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Okay, so my bootloader's been unlocked...

...practically since I got this phone the week the N1 was released. Thing is, I updated to FRG83 and lost my root. I thought I wouldn't care, but now I've decided that I'd like to run a nice Sense ROM on this for a while. Apparently I can *always* get my root back since I've got an unlocked bootloader, but I'm having trouble finding out how to get root back...everything else seems to be newer methods that don't take into account if you've already got the bootloader unlocked.
What do I do? Can anyone help me out? Thanks.
EDIT: Oh, forgot to mention. I *would* just flash the FRF91 Superboot, but my recovery is broken (shows Android guy and Triangle) and I can't fix it with ROM Manager...because I don't have root...

Just flash a recovery image from fastboot, wipe and do whatever you want.

Look on my signature, and then go where it points and look for "flashing recovery with unlocked bootloader".

Jack_R1 said:
Look on my signature, and then go where it points and look for "flashing recovery with unlocked bootloader".
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This looks promising. As soon as I can hijack a new cable, I'll try this.

[REVERT] Gingerbread (stock) to FROYO

I have read countless threads on here. So please do not say "search is your friend," or "there are posts" since I read them all, and it did not help.
Here is my setup, I am running Nexus One GingerBread STOCK (without root or anything else), and I do NOT have CWM (if I did, I would have no issue).
I want to root my phone, since that is not possible right now, I want to revert back to froyo, then root, then install Rom Manager/CWM.
I have tried PASSIMG, 'main version' error when using standard way (power + volume down)..
I have tried flashing roms, get authentication error.
I do not want to unlock my bootloader..
Can anyone provide steps (if possible) to revert my nexus one back to stock or earlier version so I can install CWM and used a rooted/modd'd rom?
Thank you in advance!
real1st

you can used PASSIMG for FRG33 down to 2.2 (PASSIMG is flash in HBOOT not in recovery)
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App (Rooted at stock GRI40)

fastboot oem unlock

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Mincing words..
I used PASSIMG.zip correctly, by pressing power button and down volume button, it automatically checks for it, and found it. Once it did (the bar in top right) it told me error, main version older!. ..
I do not want to unlock my bootloader..
Any other thoughts?
kenny wong said:
you can used PASSIMG for FRG33 down to 2.2 (PASSIMG is flash in HBOOT not in recovery)
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App (Rooted at stock GRI40)
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I do not want to unlock my bootloader.. any other ideas?

real1st said:
Mincing words..
I used PASSIMG.zip correctly, by pressing power button and down volume button, it automatically checks for it, and found it. Once it did (the bar in top right) it told me error, main version older!. ..
I do not want to unlock my bootloader..
Any other thoughts?
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Same here...

Why don't you want to unlock. It isn't like it is going to hurt anything. And it sounds like you are not going to be able to flash the file because it is a older version. the easy fix is to fastboot oem unlock. HTC still honors the warranty for hardware. Also why are you wanting to go back to 2.2. 2.3 is fine.

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Couple reasons.. First.. The warranty status (I just received this phone back from replacement).. that is not garunteed, it is subjective, its not across the board, and you can be rejected. Hence the warning when you try to unlock it.
Second, I do not want an unlocked padlock when I use my phone. Was hoping for another way..
Anyone?
real1st

real1st said:
Couple reasons.. First.. The warranty status (I just received this phone back from replacement).. that is not garunteed, it is subjective, its not across the board, and you can be rejected. Hence the warning when you try to unlock it.
Second, I do not want an unlocked padlock when I use my phone. Was hoping for another way..
Anyone?
real1st
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You have 2 possibilities. Firstly, check your radio version...if you have 5.x, that may be the problem, and you may need to attempt to reflash an older radio first, THEN attempt the passimg.
Secondly, wait for gingerbreak, root via that exploit, and then install clockwork or other recovery to flash an old ROM.

It is 5.x in order to flash gingerbread you had to update your boot/radio.
Is there a step-by-step to do it that way?

