How can I find out if my phone is flashed Hard-SPL? - Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development

Hey guys, I can't remember wheather my phone is flashed Hard-SPL, or not.
I've switched sent back my phone (For insurance) quite a few times, and installed the t-mobile updates, ect..
Now I can't remember if my phone is flashed hardSPL, because I want to flash my phone.

b4 this gets locked or killed:
just go into bootloader, if you see the word 'Olinex' anywhere in the first 3-4 lines, you've unlocked it via HardSPL before...

Ok thanks. I guess it is unlocked..
Question; When I send my phone back for insurance. Do they go into bootloader mode to check if it's unlocked? If so, is there any way get it back to what it was originally?

Rickmasta said:
Ok thanks. I guess it is unlocked..
Question; When I send my phone back for insurance. Do they go into bootloader mode to check if it's unlocked? If so, is there any way get it back to what it was originally?
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yes, they will probably check, i'd say odds of 99/1..there are threads that explain what stock versions of the radio and rom you need for your given phone and the HardSPL thread should explain how to go back..

the stock SPL is in the attachments, flash with the SPL provided

Rickmasta said:
Ok thanks. I guess it is unlocked..
Question; If so, is there any way get it back to what it was originally?
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absolutely. your biggest help is this forum and it's search facility. it can do wonders.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=560519

Rickmasta said:
Question; When I send my phone back for insurance. Do they go into bootloader mode to check if it's unlocked? If so, is there any way get it back to what it was originally?
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They don't even need to do that, when you turn on your phone it comes up with four lines of red text at the bottom of the screen. That's a dead giveaway it's been HardSPL'd, the stock SPL doesn't do that. I doubt they dig any deeper than that, so I'm pretty sure any stock SPL will do.

steviewevie said:
They don't even need to do that, when you turn on your phone it comes up with four lines of red text at the bottom of the screen. That's a dead giveaway it's been HardSPL'd, the stock SPL doesn't do that. I doubt they dig any deeper than that, so I'm pretty sure any stock SPL will do.
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Stock SPL does that too. It gives the ROM version, Radio version, and some other info (can't quite remember) in red text at the bottom of the screen every time you soft-reset.

As stated search my friend!
Also post these questions in the already open HARDspl thread instead of opening a new one.
Peace,
Joshua

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re-lock bootloader?

