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Ok so..
Its been about 12 days since I have had this phone. I thought I could be patient enough with it to maybe wait for a root (if developers are even still working on it.)
Turns out I am not so patient.. I would rather switch to a company like HTC who is kind enough to give tools to their customers who want the option to do what they want with their own ****ing cell phone that they purchased. :highfive:
Anyway..
My question is: Is anyone familiar with the return policy? I am pretty sure that it is 14 days and I can trade it back in hopefully for an M8, but if someone that has experience or knowledge with this can shed some more light I would be very grateful.
Second question would be do you guys think the HTC One M8 is the best option for me right now? Ill be going through at&t and I want to be able to root and flash roms. Preferably some of the more popular ones like AOKP or Pac-Man etc..
PunchLick said:
Ok so..
Its been about 12 days since I have had this phone. I thought I could be patient enough with it to maybe wait for a root (if developers are even still working on it.)
Turns out I am not so patient.. I would rather switch to a company like HTC who is kind enough to give tools to their customers who want the option to do what they want with their own ****ing cell phone that they purchased. :highfive:
Anyway..
My question is: Is anyone familiar with the return policy? I am pretty sure that it is 14 days and I can trade it back in hopefully for an M8, but if someone that has experience or knowledge with this can shed some more light I would be very grateful.
Second question would be do you guys think the HTC One M8 is the best option for me right now? Ill be going through at&t and I want to be able to root and flash roms. Preferably some of the more popular ones like AOKP or Pac-Man etc..
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just go do it. why do you need to ask about it when you already know the terms. simply call them or go to the store.
Later.
I am not sure about the terms, that's why I posted on these forums asking. That's why I said "I'm pretty sure" and asked if someone who knew for sure could give me more details. :good:
PunchLick said:
I am not sure about the terms, that's why I posted on these forums asking. That's why I said "I'm pretty sure" and asked if someone who knew for sure could give me more details. :good:
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what's the point of posting anything here. whats the point of even sharing your thoughts of switching. if you made your decision, just go and do it. why ask us when you can ask AT&T? just leave man
Because I bought it on launch day and I am not sure how many days you get before you can return the phone. A lot of people are switching too or getting the TMO version, so I think a topic like this could become helpful to others as well.
Not sure why you are being rude, if you aren't going to help or say anything worth reading just stop typing. I didn't mean to hurt anyone's feelings in showing that I think owning a locked down device isn't for me anymore.. it's still a great phone. I just thought I would be more patient or enjoy stock more, but I was wrong.
PunchLick said:
I am not sure about the terms, that's why I posted on these forums asking. That's why I said "I'm pretty sure" and asked if someone who knew for sure could give me more details. :good:
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14 days from purchase to return and a $35 restocking fee are basically the terms.
Personally, I wouldn't switch. I think the S5 is a superior device even without root (for now). but you gotta do what's best for you. Good luck.
peaster3 said:
14 days from purchase to return and a $35 restocking fee are basically the terms.
Personally, I wouldn't switch. I think the S5 is a superior device even without root (for now). but you gotta do what's best for you. Good luck.
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Thank you for a real reply and for the information, its really appreciated.
I think the S5 is a superior device too, but I really need root for certain apps. Not to mention flashing roms can be pretty fun.
Also sooo much bloat I just want to remove, not a big deal, but prefer a clean device.
Pretty sure mine will be going back in the next few days as well. I love the camera and the water resistance is great, but for the price, with the ehh battery life I've been getting and some annoying software stuff, it can't do anything that my international Note II can't.
In the future if/when someone can find an exploit and get root, I would definitely give it another shot.
hlb3 said:
Pretty sure mine will be going back in the next few days as well. I love the camera and the water resistance is great, but for the price, with the ehh battery life I've been getting and some annoying software stuff, it can't do anything that my international Note II can't.
In the future if/when someone can find an exploit and get root, I would definitely give it another shot.
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Yea I completely agree. The cons just outweigh the pros for me personally in this situation!
The bloat you can disable until root comes out
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Daxxer2007 said:
The bloat you can disable since root won't come out
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Ftfy
I'm enjoying all these people giving up its really quite amusing. I had a backflip and an atrix your puny 12 day wait has nothing on the wait for those phones to have root.
cyberace1985 said:
I'm enjoying all these people giving up its really quite amusing. I had a backflip and an atrix your puny 12 day wait has nothing on the wait for those phones to have root.
