Is there a way to unlock the bootloader on the HTC ONE M8 from Sprint to gain root access without having to use HTCDev?
Basically, I just want to gain root so I can use WiFi Tethering while keeping stock ROM.
Check out the sticky in Dev.
I found the thread that appears to talk about it without using HTCDev, but it requires S-Off: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708571
I thought s-off on this phone was only accomplished once the bootloader was unlocked, which requires HTCDev?
ReproOne said:
I found the thread that appears to talk about it without using HTCDev, but it requires S-Off: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708571
I thought s-off on this phone was only accomplished once the bootloader was unlocked, which requires HTCDev?
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Temproot only works for Verizon I believe, you will have to devunlock to root unfortunately.
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Hi, I have a hboot 1.54 HTC One, Can I use the All in One toolkit to unlock the bootloader or do I need to go the htcdev route?
Once unlocked and assuming I have to use htcdev can I then use the toolkit to flash cwm recovery?
Thanks for any help in advance.
kakkaroto said:
Hi, I have a hboot 1.54 HTC One, Can I use the All in One toolkit to unlock the bootloader or do I need to go the htcdev route?
Once unlocked and assuming I have to use htcdev can I then use the toolkit to flash cwm recovery?
Thanks for any help in advance.
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The AIO toolkit uses htcdev to unlock. And yes, the toolkit can install recovery.
iElvis said:
The AIO toolkit uses htcdev to unlock. And yes, the toolkit can install recovery.
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OK that makes sense, on the toolkit page it has the "register at htcdev" bit crossed out, so just wanted to confirm it was still required.
Thanks for your help.
kakkaroto said:
OK that makes sense, on the toolkit page it has the "register at htcdev" bit crossed out, so just wanted to confirm it was still required.
Thanks for your help.
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Well, there are only two ways to unlock, via htcdev or the revone s-off exploit (which doesn't work with 1.54 hboot). I don't know if the toolkit incorporated revone as I've never used toolkits or AIO solutions for my phone modding. Unlocking this phone is very easy.
iElvis said:
Well, there are only two ways to unlock, via htcdev or the revone s-off exploit (which doesn't work with 1.54 hboot). I don't know if the toolkit incorporated revone as I've never used toolkits or AIO solutions for my phone modding. Unlocking this phone is very easy.
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Yeah the toolkit uses revone which I know doesn't currently work with hboot 1.54. So I don't get to have s-off for now.
Is it safe to take an ota on unlocked bootloader, s-on?
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bleichtman said:
Is it safe to take an ota on unlocked bootloader, s-on?
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You can't take an OTA on an unlocked bootloader. You must have stock bootloader and stock recovery.
Yes. You just have to relock the bootloader with fastboot oem lock, grab the OTA, then send the unlocktoken to re-unlock. The firmware update will update your hboot and whatnot, however, and you won't be able to downgrade with a RUU. In theory, you could use a RUU for the new OTA but one is not available.
Good news, however, is that revone s-off does function with the updated hboot. I just s-off'd about 5 minutes ago with the new hboot and revone 0.2.1.
sshede said:
Yes. You just have to relock the bootloader with fastboot oem lock, grab the OTA, then send the unlocktoken to re-unlock. The firmware update will update your hboot and whatnot, however, and you won't be able to downgrade with a RUU. In theory, you could use a RUU for the new OTA but one is not available.
Good news, however, is that revone s-off does function with the updated hboot. I just s-off'd about 5 minutes ago with the new hboot and revone 0.2.1.
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Really, I've read that Revone does not work with .31 software version.
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theotrman said:
Really, I've read that Revone does not work with .31 software version.
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That's the way I did it earlier today. Failed in a terminal window on the phone but worked fine using shell via adb. Took about three minutes with zero errors. Your results may vary, but I successfully installed the OTA from Sprint, installed the stock rooted rom, then revone s-off with no errors.
sshede said:
That's the way I did it earlier today. Failed in a terminal window on the phone but worked fine using shell via adb. Took about three minutes with zero errors. Your results may vary, but I successfully installed the OTA from Sprint, installed the stock rooted rom, then revone s-off with no errors.
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Did you HTC DEV Unlocked before you S-Offer and which version of Revone did u use 0.2 or 0.2.1?
I get a "segmentation fault" fail/error...
Thanks for you help man...
