Hi i have a droid dna and was wondering if there was any form of s-off root bootloader unlock app or executable i already know that if any one answers they are going to say get sunshine and shiz like that i cant pay 25 dollars for something like that. I have rooted and installed other roms before on devices before this and this is the most frustrating android device ive used. sorry if this is the wrong place to post any help is appreciated
im on the 4.4.2 update
4.4.2 update made it where older DNA root/unlock/s-off exploits no longer work. You need to do sunshine. #blameverizon. They are the only carrier that blocks HTC devices from being unlocked via HTCdev. You want a free HTC unlock, go any other carrier. If you want to stick with Verizon, only option is Sunshine or Java card. (sunshine is cheaper as those s-off cards are loaded with 200-500 keys and run upwards of $1000 or more sometimes.)
Uzephi said:
4.4.2 update made it where older DNA root/unlock/s-off exploits no longer work. You need to do sunshine. #blameverizon. They are the only carrier that blocks HTC devices from being unlocked via HTCdev. You want a free HTC unlock, go any other carrier. If you want to stick with Verizon, only option is Sunshine or Java card. (sunshine is cheaper as those s-off cards are loaded with 200-500 keys and run upwards of $1000 or more sometimes.)
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i dont use this phone with a sim card so would there be a way to change the carrier and then do all the shiz required
or would there be a way to downgrade to an earlier version of android without root? if not then i hate verizon and i wont be bying any phones from them or any phones with their network.
blobbolb said:
i dont use this phone with a sim card so would there be a way to change the carrier and then do all the shiz required
or would there be a way to downgrade to an earlier version of android without root? if not then i hate verizon and i wont be bying any phones from them or any phones with their network.
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It is global phone and should automatically set itself "with" a SIM. for CDMA, you'd need to edit things that s-off would require I think.
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Is there? i cant find any solution and i tried several tools.
Or way to unlock after OTA to ics without getting back to gingerbread and using revolutionary. And not the official way..
thx
jojkos said:
Is there? i cant find any solution and i tried several tools.
Or way to unlock after OTA to ics without getting back to gingerbread and using revolutionary. And not the official way..
thx
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Are you GSM or CDMA?
I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to accomplish, but if your phone is the CDMA model and you've never unlocked your bootloader you can get S-OFF and then root without unlocking the bootloader using the Revolutionary method in closeone's thread in the stickies of the CDMA development forum. Some people have even gotten it to work with the Sprint ICS (2.89.651.2) build installed, but it requires "bricking" the phone twice.
OTOH, the JuopunutBear S-OFF method resets the bootloader status from "unlocked" to "locked" so there is no indication on the phone that you ever did the HTC unlock, and that works for both GSM and CDMA.
It sounds like you've already done some homework so you must have a specific reason for wanting to do it another way?
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ramjet73 said:
Are you GSM or CDMA?
I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to accomplish, but if your phone is the CDMA model and you've never unlocked your bootloader you can get S-OFF and then root without unlocking the bootloader using the Revolutionary method in closeone's thread in the stickies of the CDMA development forum. Some people have even gotten it to work with the Sprint ICS (2.89.651.2) build installed, but it requires "bricking" the phone twice.
OTOH, the JuopunutBear S-OFF method resets the bootloader status from "unlocked" to "locked" so there is no indication on the phone that you ever did the HTC unlock, and that works for both GSM and CDMA.
It sounds like you've already done some homework so you must have a specific reason for wanting to do it another way?
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i forgot to mention, my bad. I have GSM. I didnt want to loose warranty because of the official method, but if you say that there is a way to revert it (i thought they would keep record of me unlocking phone but i dont really know), then it would be ok to unlock it that way. Also i wanted to know if ther is easy and fast way to make root/temp root so i could only do a backup.
