New Rooting Tools (1.0) for the HTC One M8 (3.28.401.9)

Here it is! Newest Rooting Tools 1.0 for the HTC One M8 3.28.401.9 system software just arrived. Don't want to flash any custom ROM but looking for a root access on your HTC One M8? No problem - it's what Rooting Tools are for! What's included?

• [boot.img] disabled ro.adb.secure and ro.secure
• [boot.img] disabled USB debugging icon on statusbar
• [boot.img] enabled USB debugging by default
• [boot.img] init.d scripts support (system/etc/init.d)
• [boot.img] removed trigger command to execute install_recovery.sh to prevent stock recovery from being re-installed after each system reboot
• latest SuperSu application (Superuser.apk) and binaries (su, daemonsu) (chainifre)
• proper init.d script to run daemonsu binary as a daemon
• special wp_mod.ko kernel module to disable HTC system RW protection (flar2)
• proper init.d script to insert the wp_mod.ko module into the kernel
• busybox
• sysrw/sysro binaries for quick system partition re-mount

Device rooted with the above method should have no problems installing latest official OTA update because:

a) OTA update checks for files integrity, but it doesn't check if any extra files were added to the system partition.
b) OTA update doesn't check the integrity of the boot.img, so you can flash a custom kernel if you want.

boot.img source: 3.28.401.9

target device: HTC One M8 (0P6B10000)

target device OS version: 3.28.401.9

Download:

Rooting Tools are available for download here. More details and discussion about Rooting Tools can be found on my XDA thread.

If you are a power user and a custom ROMs flasher, you can also grab the latest Android Revolution HD based on the 3.28.401.9 update with many extra goodies under the hood.

All above files can be accessed via Downloads Page on my blog.

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HTC Google Play applications

It is now a common practice among different phone manufactures to re-distribute some of the system applications via Google Play store. Today we created a complete list of the HTC apps you can install on your HTC device. Keep in mind that to install and use some of them you might need to have a device running HTC Sense 6 launcher.

Name: HTC Camera
Version: 6.65.837374
Google Play: click here

Name: HTC Sense TV
Version: 2.7.832846
Google Play: click here

Name: HTC Service Pack
Version: 1.0.835811
Google Play: click here

Name: HTC Scribble
Version: 3.1.831220
Google Play: click here

Name: HTC Dot View
Version: 1.3.835614
Google Play: click here

Name: HTC Transfer
Version: 1.0.20313
Google Play: click here

Name: HTC BlinkFeed
Version: 6.3.835606
Google Play: click here

Name: HTC Clock
Version: 6.1.797217
Google Play: click here

Name: HTC Gallery
Version: 8.27.808455
Google Play: click here

Name: HTC Zoe
Version: 1.20.837872
Google Play: click here

Name: HTC Lock Screen
Version: 6.1.808627
Google Play: click here

Name: HTC Sense Input
Version: 6.2.795212
Google Play: click here

Name: HTC Power To Give
Version: 1.1.799648
Google Play: click here

Name: HTC FootballFeed
Version: 1.4.835533
Google Play: click here

Name: HTC Weather
Version: 6.2.836008
Google Play: click here

Name: HTC File Manager
Version: 6.1.835369
Google Play: click here

Name: HTC Fetch
Version: 1.2
Google Play: click here

Name: HTC RE
Version: 1.0.836077
Google Play: click here

Name: HTC Backup
Version: 4.0.798020
Google Play: click here

Name: HTC Guide
Version: 1.1.828291
Google Play: click here



There are also a few HTC Sense Input applications for a various of different languages, but usually none of them gets any update. The same situation happens to the HTC Speak app, which is also language dependent.

If you are working for a mobile company or some gadgets shop you might be interested in the HTC Specialist app.

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