Find me an example of HTC not doing warranty repairs because of unlocked bootloader. If your hardware fails they will fix it if its still under warranty
You don't want to see a padlock when you use your phone? So you use your phone during the boot screen?
Stop this nonsense and unlock the bootloader.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

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Re: Albunday2010
Interesting post. Rather than contribute, you decided to be condescending.
My reasons for not wanting to unlock my bootloader is inconsequential. If you disagree with them, that is your choice, save the post for another thread, that asks for your judgement.
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
real1st

Yeah, albundy, that was kind of uncalled for. I think it's kind of silly, too; but he's asking for help, not condescending remarks.
real1st, you would need to find an older radio image...one of the 4.x's and attempt to flash it in fastboot using the "fastboot flash radio <radioname>.img" command. It MIGHT not let you do that, though...at which point, you may have to just wait for gingerbreak.

He is asking for help when he was already helped. The answer has already been clearly stated in this thread. He doesn't like the answer, but tough, that is what he has to do. There aren't really any other options at this time.

GldRush98 said:
He is asking for help when he was already helped. The answer has already been clearly stated in this thread. He doesn't like the answer, but tough, that is what he has to do. There aren't really any other options at this time.
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+1
Your only options are passimg, and if that fails with the"main version" error, then unlock the bootloader if you wish...
Flashing different hboot or radio images won't help, and you certainly can't use fastboot to flash them unless you unlock the bootloader...
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B3astofthe3ast said:
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not if you like your warranty
Prod1702 said:
Why don't you want to unlock. It isn't like it is going to hurt anything. And it sounds like you are not going to be able to flash the file because it is a older version. the easy fix is to fastboot oem unlock. HTC still honors the warranty for hardware. Also why are you wanting to go back to 2.2. 2.3 is fine.
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no they dont.
albundy2010 said:
Find me an example of HTC not doing warranty repairs because of unlocked bootloader. If your hardware fails they will fix it if its still under warranty
You don't want to see a padlock when you use your phone? So you use your phone during the boot screen?
Stop this nonsense and unlock the bootloader.
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its not nonsesne if you like your warranty. also, yes they will fix it but at your cost of like 130 bucks.
GldRush98 said:
He is asking for help when he was already helped. The answer has already been clearly stated in this thread. He doesn't like the answer, but tough, that is what he has to do. There aren't really any other options at this time.
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he will just have to wait for a software loop hole. this is the reason you should not immediately update your phone.

HTC does do warranty repairs on unlocked phones. You people keep bringing this up in thread after thread after thread. If your phone has a hardware issue that they cover under the 1 year warranty they will fix it regardless of the state of the bootloader.
They charge you when your 1 year warranty is up or when you do something stupid that would not be covered under warranty anyways.
All these people need to read the wiki and the forum itself. Just about every day since the OTA came out there have been two threads on the front page of the forum asking the same thing.
I look forward to the day that everybody's warranty has expired. There will still be these threads after a OTA because people don't want to void the warranty or see a padlock on the screen during boot.

[Q] Stuck at HTC logo

Hey,
I couldn't find any help regarding this one:
I have unlocked my bootloader using the htcdev site (i am aware of the warranty issues).
So i've got this super sexy device, with unlocked bootloader, RUU 1.16.000, S-ON CWM recovery and root access.
I've tried to install the Revolution HD rom (3 times now) and after each time i got stuck at the HTC logo screen, not the one that says"quietly brilliant", but the one the says only "HTC". So luckily (again) i've done nandroid and used it to get my operator's ROM back.
So i've got 2 questions:
1) am i a failure ? what am i doing wrong?
2) is it possible to remove all the annoying operator's apps? and how? (fastboot/adb...)
3) What the heck is Goldcard?
Thanks a lot,

amitizle said:
Hey,
I couldn't find any help regarding this one:
I have unlocked my bootloader using the htcdev site (i am aware of the warranty issues).
So i've got this super sexy device, with unlocked bootloader, RUU 1.16.000, S-ON CWM recovery and root access.
I've tried to install the Revolution HD rom (3 times now) and after each time i got stuck at the HTC logo screen, not the one that says"quietly brilliant", but the one the says only "HTC". So luckily (again) i've done nandroid and used it to get my operator's ROM back.
So i've got 2 questions:
1) am i a failure ? what am i doing wrong?
2) is it possible to remove all the annoying operator's apps? and how? (fastboot/adb...)
3) What the heck is Goldcard?
Thanks a lot,
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1) There is a sticky in this forum. Search it for your reference.
2) You cant remove the apps cause it is located in /system/app. You might wanna try deleting them using a file manager
3) As far as I know, for incredible s, its used for downgrading hboot 1.16/2.00 to 1.13 (there is a thread somewhere around this forum) so that it could be s-off'd using revolutionary.io
Hope this helps! ^^
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using XDA App