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Well the reason for the rush is I can return it for something that already has root and more development. I'd rather get more enjoyment now rather than hope and wait. Although if the return policy stated like 2 months or something, I'd honestly probably still wait those 2 months because I do enjoy this phone.
It's also the principal of the situation too though. I'm not ALL FOR companies that sell overpriced phones that, when bought, are just so locked down that i don't even feel like it's actually fully mine.
I've got a week to decide, I may stop in to have a look at the competition.
I've been seeing a lot of people posting that they aren't getting that great of battery life. I'm getting about 36 hours uptime with about 6 hours screen. Is that better or worse than what you guys are seeing? TIA.
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Josborne6 said:
I've been seeing a lot of people posting that they aren't getting that great of battery life. I'm getting about 36 hours uptime with about 6 hours screen. Is that better or worse than what you guys are seeing? TIA.
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There only seems to be a handful complaining, even on other forums people are getting crazy good battery life. Heck I can have on screen time of 4-5+ hours, tons of email, text, phone calls etc, all sync is on, gps is on etc.... and still have plenty life left at the end of the day, actually as I type this in similar situation I have 22% life left and been off the charger for 33 hours, and even browsing I still have 4 tabs open. First phone where the thought of not having enough battery doesn't even occur to me, going to be nice on trips lol.
Far as the OP, do what you have to do, though I don't know why you'd think root would've been available by now on this phone, this isn't the old days where people could crack same day. I liked the M8 but couldn't put up with the camera and bulkiness plus no water proofing.
I have the M8. If you like flashing and customizing it is a no brainer. I myself am running stock and still enjoy the device.
My wife has a S5. It's pretty and white and shimmers like nail polish. Perfect phone for a beautiful girl.
Also as far as the discussion of superiority of either device. It's an opinionated one. Each excels at their own intended goals.
If the camera of the M8 is scaring you, just ask yourself . " will I be on assignment for national geographic where I will need to take epic photos on the go?"
If you answered no, then this camera should be good enough for your personal use.
It seems like you're just asking for that little push for you to make the trade.
I am giving you that "push". Everything will be okay in HTC land....be free...
Oh yeah. Have fun with the raised speaker grills. The gamble on receiving two variations of the LCD screen and ... Yeah that's about it.
HTC UltimEight ?
It really depends on where you bought the device. Typical return policy would be 14 days. Some vendors do not charge a restocking fees on returns but "I heard" AT&T can charge you. This was forwarded to me from the sales rep. I got my S5 at Target and returned it. I was not charged with a restocking fee by them or At&t that I am aware of.
I got myself the M8 since I wanted root.
Jooosty said:
I have the M8. If you like flashing and customizing it is a no brainer. I myself am running stock and still enjoy the device.
My wife has a S5. It's pretty and white and shimmers like nail polish. Perfect phone for a beautiful girl.
Also as far as the discussion of superiority of either device. It's an opinionated one. Each excels at their own intended goals.
If the camera of the M8 is scaring you, just ask yourself . " will I be on assignment for national geographic where I will need to take epic photos on the go?"
If you answered no, then this camera should be good enough for your personal use.
It seems like you're just asking for that little push for you to make the trade.
I am giving you that "push". Everything will be okay in HTC land....be free...
Oh yeah. Have fun with the raised speaker grills. The gamble on receiving two variations of the LCD screen and ... Yeah that's about it.
HTC UltimEight ?
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I have both, a gunmetal grey m8 and shimmery white tmo s5 sim unlocked for ATT, The m8 is great if you like to mod/customize, you can run Sense, GPE, or AOSP (cm is already being worked on)...The s5 (ATT) obviously is locked down....both phones are very nice it just depends if you need the ability to customize.
I'd LOVE to get my Chromecast rooted and do some development work on it, maybe even make my own ROM for it or something. Unfortunately, I can't afford to buy something (the Teensy 2) just to root it. College has me on a tight budget, and I'm not even going to some expensive 4-year school, just a technical (2-year, pretty cheap) college!
My Chromecast is a developer unit, and I was wondering if it might be possible to exploit it that way... anybody ever looked into this?
A Teensy is only $16 and you can sell it off afterwards. If there was another method they wouldn't have spent a year coming up with a hardware solution.
Buy a teensy, root your root some friends to recoup your cost and possibly profit.
It is fairly likely that the software can be ported to pretty much anything that the PS3 jailbreak was ported to, subject to minimum memory requirements. In fact, those open source projects will make it much easier as they have done basic groundwork. Otherwise, you can buy a 32u4 based arduino for ~$8 shipped from china and flip it on ebay for a profit after you've used it.
