So somehow I've been using Android and root fastboot etc but I've never understood ADB push. I'm trying to obtain s-off for my T-Mobile Htc One but I can't find instructions dumbed down enough beginning to end to follow. I am familiar with the s-off thread I'm just new to the process. I would appreciate somebody explaining to me how and what I need to do specifically begin and follow through with the steps. Again thanks for the help
revone is simple
Disregard Everyone perseverance paid off and I get everything accomplished. MOD please close this thread or delete. Thanks !
skinsfanbdh said:
revone is simple
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Revone itself wasn't the problem it was my lack of ADB command knowledge. All is good now I'm S-Off and got rid of the tampered indication!
awesome bro!!! glad you got it. just remember dont s-on with out stock h-boot or you will hard brick
skinsfanbdh said:
awesome bro!!! glad you got it. just remember dont s-on with out stock h-boot or you will hard brick
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I don't believe I changed the h-boot unless that's apart of gaining S-off through the process
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yea when you said tampered i thought you meant the red writing on the splash screen
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I tried search for something that could answer this question I have, but couldn't find anything, so i'll ask it here.
Do we HAVE To use HTC Dev to unlock this device's bootloader? I saw there are 2 S-OFF methods available, do those unlock the bootloader?
I'm coming from an EVO 3D and I remember just using the Revolutionary method with HBOOT 1.40.000 and it was a smooth process but once new versions of the same device came out, people had to use the HTC Dev to unlock before a workaround came out.
If there isn't any other method, is there any production of such a method where you don't need to use HTC Dev?
Again, i'm just now switching over to this section of the forums (after watching the progression for a bit already) and just trying to get an idea of what's going on with this device.
Thanks!
P.S: the reason i ask this is because i'm not sure what AT&T's outlook is on unlocked\rooted devices for any warranty purposes. I've returned a device to S-ON, reinstalled the stock RUU and returned a device (my Sprint EVO 3D) and didn't have a problem, but I don't know how AT&T is and this new HTC One device.
Using HTC Dev is the only way....all the toolkits in this forum will direct you to the HTC Dev website as they issue the key in which you need to unlock your bootloader.
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If you're on hoot 1.44, you can use revone to unlock and/or S-off.
Smh. S-off via revone method for sure unlocks bootloader without Htcdev.
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If you're on hoot 1.44, you can use revone to unlock and/or S-off.
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awesome! I am on 1.44.0000
thank you
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Smh. S-off via revone method for sure unlocks bootloader without Htcdev.
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Smh. Not everyone can know everything about every device at all times. Questions lead to things that couldn't be discovered with looking around and reading.
Thanks for your response though.
So this is what you 2 are referencing, right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314582
incarceration said:
awesome! I am on 1.44.0000
thank you
Smh. Not everyone can know everything about every device at all times. Questions lead to things that couldn't be discovered with looking around and reading.
Thanks for your response though.
So this is what you 2 are referencing, right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314582
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that's right
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Op I wasn't talking about the question, just the wrong very wrong answer you got. I was lazy and didn't quote
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Op I wasn't talking about the question, just the wrong very wrong answer you got. I was lazy and didn't quote
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Ah ok. My Mistake.
Thanks to all that responded! I have now achieved S-OFF, bootloader unlocked status, TWRP 2.6.0.1 installed, now doing a NANDROID backup before installing any new ROMs.
I have tried both moonshine and revone and cant seem to get s-off on my HTC One M7. When I try on Moonshine it gets to the adb part and times out and says for me to fix it. When I try revone, I get an error code -6. Any suggestions on what I can do to fix this?
DevinM7 said:
I have tried both moonshine and revone and cant seem to get s-off on my HTC One M7. When I try on Moonshine it gets to the adb part and times out and says for me to fix it. When I try revone, I get an error code -6. Any suggestions on what I can do to fix this?
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Need more info. Specifically, what is your Hboot version?
I'm a complete noob man. I recently moved over from iphone to android. Where do I find out my HBoot version?
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Complete noobs shouldn't S-off
#justsayin
adb reboot bootloader
look at the top for hboot version.
If it says 1.54 you can't S-off
DevinM7 said:
I'm a complete noob man. I recently moved over from iphone to android. Where do I find out my HBoot version?
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That's cool bro, me too not that long ago. HTC One is my first Android, and I love it. Reboot into bootloader (hold down volume and power simultaneously, phone will reboot into bootloader mode). You'll see your Hboot version there. S-off only works on Hboot 1.44.
A word of caution from one noob to another. S-off is serious stuff, and not really needed for 90% of the mods here at xda. You can flash custom roms and recoveries, and radios, all without S-off. Just be careful, and read Everything. I mean it, I have spent countless hours here at xda reading before I did anything. The community here is very willing to help, as am I.