Wow i somehow missed it...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1435136
There is an answer there.
Sorry for posting this
And thanks a lot!

Uninstall system apps with titanium backup(market app)
Edit: goldcard is for flashing HTC signed roms from other carriers

amitizle said:
Hey,
I couldn't find any help regarding this one:
I have unlocked my bootloader using the htcdev site (i am aware of the warranty issues).
So i've got this super sexy device, with unlocked bootloader, RUU 1.16.000, S-ON CWM recovery and root access.
I've tried to install the Revolution HD rom (3 times now) and after each time i got stuck at the HTC logo screen, not the one that says"quietly brilliant", but the one the says only "HTC". So luckily (again) i've done nandroid and used it to get my operator's ROM back.
So i've got 2 questions:
1) am i a failure ? what am i doing wrong?
2) is it possible to remove all the annoying operator's apps? and how? (fastboot/adb...)
3) What the heck is Goldcard?
Thanks a lot,
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If you dont want to downgrade and s-off your phone you need to manualy flash boot.img via fastboot after you flashed the rom.
"Fastboot flash boot boot.img"
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using XDA App

Relocking Bootloader without Unrooting?

Hi all,
Long time lurker and benefactor of all the great advice and wisdom on here. Thanks to everyone for the knowledge you share with the rest of us while we're learning! I have a quick question i can't seem to find the answer to anywhere here. Please forgive me and redirect if I'm being dense and it's somewhere else.
Firstly my One is unlocked, rooted, s-on and running ARHD 71.1
Ideally I want to keep root and my custom rom but if really necessary, I can return to stock and redo the process later.
Ok here's the issue. I didn't avail of the Google Drive storage offer before unlocking my bootloader. Now HTC are telling me I need to relock it to redeem. I'm still pushing them but just in case they hold firm:
1. Can I relock the bootloader without losing root and my custom rom? If so, how? All the guides I can find are about unrooting, locking and returning to stock.
2. If I do relock the bootloader, redeem the storage offer and then later unlock it again, is it going to wipe my data partition again?
Like I said. It's not the end of the world having to return to stock and redo, or having to flash ARHD again if the phone is wiped, but i would prefer a quick, clean and easy method if anyone has any ideas?

You can relock and still have root in the custom rom. How about making a nandroid backup, copy it off the device, relock, redeem the storage, unlock, then restore the /data partition from the backup.

diarm said:
Hi all,
Long time lurker and benefactor of all the great advice and wisdom on here. Thanks to everyone for the knowledge you share with the rest of us while we're learning! I have a quick question i can't seem to find the answer to anywhere here. Please forgive me and redirect if I'm being dense and it's somewhere else.
Firstly my One is unlocked, rooted, s-on and running ARHD 71.1
Ideally I want to keep root and my custom rom but if really necessary, I can return to stock and redo the process later.
Ok here's the issue. I didn't avail of the Google Drive storage offer before unlocking my bootloader. Now HTC are telling me I need to relock it to redeem. I'm still pushing them but just in case they hold firm:
1. Can I relock the bootloader without losing root and my custom rom? If so, how? All the guides I can find are about unrooting, locking and returning to stock.
2. If I do relock the bootloader, redeem the storage offer and then later unlock it again, is it going to wipe my data partition again?
Like I said. It's not the end of the world having to return to stock and redo, or having to flash ARHD again if the phone is wiped, but i would prefer a quick, clean and easy method if anyone has any ideas?
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I just used @scotty1223 method posted here to lock and unlock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475914
you'll need s-off first

clsA said:
I just used @scotty1223 method posted here to lock and unlock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475914
you'll need s-off first
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cschmitt said:
You can relock and still have root in the custom rom. How about making a nandroid backup, copy it off the device, relock, redeem the storage, unlock, then restore the /data partition from the backup.
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that looks the best idea. will wait to see if htc get back with good news tomorrow otherwise i'll do this. thanks guys.

