Hello,
I am sure this has been posted before and I apologize but I need help.
I have an AT&T branded unlocked HTC One M8 that I am using with T-Mobile.
I am able to get everything except for MMS I have been looking at different forums and posts and all over Google trying to figure out the best and easiest way to get MMS working. I unlocked the bootloader, rooted and s-off I have also changed the CID to T-Mobile however I can't seem to change the MID as I get the "device not found" error in the cmd prompt. I also read I can just flash the T-MO RUU but in trying that the RUU downloads on my computer but nothing else.
I am a newbie so I don't want to brick my phone trying to flash different things where I really don't know what I am doing. lol
Can someone please point me in the right direction with updated information on what I can do? I have tried different apns as well for T-mobile and nothing is working. I have also tried different 3rd party sms apps and still no MMS.
Thank you for any help you can give.
-T
tivo1704 said:
Hello,
I am sure this has been posted before and I apologize but I need help.
I have an AT&T branded unlocked HTC One M8 that I am using with T-Mobile.
I am able to get everything except for MMS I have been looking at different forums and posts and all over Google trying to figure out the best and easiest way to get MMS working. I unlocked the bootloader, rooted and s-off I have also changed the CID to T-Mobile however I can't seem to change the MID as I get the "device not found" error in the cmd prompt. I also read I can just flash the T-MO RUU but in trying that the RUU downloads on my computer but nothing else.
I am a newbie so I don't want to brick my phone trying to flash different things where I really don't know what I am doing. lol
Can someone please point me in the right direction with updated information on what I can do? I have tried different apns as well for T-mobile and nothing is working. I have also tried different 3rd party sms apps and still no MMS.
Thank you for any help you can give.
-T
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OK so cid is done in fastboot and mid is adb so did you have usb debugging on,and was attempting to change your mid the first time you used adb with your htc?
S-OFF offers it's advantages with flashing ruu in the external sdcard "0P6BIMG.zip" method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/development/firmware-flashing-panic-attacks-t2824048
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OK so cid is done in fastboot and mid is adb so did you have usb debugging on, and was attempting to change your mid the first time you used adb with your htc?
S-OFF offers it's advantages with flashing ruu in the external sdcard "0P6BIMG.zip" method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/development/firmware-flashing-panic-attacks-t2824048
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Hi,
Yes USB debugging is on and I followed all steps to a Tee from the post found on here (to change MID without Eng) I still get the same Device not found error even after inputting other commands that show my Serial Number so I am not sure what I am doing wrong. All I want is to update my software so I can start sending/receiving MMS.
What folder is your
adb/fastboot .open the folder and Shift+right-click to open a command prompt and try it again .
Did you use a Toolkit to unlock the bootloader and to install custom recovery?
Just trying to go over what's different if you used just
adb/fastboot from the very start out of the box
Have you manually entered T-Mobile's APN info into the phone? This is typically required to use any device that is not purchased from your carrier (carrier branded).
BTW, what is with all the bad thread titles today? At least 4 threads in this forum titled "HELP", "[Q]" or something similar. This this is a Q&A and help forum, so of course you are asking for help and have a question. But please try to give your thread a specific title describing your issue, to help keep the forum organized.
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Hi all,
I just got my hands on a Desire X, and of course rooted it for Titanium Backup to do its thing.
Now the problem is that I see an OTA update, and can't install it because I had to flash CWM to root it.
I tried various "stock recovery" images given in the forum here, but I can't figure out which region my phone is from, so I don't know which recovery to use. On htcdev.com there's a large list of stock roms I can try to reinstall for the device, but I don't want to spend 2 days figuring out which region this phone is made for through trial and error. Is there an easy way to find out in the menus/configuration files?
Thanks!
Well, just had a moment of pure genius (not) and looked at the file name for the OTA update. It was something like OTA_ICS<blahblah>_EU_<blahblah>, so I'm going to speculate this is made for the EU region from HTC.
That said, if there's an alternative way to tell/confirm this, I'd appreciate hearing about it.
Have you tried this recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35031493&postcount=25
already provided by cobje? Works for most DX owners.
goeland86 said:
Hi all,
I just got my hands on a Desire X, and of course rooted it for Titanium Backup to do its thing.
Now the problem is that I see an OTA update, and can't install it because I had to flash CWM to root it.
I tried various "stock recovery" images given in the forum here, but I can't figure out which region my phone is from, so I don't know which recovery to use. On htcdev.com there's a large list of stock roms I can try to reinstall for the device, but I don't want to spend 2 days figuring out which region this phone is made for through trial and error. Is there an easy way to find out in the menus/configuration files?
Thanks!
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whats available on htcdev.com are just a bunch of binary and source files which are not flash images.
