So I had an upgrade yesterday and I wanted the One X but unfortunately none were available at any stores around me. So I got a Vivid for the time being and plan on returning it when the One X returns. I just wanted to know if there was a sure fire way to flash back to factory settings/stock ICS before I go about trying all these different ROMs. Thanks guys.
Well you can always run your carriers RUU but I am not sure of it puts the bootloader back into Locked or Relocked
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ideaLduK said:
Well you can always run your carriers RUU but I am not sure of it puts the bootloader back into Locked or Relocked
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Do you think they would accept my return if the bootloader is relocked? I just want to be able to return the phone.
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Ok I called HTC U.S. today about if we here are going to get the OTA update and I was told no. We need to see how many of us have this phone and have been able to downgrade with the gold card or an method to get 2.3.3 on their phone.
List what model phone you have and if it is S-on or S-off. Because if someone can get there phone working i think everyone else would like to know how it was done.
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S-on
If you are waiting for the gingerbread OTA, there is a thread that gives you step by step instructions to upgrade from froyo to gingerbread by flashing your phone with the latest Gingerbread OTA. The method works for phones that are S-On.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069646
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I tried every possible combination on Incredible S on AT&T (Bell branded S-on sim unlocked version)
goldcard + PG32IMG.zip = Device ID error (tried every gingerbread version).
also tried RUU virgin wwe ... etc. gives Model ID error.
Probably I'm gonna end up buying the XTC clip.
ocakar said:
@KROMO50
I tried every possible combination on Incredible S on AT&T (Bell branded S-on sim unlocked version)
goldcard + PG32IMG.zip = Device ID error (tried every gingerbread version).
also tried RUU virgin wwe ... etc. gives Model ID error.
Probably I'm gonna end up buying the XTC clip.
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For now, even the XTC Clip isn't able to S-OFF the Bell Incredible S. I tried it myself.
Raskal should post an update in about a month that should resolve this.
I am a beta tester xtc is aware of the problem we have given build.prop to him solution will come soon
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Well I hope soon new update should solve it
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i understand you guys are trying to get S-Off for the Bell IS, but i'd like to know if any of you have tried the GingerBreak 1.2 APK to obtain root. i'm contemplating the Bell IS, but would prefer that it at least be rootable. thanks in advance for your reply.
cortez.i said:
i understand you guys are trying to get S-Off for the Bell IS, but i'd like to know if any of you have tried the GingerBreak 1.2 APK to obtain root. i'm contemplating the Bell IS, but would prefer that it at least be rootable. thanks in advance for your reply.
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You can't temp root any Gingerbread Sense ROM on any phone as the exploit makes the phone highly unstable until you reboot, at which point you lose it unless you are S-OFF
I don't get it if htc don't want to update the phone to 2.3 then way the f###k don't they just unlock the f%%%ing boot loader this is what piss me off
codaffy said:
I don't get it if htc don't want to update the phone to 2.3 then way the f###k don't they just unlock the f%%%ing boot loader this is what piss me off
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You do realize updates have to be approved by the carriers right?
Definitely the worst thing about the android ecosystem in the USA. In europe it's a lot better in this regard. You buy a phone outright and you are serviced directly by the manufacturer. No dumb carrier bullcrap gets in the way. Hence why the european Galaxy S updates were so quick and frequent, whereas in the USA people are still waiting got froyo or gingerbread.
If you're going to get a phone with a locked bootloader, like htc, always get a european unbranded model. It's way better for updates.
Doesn't help the people here though. Seems htc is a far different beast there than in europe. Kinda heartless really. Especially since the software is there. It just needs "testing". Which quite frankly is ridiculous, since it's already tested and known to work.
But sometimes it is better with carrier's blessing. For example, Droid got efficient and quality Android update while Milestone was left in the dark. Update is slow and buggy...
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The problem I have the Incr. S with no carrier in the US bc it is a WWorld phone. But yes why the hell is the phone locked.
I'm actually thinking of returning this phone and sticking with my Droid 2 Global. I'm worried about the lack of development and that we may not see a solution for s-off for this device (at least without forking over a lot of cash for an XTC, which as of yet doesn't even work for the Inc2).
My HTC Velocity is unlocked, s-off and has lived a good life of forever shifting ROM's however a mandate has come down from above that they are rolling out a new antivirus package at work that detects all these shenanigans and reports it back, is there any way, now that I have s-off to relock the boot-loader without it saying "re-locked" and just saying locked like it did originally?
I'm not sure if that would actually be detected I have a feeling it only really detects rooting, however but it would be a nicety to get it back to totally stock.
Difficult answer to find with the associated keywords, sorry if this is a repost I did attempt to search for it.
I could be wrong, but as far as I know you should just have to relock your bootloader with the file you should have saved somewhere that let you originally unlock it and then run the RUU that's floating around here somewhere. Just make sure you download the correct RUU for what you want (the official ICS one is like 400 something MBs I think).
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Monkeymannnn said:
I could be wrong, but as far as I know you should just have to relock your bootloader with the file you should have saved somewhere that let you originally unlock it and then run the RUU that's floating around here somewhere. Just make sure you download the correct RUU for what you want (the official ICS one is like 400 something MBs I think).
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That is correct relock bootloader, then flash correct RUU for your device..
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OP does not want the boot loader to say re-locked.
AFAIK there is no way to do this. I have re-locked mine a few times and it always says re-locked.
Thanks, as above I have relocked many times, bummer can't get rid of re-lock
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Thanks, as above I have relocked many times, bummer can't get rid of re-lock
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You can get rid of the re-lock....
Check out this post I did it myself an it works
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630569
Thanks esloan, I will take a crack at that :laugh:
Awesome thanks, was hoping for a way to put it back to stock totally in case of a warrant claim etc.