What have you done to your phone thus far? Unlocked? Rooted? Custom recovery or ROM?
Appreciate it guys. Yea I'm running HBoot 1.44, so I guess that solves that, lol. Yea I have rooted my phone with TWRP recovery. I was really hoping to turn s-off so I could switch over to Google play edition. Any suggestions on roms and other stuff to try out? And Thanks for being helpful and patient with me. Unfortunately I'm used to dealing with jailbroken iPhones.
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DevinM7 said:
Appreciate it guys. Yea I'm running HBoot 1.44, so I guess that solves that, lol. Yea I have rooted my phone with TWRP recovery. I was really hoping to turn s-off so I could switch over to Google play edition. Any suggestions on roms and other stuff to try out? And Thanks for being helpful and patient with me. Unfortunately I'm used to dealing with jailbroken iPhones.
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1.44 CAN be S-off'ed
DevinM7 said:
Appreciate it guys. Yea I'm running HBoot 1.44, so I guess that solves that, lol. Yea I have rooted my phone with TWRP recovery. I was really hoping to turn s-off so I could switch over to Google play edition. Any suggestions on time and other stuff to try out? And Thanks for being helpful and patient with me. Unfortunately I'm used to dealing with jailbroken iPhones.
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The fact that you're coming from the jailbreak community is good, imo. Thing is, it's practically impossible to brick an iPhone, even a jail broken one, as you could always just restore the iPhone. S-off definitely gives you the opportunity (possible but not probable, depends on what you do) to brick your phone permanently. That being said, I used Revone and it worked well and easily. Read and follow the instructions in the OP for Revone to a T. I recommend reading about the first 50 pages in that thread before you try anything also (ignore the last half of the Revone thread for the most part, just page after page of people shocked and complaining the can't S-off Hboot 1.54). Some people get Revone to work pretty easily, some try 20 times and then it just works.
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2390346 is a rom for GpE 4.3 that you could flash right now as you are, but yeah, you have to be S-off to fully convert.
From spending so much time here lately, some observations one noob to another:
-Either stay stock or go custom (I recommend custom), and stick to it. A lot of people here went custom (including S-off), and f'd up their Ones trying frantically to get back to stock for an OTA. Forums were littered with people who messed that up.
-Careful with TWRP. I use it and like it, but be very careful when you are wiping Dalvik/cache. Ton of people here blaze through the wipe options, then all it takes is a swipe, and suddenly they've erased everything and can't boot their phone. Just always triple check before that final swipe.
-if you modify your Hboot in any way, never ever go S-on until you flash a stock Hboot. Doing so will permanently brick your phone. I can't think of a reason to ever go S-on, but that was part if the whole return to stock for OTA scenario.
Hope this all helps!
Thanks so much for your help man. You have been a great help. So let me make sure I have this right. I have to change my HBoot version to be able to s-off at this point?
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DevinM7 said:
Thanks so much for your help man. You have been a great help. So let me make sure I have this right. I have to change my HBoot version to be able to s-off at this point?
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You're welcome, happy to help!
No! If you are n Hboot 1.44, you should be able to go S-off fine. I recommend Revone, only because that's what I used. Just read, read, read, and follow the instructions to the letter.
Thanks! Do you know the URL to the OP for revone?
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DevinM7 said:
Thanks! Do you know the URL to the OP for revone?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314582
Here yah go, no problem
Bear with me as this is my first HTC device in a long time. I got it used and the bootloader is unlocked but says **TAMPERED**. I understand I could relock it and return it to stock but it seems I need S-OFF in order to do this. Currently, the phone is still S-ON. What would be the correct steps in getting rid of the tampered message? If you can just guide me in the right direction, it would be much appreciated. Thank you.
There are plenty of guides to s-off, look in the original development section...
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xxquicksh0txx said:
There are plenty of guides to s-off, look in the original development section...
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So, I do need S-OFF to relock? I know there are guides but not sure which is the first step.
Nicraz said:
Bear with me as this is my first HTC device in a long time. I got it used and the bootloader is unlocked but says **TAMPERED**. I understand I could relock it and return it to stock but it seems I need S-OFF in order to do this. Currently, the phone is still S-ON. What would be the correct steps in getting rid of the tampered message? If you can just guide me in the right direction, it would be much appreciated. Thank you.
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Get s-off using revone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314582
And don't go s-on again unless ABSOLUTELY necessary. There are quite a few prerequisites for s-on, otherwise you'll brick your phone!!!
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So, I do need S-OFF to relock? I know there are guides but not sure which is the first step.
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You don't need it to relock, but it will say "Relocked" instead of "Locked"
With S-off you can change it to back Locked, like it was never touched.
The s-off guides have a list of requirements that you need before you get started if you do go that path.
