step by step help out htere?
i am on verizon
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Oh actually just noticed your on Verizon should you could use same as op and find firewater s-off in HTC one max General and use the weaksauce firewater method to temp root s-off and unlock boot loader. Then you need to flash corresponding custom recovery so cwm or twrp cm ready or twrp depending on roms you want to flash. After you flashed custom revovery you can root when you reboot from that then take a nandroid backup of stock Rom and then flash custom mods etc.
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You can now unlock your rezound's bootloader at http://htcdev.com/.
Just follow the steps on htcdev.com, and at the last step you will have a factory reset. So, please make sure you do a backup before attempting this unlock trick. (Thanks to NilsP for pointing this out)
Bootloader unlock will grant perm root and possibility of flashing customized roms.
Note: S-on remains
BE AWARE:
bootloader unlock will VOID your rezound's WARRANTY, I am not responsible for any damage it may cause
[INSTRUCTIONS]:
[Prerequisites:]
HTC Sync (Windows Only)
HTC Super Tool
Enable USB Debug on Rezound
Use Charge Only mode when connected to PC
Exit HTC Sync on PC
[Steps:]
1. Go to HTCDEV website: http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/
2. Click on "Begin Unlock Bootloader" (create a user if you don't have one)
3. Use HTC Super Tool in the [Prerequisites] to generate your token. (Or, alternatively, follow the instructions step 1 through step 10 on htcdev.com)
4. In step 10, when posting your token, make sure you remove the blanks preceding each line
5. After you receive your Unlock_code.bin in email, follow step 11.
6. Now your rezound should reboot and you have your bootloader unlocked.
Now you are unlocked. You can follow the following threads to obtain perm root, flash recovery, flash new kernel, and overclock.
[Guide] You are Unlocked. Now What?
[GUIDE] Super-noob guide to unlocking, rooting, and flashing Ziggys kernel
7. After unlocking your bootloader, use this one to get perm root:
One Click Perm Root (Thanks to NilsP)
8. Flash the recovery if you need.
[Recovery] Amon Ra style vigor
[Recovery]ClockworkMod Recovery 5.5.0.4
scrosler kindly provides a tool to flash the recovery or boot img.
You can find it here
9. Flash Deodexed ROMs:
Clean ROM 1.0 from scrosler
RezROM v1.0 Beta from lllboredlll
Questions about flashing ROMs:
Possibility of flashing ROMs (Thanks to scrosler)
To uninstall the bloatware, try ROM Toolbox
Umm
WOW ... how exactly do you do this, and more importantly, can it be re-locked if you need to do a warranty exchange?
yeah, it does not show up in the list. But you can just go and do it. The Vivid forum is saying the same happened to their model.
Dammit! I almost jumped out of my seat when I saw this post! Booo!!!
And it worked. I am now "UnLocked"
And factory reset. Forgot about that
Sooo.....
What's the deal here? We got a free pass from HTCDev?
Now we have perm root and can flash roms from stock recovery?!?
NilsP said:
And it worked. I am now "UnLocked"
And factory reset. Forgot about that
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So someone should be able to decompile the .bin it's passing to us and get us fully unlocked right..?? At least now we should be able to come up with some ROMS as is and full root...!!
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kidwolf908 said:
Sooo.....
What's the deal here? We got a free pass from HTCDev?
Now we have perm root and can flash roms from stock recovery?!?
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Slow your roll....All we have is the ability to write to the system partition if I understand the "unlock" properly. S-ON still prevents rewriting the recovery partition. But perm root, yes.
MrSmith317 said:
So someone should be able to decompile the .bin it's passing to us and get us fully unlocked right..?? At least now we should be able to come up with some 2nd init ROMS as is and full root...!!
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Slow your roll....All we have is the ability to write to the system partition if I understand the "unlock" properly. S-ON still prevents rewriting the recovery partition. But perm root, yes.
