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U can unlock the bootloader via the htcdev.com site.
The fact you have s-off is very special as every vivid I have seen is s-on
Drew
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How did you get it "Directly" from HTC?
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Dude that's a nice find. It can help getting kernels to flash in recovery. I'll talk to TheCube if I was you to see what files are where or so.
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Hero alert!
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Nice find!!! I'd say don't play with it until one of the devs can get the info off
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*PLEASE*, join us on IRC at #htc-holiday on freenode. We will help you to get what we need off of it, and this may very well lead us to a complete root / S-Off. I am IanWizard, and also, IOMonster, or any of the other users that are listed as "voiced" can help you, or put you in contact with us. This is very incredible. We hope to see you soon.
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please share what s-off means, sim unlocked?
When rooting i think mine said off as well. Don't quote me on that will check and report back.
Don't have the phone with me.
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jebise101 said:
please share what s-off means, sim unlocked?
When rooting i think mine said off as well. Don't quote me on that will check and report back.
Don't have the phone with me.
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Cruising through but s-off means security off. You can write to certain partitions like the radio ect which you can't do with HTC unlock
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OMG!
!!Thank you!!
...I don't care how you got it - you have S-OFF on your phone!
**begins to drool**
..I wish I was a dev. Good luck to all those who are about to work on this - all the guys like me are looking forward to playing with the spoils of your labors..lol. If only I knew linux, I'd be glad to help.
So, here's some information that I've gathered from jcase so far about your phone...
It would appear that you have Radio S-OFF, which is great news for you and you only right now.
Basically, it means that you have full access to your /system partition and almost everything else without using the HTCDev unlock tool. Any root you attempt will stick just fine.
Some background information, as I understand it to be:
HBOOT gets it's s-on or s-off status by querying the radio and asking for the "secuflag" (might be "secflag"-- just going off the top of my memory). Once HBOOT receives it's answer, it proceeds to either lock or leave unlocked certain partitions.
All this is to say that the only thing different between your phone and say, mine, is the radio config partition where "secuflag" is stored. The problem lies in the fact that on our devices, we can't access the radio config partition (as far as I know) to manually set that flag.
However, it is possible that just having a copy of your radio config partition could lead to some interesting discoveries in regards to where the flag is and what value it should be set to if we wish to try it on our phones.
Either way, it'd be great if you could stop by #htc-holiday and ping me (IOMonster) or IanWizard on IRC. What you have could potentially be a huge help to us-- or just a special bonus for you and you alone
Thanks!
I just pray this leads to a full s-off method. I don't wanna root my Vivid until s-off is achieved. Too used to flashing with s-off from my Inspire.
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* Waits in baited anticipation!
Woow. S-off vivid. How did you got it or make it to s-off. I have an AT&T htc jetstream and want to s-off. Is there anyone can help me to unlock the secuflag on vivid and jetstream? I hate that at&t firmware.
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Maybe HTC is getting tired of us harrasing them and leaked this? Cause they ... Care about Devs ....
Who wants to be able to flash completely from your phone without fastbooting the kernel?
Looks lot closer now.
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ZeroRilix said:
I just pray this leads to a full s-off method. I don't wanna root my Vivid until s-off is achieved. Too used to flashing with s-off from my Inspire.
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Yep, that is what I am waiting for. almost started but decided to wait. Now I am flashing my inspire every week just to stay in touch
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Anyone here any news or anything promising about this? I'm getting ancy.
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crecsky said:
Anyone here any news or anything promising about this? I'm getting ancy.
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I wouldn't expect any time soon.
Virgin is very tight lipped about it which usually means it's still a ways off.
I can't wait for the update, I am excited to see how well it works on this phone.
I'm going to guess October some time.
We should get a pool going on this one and see who wins
I'm still deciding whether to wait for the update or just put another official gingerbread/custom rom onto the phone.
Reason is, we have a way to S-OFF our phones via computer for FREE - which i've already done
Timbits93 said:
I'm still deciding whether to wait for the update or just put another official gingerbread/custom rom onto the phone.
