Root HTC One M8 Root Questions

[typerjim]

Hi All,

New to the forum but a member on various others.

I rooted my Galaxy S2 a while ago and feel familiar with the rooting proceedure. I work in 3rd line IT also.

Now, followed a video on rooting my HTC One M8. Unlocked bootloader and then flashed the recovery - TWRP. Then I managed to root. All OK.

Once rooted, I removed some (factory installed) Amazon apps and weird things began to happen whereby the handset would reboot itself over and over. Upon trying to uninstall one non-system related App - either Amazon or Google IIRC - the whole thing froze for what seemed like an eternity. The mrs rang it and nothing happened until 20 minutes later the call came through and the ringtone was blocky and slow....

Mouth went dry and Stomach went....

Managed to get phone back and started up - it had reset itself and lost the root.

Anyone know why it would do this? I used a trusted recovery file.

I would like to root it again, I thought the point of this was to be able to remove factory installed Apps that are never used - if it makes the phone unstable, then I dont see the point.

Any help/advice or guidance greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[Unforgiven]

Slid this into the All Things Root forum where folks are accustomed to helping with root related problems.

 

[iowabowtech]

Typically I use Titanium Backup to "freeze" what I believe to be bloat type apps. After a time, if there are no negative effects, then I may opt to remove. But really, the freeze option is just as good imo. Still removes them from the app tray for the purpose of declutter and it prevents them from running and potentially using resources.

And welcome to Android Forums Jim.

 

[typerjim]

Apologies for posting in the wrong section.

Thank you for the assistance.

Do I have other options other than using the TWRP recovery? I saw that there is a CWM Recovery option for HTC One M8 but it is not tried and tested.

It is an EE handset - what other options have people chosen here?

 

[iowabowtech]

Apologies for posting in the wrong section.

Thank you for the assistance.

Do I have other options other than using the TWRP recovery? I saw that there is a CWM Recovery option for HTC One M8 but it is not tried and tested.

It is an EE handset - what other options have people chosen here?

I will always choose TWRP if given the option. It is more feature rich and has a much more modern UI than CWM.

 

[Chief YYZ]

Your issue is not likely related to your recovery.

Did you make a Nandroid backup before uninstalling apps? It is VERY important to get in the habit of backing up the phone in recovery if you are going to root and start changing things on your phone.

The above suggestion about freezing with Titanium Backup is a good one.

 

[typerjim]

OK. So what I shall do tonight is unlock the bootloader again (I locked it after putting my phone back to factory state)
Flash with TWRM - does this mean I have to use SuperSU recovery S/W?
Root.
Download Ti backup to freeze apps and see how it goes.

Why would it reset and unroot itself the first time though?

 

[iowabowtech]

Why would it reset and unroot itself the first time though?

I'm not sure exactly why it reset but it appears to have encountered an unstable state which forced that situation. If it reset on its own, then it would stand to reason that the su binary was lost during that event.

 

[dan55]

when i did mine twrp actually flashed and update the SU for me - i was a bit surprised! ....but very happy, as the pc/phone wouldnt allow me to copy the su file to my device for some reason

 

[Yatezy]

Similar thing happened to me, I'm also on an EE handset and tried to get rid of the Amazon apps and a couple of others. Phone rebooted and they reappeared.

I just ROM'd it instead

 

[typerjim]

Similar thing happened to me, I'm also on an EE handset and tried to get rid of the Amazon apps and a couple of others. Phone rebooted and they reappeared.

I just ROM'd it instead

Nice one. I have the EE handset too. Do you have any more details on the ROM you used - any links to guides on how to flash new ROMS would be a god send.

This is the 2nd phone I have rooted now and have only flashed a ROM on my old S2...

Thanks. (Weird how the Amazon Apps cause so much mither on the EE handsets!?...)

 

[Granite1]

Nice one. I have the EE handset too. Do you have any more details on the ROM you used - any links to guides on how to flash new ROMS would be a god send.

This is the 2nd phone I have rooted now and have only flashed a ROM on my old S2...

Thanks. (Weird how the Amazon Apps cause so much mither on the EE handsets!?...)

Welcome to the root club!!

First off you should look into getting S-off for your device: http://androidforums.com/one-m8-all-things-root/854630-new-s-off-method-released-sunshine.html

S-off makes everything a lot easier in the long run.

Once you get TWRP installed, perform a nandroid backup. It's under the backup tab in TWRP.

After that I would do is look into flashing Viper:
http://androidforums.com/one-m8-all...onem8-android-4-4-2-sense-6-0-htc-one-m8.html

Viper is set up to recognize what variant you have and flash the proper payload. Plus it's just a really good rom.

The Viper thread has instructions for flashing the rom. When flashing anything to the phone always follow the developers instructions.

 

[LANoormohamed]

Hi,
I have some questions about root

1. if i root my m8 will i still get OTA?
2. is there a work around to get my non root apps working i.e. banking apps?

 

[Yatezy]

1. I don't think it's ideal to take an OTA if you are rooted. If you are running a custom recovery (usually the easiest way to gain root) then no, you will definitely not be able to take an OTA.
2. There's a full system modification called Xposed that allows tweaks and hook ins. One of these is to hide root. From reading the thread over on xda it's a bit hit and miss with certain apps. But you need a custom recovery to install it.