is there anyone out there found out if its possible in any way to unroot and relock the bootloader???
*sigh*
ibtl
i know this has probrably been answered alot of times but i figured ask and see how e are on this? any new updates on this??
xghostyxjokerx said:
i know this has probrably been answered alot of times but i figured ask and see how e are on this? any new updates on this??
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would like to see this happen to.
Not "ok" that it voids the warranty.
xghostyxjokerx said:
i know this has probrably been answered alot of times but i figured ask and see how e are on this? any new updates on this??
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You figured wrong.
uansari1 said:
You figured wrong.
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He figured people wouldn't act like trolls?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Relock+Nexus+One+Bootloader
kobecamp2009 said:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Relock+Nexus+One+Bootloader
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And .... [drumroll] .... that does not answer the question.
I can. Not many others with the same luck though.
jesus. Nobody gave this poor guy a direct answer?
Very few, and I mean probably like 5% of all nexus one's can relock their bootloader. It's some special Holiday edition or something.
But as of right now, no you can't relock it.
stuff said:
jesus. Nobody gave this poor guy a direct answer?
Very few, and I mean probably like 5% of all nexus one's can relock their bootloader. It's some special Holiday edition or something.
But as of right now, no you can't relock it.
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thank you!!! at least some help and some dont...i thought this was a q/a section..thanks again!
stuff said:
jesus. Nobody gave this poor guy a direct answer?
Very few, and I mean probably like 5% of all nexus one's can relock their bootloader. It's some special Holiday edition or something.
But as of right now, no you can't relock it.
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Just out of curiousity, when you say "holiday edition", are you referring to the N1s given to Google employees before the phone was released, or is this just a clever way of acknowledging the good luck of those who got a re-lockable phone?
If the latter, is there any pattern by which one can recognise these phones (serial number, manufacturing date/facility, etc.), or is it just luck of the draw?
kobecamp2009 said:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Relock+Nexus+One+Bootloader
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Ironically, that leads to the search results where I found the link to this page. lol
Penguissimo said:
Just out of curiousity, when you say "holiday edition", are you referring to the N1s given to Google employees before the phone was released, or is this just a clever way of acknowledging the good luck of those who got a re-lockable phone?
If the latter, is there any pattern by which one can recognise these phones (serial number, manufacturing date/facility, etc.), or is it just luck of the draw?
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I'm not 100% sure but I believe "Holiday edition" refers to the special versions of the phones that have the battery cover with a QR code in it, as said QR code leads to a special holiday game when scanned on the Nexus One. Serial number can't be used to determine which Nexii (Nexuses?) can be relocked and which can't. The easiest way to tell if a Nexus One can be relocked is to power it off, hold the track ball, and power it on again. This boots into the bootloader where you will see on the second line something like "NEXUSONE PVT SHIP S-ON." 'S-ON' means that the bootloader can not be relocked while 'S-OFF' indicates a device can be easily be relocked by running a simple fastboot command from your computer, ''fastboot oem lock." I hope this answers your question.
I know the Nexus One has already been successfully rooted without unlocking the bootloader, but I still hope we can figure out a method for relocking the bootloader. I don't mean to scam warranty, I just hate that awful lock icon on the boot screen.
crawler9 said:
Ironically, that leads to the search results where I found the link to this page. lol
I'm not 100% sure but I believe "Holiday edition" refers to the special versions of the phones that have the battery cover with a QR code in it, as said QR code leads to a special holiday game when scanned on the Nexus One. Serial number can't be used to determine which Nexii (Nexuses?) can be relocked and which can't. The easiest way to tell if a Nexus One can be relocked is to power it off, hold the track ball, and power it on again. This boots into the bootloader where you will see on the second line something like "NEXUSONE PVT SHIP S-ON." 'S-ON' means that the bootloader can not be relocked while 'S-OFF' indicates a device can be easily be relocked by running a simple fastboot command from your computer, ''fastboot oem lock." I hope this answers your question.
I know the Nexus One has already been successfully rooted without unlocking the bootloader, but I still hope we can figure out a method for relocking the bootloader. I don't mean to scam warranty, I just hate that awful lock icon on the boot screen.
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Shouldn't it be possible to simply flash the SPL from a re-lockable phone onto a phone that (before) couldn't?
nexusdue said:
Shouldn't it be possible to simply flash the SPL from a re-lockable phone onto a phone that (before) couldn't?
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Unfortunately, no this is not possible. Trying to do so would most likely lead to a bricked handset as the retail devices have a 512k spl and the engineering spl from holiday phones is 768k in size.
Is this working?
http://www.machackpc.com/headline/restore-your-nexus-one-to-its-original-shipping-image/
Will it brick the phone ?
nomedor said:
Is this working?
http://www.machackpc.com/headline/restore-your-nexus-one-to-its-original-shipping-image/
Will it brick the phone ?
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It will not brick the phone. It will work fine for what it's meant to do. Here's a quote from the page
What will be the end result of your Nexus One:
It will reset your system files to the original System Files
It will reset your kernel/boot image to the original shipping boot image
It will reset your recovery to original recovery
The only thing we will not be able to do at this time is to RE-LOCK your Nexus One.
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Note that this does not re-lock the device which is what this thread is about. As of right now, there is no way that has been made publicly visible to relock the bootloader of an unlocked S-ON Nexus One. Maybe in the future there will be a way. I hope so, but for now, we're stuck. The method from the link can be used only to restore your phone to the stock ROM, so that you can once again receive OTA updates. It will take away your root priveleges, which I'd assume is the reason you've unlocked your device in the first place. So unless you're tired of being in control of your device, it's pointless.
crawler9 said:
I hope this answers your question.
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It does, thanks Very informative!
crawler9 said:
Unfortunately, no this is not possible. Trying to do so would most likely lead to a bricked handset as the retail devices have a 512k spl and the engineering spl from holiday phones is 768k in size.
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I have a shipping S-OFF SPL, but apparently nothing can be done with it.
would be nice to see team unrevoked work on this......

