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[Q] Removing **TAMPERED** and **UNLOCKED**

I was just wondering, I have the HTC ONE/ M7 and I was trying to root it but was never successful. I unlocked it with the HTCDev website and installed GOO on my phone but thats about as far as I got. Now my phone shows **TAMPERED** and **UNLOCKED** in the HBOOT menu, I was just curious as to how I would get those to go away.
THANKS!

I believe you have to wait for s-off so you can downgrade hboot to remove that message.
Flashing back the stock firmware (RUU) will remove the tampered but it will always say relocked if you locked the bootloader again.

What does S-off mean? Sorry I'm really new to this, I know it's probably a dumb question. Is going back to the factory firmware a long process?
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Tampered can be removed when you flash the official RUU.
Relocked cant be as of now. And I have no hopes for it to happen in device's life cycle as well.

So how would I flash it? Is there a general way or is it device specific?
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Take a look through this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265618

When you rooted your phone it added tampered and unlocked in bootloader menu.
If you want to take them out you will have to unroot your phone or wait for s-off (it will fully unlock the phone)
I didn't have the tampered message on my rooted OneX,it must be something new as well as the red warning in booting the phone that it's a dev phone that must not be sold

There is a thread with RUU archive for each device. Check for specific RUU for your specific carrier make or model.
But if you install RUU you will have phone that is as good as stock phone. You will lose root and will have to re-root it.
Dont bother with it unless you have to go back to factory condition.
There are also zipped versions of stock ROMs available so you can try those if you have CWM or TWRP installed successfully.
You dont really need to remove that tampered / unlocked status. It does not hinder your phone in any way. You have already lost your warranty and even if you relock your bootloader and remove Tampered message by flashing factory RUU, your phone will still show RELOCKED message. So point going back unless as I said you must have factory condition phone.

Hi~!
So does this mean the factory will always know that our phones are rooted with S ON?

TrueYears said:
Hi~!
So does this mean the factory will always know that our phones are rooted with S ON?
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Yes HTC will know for sure the phone has been tampered with and unless s-off is achieved for the masses which does not involve taking the phone apart then it will always say tampered, unlocked, relocked.

Oh, okay, thank you, my phone has vibrating problems, with the intensity, in some hits, the vibrating just keeps going slowly fading in. I read somewhere that 1.29 fixes this but its isnt out around my region yet and I dont want to flash this 1.29 stock rom to find out its a hardware issue and lose my warranty

Spacky03 said:
What does S-off mean? Sorry I'm really new to this, I know it's probably a dumb question. Is going back to the factory firmware a long process?
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Security-Off if what it officially means. Means you can write to the bootloader and mod things

Need Advice Please R.E: Camera Repair Whilst S-Off

Just need a bit of advice here. Was just wondering if I sent my phone to repair (HTC UK Service Center) under warranty, for the camera issue.
Would it affect my warranty claim if I just locked the bootloader and left it s-off?
The reason I ask is because I really don't want to lose the ability to s-off again when the device is returned repaired with the 1.54 hboot.
Please advise
Has anyone tried getting a repair done in this way yet?
Thanks in advance.
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should be fine, as long there's no TAMPERED or RELOCKED on the screen, they wont say anything. however they could S-ON the device before returning it, i saw a post somewhere where that happened to a user.

Just send it in with your carrier stock ruu stock recovery non rooted so stock ruu just leave it s-off and you will be fine
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Ok, thanks for the info Will give it a go, and see what happens...
Just to clarify, it should be fine to send the device in with:
1) A LOCKED bootloader
2) No TAMPERED flag
3) and S-Off still intact?
Is this for definate? Or will the fact that it's still S-Off void the warranty?

Is there a way to edit hboot to be s-off while showing on screen s-on?
Mike

sp5it said:
Is there a way to edit hboot to be s-off while showing on screen s-on?
Mike
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Decided to revert back to s-on after what I've read over on twitter (https://twitter.com/HTC_UK/status/303902576687079424), just to be on the safe side.
It's not all bad though, at least the phone is good enough on the stock ROM for me and can't afford the extra expense at the moment of paying for repairs. Ah well, S-OFF was good while it lasted

[Q] Noob -- Going S-OFF Questions.