i'm having a nightmare here!
first when i relocked the phone it gave me "security warning" in the bootloader and refused to let me reboot the phone or even launch recovery.
i eventually managed to get the phone working again by rebooting the bootloader 7 or 8 times and then unlocking it again with my old unlock code.
then looking for another way to get relocked, i tried to get s-off but as my hboot is 1.55 there seem to be very few ways.
have been trying to use firewater (i'm on ARHD 71) but after going through everything, it tells me "ERROR: kernel contains HTC anti-firewater patch! Try again with a different kernel".
so then I flashed the ElementalX kernel thinking that would work but it gives me the same message.
anyone have any ideas? should i try another kernel? maybe a different ROM? I've tried to restore to the original nandroid backup i made when i first unlocked the thing but that's not working either!

Z3 modding with TWRP available but unlockable bootloader

Hi folks,
there is not any seperate forum for Z3 without "Play" - so I simply try to ask my questions here.
I have just read that there is already TWRP for Verizon Z3 Messi: https://twrp.me/motorola/motorolamotoz3.html.
As far as I know, its bootloader is not unlockable and probably will never be. This could explain why in the description of the above link TWRP is not flashed to the device but the device is booted by means of it via USB. That way, I suppose the device could at least be rooted without unlocked bootloader. Is that right? Can anybody confirm this?
Would it also be possible to flash a custom ROM to Z3 even with bootloader locked? Found for example this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx1iJMgClws. Somehow this ROM must have come to Z3 despite of locked bootloader.
Sorry for all my questions - but I have never had any US carrier locked device yet. I am still waiting for my Z3 I ordered via eBay which would be my first device of this kind. As anyway, I will not have any support or warranty for it in Europe, I would like to mod it immediately. I have already modded and flashed multiple devices with unlocked or at least unlockable bootloader, but I have zero experience with locked bootloader modding possibilities. Maybe anybody can explain me what I have to consider.

Fake fake fake!!!

What do you mean with fake? The custom ROM? TWRP for Z3 definitely comes from official TWRP site...

the link leads to YT!
on the YT link leads to nowhere !!
Get yourself together, Pull yourself together

S3V3N said:
the link leads to YT!
on the YT link leads to nowhere !!
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Okay, thanks - yesterday, this link was still alive and provided file download and installing instructions.

Maheshwara said:
Okay, thanks - yesterday, this link was still alive and provided file download and installing instructions.
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Link is still there when I checked. Let me know if you get anywhere with this. I'm interested in the same thing.

The link provided in the description of the video leads to one of those generic download websites. I do not trust this as it is not a reputable file host.

It may be disputable, if the link to the ROM is trustworthy.
But can anybody tell me, what can be done with a phone with locked bootloader when booting it with TWRP via USB? Would it be possible that way to replace the complete ROM of the device even with locked bootloader? This is just a general question. I simply want to sort out what can be done at all.

Maheshwara said:
It may be disputable, if the link to the ROM is trustworthy.
But can anybody tell me, what can be done with a phone with locked bootloader when booting it with TWRP via USB? Would it be possible that way to replace the complete ROM of the device even with locked bootloader? This is just a general question. I simply want to sort out what can be done at all.
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The phone would refuse to boot if you alter the boot partition in any way. Most, if not all, custom roms use a custom boot image. This means it is not possible at the moment and you would also have to figure out how to gain root on the phone in the first place so it doesn't really matter anyway.

mattyb132 said:
The phone would refuse to boot if you alter the boot partition in any way. Most, if not all, custom roms use a custom boot image. This means it is not possible at the moment and you would also have to figure out how to gain root on the phone in the first place so it doesn't really matter anyway.
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Hahahaha

Pie update is here. Any chance we get some dev for z3 now?