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i forgot to mention, my bad. I have GSM. I didnt want to loose warranty because of the official method, but if you say that there is a way to revert it (i thought they would keep record of me unlocking phone but i dont really know), then it would be ok to unlock it that way. Also i wanted to know if ther is easy and fast way to make root/temp root so i could only do a backup.
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If you htcdev unlock, HTC will know that you requested a token, but not whether you actually unlocked or not. I'm not sure how they handle that for the purpose of warranty claims, but maybe someone else here has experience with that.
Regarding temp root, it's possible, but not on the the ICS releases since HTC has patched the vulnerablility used for the "tacoroot" method. I've also heard that the phone is very unstable while temp rooted and sometime won't boot. You might be better off using a tool like MyBackup Pro that doesn't require root and has a 30 day trial with full functionality.
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If you htcdev unlock, HTC will know that you requested a token, but not whether you actually unlocked or not. I'm not sure how they handle that for the purpose of warranty claims, but maybe someone else here has experience with that.
Regarding temp root, it's possible, but not on the the ICS releases since HTC has patched the vulnerablility used for the "tacoroot" method. I've also heard that the phone is very unstable while temp rooted and sometime won't boot. You might be better off using a tool like MyBackup Pro that doesn't require root and has a 30 day trial with full functionality.
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well thank you very much for all your help i think ill try htcdev unlock method
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HTC HBoot 1.55, Bootloader Unlocked, Rumrunner S-OFFed, SIM LOCKED Unlock sites such as 247unlock can't find an unlock code. Any solutions?
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I purchased my T-mobile HTC One 32gb for use on a Canadian Wind Carrier in August, paid for an unlock code via 247unlock, worked great, used it trouble free for 4 months; everything was stock. Until November 1, when the phone received the OTA 4.3 update; worked great for one week than it bricked itself when the battery dropped under 10%, would not boot up not matter what I tried...literally tried everything.
Ended up sending it back to HTC, they repaired it free of charge, sent it back, and now it's locked again. The problem is that I can't seem to find an unlocking service that can unlock it. I am 100% that it is the same device as the Serial No. is the same but the IMEI seems to have changed, as it is different from my records. Is that unheard of?
Out of desperation; I scoured the internet, a couple websites make mention of using S-OFF to sim unlock the phone; so I unlocked the bootloader via htcdevs, and S-OFFed the phone via Rumrunner (1.55 Hboot, which only worked after I flashed it to Viper, stock wouldn't S-Off). So, where do I go now? What can I possibly do to unlock this phone?
fenrir604 said:
TL, DR:
HTC HBoot 1.55, Bootloader Unlocked, Rumrunner S-OFFed, SIM LOCKED Unlock sites such as 247unlock can't find an unlock code. Any solutions?
Long Version:
I purchased my T-mobile HTC One 32gb for use on a Canadian Wind Carrier in August, paid for an unlock code via 247unlock, worked great, used it trouble free for 4 months; everything was stock. Until November 1, when the phone received the OTA 4.3 update; worked great for one week than it bricked itself when the battery dropped under 10%, would not boot up not matter what I tried...literally tried everything.
Ended up sending it back to HTC, they repaired it free of charge, sent it back, and now it's locked again. The problem is that I can't seem to find an unlocking service that can unlock it. I am 100% that it is the same device as the Serial No. is the same but the IMEI seems to have changed, as it is different from my records. Is that unheard of?
Out of desperation; I scoured the internet, a couple websites make mention of using S-OFF to sim unlock the phone; so I unlocked the bootloader via htcdevs, and S-OFFed the phone via Rumrunner (1.55 Hboot, which only worked after I flashed it to Viper, stock wouldn't S-Off). So, where do I go now? What can I possibly do to unlock this phone?
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OK youre talking about two different things here. the s-off business is for the bootloader. Has nothing to do with the SIM. A SIM unlocked normally has to be done by the carrier (they give you a code) but there are 3rd party companies online who can supposedly do it, for a fee.