Are you trying to make it look completely stock? Or just relocking? They require completely different things.
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Doesn't 'tampered' just mean it's still got the custom recovery on it? Sure I've read if you get the stock one back on it goes away
xxquicksh0txx said:
You don't need it to relock, but it will say "Relocked" instead of "Locked"
With S-off you can change it to back Locked, like it was never touched.
The s-off guides have a list of requirements that you need before you get started if you do go that path.
Are you trying to make it look completely stock? Or just relocking? They require completely different things.
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I'll head over there and make sure to read.
I'm a bit hesitant of doing anything with it. I was looking to just change it back to stock completely and possibly selling it. People who don't really root their phones may be turned off by the whole tampered thing, especially if they want to send it back to HTC for repair or something.
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I'll head over there and make sure to read.
I'm a bit hesitant of doing anything with it. I was looking to just change it back to stock completely and possibly selling it. People who don't really root their phones may be turned off by the whole tampered thing, especially if they want to send it back to HTC for repair or something.
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Once you're s-off you can remove the tampered sign, and even lock (as opposed to relocked) using revone.
As long as you're on hboot 1.44.
You can even keep it s-off because some phones come s-off by default so service centers shouldnt be able to complain about that.
Do quite a bit of reading if you do want to go back to s-on, otherwise a brick can happen!
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nkk71 said:
Once you're s-off you can remove the tampered sign, and even lock (as opposed to relocked) using revone.
As long as you're on hboot 1.44.
You can even keep it s-off because some phones come s-off by default so service centers shouldnt be able to complain about that.
Do quite a bit of reading if you do want to go back to s-on, otherwise a brick can happen!
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Thank you very much. I just wanted a bit of guidance on what direction to take. Thanks again!!
I rooted my fone, unlocked boot loader, installed TWRP recovery.
I can flash custom Roms now correct?
I just snagged CM 10.1.3 RC2, I don't need to be S-off correct??
Thanks in advance....
Yes...but I would suggest getting s-off it will save you headaches in the long run.
BD619 said:
Yes...but I would suggest getting s-off it will save you headaches in the long run.
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Awesome, thank you sir, will get S-off asap...
BD619 said:
Yes...but I would suggest getting s-off it will save you headaches in the long run.
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Sorry for being a PIA...
Just wanna make sure I dont screw this up....:angel:
Going to use Firewater, it appears it's the only thing to work with Hboot 1.56, anyway, can I download firewater right onto my fone like revone, and do the deed, it looks like the directions are using adb from my PC to push it over to the fone and do the deed...
Slagathor01 said:
Sorry for being a PIA...
Just wanna make sure I dont screw this up....:angel:
Going to use Firewater, it appears it's the only thing to work with Hboot 1.56, anyway, can I download firewater right onto my fone like revone, and do the deed, it looks like the directions are using adb from my PC to push it over to the fone and do the deed...
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If you are asking about using terminal emulator to issue the commands like revone I'm not sure if that would work or not.
Just found some directions, it said DO NOT USE TERMINAL EMULATOR!!!!! (number 5 in the Prerequisites)
Followed directions like a good boy, now S-off, thank you for your help sir.........
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...f-tool-will-unlock-any-htc-device-in-moments/
Hello, let me get right to it:
I have bought a used HTC ONE, I believe it's for Sprint since I connected to it (don't know if specific models relate to Sprint only).
The device seemed to be already rooted, which scares me, so I [lan to go back to stock, relock bootloader, and unroot to start from scratch. I learned how to use ADB and fastboot using Nexus devices, but S-OFF seems unclear to me.
Once in stock, I'll have Hboot 1.56.0000, and KitKat:
What order do I need to follow after that? Unlock bootloader first, then root, and THEN S-OFF?
Do I really need S-OFF for a custom recovery and sprint ROM, and Kernel? Can I S-ON after I apply a custom ROM and kernel?
Is S-OFF as dangerous as people suggest? Will it hard brick my device if I accidentally disconnect in the meddle of usb data transfer, a bad surge of electricity, or a mystyped command?
Please help.
S-off isn't dangerous unless you do something really stupid, but you could do something really stupid without s-off too. Benefit to having s-off is it increases the chance of being able to fix soft bricks, I would highly recommend getting s-off.
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S-off isn't dangerous unless you do something really stupid, but you could do something really stupid without s-off too. Benefit to having s-off is it increases the chance of being able to fix soft bricks, I would highly recommend getting s-off.
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Can you help in the order I need to follow?
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Can you help in the order I need to follow?
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... buddy you need to be cautious not scared. getting s-off is pretty easy and safe if you follow the steps as described. phone has to be unlocked and rooted. here is the link and every instruction is right there. so go ahead.
rumrunner.us
under the downloads, go for 'HTC Universal' and you will be good ...