Lol yeah I didn't notice hopefully you found the correct recovery for your device.
[Tutorial][Resource][Root]Unlock-Recovery-SuperSU for HTC One(M8)-Sprint-m8_whl
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n00b question alert. In the OP you wrote
"03/31/14 Added Stock Recovery if you feel the need to go back to stock and take an OTA"
Does that mean that with the phone rooted with this method it won't take an OTA update?
Specifically, this.
"03/31/14 Added Stock Recovery if you feel the need to go back to stock and take an OTA"
Does that mean that with the phone rooted with this method it won't take an OTA update?
Specifically, this.
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I don't ever take OTA's but from what I understand you need stock recovery and a stock rom for the OTA to work properly.
Thanks, as it turns out you're right, I had to flash stock recovery (thx for including it in the update of your OP) then get the OTA, then re-flash TWRP and then re-root. At least I didn't have to mess up with locking/unlocking bootloader.
Same way you flash twrp instructions are inside the stock recovery folder.
What he said ^
But I wrote this as I did it, in case anybody else finds it helpful:
How to go back to stock recovery after unlocking/TWRP/SU to take OTA update and how to revert back afterwards:
This assumes you have used this procedure to root phone. Doesn’t mean this procedure won’t work if you have used variants of that method or a different method, but whether these steps will work if that’s the case I don’t know.
1. Turn phone off
2. Boot into bootloader
3. Choose fastboot
4. Connect phone to computer through USB cable
5. Open elevated command prompt and navigate to folder where the stock recovery is located
6. Type at prompt: “fastboot flash recovery filename.img” without the quotation marks (where filename is the name of the stock recovery image you want to flash). You’ll see something like this:
C:\RootM8 (1)>fastboot flash recovery stockrec.img
target reported max download size of 1830711296 bytes
sending 'recovery' (24576 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.721s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 1.106s]
finished. total time: 2.830s
7. Reboot phone
Your phone now has the stock recovery, and it’s still rooted, but not for long
. You can now proceed to take OTA update, at which point you will probably lose root, and then follow original procedure to flash TWRP recovery again, and then root again.
If I decide to root. Would I be able to go back to uprooted stock?
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Cool I was looking for the instructions on how to go back. I may root this weekendYes of course
Just make a backup of your stock rom.
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Anybody know if there's any kernels for the Sprint variant of the n8 yet. I've searched a little and saw that faux has a kernel for vzw and tmobile but I'm having trouble finding anything for Sprint version. Tia.
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Ok thanks. Hopefully we will get some good stuff to flash soon. I also have a nexus 5 so I'm used to having anything I want to flash. Lol. I'm new to the HTC world but this phone is pretty cool. That being said I have a couple more questions; has the factory firmware been released to flash in case I bork something? And what is the s-off I've read about and what function does it serve? Currently I unlocked the boot loader and flashed twrp and rooted. Also, I tried to install my busybox after I rooted and it wouldn't install to system/xbin and then I tried to install to system/bin and my phone rebooted. Is there other mods I must do first?Nothing for Sprint ATM
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Firmware can be found HERE must be s-off to flash....I do have the signed Full Firmware if anyone need it.
S-OFF gives you access to all partitions on your phone...there are a couple write ups in my FAQ Guide if you want to know more.
If you flash a custom rom it should have busybox baked in...or you can use the one found HERE
I would suggest getting S-OFF it will save you headaches down the road and HTC has a way of making things harder for us to modify our phones with every OTA.
I'm reading up on the weaksauce forum now about the s-off and will run that when I get home. Thanks for the info. I might flash a custom Rom but am actually a little more interested in just staying stock rooted with a custom kernel. Hopefully we eventually get a bricked kernel for the m8, runs like a beast on my n5. Thanks for the links, I will continue my research.Firmware can be found HERE must be s-off to flash....I do have the signed Full Firmware if anyone need it.
S-OFF gives you access to all partitions on your phone...there are a couple write ups in my FAQ Guide if you want to know more.
If you flash a custom rom it should have busybox baked in...or you can use the one found HERE
I would suggest getting S-OFF it will save you headaches down the road and HTC has a way of making things harder for us to modify our phones with every OTA.
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You'll need to use the Firewater method, not Weaksauce. Hit the second link in my sig for more info.
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Awesome, thanks guys. Appreciate all the info!!!
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