Is there a way to change BL "RELOCKED" flag to "LOCKED" again? I need to send my phone for repair, my vibrations died. I've flashed stock rom, firmware and relocked BL. My hboot is 1.02, one sim
seriouscorps said:
Is there a way to change BL "RELOCKED" flag to "LOCKED" again? I need to send my phone for repair, my vibrations died. I've flashed stock rom, firmware and relocked BL. My hboot is 1.02, one sim
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We once found a way to do it, there is a post somewhere in the Ultimate Thread, however, your phone needs to be S-OFF to do it, which is a risk.
I recommend sending your phone in with the relocked flag, they usually don't ask for extra money AFAIK.
Thanks for replay. Ill try my luck with relocked flag, hopefully they will ignore it and don't ask questions
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I'm kinda new to IncS, cause I had Desire untill a few days ago and I have a lot of experience with this things on it.
So what's my point, I'm about to unlock bootloader over htcdev cause I have ICS sense 3.6 (www_asia_hk build 4.10.708.1 with 2.02 hboot so htcdev is the only option as I could find), and my question is will I be able to get it back to factory state (with LOCKED sign) with ruu if I have to get the phone back to the seller for waranty purpose?
Don't jump on me, I tried the search but all the answers I could find were incomplete.
Thanks in adwance.
nlooooo said:
I'm kinda new to IncS, cause I had Desire untill a few days ago and I have a lot of experience with this things on it.
So what's my point, I'm about to unlock bootloader over htcdev cause I have ICS sense 3.6 (www_asia_hk build 4.10.708.1 with 2.02 hboot so htcdev is the only option as I could find), and my question is will I be able to get it back to factory state (with LOCKED sign) with ruu if I have to get the phone back to the seller for waranty purpose?
Don't jump on me, I tried the search but all the answers I could find were incomplete.
Thanks in adwance.
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You will be able to RELOCK the bootloader, but as long as you have a RUU that has unlockable bootloader in it installed, there will always be a tell-tale sign because the HBOOT screen will show "RELOCKED" instead of "LOCKED".
Also, part of the unlocking procedure at HTCDEV.com requires that you acknowledge that this process 'could void your warranty' and HTC will have a record that you unlocked the bootloader.
I don't worry about HTC cause I got sellers warranty, so repair won't be performed by the HTC service.
And one more question, so if I run ruu over relocked bootloader I won't get LOCKED sign again?
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After I unlock bootloader, if I do a downgrade to older hboot and s-off it via revolutionary, is there a way for getting back to factory state?
nlooooo said:
I don't worry about HTC cause I got sellers warranty, so repair won't be performed by the HTC service.
And one more question, so if I run ruu over relocked bootloader I won't get LOCKED sign again?
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After I unlock bootloader, if I do a downgrade to older hboot and s-off it via revolutionary, is there a way for getting back to factory state?
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Yes, if you use the downgrade procedure, then you could flash a Gingerbread 2.3.3/Sense 2.1 RUU then HBOOT would not show a lock status as long as you left it on that ROM.
If you flash any RUU starting with GB 2.3.5/Sense 3.0 and above, then the HBOOT screen will always show RELOCKED on the HBOOT screen. This will also occur if you take an OTA update for the GB 2.3.5/Sense 3.0.
Can I debrand my phone without s-off or without unlocking my bootloader or can I relock bootloader so it says "locked" and no "tampered"/""relocked"/"unlocked" because i want to still have my warranty.
adammo666 said:
Can I debrand my phone without s-off or without unlocking my bootloader or can I relock bootloader so it says "locked" and no "tampered"/""relocked"/"unlocked" because i want to still have my warranty.
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I'm assuming you have a carrier branded device so without unlocking the bootloader you are stuck with your carrier rom..... there's not much else you can do.
Without unlocking the bootloader, you can't really do anything to your phone.
You can relock the bootloader so it says "locked" but you need s-off.
You could always unlock the bootloader, get s-off, change what you want, relock to "locked", and then back to s-on.
Just be really reeeeeaaaaaaaallly~ careful not to brick your device when tampering with s-off. Don't go back to s-on with modified/unsigned hboot, etc.
OP can't S-OFF. 1.54 HBOOT and S-ON.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387163
Pretty much screwed for now.
cee43ja1 said:
OP can't S-OFF. 1.54 HBOOT and S-ON.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387163
Pretty much screwed for now.
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Im gonna post a follow up on this one, as I am in the same boat. Have unfortunately bought a One with a very weak wifi antenna, and suffer from dropouts and short distance. I bought this one yesterday, but I have already rooted to get my titanium backups back.
