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is there a way to get s-off for the htc vivid?
Nope and atm its not needed
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Search, people, search!!!
I've seen this question at least twice in the past 24 hours, and this isn't a fast moving forum!
Doktor is right; it's not available and is not (yet) needed. Certain people have S-Off just because of either the way their phone happened to come from the factory, or because they just have developer devices.
Aus_Azn said:
Search, people, search!!!
I've seen this question at least twice in the past 24 hours, and this isn't a fast moving forum!
Doktor is right; it's not available and is not (yet) needed. Certain people have S-Off just because of either the way their phone happened to come from the factory, or because they just have developer devices.
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It is unreal... The laziness is ridiculous
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Can we have a sticky with FAQs like this? search functions are rarely perfect for me (even though in one case, the answer is actually on the first page)
:facepalm: There already is one. No one bothers to read so I hardly even work on it.
Also search functions are pretty good, you just have to you know read, and refine your search if it comes up wrong.
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:facepalm: There already is one.
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Oh the irony... LOL :what:
Anyhow, I wish people would stop saying that we don't need it... With s-off, we would not be stuck waiting for carrier signed hboot images; as soon as one carrier released it or someone received a leak, we would all be able to use it. Right now, each user is stuck waiting for their carrier. So, all the Canadian users are stuck on GB for now for example.
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Oh the irony... LOL :what:
Anyhow, I wish people would stop saying that we don't need it... With s-off, we would not be stuck waiting for carrier signed hboot images; as soon as one carrier released it or someone received a leak, we would all be able to use it. Right now, each user is stuck waiting for their carrier. So, all the Canadian users are stuck on GB for now for example.
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As far as I understand it the firmware from onr will not work with the other. Irregardless of s-off, the radio for ics I think was change so you would still need your carriers updated radio.
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I can't comment on whether there was a change of radio from GB to ICS in the releases so far. However, I can tell you that Rogers and Bell in Canada use the same frequencies and protocols as US AT&T. I have an AT&T SIM that I use when travelling in the US and my Raider works fine. So I infer that either the radios are identical (att vs Bell, not GB vs ICS) or compatible. With S-Off, I would be up and running.
Also, if I understand correctly, with S-off, we would be free to mix and match, so I could try the ATT ICS Rom, with the Bell GB radio. Anyhow, all wishful thinking for now.
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For those interested in s-off ;-) you may want to take a look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1573491
OP there indicates he is beta testing an s-off tool on pur device. You may want to express your thatnks and support there...
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Looks like they're close to releasing it too. Been actively following that thread cuz I'm dying to install some wicked custom ics roms on my raider and my wife's. . Super stoked for this.
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once s-off is done then yes will be able to flash roms from other htc devices to the vivid.as s-off lets you flash different radios instead having to use the radios the roms come with
Will s-off allow us to install kernels from recovery (so we don't need to fastboot from the computer each time)? Or do we just need a recovery capable of this?
Yes it let's you flash kernels in recovery
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The beta is out!
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Mad Medik said:
For those interested in s-off ;-) you may want to take a look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1573491
OP there indicates he is beta testing an s-off tool on pur device. You may want to express your thatnks and support there...
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leaving my vivid for its bigger brother the one x , loved this phone despite the little devs this phone will now be just for play and other random thing ,
fredy915 said:
leaving my vivid for its bigger brother the one x , loved this phone despite the little devs this phone will now be just for play and other random thing ,
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Not gonna wait for the One X+?
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I too, will be leaving the Vivid when my contract is up. Great "first phone" for Android, but moving on to the SGS3.
fredy915 said:
leaving my vivid for its bigger brother the one x , loved this phone despite the little devs this phone will now be just for play and other random thing ,
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keep in mind if you're getting a One X and it comes with 2.20 on it, there's no root available yet. So it doesn't matter how many devs they have for the device, until they achieve root you won't be able to use any of their stuff.