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I mean I admit I'm excited, but I didn't say anything about CWM or a new recovery. Notice I said flashing roms from stock recovery, which is what this unlock should allow, correct?
kidwolf908 said:
I mean I admit I'm excited, but I didn't say anything about CWM or a new recovery. Notice I said flashing roms from stock recovery, which is what this unlock should allow, correct?
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Touche..you caught me. I jumped the gun not you. Yes. We should be able to flash from stock recovery.
PS, thank nightwings for posting this!!!
MrSmith317 said:
Touche..you caught me. I jumped the gun not you. Yes. We should be able to flash from stock recovery.
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Shaweet.
I wonder if this is a fluke from HTCDev and if they will revoke it.
I hope not, this is like the flood gates opening for devs to start cooking roms
Damn, now I wish I brought my USB cable to work with me today.
Where do u create the backup?
I'm living on a yellow submarine
If I do this, does it mean that I won't be able to return my phone if I want to? (I'm still within the worry free guarantee)
ftmaniac948 said:
Where do u create the backup?
I'm living on a yellow submarine
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You need an app like Titanium backup(which requires root), there are others but Titanium does a pretty complete job.
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zwolf4444 said:
If I do this, does it mean that I won't be able to return my phone if I want to? (I'm still within the worry free guarantee)
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If you read the warning on htcdev.com it says that unlocking your phone may void certain warranty conditions. Usually if you need to return it you just put your phone back to stock or smash it on the curb and take the $50 hit in insurance ;-)
MrSmith317 said:
You need an app like Titanium backup(which requires root), there are others but Titanium does a pretty complete job.
Oh gotcha, I was thinking nandroid backup, not app backup. Yeah tb is my old best friend, thanks for the clarity
I'm living on a yellow submarine
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Ok, so someone let me know when they actually get a ROM installed and working! That would be awesome!
MrSmith317 said:
So someone should be able to decompile the .bin it's passing to us and get us fully unlocked right..?? At least now we should be able to come up with some ROMS as is and full root...!!
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Slow your roll....All we have is the ability to write to the system partition if I understand the "unlock" properly. S-ON still prevents rewriting the recovery partition. But perm root, yes.
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That's not correct. You *CAN* flash a recovery partition and then flash ROM's.
I even wrote a tool for the Evo 3D that will flash recovery for you. I will port it over tonight... Next step... Find a recovery, lol
Awesome news
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using XDA App
I put my token and removed the extra space (left Side) and got the email... Is there anything i should save and uploade???
I got the " Unlock_code.nin " but the email says its only for this perticular device
azgoofball said:
Ok, so someone let me know when they actually get a ROM installed and working! That would be awesome!
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Tonight
Yes, brick my phone, my htc evo 3D with Hboot 1.58, Unlocked Bootloader.. I tried to flash the CyanogenMod Gangnam Style, with 4ext recovery, and stuck on Boot Animation.. I accidentally format system in te recovery, there is a solution? Thanks!
If you are s off you need to do downgrade your boot loader. If you are s on you needed to do the write trick then downgrade your boot loader.
To get your phone in order now, Download a sense 3.6 rom and format everything but sd card in recovery and flash it, Make sure you read up on the requirements to flash next time, All roms have certain hboot's you have to be on.
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Your the same person I was working to unlock the bootloader this morning with, You've already messed up again
Can't_Live_Without_My_Evo said:
To get your phone in order now, Download a sense 3.6 rom and format everything but sd card in recovery and flash it, Make sure you read up on the requirements to flash next time, All roms have certain hboot's you have to be on.
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Your the same person I was working to unlock the bootloader this morning with, You've already messed up again
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I was thinking more about getting cm to work and forgot the part about just getting the phone to work at all. Probably a better route :beer:
isaacsosa said:
Yes, brick my phone, my htc evo 3D with Hboot 1.58, Unlocked Bootloader.. I tried to flash the CyanogenMod Gangnam Style, with 4ext recovery, and stuck on Boot Animation.. I accidentally format system in te recovery, there is a solution? Thanks!
