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Well at last, HTC has brought us their method to root HTC Evo 3D & Sensation.. Just register to become a member (dev) and begin rooting your Evo3D. I wanted to show you all what to expect.. and of course there are disclaimers so view screen shots for full details. I have not tried this setup so please give feedback, I do have the phone but it's been rooted by other methods.. just giving fellowship & sharing information. Enjoy!
Go to HTCDev.com to get started.. (This will VOID your warranty, root your phone & give you super human strenghts)
Previous rooting gave phone's the same voided warranty especially servicing in carriers service center, same deal. Revolutionary method also voids warranty so now people have choices.. (Former Sprint Service Mgr)
As informed please give useful feedback if you have used this method so we know where we stand with this and in fact "IF" HTC is helping us out.
Thx to Doomstang for input-
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Well I think I've finally gotten somewhere...Wireless Tether was just successfully granted Superuser permissions.
This was all done without ever having rooted this phone in the past...so I accepted the OTA update, unlocked with HTC Dev's process, got a working recovery going, and then got Superuser installed.
graffixnyc posted the link to the working recovery so I used that: http://www.multiupload.com/AQ9KV7IME9
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And Graffixnyc-
graffixnyc said:
This was the version of CWM that booted for me. I flashed through fastboot and also did a nandroid restore just fine. This was the version IEF(from alpharev) gave me on irc
http://www.multiupload.com/AQ9KV7IME9
I was able to get into recovery from selecting recovery from the fastboot method and from doing adb reboot recovery. Sorry for not posting earlier I had finals yesterday and went out after to celebrate
http://www.multiupload.com/AQ9KV7IME9
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Please make sure all items are installed and up to date.
Google Android SDK zip:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Java Runtime Environment:
http://java.com
HTC Sync (Windows Only):
http://www.htc.com/www/help/
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It is our responsibility to caution you that not all claims resulting or caused by or from the unlocking of the bootloader may be covered under warranty. Please note that unlocking your bootloader does not mean that you will be able to unlock the SIM lock. Unlocking your SIM lock is at the discretion of your operator/carrier and is not part of the bootloader unlocking scope.
Our devices have been designed with our hardware and software specifications in mind and unlocking the bootloader will change the software and may cause unexpected side effects. It is impossible for HTC to ensure the proper functioning of your device after this. In the worst case scenario, it is possible that your device may be physically damaged due to overheating or the behavior of your device might be altered including, but not limited to, hearing aid compatibility (HAC) and specific absorption rate (SAR) values.
Some content on your device may also be invalidated and cannot be accessed any more because of invalid DRM security keys. This includes content that you may have purchased through a 3rd party vendor and through HTC. Furthermore, although you will still be able to receive updates to your device via FOTA (“firmware over the air”), we do not guarantee that updating your device via FOTA will not render your device unusable. Please understand that you will not be able to return your device to the original state and going forward your device may not be held covered under the warranty for all claims resulting from the unlocking of the bootloader. HTC bears no responsibility if your device is no longer usable afterwards.
HTC is committed to assisting customers in unlocking bootloaders for HTC devices. However, due to some of our carrier customers concerns, certain models with specific restrictions may not be able to be unlocked. Please refer to our list of supported devices to see if your device is eligible for unlocking the bootloader.
We strongly suggest that you do not unlock the bootloader unless you are confident that you understand the risks involved. This is a technical procedure and the side effects could possibly necessitate repairs to your device not covered under warranty. If you are still interested in unlocking the bootloader, and you understand the consequences both to your device and to your warranty, then you may refer to the following pages where we have provided the unlocking instructions.
If there's an error you will see screen shot below.. with details on what happened.
So maybe I'm confused about what this does ... I went through the process and everything seems to have worked. Bootloader now shows unlocked. I tried to flash a recovery (both clockworkmod and TWRP) and it seems to flash successfully but when I try to run recovery it just reboots the phone after showing the HTC logo for a minute. I was hoping to install the rooted OTA but not sure what to try next...
nabbed said:
No. I'm not confused about the unlock.
