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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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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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
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So i need to sell my phone because of several cash flow reasons. :crying: The person who is buying off me doesnt want the phone to be rooted. I tried looking for a back to stock thread but found nothing so far, or i am not looking hard enough.
So i just need the root to be gone and the bootloader to be locked as it was. How do i do that? Your help is greatly appreciated. I got a day to settle all this
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So i need to sell my phone because of several cash flow reasons. :crying: The person who is buying off me doesnt want the phone to be rooted. I tried looking for a back to stock thread but found nothing so far, or i am not looking hard enough.
So i just need the root to be gone and the bootloader to be locked as it was. How do i do that? Your help is greatly appreciated. I got a day to settle all this
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What rom are you on, are you S-Off, what bootloader do you have?
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What rom are you on, are you S-Off, what bootloader do you have?
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I am on android revolution. And how do I check if I have s-off or not. And bootloader how do I check that?
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Evaravenspell said:
I am on android revolution. And how do I check if I have s-off or not. And bootloader how do I check that?
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Go to this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314582 site and get S-Off and then you will be able to downgrade to 4.1.2. Up date it and then go S-On and lock the boottloader. All is written in the OP of the mentioned site.
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Go to this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314582 site and get S-Off and then you will be able to downgrade to 4.1.2. Up date it and then go S-On and lock the boottloader. All is written in the OP of the mentioned site.
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Thanks a bunch! I'll go have a look.
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gee2012 said:
Go to this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314582 site and get S-Off and then you will be able to downgrade to 4.1.2. Up date it and then go S-On and lock the boottloader. All is written in the OP of the mentioned site.
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Lol i managed to s-off and remove the tamper mark on this phone but it does not mention anything about downgrading
Use an Official HTC RUU to downgrade after gaining s-on again
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gazlufc said:
Use an Official HTC RUU to downgrade after gaining s-on again
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can we get this on a mac? All i see is on windows
On top of that, some of the RUU's are in exe and some are in zip. I downloaded an .exe one. Can i use that to flash in recovery?
Evaravenspell said:
can we get this on a mac? All i see is on windows
On top of that, some of the RUU's are in exe and some are in zip. I downloaded an .exe one. Can i use that to flash in recovery?
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I know that if you can get a Windows Vitual machine running on Mac you can do it.
Then when the RUU is running you can search for the ROM
Check it out. I know if you use the HTC one AIIO toolkit you can flash the extracted data to your device. Even the recovery.img from a stock RUU.
Let me know how you get on
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Go to this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314582 site and get S-Off and then you will be able to downgrade to 4.1.2. Up date it and then go S-On and lock the boottloader. All is written in the OP of the mentioned site.
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I'm in the same situation. How do I downgrade to 4.1.2 after I get S-Off?
markvdn said:
I'm in the same situation. How do I downgrade to 4.1.2 after I get S-Off?
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Lock the bootloader with revone and flash a RUU (European or WWE), like this one http://bugsylawson.com/files/file/1...13323127-1031113105-release-310878-signedexe/, then run revone and remove tampered message (if you have that) in bootloder but i would keep S-Off if i we`re you forever.
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Lock the bootloader with revone and flash a RUU (European or WWE), like this one http://bugsylawson.com/files/file/1...13323127-1031113105-release-310878-signedexe/, then run revone and remove tampered message (if you have that) in bootloder but i would keep S-Off if i we`re you forever.
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Unfortunately it comes up with this, and then fails at updating a while later. Turns out my hboot is 1.54 so I can't use revone right?
I remember there is a method of tricking the ruu in to thinking the device is older.if I'm not mistaken it's the changing of the cid
But someone would need to verify that one
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I remember there is a method of tricking the ruu in to thinking the device is older.if I'm not mistaken it's the changing of the cid
But someone would need to verify that one
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You probably need S-Off for that right? I'm on the 1.54 hboot and the s-off method only works on 1.44 I think.
The thing is, I just noticed factory reset did not remove root.. So i'll try to unroot it first and then run the update agaib.
(also could you reply to my post directly next time? else I don't get the notification that you've answered)
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.
BenPope said:
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
gunnyman said:
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.