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You can not install Cm 10 or 9 with Hboot 1.58..... you need to S-off and downgrade it to hboot 1.49 ....do the wire trick to downgrade it.....ATM you still can get to bootloader right?? so it is sofbrick and very easy to fix....download the correct RUU and flash it...With hboot 1.58 you can install rom with sense only...
Can't_Live_Without_My_Evo said:
To get your phone in order now, Download a sense 3.6 rom and format everything but sd card in recovery and flash it, Make sure you read up on the requirements to flash next time, All roms have certain hboot's you have to be on.
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Your the same person I was working to unlock the bootloader this morning with, You've already messed up again
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You are my god, look i need the rom, im looking for the rom all the day but nothing :/ where i can get it? And, how i can flash back?
Thanks For all dude
isaacsosa said:
You are my god, look i need the rom, im looking for the rom all the day but nothing :/ where i can get it? And, how i can flash back?
Thanks For all dude
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RUU_Shooter_ICS_35_S_Sprint_WWE_2.89.651.2_Radio_1 .09.00.0706_signed.exe
Search for that on google, Add the word download, Shouldn't be too hard.
Can't_Live_Without_My_Evo said:
RUU_Shooter_ICS_35_S_Sprint_WWE_2.89.651.2_Radio_1 .09.00.0706_signed.exe
Search for that on google, Add the word download, Shouldn't be too hard.
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problem solved! i lock the bootloader and run the RUU, my phone is working now! Thanks! regards
isaacsosa said:
problem solved! i lock the bootloader and run the RUU, my phone is working now! Thanks! regards
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Alright, You're allowed 8 thanks a day, I expect to see some of them lol.
Hey Guys,
Dug out my two old Droid DNAs today to sell them both. One has the unlocked bootloader, the other (my wife's old phone) does not. She took the OTA update when it went out way back when.
Been scouring the forums every where trying to find a way to unlock the bootloader to up the phone's value a little. Has anyone found a way to do this after the software update?
If there isn't a way to do it, does that make this phone pretty much un-changeable? Is it not possible to get root, add custom recovery, flash custom OS, etc?
Thanks!
bootloader
So no one have found a method so far to boot unlock after the OTA?:crying:
don_john said:
So no one have found a method so far to boot unlock after the OTA?:crying:
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I'm still looking for that also...
I Ruued back to 3.06 took the latest update and used weaksauce for temp root and firewater to soff and unlock.
mopartonyg said:
I Ruued back to 3.06 took the latest update and used weaksauce for temp root and firewater to soff and unlock.
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I couldn't find the RUU for the Verizon DNA, did you use something else that worked for this phone?
Here's how I got s-off and unlocked bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54892513&postcount=1 Just make sure you are s-on, or firewater won't do anything.
RUU can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2612740, personally, I haven't been able to get the 3.06 RUU to work. Keeps erroring out. I used the alt method.
Just a side note: you may want to do a factory reset from HBOOT (from the stock HBOOT and stock recovery) before rooting or unlocking anything. Helps to keep the "no 4G" issue from happening.
I.M.famous XMAN said:
Here's how I got s-off and unlocked bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54892513&postcount=1 Just make sure you are s-on, or firewater won't do anything.
RUU can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2612740, personally, I haven't been able to get the 3.06 RUU to work. Keeps erroring out. I used the alt method.
Just a side note: you may want to do a factory reset from HBOOT (from the stock HBOOT and stock recovery) before rooting or unlocking anything. Helps to keep the "no 4G" issue from happening.
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Exactly!!
one concern about RUU.
I've had this phone since their launch, and i remember that throughout the updates, the battery life and everything in general had become much better; I do appreciate the KitKat system and the upgraded Sense.
My concern is, if I revert back to earlier RUU, will i suffer from those of the earlier Android versions? or, will the newer Sense or ROMs take care of it?
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mopartonyg said:
I Ruued back to 3.06 took the latest update and used weaksauce for temp root and firewater to soff and unlock.
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I know this will be a frustrating question for you;
For you to RUU, from my understanding, i have to get a rumrunner, but from what i read, it's used for software versions 3.XXXX. Mine is 4.XXX can i still use the rumrunner to RUU to the prev software versions?
