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[Q]Is it possible to Un-Root?

I know that the rooting process in this device was quite complicated but I was wondering, is there any way to Un-root it? If there is, please help me.
Looking forward to your replies.

daig said:
I know that the rooting process in this device was quite complicated but I was wondering, is there any way to Un-root it? If there is, please help me.
Looking forward to your replies.
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How did you root? Did you use AlphaRevX to gain S-OFF and then root? If so, then you can unroot by running a RUU or flashing a ROM.zip file of an official HTC ROM.

Yes, I used AlphaRevX.
Do you know how can I get the RUU for the incredible S? I couldn't find it in htc's site.
Thank you.

daig said:
Yes, I used AlphaRevX.
Do you know how can I get the RUU for the incredible S? I couldn't find it in htc's site.
Thank you.
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Here is a list of IncS RUU/ROMs:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033922

tpbklake said:
How did you root? Did you use AlphaRevX to gain S-OFF and then root? If so, then you can unroot by running a RUU or flashing a ROM.zip file of an official HTC ROM.
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Hello
I used the AlphaRevX process to root my Incredible S. If now I run an RUU, does it format all my data and programs installed?
I need to unroot because there is a new OTA for Gingerbread which I cannot install (it gives me a white triangle with a questione mark)
Thanks

stefanospizzica said:
Hello
I used the AlphaRevX process to root my Incredible S. If now I run an RUU, does it format all my data and programs installed?
I need to unroot because there is a new OTA for Gingerbread which I cannot install (it gives me a white triangle with a questione mark)
Thanks
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Yes, usually running an RUU will wipe your data and programs.

tpbklake said:
Yes, usually running an RUU will wipe your data and programs.
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Thanks for your fast reply.
So, no other choice to unroot without loosing all the information?

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stefanospizzica said:
Thanks for your fast reply.
So, no other choice to unroot without loosing all the information?
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Since you are rooted currently, you can use Titanium Backup to back up your apps. Also My Backup Root will allow you to back up apps and their data, so either one of those is an option before you try running the RUU.

I know its not a reply but can you tell me where you got the instructions to root the phone?

IncredibleSlover said:
I know its not a reply but can you tell me where you got the instructions to root the phone?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1137008
Follow that guide and you'll be s-off and have a rooted phone

[Q] One stuck on bootloader after relock with Hasoon Toolkit

as per title, i tried with .exe with Hasoon toolkit, tried with Stock RUU i had none worked at the moment,

succe said:
as per title, i tried with .exe with Hasoon toolkit, tried with Stock RUU i had none worked at the moment,
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Why did you relock it?

You need to restore a stock ruu or it won't boot, you can unlock it, flash a complete stock package and relock.
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succe said:
as per title, i tried with .exe with Hasoon toolkit, tried with Stock RUU i had none worked at the moment,
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The better way if you want to come back to RUU it's to use the simple way via fastboot. It's really easy.
But first you need to know and find the good RUU for your One.
I invite you to read and use this guide, I think that you will find exactly what you need.
[GUIDE] Download HTC One M7 RUU - Restore back STOCK
But you need to find the good version of the RUU for your device.

Thank you all
Keeping searching and with your help i found the way to turn around the problem getting an stock RUU on which now i cannot delete the apps i do not like but will keep trying till i will do!

succe said:
Keeping searching and with your help i found the way to turn around the problem getting an stock RUU on which now i cannot delete the apps i do not like but will keep trying till i will do!
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well, after getting back to stock you can always repeat the same steps to gain root access again ---> remove whatever apps you don't like

ryryzz said:
well, after getting back to stock you can always repeat the same steps to gain root access again ---> remove whatever apps you don't like
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Actually this what i am doing, and unlocked, gain root access i remove the apps using super manager, root explorer or solide explorer, when i restart the phone the pop up back!

Just received my HTC One and I have a few questions

I have always been a fan and user of Nexus devices, and I was waiting for Nexus 5 to come out but then eventually I chosen HTC One over the Nexus. I bought the unlocked version of HTC One from Amazon. The Phone came with 4.2 but I received the 4.3 OTA update.
The bootloader shows that the phone is locked and S-ON.
My questions are; will unlocking the bootloader wipe everything -used to do so with the Nexus? If it does wipe everything; will the software version remain 4.3 or a downgrade to 4.2 takes place?
Also, would converting S-ON to S-OFF wipe anything?
The warranty is not an issue here for me.
Another question; I've Googled everywhere and to change the lock screen setting was through Settings>Personalize>Lock screen. The look screen is non existent under "Personalize" in my phone. A screenshot is attached.
Thanks in advance!

