Hello,
I'm currently 100% stock and locked boot loader. I'm wanting to reflash my ROM because I'm having issues. To reflash my handset with a RUU do I need my Bootloader unlocked?
If your phone is S-ON your bootloader must ne locked or re-locked to flash a RUU. If it's S-OFF, it doesn't matter (unlocked, locked or re-locked)
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I had s-off and unlocked bootloader by revone, but decided to make it stock to claim warranty.
Since Australia doesnt have RUU, I used European RUU since 1.29.XXX are same then I used my own nandroid backup to have Australian rom.
I tried to update with OTA, but it just rebooted to bootloader and gave me TAMPERED..
So I used revone again to s-off and unlock bootloader then removed TAMPERED.
I locked bootloader and s-on again, but needed to flash radio.img to have matching baseband.
Therefore I re unlock and s-off to have CWM, however this time wasnt easy to achieve s-off, so I tried to factory reset before I try revone again.
But once again rebooted into bootloader and another TAMPERED..
I managed to remove TAMPERED, but what is wrong with my phone?
I can not OTA update 4.2.2 to have Australian rom and Australian firmware.zip..
I can not factory reset with 4.1.2 Australian rom and European firmware.zip
I can take my phone as 4.1.2 with s-on locked to service center, but what if they factory reset the phone and TAMPERED appears?
How big is stock recovery for 4.1.2? I bet 4.1.2 and 4.2.2 are same but the one I used was 9.4mb
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'd like to revert my Rogers HTC One back to out-of-the-box stock for warranty reasons, I'm currently S-OFF, bootloader unlocked (tampered flag removed), hboot 1.56, latest firmware 4.06. I need to go back to a locked bootloader with S-ON but there is no Rogers RUU in existence (I've read that if I S-OFF using another RUU I will brick my phone, not what I want). Is there a possibility to revert to stock or am I screwed without an RUU?
Well, I'm usually able to dig myself out of messes I get myself into but this one has had me hunting a few hours. Here's the run-down.
1) S-OFF with 1.44 a while ago, rooted and unlocked bootloader
2) Got camera problem, would like to return phone to stock for warranty
3) Flashed a stock RUU, went fine. Stock recovery and bootloader work fine, hboot was upgraded to 1.55 (my mistake, should have noticed this)
4) Got sidetracked when trying to lock the bootloader and entered fastboot oem lock
So now I have a 're-locked' bootloader on 1.55 with S-OFF. I don't want to unlock through HTCDev, I can't use revone to unlock because I'm on 1.55, and I don't have a custom recovery, and can't flash one because I'm relocked.
Any ideas how I can unlock the bootloader here (or downgrade hboot, I have the zip but can't flash it)? I can probably handle the rest myself, after I smack myself over the head a few times.
The goal here is to have the bootloader 'LOCKED', and I'll then take my chances with S-ON, with the latest firmware but a downgraded (1.44) bootloader before handing it over for warranty purposes.
OK, it looks as though I can patch hboot files OK. Will take a look around for a patched one.
Hboot 1.44 will unlock using revone. Make sure to be on 1.x.x based ROM right after
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SaHiLzZ said:
Hboot 1.44 will unlock using revone. Make sure to be on 1.x.x based ROM right after
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Sorted, thanks. Found an older ROM that flashed fine with supercid. Think I'll keep S-OFF and just lock the bootloader. With this being a likely hardware issue I'm hoping I'll be fine with just that.
So I thought that being S-OFF allowed you to bypass the normal locked bootloader requirement.
But I've never been able to RUU while S-OFF and unlocked - still had to relock first.
And I've never been able to flash recovery while S-OFF and locked - still had to (re) unlock first.
Any insight?
Thanks