MWisBest said:
My Chromecast is a developer unit, and I was wondering if it might be possible to exploit it that way... anybody ever looked into this?
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It's against the terms of the developer agreement, so once big G finds out, likely they will de-whitelist it.
az1324 said:
It is fairly likely that the software can be ported to pretty much anything that the PS3 jailbreak was ported to, subject to minimum memory requirements. In fact, those open source projects will make it much easier as they have done basic groundwork.
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Now THIS is a great, constructive idea! I've already got at least one of those devices, a TI-84 Plus Silver Edition. :laugh:
Plus, this wouldn't be something to worry about so much then:
bhiga said:
It's against the terms of the developer agreement, so once big G finds out, likely they will de-whitelist it.
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LOL I bought the Teensey 2++ just to root the CCast...
And you know what? I haven't used the CCast at all since I rooted it but I have spent HOURS playing with the Teensy! LOL
Just some of the other things a Teensy can do if you have one....
https://code.google.com/p/kautilya/
Sorry if this has already been covered, but I'm struggling to find a definitive answer to this...
Now that Huawei have stopped providing unlock codes for the bootloader, is there any other methods available to gain root?
jaffster said:
Sorry if this has already been covered, but I'm struggling to find a definitive answer to this...
Now that Huawei have stopped providing unlock codes for the bootloader, is there any other methods available to gain root?
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From what Ive seen, there is no definitive official way to unlock the bootloader so without lower level access to the phone. Rooting won't work.
With that being said it's certainly not impossible, but compared to other devices the Huawei devices arent going to be getting a lot of attention due to the aforementioned problem.
I read that there was an unofficial method that you have to pay for, unlocker something?
Funky Huawei may also offer some method but they have been known to offer services which means you cannot unlock the bootloader ever again so personally I wouldn't bother with them.. query them though and see what they can offer.
Worry for us who have unlocked now is. If we get an issue with our phones and we need to RMA, well never get another unlock code.
Sucks right.
dladz said:
From what Ive seen, there is no definitive official way to unlock the bootloader so without lower level access to the phone. Rooting won't work.
With that being said it's certainly not impossible, but compared to other devices the Huawei devices arent going to be getting a lot of attention due to the aforementioned problem.
I read that there was an unofficial method that you have to pay for, unlocker something?
Funky Huawei may also offer some method but they have been known to offer services which means you cannot unlock the bootloader ever again so personally I wouldn't bother with them.. query them though and see what they can offer.
Worry for us who have unlocked now is. If we get an issue with our phones and we need to RMA, well never get another unlock code.
Sucks right.
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It sure does suck, but not as much as being stuck with this bloatware to the point where I'm actually regretting getting this phone, I've never regretted purchasing a phone before (apart from maybe the Nokia N900, but that was donkeys years ago).
They could at least make some of the applications uninstallable.
Do you have a link to the unlocker by any chance?
dladz said:
From what Ive seen, there is no definitive official way to unlock the bootloader so without lower level access to the phone. Rooting won't work.
With that being said it's certainly not impossible, but compared to other devices the Huawei devices arent going to be getting a lot of attention due to the aforementioned problem.
I read that there was an unofficial method that you have to pay for, unlocker something?
Funky Huawei may also offer some method but they have been known to offer services which means you cannot unlock the bootloader ever again so personally I wouldn't bother with them.. query them though and see what they can offer.
Worry for us who have unlocked now is. If we get an issue with our phones and we need to RMA, well never get another unlock code.
Sucks right.
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Was it dc-unlocker?
I'm afraid Dc-unlocker does not support P20 Pro at the moment. I'm not sure if it ever will. I bought about 5 credits for it and when attempting to unlock I get error 375 if I remember correctly. Don't bother trying at the moment.
jaffster said:
It sure does suck, but not as much as being stuck with this bloatware to the point where I'm actually regretting getting this phone, I've never regretted purchasing a phone before (apart from maybe the Nokia N900, but that was donkeys years ago).
They could at least make some of the applications uninstallable.
Do you have a link to the unlocker by any chance?
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You can uninstall much of the bloatware using adb. Plase take a look at the threads below. I could easily replace some stock apps with my favorite ones from google play.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/help/tutorial-how-to-remove-uninstall-bloat-t3766960
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ho...ui-safe-to-t3700814/post74418414#post74418414
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Was it dc-unlocker?