Or, do i need to look for something newer to come out?
tazz5150 said:
one concern about RUU.
I've had this phone since their launch, and i remember that throughout the updates, the battery life and everything in general had become much better; I do appreciate the KitKat system and the upgraded Sense.
My concern is, if I revert back to earlier RUU, will i suffer from those of the earlier Android versions? or, will the newer Sense or ROMs take care of it?
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I know this will be a frustrating question for you;
For you to RUU, from my understanding, i have to get a rumrunner, but from what i read, it's used for software versions 3.XXXX. Mine is 4.XXX can i still use the rumrunner to RUU to the prev software versions?
Or, do i need to look for something newer to come out?
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I used weaksauce and firewater after I took the 4.4.2 update
tazz5150 said:
one concern about RUU.
I've had this phone since their launch, and i remember that throughout the updates, the battery life and everything in general had become much better; I do appreciate the KitKat system and the upgraded Sense.
My concern is, if I revert back to earlier RUU, will i suffer from those of the earlier Android versions? or, will the newer Sense or ROMs take care of it?
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I know this will be a frustrating question for you;
For you to RUU, from my understanding, i have to get a rumrunner, but from what i read, it's used for software versions 3.XXXX. Mine is 4.XXX can i still use the rumrunner to RUU to the prev software versions?
Or, do i need to look for something newer to come out?
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my battery life is the same or better with KK
HI Fellow XDA member.
I intially tried everything and failed. So I have decided to factory reset my Verizon HTC one MAX, and
redo the s-off. It finally worked!!!
Here are the exact steps.
Credit to MrT69 for his awesome collection of drivers.
Credit to the Firewater team for the awesome program.
Credit to all the XDA members for their contribution and anyone else I forget.
Here is my software version:
Android 4.4.2, Sense 5.5, Software version 2.16.605.2
HBoot 2.49.000
1. Factory reset your Verizon HTC One Max.
* Press and hold the VOLUME DOWN button, and then press and hold the POWER button.
* Wait for the screen with the three Android images to appear, and then release the POWER and VOLUME DOWN buttons.
* Press VOLUME DOWN to select FACTORY RESET, and then press the POWER button.
2. Go thru the basic setups. Setup Wifi which is require for Firewater to work. Make sure wifi is working.
3. Enable developer Options : Setting - About - Software - More - Tap on Build number 5 times.
* Checked - USB debugging
* unchecked - everything else
4. Goto Security.
* Check - Unkown sources
* Uncheck - Verify apps.
5. Goto Display
* Screen timeout - 1 hour.
6. Download and install Es Explorer ( or any file manager of your choice )
7. download drivers from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2765383
8. Install the driver in the freshly installed windows 7, x86, sp1.
9. Download Weaksauce from here. Copy into phone thru Windows Explorer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699091
10. Install using Es Explorer. Click I agree.
10a. Download Firewater from here
http://firewater-soff.com/instructions/
(CRITICAL - Download with Internet Explorer, WILL NOT WORK WITH ANY OTHER BROWSER.)
11. Now Run CMD.exe as Administrator in windows. Make sure adb.exe and firewater is in the same directory.
12. type the followings:
adb devices
*make to to watch the phone screen to give permission to the program.
* make sure you see the device number and device,
* if offline, that means you missed the screen to give permission to the program
adb reboot <–important!!!!
* after reboot, rerun WeakSauce and click I agree to make sure root is working.
adb wait-for-device push firewater /data/local/tmp
adb shell
su
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/firewater
/data/local/tmp/firewater
13. Your Verizon HTC one Max is now S-OFF!!!
Discussion.
I didn't bother to run temproot because there is some script program.
If this works for you, please leave a reply. Thanks.
Mod edit: no need to quote the entire OP....
can you plz tell what to type after 12. ( type the followings
adb devices… its there..
waco2hot33 said:
adb devices… its there..