[REVERT] Gingerbread (stock) to FROYO

I have read countless threads on here. So please do not say "search is your friend," or "there are posts" since I read them all, and it did not help.
Here is my setup, I am running Nexus One GingerBread STOCK (without root or anything else), and I do NOT have CWM (if I did, I would have no issue).
I want to root my phone, since that is not possible right now, I want to revert back to froyo, then root, then install Rom Manager/CWM.
I have tried PASSIMG, 'main version' error when using standard way (power + volume down)..
I have tried flashing roms, get authentication error.
I do not want to unlock my bootloader..
Can anyone provide steps (if possible) to revert my nexus one back to stock or earlier version so I can install CWM and used a rooted/modd'd rom?
Thank you in advance!
real1st
you can used PASSIMG for FRG33 down to 2.2 (PASSIMG is flash in HBOOT not in recovery)
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App (Rooted at stock GRI40)
fastboot oem unlock
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Mincing words..
I used PASSIMG.zip correctly, by pressing power button and down volume button, it automatically checks for it, and found it. Once it did (the bar in top right) it told me error, main version older!. ..
I do not want to unlock my bootloader..
Any other thoughts?
kenny wong said:
you can used PASSIMG for FRG33 down to 2.2 (PASSIMG is flash in HBOOT not in recovery)
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App (Rooted at stock GRI40)
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I do not want to unlock my bootloader.. any other ideas?
real1st said:
Mincing words..
I used PASSIMG.zip correctly, by pressing power button and down volume button, it automatically checks for it, and found it. Once it did (the bar in top right) it told me error, main version older!. ..
I do not want to unlock my bootloader..
Any other thoughts?
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Same here...
Why don't you want to unlock. It isn't like it is going to hurt anything. And it sounds like you are not going to be able to flash the file because it is a older version. the easy fix is to fastboot oem unlock. HTC still honors the warranty for hardware. Also why are you wanting to go back to 2.2. 2.3 is fine.
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Couple reasons.. First.. The warranty status (I just received this phone back from replacement).. that is not garunteed, it is subjective, its not across the board, and you can be rejected. Hence the warning when you try to unlock it.
Second, I do not want an unlocked padlock when I use my phone. Was hoping for another way..
Anyone?
real1st
real1st said:
Couple reasons.. First.. The warranty status (I just received this phone back from replacement).. that is not garunteed, it is subjective, its not across the board, and you can be rejected. Hence the warning when you try to unlock it.
Second, I do not want an unlocked padlock when I use my phone. Was hoping for another way..
Anyone?
real1st
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You have 2 possibilities. Firstly, check your radio version...if you have 5.x, that may be the problem, and you may need to attempt to reflash an older radio first, THEN attempt the passimg.
Secondly, wait for gingerbreak, root via that exploit, and then install clockwork or other recovery to flash an old ROM.
It is 5.x in order to flash gingerbread you had to update your boot/radio.
Is there a step-by-step to do it that way?
Find me an example of HTC not doing warranty repairs because of unlocked bootloader. If your hardware fails they will fix it if its still under warranty
You don't want to see a padlock when you use your phone? So you use your phone during the boot screen?
Stop this nonsense and unlock the bootloader.
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Re: Albunday2010
Interesting post. Rather than contribute, you decided to be condescending.
My reasons for not wanting to unlock my bootloader is inconsequential. If you disagree with them, that is your choice, save the post for another thread, that asks for your judgement.
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
real1st
Yeah, albundy, that was kind of uncalled for. I think it's kind of silly, too; but he's asking for help, not condescending remarks.
real1st, you would need to find an older radio image...one of the 4.x's and attempt to flash it in fastboot using the "fastboot flash radio <radioname>.img" command. It MIGHT not let you do that, though...at which point, you may have to just wait for gingerbreak.
He is asking for help when he was already helped. The answer has already been clearly stated in this thread. He doesn't like the answer, but tough, that is what he has to do. There aren't really any other options at this time.
GldRush98 said:
He is asking for help when he was already helped. The answer has already been clearly stated in this thread. He doesn't like the answer, but tough, that is what he has to do. There aren't really any other options at this time.
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+1
Your only options are passimg, and if that fails with the"main version" error, then unlock the bootloader if you wish...
Flashing different hboot or radio images won't help, and you certainly can't use fastboot to flash them unless you unlock the bootloader...
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B3astofthe3ast said:
fastboot oem unlock
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not if you like your warranty
Prod1702 said:
Why don't you want to unlock. It isn't like it is going to hurt anything. And it sounds like you are not going to be able to flash the file because it is a older version. the easy fix is to fastboot oem unlock. HTC still honors the warranty for hardware. Also why are you wanting to go back to 2.2. 2.3 is fine.
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no they dont.
albundy2010 said:
Find me an example of HTC not doing warranty repairs because of unlocked bootloader. If your hardware fails they will fix it if its still under warranty
You don't want to see a padlock when you use your phone? So you use your phone during the boot screen?
Stop this nonsense and unlock the bootloader.
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its not nonsesne if you like your warranty. also, yes they will fix it but at your cost of like 130 bucks.
GldRush98 said:
He is asking for help when he was already helped. The answer has already been clearly stated in this thread. He doesn't like the answer, but tough, that is what he has to do. There aren't really any other options at this time.
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he will just have to wait for a software loop hole. this is the reason you should not immediately update your phone.
HTC does do warranty repairs on unlocked phones. You people keep bringing this up in thread after thread after thread. If your phone has a hardware issue that they cover under the 1 year warranty they will fix it regardless of the state of the bootloader.
They charge you when your 1 year warranty is up or when you do something stupid that would not be covered under warranty anyways.
All these people need to read the wiki and the forum itself. Just about every day since the OTA came out there have been two threads on the front page of the forum asking the same thing.
I look forward to the day that everybody's warranty has expired. There will still be these threads after a OTA because people don't want to void the warranty or see a padlock on the screen during boot.