I'm worried about a man who makes a guide about unlocking the device he does not have...
Am I wrong to be worried, about a man, who makes a post, about unlocking a device, he does not have?
Has has tested the method?
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Yooooo. Godzson is a trusted guy and helps many devs in the community. No sense in flamming him when you'll just start pissing off devs here.
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Godzson is a trusted member on here. Don't think you have to worry about him. Why would someone take all this time to write up a post with pics and the info just to mess with people? Smh....... Alot of the devs in the 3d community who do roms and themes don't even have the damn 3d. Don't start turning this community into **** by questioning people trying to help.
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So maybe I'm confused about what this does ... I went through the process and everything seems to have worked. Bootloader now shows unlocked. I tried to flash a recovery (both clockworkmod and TWRP) and it seems to flash successfully but when I try to run recovery it just reboots the phone after showing the HTC logo for a minute. I was hoping to install the rooted OTA but not sure what to try next...
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TWRP doesn't work and CWM Is a hit or miss. You should of tried the stock recovery, I think it had one. Wait till a root for the new boot loader I say.
I think the unlocked just gives partial access to the bootloader if I am correct. Your security flag(s-off) is still on.
Sent from my EVO3D(overclocked) via XDA App
Godzson is only posting to what HTC promised, here a unlocker. He is also a trusted member, who provides a substantial amount of information for the community. Please they are also right to say some dev, and do not have this device and do an amazing job developing for it. let's please keep peaceand move forward..
Why waste your time reposting instructions found on htcdev.com? People want to know what happens after you do the method and how it helps put custom software on your phone.
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Why waste your time reposting instructions found on htcdev.com? People want to know what happens after you do the method and how it helps put custom software on your phone.
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Because sometimes people want to see the process without having to DO the process....
Why question it? Just don't read through 2 pages or more of posts if it's offensive to you.
Yo GODZSON, you do know that the little green android guy isn't the only one that's green around here, don't you? LMFAO. Just look at the noobs trying to flame you, and don't even know anything about you, LOL. Yeah, LOL. Like they got room to talk. Keep up the great work buddy.
On a more serious note, does this method actually allow you to root? Cuz I didn't really see anything on HTC's site, or in your post about rooting. Yet the title states rooting with HTC's unlock method. Just a fyi.
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Well sir maybe doing a lil research would benefit the questions. I did assist with 2 threads in Evo3D (screen pics and 3D converting). I placed this for information to the community and for knowledge to those that may want to see what it looks like and have other options of rooting their phone. I do have the device but's its been rooted therefore I havent tried this "Official" method. Would be nice to ask with some manners in XDA you can get suspended, banned, etc for your actions, this is a community to help each other out.
Thanks to all the fellow dev's for the kind words.. to all the noobs with lack of knowledge no worries we're here for you to help out, much love for you.. hey we all started there at one time
Well I think I've finally gotten somewhere...Wireless Tether was just successfully granted Superuser permissions.
This was all done without ever having rooted this phone in the past...so I accepted the OTA update, unlocked with HTC Dev's process, got a working recovery going, and then got Superuser installed.
graffixnyc posted the link to the working recovery so I used that: http://www.multiupload.com/AQ9KV7IME9
this is a joke!
HTC's unlocked bootloader is a joke, it just says "unlocked" but you cannot flash any new recoveries and you get S-ON. Don't try this folks, stay rooted! My 3D is now officially bricked with HTC method, it's not unlocked at all as you can't do anything with it.
zedomax said:
HTC's unlocked bootloader is a joke, it just says "unlocked" but you cannot flash any new recoveries and you get S-ON. Don't try this folks, stay rooted! My 3D is now officially bricked with HTC method, it's not unlocked at all as you can't do anything with it.
