Hello,
There is guy who does s-off. I got my Salsa s-off from the
below person. This guy seems to be well knowledgeable. He also installs custom Rom's if u want.
Name - GURURAJ
No4, First Floor, D.V.G.ROAD
Near Gandhi Bazaar circle,
BASAVAVAGUDI, BANGALORE-4
9886114922, 9036441146
e-mail: [email protected]
yahoo: [email protected]
sakisuren said:
Hello,
There is guy who does s-off. I got my Salsa s-off from the
below person. This guy seems to be well knowledgeable. He also installs custom Rom's if u want.
Name - GURURAJ
No4, First Floor, D.V.G.ROAD
Near Gandhi Bazaar circle,
BASAVAVAGUDI, BANGALORE-4
9886114922, 9036441146
e-mail: [email protected]
yahoo: [email protected]
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but...dont install roms which dont exist....currently theres 2/3 roms...not much difference in them either...i got 3 of them, working on getting more...get s-off by all means, but hang around for more roms
How much does he charge to only unlock it?
unlock you can do of our own using htcdev.com.
Follow this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1465780 it will help u to unlock bootloader, flash cwm5 and increase ur internal memory
HTC has released a utility to unlock bootloader of your HTC device. If you get that, you can root your phone. No need to get a S-OFF. My salsa is S-ON yet rooted.
I am not sure what benifits S-off will offer over htc unlock bootloader. May be BigBearEvo can throw some light on it.
If you just want to root, htc unlock bootloader works fine.
monty80 said:
HTC has released a utility to unlock bootloader of your HTC device. If you get that, you can root your phone. No need to get a S-OFF. My salsa is S-ON yet rooted.
I am not sure what benifits S-off will offer over htc unlock bootloader. May be BigBearEvo can throw some light on it.
If you just want to root, htc unlock bootloader works fine.
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HTC unlocking is same as u s-off...
more beneficial than normally unlocking using xtc clip.
in boot loader menu it shows as S-ON, but functions as S-OFF.
just check whether it shows "unlocked" in boot loader menu.
HTC unlocking is complete solution for root access.
shivunaikc said:
HTC unlocking is same as u s-off...
more beneficial than normally unlocking using xtc clip.
in boot loader menu it shows as S-ON, but functions as S-OFF.
just check whether it shows "unlocked" in boot loader menu.
HTC unlocking is complete solution for root access.
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Nope, I dont think HTCDEV Unlock bootloader will give you network unlock and radio unlock. If you get xtc-clip s-off it will let you change radio and network lock as well. I have never tried though.
go here....new added hboot updates for the s-off user only!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1467060
So I read about S-OFF and I can gather that it has something to do with unlocking the bootloader. I'm a little confused since I just went to the HTC website and did the official unlock steps, I'm now rooted with clockworkmod CM10.2, and my bootloader is S-ON.
Basically, I never did S-OFF so I'm confused about why it's so important and why didn't I have to do it?
Stephen304 said:
So I read about S-OFF and I can gather that it has something to do with unlocking the bootloader. I'm a little confused since I just went to the HTC website and did the official unlock steps, I'm now rooted with clockworkmod CM10.2, and my bootloader is S-ON.
Basically, I never did S-OFF so I'm confused about why it's so important and why didn't I have to do it?
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Its not important at all
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With S-off you can flash everything you want on your phone . Downgrade is a most comun reason.
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Stephen304 said:
So I read about S-OFF and I can gather that it has something to do with unlocking the bootloader. I'm a little confused since I just went to the HTC website and did the official unlock steps, I'm now rooted with clockworkmod CM10.2, and my bootloader is S-ON.
Basically, I never did S-OFF so I'm confused about why it's so important and why didn't I have to do it?
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Some carriers are the only users option in their area.
Like for me, that carrier would be Verizon. They have great coverage.
But they also happen to be evil and had HTC block our HTC One's MID from being able to use the HTC Bootloader Unlock bin file.
It will fail the initial checks after getting the token from you.
We also have the 1.54 hboot as stock, so there is no using moonshine, or facepalm, or any other previous method as of yet.
So in order for poor folks with carriers that strongarm smaller companies like HTC into doing things against their wishes and our wishes,
S-off allows us to then change CID,MID, etc,...as well as then go and unlock the bootloader as we should be able to do by choice.
That's why they built it and added in a warranty void warning, so we could make that choice if we so choose.
Anyway, that should make it more clear to you now at least, sorry for the extra carrier rant, lol.
Plus the obvious other advantages of flashing radios, kernels, etc,...without doing fastboot.
