I bought a used phone. After booting in bootloader, it reads tempered and relocked.
Then i selected the option "recovery"... It showed some stock recovery type animation for a few seconds.... And when the phone booted, the phone was like factory reset.... Not even the sd card files were there... Completely wiped.
Is it normal?
Also how to check if it is rooted or not? And steps more needed to flash custom recovery?
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Well that just means that they unlocked the bootloader and then relocked it again
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Well, it sounds like the person relocked the phone and wiped all of their data before he sold it. What you describe sounds normal. You could download root checker to see if it's still rooted, but I highly doubt it is. Search these forums for instructions on unlocking and rerooting.
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I can't find anything about how to detect a unlocked bootloader. I have a rooted N1 and want to know if my bootloader was unlocked by the former owner.
Can anyone tell me how to find out if the bootloader is unlocked?
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When you start the phone, at the bit with the coloured x. Is there a padlock? If there is, it has been unlocked.
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Oke, thanks! Then mine isn't unlocked!
Gonna search how to unlock it!
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fastboot oem unlock
Peasy.
I have another question:
I've been searching about unlocking the bootloader, but what are the advantages of doing so?
I can already install custom roms.
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Safer radio flash, you'll never be stuck without root. Can boot a new kernel/recovery without flashing it.
Only way to access phone if system and recovery become corrupt...
You can always unlock the bootloader later, but remember that you use the power button when unlocking the bootloader. If you have an iffy power button, you may want to unlock before the burton dies...
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Thanks for the answers! I've unlocked the bootloader and when I was done I got a lot of FC's. So now I reflashed CM7 #18 and it seams to be working fine!
Thanks a lot!
But why would you wanna boot a kernel or recovery without flasing it?
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Could be one of many reasons...
Say you want to restore a backup made with Clockwork, but prefer Amon Ra as your regular recovery, you can just boot into Clockwork, adbd not have to think about restoring Amon Ra, etc...
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Hey guys I'm trying to root my wife's Phone I've done some steps to root it I already i unlocked it. I have clock mod but when I boot it up I don't see super user at all. I have a epic 4g touch which it little more easy then doing this device. So if any one cab go with step by step how to do it I will appreciate it alot. I don't know if I post this in the wrong section sorry about that
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It does not get any easier than this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1498003
Thanks dude what Rom are u using
Epic 4g Touch S II
I am actually using the stock ics Rom on the HTC Vivid I think it's perfect and I get great battery life just root it delete all that bloatware
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ok am doing something wrong. i have unlocked the boot loader and flashed one of the recovery from the tool kit. want to root for wifi capabilities and so forth but when i click perm root in the tool it takes me to recovery and am lost from there. i have rooted other htc devices and this is by fat the toughest for me for some reason. any help would be appreciated. also i think i have bricked a vivid trying to do this and now just goes to white htc screen. can still access the boot loader so will try the ruu. did warranty exchange and am trying again.
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ok am doing something wrong. i have unlocked the boot loader and flashed one of the recovery from the tool kit. want to root for wifi capabilities and so forth but when i click perm root in the tool it takes me to recovery and am lost from there. i have rooted other htc devices and this is by fat the toughest for me for some reason. any help would be appreciated. also i think i have bricked a vivid trying to do this and now just goes to white htc screen. can still access the boot loader so will try the ruu. did warranty exchange and am trying again.
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Fastboot flash wcx recovery. Boot to wcx recovery. Then find the rooting option. It should work.
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Thanks must not be seeing it as option to root. Will give another go after work. And also what is meant by "s-off" and "s-on" and how does it effect function of devise post root?
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Thanks must not be seeing it as option to root. Will give another go after work. And also what is meant by "s-off" and "s-on" and how does it effect function of devise post root?
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Security off or on. As far as I know, it lets you flash kernels from recovery instead of having to flash in fastboot mode with adb.
And my noobness gets worse.....what's the dif between a kernal and a Rom?
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And my noobness gets worse.....what's the dif between a kernal and a Rom?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=ROM-VS-Kernel
If you don't know by now.
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Hey guys long time to talk (long time since I have had internet)
So here is the situation, two weeks ago I bought the HTC Desire C and I rooted it, and of course unlocked my bootloader.
Problem is, I want to return this phone and exchange it for the LG Optimus Regard
Can anyone tell me the steps I need to take so the store reps wont know I fiddled with my device? (I read somewhere that they can tell how many times you flashed it, so I need to reset said counter if it exists) I really want to do this tonight.
