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The tool mentioned does not work with latest releases. Thanks to the team behind unrevoked tool, it is very easy to get S-OFF permanent on your device. Usage is as simple as you can imagine, and you can have to approaches to the process:. The main advantage of using unrevoked forever is having S-OFF as the permanent security level flag.

Hence, even if any update flashes a new bootloader, root access stays. Disclaimer: The information and instructions contained in this guide are for educational and testing purposes only; please use them at your own risk. Remember that rooting voids your warranty, and playing with custom HBOOT and Radio images can seriously damage your device. We strongly encourage you to read the unrevoked Wiki before proceeding. AddictiveTips or the author cannot be held liable for any undesirable results or damage to your device.

HTC Wildfire. Dead digitizer so replaced it. You do need to download Sync to install the HTC drivers, but you should delete the program afterward see Step 4 below for more info.

Your device must also be rooted with an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery and have USB debugging enabled. For the safest, most consistent process, use a USB 2. Making a nandroid backup in recovery will be critical if you do not plan on keeping the ROM that we install in the next step.

This step is to ensure that you are using a Sense-based ROM with an unsecured kernel. If you know that you already meet these conditions, go ahead and scroll down to the next step.

Start by downloading the latest ARHD directly onto your device, then reboot your phone into recovery mode. If you aren't sure how to do this, hold the Power and Volume Down buttons together until you get to the bootloader, then use Volume Down to select "Recovery" and the Power key to confirm.

After the install finishes, select the Reboot option. After rebooting which may take a few minutes, so don't worry , you will need to go through the set up process for the ROM, as if it were a new device.

If you plan on restoring a nandroid backup, you can skip the sign-in sections. If you aren't sure whether you have the proper drivers installed, download and install HTC Sync Manager , but make sure to uninstall the program afterward—we only want the drivers from it, which remain after removal of Sync.

Keep an eye on your device, as it may prompt you to grant superuser permission to ADB. If it does, allow it. Now just agree to the terms and conditions you are prompted with and allow the exploit to do its thing.

Now you can now flash custom firmware, hboots, and re-lock your bootloader whenever you like. Also, it comes in handy when returning your One to factory settings. Hope this helped, and if you have any questions, be sure to leave me a comment.

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It looks like the install script didn't finish properly. The easiest way to fix this is to unzip the Android. You will have to enter your password to complete the copy. I'm stuck on pushing the Firewater portion. I'm not even getting SUperUser permission from the phone.

And now I'm stuck in a boot loop. Please help. I was finally able to get it working. Seems like the Rom that's best compatible on Sprint phones is the The other two 60 and 53 caused a hell of a headache on my end.

Glad you were able to get it working! I'll be sure to keep that sprint compatibility in mind for future gudies. Hi Mario It's about 30 mins now in the HTC logo screen with a boot loop. Sometimes it doesn't work on the first time, so try the process again. Also, what ROM is your One running? I would make sure you are running the latest version of Insertcoin with their stock kernel and try the process again. Be sure to give ADB superuser permission when prompted and don't touch your phone at all once firewater starts running.

I have gotten this method to work on the SixthSense version of Insertcoin so be patient and it will work:. Hey, I get to the "The first bottle is open, chugging Tried a few times and the same result.

When I reboot, S-ON. I just flashed ARHD 62 onto it and cleaned all the caches. This htc one is a M7-ul, hboot 1. Did you give adb su permission?

If you can, send me a screenshot of your terminal commands and I'll see if anything looks wrong. Can you send me a screenshot of your terminal commands. To find out you can type fastboot getvar all while you are in fastboot mode. At this point you may want to try and do a clean install of the latest ARHD and retry the process.

Do I Ned to wipe cache prior? I would recommend that, before flashing, you go into your custom recovery and wipe Cache, Dalvik Cache, System, and Data Partitions. Since you will wipe all those be sure to back-up all your data. After I write adb push my computer says failed to copy read only system. Any idea? Thank you! Thanks for all the other help! Rodney: I have the same Problem " "The first bottle is open, chugging I am not sure what Rodney did to fix it but I'll be happy to help you out.

I was under the assumption that you could not flash a custom rom unless you had S-OFF. Usually the developer will list S-Off under their requirements section if it is needed.

Which of the three would be the best bet to get Firewater to work? Does it matter? I have been rooting phones for the past few years however my M7 is the only one that's caused me problems I have teamwin recovery on my device and I got rid of sense and installed Jellybean however I cannot install stock kit kat I have read guides on many different methods of getting s-off, however my computer only has usb 3.

If your M7 has hboot 1. I have tried repeatedly to get s-off on my htc one using firewater. The phone stops and reboots after the first bottle is opened. I have googled around, several people are are getting the exact same result.