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I'm very sorry to hear yours was bricked but I was able to flash a working recovery (although the first 2 I tried did fail) and gain SU permissions even with S-ON still showing.
thnx
Doomstang said:
I'm very sorry to hear yours was bricked but I was able to flash a working recovery (although the first 2 I tried did fail) and gain SU permissions.
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Thanks I actually saw your post and trying that now! We will have ROOT!
It does look like things are working for some starting here in one of the other threads.
Great write up
Lol, sorry HTC. We beat you to it.
Sent from my EVO 3D using XDA Premium App
The unlock is terrible, I got it to work on my Dad's phone, but I could only get into clockwork once, TWRP doesn't work, and only a manual flash of clockwork seemed to work, I tried to get in with Rom Manager for him so he could do a backup, and it wouldn't go either, and it didn't want to go back in for me manually either, just boots up.
Oh well, I managed to root it and get a rom installed. So we shall see how everything goes.
It's S-ON still, which is complete crap.
nfollin said:
The unlock is terrible, I got it to work on my Dad's phone, but I could only get into clockwork once, TWRP doesn't work, and only a manual flash of clockwork seemed to work, I tried to get in with Rom Manager for him so he could do a backup, and it wouldn't go either, and it didn't want to go back in for me manually either, just boots up.
Oh well, I managed to root it and get a rom installed. So we shall see how everything goes.
It's S-ON still, which is complete crap.
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4.0.1.5 failed for me too.
I started with CWM 4.0.1.4.
I clicked update recovery in ROM Manager and it said 4.0.1.5 successfully installed after I granted it SU permissions. Had it reboot into recovery from ROM manager and the phone just restarted...so I manually went to recovery via HBoot and it fails to load and restarts the phone. I guess I'll push that 4.0.1.4 back to it now.
so the bootloader gets unlocked but yet it stays S-on? wtf lol ?
So I discovered a slight gap on certain edges of my One, which I got a week ago, and want to return it to AT&T for one that hopefully has no issues, but I've rooted, unlocked the bootloader, and flashed CM 10.1 on there. I searched through google and the forums here on XDA to find a method to relock the bootloader and go back to stock, but my search was fruitless. Apparently something called an RUU was needed? And according to the last post in this thread, that isn't available.
Is the RUU available now? Or is it currently impossible to relock the bootloader?
If so, would I be able to pull off just flashing the stock ROM back onto the phone and bringing it into AT&T? I feel like the only way they would realize something was different with the phone would be if they rebooted it, as I highly doubt most of the people in that store could even get into the bootloader screen. They had trouble syncing my google account.
Unless, of course, they send it back to the manufacturer and then THEY say that the warranty is voided because of the unlocked bootloader... but I don't know if they go through all that trouble in this situation?
Thanks for the help.
CAC1291 said:
So I discovered a slight gap on certain edges of my One, which I got a week ago, and want to return it to AT&T for one that hopefully has no issues, but I've rooted, unlocked the bootloader, and flashed CM 10.1 on there. I searched through google and the forums here on XDA to find a method to relock the bootloader and go back to stock, but my search was fruitless. Apparently something called an RUU was needed? And according to the last post in this thread, that isn't available.
Is the RUU available now? Or is it currently impossible to relock the bootloader?
If so, would I be able to pull off just flashing the stock ROM back onto the phone and bringing it into AT&T? I feel like the only way they would realize something was different with the phone would be if they rebooted it, as I highly doubt most of the people in that store could even get into the bootloader screen. They had trouble syncing my google account.
Unless, of course, they send it back to the manufacturer and then THEY say that the warranty is voided because of the unlocked bootloader... but I don't know if they go through all that trouble in this situation?
Thanks for the help.
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For a quick and easy way, just boot into fast boot and cmd "fastboot oem lock"
The only problem with that is that if they DO boot into the bootlaoder, it will say "RELOCKED" instead of "LOCKED"
The longer way, is to S-OFF (find it in the international forum) and then follow instructions there to put the "LOCKED" text back.