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OK youre talking about two different things here. the s-off business is for the bootloader. Has nothing to do with the SIM. A SIM unlocked normally has to be done by the carrier (they give you a code) but there are 3rd party companies online who can supposedly do it, for a fee.
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Yeah, I am aware that SIM unlocking and S-OFF are completely different things; I was referring to online articles that state S-OFF could facilitate SIM unlocking. I have read through the whole thread about SIM unlocking the HTC One, seems as if little progress has been made.
UPDATE: I eventually took the phone to a Brick and Mortar unlocking store, and they were able to unlock it in 30 minutes...I'm puzzled to how they did this. Special hardware?
I know that i can pay to sim unlock our desire 610 but surely s-off has been achieved so we can change our CID to sim unlock our device for free??
zubairali00 said:
I know that i can pay to sim unlock our desire 610 but surely s-off has been achieved so we can change our CID to sim unlock our device for free??
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We....don't have s-off
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We....don't have s-off
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And no one is working on it?
zubairali00 said:
And no one is working on it?
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I have the same problem , i buy htc desire 610 vodafone uk , with lock, i root the phone, erase all, install recovery - rom AT&T ,
but only way is buy unlock code service... and pay 26 $ approx :crying:
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There is/was someone in the general board who received and is selling s-off 610s. (No actualperson bought from his sale, so I don't know if he was lying or if it was an error)
ClearD is working on a Rom, so he's probably the only person currently with an idea of how to go about it. Like I said though, he's been working pretty hard on the Rom so he may be reticent to start a new project.
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Phew. I appreciate the thought, but that is way beyond my level of experience. However, I do have information of someone working on an s-off for our device. It's probably going to be a while until it's finalized, but it will work on a wide range of devices, similar to Sunshine. It will also be a paid app, like Sunshine. But, I'd pay for s-off myself. It's important. Lol
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Phew. I appreciate the thought, but that is way beyond my level of experience. However, I do have information of someone working on an s-off for our device. It's probably going to be a while until it's finalized, but it will work on a wide range of devices, similar to Sunshine. It will also be a paid app, like Sunshine. But, I'd pay for s-off myself. It's important. Lol
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Can you elaborate a little on that? I know s-off is important but if the bootloader is unlocked and we have a kernel doesn't that mean we can flash unsigned zips already?
Or is it more about using it on other carriers? I have no intention but if I gave this phone to someone, could they take it to say verizon and activate it?
I'm just confused. I guess I don't know the difference between s-off an unlocked bootloader for practical reasons.
Unlocked bootloader lets us flash system, boot, and recovery partitions. That's about it. We can't change the Cid or splash screen or radio image, as those are still security protected. Like the warning screen from the early root method? It's the splash screen. We can remove that once we get s-off. Basically s-off lets you change/flash anything.
Is anyone try "oneclick root" option from MobileGo PC Suite?
On Youtube is posted video(animated presentation)how to root Desire 610 with MobileGo.
On Wondreshare Mobilego Forum is even link to additional root tool: "CC Root" http : //goo.gl/IsyzC
Some with D610 as backup phone maybe wish try, no word about S-OFF, reverse option (from root) is not supported.
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"oneclick root" option is available in free version of app.
We've already got a root tool... A very simple root tool. That I made. It doesn't s-off.
ClearD said:
We've already got a root tool... A very simple root tool. That I made. It doesn't s-off.
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Is not bad thing knowing if exist more than one option how to root 610, true is that no any feedback about MobileGo root method on any htc phone.
I would prefer wish to hear from you an answer like: I could try...
Thx
We already have more than one root method. And they're simple. There in fact doesn't need to be more than one, because the bootloader can be unlocked and one is all there will ever need to be, because of this. It's as easy as flashing recovery and flashing root through recovery. That's it. My tool just automates that process. Why use something untested when we already have one that will always work, without fail?