I will give it another try from the stock-rooted sense rom. No luck on stock rooted. I installed ARHD I ran it three times. Each time it got to the 8th bottle and told me to wait 30 seconds, power on the devices, pray, and run rumrunner again.

After the third try I called it quits for the night. But I am determined crack this open. If anybody has any tips please let me know. When I had my M7 replaced it came with stock Sense 5. After that I ran firewater and everything worked out.

Does this sound similar to what you did. It does indeed sound familiar Andrew. I do give adb su permission. Funny thing is, when I go into adb it is already as superuser as indicated by the at the prompt.

Because of that I never get the prompt. I have tried the su app from chainfire as well as from koush, both have the same effect. I have tried runner firewater from the mac, a pc with windows 7, and from a linux pc. In each case the result is the same. Hmmm, thats strange. For most of that I need s-off. I am coming from nexus and samsung devices, which are comparatively easier to work on. This s-off business is new to me. Hi Andrew, I really could do with your help.

I've followed all the above steps but firewater still fails. The one thing I've never been asked is to allow superuser access. I've ran the getvar all command from fastboot so I assume adb is correctly set up. By the by the same thing happens when I run revone, all goes well but no superuser request so it fails. You should check your superuser app.

Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical. Not enough information. Not enough pictures. Any additional feedback? The program doesn't launch. After I launch it ones, the program is deleted and I have to disconnect and push it again to try again.

Everytime firewater gives me no output and the program just stops. Do you have any idea how to solve this? Any way to see the logs of firewater? Just to cover all bases you did root you device, give ADB root permission, and are using something SuperSU as your super user app right? Did you use ADB to backup to your computer? If you did then the backup is still wherever you told ADB to store it.

That can be flashed back through ADB using this guide. You can try out sunshine to see if it will work on your device. When I try to s off when bottle is open in last error remember golden rule patch with HTC help me please. Sounds like you updated your device and because of that the exploit that firewater uses has been patched. Hi following the steps to install firewater but I can't get the first command to work which is reboot.

I get this. I tried skipping it and just try to push firewater but the command just hangs. Had to activate by turning the developer mode on. Which one is the right one to install? Most of the ROMs takes 1 hour to download, it is true for others? Unfortunately I missed the backup process somewhere or overwritten the backup file.

The download speed will vary based on your internet provider. I did everything in this guide right up to running Firewater but I get the message below. If firewater hangs for more than 2 minutes or device enters qhusb mode, h ld power for 60 seconds!! That means your device was patched to block firewater from working.

You might want to check out Sunshine. I did everything in the instructions and firewater doesnt work. Is there any way to recover it? I've looking under Apps but no luck Airplane Mode is stuck in "turning off". The app checks compatibility before you purchase it so quite reassuring you don't make an expensive purchase for nothing. I just made sure I had a good internet connection. I had previously tried firewater and got similar fail results as all of the other members have commented on.

Hope this helps just make sure your phone meets the requirements as per the app. The error you are getting means that you did not push firewater to your device properly.

Can you list for me everything that you have flashed onto your device including kernels, ROMs and firmwares. Hi, I ran into the same issue with wifi. When i try to flash the recovery image to the phone via flashboot, I get the following error:. How do I go about getting back to the stock experience or any experience, for that matter with working wifi? Is this an issue with the RUU?

What's the easiest way for me to get working wifi back? I'm fine with moving to GPE 5. Any guides you can point me to? Thanks for your help. I'm having trouble with this RUU as well I'm not sure where the problem is coming in, but I'm having issues connecting my phone to adb and Fastboot while the phone is in the bootloader.

I've tried connecting to two different machines using Windows 8. All three setups are able to connect to the phone via adb while it's booted in the OS, but when it goes to fastboot, adb devices returns nothing.

If I could fix the connectivity issue which I think is stemming from the phone , the I could probably have success with the RUU method. Right now I'm on:. Android 4. A22g I can send adb commands when the phone is booted in the OS and adb reboot bootloader works at that point, but once it loads into the bootloader, adb and fastboot no longer recognize the device.

Heres a collection of backups. After entering "Yes" slow dots are going across the screen. This has been happening for the last half hour. Is this normal? I followed the step until flashing InsertCoin.. Another problem is my up volume button is broken! Hey guys sooo firewater has been discontinued and by clicking on the link for firewater it only downloads a file named firewater that isn't firewater Can you give me a working firewater download?

I tried to look for one on google but it seems like all the firewater download lniks have disappeared :. Firewater doesn't work anymore. Oh so you mean it has been patched with the software even if my M8 is an early model? I tried every program that should help to get that device S-Off during days, Use this guide.

On trying to S-Off, this is where I am stuck. InsertCoin has multiple versions to download from.