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thanks
this have to type all togather plz help
adb wait-for-device push firewater /data/local/tmp
adb shell
su
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/firewater
/data/local/tmp/firewater
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xda-developers1974 said:
Thanks its work now
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S-OFF and unlocked now, but Fingerprint scan stop working anyone help Plz
xda-developers1974 said:
S-OFF and unlocked now, but Fingerprint scan stop working anyone help Plz
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Is your boot loader unlocked
hi
xda-developers1974 said:
S-OFF and unlocked now, but Fingerprint scan stop working anyone help Plz
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So u got this to work with the new sense 6 update or were u on something else
calculus said:
Download Firewater from here
http://firewater-soff.com/instructions/
(CRITICAL - Download with Internet Explorer, WILL NOT WORK WITH ANY OTHER BROWSER.
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Not true
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cj28sc said:
So u got this to work with the new sense 6 update or were u on something else
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He was on 5.5
thayl0 said:
Not true
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He was on 5.5
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Yup.. he knows everything.
Man I really miss not being able to root this bad boy on OTA 6 sense my self… waiting patiently for a root method… !!
NO WAY!
Hey Fellas,
I just picked up a HTC One Max on VZW today.
**** LOCKED ****
T6WL PVT SHIP S-ON RH
HBOOT - 2.49.0000
RADIO - 1.36.60.0520
ON SENSE 6
Am I to understand that I am pretty much screwed on root right now?
rafaelvelasquez2 said:
Hey Fellas,
I just picked up a HTC One Max on VZW today.
**** LOCKED ****
T6WL PVT SHIP S-ON RH
HBOOT - 2.49.0000
RADIO - 1.36.60.0520
ON SENSE 6
Am I to understand that I am pretty much screwed on root right now?
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Nope you are not. Check out Sunshine. It will take will unlock the bootloader and get you S off. You take care of the rest. I was completely stock on the sense 6 OTA when I found out about and used Sunshine. Sunshine does cost $25 to use, but for me, it was worth it.
Sounds promising. Thanks. I'm googling now.
Sent from my HTC6600LVW using XDA Free mobile app
thafrogggg said:
Nope you are not. Check out Sunshine. It will take will unlock the bootloader and get you S off. You take care of the rest. I was completely stock on the sense 6 OTA when I found out about and used Sunshine. Sunshine does cost $25 to use, but for me, it was worth it.
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Thanks for the advice. I googled SunShine, paid my $25, ran the app and BOOM!!! Unlocked! S-Off! and Root. All I had to do was fastboot flash the unofficial verizon 2.8.0.0 twrp recovery (that confused me for a few hours as well, I was getting errors with the official), install supersu and update the binaries and that was it. I'm chillin on some cyanogenmod now and loving it.
rafaelvelasquez2 said:
Thanks for the advice. I googled SunShine, paid my $25, ran the app and BOOM!!! Unlocked! S-Off! and Root. All I had to do was fastboot flash the unofficial verizon 2.8.0.0 twrp recovery (that confused me for a few hours as well, I was getting errors with the official), install supersu and update the binaries and that was it. I'm chillin on some cyanogenmod now and loving it.
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Glad it went easy for you. I have not put a custom rom on mine yet. I am considering it, but doing something stupid and borking a phone is not the same as borking a tablet. The tablet can sit until I can figure out what I did wrong. I cant do that with my main line of communications.
waco2hot33 said:
Man I really miss not being able to root this bad boy on OTA 6 sense my self… waiting patiently for a root method… !!
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Sunshine might work. Google it. You could flash an older rom if your unlocked.
thayl0 said:
Sunshine might work. Google it. You could flash an older rom if your unlocked.
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Yeah sunshine worked for me I finally broke down and paid for it ..I'm back in business !!!
rafaelvelasquez2 said:
Thanks for the advice. I googled SunShine, paid my $25, ran the app and BOOM!!! Unlocked! S-Off! and Root. All I had to do was fastboot flash the unofficial verizon 2.8.0.0 twrp recovery (that confused me for a few hours as well, I was getting errors with the official), install supersu and update the binaries and that was it. I'm chillin on some cyanogenmod now and loving it.