Unlocking the bootloader via htcdev.com will wipe your data, but the system will stay on 4.3.
Probably you have hboot version 1.54 or 1.55, so you will have to use rumrunner to get S-Off. Doing that will not wipe anything.
The personalize options for the lockscreen are gone with Sense 5.5 / Android 4.3.
They simply removed that.
But you can now scroll to the right on your lockscreen to add lockscreen widgets. (Multiple pages, not just one like before the 4.3 update).

tomcat84 said:
Unlocking the bootloader via htcdev.com will wipe your data, but the system will stay on 4.3.
Probably you have hboot version 1.54 or 1.55, so you will have to use rumrunner to get S-Off. Doing that will not wipe anything.
The personalize options for the lockscreen are gone with Sense 5.5 / Android 4.3.
They simply removed that.
But you can now scroll to the right on your lockscreen to add lockscreen widgets. (Multiple pages, not just one like before the 4.3 update).
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I have HBOOT-1.5.0000
Thanks a lot for your help!

tomcat84 said:
Unlocking the bootloader via htcdev.com will wipe your data, but the system will stay on 4.3.
Probably you have hboot version 1.54 or 1.55, so you will have to use rumrunner to get S-Off. Doing that will not wipe anything.
The personalize options for the lockscreen are gone with Sense 5.5 / Android 4.3.
They simply removed that.
But you can now scroll to the right on your lockscreen to add lockscreen widgets. (Multiple pages, not just one like before the 4.3 update).
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One last question, can I unlock, S-OFF, and root without installing a custom recovery -keeping my stock recovery?

In theory that should be possible, but Im not sure to be honest.
Flashing clockworkmod recovery was the first thing I did after unlocking via htcdev...

tomcat84 said:
In theory that should be possible, but Im not sure to be honest.
Flashing clockworkmod recovery was the first thing I did after unlocking via htcdev...
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It was possible on the nexus running 4.3 through side loading
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M_Shaaban said:
One last question, can I unlock, S-OFF, and root without installing a custom recovery -keeping my stock recovery?
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Should be possible to root without installing custom recovery :
1)Unlock via htcdev.
2)S-off via rumrunner.
3)Root using this tool :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2190395

M_Shaaban said:
One last question, can I unlock, S-OFF, and root without installing a custom recovery -keeping my stock recovery?
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Hi the answer is yes and no.
Depends on your usage.
Leaving stock recovery installed to be honest doesn't really have any benefits and 9 times out of ten s-off removes the feature to recieve OTA updates.
Your best option to be honest is to s-off using rummrunner and install firmware and rom you want. If you dont want to modify anything on the phone then there is no point in achieving s-off as you can risk hard bricking your device.
Any Questions Give me a shout.
Kris

klashnikoff said:
Hi the answer is yes and no.
Depends on your usage.
Leaving stock recovery installed to be honest doesn't really have any benefits and 9 times out of ten s-off removes the feature to recieve OTA updates.
Your best option to be honest is to s-off using rummrunner and install firmware and rom you want. If you dont want to modify anything on the phone then there is no point in achieving s-off as you can risk hard bricking your device.
Any Questions Give me a shout.
Kris
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Thanks klashnikoff
For the time being, I want just to root my phone. Later on I may consider converting into GPE. Do I have to unlock the bootloader and/or s-off before rooting? Or can I root the phone directly? Thanks again!

acritec said:
Should be possible to root without installing custom recovery :
1)Unlock via htcdev.
2)S-off via rumrunner.
3)Root using this tool :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2190395
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Thanks!

M_Shaaban said:
Thanks klashnikoff
For the time being, I want just to root my phone. Later on I may consider converting into GPE. Do I have to unlock the bootloader and/or s-off before rooting? Or can I root the phone directly? Thanks again!
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Hey no your going to need to flash custom recovery I'm afraid there is no one click method for HTC one. So your going to need to flash custom recovery to allow any form of rooting as you need to flash the superuser repository onto your phone you can't simply just intstall the all and hope for the best.
Wouldn't bother with gpe either.
Been there done that it's crap.
All the things that make this phone good come from HTC sense.
And again unless you have any actual need to flash any custom roms to the phone I would hold off rooting or s-off on your phone. Most people loose the ability to OTA update and also htcdev collect the imei of your phone invalidating the warranty.
And there is absolutely no way to root without unlocking boot.
Hope this helps Kris