[Q] Need help to Sim Unlock AT&T HTC One

Looking to unlock an AT&T version of the HTC One to T-Mobile. I do have an unlock code but it's not working. The phone is rooted and running ARHD 51. I just flashed a different stock rom, tried the code once again but still no luck.
Any suggestions?
WreakerofHavoc said:
Any suggestions?
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I heard you need to be stock to use a sim-unlock code so you might want to try back to 100% stock then use the code. If it still don't work then maybe you could purchase a new code.
WreakerofHavoc said:
Looking to unlock an AT&T version of the HTC One to T-Mobile. I do have an unlock code but it's not working. The phone is rooted and running ARHD 51. I just flashed a different stock rom, tried the code once again but still no luck.
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Check your IMEI number and cross reference it with your original to make sure they match. My phone is doing the same thing and it came back from mobile tech videos jtag repair and my numbers are all wrong. Looking for a solution now but my serial number and IMEI numbers are different.
Just a thought, Shot in the dark
alray said:
I heard you need to be stock to use a sim-unlock code so you might want to try back to 100% stock then use the code. If it still don't work then maybe you could purchase a new code.
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I thought the Rom I used was stock, will try again. Thanks.
cannonofcourse said:
Check your IMEI number and cross reference it with your original to make sure they match. My phone is doing the same thing and it came back from mobile tech videos jtag repair and my numbers are all wrong. Looking for a solution now but my serial number and IMEI numbers are different.
Just a thought, Shot in the dark
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Will check it out, Thanks.
WreakerofHavoc said:
I thought the Rom I used was stock, will try again. Thanks.
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Do some searching here (in the Q&A) section, there were quite a few SIM Unlock threads solved (quite a while ago), I can't exactly remember, but it used to be a combo of
1- stock rom (or very close) but matching to firmware version
2- possibly stock recovery
3- possibly locked/relocked bootloader
4- s-off / s-on doesn't matter
I believe number 1 was the most important, can't say/remember about 2 and 3, and quite sure S-Off won't matter.
nkk71 said:
Do some searching here (in the Q&A) section, there were quite a few SIM Unlock threads solved (quite a while ago), I can't exactly remember, but it used to be a combo of
1- stock rom (or very close) but matching to firmware version
2- possibly stock recovery
3- possibly locked/relocked bootloader
4- s-off / s-on doesn't matter
I believe number 1 was the most important, can't say/remember about 2 and 3, and quite sure S-Off won't matter.
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Ok. Thanks.
restored the original rom, still no luck.
Any suggestions?
Returned to stock rom and recovery, still no luck.
WreakerofHavoc said:
Returned to stock rom and recovery, still no luck.
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Are you RUU'ing back to stock ?
if your 4.3 try this
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownlo...13_10.38j.1157.04_release_334235_signed_2.exe
if your 4.4 try this
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownlo...09_10.26.1718.01L_release_356565_signed_2.exe
clsA said:
Are you RUU'ing back to stock ?
if your 4.3 try this
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownlo...13_10.38j.1157.04_release_334235_signed_2.exe
if your 4.4 try this
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownlo...09_10.26.1718.01L_release_356565_signed_2.exe
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Haven't RUU'ed to stock yet. S-Off is need for RUU right? Going to S-Off and then try this. Thanks.
WreakerofHavoc said:
Haven't RUU'ed to stock yet. S-Off is need for RUU right? Going to S-Off and then try this. Thanks.
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you don't need s-off, you just need to relock the bootloader
Hmmm still no luck. Been working at this for a while now, not sure what the problem is. Selling it is the only solution I can think of right now, but there must be a way to unlock this for my carrier.
Hello. I have a similar issue, so I don't think I should create another topic.