Hey guys,
I've been rocking my Canadian, Bell HTC One for a little over 5 months. It's a great phone, but as any tinkerer knows... You don't get the full power of a device till your root it.
I've been meaning to root my device, but I am afraid of having to take it back for warranty reasons. I am paying an additional $7/month for those extended warranty services.
I came across a thread the other day that suggests that you can go back 100% stock if you have S-off.
I guess you can see why I want to examine this option further.
Apparently I'm lucky, I've got hboot version 1.44 and s-off should be pretty simple.
The reason I bring this up now, and not later/earlier, is because the 4.3 update has just been pushed to my device. I have not yet accepted the update as I'm afraid that my hboot will update along with the OS, therefore making it more difficult to go s-off and rooting.
How difficult is to go s-off?
Is it necessary to go S-off to make the device look 100% stock to the manufacturer incase anything happens?
Would accepting the OTA update update my hboot version?
I understand going s-off isn't for the faint of heart, and that the slightest mistake I make will brick my device. But if it gives me the option of going back to stock 100%, it's a risk I'm willing to take.

Hasoon2000's software/guide makes the rooting and S-OFF process very simple. Check out the link below, and as always read as much as possible before ever modifying your phone. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183942
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WolfDale7 said:
Hey guys,
I've been rocking my Canadian, Bell HTC One for a little over 5 months. It's a great phone, but as any tinkerer knows... You don't get the full power of a device till your root it.
I've been meaning to root my device, but I am afraid of having to take it back for warranty reasons. I am paying an additional $7/month for those extended warranty services.
I came across a thread the other day that suggests that you can go back 100% stock if you have S-off.
I guess you can see why I want to examine this option further.
Apparently I'm lucky, I've got hboot version 1.44 and s-off should be pretty simple.
The reason I bring this up now, and not later/earlier, is because the 4.3 update has just been pushed to my device. I have not yet accepted the update as I'm afraid that my hboot will update along with the OS, therefore making it more difficult to go s-off and rooting.
How difficult is to go s-off?
Is it necessary to go S-off to make the device look 100% stock to the manufacturer incase anything happens?
Would accepting the OTA update update my hboot version?
I understand going s-off isn't for the faint of heart, and that the slightest mistake I make will brick my device. But if it gives me the option of going back to stock 100%, it's a risk I'm willing to take.
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Hi!
I will advice you to go in S-OFF.
It's easy and you can restore to 100% stock your phone in case of warranty
You can do the S-OFF with the revone tool.
After the S-OFF you can get the OTA and you will update your hboot, but, if you want my advice, don't use the OTA from your carrier.
Is better flash a stock rom with the new firmware from Bell.
In case of warranty, you can use a ruu for porting your phone to stock or using a nandroid backup that you can make after the s-off and the flash of a custom recovery
Thrashlord said:
Hasoon2000's software/guide makes the rooting and S-OFF process very simple. Check out the link below, and as always read as much as possible before ever modifying your phone. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183942
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As you can see, the Link for the download was removed and the thread is closed.
And any link at the tool isn't accepted here

Good looks Guich, thank you for the correction!
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Guich said:
Hi!
I will advice you to go in S-OFF.
It's easy and you can restore to 100% stock your phone in case of warranty
You can do the S-OFF with the revone tool.
After the S-OFF you can get the OTA and you will update your hboot, but, if you want my advice, don't use the OTA from your carrier.
Is better flash a stock rom with the new firmware from Bell.
In case of warranty, you can use a ruu for porting your phone to stock or using a nandroid backup that you can make after the s-off and the flash of a custom recovery
As you can see, the Link for the download was removed and the thread is closed.
And any link at the tool isn't accepted here
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Good looks Guich, thank you for the correction!
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Thanks guys!!
Just another question (might have a lot more as I go through the process), if I were to root, go s-off, then have the screen cracked and have to take it back to my carrier, I would then go back stock, s-on, then unroot, would they be able to tell that I messed with it?
I have previously heard of the bootloader status change fro "locked" to "relocked". Any way to avoid that?

WolfDale7 said:
Thanks guys!!
Just another question (might have a lot more as I go through the process), if I were to root, go s-off, then have the screen cracked and have to take it back to my carrier, I would then go back stock, s-on, then unroot, would they be able to tell that I messed with it?
I have previously heard of the bootloader status change fro "locked" to "relocked". Any way to avoid that?
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If you will broke your screen you can return to 100% stock with a ruu
For the locked line: revone tool, this can do this too