CAC1291 said:
So I discovered a slight gap on certain edges of my One, which I got a week ago, and want to return it to AT&T for one that hopefully has no issues, but I've rooted, unlocked the bootloader, and flashed CM 10.1 on there. I searched through google and the forums here on XDA to find a method to relock the bootloader and go back to stock, but my search was fruitless. Apparently something called an RUU was needed? And according to the last post in this thread, that isn't available.
Is the RUU available now? Or is it currently impossible to relock the bootloader?
If so, would I be able to pull off just flashing the stock ROM back onto the phone and bringing it into AT&T? I feel like the only way they would realize something was different with the phone would be if they rebooted it, as I highly doubt most of the people in that store could even get into the bootloader screen. They had trouble syncing my google account.
Unless, of course, they send it back to the manufacturer and then THEY say that the warranty is voided because of the unlocked bootloader... but I don't know if they go through all that trouble in this situation?
Thanks for the help.
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Get S-OFF, I was able to remove TAMPERED and change my UNLOCKED to LOCKED. You can also flash a modded HBoot that will take the red letters away and change the text from S-OFF to S-ON this will allow it to look like you never touched a thing
To get S-OFF I recommend http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314582
To mod your HBoot go through the post from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2316726 (to download the HBOOT and here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786498 to download the tool to create the modified HBOOT
But to let you know, I have returned 2 HTC Ones with unlocked bootloaders and AT&T did not say anything. Just flash the stock rom, make sure fastboot in enabled and leave it booted to the set up screen. Above is for if you want to be thorough and make sure you cover all your bases.
Ok so I am aware of the thread that was created awhile back on using RUU to return to stock, but that didn't quite answer my questions so I am asking this question here and hopefully others in the future will benefit.
I am in need of getting my phone back to factory shipped conditions to get it replaced by Verizon. My headphone jack does not work at all and I just started getting sim card errors which I cannot deal with. So I need to fix this ASAP. The problem I forsee is that since I used Super CID to unlock the phone it has the red text error on bootup that says "this build is for development purposes.....blah blah" I imagine that Verizon will see this and tell me I voided my warranty and it is not their problem anymore. Here are my questions.
1. If I use RUU will it remove this message from the startup splash screen?
2. I am S-off, do I need to be s-on before I do this or will RUU put me S-on
3. People were saying it says "relocked" instead of "locked" on the bootloader screen. Is this going to be a problem as well?
4. Will I be able to get unlock, root, and s-off on the replacement phone?
I am going to continue searching the forums in case the answer is out there spread throughout many posts, but if anyone knows the answer or can help I would greatly appreciate it. Knowing the answer to this will be very helpful to many people I suspect.
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Imacellist said:
Ok so I am aware of the thread that was created awhile back on using RUU to return to stock, but that didn't quite answer my questions so I am asking this question here and hopefully others in the future will benefit.
I am in need of getting my phone back to factory shipped conditions to get it replaced by Verizon. My headphone jack does not work at all and I just started getting sim card errors which I cannot deal with. So I need to fix this ASAP. The problem I forsee is that since I used Super CID to unlock the phone it has the red text error on bootup that says "this build is for development purposes.....blah blah" I imagine that Verizon will see this and tell me I voided my warranty and it is not their problem anymore. Here are my questions.
1. If I use RUU will it remove this message from the startup splash screen?
2. I am S-off, do I need to be s-on before I do this or will RUU put me S-on
3. People were saying it says "relocked" instead of "locked" on the bootloader screen. Is this going to be a problem as well?
4. Will I be able to get unlock, root, and s-off on the replacement phone?
I am going to continue searching the forums in case the answer is out there spread throughout many posts, but if anyone knows the answer or can help I would greatly appreciate it. Knowing the answer to this will be very helpful to many people I suspect.