Reason is, we have a way to S-OFF our phones via computer for FREE - which i've already done
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I am quite interested in knowing how to do this, so frustrated waiting for this update! Have searched on how to unlock an S-ON phone but no luck thus far
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130118
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Agreed..Go with the AlphaRevx s-off and root... works like a charm! Now we just need a public CM7!
x2002dude said:
Agreed..Go with the AlphaRevx s-off and root... works like a charm! Now we just need a public CM7!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134670
I'm using a Bell incredible s. I took the s-off and originally flashed the gingerbread stock ruu. Nice to have it unbranded. I'm also using it on Rogers now. It's not hard to do. It can be overwhelming with all the info though. I'm thinking of writing a guide. Attn1 was very helpful in irc even though he didn't need to.
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Timbits93 said:
I'm still deciding whether to wait for the update or just put another official gingerbread/custom rom onto the phone.
Reason is, we have a way to S-OFF our phones via computer for FREE - which i've already done
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Hey, I'm a noob here and just picked up a Virgin incredible s with S-ON and looking to debrand it and update it to 2.3..How can I turn it to S-Off and what needs to be done after that?
Thx
Nightbird73 said:
Hey, I'm a noob here and just picked up a Virgin incredible s with S-ON and looking to debrand it and update it to 2.3..How can I turn it to S-Off and what needs to be done after that?
Thx
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Search this forum for AlphaRevX.
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Nightbird73 said:
Hey, I'm a noob here and just picked up a Virgin incredible s with S-ON and looking to debrand it and update it to 2.3..How can I turn it to S-Off and what needs to be done after that?
Thx
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heres a list of link youll find usefull
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14988768#post14988768
what is the process to get s off through cmd... the supertools cant find my cd c:android' file
jdgay22 said:
what is the process to get s off through cmd... the supertools cant find my cd c:android' file
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You can't get s-off yet. Just unlocked bootloader.
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It is March 25th now! is this still the case? or still no s-off
No s off.....we don't need it so y do u think u have to have it
randong said:
No s off.....we don't need it so y do u think u have to have it
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-Flashing different radios with different roms. (ie: there wouldn't have to be device specific roms and people wouldn't need certain hboots )
-Flashing a new bootsplash.
It'd be pretty nice to have S-off if I do say so myself.
S-off is indeed useful. I took it for granted on my old Incredible. I miss it.
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Yeah, it was so much easier to flash things
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Wondering if the revolutionary tool for the sensation can be modded to s-off the raider/vivid..
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The Amaze seems to have just been successfully s-off'ed so hopefully some smart devs can work some magic.
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Its coming!
Looks like another dev (or a few of them working together?) is working hard on s-off for the raider - just saw a post over in vivid development forum with some screenshots of before and after a successful s-off on the vivid. It says "coming soon....." on the op!
Check here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1573491
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Why don't you check in our own forum first:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1576668
Hey guys, my HTC Incredible S today gets an ICS OTA update. I have updated it. The version has become 4.0.4.
I have never S-Off or Root my device at all. My Hboot 2.02 and locked. Now I want to root my device.
Can anyone tell me how many ways I can S-Off my device? Are there any other ways beside HTCDev Unlock?
I'm looking forward to hearing from you guys soon.
There is a guide in development called All in one for noobs made by me. That's as easy as your gonna get if you want s off
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Thanks for your reply. I have read through your post. However, I saw the topic is for 1.16 and 2.0. That's why I feel reluctant whether my hboot is 2.02 which is higher than the topic you posted.
So you mean I can do it by your instructions?
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Hey guys, my HTC Incredible S today gets an ICS OTA update. I have updated it. The version has become 4.0.4.
I have never S-Off or Root my device at all. My Hboot 2.02 and locked. Now I want to root my device.
Can anyone tell me how many ways I can S-Off my device? Are there any other ways beside HTCDev Unlock?
I'm looking forward to hearing from you guys soon.
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FallenSuisydal said:
There is a guide in development called All in one for noobs made by me. That's as easy as your gonna get if you want s off
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Well since you have upgraded your HBOOT to 2.02.0002, the HTCDEV unlock method is your only choice right now. The tacoroot exploit that is used with the downgrade script does not work with HBOOT 2.02.0002.