Thanks,
Tlasch
You should be able to do a full unroot from the options in supersu also you can relock the bootloader but it will say relocked not locked like it used to and there's nothing you can do about that. But its unlikely they'd check that before they take it back anyway.
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andrewtjb said:
You should be able to do a full unroot from the options in supersu also you can relock the bootloader but it will say relocked not locked like it used to and there's nothing you can do about that. But its unlikely they'd check that before they take it back anyway.
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Well in superuser, I have no options, will this RUU undo the root for me?
It says its the Europe version, will that mess my phone up? (NVM it doesnt look like it will work, it keeps telling me my battery is less than 30% which is not true)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710312
Yes flashing a ruu will unroot your phone but you need to make sure its the right when for where you live so if you dont live in Europe don't flash a Europe one also I think you need to relock the bootloader before flashing a ruu.
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run update in your htc software and
click on repair
done
So I went to unlock my boot loader by typing in fastboot oem unlock and it said the lock state was unlock. Then I flashed cwm recovery and flashed SU/busybox through cwm, rebooted and everything is still there! Anyone know why it didn't erase everything? I also have root, and am still on stock. Thanks!
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That's weird it formatted when I did it
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otariq said:
That's weird it formatted when I did it
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Hmm...weird I'm only worried that I didn't do it right or something
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Scoutamis said:
Hmm...weird I'm only worried that I didn't do it right or something
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Didn't happen to me either. Successfully installed cm10.1 and twrp without erasing anything!
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karanrajpal14 said:
Didn't happen to me either. Successfully installed cm10.1 and twrp without erasing anything!
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Huh...I wonder why some phones don't get erased when the bootloader is unlocked...Hopefully someone knows because I'm curious!
Scoutamis said:
Huh...I wonder why some phones don't get erased when the bootloader is unlocked...Hopefully someone knows because I'm curious!
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I "just" think that your phone/anyone that isnt delete any thing because it is a factory unlocked.
(Just think)(cuz some phone does)
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I "just" think that your phone/anyone that isnt delete any thing because it is a factory unlocked.
(Just think)(cuz some phone does)
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Factory unlocked has nothing to do with the bootloader. A factory unlocked phone is a phone that is SIM unlocked and can be used on any GSM carrier, not locked to one specific carrier. The unlocking they're talking about here (bootloader) is what allows the security of the boot loader to be set to off and allows a custom recovery/kernel to be flashed which can then be used to grant root access which means writing to the system partition. All phones (even nexus) ship with a locked bootloader. The nexus is not encrypted and can be unlocked easily, which is what we are talking about here.
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Factory unlocked has nothing to do with the bootloader. A factory unlocked phone is a phone that is SIM unlocked and can be used on any GSM carrier, not locked to one specific carrier. The unlocking they're talking about here (bootloader) is what allows the security of the boot loader to be set to off and allows a custom recovery/kernel to be flashed which can then be used to grant root access which means writing to the system partition. All phones (even nexus) ship with a locked bootloader. The nexus is not encrypted and can be unlocked easily, which is what we are talking about here.
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No. What i mean is factory "BOOTLOADER" Unlocked.
(Someone had it)
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Mine didn't wipe either, didn't pay much attention to it.
It is a bug introduced in 4.1 I believe (the Galaxy Nexus has the same issue). It can be fixed with any future update to the bootloader so you can't depend on it not formatting on unlock.
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I tried rooting my HTC one with qbking77 video tutorial. Unlocked the bootloader but couldn't root upon many unsuccessful attempts. Eventually relocked the bootloader.now my phone is given me tampered and relocked and security warning. I can't even turn off the phone. Anytime I try to turn it off it goes to fastboot mode. Is there anyway I can have stock android back on my phone and get ota. My network is three in the UK
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Guess you posted the subject in your post's title! Please edit your first post and mention completely what problem you have.
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I tried rooting my HTC one with qbking77 video tutorial. Unlocked the bootloader but couldn't root upon many unsuccessful attempts. Eventually relocked the bootloader.now my phone is given me tampered and relocked and security warning. I can't even turn off the phone. Anytime I try to turn it off it goes to fastboot mode. Is there anyway I can have stock android back on my phone and get ota. My network is three in the UK
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This thread. This topic. I'm not filled with hope.
What do you mean, "Anytime I try to turn it off it goes to fastboot mode"? Did you flash recovery.img? How did you mess up unlocking the bootloader it couldn't be easier.
Unlocked boot loader all right. It was the rooting which was the problem. I tried and tried and when I couldn't do it. I relocked the bootloader. The phon is working alright but sometimes when I want to turn the phone off especially when I am in meetings it just won't go off. It goes to fastboot mode
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