Is there any ETA for S-OFF on Hboot 1.54? Im not asking for a specific eta, but will it take days, weeks or months before they will break it? Just asking out of curiousity, I'll guess ill have to wait anyway.
Hi, have been reading up as much as possible, but am after confirmation before I start trying to return to stock.
Basically, I have an unlocked HTC__001 HTC One, s-on ,with an unlocked bootloader which was unlocked via HTCDev.
It was unlocked after being updated to 2.24.401.1, so I have bootloader 1.54, and an active "tampered" flag.
So, i've been playing with a GE rom for a bit but have decided I would like to get my device back to stock. I am under the impression that I could use my custom recovery to flash a stock odexed ROM suitable for my CID from here, then flash the correct radio, then re-flash the correct stock recovery, then re-lock the bootloader and be back to stock. My questions are these:
a) Am I right?
b) If I am right, will I still have the "tampered" flag set in the bootloader? I'm assuming I would.
c) If the flag is still set, will it affect any future OTA updates I may receive?
d) Does anyone know of a method other than this which will get me back to stock?
I have noted that the RUU for my device does not seem to be availabe to download as of yet, only the previous version is available which has the 1.44 bootloader, obviously, if I try to flash that, it will complain about the bootloader version being lower ect. So I don't think that is an option.
Any help would be appreciated, Cheers.
Clivectmob said:
Hi, have been reading up as much as possible, but am after confirmation before I start trying to return to stock.
Basically, I have an unlocked HTC__001 HTC One, s-on ,with an unlocked bootloader which was unlocked via HTCDev.
It was unlocked after being updated to 2.24.401.1, so I have bootloader 1.54, and an active "tampered" flag.
So, i've been playing with a GE rom for a bit but have decided I would like to get my device back to stock. I am under the impression that I could use my custom recovery to flash a stock odexed ROM suitable for my CID from here, then flash the correct radio, then re-flash the correct stock recovery, then re-lock the bootloader and be back to stock. My questions are these:
a) Am I right?
b) If I am right, will I still have the "tampered" flag set in the bootloader? I'm assuming I would.
c) If the flag is still set, will it affect any future OTA updates I may receive?
d) Does anyone know of a method other than this which will get me back to stock?
I have noted that the RUU for my device does not seem to be availabe to download as of yet, only the previous version is available which has the 1.44 bootloader, obviously, if I try to flash that, it will complain about the bootloader version being lower ect. So I don't think that is an option.
Any help would be appreciated, Cheers.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358738 Check this guide out
Thanks, but I have read that thread, it doesn't really apply to my situation. That thread is for S-off devices, mine is S-on. And also, it requires running an RUU which for me isn't available. The trouble (i believe) is that when S-on, I cannot run an older RUU than my current device is at. Hence my asking here.
Clivectmob said:
Thanks, but I have read that thread, it doesn't really apply to my situation. That thread is for S-off devices, mine is S-on. And also, it requires running an RUU which for me isn't available. The trouble (i believe) is that when S-on, I cannot run an older RUU than my current device is at. Hence my asking here.
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Run a stock ROM like found in mike1986's thread, install the stock recovery and relock your bootloader ... That's all you can do at the moment because you can't go S-Off on Hboot 1.54 so the tampered flag will have to stay until you can.
Read through this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265618 .. there's everything there that you need to return to stock and receive OTA updates while being S-On. The only time you'll have an issue is if you can't go S-Off to remove the tampered flag and change it from relocked to locked, only an issue if you need to return it under warranty for anything that's happened as a result of you unlocking the bootloader and flashing stuff.
Yeah! That's pretty much what I thought.
Will the tamper flag give me issues do you think?
Clivectmob said:
Yeah! That's pretty much what I thought.
Will the tamper flag give me issues do you think?
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According to the guy I spoke to at HTC when I sent mine back the other day, it shouldn't. He said they should only refuse to cover repair under warranty if the fault is caused by something you've done, i.e, flashing stuff or deliberate damge or something. Unfortunately that's the risk you take if you need to return it, unless there's a method to change the flag by being S-Off you just have to either not risk it and wait until you can go S-Off and be sure to remove all traces of messing, or you return it and hope for the best lol
Well, I don't need to get it fixed or anything. Just had me play and wanna return it back to normal. I have done as I said I would in the first post and applied a small application update from HTC, so it appears to have worked. As expected, I have Re-locked and Tampered displayed. Will Just wait for S-off to emerge and deal with it then. Thanks for all the replies.
Hi,
I have a HTC One that is not rooted, and has the problem with the camera (Pink in dark places).
