Help me root phone please - can't figure it out

[Doomchicken]

Hello! I'm new to this forum but love the assist people lend others.

Now ofcourse I'm here because i'm struggling,
i cant get my phone to load a TWRP recovery..

i've been following the instruction of this vid: /watch?v=WuHFcGvUjwA and everything went as planned until 20:00 min of the vid, i cannot load or flash the recovery..

I've checked every single file there is to download for the HTC one M8 from the official TWRP website

it gives an error on the 1/2 recovery saying :
target reported max download size of 16777216 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 10479616 is not a multiple of th
e block size 4096
sending sparse 'recovery' 1/2 (15836 KB)...
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 10479616 is not a multiple of th
e block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 10479616 is not a multiple of th
e block size 4096
OKAY [ 1.639s]
writing 'recovery' 1/2...
FAILED (remote: image error! (BootMagic check fail))
finished. total time: 1.643s

now like i said - ive tried the newest version all the way down to the oldest one.
Although the versions 2.7.0.1 and 0.2 DO load or flash, as soon as i hit the recovery option in my bootloader is gets stuck on the HTC logo.

What i see in bootloader menu:
***UNLOCKED*** (since i've followed those steps unlocking my bootloader menu
S-on
Hboot 3.19.0.0000
[email protected]
OS-2.10.401.1

I also read something about using an SD card since my phone doesnt have enough room for it to flash the image, so i did buy a 32gb one, formatted it to be part of the phone and tried it all again, still no effect.

please see the vid, or skip through it to know my proccess and know where i am at atm.

Thanks you very very much in advance! every help is appreciated

 

[ckpv5]

Are you sure your device is M8 ?
Your details don't look like one.

 

[Doomchicken]

Are you sure your device is M8 ?
Your details don't look like one.

Yes, well it's a M8s.

but many downloads said it was for all types of m8

 

[ckpv5]

All type of M8 means applicable for GSM, Sprint & Verizon.

M8s is not regular M8, it's totally different device.

Check M8s section for your device version. One of the thread has TWRP for M8s.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/one-m8s-general

Any question, ask in that section.

 

[Doomchicken]

All type of M8 means applicable for GSM, Sprint & Verizon.

M8s is not regular M8, it's totally different device.

Check M8s section for your device version. One of the thread has TWRP for M8s.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/one-m8s-general

Any question, ask in that section.

Okay, i realise now that im in the wrong section of the forums - but if you could lend me some help it would be highly appreciated.

I now did the HTC_fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-0-m8.img and it loaded just fine, giving me the message:
sending 'recovery' (20046 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... OKAY
Execution time is 3(s)

but when i go to bootloader and select recovery it still freezes at the HTC powered by.. logo
Any suggestions pls?

 

[ckpv5]

twrp-3.0.2-0-m8.img is for regular M8 only, won't work for your device.

You need something that read twrp-x.x.x.x-m8s-qlul.img

I think you can still use twrp-recovery-2.8.6.0-m8s-qlul.img to root ... available and all details are here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/one-m8s-general/make-custom-recovery-htc-one-m8s-t3114245

Important : When using this recovery, do not accept root offer by the TWRP .. you need install the latest SuperSU 2.76 because yours is Marshmallow.

http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu-stable

You can ask there whether they have any newer TWRP version for M8s.
I can't help much as I don't have this device .. sorry.

 

[Doomchicken]

twrp-3.0.2-0-m8.img is for regular M8 only, won't work for your device.

You need something that read twrp-x.x.x.x-m8s-qlul.img

I think you can still use twrp-recovery-2.8.6.0-m8s-qlul.img to root ... available and all details are here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/one-m8s-general/make-custom-recovery-htc-one-m8s-t3114245

Important : When using this recovery, do not accept root offer by the TWRP .. you need install the latest SuperSU 2.76 because yours is Marshmallow.

http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu-stable

You can ask there whether they have any newer TWRP version for M8s.
I can't help much as I don't have this device .. sorry.

Fixed it and got it all running now. thanks for the assist about needing the m8s twrp file, got that, used the HTC_fastboot flash recovery <recovery file name>.img and got it to work