klashnikoff said:
Hey no your going to need to flash custom recovery I'm afraid there is no one click method for HTC one. So your going to need to flash custom recovery to allow any form of rooting as you need to flash the superuser repository onto your phone you can't simply just intstall the all and hope for the best.
Wouldn't bother with gpe either.
Been there done that it's crap.
All the things that make this phone good come from HTC sense.
And again unless you have any actual need to flash any custom roms to the phone I would hold off rooting or s-off on your phone. Most people loose the ability to OTA update and also htcdev collect the imei of your phone invalidating the warranty.
And there is absolutely no way to root without unlocking boot.
Hope this helps Kris
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I bought the phone from the US but I'm using it abroad, and the warranty is not working where I am now.
I just need some Apps that requires rooting, but I think I will hold a bit.
Thanks a lot Kris

klashnikoff said:
Hey no your going to need to flash custom recovery I'm afraid there is no one click method for HTC one. So your going to need to flash custom recovery to allow any form of rooting as you need to flash the superuser repository onto your phone you can't simply just intstall the all and hope for the best.
Wouldn't bother with gpe either.
Been there done that it's crap.
All the things that make this phone good come from HTC sense.
And again unless you have any actual need to flash any custom roms to the phone I would hold off rooting or s-off on your phone. Most people loose the ability to OTA update and also htcdev collect the imei of your phone invalidating the warranty.
And there is absolutely no way to root without unlocking boot.
Hope this helps Kris
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This is irrelevant I know, but I have noticed a strange thing; that there are two different incoming call screen that changes automatically. Is that optional or what? Sorry for the many questions I'm asking you. Thanks a lot Kris

M_Shaaban said:
This is irrelevant I know, but I have noticed a strange thing; that there are two different incoming call screen that changes automatically. Is that optional or what? Sorry for the many questions I'm asking you. Thanks a lot Kris
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Hmm that is strange. The only thing I can think of is if you have some form of aosp aspects installed on your phone. Download es file explorer enable root browser and view the system apps and see if there is two phone all's installed. It's bot uncommon to have system all's from aosp roms installed. I have three cameras lol sense one cyanogen one and the nexus one lol
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klashnikoff said:
Hmm that is strange. The only thing I can think of is if you have some form of aosp aspects installed on your phone. Download es file explorer enable root browser and view the system apps and see if there is two phone all's installed. It's bot uncommon to have system all's from aosp roms installed. I have three cameras lol sense one cyanogen one and the nexus one lol
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Actually I've just thought is the handset second hand? It could be a gpe edition convert. If thats the case then I reverse my statement to say forget stock abd get that bad boy s-off'd lol

klashnikoff said:
Hmm that is strange. The only thing I can think of is if you have some form of aosp aspects installed on your phone. Download es file explorer enable root browser and view the system apps and see if there is two phone all's installed. It's bot uncommon to have system all's from aosp roms installed. I have three cameras lol sense one cyanogen one and the nexus one lol
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Actually I've just thought is the handset second hand? It could be a gpe edition convert. If thats the case then I reverse my statement to say forget stock abd get that bad boy s-off'd lol
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This is a brand new handset. I'll try and install ES File Explorer. Which exact path and filename?
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M_Shaaban said:
This is a brand new handset. I'll try and install ES File Explorer. Which exact path and filename?
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Sorry mate my brain isn't working today forget everything I said es file explorer won't work as you havnt rooted the phone.. lol but it's defo not normal
Would give HTC a ring

klashnikoff said:
Sorry mate my brain isn't working today forget everything I said es file explorer won't work as you havnt rooted the phone.. lol but it's defo not normal
Would give HTC a ring
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well then simply I have a crazy phone
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Newbie to unlocking bootloader rooting and getting s-off

I have an HTC ONE on verizon.
I have been reading up on unlocking of the bootloader, rooting and achieving s-off, I have a few questions that I am hoping the XDA community can help with.
1.I am on 4.3 jellybean on my ONE will the new tool for HTC devices?
2. I just checked and the new software for the one 4.4 KitKat is out for my version of the one finally! My question is would the new tool still work if I took the 4.4 OTA update or would I loose the ability to use the new tool?
3. Also I know in this process some where that you loose everything on your phone, can someone recommend a method and/or an app to backup all of that stuff so that I do not loose it?

As for backing up your data, I'd suggest Helium. Since you're not rooyed, you will need a companion app on your computer.
Sent from my One using Tapatalk

anyone else ideas?