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Compliments of Phaded...well for combining everything in a great easy how to and the Scotty guy who originally posted it somewhere...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293919
bakemcbride21 said:
Compliments of Phaded...well for combining everything in a great easy how to and the Scotty guy who originally posted it somewhere...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293919
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Beautiful. This is why I love the android community. So willing to help others. Thank you very much.
And to answer your last question, yes, you will be able to S-Off and Unlock your replacement phone.
There are 2 new methods available as of last week for 2.06 (latest firmware).
I recently unlocked my bootloader and rooted my phone. I installed TWRP and flashed a couple of custom roms ( GPE & Revolution HD ) I decided i want to go back to stock. I understand so far i gotta unroot, flash stock rom and re lock bootloader. I read something about RUU files. Any one have suggestion or help how i go about this? Again, i have AT&T varient, currently on Revolution HD Rom
Famous22 said:
I recently unlocked my bootloader and rooted my phone. I installed TWRP and flashed a couple of custom roms ( GPE & Revolution HD ) I decided i want to go back to stock. I understand so far i gotta unroot, flash stock rom and re lock bootloader. I read something about RUU files. Any one have suggestion or help how i go about this? Again, i have AT&T varient, currently on Revolution HD Rom
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There is currently no RUU available as of right now. I think the best you can do for now is to a TWRP restore. There is a stock rooted TWRP in the Android Dev forum. Although this won't un-root you, its closest to stock that you will get. For the future, always make a backup before you root and then you won't have to worry
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There is currently no RUU available as of right now. I think the best you can do for now is to a TWRP restore. There is a stock rooted TWRP in the Android Dev forum. Although this won't un-root you, its closest to stock that you will get. For the future, always make a backup before you root and then you won't have to worry
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I just ordered my device and still waiting on it to be delivered. I'm already debating on whether or not to root as I've never owned an android phone that i didn't root. From what i understand, the bootloader needs to be unlocked, then s-off, flash recovery and then root. Now, if i'm to do a nandroid of the stock ROM before I root, will I be able to lock the bootloader again, nandroid and s-on in case I need to utilize the warranty? Also, will any warranty bits show up or a tampered flag or any other problem arise that'll indicate it's been farked with? Is there a way to undo those flags? Thanks in advance to TheEmpyre or whomever else can shed some light on this.
EDIT: If the s-off is the only step that will trip the flag, is it possible to leave S, er, ON?
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I just ordered my device and still waiting on it to be delivered. I'm already debating on whether or not to root as I've never owned an android phone that i didn't root. From what i understand, the bootloader needs to be unlocked, then s-off, flash recovery and then root. Now, if i'm to do a nandroid of the stock ROM before I root, will I be able to lock the bootloader again, nandroid and s-on in case I need to utilize the warranty? Also, will any warranty bits show up or a tampered flag or any other problem arise that'll indicate it's been farked with? Is there a way to undo those flags? Thanks in advance to TheEmpyre or whomever else can shed some light on this.
EDIT: If the s-off is the only step that will trip the flag, is it possible to leave S, er, ON?
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Unlocking the bootloader trips a flag. When you relock it gets rid of one flag but trips the relocked flag. Soff can get rid of all flags but you have to leave it soff. Turning it back on throws a security flag.
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If you are current AT&T customer, and can go through them for warranty, they do not care in the least whether you are bootloader unlocked, rooted, s-off, etc.
I know AT&T written policy says otherwise (they have the right refuse warranty on modded phones) but in reality they cherish you paying that nice monthly bill every month over the modest cost of a refurb phone.
I've come over from the One X (EVITA) forum, and there were many (possibly dozens) of report from XDA users successfully returning their devices for warranty with bootloader RELOCKED, UNLOCKED, and in some cases even with custom ROMs installed! And I haven't seen any reports otherwise (AT&T denying warranty due to modded phone).
If you are not a current AT&T customer, and have to go through HTC, that is a different story.
But if you are an AT&T customer, my personal opinion is that you do not need to care about being able to return to stock, tripping flags, etc. Just mod away.