Hello,
I have been researching here to find a way to downgrade to a previous version of a firmware so that I can S-Off, and to no avail unsure how to do it myself using either use Moonshine or revone.
The reason I wish to do this is that I want to install Google Play edition and of course the necessary info to install it.
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EvilSpants said:
Hello,
I have been researching here to find a way to downgrade to a previous version of a firmware so that I can S-Off, and to no avail unsure how to do it myself using either use Moonshine or revone.
The reason I wish to do this is that I want to install Google Play edition and of course the necessary info to install it.
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If I'm not mistaken the ROM firmware is irrelevant as to if you can root or not, or get-S-OFF. The most important factor for S-OFF is the bootloader version. I haven't seen any threads about getting S-OFF on bootloader 1.54.
Reboot to your bootloader (turn device off, hold volume down and turn device on). Check your HBOOT version there. If it says 1.54, then the only possible solution is to search for an official HTC RUU with a lower HBOOT version. However I do not know if this will actually work.
RadiatorRXD said:
If I'm not mistaken the ROM firmware is irrelevant as to if you can root or not, or get-S-OFF. The most important factor for S-OFF is the bootloader version. I haven't seen any threads about getting S-OFF on bootloader 1.54.
Reboot to your bootloader (turn device off, hold volume down and turn device on). Check your HBOOT version there. If it says 1.54, then the only possible solution is to search for an official HTC RUU with a lower HBOOT version. However I do not know if this will actually work.
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Alright. Assuming that works, is there a way to reflash?
[Edit] Just checked my bootloader it says that I have 1.44. However I have tried both Revone and S-off with no success
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EvilSpants said:
Alright. Assuming that works, is there a way to reflash?
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Don't really know what you mean by reflash? Returning to the newer HBOOT (1.54)?
If that's the case, once you're S-OFF you can update the HBOOT to 1.54 and S-OFF will still be there. There are some threads in the development section about upgrading the HBOOT. I used these myself without issues.
As for the official RUU, this will probably be a Google search. I haven't seen a thread around with these files.
Keep in mind that flashing an original RUU will result in loss of root and custom recovery. You will need to re-root after flashing the RUU and reflash a custom recovery.
RadiatorRXD said:
Don't really know what you mean by reflash? Returning to the newer HBOOT (1.54)?
If that's the case, once you're S-OFF you can update the HBOOT to 1.54 and S-OFF will still be there. There are some threads in the development section about upgrading the HBOOT. I used these myself without issues.
As for the official RUU, this will probably be a Google search. I haven't seen a thread around with these files.
Keep in mind that flashing an original RUU will result in loss of root and custom recovery. You will need to re-root after flashing the RUU and reflash a custom recovery.
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A little bit off topic here but ..if I am s- off already and I were to use a stock ruu on my phone all that I will I loose is the recovery and root?... So after I run ruu my device will still be s-off ?
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NORCALkID said:
A little bit off topic here but ..if I am s- off already and I were to use a stock ruu on my phone all that I will I loose is the recovery and root?... So after I run ruu my device will still be s-off ?
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I think so yes, but I'm not 100% sure. You may find the answer, or ask the question in the hboot update threads or s-off threads. I haven't flashed a RUU myself in years.
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RadiatorRXD said:
Don't really know what you mean by reflash? Returning to the newer HBOOT (1.54)?
If that's the case, once you're S-OFF you can update the HBOOT to 1.54 and S-OFF will still be there. There are some threads in the development section about upgrading the HBOOT. I used these myself without issues.
As for the official RUU, this will probably be a Google search. I haven't seen a thread around with these files.
Keep in mind that flashing an original RUU will result in loss of root and custom recovery. You will need to re-root after flashing the RUU and reflash a custom recovery.
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What I mean to say is that once I have found one with an older HBoot, how do I go about flashing that so that I can do one of the two S-Off procedures?
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EvilSpants said:
What I mean to say is that once I have found one with an older HBoot, how do I go about flashing that so that I can do one of the two S-Off procedures?
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Ah ok. The RUU should be a windows executable. Just hook up the phone to computer, start the RUU and follow the on-screen instructions.
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RadiatorRXD said:
Ah ok. The RUU should be a windows executable. Just hook up the phone to computer, start the RUU and follow the on-screen instructions.