In addition to my previous post: to find out what region your phone is from you'll need to know your phone's CID number. You can get this by installing an app called 'CID getter' from play store. CID is in red on top of the list when you run the app. You can also type "fastboot getvar cid" in command prompt with your phone connected to pc in fastboot mode.
Then compare your CID number to the ones in this list http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16186408 of CID numbers. It's for Sensation originally but I think it also goes for other HTC devices.
BEFORE applying whatever RUU make sure that it is compatible with your CID number. In the RUU thread from football you can find the list of compatible CID numbers for the RUU's he has provided (and can be found on htcdev.com).
nightcrow said:
In addition to my previous post: to find out what region your phone is from you'll need to know your phone's CID number. You can get this by installing an app called 'CID getter' from play store. CID is in red on top of the list when you run the app. You can also type "fastboot getvar cid" in command prompt with your phone connected to pc in fastboot mode.
Then compare your CID number to the ones in this list http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16186408 of CID numbers. It's for Sensation originally but I think it also goes for other HTC devices.
BEFORE applying whatever RUU make sure that it is compatible with your CID number. In the RUU thread from football you can find the list of compatible CID numbers for the RUU's he has provided (and can be found on htcdev.com).
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Added post to Index as a tutorial for CID getting and finding region and carrier.
Nicely explained!
nlooooo said:
Added post to Index as a tutorial for CID getting and finding region and carrier.
Nicely explained!
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Just installed CID getter from play store. Works like a charm. Just a 79kb app. Does its works correctly. Got the correct CID
Good ghod what a state I've managed to get myself into: I've been unlocking/re-locking my phone (ROM: OTA ICS, S-On, Unlocked, Rooted) for right at a year now, but, during the recent OTA update push, I managed to get it into a state where it will no longer unlock. My (long, sorry) story follows...
I started receiving the recent OTA push two or three weeks ago. The problem is that I'd renamed the HTClinkifydispacher apk and odex files, and added a couple of things to /system/app/build.prop so the update would fail. Why was this such an immediate problem? Because I use my phone for an alarm clock and would wake up on random days to see it booted to recovery---after having overslept. Grrr.
Being the impulsive guy that I am, rather than just ask here how to stop the f$*kin' update, I found and saved the OTA.zip file to my sdcard, fixed the two problems I was having, re-locked the bootloader, and booted to recovery. Next, I *thought* I picked the OTA zip file to install... but I was wrong.
For at least one reason (I wanted to install a kernel with tun.ko installed so I could use a VPN network connection), I had a copy of SebastianFM's 1.4 overclocked kernel zip on my sdcard and mistakenly picked *it* instead of the OTA zip (hey, the fonts are small in Amon Ra). Well, that install failed, and, when I saw what I'd done, I thought "uh oh," so I rebooted the phone fully to see if I'd done any damage. None was apparent. So I moved on, once again re-booting into recovery and (this time successfully) installing the OTA zip.
Woo-hoo!
I thought I was golden, but I was wrong: Using my original unlock code and an up-to-date copy of the Android SDK on my linux box, I tried to reflash the unlocktoken partition using the fastboot command. My cursor froze/still freezes at something like "[0kb downloaded]..." It's almost like I've lost permission to write to that partition in the bootloader.
After the first sixteen times of trying various re-flashes of the August OTA, I thought "Gee, maybe it's something to do with the firmware," and since doing something is almost always worse than doing nothing (yes, that's what I meant to say), I did the only thing I could do: I flashed the Global Update RUU zip from October that I got off of Android Police's site. It's a great ROM; unfortunately, I still cannot unlock my bootloader.
In anticipation of some possible questions, let me add that
(1) I've factory reset any number of times;
(2) When I did the flashes, I immediately re-flashed a second time to ensure that the flashes took;
(3) When I connect my USB cable, I see "Fastboot USB" light up in the fastboot section of HBOOT.
(4) When I issue any other fastboot command, such as "fastboot devices" or "fastboot get_identifier_token", I get responses from the phone.
(5) Even though I have my original Unlock_code.bin file from HTCdev, I went through the whole unlock process from that site (sent a new identifier token; got the Unlock_code.bin back; tried "fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin") on two other occasions. Interestingly, the identifier_tokens would vary, but any new Unlock_code.bin files have all been identical---if the md5sum hash can be trusted to distinguish them.
Can anyone out there in expert-land help me figure out how to re-unlock my bootloader?! !? Beer can be involved.
Many thanks for your patience and kind consideration...
cheers,
john
Hey All,
So, I'd like to first say thanks to all of you who read and considered throwing in an opinion on how I might move forward with my little problem.
Secondly, I have some followup from HTC, which spawns a followup question. Please read on...