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That's the one, but not sure if it's a viable option, just something I heard
dladz said:
That's the one, but not sure if it's a viable option, just something I heard
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Sadly DC-Unlocker doesnt support the P20 pro
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Sadly DC-Unlocker doesnt support the P20 pro
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Then I would say with all honesty, you cannot unlock the bootloader.
Huawei may revert their decision, however unless they get hit hard on sales, I really can't see it happening.
Plus with Huawei taking this stance, the users who know how to develop and hack past the bootloader don't want anything to do with them.
And I absolutely agree with them.
Pixel 3 or 4
OnePlus 6T or 7
For me.
Hi all.. new mate 20 Pro arriving next week. Total cost is 300€, cannot pass over it.
I own an iPhone 6s from 3.5 years (glass broken and battery already replaced two times).
Previously owned a nexus 4 for 3 years, so I'm not new to android.
I didn't want to spend >1000€ For the Xs max or the S10+, got this offer and placed the order.
I can also get the p30 Pro for 480 but I valued more the saved cash, battery life and best face unlock (I often have sweaty hands and I'm dreaming of face unlock).
From what I understood you can actually root the mate, right?
I don't see the developing sub forum, why is that?
Sorry I can't answer your questions...I'm new too. Posting here to watch to see if you get any answers.
taita87 said:
Hi all.. new mate 20 Pro arriving next week. Total cost is 300€, cannot pass over it.
I own an iPhone 6s from 3.5 years (glass broken and battery already replaced two times).
Previously owned a nexus 4 for 3 years, so I'm not new to android.
I didn't want to spend >1000€ For the Xs max or the S10+, got this offer and placed the order.
I can also get the p30 Pro for 480 but I valued more the saved cash, battery life and best face unlock (I often have sweaty hands and I'm dreaming of face unlock).
From what I understood you can actually root the mate, right?
I don't see the developing sub forum, why is that?
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There's really no point of root in 9.1 and onwards imo, everything is R/O due to the new file system.
I guess there's some workarounds for adblocking etc but for me there's no need for root.
If you want an aosp experience there's openkirin, pretty stable and only need unlocked bootloader.
ChongoDroid said:
There's really no point of root in 9.1 and onwards imo, everything is R/O due to the new file system.
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What is R/O?
Anyway thank you!
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Right now there are mto unlock code available so you can't root the mate
Maybe in the future we will have again the possibility do buy codes
taita87 said:
What is R/O?
Anyway thank you!
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Read only, and until we can get read write there's no point in rooting
taita87 said:
From what I understood you can actually root the mate, right?
I don't see the developing sub forum, why is that?
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As said on posts before it's hard to root it because of the bootloader locked, but to be honest I have done root on all my phone and it's the first one I don't need to, I would love to just for substratum but it looks such a pain in the harse to unlock the bootloader so I'll pass....
Arriving on Monday!
Already ordered the tpu case and deciding on glass protector too
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I'm just about at my wit's end right now. I really want to root my phone because Substratum looks absolutely amazing but I can't seem to get any of the one click solutions to works. And I looked into some of the manual methods but they were fairly confusing.
Just look through the forum. There's a few threads on how to root this phone, and there's no other way right now...
nyttliv7 said:
Just look through the forum. There's a few threads on how to root this phone, and there's no other way right now...
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Do you perhaps have a link? I did search but all I could find was a guy willing to do it for people but I guarantee he wants money for it and I can't afford that right now.
balianthemighty said:
Do you perhaps have a link? I did search but all I could find was a guy willing to do it for people but I guarantee he wants money for it and I can't afford that right now.
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Only way fam I kicked him $20 US
Here's one of them:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v40/how-to/remote-unlocking-bootloader-models-t-t3946648
And it's definitely worth every penny...
nyttliv7 said:
Here's one of them:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v40/how-to/remote-unlocking-bootloader-models-t-t3946648
And it's definitely worth every penny...
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That's the exact thread I was referring to in my last post and, like I said, I don't have the money for that.
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Only way fam I kicked him $20 US
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Well, that's a shame. Seems like I have terrible luck when buying phones. Every time I get a new phone, it always ends up being one of the few phones that can't be rooted.
balianthemighty said:
Well, that's a shame. Seems like I have terrible luck when buying phones. Every time I get a new phone, it always ends up being one of the few phones that can't be rooted.
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Well it can easily be rooted, but the part that isn't easy is unlocking the Bootloader. And in order to root you must have the Bootloader unlocked and luckily we have 2 people who are willing to unlock it for us for a very reasonable price.