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If you are current AT&T customer, and can go through them for warranty, they do not care in the least whether you are bootloader unlocked, rooted, s-off, etc.
I know AT&T written policy says otherwise (they have the right refuse warranty on modded phones) but in reality they cherish you paying that nice monthly bill every month over the modest cost of a refurb phone.
I've come over from the One X (EVITA) forum, and there were many (possibly dozens) of report from XDA users successfully returning their devices for warranty with bootloader RELOCKED, UNLOCKED, and in some cases even with custom ROMs installed! And I haven't seen any reports otherwise (AT&T denying warranty due to modded phone).
If you are not a current AT&T customer, and have to go through HTC, that is a different story.
But if you are an AT&T customer, my personal opinion is that you do not need to care about being able to return to stock, tripping flags, etc. Just mod away.
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I can second this. I just had to replace my m8 because the speakers were crackling like crazy, my bootloader showed relocked and they told me straight up that they didn't care about that as long as it was a hardware problem and not a software problem and replaced it on the spot.
I was under the impression that if you were in your first year of owning the device that faulty hardware would be covered under HTC's factory warranty and not AT&T?
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I was under the impression that if you were in your first year of owning the device that faulty hardware would be covered under HTC's factory warranty and not AT&T?
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Looking at the return info, I can see where the confusion might come from. It says "Return directly to manufacturer" for 15 days or more:
http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/returnpolicy.html#fbid=KMGdewZyG_f
But AFAIK, all warranty returns go to AT&T when you work through their warranty department. You send them your defective phone, and they send you a refurb. I haven't had to go through this process myself, but this is what has been reported many times on XDA and other forums.
Any update on this how to lock bootloader for HTC M8 AT&T with 4.4.3 InsertCoin 4.1.1 Rom S-On of course.
How do I lock the bootloader in order to upgrade to stock 4.4.4?
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Any update on this how to lock bootloader for HTC M8 AT&T with 4.4.3 InsertCoin 4.1.1 Rom S-On of course.
How do I lock the bootloader in order to upgrade to stock 4.4.4?
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No "update" on this issue is required. The process has been the same for a couple years or more. Further, you've posted the same/similar question to multiple places, and its been answered already in multiple places.
Connect phone to computer in fastboot mode.
Open command prompt, and type: fastboot OEM lock
From there, you can run the RUU.
I wanted to return my HTC One to stock, and it took me hours to do so. I had to search for multiple threads, and it was a big hassle and pretty confusing. I am back to stock now, although I am still S-Off. I figured I would compile a thread helping others in similar situations return to stock. This guide will help you return to sense, lock your bootloader, unroot, hide your tampered banner, as well as prevent your device from showing up as relocked. You're device will still remain S-Off after following these steps.
Here are the steps. I am assuming the recovery is device specific, and I wouldn't recommend flashing the recovery.img on any device other than the AT&T M8.
1. Make sure your device is S-Off. If not, download firewater and S-Off your device.
2. Restore a nandroid of the stock Sense ROM, or find a stock ROM to flash. You'll have to dig around; I used a nandroid.
3. Flash SuperSU.zip in recovery on top of the stock Sense ROM. You can find the SuperSU.zip here: http://download.chainfire.eu/396/SuperSU
4. Use adb to flash the stock recovery.img to your device. You can get the recovery files here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711814 *ONLY FOR THE AT&T MODEL*
5. Boot back up into sense, and follow this guide to remove the tampered banner in recovery. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708565
6. Follow this guide to lock your boot loader and make it say **LOCKED** instead of **RELOCKED**. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708571
7. Boot your device back up, and open SuperSU. Go into settings and find the "full unroot" option and run that. Reboot your device like it suggests.
8. I would factory reset your device in settings or recovery to make sure everything's clean, although this step isn't necessary.
Enjoy Sense! Hope I was able to help some of you guys! ?