Since my OP, I have been in a back and forth with HTC about what I did to my phone that has left me unable to re-unlock it. Their answer, in a nutshell, was that I'd accepted the update while my phone had a 3rd-party recovery on it. Guilty as charged, I did; Amon Ra 3.15.
More specifically, they wrote: "If any portion of this check fails due to the stock recovery not being present, the update may load but the security sector will not authenticate. This may be blocking the re-unlock."
If you're like me, you'll note that there are a couple of "may"s in those two sentences that have left me wondering if they're just giving me a stock "I really don't know what the hell happened to your phone" answer.
So just to satisfy my curiosity, has anyone else out there ever had a problem flashing OTAs while having a 3rd-party recovery on their phones?
thanks again,
john
There's a couple threads about the recent OTA, one in General and one in this section. People posted about their various experiences, you might find some useful info in those.
I wonder if you can s-off at this point and fix your issue? I don't know if you need to be unlocked to s-off, I know you end up locked, but if not, that would give you the freedom to flash what you want without needing to be "unlocked".
feralicious said:
There's a couple threads about the recent OTA, one in General and one in this section. People posted about their various experiences, you might find some useful info in those.
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Yes, I've looked through them and had no luck finding anything relevant to my case.
feralicious said:
I wonder if you can s-off at this point and fix your issue? I don't know if you need to be unlocked to s-off, I know you end up locked, but if not, that would give you the freedom to flash what you want without needing to be "unlocked".
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The phone has to be unlocked to do the s-off thing.
thanks,
john
Update: Problem Solved!
Hey All,
As the post title states, I finally did get this sorted out.
The solution? Borrowing a windows 7 computer, downloading the HTC device drivers, fastboot and adb, and then merely running the 'fastboot flash' thing. Like I'd done a thousand times already on my linux system. Sheesh.
Thanks to all who read or contributed to this thread...
cheers,
john
I recently bought a Verizon/HTC Incredible 4g LTE and I was wanting to install cyanogenmod. I was able to find many tutorials to unlock the bootloader, but none of them have been successful.
I keep getting linked to this post:
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1986346&
It works until I get to "adb restore fakebackup.ab" where my phone goes to "Full Restore" but asks for device encryption password, and restore my data is greyed out.
I continued to the next step anyways to get the error: "link failed No such file or directory" endlessly
Since it said there would be errors i continued anyways and had a $ at the end instead of #
Please help!!
elijahkan14 said:
I recently bought a Verizon/HTC Incredible 4g LTE and I was wanting to install cyanogenmod. I was able to find many tutorials to unlock the bootloader, but none of them have been successful.
I keep getting linked to this post:
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1986346&
It works until I get to "adb restore fakebackup.ab" where my phone goes to "Full Restore" but asks for device encryption password, and restore my data is greyed out.
I continued to the next step anyways to get the error: "link failed No such file or directory" endlessly
Since it said there would be errors i continued anyways and had a $ at the end instead of #
Please help!!
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Have you tried the automatic method on the same link you just mentioned? That's the way I did it. I had a few snags myself but they all disappeared when I tried it on a different computer. I also read several places to try a new USB. You could also try this all-in-one tool kit — http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1758682 I've used it for a couple of different thins and it has been very usefull. You can use it to unlock your bootloader.
I'm not sure about your specific problem but I hope this is helpful.
Kienan said:
Have you tried the automatic method on the same link you just mentioned? That's the way I did it. I had a few snags myself but they all disappeared when I tried it on a different computer. I also read several places to try a new USB. You could also try this all-in-one tool kit — http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1758682 I've used it for a couple of different thins and it has been very usefull. You can use it to unlock your bootloader.
I'm not sure about your specific problem but I hope this is helpful.
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I can't get any of these methods to work
elijahkan14 said:
I can't get any of these methods to work
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1. Make sure you are on the latest software: 2.17.605.2
2. Factory reset your phone
3. Slowly go through the manual instructions here: [Script] Automated Unlock/SuperCID/Temp-Root scripts for Windows and Linux
So, I've unlocked this phone before.
Just got a replacement.
EVERYTIME I put the token code in and summit I get failed!
screenshot of the error:
http://s28.postimg.org/z8obp6h58/Untitled.jpg
I tired a few different codes and nothing.
HELP?
I'm on bootloader 1.60000
Still no luck.
It tells me in bootloader its tampered but with s-on and still locked.
BlowUpTheOutsideWorld said:
I'm on bootloader 1.60000
Still no luck.
It tells me in bootloader its tampered but with s-on and still locked.