Guich said:
If you will broke your screen you can return to 100% stock with a ruu
For the locked line: revone tool, this can do this too
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Thanks for everything!
I am, however, stuck on step 6.
After completing step 11 (run command: ./revone -s 0 -u), I get error code = -1. Can't seem to find much on that specific error. I've been at it for a little over an hour. I've tried starting over, I've tried holding the power button for 15 seconds after I hit restart (after./revone -P). Everything reads success till that step 11..
At one point earlier on, though, it did say that revone was successful. Upon rebooting my device and checking to see if it was s-off, I saw the s-on tag... Odd .
I'm confused as to how I should proceed.. I'm not rooted and don't intend on rooting just yet (am not ready to have all my data wiped). If only there's a reliable way to get all my apps, app settings, app data, and everything else mirrored on my computer so I can mirror them back after root/unlocked bootloader.
Wow, I came home and tried again. Guess it needed some time!
Thanks =] S-off and unlocked!
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Guich said:
If you will broke your screen you can return to 100% stock with a ruu
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Assuming there is an RUU for the OPs handset. You can't just shove any old RUU on it as HTC will know it's not the original ROM

[Q] Sending device in for repair, what software precautions should I take?

I have one of the bad camera sensors, and rather than live with it I'm hoping HTC can fix it.
I unlocked the bootloader on my device, and I was wondering: would HTC refuse service for this? Also, should I go S-Off and remove the "tampered with" message?
Any advice would be appreciated!

Definitely relock and remove tampered label using revone
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SmallMan123 said:
Definitely relock and remove tampered label using revone
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Well crap. Thanks for the prompt response!
I assume that also means I should revert to the stock ROM. Or would the Google Play ROM be be OK?

michaelalias said:
Well crap. Thanks for the prompt response!
I assume that also means I should revert to the stock ROM. Or would the Google Play ROM be be OK?
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ReLOCKED isn't really recommended
S-off is usually okay, but RELOCKED, hmmm.
Might wanna look at my guide.
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Now I'm not sure what to do. I'm working on S-Off right now to remove the tampered. Aside from flashing a stock ROM (I'll assume for now Google Play edition is fine), is there anything else I should do?

michaelalias said:
Now I'm not sure what to do. I'm working on S-Off right now to remove the tampered. Aside from flashing a stock ROM (I'll assume for now Google Play edition is fine), is there anything else I should do?
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Honestly, you should go completely stock (with the software that came with your phone, i.e dont leave it gpe if it was sense based etc). Look @nkk71's guide to going stock, all the info you need is there
You can leave it s-off if you please but i would definitely LOCK the bootloader instead of RELOCKING since ive heard/read a few cases where they didn't fix the device since it was re-locked making it void of its warranty. Now personally, i would even go as far as S-ON, just to be on the safe side. I can attest that ive s-offed with rumrunner, s-oned, and then s-offed again with rumrunner (on my device) and it worked so you can s-off again when you get the device back.
Then once you get the device back you don't have to start all the way from the beginning with htc-dev, just use the same unlock code you got the first time(if you don't have it saved you can check the email it was sent in), and then proceed from the last step that was flash it in adb to unlock your phone again

Yeah sorry I meant relock as in lock bootlosder so on top it says *LOCKED*
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Htc One return on warranty

Hi guys
i want to send back my phone due to faulty camera. I have to questions:
do i have to back it to stock? I am s-off with custom rom (ARHD), custom recovery etc. If not i wont bother myself.
If they will replace to a new one or reset my current one, what kind of software will I have? Will I be able to s-off and root it? As they probably will install the newest official rom.
cheers,

terragady said:
Hi guys
i want to send back my phone due to faulty camera. I have to questions:
do i have to back it to stock? I am s-off with custom rom (ARHD), custom recovery etc. If not i wont bother myself.
If they will replace to a new one or reset my current one, what kind of software will I have? Will I be able to s-off and root it? As they probably will install the newest official rom.
cheers,
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Yes you need to return to full stock,, ie locked not relocked, tampered removed stock recovery installed. Can't give an answer if you should be S-On or stay S- Off. Some have reported that warranty was void others have said HTC repaired it with S-Off.
Follow this thread to return to full stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2541082
Has for OS.. Think I could be potluck to which one you get back.
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terragady said:
Hi guys
i want to send back my phone due to faulty camera. I have to questions:
do i have to back it to stock? I am s-off with custom rom (ARHD), custom recovery etc. If not i wont bother myself.
If they will replace to a new one or reset my current one, what kind of software will I have? Will I be able to s-off and root it? As they probably will install the newest official rom.
cheers,
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1) You will have the exact same software as the one you gave your phone in. The max HTC will do is install the OTA's. NO alterations to the software will be made if you give the phone to them with the correct MID, CID and bootloader condition as it was out of the box
2) Yes, I gave in my phone after RUU'ing it because of the purple tint issue. After I got it back, bootloader unlock, root, S-OFF were perfectly achieved the same way I did initially
3) In some countries, free repair is done even if S-OFF. Others aren't so lucky. I would recommend that u go back S-ON to prevent headaches later. Otherwise, ask any person who has given their phone for warranty repair in your country
4) The person above has given the link to the guide. I trust you know which RUU to flash

