[HELP] Variant System Version

ural_berk · Mar 15, 2014

Hi,

I installed one of GuruReset roms to my htc one, Software number is 3.63.707.3 I bought this phone from turkey and i found that rom as compatible to my device. After i installed rom, i got a software update warning and started to download but when it starts to install, i got 'Variant System Version'. The device info is down below.

**TAMPERED**
**UNLOCKED**
security S-ON
HTC__J15
HBOOT 1.55.0000
RADIO 4A.21.3263.04
OS 3.63.401.3

When i try to update firmware in RUU mode, i got CID warning end it aborts setup. I thought my rom is incompatible. So i need help in this situation.

Thanks

muhammad.uzi1994 · Mar 15, 2014

ural_berk said:
Hi,

I installed one of GuruReset roms to my htc one, Software number is 3.63.707.3 I bought this phone from turkey and i found that rom as compatible to my device. After i installed rom, i got a software update warning and started to download but when it starts to install, i got 'Variant System Version'. The device info is down below.

**TAMPERED**
**UNLOCKED**
security S-ON
HTC__J15
HBOOT 1.55.0000
RADIO 4A.21.3263.04
OS 3.63.401.3

When i try to update firmware in RUU mode, i got CID warning end it aborts setup. I thought my rom is incompatible. So i need help in this situation.

Thanks

the variant error shows up when your OS in the bootloader and Software number inside the ROM doesnt match, you need to find a compatible ROM, the ROM you are using (3.63.707.3) is for India/Asia with cid HTC__038 and HTC__044 and MIDs PN0711000 and PN0714000 respectively, what's your Model ID? can you post the results of "fastboot getvar all" excluding your Serial No. and IMEI? if you can tell me your Model ID i can suggest the compatible stock ROM reset or RUU for your phone

nkk71 · Mar 15, 2014

muhammad.uzi1994 said:
the variant error shows up when your OS in the bootloader and Software number inside the ROM doesnt match, you need to find a compatible ROM, the ROM you are using (3.63.707.3) is for India/Asia with cid HTC__038 and HTC__044 and MIDs PN0711000 and PN0714000 respectively, what's your Model ID? can you post the results of "fastboot getvar all" excluding your Serial No. and IMEI? if you can tell me your Model ID i can suggest the compatible stock ROM reset or RUU for your phone

It's probably PN0711000 (m7_u not ul)

muhammad.uzi1994 · Mar 15, 2014

nkk71 said:
It's probably PN0711000 (m7_u not ul)

yeah, i think so too, my phone is m7_u too with this MID

nkk71 · Mar 15, 2014

muhammad.uzi1994 said:
yeah, i think so too, my phone is m7_u too with this MID

PN0710000 = M7_UL
PN0711000 = M7_U

HTC__J15 is Middle East CID, and both models are available (U and UL), but he got it in Turkey, and has OS 3.63.401.3 which I think is the U model

muhammad.uzi1994 · Mar 15, 2014

nkk71 said:
PN0710000 = M7_UL
PN0711000 = M7_U

HTC__J15 is Middle East CID, and both models are available (U and UL), but he got it in Turkey, and has OS 3.63.401.3 which I think is the U model

i dont know much about the Middle Eastern variants, maybe you can guide him better once he posts the result of "fastboot getvar all"

nkk71 · Mar 15, 2014

muhammad.uzi1994 said:
i dont know much about the Middle Eastern variants, maybe you can guide him better once he posts the result of "fastboot getvar all"

on the M7, it's just the same as the other international unbranded WWE editions, no differences.

ural_berk · Mar 15, 2014

the getvar all code results like below.
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.55.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.21.3263.04
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 3.63.401.3
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno:
(bootloader) imei:
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_u
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0711000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__J15
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3786mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-ea0bccbd
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

By the way, thanks for all replies. And also i tried the OS 3.63.401.3 version and it never prompts the 4.4.2 OTA update.

muhammad.uzi1994 · Mar 16, 2014

ural_berk said:
the getvar all code results like below.
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.55.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.21.3263.04
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 3.63.401.3
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno:
(bootloader) imei:
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_u
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0711000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__J15
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 3786mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-ea0bccbd
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

By the way, thanks for all replies. And also i tried the OS 3.63.401.3 version and it never prompts the 4.4.2 OTA update.