I just purchased a 64gb HTC One and purchased the unlock code from the same vendor as always. I was always able to unlock other devices (One XL, One X+, Windows phone 8X) easily, and even other Ones, since this is my fouth (first one I gave to my brother, second slipped off my pocket while in a tunnel riding my motorcycle and the third is 32gb, so I decided to sell it and buy a 64gb).
This one is used like new, everything stock, s-on, nothing unusual. Well, except the led seems to be smaller (very hard to see the red dot while charging) and the system may be newer, since it doens't find any update available.
But the code doesn't work. I tried twice thinking I could be misspelling the numbers, but returned wrong anyway.
So...
1-What happens if I try again and it returns wrong, since it's showing it's my last try?
2-Any clue?
Thanks in advance.
Does your phone work on any network? What carrier is it branded?
Best thing is to email (carrier) support and get a code from them.
This thread is for devices that have a security cross reference back end problems.
Does your phone say it accepts the code then restarts then asks for the code again?
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mefxes said:
Hello. I have a similar issue, so I don't think I should create another topic.
I just purchased a 64gb HTC One and purchased the unlock code from the same vendor as always. I was always able to unlock other devices (One XL, One X+, Windows phone 8X) easily, and even other Ones, since this is my fouth (first one I gave to my brother, second slipped off my pocket while in a tunnel riding my motorcycle and the third is 32gb, so I decided to sell it and buy a 64gb).
This one is used like new, everything stock, s-on, nothing unusual. Well, except the led seems to be smaller (very hard to see the red dot while charging) and the system may be newer, since it doens't find any update available.
But the code doesn't work. I tried twice thinking I could be misspelling the numbers, but returned wrong anyway.
So...
1-What happens if I try again and it returns wrong, since it's showing it's my last try?
2-Any clue?
Thanks in advance.
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In my experience, I'm not getting anything showing my number of attempts or last attempt. I've tried the unlock code about 8-10 times on different roms stock and non stock and stock recovery. I really have no idea.
WreakerofHavoc said:
In my experience, I'm not getting anything showing my number of attempts or last attempt. I've tried the unlock code about 8-10 times on different roms stock and non stock and stock recovery. I really have no idea.
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Thanks for your answer.
All my HTCs always shown a counter.
Today, after restoring the phone to stock ruu, it wasn't showing any counter anymore, so I decided to try again the code I purchased (and other code sellers confirmed) and it worked.
Very strange... but now it's unlocked.
mefxes said:
Thanks for your answer.
All my HTCs always shown a counter.
Today, after restoring the phone to stock ruu, it wasn't showing any counter anymore, so I decided to try again the code I purchased (and other code sellers confirmed) and it worked.
Very strange... but now it's unlocked.
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You have the at&t version too? Can you link me to the ruu you used?
nkk71 said:
Do some searching here (in the Q&A) section, there were quite a few SIM Unlock threads solved (quite a while ago), I can't exactly remember, but it used to be a combo of
1- stock rom (or very close) but matching to firmware version
2- possibly stock recovery
3- possibly locked/relocked bootloader
4- s-off / s-on doesn't matter
I believe number 1 was the most important, can't say/remember about 2 and 3, and quite sure S-Off won't matter.
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After a lot of painstaking effort, I managed to flash a stock RUU, got back to a stock recovery, and locked the bootloader. Got the same unlock code from two separate vendors. No dice. Incredibly frustrating, don't know what's wrong with my phone but now I have to sell it.
850csi said:
After a lot of painstaking effort, I managed to flash a stock RUU, got back to a stock recovery, and locked the bootloader. Got the same unlock code from two separate vendors. No dice. Incredibly frustrating, don't know what's wrong with my phone but now I have to sell it.
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well you can sim-unlock using the sieempi method instead of the unlock code, like many others successfully did
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53043418&postcount=601