Also this thread is about sim unlocking, not rooting. S-off is not root and we don't have s-off capabilities yet. Back on track.
hello guys
please help me here, i got a mobile from a friend and it is AT&T One M8, it has lot of unnecessary apps and its not possible for me to share net via hotspot.
So i went and done root but can not able to get S-off and i really can't pay $25.
please can any one tell me how get at least official Asia or Indian OS.
Mobile condition
Rooted
CID HTC__001
factory unlocked.
Please help me to get another OS. Thanks in Advance.:angel::crying:
Not at this time. Your only option is to pay. Firewater was the last option to s-off and that project was abandoned
If you're looking to delete at&t apps to free up space, ROM toolbox and Titanium Backup in the play store will work just fine to delete those apps
You have a few options:
1) Unlock bootloader, flash custom recovery. Then flash just about any ROM that is not AT&T based, that supports your firmware (hboot, radio, etc.). Basically, any ROM is better than AT&T stock, in my opinion.
2) Unlock bootloader, flash custom recovery and root. Than manually delete what apps you want (as suggested above) and apply WiFi tethering hack.
3) Pay for sunshine s-off, and convert to another CID, such as Developer Edition. Not only will this get you on a clean (no AT&T branding or limitations) stock base (and Lollipop at that), but allow OTA updates as well.
Firewater was discontinued (as mentioned above). Firewater was an online service, so it no longer works now that the dev has stopped supporting it. Sunshine is the only s-off method at this time, so you can stop trying to s-off by some "other" method unless you have some advanced development skills and intend to find you own exploit.
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3) Pay for sunshine s-off, and convert to another CID, such as Developer Edition. Not only will this get you on a clean (no AT&T branding or limitations) stock base (and Lollipop at that), but allow OTA updates as well.
Firewater was discontinued (as mentioned above). Firewater was an online service, so it no longer works now that the dev has stopped supporting it. Sunshine is the only s-off method at this time, so you can stop trying to s-off by some "other" method unless you have some advanced development skills and intend to find you own exploit.
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I would suggest to do this. Converting an AT&T branded phone to Developer Edition is fantastic because of all the benefits that were already mentioned. Believe me, you won't be disappointed. I had to pay $25 to get S-off but I don't regret my decision, since immediately I got Lollipop and had the option to tethering and without bloatware.
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please help me here, i got a mobile from a friend and it is AT&T One M8
Mobile condition
Rooted
CID HTC__001
factory unlocked.
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Hold on, that isn't the AT&T CID. So either the CID has been modified (s-off required to do so), its not the AT&T version, or CID listed incorrectly above.
AT&T version of the M8 has the AT&T "globe" logo on the back of the phone.
So I've been unlocking and rooting/flashing phones since the HTC Universal but i'm stumped. I've downloaded the toolkit to unlock my bootloader, downloaded my .bin file and the toolkit says my bootloader is unlocked but the screen on my phone asking me whether i want to unlock it never comes out...any senior members willing to point me in the right direction? I'm using my AT&T M8 on T-mobile and i haven't had a single update since i bought the M8 so i need to update it ASAP.
Update: So I used the sunshine method to try and finally root my phone. Now I'm in the interesting situation where my boot loader is unlocked, it's s-off, yet there is still the stock recovery and not rooted yet. Quite the last 12 hours trying to get root access. I should be able to root it on the PC now that my boot loader is unlocked.
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So I've been unlocking and rooting/flashing phones since the HTC Universal but i'm stumped. I've downloaded the toolkit to unlock my bootloader, downloaded my .bin file and the toolkit says my bootloader is unlocked but the screen on my phone asking me whether i want to unlock it never comes out...
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The Toolkit hasn't been updated in forever, is very obsolete, and will therefore cause more problems than anything.
Toolkit just does functions that are easy to do yourself "manually" anyway. You don't need the toolkit, and you didn't need to s-off to unlock the bootloader (although it can be handy for other things).