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I assume the RUUs can be pulled from HTCdev?
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I assume the RUUs can be pulled from HTCdev?
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Here's an article about flashing a RUU: Flash RUU
It has a link to a website which contains several RUU files to download: HERE
RadiatorRXD said:
If I'm not mistaken the ROM firmware is irrelevant as to if you can root or not, or get-S-OFF. The most important factor for S-OFF is the bootloader version. I haven't seen any threads about getting S-OFF on bootloader 1.54.
Reboot to your bootloader (turn device off, hold volume down and turn device on). Check your HBOOT version there. If it says 1.54, then the only possible solution is to search for an official HTC RUU with a lower HBOOT version. However I do not know if this will actually work.
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I was s-off with stock unrooted locked 2.24.401.1 firmware (ruu'ed by repair center)and tried to use revone to unlock again but it would fail, then I downgraded to hboot 1.44 (I could still do this because I was s-off already) but revone would still fail, then I decided to properly downgrade to 1.28(or was that 29).401.?? with an ruu and was able to use revone again to unlock my bootloader, so hboot is not the only factor for revone to be succesful...
downgrading hboot and other system partitions, except kernel rom radio and recovery, is not possible if you are not s-off already....
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Ah ok. The RUU should be a windows executable. Just hook up the phone to computer, start the RUU and follow the on-screen instructions.
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My downgrade attempt failed with one of the executables. I am not sure what to try next.
EvilSpants said:
My downgrade attempt failed with one of the executables. I am not sure what to try next.
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I'm at a loss here, sorry.
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I'm at a loss here, sorry.
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I should note that I did not retry, however I figure that if it fails the first time, then it wouldn't succeed a second?
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I should note that I did not retry, however I figure that if it fails the first time, then it wouldn't succeed a second?
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You could always try a second time. Maybe also post a screenshot of the failure.
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You could always try a second time. Maybe also post a screenshot of the failure.
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At this point I am looking at installing a custom recovery, though from what I am reading I may not be able to do that without S-OFF, so I am stuck if this is true.
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At this point I am looking at installing a custom recovery, though from what I am reading I may not be able to do that without S-OFF, so I am stuck if this is true.
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S-OFF is not needed for root or custom recovery. You do need an unlocked bootloader though. On other devices S-OFF was needed to flash radio's or kernels through recovery, but from what I have read the One can flash kernels in recovery without S-OFF
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RadiatorRXD said:
S-OFF is not needed for root or custom recovery. You do need an unlocked bootloader though. On other devices S-OFF was needed to flash radio's or kernels through recovery, but from what I have read the One can flash kernels in recovery without S-OFF
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So I have gotten TWRP on there, however I have been unable to flash a previous firmware, to downgrade, getting the error message, Unable to open zip. My guess is that S-On is stopping this process even in a custom recovery. Is there a recommendation as to how I can achieve S-Off?
Also There is something I have been thinking about it, and if I were to follow the steps here, with execption of the flashing the RUU through fasboot, could I flash the RUU through TWRP instead?
[Edit] Could I install a custom ROM, S-Off through the ROM, then follow the steps in the link to flash the RUU?
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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Nicraz said:
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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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!!
Can anyone point me in the right direction to either get s-off for HBOOT 1.55 or a tutorial or video on how to downgrade back to a version of HBOOT that I can run S-OFF on. I did the Sprint OTA 4.3 and need a little help.
I'm sorry to say it, but you can't s-off when on 1.55, nor can you downgrade. I found that out for myself.
I also did the OTA 4.3 upgrade with S-off on Hboot 1.44.
I now am on Hboot 1.55 and can unlock/lock my bootloader using the unlock code.bin I saved from HTCdev.
I cant believe I thought S-off was the same as unlocked bootloader....
Now im stuck with 4.3 BOO
How did you guys lose your s-off? I did the 4.3 OTA when I had s-off already, and I didn't lose mine
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I was downgrading and upgrading and some things went wrong. I was stuck in recovery. Through the process of getting back to stock I guess I messed up.