raghav kapur said:
1) You will have the exact same software as the one you gave your phone in. The max HTC will do is install the OTA's. NO alterations to the software will be made if you give the phone to them with the correct MID, CID and bootloader condition as it was out of the box
2) Yes, I gave in my phone after RUU'ing it because of the purple tint issue. After I got it back, bootloader unlock, root, S-OFF were perfectly achieved the same way I did initially
3) In some countries, free repair is done even if S-OFF. Others aren't so lucky. I would recommend that u go back S-ON to prevent headaches later. Otherwise, ask any person who has given their phone for warranty repair in your country
4) The person above has given the link to the guide. I trust you know which RUU to flash
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ok i did it today. I didn't remember my original CID so i put HTC__32, im like 90% that it was this one, sounds familiar
I flashed RUU for Europe for this CID, looks like stock now so its fine

terragady said:
ok i did it today. I didn't remember my original CID so i put HTC__32, im like 90% that it was this one, sounds familiar
I flashed RUU for Europe for this CID, looks like stock now so its fine
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ok i have one problem, i flashed RUU 1.20.401.1 but now i can not do any OTA updates, its telling me that phone is up to date

I think it depends on your country. I left my phone S-Off and unlocked and they noticed but did not care. Someone in UAE had the opposite experience. What's the law and what are the customs around purchases with minor manufacturer defects in your country?

terragady said:
ok i have one problem, i flashed RUU 1.20.401.1 but now i can not do any OTA updates, its telling me that phone is up to date
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well, in the guide, it does say: ---------> Note: M7_UL .401. users don't use 1.20.401.1, use 1.28.401.7 instead

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well, in the guide, it does say: ---------> Note: M7_UL .401. users don't use 1.20.401.1, use 1.28.401.7 instead
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reflashes 1.28 and its fine now
I am from Germany. Now I have completely stock so I think I dont have to worry about warranty

terragady said:
reflashes 1.28 and its fine now
I am from Germany. Now I have completely stock so I think I dont have to worry about warranty
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Just check your bootloader. Make sure it says locked not relocked and there is no tampered warning..
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bored_stupid said:
Just check your bootloader. Make sure it says locked not relocked and there is no tampered warning..
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Yes its locked, s-on etc. Everything should be fine, I already sent the package with phone hope I will get it soon, and hopefully new one!

ok i got my phone back.
Unfortunately its not new
I wrote them that camera has pink effect and USB socket is not working properly, What they replaced is: camera (actually now works good), back cover and now its kinda strange, mat (unpolished) weird in touch and Audio Speaker, i dont know why. Probably they damaged back cover and audio during camera replacement, but they forgot about USB socket.

terragady said:
ok i got my phone back.
Unfortunately its not new
I wrote them that camera has pink effect and USB socket is not working properly, What they replaced is: camera (actually now works good), back cover and now its kinda strange, mat (unpolished) weird in touch and Audio Speaker, i dont know why. Probably they damaged back cover and audio during camera replacement, but they forgot about USB socket.
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Little ot:
Did you have used htcdev or temproot for the bootloader unlock? I do return here in Italy and I don't now if sent it relocked or use htcdev and set it like locked

I did back to stock tutorial, so there was just LOCKED in bootloader.

terragady said:
I did back to stock tutorial, so there was just LOCKED in bootloader.
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Ok but in the past, when did you unlock your bootloader for the first time, do you have used htcdev for obtain the token or other tools without htcdev?

.:Moro21:. said:
Ok but in the past, when did you unlock your bootloader for the first time, do you have used htcdev for obtain the token or other tools without htcdev?
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I did htcdev firstly and then I used some soft from here to obtain S-OFF, actually without HTCdev you can't do S-OFF, can you?

terragady said:
I did htcdev firstly and then I used some soft from here to obtain S-OFF, actually without HTCdev you can't do S-OFF, can you?
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until a few days ago you could use the temproot method and then s-off with firewater.. but with the new hboot, some user can't unlock!!!