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I'm using my AT&T M8 on T-mobile and i haven't had a single update since i bought the M8 so i need to update it ASAP.
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OTA updates for the AT&T version will only be received when connected to AT&T's network (an AT&T specific annoyance). You could have updated to Lollipop using RUU.
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Update: So I used the sunshine method to try and finally root my phone. Now I'm in the interesting situation where my boot loader is unlocked, it's s-off, yet there is still the stock recovery and not rooted yet. Quite the last 12 hours trying to get root access. I should be able to root it on the PC now that my boot loader is unlocked.
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Now that the bootloader is unlocked, just flash TWRP via fastboot. Then flash SuperSU 2.46 using TWRP to obtain root.
But your OP says you want to update. Here it says you want to root. Those are 2 very different things, so its not clear what your actual goal is.
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The Toolkit hasn't been updated in forever, is very obsolete, and will therefore cause more problems than anything.
Toolkit just does functions that are easy to do yourself "manually" anyway. You don't need the toolkit, and you didn't need to s-off to unlock the bootloader (although it can be handy for other things).
OTA updates for the AT&T version will only be received when connected to AT&T's network (an AT&T specific annoyance). You could have updated to Lollipop using RUU.
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Now that the bootloader is unlocked, just flash TWRP via fastboot. Then flash SuperSU 2.46 using TWRP to obtain root.
But your OP says you want to update. Here it says you want to root. Those are 2 very different things, so its not clear what your actual goal is.
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Thanks for the help and sorry for the confusion.
I'm looking to update my phone AND root just because I've always rooted my phones but just now got a replacement for my old laptop that broke down shortly before I got the M8. I figured since I was on T-Mobile my best bet to update it would be to root it and upload a new ROM anyway. Your suggestion is easy enough so I'll be doing that after work.
My last question is this: On the M7, I was able to use an international M7 ROM as everything apart from the radios was the same. Is that the case with the M8 as well? I typically like having Sense ROM's but hate the bloat carriers put on their RUU's....
thanks again!
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I'm looking to update my phone AND root just because I've always rooted my phones but just now got a replacement for my old laptop that broke down shortly before I got the M8. I figured since I was on T-Mobile my best bet to update it would be to root it and upload a new ROM anyway. Your suggestion is easy enough so I'll be doing that after work.
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In that case, I would suggest updating by RUU first, and then root.
Reason I say that, is that RUU would wipe out root anyway, so no point in having to do it twice.
Whether you unlock the bootloader (via HTCDev.com) before or after RUU is somewhat irrelevant. Especially since you have s-off, so its not required to relock the bootloader to RUU (which is required with s-on).
But one other thing to consider. Since you are using the AT&T version on the T-Mobile US network; the ATT version is actually missing support for the AWS band that T-Mob uses in most areas for HSPA (3G). If you are in an area with good LTE coverage (and I'll assume NYC is) you may have not even noticed this. But if you move into an area where T-Mob doesn't have LTE, you might find that you don't have 3G either, and be pushed down to 2G (EDGE) data speed.
One cool thing about the M8, is the band support is actually software based. So one option would be to change your device's carrier ID (CID) and model ID (MID) which are possible with s-off, then flash the T-Mobile firmware or RUU to "convert" the phone to a T-Mob device including the proper T-Mob band support. After that, you can unlock the bootloader, root, flash a custom ROM.
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My last question is this: On the M7, I was able to use an international M7 ROM as everything apart from the radios was the same. Is that the case with the M8 as well? I typically like having Sense ROM's but hate the bloat carriers put on their RUU's....
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Yes, its a similar situation on the M8. All international ROMs should work on the M8. But note that your firmware (hboot, radio, etc.) needs to be the proper version supported by the ROM. So for instance, if you are still on KitKat (sounds like you are) you will want to update firmware first, otherwise if you flash a Lollipop ROM, you will likely suffer major issues such as broken WiFi and extreme long boot times (10+ min).