Noobies should not attempt to root or modify

Dont take the kk update and use firewater to unlock and get s-off. Once s-off flash a recovery and use it to backup the phone. Make sure to move the backup to your pc. Then reflash stock recovery and take the ota. Then reflash custom recovery and flash superuser with it. You would then be s-off stock rooted kitkat.

On the other hand, if you don't want S-Off (I doubt you need it), you should OTA-upgrade first to get the newest firmware for your device, then unlock and root. You should still be able to S-Off after that if you want.
If you go this route, you will lose all the contents of the phone. Helium (buggy as it is, it mostly works) a backup of SMS/call log/contacts (if they're not stored in a Google account), and a backup of /sdcard is approximately everything. Also take screenshots of what your desktop looks like, just in case you have a hard time getting that back.

You can take the ota first, it has been confirmed that firewater works on the new ota.

fenstre said:
On the other hand, if you don't want S-Off (I doubt you need it), you should OTA-upgrade first to get the newest firmware for your device, then unlock and root. You should still be able to S-Off after that if you want.
If you go this route, you will lose all the contents of the phone. Helium (buggy as it is, it mostly works) a backup of SMS/call log/contacts (if they're not stored in a Google account), and a backup of /sdcard is approximately everything. Also take screenshots of what your desktop looks like, just in case you have a hard time getting that back.
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I agree. I doubt you will need S-OFF. You really only need it if the phone didn't allow flashing kernels, radios, and images with S-ON. But since you only need root with the HTC One, I'd suggest to stay away from S-OFF. A simple typo could brick your phone if I'm not mistaken.
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cmlusco said:
You can take the ota first, it has been confirmed that firewater works on the new ota.
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Are you sure? I have been reading around these forums and others and haven't heard anything? Not doubting you just don't want to take the OTA update and then loose my chance to do this to my phone?

I just Ulocked, rooted and S-offed my Freshly OTA updated to 4.4.2 One. No problems or issues.
I used :
HTCDEV to unlock
CWM for recovery and root
and FireWater to S-off
Had some hiccups along the way but nothing that came close to bricking it. Just had to change a few settings and permissions.

Asking questions in International GSM htc one will not help with a Verizon device
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cmlusco said:
You can take the ota first, it has been confirmed that firewater works on the new ota.
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Iz3man said:
I just Ulocked, rooted and S-offed my Freshly OTA updated to 4.4.2 One. No problems or issues.
I used :
HTCDEV to unlock
CWM for recovery and root
and FireWater to S-off
Had some hiccups along the way but nothing that came close to bricking it. Just had to change a few settings and permissions.
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I thought HTC Dev no longer worked for the htc one?

JSDragon said:
I thought HTC Dev no longer worked for the htc one?
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Worked great for me yesterday. They emailed me a Unlock.bin file, ran it withbadb and presto unlocked.

Iz3man said:
Worked great for me yesterday. They emailed me a Unlock.bin file, ran it withbadb and presto unlocked.
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what would you recommend for backing up all of your stuff so you can restore it after all of this?

JSDragon said:
what would you recommend for backing up all of your stuff so you can restore it after all of this?
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I use adb backup its so far the best I've used... I didntvuse anything this go around, this one was a warranty replacement and I've been driving with my note 3... I just decided to unlock, root and soff this yesterday as a weeknight project

Iz3man said:
I use adb backup its so far the best I've used... I didntvuse anything this go around, this one was a warranty replacement and I've been driving with my note 3... I just decided to unlock, root and soff this yesterday as a weeknight project
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Mmmmm not sure how to use that for backing up my phone.

[Q] Updating Rooted HTC One to Sense 6?

I previously rooted my HTC One when I was on Sense 5.5 a couple of weeks ago. What steps do I need to take before I can now update to Sense 6 without bricking my phone? Thank you!
Also I tried to update it but it just went into TWRP.

seananderson95 said:
I previously rooted my HTC One when I was on Sense 5.5 a couple of weeks ago. What steps do I need to take before I can now update to Sense 6 without bricking my phone? Thank you!
Also I tried to update it but it just went into TWRP.
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follow going back to stock thread
Brief answer you need
unmodified system
data/preload apps calculator flash light++
Stock recovery
Root will be removed by ota
No need of locking boot loader again
from HTC One

yatindroid said:
follow going back to stock thread
Brief answer you need
unmodified system
data/preload apps calculator flash light++
Stock recovery
Root will be removed by ota
No need of locking boot loader again
from HTC One
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I don't really understand what you mean by this.

seananderson95 said:
I don't really understand what you mean by this.
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Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358738
Read xda carefully to understand these stuff
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