Advice & Assistance required on HTC One M7.... Plz

Hi there
I need some advice please. I have a HTC One M7 that is locked to Vodafone UK.
What i would like to do is reflash the phone so there is new software and the phone has no vodafone software on the phone.
I do apologise for the lack of termanology but i am new'ish to this area.
Please can anyone guide me in the right direction....
Thank you
amebb said:
Hi there
I need some advice please. I have a HTC One M7 that is locked to Vodafone UK.
What i would like to do is reflash the phone so there is new software and the phone has no vodafone software on the phone.
I do apologise for the lack of termanology but i am new'ish to this area.
Please can anyone guide me in the right direction....
Thank you
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That depends if you don't mind your warranty being void, you can either unlock the boot loader and flash a custom Rom or, get s-off, which will cost $25 and run an unbranded international ruu, either way your warranty will be void.
Hi there
The warranty is void anyways. I am not too bothered about that. I just want to get rid of Vodaphone presence on my phone and install a fresh copy of android.
Thanks
amebb said:
Hi there
The warranty is void anyways. I am not too bothered about that. I just want to get rid of Vodaphone presence on my phone and install a fresh copy of android.
Thanks
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Ok, I feel your pain, I used to be on Vodafone UK firmware too so I know the bloat your talking about.
I paid for the s-off way myself, but there's no shame if you don't want to, it just makes things a bit easier and you can modify more.
Personally talking i think Vodafone just goes too far with its 'bloating' software and really there is NO need for it all.
What i am rtying to do is to unlock the phone and then install a fresh copy of android (not sure what version yet).
So, first step is to get 'S-OFF'.............. i will see how to get that done....
cheers
amebb said:
Personally talking i think Vodafone just goes too far with its 'bloating' software and really there is NO need for it all.
What i am rtying to do is to unlock the phone and then install a fresh copy of android (not sure what version yet).
So, first step is to get 'S-OFF'.............. i will see how to get that done....
cheers
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Do you know how to use adb and fastboot ? Do you also have your phone drivers installed on your computer ?
Once all that's done, or if you can post the info listed in your bootloader then we can tell you which s-off tool to use, it depends on which hboot you have on your phone.
To get to the bootloader, hold down the power button till the restart menu pops up, select restart, whilst the phone is going off, hold the volume down button, don't let go until your in the bootloader, post all that info on that screen here.