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In that case, I would suggest updating by RUU first, and then root.
Reason I say that, is that RUU would wipe out root anyway, so no point in having to do it twice.
Whether you unlock the bootloader (via HTCDev.com) before or after RUU is somewhat irrelevant. Especially since you have s-off, so its not required to relock the bootloader to RUU (which is required with s-on).
But one other thing to consider. Since you are using the AT&T version on the T-Mobile US network; the ATT version is actually missing support for the AWS band that T-Mob uses in most areas for HSPA (3G). If you are in an area with good LTE coverage (and I'll assume NYC is) you may have not even noticed this. But if you move into an area where T-Mob doesn't have LTE, you might find that you don't have 3G either, and be pushed down to 2G (EDGE) data speed.
One cool thing about the M8, is the band support is actually software based. So one option would be to change your device's carrier ID (CID) and model ID (MID) which are possible with s-off, then flash the T-Mobile firmware or RUU to "convert" the phone to a T-Mob device including the proper T-Mob band support. After that, you can unlock the bootloader, root, flash a custom ROM.
Yes, its a similar situation on the M8. All international ROMs should work on the M8. But note that your firmware (hboot, radio, etc.) needs to be the proper version supported by the ROM. So for instance, if you are still on KitKat (sounds like you are) you will want to update firmware first, otherwise if you flash a Lollipop ROM, you will likely suffer major issues such as broken WiFi and extreme long boot times (10+ min).
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Crap....went back to the toolkit to flash twrp and root it and lo and behold, my phone is now stuck in the entering recovery screen....How ****ty is that toolkit that it can't do even do a proper recovery flash right...8 years on XDA and I've never had such a headache from rooting/flashing a device....
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Crap....went back to the toolkit to flash twrp and root it and lo and behold, my phone is now stuck in the entering recovery screen....How ****ty is that toolkit that it can't do even do a proper recovery flash right...8 years on XDA and I've never had such a headache from rooting/flashing a device....
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I gave previous advice to stop using the toolkit, so I don't know why you insist on ignoring that advice.
Older versions of TWRP don't work on newer hboots; and the opposite is true where older hboots don't work with newer TWRP builds. This is the most frequent reason for TWRP not working properly.The toolkit worked fine at the time it was updated. But it hasn't been updated in a very long time, and therefore won't work on many M8 versions now. The issue is more your lack of understanding, and lack of following advice given to you.
Flashing TWRP is just a matter of downloading the proper version, and flashing with a single fastboot command (2 commands, if you want to be thorough and wipe cache before flashing TWRP). You don't need a toolkit for that, and again I advise stopping its use altogether.
Its not clear whether you chose to update before TWRP and root (current device status) and once I know the main version (OS number on bootloader screen) and present hboot number I can probably advice what version TWRP you need to flash.
And you're absolutely right about that. It was my fault for not listening. I was being lazy about it honestly.
I did end up using the lollipop pre rooted RUU and that worked after two atttempts. I think the issue was that the toolkit flashed the recovery without root. Add that to the fact that the toolkit caused the SD card issue to pop up made it a nightmare. Thankfully, I was able to fix it and now I'm running the AT&T lollipop ROM rooted.
You truly are the best and I thank you for the advice and help. Let me know your PayPal so I can send you beer money for the trouble.
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I think the issue was that the toolkit flashed the recovery without root.
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I don't follow. Root isn't needed to install custom recovery; nor does flashing custom recovery automatically root the phone (this has to be done as an additional step, usually by flashing SuperSU in TWRP).
I think the main issue was that the toolkit flashed an old TWRP version that was not compatible with the software/firmware that was on your phone.
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You truly are the best and I thank you for the advice and help. Let me know your PayPal so I can send you beer money for the trouble.
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I appreciate the thought; but your thanks is all I expect in return. I've benefited plenty from XDA from folks that don't ask for any monetary compensation; so I just like to give back to the community by helping how I can.