edit your post and remove Serial No. and IMEI from it , just like i have removed them from the post quote

ural_berk · Mar 16, 2014

muhammad.uzi1994 said:
edit your post and remove Serial No. and IMEI from it , just like i have removed them from the post quote

I miss that, thanks. Re-editted

muhammad.uzi1994 · Mar 16, 2014

ural_berk said:
I miss that, thanks. Re-editted

can you gain s off using Rumrunner? because i cant find a stock Reset Guru Rom that matches your Model ID and CID, but there is an RUU for PN0711000 and HTC__J15 , it downgrades the OS so it requires s off , @nkk71 what do you think, man?

nkk71 · Mar 16, 2014

ural_berk said:
the getvar all code results like below.
(bootloader) version-main: 3.63.401.3
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) product: m7_u
(bootloader) modelid: PN0711000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__J15

By the way, thanks for all replies. And also i tried the OS 3.63.401.3 version and it never prompts the 4.4.2 OTA update.

muhammad.uzi1994 said:
can you gain s off using Rumrunner? because i cant find a stock Reset Guru Rom that matches your Model ID and CID, but there is an RUU for PN0711000 and HTC__J15 , it downgrades the OS so it requires s off , @nkk71 what do you think, man?

1- Haven't seen any guru resets like that for that

2- why bother? if he goes s-off, he can flash whatever he likes

3- it's always nice when someone actually says what they intend to do and why... custom rom, stock rom, rooted, non-rooted etc etc etc

ural_berk · Mar 18, 2014

nkk71 said:
1- Haven't seen any guru resets like that for that

2- why bother? if he goes s-off, he can flash whatever he likes

3- it's always nice when someone actually says what they intend to do and why... custom rom, stock rom, rooted, non-rooted etc etc etc

At first, I dont want to s-off, want to return stock rom and get original OTA updates. But at the end, i went s-off and installed custom rom. However, if i find a solution. Try to s-on again, relock and want to use original rom.

nkk71 · Mar 18, 2014

ural_berk said:
At first, I dont want to s-off, want to return stock rom and get original OTA updates. But at the end, i went s-off and installed custom rom. However, if i find a solution. Try to s-on again, relock and want to use original rom.

If you want to go back fully to stock 100% you can use my guide: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2541082

jamiescott23 · Aug 12, 2015

nkk71 said:
If you want to go back fully to stock 100% you can use my guide: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2541082

I'm in the same situation. My HBOOT is 1.57 so I can't SOFF without Sunshine. I flashed Guru reset zip 3.63.707.3
When I check OTA it downlaods and gives me the variant system version error. I can't install with RUU either. What am I supposed to do?

nkk71 · Aug 12, 2015

jamiescott23 said:
I'm in the same situation. My HBOOT is 1.57 so I can't SOFF without Sunshine. I flashed Guru reset zip 3.63.707.3
When I check OTA it downlaods and gives me the variant system version error. I can't install with RUU either. What am I supposed to do?

@alray is your man, he has a collection of RUUs including for M7_U I believe

EDIT: ah here it is: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3053944

jamiescott23 · Aug 13, 2015

nkk71 said:
@alray is your man, he has a collection of RUUs including for M7_U I believe

EDIT: ah here it is: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3053944

Found a compatible RUU from the thread you gave. But couldn't flash the RUU zip, always got different errors.

Got sick of this after 11 hours of research and stuff. I've just SOFF'd my M7 with Sunshine, revert back to 1.29 (Sense 5 and 4.1.2

) now installing all the firmwares one by one.

Thanks for your help mate.

nkk71 · Aug 13, 2015

jamiescott23 said:
Found a compatible RUU from the thread you gave. But couldn't flash the RUU zip, always got different errors.

Got sick of this after 11 hours of research and stuff. I've just SOFF'd my M7 with Sunshine, revert back to 1.29 (Sense 5 and 4.1.2 ) now installing all the firmwares one by one.

Thanks for your help mate.

did you relock bootloader and use the htc_fastboot.exe? then it should have worked just fine.

anyway, S-OFF is a much better thing to have imho, and since you're S-OFF you could consider changing the modelid to PN0710000; obviously it wont give you LTE (since the hardware is missing), but would allow you to get the "regular" .401. OTAs

but guess you wont need to worry about that for the time being, since PN0711000 is also on new version now.

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