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Yatezy

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Again I need help, one day I'll learn to stand on my own 2 feet :p

In my rush to root the phone I used a all in one toolbox, mainly out of fear of needing to write into a command box so didn't go through it all. Last night I bit the bullet and learnt how to use the command box and so far so good.

Since I rushed the initial rooting process I didn't take down any info about the phone :/

I've gotten round to getting my CID info but whilst reading on xda about returning to stock (just in case I need to) there where two lines that it's asked to get some info:

fastboot getvar version-main
fastboot getvar all

The first line returns nothing at, and the second line returns all the information. I could figure out most of it. Now here's the question.

What should the version-main command retrieve?

Secondly when I put the getvar all command in, there was a line saying product id 'm8_UL'. I gather this is my product code but does it mean it's European or carrier branded?

When I've been looking on xda I've noticed product codes as HTC__xxx (with x representing a number or letter), I'm guessing this is what getvar version-main should be getting?

On ARHD ROM with TWRP
 
Yatezy said:
Again I need help, one day I'll learn to stand on my own 2 feet :p

In my rush to root the phone I used a all in one toolbox, mainly out of fear of needing to write into a command box so didn't go through it all. Last night I bit the bullet and learnt how to use the command box and so far so good.

Since I rushed the initial rooting process I didn't take down any info about the phone :/

I've gotten round to getting my CID info but whilst reading on xda about returning to stock (just in case I need to) there where two lines that it's asked to get some info:

fastboot getvar version-main
fastboot getvar all

The first line returns nothing at, and the second line returns all the information. I could figure out most of it. Now here's the question.

What should the version-main command retrieve?

Secondly when I put the getvar all command in, there was a line saying product id 'm8_UL'. I gather this is my product code but does it mean it's European or carrier branded?

When I've been looking on xda I've noticed product codes as HTC__xxx (with x representing a number or letter), I'm guessing this is what getvar version-main should be getting?

On ARHD ROM with TWRP
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answering with an example,the "version-main" command would return 1.12.531.19

m8_ul is your product version,and basically means gsm "LTE capable". it has nothing to do with your carrier,cid,mid,etc.

Code: 
c:\miniadb_m8>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.16.0.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.14.21331931.LA02_2G
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) [COLOR="red"]version-main: 1.12.531.19[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"]<- main version is also your build number in  "settings/about phone"[/COLOR]
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno: xxxxxxxxxxxx
(bootloader) imei: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(bootloader) imei2: Not Support
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) [COLOR="red"]product: m8_ul[/COLOR]  [COLOR="blue"]<- lte capable device[/COLOR]
(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974
(bootloader) [COLOR="Red"]modelid: 0P6B13000[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"]<-model id t mobile in my case. different CIDs will sometimes use the same MID[/COLOR]
(bootloader) [COLOR="Red"]cidnum: T-MOB010[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"]<-carrier id[/COLOR]
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) [COLOR="Red"]security: on[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"]s-on or s-off :eek: [/COLOR]
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 0a41237a
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.022s

c:\miniadb_m8>

your europen device should have a MID of 0P6B10000 and a cid of HTC__001 and a main version(build number) of x.xx.401.xx

other unlocked devices will have MID of 0P6B10000 or 0P6B11000. CID of HTC__xxx is used for alot of diffent unbranded and branded devices

hope that helps :)
 
Cheers scotty :thumb:

That's helped a lot!

Unfortunately for me mine is carrier branded so my cid is oran001 or something like that. I'll have to checked some of the other stuff :)
 
Another question :p

Is there any way to turn the phone into an unbranded version?

On the S3 you just flashed an unbranded firmware which then meant you could get the unbranded OTA's. I imagine it's a little more difficult on the One?

I'm thinking more as a reference, chances are now that I'm rooted and ROM'd I probably won't ever but worth knowing.
 
Yatezy said:
Another question :p

Is there any way to turn the phone into an unbranded version?

On the S3 you just flashed an unbranded firmware which then meant you could get the unbranded OTA's. I imagine it's a little more difficult on the One?

I'm thinking more as a reference, chances are now that I'm rooted and ROM'd I probably won't ever but worth knowing.
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sure,you can easily convert if you are s off.

change the MID using this thread: http://androidforums.com/one-m8-all...w-change-your-mid-without-eng-bootloader.html

change your CID with the fastboot command:
fastboot oem writecid xxxxxxxx (exaMPLE: fastboot oem writecid HTC__001)

install new carrier firmware. :)

i typicaly run my phone on us developer or european unbranded firmware,but havent converted my m8 yet since htc and/or the carriers seem to be getting stingy with ruu releases :mad:

be aware that to recieve OTAs youll need to retain the stock recovery,and not modify any system files/bloatware too heavily
 
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