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the method mentioned above worked perfectly btw
Do I unlock my bootloader using HTC.com website or should I wait for a developer to create a S-Off method? do we really need S-Off?
mikevillarroel said:
Do I unlock my bootloader using HTC.com website or should I wait for a developer to create a S-Off method? do we really need S-Off?
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S-Off doesn't really have much use on this phone. Since it's Qualcomm, kernels can be flashed in recovery anyway, and the only real reason for S-Off would be to downgrade to previous firmwares.
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S-Off doesn't really have much use on this phone. Since it's Qualcomm, kernels can be flashed in recovery anyway, and the only real reason for S-Off would be to downgrade to previous firmwares.
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so if I use HTC.com to unlock it, I will be able to flash roms and stuff from recovery as normally I do with my HTC 4G LTE ?(been doing it with the EVO and EVO 3D also)
i think the s-off method is preferable above HTCdev.
Warranty wise that is.
if you are s-off you won't be registered @ HTC for having unlocked your bootloader and thus reduced your warranty...
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so if I use HTC.com to unlock it, I will be able to flash roms and stuff from recovery as normally I do with my HTC 4G LTE ?(been doing it with the EVO and EVO 3D also)
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what if you don't want htc to know that you are rooting your phone for warranty purposes
any way of doing this? anyone working on s-off?
No idea if the phone has had a chance to reach anyone outside of the EU (and slow roll out even over here.)
I'm guessing that when the phone is in the hands of a lot more people the race will be on to be the 1st to deliver s-off.
Until there's a desperate need for me to flash an updated radio or maybe a bootloader I don't appear to need it though.
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what if you don't want htc to know that you are rooting your phone for warranty purposes
any way of doing this? anyone working on s-off?
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Until there has been worldwide release of the phone I doubt anybody will of even started work on it. I'd assume we might heard word of it about June time? Regarding people working on it that is.
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Okay, I have a couple of questions I'm hoping someone can answer.
1). What is the situation with the boot loader on the One? I know there is a developer edition, but are all of the other versions going to be locked down? Also, since there is a Dev version I assume the one won't be on their unlock website, right?
2) my second question is more about HTC in general, and s-off. I know it stands for security off, but what does it do exactly? I've heard its needed for flashing certain things like kernels, but I don't understand why that would he necessary if the boot loader is already unlocked.
Im on Verizon, hoping and praying that the One comes to us, if not I'm probably leaving them. Can't wait to get my hands on this great phone, and hopefully help HTC come out of the dumps
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Chirp chirp? Are there not even any crickets in here?
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The One can be bootloader unlocked through htcdev. No problems there
Bootloader unlocked lets you flash custom firmware, but S-OFF gives you full control over what you want to do. This stands for NAND locked or NAND unlocked. What that does is give you access to normally restricted partitions on the phone, such as the boot and radio partitions. Even with bootloader unlocked, you need to flash the boot.img separately if you do not have S-OFF and radios cant be flashed
And doing the chirp chirp thing doesnt encourage people to answer. Just a tip.
Boot loader can be unlocked on all EU carriers by spending 5 mins on the htcdev site (its included under Other phones)
As for s off, not currently possible but also not needed. On tegra HTC phones you needed it to flash boot.img as part of flashing a new ROM but already bypassed for the One.
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Boot loader can be unlocked on all EU carriers by spending 5 mins on the htcdev site (its included under Other phones)
As for s off, not currently possible but also not needed. On tegra HTC phones you needed it to flash boot.img as part of flashing a new ROM but already bypassed for the One.
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Technically its still needed, but theyve developed a workaround which is essentially fastbooting it from the phone.
Also correction, its not only on Tegra processors that this is an issue, its on all HTC devices because they all come NAND locked.
It's not needed but would be better if we can get s-off soon.
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ant78 said:
It's not needed but would be better if we can get s-off soon.
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So, what can be done with S-OFF that isn't possible currently?
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So, what can be done with S-OFF that isn't possible currently?
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One of the things that can be done with s-off is flash a kernel image right from the phone without a PC
AllyOmega said:
So, what can be done with S-OFF that isn't possible currently?
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As said above me, flashing kernels during a rom flash (the rom zip will attempt to do it, but s-on prevents the boot.img from taking) without a computer or a workaround like SuperBoot, and you can also flash radios with s-off
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So, what can be done with S-OFF that isn't possible currently?
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CID can be changed to flash a different region ROM.
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And also to reflash HBOOT so that it says LOCKED instead of RELOCKED for warranty purposes.
So i just got this beast, and I am wondering if I am able to flash a Sense rom on this since out the box I didnt come with it?
Is your bootloader locked or unlocked?
If you have google edition, most people are not able to use fastboot oem unlock, but give it a shot.
Oh ok its unlocked
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Never LOCK it then. Or say goodbye to it!
If you have unlocked bootloader, you will need to flash custom recovery, root, and then run one of the S-OFF apps, like rumrunner or firewater. If it fails, verify your adb and fastboot are good and device responds.
Thanks!
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Guys some clarification. ... I have the HTC Google Edition phone not Rom. Is this as easy to root and tinker with as a Nexus?
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Jess813 said:
Guys some clarification. ... I have the HTC Google Edition phone not Rom. Is this as easy to root and tinker with as a Nexus?
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yes it is
Unless your bootloader is locked. Then you're mostly screwed for options
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im one of the few that actually have a real GPE. and as said with the replies above..if you already bootloader unlocked keep it that way and also s-off if you're going to tinker. i have been unlocked and soff since 4.3 and from reading all the stuff in here going to kitkat was a pita if you were s-off so very thankful i was.
so if you're going to tinker never relock or s-on your device ever again. it WILL be saving your phone. for the most part anything aosp will work given you have the right recovery .most roms need the latest twrp or cwm.