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keep in mind if you're getting a One X and it comes with 2.20 on it, there's no root available yet. So it doesn't matter how many devs they have for the device, until they achieve root you won't be able to use any of their stuff.
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yep so the vivid is currently looking like a better option LOL
Got the Vivid when it first came out - this phone can't help but create mixed feelings:
Cons:
- Phone is heavy
- Battery life so-so, especially now that LTE is active
- Difficulty to unlock the phone means limited developers
Pros:
- Nice big screen with good quality (at full-brightness, nearly as good as S3 or HTC One X)
- Good camera and GPS (coming from the Captivate which was disastrous in both lol)
- Has FM radio, external SD cards and removable batteries - most of the top Android phones these days are missing at least one of these
The difficulty to develop is probably the biggest downside, but after almost a year I've finally dived into custom ROMs. Unlocked the bootloader, got S-Off thanks to the wire trick, even SIM Unlocked! Using Holis ROM, which is great, should tide me over until next spring when I'm eligible for an upgrade.
So in conclusion, while the Vivid was subpar under GB, since ICS came out it's been really nice. But I certainly wouldn't recommend anyone buying this phone unless it was cheap.
What is a vivid. Its not available in the UK
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homeslice976 said:
keep in mind if you're getting a One X and it comes with 2.20 on it, there's no root available yet. So it doesn't matter how many devs they have for the device, until they achieve root you won't be able to use any of their stuff.
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Htcdev unlock it an you're set. Same as vivid.
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Can't unlock the att one x (xl) without super cid which requires root. 2.20 has no root, so no HTCdev unlock. Att won't allow the bootloader to be unlocked
The intl one x as well as the s and v are htcdev unlockable
weeo said:
What is a vivid. Its not available in the UK
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I think it's either called the Raider or the Velocity in the UK. As far as I know, it's Raider in Canada (I can confirm that one at least since I own one), and Velocity in Aus/NZ.
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I think it's either called the Raider or the Velocity in the UK. As far as I know, it's Raider in Canada (I can confirm that one at least since I own one), and Velocity in Aus/NZ.
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I believe the Velocity is for China/ Korea
It is known by 3 names:
Vivid for the US
Velocity for Australia
Raider 4G everywhere else
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grunt0300 said:
I too, will be leaving the Vivid when my contract is up. Great "first phone" for Android, but moving on to the SGS3.
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This is exactly what I did. I have had the S3 for three weeks and it's so much better.
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ENvisiNKeD said:
Not gonna wait for the One X+?
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I bought this off contract lol just waiting a few more days to get the one x +
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homeslice976 said:
Can't unlock the att one x (xl) without super cid which requires root. 2.20 has no root, so no HTCdev unlock. Att won't allow the bootloader to be unlocked
The intl one x as well as the s and v are htcdev unlockable
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Already have boot loader unlocked and running a custom with 2.20 loving this phone just can't wait to get the one x + or if they make a nexus 4 with 32gig like that did the nexus 7 I'll get betting that instead so I'm just going to wait a few months or so and see what happens
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fredy915 said:
Already have boot loader unlocked and running a custom with 2.20 loving this phone just can't wait to get the one x + or if they make a nexus 4 with 32gig like that did the nexus 7 I'll get betting that instead so I'm just going to wait a few months or so and see what happens
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Yes, root for 2.20 was accomplished a few weeks or so after I posted that. Awesome what the dev community can do
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Yes, root for 2.20 was accomplished a few weeks or so after I posted that. It was wonderful news
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Yeah it was nice only had stock for about 2 weeks then once root was achieved bam loll rooted this baby
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I bounced out for lgog! The best phone out today. Ips, s4 pro, 2 gig ram,16 gig internal, removable SD slot, lte, unlock bl, also support
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It was a good run, but I think I'm going to retire my Vivid and get a One X+. Thanks to all the devs who continued to support the phone, after the situation. It's been great guys, thanks for making a great community around this little phone.
