Never had a case, never dropped the phone. It's definitely harder to keep a hold of than my Nexus 5 but not that difficult that I drop it.
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Never had a case, never dropped the phone. It's definitely harder to keep a hold of than my Nexus 5 but not that difficult that I drop it.
Soldato
I use it without a case and have dropped it a couple of times (admittedly, while intoxicated. I'm not a baffoon!). It's also fallen out of my pocket when sat down a few times which previous phones haven't. Overall it's got a few barely noticeable dints in the corners and some specs/minor chips on the back. I've stopped caring so much about having a pristine phone.
It's definitely a slippy phone, more so than the One S and imo that was bad!
It's definitely a slippy phone, more so than the One S and imo that was bad!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708589
Bare in mind converting back can be a nightmare if you don't have a European device.
Bare in mind converting back can be a nightmare if you don't have a European device.
I used this guide to put GPE 4.4.4 on my rooted sense phone but I've still not got the OTA lollipop update yet, think I might just manually flash it, but I'd like to get OTA GPE updates.
http://sakitechonline.com/category/htc-one-m8-root/
http://sakitechonline.com/category/htc-one-m8-root/
Use the guide I linked above. Ensure your CID is GOOGL001. The update isn't fully released yet and only certain devices have got the OTA. It's easily flashed via the stock recovery.
Thanks My CID is GOOGL001 but I understand from the xda posts the roll out is incremental, so no going to do much for a few days, just a little frustrating as I have a stock recovery but not sure if its the correct version, if it matters, basically I'm trying to get GPE OTA updates on an m8 phone that was formerly sense!
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Go here http://www.graffixnyc.com/m8.php and download "Build: 5.0.1 OTA Update Zip"
Can be and is best done downloaded directly to the device. Boot into the bootloader and choose "Recovery", then when it shows an android with a red cross hold the volume up button and tap the power button. You should get an option to update via the phones internal storage. Go to wherever the OTA is located (usually Downloads) select and flash the OTA.
This is what I did to get my phone running 5.0.1 and it's working fine.
EDIT: I used the guide I linked to convert to GPE from Sense, it worked fine and I also updated from 4.4.3 to 4.4.4 via OTA without issue. I just couldn't wait to get 5.0.1 running so flashed it myself.
Can be and is best done downloaded directly to the device. Boot into the bootloader and choose "Recovery", then when it shows an android with a red cross hold the volume up button and tap the power button. You should get an option to update via the phones internal storage. Go to wherever the OTA is located (usually Downloads) select and flash the OTA.
This is what I did to get my phone running 5.0.1 and it's working fine.
EDIT: I used the guide I linked to convert to GPE from Sense, it worked fine and I also updated from 4.4.3 to 4.4.4 via OTA without issue. I just couldn't wait to get 5.0.1 running so flashed it myself.
Just did the GPE conversion on my M8. Surprised how easy it was really, now I can enjoy Lollipop on the best phone on the market
You got a guide for that?
Also does the GPE conversion cause any issues with the SD Card or anything?
I used this guide: http://sakitechonline.com/fully-convert-your-htc-one-m8-to-google-play-edition-w-ota-updates/ with some amendments:
- I used the Wugfresh Nexus Root Toolkit rather than the Android SDK and associated bits to get ADB access... it's easier to set up and use IMO
- I had to muck about to get USB debugging to work, needed the HTC Sync app for a bit but then got rid of it because it was annoying.
- I had to use Sunshine to get S-OFF because Firewater doesn't work anymore. It cost £16.50 which is a bit
but fair enough given how technical software like that is to develop. - I used this RUU - Build: 5.0.1 LRX22C.H5 3.11.1700.5 - as it's the latest version: http://www.graffixnyc.com/m8.php
Broadly, from a stock and unmodified M8, the process is as follows:
- Download and install HTC Drivers
- Register/login to HTC Dev
- Get token ID
- Unlock bootloader
- Flash recovery
- Root
- Run Sunshine
- Flash GPE CID
- Flash GPE RUU
My SD card kept crashing Spotify when I loaded it up for the first time, so I wiped it. Guessing that's because I had downloaded music tied to my account and it couldn't authenticate. I didn't have anything else on there so can't really say if it'd cause problems for anything else.
Overall, it was pretty easy but there were a few parts where I had to do some head-scratching.
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Soldato
Hi
I flashed mine to GPE back when I first got mine (a fair few pages back on here). I flashed it back to sense. Thinking I may flash to GPE again now.
Which download did you select Do I just need the rooted or non rooted. (I dont need the firmware or any other file.)
I used 5.0.1 Stock Non-Rooted GPE RUU. Go for the rooted if you want root access baked in.
The RUU.zip has all the necessary files baked into it, firmware, bootloader and stock recovery.
Another question someone asked was if you lose any files when you flash the RUU.zip, I believe everything gets wiped, so I'd run a backup if you need any files before you convert.
I've given up trying to flash mineTried following the guide above but something always goes wrong.
What goes wrong? It's incredibly easy to flash.
Just got my over the air update to gpe 5.0.1!
Used the sakitec guide, to put kitkat gpe on, had to use sunshine to get S-off and changed CID to google.
Dolphin Browser is choppy, guess it's not been updated.
Adblock pro seems to not work either.
Used the sakitec guide, to put kitkat gpe on, had to use sunshine to get S-off and changed CID to google.
Dolphin Browser is choppy, guess it's not been updated.
Adblock pro seems to not work either.
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