Firewater and latest AT&T HTC One M8

[GermanGuy]

Just an FYI. I just received my replacement AT&T HTC One M8. Still has Android 4.4.2 but firewater does not work anymore for s-off. Had to purchase sunshine. My 3 previous AT&T M8 all worked well with firewater. I assume, they have updated the HBOOT. Just giving you guys a heads up.

 

[hieuman]

i just got my m8 a week ago and firewater didn't work. i had to purchase sunshine too

 

[AvengerBB]

Did you guys unlock using HTC or is there a temp root method that works with sunshine without having to void warranty?

 

[GermanGuy]

Did you guys unlock using HTC or is there a temp root method that works with sunshine without having to void warranty?

Don't worry about voiding warranty. AT&T only cares about physical damage to the phones.

 

[swapgut]

Wow, I got mine last week too, I got the unlock, root and firewater s-off done last Wed. the 6th.
I used HTC Dev to unlock and Vomer's guide. My adb and fastboot commands went awol from my pc right after I completed the s-off. Had some stuff not working right until I got that fixed and the 2.22.1540.3 firmware flashed.

 

[midas69]

Just mine today, developer edition straight from HTC (Let's Talk). Loaded TWRP, rooted and used Firewater with no problem.

 

[> Ari]

Chiming in, picked my phone up yesterday and Firewater didn't work. Sunshine worked fine though, and in my opinion it was worth the $25 not to spend six hours trying to jack around with the phone. vOv Still, more of a pain than the Nexus 5 was though

Up and running CM 11 now--tried Viper and the Revolution but they just weren't my style.

 

[[email protected]]

People stop wasting your time with "Firewater" it does not work... SunShine is the way to go. I used SunShine and it work perfect. The only down fall is the $25... But after 3 days you'll forget about what you paid for it.
If you give Firewater a chance I'm pretty sure you'll remember this post. ?

 

[thinkhope]

People stop wasting your time with "Firewater" it does not work... SunShine is the way to go. I used SunShine and it work perfect. The only down fall is the $25... But after 3 days you'll forget about what you paid for it.
If you give Firewater a chance I'm pretty sure you'll remember this post. ?

Do you know if sunshine will work even if I just updated to 4.4.3?

Sent from my HTC One_M8 using XDA Free mobile app

 

[mindmajick]

People stop wasting your time with "Firewater" it does not work... SunShine is the way to go. I used SunShine and it work perfect. The only down fall is the $25... But after 3 days you'll forget about what you paid for it.
If you give Firewater a chance I'm pretty sure you'll remember this post. ?

It still works for some. It doesn't hurt to try firewater first... Then if it doesn't work you can pay the $25.

I've only had this phone a story time but must have gotten lucky since firewater worked great for me and saved me $$$

 

[Blaze9]

I dunno how you guys got Firewater to work, I've had my phone for 3 months and it still didn't work.

 

[redpoint73]

I dunno how you guys got Firewater to work, I've had my phone for 3 months and it still didn't work.

Might just be luck of the draw, such as a store with some older stock, etc. I know Firewater has been reported to not work on some AT&T M8's for some time now. But then I saw just the other day here, a guy just bought his and firewater worked.

 

[nolimitzr2]

firewater worked on my new m8 on latest 4.4.2. from what I read it was slim but I was in shock it worked ans saved 25 bucks.

 

[markmart74]

firewater worked on my new m8 on latest 4.4.2. from what I read it was slim but I was in shock it worked ans saved 25 bucks.

Just got the phone on Friday. Thought I would try firewater even though 95% of yall said it wouldn't work. After 4 whelps, I have s-off. Guess I got lucky

firewater worked on my new m8 on latest 4.4.2. from what I read it was slim but I was in shock it worked ans saved 25 bucks.

Just got the phone on Friday. Thought I would try firewater even though 95% of yall said it wouldn't work. After 4 whelps, I have s-off

 

[iggdawg]

Firewater often fails for people because they've skipped/mangled a step. It's non-trivial to get the process down right. Easy for seasoned android veterans that know when it's time to simmer down and follow the bouncing ball, but a lot of new or "enthusiastic" android users will get a piece of the pie wrong and assume it doesn't work.

I have a replacement device coming and plan on trying the free option first. But $25 for a reliable backup option is certainly nice to have around.

 

[killerdude7777]

Just got the phone on Friday. Thought I would try firewater even though 95% of yall said it wouldn't work. After 4 whelps, I have s-off. Guess I got lucky




Just got the phone on Friday. Thought I would try firewater even though 95% of yall said it wouldn't work. After 4 whelps, I have s-off

what did you change after first 4 whelps??

 

[skrambled]

Firewater often fails for people because they've skipped/mangled a step. It's non-trivial to get the process down right. Easy for seasoned android veterans that know when it's time to simmer down and follow the bouncing ball, but a lot of new or "enthusiastic" android users will get a piece of the pie wrong and assume it doesn't work.

I have a replacement device coming and plan on trying the free option first. But $25 for a reliable backup option is certainly nice to have around.

I'm pretty well seasoned in using ADB/Fastboot commands, and I followed every step properly. The message Firewater gave me (after having the phone for a few months) was "HTC has Patched this Exploit", which pretty explicitly explains why the exploit no longer works. If it is working for some people then I am assuming they didn't do any OTA updates prior to trying out Firewater.

I would have rooted this thing right when I got it, like every other device I've ever owned, but I wanted to wait at least 6 months to do it so I wouldn't endanger my screen warranty (I've heard of some rooted users with broken screens who were denied replacement screens based on this). Then, AT&T released a borked 4.4.3 update that was sucking the life out of my battery. Factory Reset would have fixed the problem, but I figured I might as well just root it since I was wiping the device anyways. Paid $25 for Sunshine and it saved me countless hours of looking for another solution.

 

[Wotta]

I got my HTC One M8 from the Seattle AT&T store on 17 August. Used Firewater on it about two weeks ago. Worked fine. Sent a donation to the devs.

 

[malteasers]

firewater worked for me as well

 

[Duffman14]

Firewater worked for me as well. Just got mine two weeks ago.