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What does it mean to fastboot flash twrp? Im trying to install a custom rom on my verizon one max but idk how to install a custom recovery. My phone is still locked and i have the sunshine app (havent paid the $25 yet) how do i install the custom recovery?
Xx MOE said:
What does it mean to fastboot flash twrp? Im trying to install a custom rom on my verizon one max but idk how to install a custom recovery. My phone is still locked and i have the sunshine app (havent paid the $25 yet) how do i install the custom recovery?
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You can't flash anything while you are S-ON, bootloader locked, and you can't unlock the bootloader or get S-OFF without Sunshine. Once you are bootloader unlocked and S-OFF, you flash a custom recovery like TWRP so you can gain root and you can (if you choose) flash a custom ROM or other modifications. For the Verizon One Max, Sunshine is the only alternative.
It sounds like you haven't yet looked at other threads here to learn the difference between booting to bootloader, booting to recovery or booting to system, or what S-ON/S-OFF means, or what adb and fastboot are for. You should know all of those things before you wade in and accidentally brick your One Max.
There aren't a lot of devs still working on the device, but there are lots of threads in this forum and elsewhere on xda that will tell you what you need to know. "Search" is your friend.
It sounds like you haven't yet looked at other threads here to learn the difference between booting to bootloader, booting to recovery or booting to system, or what S-ON/S-OFF means, or what adb and fastboot are for. You should know all of those things before you wade in and accidentally brick your One Max.
There aren't a lot of devs still working on the device, but there are lots of threads in this forum and elsewhere on xda that will tell you what you need to know. "Search" is your friend.[/QUOTE]
I have looked at other threads and understand s-off, boot loader on/off, and stuff. What I don't understand, is how to install the custom recovery. I've seen tutorials for how to install custom recovery on the HTC one m7 but none for the one max. I'm not sure if there's a difference. Most of the threads I've seen simply say that I need sunshine, which I have installed on my phone but I'm trying to gather all the information I need on how to install a custom Rom before pulling the trigger and forking out $25.
Hi, guys. I wanted to get Harman/Kardon. So I had to get S-Off. I unlocked Bootloader HTC then I rooted my HTC., but I was stuck at getting S-Off. You see I have a T-Mobile version of HTC One M8 so there's no way to get S-Off and Harman/Kardon too. And now I wanna return it to default settings. I mean I wanna lock Bootloader HTC and unroot it, like it was in it's first day. Is it possible?
Tampona said:
I have a T-Mobile version of HTC One M8 so there's no way to get S-Off
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Why do you think that? Unless you updated to the Android 4.4.4 software (HTC 3.xx), Sunshine S-off should still work. Its true that firewater doesn't work for most folks anymore, as it was patched some time ago.
Also, if you have the T-Mobile variant, why are you posting in this section? This is AT&T.
Yep, I was updated to Android 4.4.4. Today I've tried SunShine and it brought me to the pay screen. So it reads that it's possible to get S-Off. Tomorrow I'll try to do that. Sorry for the wrong section... And one more question:
Will soft resetting bring me to S-On if I get S-Off?
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Will soft resetting bring me to S-On if I get S-Off?
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"Soft reset" is just a reboot. You might mean hard reset, or a factory reset.
But in all cases, no they will not make the device s-on. Once its s-off, the only way for it to be made s-on again if for you to change it back manually and intentionally. Even an updated hboot, OTA, etc. will not make it s-on again.
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Tampona said:
Today I've tried SunShine and it brought me to the pay screen. So it reads that it's possible to get S-Off. Tomorrow I'll try to do that.
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Ok, good.
The decision to unlock the bootloader, mod the phone and especially s-off should not be taken lightly. If you have already made that decision to mod the phone, no reason to go back, if you ask me.
Stated another way, once you've chosen to go to the dark side, why go back.
I got it. SunShine works on Android 4.4.4, software 3.32.531.2. (HTC ONE M8 T-Moible)