What do i need to do for the phone to return to the original and turned to locked
I'm on H.BOOT 1.61, UNLOCKED and S-ON
Thanks for all the help
http://imgur.com/pXW59cZ
nurogo said:
Hi,
I have a HTC One that is not rooted, and has the problem with the camera (Pink in dark places).
What do i need to do for the phone to return to the original and turned to locked
I'm on H.BOOT 1.61, UNLOCKED and S-ON
Thanks for all the help
http://imgur.com/pXW59cZ
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Are you running a custom ROM or stock ROM? And if it is stock ROM, does version are you running and does it match your current firmware? Please post a fastboot getvar all and remove your Serial No and IMEI
Because you are S-ON, you cannot LOCK the bootloader again, instead it will read RELOCKED. You need to be S-OFF to change the lock status
You may also get a TAMPERED message when you lock the bootloader using the command fastboot oem relock
If all is running stock I would chance it and send it in for repair, as at the end of the day this is a hardware fault not brought around by unlocking your bootloader
nurogo said:
Hi,
I have a HTC One that is not rooted, and has the problem with the camera (Pink in dark places).
What do i need to do for the phone to return to the original and turned to locked
I'm on H.BOOT 1.61, UNLOCKED and S-ON
Thanks for all the help
http://imgur.com/pXW59cZ
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stovie_steve said:
If all is running stock I would chance it and send it in for repair, as at the end of the day this is a hardware fault not brought around by unlocking your bootloader
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not 100% true, dont send your phone back relocked, you will need to do whatsteve says and get s-off, then flash an early RUU and HBOOT before locking the bootloader and going s-on, otherwise you risk the tampered flags coming back, the phone must be 100% stock.
HTC will refuse a warranty repair in any other condition, they will blame you on the grounds that since you unlocked the bootloader you could of done anything with the phone like flashed an unsupported kernal and overclocked etc, the camera issue is caused by overheating.
Seanie280672 said:
not 100% true, dont send your phone back relocked, you will need to do whatsteve says and get s-off, then flash an early RUU and HBOOT before locking the bootloader and going s-on, otherwise you risk the tampered flags coming back, the phone must be 100% stock.
HTC will refuse a warranty repair in any other condition, they will blame you on the grounds that since you unlocked the bootloader you could of done anything with the phone like flashed an unsupported kernal and overclocked etc, the camera issue is caused by overheating.
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From my own experiencea friend sent it in with an unlocked boot loader and they repaired it. But they may have just been lucky.
I wouldn't return to s on on any bootloader later than 1.54, as when you do the writesecureflag command the phone will display a TAMPER DETECTED message and then you're back to square one
Best thing to do would be achieve s off using sunshine
Downgrade hboot to earlier version e.g. 1.44
flash an earlier RUU
Use revone to reset the status of the bootloader to LOCKED, ensure tamper message is not there
Then, if you really must, run the writesecureflag command. That's how I've done it before, and after hboot 1.54 you will def get the tamper detected message
I always leave my phone s off tho
stovie_steve said:
Are you running a custom ROM or stock ROM? And if it is stock ROM, does version are you running and does it match your current firmware? Please post a fastboot getvar all and remove your Serial No and IMEI
Because you are S-ON, you cannot LOCK the bootloader again, instead it will read RELOCKED. You need to be S-OFF to change the lock status
You may also get a TAMPERED message when you lock the bootloader using the command fastboot oem relock
If all is running stock I would chance it and send it in for repair, as at the end of the day this is a hardware fault not brought around by unlocking your bootloader
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Seanie280672 said:
not 100% true, dont send your phone back relocked, you will need to do whatsteve says and get s-off, then flash an early RUU and HBOOT before locking the bootloader and going s-on, otherwise you risk the tampered flags coming back, the phone must be 100% stock.
HTC will refuse a warranty repair in any other condition, they will blame you on the grounds that since you unlocked the bootloader you could of done anything with the phone like flashed an unsupported kernal and overclocked etc, the camera issue is caused by overheating.
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I'm on stock rom, but the problem is that i dont know how i can lock the bootloader ang going to s-on.
What steps should i follow?
Thanks for all the help
nurogo said:
I'm on stock rom, but the problem is that i dont know how i can lock the bootloader ang going to s-on.
What steps should i follow?
Thanks for all the help
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At this point, how can i solve my problem?
Can anybody help me?
nurogo said:
At this point, how can i solve my problem?
Can anybody help me?
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you need s-off so you can downgrade using a ruu, lock the bootloader and turn back s-on.
Try sunshine s-off and then follow nkk71's guide linke in my signature.
Hello,
I have just managed to unroot my htc one m7 successfully after a lot of difficulty.