Ah okay. So S-off does similar to the HTCDev unlock? If I used S-Off instead could I get rid of the ugly warning text on boot?
Htc dev unlock only needed partitions. S-off unlock ALL
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Stephen304 said:
Ah okay. So S-off does similar to the HTCDev unlock? If I used S-Off instead could I get rid of the ugly warning text on boot?
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Yes you could get ride of the warning text with s-off, with s-on you cannot.
Everything what's said above + more , for example if htc one windows version ever gets ported s-off users can have it , we can also convert our device into ge edition / dev edition / flash whatever comes thru your mind , even splash screens , use modified bootloaders , we can also unlock bootloader without need of HTC official unlock process , we can lock it as well ( s-on can only relock it ) we can also completely hide we ever were rooted / unlocked for warranty reasons while s-on can't.
We can also use super cid which allows us to flash any ruu or use any region / carrier roms.
We can also downgrade bootloader or flash any other.
That's mainly it , also for example us with s-off have writeable partitions while for example s-on users still don't on 3.22 base.
And at the end maybe a good thing for you and some less advanced or less knowledgeable ppl s-on is a good thing since with s-on phone is practically indestructible software-wise , while with s-off small mistake even in fastboot could brick the device.
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santod040 said:
Plus the obvious other advantages of flashing radios, kernels, etc,...without doing fastboot.
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With the HTC One, you can flash radios and kernels in the recovery if you unlock the bootloader...
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Stephen304 said:
So I read about S-OFF and I can gather that it has something to do with unlocking the bootloader. I'm a little confused since I just went to the HTC website and did the official unlock steps, I'm now rooted with clockworkmod CM10.2, and my bootloader is S-ON.
Basically, I never did S-OFF so I'm confused about why it's so important and why didn't I have to do it?
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To get official OTA with updates to firmware, hboot and everything you have to get them from your carrier, and this depends on your CID. You cannot change this on S-ON. So basically your are bound to your carrier for life, they may but also may not release updates (like for ex. carriers in USA skipped 4.2 if I am not mistaken). You can of course flash custom ROM using dev unlock, but it won't update the firmware.
Ah okay thanks for the info! I have one more question about S-OFF if you don't mind: If I S-OFF and disable the red warning (flashing an unsigned fw), then S-ON again, would the warning come back?
If you do s-on with modified hboot will result an instant and forever brick. Dont do that.
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Stephen304 said:
Ah okay thanks for the info! I have one more question about S-OFF if you don't mind: If I S-OFF and disable the red warning (flashing an unsigned fw), then S-ON again, would the warning come back?
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Why exactly would you want to go back to S-ON?
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Is there a way to unlock S-OFF HTC one without htcdev or rooting? I'm trying to go as much stock as possible for warranty purpose, but I will keep s-off, so my device will be completely stock unrooted locked but s-off, can I later unlock it without htcdev?
You can do this with Revone, but it's only compatible with hboot 1.44.
However, why don't unlock with htc dev, go in s-off and lock the bootloader?
HI ALL
is there any way to Data Recovery photo and video after unlock boot loader with HTC-Dev and flash viper ROM
HTC One M7
WWE - LAST UPDATE 5.0.2 - S-OFF
This my m7 info
This my m7 info
i thought unlock bootloader and s-off wont erase your data?
or atleast xtc-clip 2 doesnt erase anything, dont know about sunshine or htcdev
kyeljnk said:
i thought unlock bootloader and s-off wont erase your data?
or atleast xtc-clip 2 doesnt erase anything, dont know about sunshine or htcdev
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It was s-off with LOCKED bootloader
I just unlocked bootloader with HTC dev to flash viper rom unlock bootloader with HTC dev will wipe everything on HTC phone's
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KARIM9377 said:
It was s-off with LOCKED bootloader
I just unlocked bootloader with HTC dev to flash viper rom unlock bootloader with HTC dev will wipe everything on HTC phone's
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Unlocking the bootloader with htcdev.com will erase your phone to prevent unauthorized access to your files, it's a security feature otherwise anyone able to access your phone for 5 minutes would be able to unlock it, flash a custom recovery and access your files without the need of any pin/passcode. If you already unlocked your phone then your data is gone and there is nothing you can do about it. Btw you can easily unlock the bootloader without htcdev.com if your phone is s-off without loosing your data but unfortunately it's to late.
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I have my friends old HTC Desire 510, and I want to install cyanogenmod on it, so I rooted it, unlocked the bootloader and put philz touch. Do I need S-OFF to flash cyanogenmod or can you do it with S-ON