[M8QL_UL] Custom Recovery / RUU / Root - HTC One M8S

[xunholyx]

would flashing a RUU re-write the factory recovery?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2267378

I saw there are some RUUs around, could not download any to the moment thou....

http://a2phone.ir/index.php?file=%2FHTC+Flash+Files

Yes, an RUU flashes stock recovery. I don't see M8S on that list though, and have no idea if one is available.

 

[Idlekilla]

Yes, an RUU flashes stock recovery. I don't see M8S on that list though, and have no idea if one is available.

I think the M8s is the M8_QL_UL.

Sent from my HTC One M8s using XDA Free mobile app

 

[Captain_Throwback]

Someone should try building TWRP starting with the M9 (Hima) device files as a base. Replace the prebuilt kernel and dt.img with the ones extracted from your stock recovery. Grab any similar files in the recovery ramdisk and replace any of the ones in the M9 device files that have "hima" in the filename. That *should* work. The fstab looks about the same as well, so it may just be a matter of changing the information in the device tree to match your device and building.

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I also don't see any model ID (MID) or customer ID (CID) information for this device posted anywhere. You'll need that in order to support multiple variants (if these exist). Otherwise, the output of fastboot getvar all while in download mode would still be helpful, as would build.prop details.

 

[tzutzu78]

Someone should try building TWRP starting with the M9 (Hima) device files as a base. Replace the prebuilt kernel and dt.img with the ones extracted from your stock recovery. Grab any similar files in the recovery ramdisk and replace any of the ones in the M9 device files that have "hima" in the filename. That *should* work. The fstab looks about the same as well, so it may just be a matter of changing the information in the device tree to match your device and building.

---------- Post added at 10:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:40 AM ----------

I also don't see any model ID (MID) or customer ID (CID) information for this device posted anywhere. You'll need that in order to support multiple variants (if these exist). Otherwise, the output of fastboot getvar all while in download mode would still be helpful, as would build.prop details.

(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.0.U20410.1@50311
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 1.03.401.11
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) imei2: Not Support
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m8ql_ul
(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8939
(bootloader) modelid: 0PKV10000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__032
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: e2458936
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
(bootloader) mfg-name: 0001
all: Done!

 

[Captain_Throwback]

DISCLAIMER: Try the below file AT YOUR OWN RISK. I do not own this device, so I have no way to test anything I'm building.

Someone want to see if this boots?

https://mega.nz/#!hll0xKgZ!64zvcQmduyJVdvE0OUnOx4BufbFq38-Eox2A6hvMTPs
MD5: f6c178bc51a4ed74c917631b9ecd1ffd

A recovery log would be helpful either way. If it boots and you can use the Advanced -> Copy Log to SD, great, otherwise, via adb using adb pull /tmp/recovery.log. If adb doesn't work, I might have to disable MTP for now (which I don't believe will be working anyway).

 

[El-Conkistador]

DISCLAIMER: Try the below file AT YOUR OWN RISK. I do not own this device, so I have no way to test anything I'm building.

Someone want to see if this boots?

https://mega.nz/#!hll0xKgZ!64zvcQmduyJVdvE0OUnOx4BufbFq38-Eox2A6hvMTPs
MD5: f6c178bc51a4ed74c917631b9ecd1ffd

A recovery log would be helpful either way. If it boots and you can use the Advanced -> Copy Log to SD, great, otherwise, via adb using adb pull /tmp/recovery.log. If adb doesn't work, I might have to disable MTP for now (which I don't believe will be working anyway).

Hi Captain_Throwback, thanks you for your help. I try your Custom Recovery with this command : fastboot boot recovery.img, and it run succesful. I dump my system actually.

 

[Captain_Throwback]

Hi Captain_Throwback, thanks you for your help. I try your Custom Recovery with this command : fastboot boot recovery.img, and it run succesful. I dump my system actually.

Can you please upload the recovery.log?

 

[El-Conkistador]

Can you please upload the recovery.log?

It's possible to send this in private ? Because because there my serial number etc. Thx

 

[Captain_Throwback]

It's possible to send this in private ? Because because there my serial number etc. Thx

You could just delete the private info before you upload it . . .

 

[El-Conkistador]

You could just delete the private info before you upload it . . .

http://pastebin.com/q5tVWN9H

 

[Captain_Throwback]

http://pastebin.com/q5tVWN9H

Thanks!

Looks like there were still a few changes I needed to make (now done). Here are my device files, for building TWRP with Omni (android-5.1 tree):

https://github.com/CaptainThrowback/android_device_htc_m8ql

Hopefully this will be enough for someone to finish the job and maintain it going forward .

 

[El-Conkistador]

Thanks!

Looks like there were still a few changes I needed to make (now done). Here are my device files, for building TWRP with Omni (android-5.1 tree):

https://github.com/CaptainThrowback/android_device_htc_m8ql

Hopefully this will be enough for someone to finish the job and maintain it going forward .

Thank you very much !

 

[alexcanadair]

question

I have a question to ask because I did not understand the mechanism of a root:
but once we have a recovery that works to make the root just install the classic file "superSU.zip" through recovery? or serves another specific file zipped? who by permission of the root only file superSU.zip ???

 

[El-Conkistador]

Thanks!

Looks like there were still a few changes I needed to make (now done). Here are my device files, for building TWRP with Omni (android-5.1 tree):

https://github.com/CaptainThrowback/android_device_htc_m8ql

Hopefully this will be enough for someone to finish the job and maintain it going forward .

Do you know where I can find on the deposit android_vendor_htc_m8ql ?

 

[Captain_Throwback]

Do you know where I can find on the deposit android_vendor_htc_m8ql ?

Vendor files come from the device.

 

[Idlekilla]

Thx alot for this recovery! Seems to work perfectly with fastboot boot recovery.img

 

[xunholyx]

DISCLAIMER: Try the below file AT YOUR OWN RISK. I do not own this device, so I have no way to test anything I'm building.

Someone want to see if this boots?

https://mega.nz/#!hll0xKgZ!64zvcQmduyJVdvE0OUnOx4BufbFq38-Eox2A6hvMTPs
MD5: f6c178bc51a4ed74c917631b9ecd1ffd

A recovery log would be helpful either way. If it boots and you can use the Advanced -> Copy Log to SD, great, otherwise, via adb using adb pull /tmp/recovery.log. If adb doesn't work, I might have to disable MTP for now (which I don't believe will be working anyway).

@Captain_Throwback
Didn't expect to see you here.
I was going to ask if you would be interested in helping these guys a while ago, but I didn't think you would be. You seemed really busy with Multi-ROM, and you don't own the device.
Thanks for stepping in.

 

[tzutzu78]

Well, it was worth a trip to the TWRP IRC channel Thanks a lot for this effort - booted for me also - can I assume it would be safe to flash this as recovery?

Thanks!

Looks like there were still a few changes I needed to make (now done). Here are my device files, for building TWRP with Omni (android-5.1 tree):

https://github.com/CaptainThrowback/android_device_htc_m8ql

Hopefully this will be enough for someone to finish the job and maintain it going forward .

 

[Idlekilla]

[...] can I assume it would be safe to flash this as recovery?

I tried but get the same error as mentioned earlier.

 

[Dabman]

I'm trying to flash recovery ( this posted here ) but i have error message :/
Unlocked bootloader

target reported max download size of 16773120 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
sending sparse 'recovery' (15836 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.781s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: image error! (BootMagic check fail))
finished. total time: 1.781s