[Q] Can't boot into android, or flash anything

Hi!
Today I updated my Nexus 6 to 5.1 and something is went wrong...
When i try to boot my device into android, i Can't because its shows a dead android with a red triangle
(this is the screen where i can go into the recovery menu by pressing power on+ vol up)
i tried to flash the rom again, but the bootloader is locked because i relocked it after the 5.1 rom flash..
and i cant unlock it again because i cant boot into android to check the OEM unlock box.
i also tried wipe data, factory reset option in the recovery menu... thanks a lot for any suggestions
(sorry for my english)
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necroside007 said:
Hi!
Today I updated my Nexus 6 to 5.1 and something is went wrong...
When i try to boot my device into android, i Can't because its shows a dead android with a red triangle
(this is the screen where i can go into the recovery menu by pressing power on+ vol up)
i tried to flash the rom again, but the bootloader is locked because i relocked it after the 5.1 rom flash..
and i cant unlock it again because i cant boot into android to check the OEM unlock box.
i also tried wipe data, factory reset option in the recovery menu... thanks a lot for any suggestions
(sorry for my english)
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Why in the world would you relock the bootloader? Against commonsense it would seem. Also, there are threads on here dealing with the update and warning against relocking the boot loader. Those threads also describe efforts to recover from the situation.
wtherrell said:
Why in the world would you relock the bootloader? Against commonsense it would seem. Also, there are threads on here dealing with the update and warning against relocking the boot loader. Those threads also describe efforts to recover from the situation.
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I haven't seen anyone warning against relocking the bootloader - in fact, I see many instruction sets where relocking the bootloader is the final step, before the first reboot. Most are for returning to stock. Go ahead and use your hindsight though, you sound so smart.
And yeah, there are plenty of efforts to recover from the situation, but I'm yet to see anyone do so successfully.
necroside007 said:
Hi!
Today I updated my Nexus 6 to 5.1 and something is went wrong...
When i try to boot my device into android, i Can't because its shows a dead android with a red triangle
(this is the screen where i can go into the recovery menu by pressing power on+ vol up)
i tried to flash the rom again, but the bootloader is locked because i relocked it after the 5.1 rom flash..
and i cant unlock it again because i cant boot into android to check the OEM unlock box.
i also tried wipe data, factory reset option in the recovery menu... thanks a lot for any suggestions
(sorry for my english)
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freeman_g said:
Welcome to the club!
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AndrewZorn said:
I haven't seen anyone warning against relocking the bootloader - in fact, I see many instruction sets where relocking the bootloader is the final step, before the first reboot. Most are for returning to stock. Go ahead and use your hindsight though, you sound so smart.
And yeah, there are plenty of efforts to recover from the situation, but I'm yet to see anyone do so successfully.
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If you want to update to the newest OTA you dont need to lock the bootloader back up. The bootloader can remained unlocked when doing this. Its been posted all over XDA about not having to do this. The only time you may want to relock the bootloader is when selling it to someone or trading it in. Thats it.
AndrewZorn said:
I haven't seen anyone warning against relocking the bootloader - in fact, I see many instruction sets where relocking the bootloader is the final step, before the first reboot. Most are for returning to stock. Go ahead and use your hindsight though, you sound so smart.
And yeah, there are plenty of efforts to recover from the situation, but I'm yet to see anyone do so successfully.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3053497.
Well...I'm not browsing the XDA every day, i only come here for solutions for my problems....
wtherrell said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3053497.
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Yeah, posted this morning. What a warning to everyone who did this before.
And saying not to do something that plenty of people want to do (like, returning to stock) isn't very significant.
necroside007 said:
Well...I'm not browsing the XDA every day, i only come here for solutions for my problems....
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well not to come off rude but number one rule for xda before u post is search, and as you can tell there are multiple threads on this exact same topic.
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AndrewZorn said:
Yeah, posted this morning. What a warning to everyone who did this before.
And saying not to do something that plenty of people want to do (like, returning to stock) isn't very significant.
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returning to stock and relocking the bootloader dont go together. You can return to stock and not lock the bootloader. Locking the bootloader has nothing to do with returning a device back to stock. It returns the device back to factory state if u lock it back up. Locking the device back up only should be used for selling the device, or returning the device for repairs. not for taking a ota.
the_rooter said:
Locking the bootloader has nothing to do with returning a device back to stock. It returns the device back to factory state if u lock it back up. Locking the device back up only should be used for selling the device, or returning the device for repairs. not for taking a ota.
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Unless I want a secure device.
Unless I worry about warranty/resale in case my device is no longer operable (ie, broken screen, port, or buttons).
Unless I want my device to be stock - actually stock - as sold - which is LOCKED. You're telling me and others there's no downside to an unlocked bootloader. Well, that's wrong, and some people want a locked bootloader.
AndrewZorn said:
Unless I want a secure device.
Unless I worry about warranty/resale in case my device is no longer operable (ie, broken screen, port, or buttons).
Unless I want my device to be stock - actually stock - as sold - which is LOCKED. You're telling me and others there's no downside to an unlocked bootloader. Well, that's wrong, and some people want a locked bootloader.
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There is no downside to a unlocked bootloader. If i remember correctly a locked bootloader is only for oem to protect for warranty issues nothing to do with security that your describing. A locked bootloader or unlocked bootloader tells the oem that this device was unlocked or locked and will tell the consumer (us) that the warranty was void. Number one rule when taking a device back to OEM for repair is return to stock and lock device like I stated above. Security issues has nothing to do with the bootloader. From my understanding its just for the OEM warranty purposes Only!