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Omg people stop spreading that you have to relock the BL to take an OTA. You do not need to relock the boot loader, you only need to have stock recovery and stock system apps
I always run all my phones with rooted stock and take every OTA with an unlocked boot loader just fine
If you are relocking the BL then you are adding unnecessary steps to the process. You also do not have to s-on for an OTA I have seen some saying you must s-on too... Let's stop spreading the incorrect info
theotrman said:
Did you HTC DEV Unlocked before you S-Offer and which version of Revone did u use 0.2 or 0.2.1?
I get a "segmentation fault" fail/error...
Thanks for you help man...
Sent from my (M7WLS) HTC ONE.
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I unlocked via HTCDev, and used 0.2.1. I used it via ADB shell, I did not use it on the phone itself.
Also contrary to what the guy above me said, I had to RELOCK THE BOOTLOADER to accept the OTA, it failed otherwise on two seperate Ones.
sshede said:
I unlocked via HTCDev, and used 0.2.1. I used it via ADB shell, I did not use it on the phone itself.
Also contrary to what the guy above me said, I had to RELOCK THE BOOTLOADER to accept the OTA, it failed otherwise on two seperate Ones.
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Ok. That's my problem. I cannot unlock bootloader with REVONE, I gotta HTC DEV Unlock it, correct?
Than you for the help.
Btw.. OT.. the IR Blaster coupled with the HTC TV app is sik!
Sent from my (M7WLS) HTC ONE.
sshede said:
I unlocked via HTCDev, and used 0.2.1. I used it via ADB shell, I did not use it on the phone itself.
Also contrary to what the guy above me said, I had to RELOCK THE BOOTLOADER to accept the OTA, it failed otherwise on two seperate Ones.
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That's weird, my sprint one and two friends with T-Mobile also took ota without relocking it, also never had to relock my nexus7, galaxy nexus, evo4g, evo3d or evo shift. I do know that you must relock it to use an RUU tho
I guess there is no telling what variables are out there... I have also seen people say you must be s-off to flash recovery which should only require unlocked BL go figure....
theotrman said:
Ok. That's my problem. I cannot unlock bootloader with REVONE, I gotta HTC DEV Unlock it, correct?
Than you for the help.
Btw.. OT.. the IR Blaster coupled with the HTC TV app is sik!
Sent from my (M7WLS) HTC ONE.
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Unlocking the bootloader and SOFF are different. Unlock through HTC then use revone with adb shell and you shouldn't have any problems.
sshede said:
Unlocking the bootloader and SOFF are different. Unlock through HTC then use revone with adb shell and you shouldn't have any problems.
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Yep understand they are 2 different things. But my understanding of the REVONE exploit was that you could unlock the boot loader and achieve root access w/o HTC DEV Unlock and of course S-OFF. At least you could before the .31 update.
Sent from my (M7WLS) HTC ONE.
theotrman said:
Yep understand they are 2 different things. But my understanding of the REVONE exploit was that you could unlock the boot loader and achieve root access w/o HTC DEV Unlock and of course S-OFF. At least you could before the .31 update.
Sent from my (M7WLS) HTC ONE.
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I can't comment on revone before 1.31, but it does fail for me without being dev unlocked.
Hello guys,
I'm currently running pure stock 4.2.2, never rooted, never s-offed, never unlocked bootloader. As it is now possible to S-OFF using rumrunner s-off, my question is whether I'll be able to re-lock my bootloader without any evidence of unlocking it through HTCDev. I know it is possible to do with revone tool, but that only works on 1.44 Hboot. As far as I know, I should be able to downgrade Hboot after obtaining S-OFF with rumrunner, but I'm not sure.
TLDR : I want to unlock bootloader on 4.2.2 using HTCDev, can I get it back to state "Locked" then ? Any guide ?
Thanks
amozonesk said:
Hello guys,
I'm currently running pure stock 4.2.2, never rooted, never s-offed, never unlocked bootloader. As it is now possible to S-OFF using rumrunner s-off, my question is whether I'll be able to re-lock my bootloader without any evidence of unlocking it through HTCDev. I know it is possible to do with revone tool, but that only works on 1.44 Hboot. As far as I know, I should be able to downgrade Hboot after obtaining S-OFF with rumrunner, but I'm not sure.
TLDR : I want to unlock bootloader on 4.2.2 using HTCDev, can I get it back to state "Locked" then ? Any guide ?