At least I heard that the Devs are working on 1.55 : )
I found this but, its For ATT, and I don't really know if it would work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2394155
So if anyone knows if a nandroid backup will restore everything, even hboot 1.55 to 1.44, I would love a link so I can download yours since I upgraded to windows 8.1 with a fresh install before backing up mine...
Also, if I have S-ON, which I cant tell except for the fact that I cant downgrade, why can I lock/unlock my bootloader?
doragu said:
I was downgrading and upgrading and some things went wrong. I was stuck in recovery. Through the process of getting back to stock I guess I messed up.
At least I heard that the Devs are working on 1.55 : )
I found this but, its For ATT, and I don't really know if it would work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2394155
So if anyone knows if a nandroid backup will restore everything, even hboot 1.55 to 1.44, I would love a link so I can download yours since I upgraded to windows 8.1 with a fresh install before backing up mine...
Also, if I have S-ON, which I cant tell except for the fact that I cant downgrade, why can I lock/unlock my bootloader?
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No a nandroid does not contain the hboot. Sorry but you'll have to wait till some dev manages to s-off the newest hboot. You don't seem to know what s-off really means so don't worry, I'm sure you'll never need it.
Anyway here's a quote for you to read
In their devices, HTC have installed a sort of security check whose level is determined by S-OFF/S-ON. Essentially, this security level is a flag stored on the device’s radio that checks signature images for any firmware before it is allowed to be written to system memory. This hinders using any custom ROMs, splash images, recovery etc., and also restricts access to the NAND flash memory. However, when security level is set to S-OFF, the signature check is bypassed, allowing a user to upload custom firmware images, unsigned boot, recovery, splash and HBOOT images, as well as official firmware that has been modified, this enabling maximum customization of your HTC Android device.
Furthermore, S-OFF also reduces restrictions on accessing the NAND flash memory on the device, allowing all partitions (including /system) to be mounted in write mode while the operating system is booted.
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Thank you for better explaining that to me.
But why am I still allowed to flash TWRP recovery, and OMJ's Deodexed 3.04...ROM if the security is suppose to block it?
Guess I should of read more. SGS2 was too simple
doragu said:
Thank you for better explaining that to me.
But why am I still allowed to flash TWRP recovery, and OMJ's Deodexed 3.04...ROM if the security is suppose to block it?
Guess I should of read more. SGS2 was too simple
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Flashing recovery and ROM, doesn't need you to be s-off, but flashing a firmware does
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Flashing recovery and ROM, doesn't need you to be s-off, but flashing a firmware does
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Okay so as I understand it. When a developer says need to be s-off to flash a rom they do mean it ? or is it some special firmware you are talking about. I had s-off and lost it because I didn't do my research. I'm very disgusted with my self now i'm on H-Boot 1.55 and stuck... also I heard the devs are working on this h-boot to get s-off. Can anyone tell me if this is true?
I was able to flash the viperone rom with S-On without any issues. well may be couple at&t apps which i erased but other than that-Lokks okay for now.
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Okay so as I understand it. When a developer says need to be s-off to flash a rom they do mean it ? or is it some special firmware you are talking about. I had s-off and lost it because I didn't do my research. I'm very disgusted with my self now i'm on H-Boot 1.55 and stuck... also I heard the devs are working on this h-boot to get s-off. Can anyone tell me if this is true?
I was able to flash the viperone rom with S-On without any issues. well may be couple at&t apps which i erased but other than that-Lokks okay for now.
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You're really not missing much by not being S-OFF. As far as ROMs are concerned, it's mainly for custom boot screens.
tkoreaper said:
You're really not missing much by not being S-OFF. As far as ROMs are concerned, it's mainly for custom boot screens.
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I appreciate that however I had s-off and now can't get it back due to my been n00b. So yeah it's a little disappointing
Does this mean I won't be able to get the 4.3 OTA?
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You're really not missing much by not being S-OFF. As far as ROMs are concerned, it's mainly for custom boot screens.
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Worst pile of misinformation ever. You do not need s-off to flash a boot animation, however you do need it for important things like downgrading your hboot.
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You're really not missing much by not being S-OFF. As far as ROMs are concerned, it's mainly for custom boot screens.
