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- HTC has pulled the HTC 10's Oreo RUU download and the update page for unknown reasons, and it doesn't seem like any HTC 10 owners actually received the update over-the-air. Apparently, the update caused a lot of confusion on forums, as the only people who could even install the RUU were those who had paid for Sunshine S-OFF, extracted the firmware from the RUU, and flashed the firmware itself. Thanks go out to Kevin for letting us know.
Back in August, HTC promised that Oreo would come to the U11, U Ultra, and 10. The U11 (and U11 life) have both received their Oreo updates, and the 10 is next in line. The Android 8.0 Oreo OTA is now rolling out to this 2016 flagship, and if you're on the impatient side, you can download the RUU instead.
HTC released the Android 8.0 Oreo update for its midrange U11 life on T-Mobile in December, but if somehow you haven't received the OTA yet and you'd like to flash it manually, you can do so now that the RUU file is available.
It took a little longer than usual, but HTC has just posted the RUU for the U11 life's Android 8.0 update. The U11's RUU was released just three days after its Oreo update was pushed, but the U11 life had to wait nearly two weeks. In any case, it's now here and ready for you to download.
Hot on the heels of the U11's Android 8.0 Oreo OTA update, HTC has published the RUU files for it. If you haven't yet received the update or can't install the OTA for whatever reason, you can now flash 8.0 Oreo onto your phone manually.
HTC has been sort of falling apart lately. While the 10 was a solid improvement over the last year's M9, the A9s was a downgraded and even more iPhone-inspired version of the A9, and the recently-announced U Ultra is already somewhat doomed thanks to its lack of a headphone jack, very small battery, limited availability, and ambitious price tag. In the latest installment of the saga, the mid-range One A9 is just now receiving Android 7.0 Nougat.
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Ready for some Nougaty goodness before the end of the year, HTC One M9 users? If you answered with an enthusiastic "yes!" then I hope you have an unlocked device, because that's the one getting the OTA update to Android 7.0 in the US. If you bought your handset from an operator, you will have to wait longer, unfortunately.
HTC recently announced that owners of the M8 and M9 on AT&T were finally getting their upgrade to Marshmallow. That's great, but what if you haven't gotten the OTA yet or you modded your phone? Well, now there are RUU files for manual updates.
The unlocked HTC 10 is just starting to show up on doorsteps, and HTC has an update ready to go. The OTA started rolling out a few days ago, but now there's also a full RUU for manual flashing. HTC only lists this as a bug fix update, but the changelog includes more detail.
HTC's One A9 is the luckiest Android but non-Nexus non-Android One phone on the planet these days. It keeps getting updates sooner than most other OEM smartphones and is even receiving the monthly security patches faster than all of them too. The unlocked version of the device received Marshmallow 6.0.1 at the end of 2015 and now, one month later, the Sprint carrier version is ready for this update too.
HTC One M9 owners on AT&T, your update is now ready. The Android 5.1 update is going out to customers starting today. Well, yesterday, at least according to the support page text, though we haven't actually heard from any AT&T customers who have actually spotted the OTA yet. In addition to the software goodies in Lollipop 5.1, this build includes "Device Protection." Remember, it may be a week or more before the staggered rollout gets to everyone.
HTC's ROM Update Utilities, better known as RUUs, are all-in-one Windows programs that install official software versions for HTC phones. The latest one is the official Android 5.1 update for the flagship One M9 Developer Edition, allowing an easy path back to stock software. That's especially important for the Developer Edition, since its unlockable bootloader encourages custom ROMs and other modifications. Grab the 2GB file here (direct link) if you want it.
The HTC One E8 is a plastic version of the M8 that contains the same internals and a larger 13MP camera. Yet despite the similarities, its Lollipop over-the-air update has come significantly later than its flagship counterpart's. But alas, it's here.
The HTC One M9 launched with a 20MP camera that left many of us excited to see the manufacturer address one of the major drawbacks to the previous two versions of its flagship, but the end results were less than impressive. Fortunately the company released an update earlier this week intended to address some of the camera's issues, and now it has uploaded a full 2GB RUU as well.
Since carriers started pushing out Lollipop OTAs to the various versions of the One M7 and M8, HTC has been uploading full RUUs of Android 5.0 to its website. These files serve as a way to update your device if, for whatever reason, you haven't received an OTA or can't get it to work. More than likely, you probably want this to recover from a bricked device (no judgment here; you're in a safe place).
Sprint approved the HTC One M8 Lollipop update a few weeks ago, and now you can install the full system image manually on the off chance something went wrong with the OTA. You'll need a computer with the proper drivers set up, but it's better than not getting the update at all.
Bricked your HTC One? Don't fret. HTC has uploaded full 1.4 GB RUUs for both the M7 and M8 developer and unlocked editions. These are for the latest Lollipop versions of Sense 6, though most owners should already have had this update pushed to their phones.
Just as it did for the Sprint M7, HTC has made a full 1.5GB RUU of Android 5.0 available for the T-Mobile One M8. The OTA is still rolling out, but if you just can't be bothered to wait, or there's some problem getting the OTA to appear on your device, this is the answer. It's not without drawbacks, though.
Sprint is rolling out the Lollipop update for the HTC One M7 right now, but in case you are disconnected from the Sprint network, don't have access to WiFi, or simply hate waiting, there's an alternative. HTC has posted a full RUU that can flash Lollipop to your phone. It's a bit of a hassle, but you can do it right now.
HTC has detailed an over-the-air update for the Sprint version of the One M7 that rolls out what the company refers to as "Google security fixes." This is vague in the usual carrier-provided-update-way, but folks over in the Sprint Community have reported some more specific changes. Users who install this update should no longer see the annoying "Smith Disabled" notification that appears after every reboot. The default flashlight app has apparently also been replaced by an LED flash app.
Just yesterday HTC committed to two full years of updates after release for new phones, but it looks like the company isn't keeping the updates to recent hardware. Last night Martin Fichter, one of HTC's US vice presidents, posted a link for a ROM Update Utility file ("RUU") for Sprint's HTC EVO 4G LTE to Twitter. The RUU updates the phone to Android 4.3 and Sense 5. If you've got an EVO 4G LTE phone and a Windows computer, you can flash it right now.