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I was having difficulty with the SuperCID hack, and it appears that it was due to an OTA update. I was able to following the directions prescribed here, but I had HBOOT 1.15 and not 1.16. The basic idea is to
1. Gain "temp-root" access using the loop-restore trick together with the fake_backup.ab file.
The next steps were failing for me. I was able to verify that mmcblk0p4 had been copied over correctly, with the "modded" version, but each time the boot loader was rebooted, it would be replaced with the original version containing VZW__001, and not 11111111. However apparently all that needed to be done to reach S-OFF status was:
2. Run Rumrunner after obtaining temp-root status. The Rumrunner binary unlocks the phone and places it in S-OFF status.
I have a rooted HTC One from Telus.
I know you cannot OTA update the phone when its rooted it keeps giving an error during the update.
I want to unroot and return to stock.
I found found a Nandroid backup for TELUS as the RUU is not available.
Can someone please help with steps on how to restore the device so I can do the carrier updates on the device.... I don't care about the tamper stuff...
I know Telus will be releasing the KIT KAT update shortly and I want to do the carrier update.
Please help!!!
I am really sorry if this has already been discussed in a thread but I have searched high and low and I can't find any clear information for the Telus device.
Please if we can keep this just to the TELUS variant I will really appreciate it as I see so many threads go sideways!
Thank you for any help anyone can shed!!
CMD line is just fastboot oem lock. If you are looking at Nandroids, I am guessing you have installed custom recovery, maybe a custom ROM? If not, re-locking will give OTA updates, I am pretty sure of. I also think that the AIO toolkit works on TELUS http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183942. Worth a shot. Maybe someone else who has tried can chime in.
Hey Thanks for the reply I actually figured it out... long process but easy...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383992&page=6
I left out a few steps listed in the original thread... worked like a charm.. i didn't care for the tamper .. I left S off and was able to do all of the OTAs..... if anyone else needing help this is what I did... if not refer to the original thread to reset the tamper and re-lock....
1. changed CID back to ATT (CWS__001)
2. re-ran ATT RUU
3. changed CID back to TELUS001
4. booted TWRP
5. ran a simple backup so I could know the correct location to copy the TWRP stock nandroid
6. booted the phone
7. copied the stock twrp nandroid to the right location ( /TWRP/BACKUPS/XXXX/...
8. booted twrp
9. restored backup
hack14u said:
CMD line is just fastboot oem lock. If you are looking at Nandroids, I am guessing you have installed custom recovery, maybe a custom ROM? If not, re-locking will give OTA updates, I am pretty sure of. I also think that the AIO toolkit works on TELUS http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183942. Worth a shot. Maybe someone else who has tried can chime in.
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hello here I have a TELUS HTC ONE here are the details:
LOCKED
S-ON
H-BOOT 1.55.0000
M7-UL-PUT
September 17.2013
CID TELUS001
then here I would like to have the latest international day is that I have to change a SUPER CID glass but I do not how it is.
then here if you could help me thank you
Okay guys, here we go....
I bought a "unlocked" M8. I tried to update the HTC software immediately. However, it said I needed to revert to official HTC software. I went to HTC.com and support page. During the support chat, she got me to install an RUU that belong to ATT. My phone wasn't made for art, not did I have art service. Now, I cannot surf the web, watch YouTube, download apps or anything. I can't do any of those things with cellular data, as I was able to before this ATT RUU. I can only make calls with my m8. If I'm on Wi-Fi, then I can surf the web, download apps, etc.
So, my question is..... How do I get rid of this RUU ATT? I want start fresh where I didn't have att and all the bloatware. I was able to do stuff with my cellular data where I'm not able to now.... What's up guys?
I've been trying to learn, and I think I gotta start with ADB. and flash a recovery:? I dunno. Please help guys. I'ma call HTC at next available opportunity.
AJ
Try factory reset
Yeah, I've tried that many times. I've erased the cache partition, done factory reset, etc. And I've rebooted to Fastboot USB MODE, hook it up to PC, and tried the other RUU. But it didn't work. I can't only make phone calls. I can't do anything else with the cellular service. What should I do? Start off by unlocking boot loader, right? With ADB. Or do I need to change ID numbers to match? Or should I use a custom recovery with adb?
Not enough info. Do a fastboot getvar all, and post the output. Be sure to delete IMEI and serial number, as these are personal info.
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tried the other RUU. But it didn't work.
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Meaning what? What RUU did you try (exact file name) and what was the result? Was there an error code, if so what did it say?
You need to be much more specific if you want proper help.
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Or do I need to change ID numbers to match?
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How can we know that, if you haven't told us the device's CID or MID in the first place, or the RUU (other than ATT) you tried to run?
If you installed an ATT RUU, and don't use ATT as your carrier, you will need to manually enter your carrier's APN info to get internet. That is probably your main problem as far as getting cell internet service.