Thanks
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Hmm rumrunner tool requires an unlocked bootloader to work so I guess you would need to unlock it through HTCDev
But once S-OFF you can set it back to "Locked" instead of "Relocked". Have a look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475914
Worked for my HTC One and I'm now back on a "Locked" bootloader.
jerronchua55 said:
Hmm rumrunner tool requires an unlocked bootloader to work so I guess you would need to unlock it through HTCDev
But once S-OFF you can set it back to "Locked" instead of "Relocked". Have a look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475914
Worked for my HTC One and I'm now back on a "Locked" bootloader.
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Thank you for your answer. I know that unlocking the bootloader will void warranty by my carrier (Orange Slovakia) but if it is possible to downgrade Hboot after S-OFF, I'd be able to get back status "Locked", there are many guides to do that. So the question is if I can downgrade from 1.54 to 1.44 after S-OFFing the 1.54. Also, will my carrier be informed about my unlocking through HTCDev ? Can they check whether it was unlocked once via HTCDev (although it is "Locked" now) ?
I have an friends HTC One which is LOCKED & S-off with Stock ROM running on it. I was wondering if there is any method to root this device without UNLOCKING the boot-loader.
Thanks in advance.
pradeepvizz said:
I have an friends HTC One which is LOCKED & S-ON with Stock ROM running on it. I was wondering if there is any method to root this device without UNLOCKING the boot-loader.
Thanks in advance.
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no that's the only way
clsA said:
no that's the only way
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Oops sorry I meant to say soff..
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Yes. As you are S-OFF, you can flash a RUU based on 1.44 HBOOT, and use Revone to root/unlock bootloader without going with HTC Dev (assuming that is your goal) You will lose all data however.
SaHiLzZ said:
Yes. As you are S-OFF, you can flash a RUU based on 1.44 HBOOT, and use Revone to root/unlock bootloader without going with HTC Dev (assuming that is your goal) You will lose all data however.
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Yeah but he wants root without unlocking the bootloader
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Apologies if this sounds like a stupid question or if this has been answered elsewhere (I've been looking around for the better part of a day and just decided to make a thread about this).
HTC One J (M7) | HBoot 1.57 | 4.2.2 | AU Phone (not australia - AU the company) | S-On | Bootloader Locked
Anyway so I am able to use kingroot to temporarily root my device, however when rebooting obviously I lose these privileges (but thankfully I can just run it again and it usually works until I reboot). I was wondering if it's possible to unlock the bootloader (s off would be even better) with this temp root.
I tried the HTC dev way, but my CID is not authorized (it appears AU does not allow this to happen from what I understand; maybe I should also note I am not the original owner of the phone). I see SunShine is a way, but it's $25 so I would like to see if there is another way to do this first.
TDLR: I have temporary root access, can I use this to unlock my bootloader?
Sniper_X002 said:
Apologies if this sounds like a stupid question or if this has been answered elsewhere (I've been looking around for the better part of a day and just decided to make a thread about this).
HTC One J (M7) | HBoot 1.57 | 4.2.2 | AU Phone (not australia - AU the company) | S-On | Bootloader Locked
Anyway so I am able to use kingroot to temporarily root my device, however when rebooting obviously I lose these privileges (but thankfully I can just run it again and it usually works until I reboot). I was wondering if it's possible to unlock the bootloader (s off would be even better) with this temp root.
I tried the HTC dev way, but my CID is not authorized (it appears AU does not allow this to happen from what I understand; maybe I should also note I am not the original owner of the phone). I see SunShine is a way, but it's $25 so I would like to see if there is another way to do this first.
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If your cid is blocked from htcdev.com the only other method to unlock it would requires s-off. And the only way to s-off on hboot 1.57 is with Sunshine. Sunshine will also unlock the bootloader at the same time of doing s-off...
TDLR: I have temporary root access, can I use this to unlock my bootloader?
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The bootloader lock flag is on the pg1fs partition, you don't have write access on that partition when S-ON, even if you have temp root. So no you can't.
alray said:
If your cid is blocked from htcdev.com the only other method to unlock it would requires s-off. And the only way to s-off on hboot 1.57 is with Sunshine. Sunshine will also unlock the bootloader at the same time of doing s-off...
The bootloader lock flag is on the pg1fs partition, you don't have write access on that partition when S-ON, even if you have temp root. So no you can't.
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Alright thanks, I think I'll stick to having temproot for now.
the $25 for sunshine is completely worth it. I still have my one m7 and running AICP 7.1.2. It's not my daily. However, it is my back up in case something happens to my daily (nexus 6)