I can get the HTC One with Vodafone Branding for 360 Euro .. I haven't had a branded device before,
what are the downsides besides no OTA from HTC?
Is there a way to unbrand the phone?
You can root mate to get rid of branded bloatware. If not though your limited to carrier pushed out updates and if they do the cid way again regardless of if your rooted or not your stuffed
Shouldn't stop you getting it though. Hopefully HTC won't do the cid way again
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You can root mate to get rid of branded bloatware. If not though your limited to carrier pushed out updates and if they do the cid way again regardless of if your rooted or not your stuffed
Shouldn't stop you getting it though. Hopefully HTC won't do the cid way again
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They always do the cid way if there is carrier bloat. Because it's the carrier pushing out the software not HTC
Just hope for s-off or supercid
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How likely will there be supercid or s-off?
For 360 it is a good deal, so I would be ready to take a small risk haha
voltron2k11 said:
How likely will there be supercid or s-off?
For 360 it is a good deal, so I would be ready to take a small risk haha
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We won't know until the device is released, more people have a chance to try
And those who already have a device that are working on it will remain quiet until it's released
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I heard that with previous devices like the One S or One X+ there have been problems with getting s-off on bloated phones and changing the cid ..
voltron2k11 said:
I heard that with previous devices like the One S or One X+ there have been problems with getting s-off on bloated phones and changing the cid ..
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There's always an exploit, they just haven't found it yet
We can only hope
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the One X was just left to eat dust.. while its cousins and brothers "The EVO 4G LTE, DNA etc" got s-off days or a few months after release
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the One X was just left to eat dust.. while its cousins and brothers "The EVO 4G LTE, DNA etc" got s-off days or a few months after release
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The devices with sd cards are easier to exploit to begin with, especially the Qualcomm ones
They also recently found a common exploit with the Qualcomm processors
Since the one will have a Qualcomm processor we can hope a similar exploit is found
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Thanks for the info .. I guess I will just go for it
It's a great phone even when I can't get it exploited.
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Thanks for the info .. I guess I will just go for it
It's a great phone even when I can't get it exploited.
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My suggestion to all is to never buy a phone (besides a nexus) that you aren't happy to have with the stock software, just in case
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That is how I felt about it, but it's a bargain for a great phone with already awesome software
I can wait for custom roms or go without
hey I'm new to HTC phones so whats the difference with bootloader unlock, s-off, and supercid?
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hey I'm new to HTC phones so whats the difference with bootloader unlock, s-off, and supercid?
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unlocking the bootloader let's you mess with the /system, flashing kernel & recovery partition(using a PC only). Setting the phone to S-Off let's you flash kernels, baseband/radio, recovery, hboot(through your phone directly), Super CID I'd like to know also. This CID thing just came out on the One series so no idea what is it.
CID is HTC's way to differentiate between carrier and regional devices, also that's how they push updates and they started CIDs a while ago...
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I have an Evo 3D rooted s–off on cyanogenmod...
I will be using this for the rebate but my question was do you guys think I need to un root and go back stock or just flash a stock rom and send it in? What would you do?
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MrTeddyChills said:
I have an Evo 3D rooted s–off on cyanogenmod...
I will be using this for the rebate but my question was do you guys think I need to un root and go back stock or just flash a stock rom and send it in? What would you do?
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Definitely flash a stock rom. I don't know about unrooting it but better safe then sorry. In their terms of service they will be powering on the phones and ensuring they work - then wiping all data. If there is anything wrong, suspicious, etc I don't see them passing on the chance of not giving you $100.
I have on old hero that still works but half of one of the volume keys is missing. Think it will get kicked back? I have an evo4g but I would rather send the hero.
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I was gonna go for the trade up program as well with my evo 3D, but I decided that since it's in perfect condition and I have a 32 GB card in it that I won't need anymore, I'm gonna see if I can get over $100 for it on ebay. The T&C for the trade up states that they WILL NOT ship your phone back if you get rejected, just so you're all aware.