Edit: what u described above is the same thing I described. Only need to lock device back up for warranty purposes or reselling. Thats it.
AndrewZorn said:
Unless I want a secure device.
Unless I worry about warranty/resale in case my device is no longer operable (ie, broken screen, port, or buttons).
Unless I want my device to be stock - actually stock - as sold - which is LOCKED. You're telling me and others there's no downside to an unlocked bootloader. Well, that's wrong, and some people want a locked bootloader.
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I posted the warning because people are not being careful. They are locking the bootloader without even checking it works. I've edited the post to say that. But if you're the sort of person that will be flashiogn a lot, a locked bootloader is not a good thing to have now because if you break recovery and cannot boot your device, you are at present - completely screwed. If you want to be stock, that shouldn't be an issue. Just be careful is all we're saying. ...and I cannot help it if my warning comes after some people have made this mistake. If no one made the mistake, I wouldn't have needed to post a warning. Can of peanuts "May contain nuts"... You know, because you know someone somewhere who was allergic to nuts, ate the nuts.
rootSU said:
I posted the warning because people are not being careful. They are locking the bootloader without even checking it works. I've edited the post to say that. But if you're the sort of person that will be flashiogn a lot, a locked bootloader is not a good thing to have now because if you break recovery and cannot boot your device, you are at present - completely screwed. If you want to be stock, that shouldn't be an issue. Just be careful is all we're saying. ...and I cannot help it if my warning comes after some people have made this mistake. If no one made the mistake, I wouldn't have needed to post a warning. Can of peanuts "May contain nuts"... You know, because you know someone somewhere who was allergic to nuts, ate the nuts.
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I have nothing against your warning - I'm glad it's there. I was replying to the other guy, saying your the existence of your warning doesn't make everyone with this problem an idiot.
Locking the bootloader without even checking it works - again - I don't often see the "reboot to make sure it works!" step before the final fastboot oem lock. Maybe I've only been reading the lousy guides.
the_rooter said:
There is no downside to a unlocked bootloader. If i remember correctly a locked bootloader is only for oem to protect for warranty issues nothing to do with security that your describing. A locked bootloader or unlocked bootloader tells the oem that this device was unlocked or locked and will tell the consumer (us) that the warranty was void. Number one rule when taking a device back to OEM for repair is return to stock and lock device like I stated above. Security issues has nothing to do with the bootloader. From my understanding its just for the OEM warranty purposes Only!
Edit: what u described above is the same thing I described. Only need to lock device back up for warranty purposes or reselling. Thats it.
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I thought that an unlocked bootloader allowed someone without 'normal' access to the files on your phone. That's why the bootloader lock/unlock wipes the device.
You're still completely missing my point with the warranty thing. Suppose my phone's unlocked and my screen breaks. Or my USB port stops working. That big unlocked logo under the Google is going to make getting a replacement really difficult.
By saying there's NO downside to unlocking the bootloader for daily use is absurd. I wanted to go back to as-shipped state for daily use, and locked bootloader is part of that. That's a reasonable goal. I don't care if there's something about the bootloader unlocked that you find valuable. I got tired of the tinkering and decided I just wanted my Nexus 6 to be back the way it was - completely.
AndrewZorn said:
I have nothing against your warning - I'm glad it's there. I was replying to the other guy, saying your the existence of your warning doesn't make everyone with this problem an idiot.
Locking the bootloader without even checking it works - again - I don't often see the "reboot to make sure it works!" step before the final fastboot oem lock. Maybe I've only been reading the lousy guides.
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If guides don't say that at the moment, they definitely should now. I'll look at ours here and ask the OP's to update.
AndrewZorn said:
I have nothing against your warning - I'm glad it's there. I was replying to the other guy, saying your the existence of your warning doesn't make everyone with this problem an idiot.
Locking the bootloader without even checking it works - again - I don't often see the "reboot to make sure it works!" step before the final fastboot oem lock. Maybe I've only been reading the lousy guides.
I thought that an unlocked bootloader allowed someone without 'normal' access to the files on your phone. That's why the bootloader lock/unlock wipes the device.
You're still completely missing my point with the warranty thing. Suppose my phone's unlocked and my screen breaks. Or my USB port stops working. That big unlocked logo under the Google is going to make getting a replacement really difficult.
By saying there's NO downside to unlocking the bootloader for daily use is absurd. I wanted to go back to as-shipped state for daily use, and locked bootloader is part of that. That's a reasonable goal.
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Root access is for the special files. and also i had the same issues u mentioned above and i always found a way to return a device to stock.
1) broken screen- repaired myself
2) broken usb port - repaired myself
I only take in for warranties if it has to do with something that I cant fix myself. This is a risk that all users take in this hobby.
the_rooter said:
Root access is for the special files. and also i had the same issues u mentioned above and i always found a way to return a device to stock.
1) broken screen- repaired myself
2) broken usb port - repaired myself
I only take in for warranties if it has to do with something that I cant fix myself. This is a risk that all users take in this hobby.
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Alright, so how do I return mine to stock?
Your self-repair solutions are laughable. You're completely missing the point. I'm done arguing this.
AndrewZorn said:
Alright, so how do I return mine to stock?
Your self-repair solutions are laughable. You're completely missing the point. I'm done arguing this.
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its not laughable. unless u buy an extended warranty the warranty is up after a year so you would have to figure the work yourself. If you are in the boat where u locked it back up and took the ota and bootlooping or whatever. your stuck till there is a solution. if u want to return to stock . Just return to stock but dont lock the bootloader back up, and flash. its that simple.
Edit: we are not arguing. Its just i have my way on repairs and you have yours. its a debate i guess
Edit: this issue has been brought up and is being researched. i was talking about the returning to stock for repairs dont try and put words in my mouth saying i know a fix.

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