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Root [T-Mobile] HTC One Root

miah

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Forgive me if this just went through, but I think the message deleted.

I changed from Verizon to TMobile, and wanted to keep my fairly new HTC One. I accidentally reset it. Now, I can't update the firmware form factory reset. I talked to tech support at HTC and TMobile, Htc said unlocking the phone is the only option. I have tried doing that all night, and realize, as I try, how much I don't know.

Last thing I did was erase the full Android thing I downloaded last night, and just did the mini sdk downloader. I have it in c:/android-sdk-windows I had been following directions from htcdev, but they were vague and didn't work at a point and I had no idea why. The directions on this forum are different, and many.

I just want to know if you all know if there is a good, thorough thread to help me step by step root my phone? I'm not the kind of person who unlocks things, not for moral reasons, so much as I know when something is over my head. Still, I have built my own computer, and I'm not a total dummy. But I need super literal, step=by-step help.

Can you point me to a single, really excellent thread on this? I just get confsued choosing between the ones available and I've already been here many hours.

Also, here is the kicker: I unlock my phone. But then what? I have NO IDEA what to do next. All I want is to be able to download the latest firmware. I don't want anythign fancy. I just want a working, updated phone. Is there a good thread for that.

Sorry I am such a newbie, and I apprec iate any time you will help me with.
 
Forgive me if this just went through, but I think the message deleted.

I changed from Verizon to TMobile, and wanted to keep my fairly new HTC One. I accidentally reset it. Now, I can't update the firmware form factory reset. I talked to tech support at HTC and TMobile, Htc said unlocking the phone is the only option. I have tried doing that all night, and realize, as I try, how much I don't know.

Last thing I did was erase the full Android thing I downloaded last night, and just did the mini sdk downloader. I have it in c:/android-sdk-windows I had been following directions from htcdev, but they were vague and didn't work at a point and I had no idea why. The directions on this forum are different, and many.

I just want to know if you all know if there is a good, thorough thread to help me step by step root my phone? I'm not the kind of person who unlocks things, not for moral reasons, so much as I know when something is over my head. Still, I have built my own computer, and I'm not a total dummy. But I need super literal, step=by-step help.

Can you point me to a single, really excellent thread on this? I just get confsued choosing between the ones available and I've already been here many hours.

Also, here is the kicker: I unlock my phone. But then what? I have NO IDEA what to do next. All I want is to be able to download the latest firmware. I don't want anythign fancy. I just want a working, updated phone. Is there a good thread for that.

Sorry I am such a newbie, and I apprec iate any time you will help me with.
 
So I figure out how to get a lot of this done. My hangup is always that the filename the places ask to call up isn't the same name as the filename that the zipfile has. Stupid and literal, but that's what I am.

I have the token, I sent it through, but then I got this:

Error Code: 172.
Error Reason: CID Not Allowed (MID not exist in Model Rule)

Does anybody know what to do with this?

Miah
 
I couldn't tell whether to move this into the Verizon or T-Mobile rooting forum, so I chose T-Mobile.

I don't think that the HTCdev.com unlock would work for your phone in any case.

Sunshine s-off is probably your best bet.

You'll need to get a good temp root to proceed. Search this thread for any latest info on the HTC One -

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2792487

Or contact them directly for help, details are at the Sunshine site -

http://theroot.ninja/

Once you're s-off, you can install TWRP (custom recovery) and then see about doing the updates you need.

Exercise extreme caution trying to change firmware or you'll turn your phone into a paperweight.

Only trust someone who has been in your shoes, not someone with a theory ok.

That's all I got, hopefully someone more knowledgeable will chime in.
 
If you really have already gotten unlocked, then you need to install TWRP and root with SuperSU.

Step by step details are pointed to in @scotty85 rooting guide - it's a sticky thread at the top of this root forum.
 
Well, I just bought sunshine. I'll keep you posted about how it goes from here, I appreciate your help EarlyMon. I'll check out the @scotty85. I don't want to change firmware, just upgrade. Is that something different? I want to do the very easiest thing possible as none of this is something I was hoping to do at all (though, of course, nothing wrong with learning something new, except the time...) I just got the news that my thing is soff and unlocked, so I shoudl enjoy.
 
Well, I just bought sunshine. I'll keep you posted about how it goes from here, I appreciate your help EarlyMon. I'll check out the @scotty85. I don't want to change firmware, just upgrade. Is that something different? I want to do the very easiest thing possible as none of this is something I was hoping to do at all (though, of course, nothing wrong with learning something new, except the time...) I just got the news that my thing is soff and unlocked, so I shoudl enjoy.
Update, change - the procedure is the same with firmware.

I've done it for years.

Getting someone to help you who's in your exact situation is absolutely essential.

I just don't know the ins and outs when moving a phone to another carrier.

Please use your best caution! :)
 
I updated from a kitkat rom to a lolipop rom & kept the firmware from the kitkat rom.

From what i can remember you only really need to upgrade the firmware if it specifically states that it is needed.

The only other time is if the rom doesn't behave as it should.

In general they usually run fine on the older firmware
 
I rooted the phone with a program. Now I realize I probably could have just kept the old phone the same and could have saved hassle. So I have an unlocked and rooted phone...and am not sure what to do with it :) I thought I'd be able to get rid of programs I hated, at least, but that doesn't seem to be the obvious case.

I appreciate your help during my strange foray into this switch! My phone still works, nothing seems ruined, except time, so I feel lucky.
 
Root can be really helpful.

If you haven't yet, you want to install a custom recovery, typically one called TWRP.

That's not an app, it installs below the operating system and you run it occasionally.

First and most important use - you can make a full image backup of your operating system, apps, your data and your setup. We call that a nandroid backup.

Let us know if you need help installing that. The first time can sound confusing. It's not difficult. Install using fastboot.

Next you can get Titanium Backup - that is an app that runs normally, like other apps.

With it you can backup your apps and data as you go along.

There's a right way and wrong way to playing around to get rid of pre-installed apps.

The wrong way will leave you with a screwed up phone.

The right way is pretty simple - make a nandroid backup, boot phone, clear cache and data on the app(s) in question, use Titanium Backup to freeze the app(s) in question, and reboot.

If you've messed up your phone, no problem, go into TWRP and restore the nandroid backup - it'll be as if you never touched it.

If your phone isn't messed up but just some other apps are (because sometimes apps rely on one another), you go to Titanium Backup and unfreeze the app that's needed after all.

There's really no need to uninstall apps that came with your phone. The apps themselves live in the system area, and deleting them won't get you more user space.

Another thing that you can do with root - install a free, root-required firewall. With that you can control which apps can get where, and it uses basically zero extra battery.

There's a lot of other tinkering around you can do with root but I think that the main thing is backups.
 
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