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And the ability to S-Off to go back to stock unrooted the properly official way. That's all I use it for lol
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Worst pile of misinformation ever. You do not need s-off to flash a boot animation, however you do need it for important things like downgrading your hboot.
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Oh really? Are you sure about that? Explain to me how we never had custom boot animations until we achieved S-OFF and also explain to me why everything I've read on the topic has been wrong. There was no reason for you to be rude about it. A quick Google search tells you all that you need to know: http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com/2013/06/do-we-really-need-s-off.html
With S-OFF you can:
Flash in fastboot original parts of the firmware like: Trust Zone (tz.img), Resource Power Manager (rpm.img), Advanced Digital Signal Processor (adsp.img), bootloader (hboot.img), Radio Config Data (rcdata.img), Splash Screen and others, very often device specific firmware like Consumer IR (cir.img) for the television remote controller in HTC One.
Flash in fastboot custom parts of the firmware above, however I've never seen in my life anyone compiling custom rpm.img or tz.img. I've seen custom bootloaders and Splash Screens only. You can also flash modified radio.img but there is rarely anyone out there who does this.
Use more advanced fastboot commands, for example you can change the CID (Carrier ID) of your device or even MID (Model ID). And this one is the most important one in the context of this article.
Reset the Tampered flag, so your device does not show up as "Relocked" if you relock your bootloader.
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You can also refer yourself to a thread that I started back when we got S-OFF... Take a look at one of the first things mentioned: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314705
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Oh really? Are you sure about that? Explain to me how we never had custom boot animations until we achieved S-OFF and also explain to me why everything I've read on the topic has been wrong. There was no reason for you to be rude about it. A quick Google search tells you all that you need to know: http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com/2013/06/do-we-really-need-s-off.html
You can also refer yourself to a thread that I started back when we got S-OFF... Take a look at one of the first things mentioned: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314705
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Le sigh.....
Maybe I slightly misread your post. You said main thing is "boot screens" you mean splash screens maybe? If so yes you do need s-off, however you don't need s-off to flash custom boot animations. Most importantly flashing a splash screen is not the main reason someone would need s-off, and I am sure the many users of this forum who have flashed a 4.3 based GSM Rom on their CDMA device and don't have s-off would agree.
Last but not least I was in no shape or form rude, even if you did mean to flash splash screens it's still total misinformation that isn't the most important reason to have s-off, it's to save your butt when your in a pickle.
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Konfuzion said:
Le sigh.....
Maybe I slightly misread your post. You said main thing is "boot screens" you mean splash screens maybe? If so yes you do need s-off, however you don't need s-off to flash custom boot animations. Most importantly flashing a splash screen is not the main reason someone would need s-off, and I am sure the many users of this forum who have flashed a 4.3 based GSM Rom on their CDMA device and don't have s-off would agree.
Last but not least I was in no shape or form rude, even if you did mean to flash splash screens it's still total misinformation that isn't the most important reason to have s-off, it's to save your butt when your in a pickle.
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And that's why I said "as far as ROMs are concerned..."
Of course S-OFF is used for more important things, but the person's question was about S-OFF in regards to ROMs. And what is a ROM going to do with S-OFF? I answered that question.
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And that's why I said "as far as ROMs are concerned..."
Of course S-OFF is used for more important things, but the person's question was about S-OFF in regards to ROMs. And what is a ROM going to do with S-OFF? I answered that question.
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Ok, sounds fair. Just a misunderstanding
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Ok, sounds fair. Just a misunderstanding
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Okay guys I didn't need to start a war. Is there anything I can do or anyone I can pay to get s-off If I'm on hboot 1.55 at&t?
I really need my s-off back ^^
intramorph said:
Okay guys I didn't need to start a war. Is there anything I can do or anyone I can pay to get s-off If I'm on hboot 1.55 at&t?
I really need my s-off back ^^
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As of now there it's nothing you can do, this might change in the future.
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Konfuzion said:
As of now there it's nothing you can do, this might change in the future.
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So with s-on can I still flash kernel and radio??? My biggest concern is that I won't be able to flash the kernel I want and the radio also when there's an official update how can I get that with custom rom I stalled? I rly miss having s-off rly does anyone know of a paid site who can do that for me?