I'm sending either my 3d or an old palm per I have laying around. If I send the 3d in I'm leaving it as is, rooted with a custom rom on it.
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I was just curious if anyone out there has Rooted their T-mo or Other carrier G Flex. I love aspects of Rooted devices (Vibrant, Sensation, Galaxy 2,3 various other devices) however I have found that with a lot of the newer devices that are coming out, I haven't really felt the need to root. Are there any real advantages to rooting my G Flex, or if Im happy with it should I just leave it be?
More specifically however, has anyone used the VROOT method?
Not yet I'm really happy with it I feel like I don't want to **** anything up
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Well on the ATT model there is a ton of bloat as well as Carrier IQ. So yeah I rooted and am happy now.
TMO here and I've rooted for AdAway and Root Explorer. Think I'm going to wait for a solid recovery to be released before I do much more.
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Evofusion said:
Not yet I'm really happy with it I feel like I don't want to **** anything up
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Same here and I'm a flash whore coming from the G2.
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Think I'm going to wait for a solid recovery to be released before I do much more.
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Not yet, I guess given that the phone was just recently released I want to wait until there is (or isn't) significant developer support for this phone. If not, then I won't do any modifications with it and dump it in 6 months and use a JUMP from Tmo.
Since I rooted, is my Jump nullified meaning I can't use it now?
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Tmobile does NOT care if your phone is rooted when you go to use a Jump..
I have the T-Mobile flex and i rooted with ioroot. So that i can use xposed +gravity for pie and expanded
desktop view. Works flawlesssly!!!!!
I'll probably root once there is a working TWRP recovery..until then, I can wait, cause this phone is so sweet is so many ways right out of the box..
I have Tmobile flex. I rooted to get rid of bloat and so I can use titanium backups. I have to say, there are some similarities between LG UI and touchwiz but I think LG has this a little better organized. Haven't played with exposed on here yet but I will.
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Bought the G Flex release day and rooted that same night! Got rid if the bloat with TiB and now messing with some of the xposed modules. Best. Choice. Ever.
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Are there any sprint user that rooted there phones and could maybe list the bloatware apps that they had removed? Im thinking of rooting my phone so i can uninstall couple of bloatware there but since im new to LG im not sure which apps are safe to uninstall besides the sprint crap any help would be appreciated thanks.
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which method did you tmobile guys use to root? there is the adb command method, and I also say a new method today, using a windows interface from a Chinese website..
thanks
wase4711 said:
which method did you tmobile guys use to root? there is the adb command method, and I also say a new method today, using a windows interface from a Chinese website..
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Thats what im about to use the new simple method im not big on adb since i really never used it always had it very simple when it came to rooting i dont know much about adb never used it like that.
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please post here after you try it!
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which method did you tmobile guys use to root? there is the adb command method, and I also say a new method today, using a windows interface from a Chinese website..
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I used ioroot..manual method. Did you have trouble with that one?
I haven't rooted yet; just got this thing on Thursday, and want to make sure I am keeping it before I do.
Plus, I might wait a bit and see if by some miracle, kitkat gets pushed out for this guy, in the next week or 2,and I dont want to have to unroot it, in order to get that.
I know the chances aren't good for that, but, I like to learn about a new phone for a week or 2, then decide what I want to do with it, so I am not in a big hurry to root; there is no custom recovery yet, and of course, no roms, so I can be patient.
Thanks everyone for the insight, seeing as this thread has brought more to the table than just tmo answers and users I'll leave it be. I have, with some regret, opted to swap my phone for a Note 3. I had an issue where I would get temporary screen burns (lasting no more than a few seconds). Seeing as these are high end devices, I expected better from lg. The screen burn a side, the flex really is a great phone.
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IOroot worked awesome
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