However, the bootloader still shows "RELOCKED" although TAMPERED is gone but I would like it to show "LOCKED" as it was before I had rooted it for the first time. Is it possible to get it back to show LOCKED while you are S-ON?
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Thanks.
singh_harman said:
Is it possible to get it back to show LOCKED while you are S-ON?
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No
Only possible with S-OFF.
alray said:
No
Only possible with S-OFF.
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How about if you unlock the bootloader to go S-OFF in order to get it locked and then lock the bootloader again to show S-ON?
Is this possible.
Also, even if it remains relocked, does this void warranty at all? Or does it still get recognized as never been rooted.
singh_harman said:
How about if you unlock the bootloader to go S-OFF in order to get it locked and then lock the bootloader again to show S-ON?
Is this possible.
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Yes, you'll need to unlock the bootloader, achieve s-off, set back the bootloader to locked and remove the tampered flag, flash a RUU and then turn back s-on.
Also, even if it remains relocked, does this void warranty at all?
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Relocked means your bootloader was unlocked and locked back. Unlocking the bootloader might void your warranty light explained on htcdev.com/bootloader.
Or does it still get recognized as never been rooted.
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Only a phone showing S-ON and ***LOCKED*** (and without ***tampered*** or ***security warning*** flags showing) is under warranty. And even if your phone only shows S-ON and LOCKED like if it was never unlocked, they (HTC) can still look for your IMEI# in their database and know if you already requested an Unlock_code.bin file from htcdev.com to unlock your bootloader (not a problem if you are dealing with your carrier but might be a problem if dealing directly with HTC).
alray said:
Yes, you'll need to unlock the bootloader, achieve s-off, set back the bootloader to locked and remove the tampered flag, flash a RUU and then turn back s-on.
Relocked means your bootloader was unlocked and locked back. Unlocking the bootloader might void your warranty light explained on htcdev.com/bootloader.
Only a phone showing S-ON and ***LOCKED*** (and without ***tampered*** or ***security warning*** flags showing) is under warranty. And even if your phone only shows S-ON and LOCKED like if it was never unlocked, they (HTC) can still look for your IMEI# in their database and know if you already requested an Unlock_code.bin file from htcdev.com to unlock your bootloader (not a problem if you are dealing with your carrier but might be a problem if dealing directly with HTC).
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That is what I did, when going from root to unroot I had to first lock the bootloader and when I did so, the S-OFF went to S-ON by itself, so its not like I had to do something specific in order to achieve S-ON, similarly when you unlock the bootloader S-OFF comes by itself. Suppose I just unlocked and it is S-OFF, what fastboot commands will I need to input to lock it while S-OFF remains unchanged and does not go S-ON after locking?
When I locked the bootloader, tampered flag went away by itself too...
I want to lock it ensuring its S-OFF so that it shows locked rather than relocked. What commands will I need to achieve this output?
singh_harman said:
That is what I did, when going from root to unroot I had to first lock the bootloader and when I did so, the S-OFF went to S-ON by itself, so its not like I had to do something specific in order to achieve S-ON, similarly when you unlock the bootloader S-OFF comes by itself. Suppose I just unlocked and it is S-OFF, what fastboot commands will I need to input to lock it while S-OFF remains unchanged and does not go S-ON after locking?
When I locked the bootloader, tampered flag went away by itself too...
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There is no possible way that happened. When you unlock your bootloader, you don't automaticaly get s-off, and only way to get back to s-on from s-off is with "fastboot oem write secureflag 3" command. You got something very wrong there my friend
singh_harman said:
I want to lock it ensuring its S-OFF so that it shows locked rather than relocked. What commands will I need to achieve this output?
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with s-off it will be very easy to remove tampered and locked your device by using Guru reset tool , it has aroma ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471869
I return back to full stock with no tampered and locked status for at least 3 m7 phones.
singh_harman said:
That is what I did, when going from root to unroot I had to first lock the bootloader and when I did so, the S-OFF went to S-ON by itself, so its not like I had to do something specific in order to achieve S-ON, similarly when you unlock the bootloader S-OFF comes by itself. Suppose I just unlocked and it is S-OFF, what fastboot commands will I need to input to lock it while S-OFF remains unchanged and does not go S-ON after locking?
When I locked the bootloader, tampered flag went away by itself too...
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donkeykong1 said:
There is no possible way that happened. When you unlock your bootloader, you don't automaticaly get s-off, and only way to get back to s-on from s-off is with "fastboot oem write secureflag 3" command. You got something very wrong there my friend
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^^This
Unlocking the bootloader doesn't set it S-OFF and re-locking it doesn't set it S-ON neither. Its 2 completely different things.