Can you tell me how to get s-off after unlocking by HTCdev? As I know, it just unlock the device, cut the security is still on.
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limsophea said:
Can you tell me how to get s-off after unlocking by HTCdev? As I know, it just unlock the device, cut the security is still on.
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With the HTCDEV option you will be able to install custom recovery and then root the current ROM by installing su-3.1.3.zip, but you will not gain S-OFF.
Technically there is a difference, but people tend to use the terms interchangably.
Thank you for your suggestions.
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Hey guys!
Im thinking of buying the HTC One, but stuck between that and the Xperia ZL.
The reason i want the ZL is for the camera button and the UI - ESP. the UI, it's beautiful.
But then there's this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101920
A port of the Z (ZL, same thing) Launcher. This can be ported to any phone. WITH widgets!!
Now, i love the UI, but lets face it - Every spec and stat of the HTC One is better than that of the Xperia ZL. I have let myself down by not going the top of the line before, lots of regrets. I want to stick to the One, but for this Launcher, i need to root.
Would this be sufficient to root the phone and install the launcher? http://theunlockr.com/2013/03/19/how-to-root-the-htc-one-m7/
or do i need to S-OFF
Please, anyone!
Thanks!
S-OFF is only necessary for radios and/or kernels
So no
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S-OFF is only necessary for radios and/or kernels
So no
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Thank you! And if I want to unroot I would just have to restore the original backup and that's it right? Is there a way to unroot that you know of? I haven't found anything yet, any tips would be great
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chc31 said:
Thank you! And if I want to unroot I would just have to restore the original backup and that's it right? Is there a way to unroot that you know of? I haven't found anything yet, any tips would be great
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Well if you run an RUU it'll go back to its out-of-the-box status
Other than that, you can relock the bootloader, but it shows the status as "relocked" so reps would be able to see that you have unlocked the bootloader and suspect that you rooted at some point
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Well if you run an RUU it'll go back to its out-of-the-box status
Other than that, you can relock the bootloader, but it shows the status as "relocked" so reps would be able to see that you have unlocked the bootloader and suspect that you rooted at some point
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Oh that's true. I tend to have issues with most if my phones, so I'll have to consider that I guess, in case sobering goes wrong. Thanks!
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The easiest way to get s-off would be to read the sticky FAQ post FIRST
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s-off isnt available. You dont need s-off to flash roms and kernels. You need root and your bootloader unlocked. Plenty of threads about how. look for hasoons toolkit.
nugzo said:
s-off isnt available. You dont need s-off to flash roms and kernels. You need root and your bootloader unlocked. Plenty of threads about how. look for hasoons toolkit.
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This post is a little dead but I'd like to seek clarification at what exactly you can and can't do with S-on/off. It's still a little fuzzier there. Perhaps some concrete examples?
nilism said:
This post is a little dead but I'd like to seek clarification at what exactly you can and can't do with S-on/off. It's still a little fuzzier there. Perhaps some concrete examples?
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http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-s-off-how-to-gain-it-on-htc-android-phones-with-unrevoked-forever
or even better:
http://www.pocketables.com/2012/08/...nlocked-bootloader-in-the-htc-evo-series.html
Nice, thanks for the link JoeDoe.
So s-off will be essential in playing with the radio bands, among a bunch of other stuff. Predictions on how long it takes our amazing devs to bust through s-on? (o:
The unrevoked did not give me s-off and other ideas. Thanks.
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i don't think it is for the One
in time you will probably get it, but quicker and like the One S you'll get radio installers like Tecardo's and MrHydes that require no s-off. Some put the radio into System partition a way to bypass not having s-off
One S has no s-off but with these tools from the devs, no problem
Greg1964 said:
The unrevoked did not give me s-off and other ideas. Thanks.
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Unrevoked is not for this device. It was initially developed for Evo 4g (unrEVOked). That thread was linked for clarification of ramifications of s-off. Generally you need s-off to update radios.
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I am surprised OP did not have issues trying that