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I wanted to return my HTC One to stock, and it took me hours to do so. I had to search for multiple threads, and it was a big hassle and pretty confusing. I am back to stock now, although I am still S-Off. I figured I would compile a thread helping others in similar situations return to stock. This guide will help you return to sense, lock your bootloader, unroot, hide your tampered banner, as well as prevent your device from showing up as relocked. You're device will still remain S-Off after following these steps.
Here are the steps. I am assuming the recovery is device specific, and I wouldn't recommend flashing the recovery.img on any device other than the AT&T M8.
1. Restore a nandroid of the stock Sense ROM, or find a stock ROM to flash. You'll have to dig around; I used a nandroid.
2. Flash SuperSU.zip in recovery on top of the stock Sense ROM. You can find the SuperSU.zip here: http://download.chainfire.eu/396/SuperSU
3. Use adb to flash the stock recovery.img to your device. You can get the recovery files here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711814 *ONLY FOR THE AT&T MODEL*
4. Boot back up into sense, and follow this guide to remove the tampered banner in recovery. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708565
5. Follow this guide to lock your boot loader and make it say **LOCKED** instead of **RELOCKED**. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708571
6. Boot your device back up, and open SuperSU. Go into settings and find the "full unroot" option and run that. Reboot your device like it suggests.
7. I would factory reset your device in settings or recovery to make sure everything's clean, although this step isn't necessary.
Enjoy Sense! Hope I was able to help some of you guys! ?
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
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Do you think these steps could pass with returning it to an AT&T store for exchange?
chrispyutec said:
Do you think these steps could pass with returning it to an AT&T store for exchange?
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I am not sure. I haven't tried returning to AT&T. The only thing they can get you for is S-Off, but some devices shipped S-Off so I don't know how likely that is to happen. AT&T shouldn't look into it too much. They don't have access to HTCDev so they can't see you've requested an unlock token.
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supitsronnie said:
I am not sure. I haven't tried returning to AT&T. The only thing they can get you for is S-Off, but some devices shipped S-Off so I don't know how likely that is to happen. AT&T shouldn't look into it too much. They don't have access to HTCDev so they can't see you've requested an unlock token.
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I don't know about your AT&T store reps, but I can't think of a single one from a store local to me that would have any clue whatsoever on how to determine if the device was rooted, unlocked, etc.
Also keep in mind that, unless you've personally irritated one of them, THEY (usually) DON'T CARE. They might be required to check certain things by AT&T corporate, but do you really think that a typical sales rep is going actually exert any extra effort whatsoever to check the device?
Take the steps you mentioned. Leave the device S-OFF, but clear the "tampered" flag (as you mentioned) and any type of red warning that happens on the boot animation. Basically, just fix up the extremely obvious stuff that a sales rep couldn't possible ignore. When you go to bring it back, act like you've never heard of "XDA", and if someone asks if the phone was modified, tell them that you changed the default ringtone or something silly like that. (In other words, play dumb.)
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I was in a store the other day with a friend who needed something done to his account. Beside us was a rep trying to activate an M8 for a customer. She kept running to the back to get different SIM cards and couldn't figure out why they wouldn't fit. She was trying to put them in the SD card slot
And you're worried about them checking bootloader locks and S-Off? :laugh:
To give an example of how "closely" an AT&T store rep examines a phone for exchange/return:
I noticed a couple days ago that the volume button on my own M8 is quite a bit more.. wiggly.... than the AT&T demo M8's in my local store. It doesn't really bother me, but I figured I was still in my "14 days" so I could get a simple exchange for a more perfect volume button.
So, I spent about an hour backing up my device, changing the CID back to CWS__001, switching the firmware back to AT&T stock, switching the recovery back to stock, patching the bootloader to NOT show "unlocked" or "tampered", etc. Basically, when I was done, it was nearly impossible for even a knowledgeable person to know I had "converted" the phone to a dev edition and so on.
I brought the phone to the store and here's what they did to examine it: NOTHING.
They saw that the screen turned on, and that was it. Nothing else. I was extremely disappointed. (Perhaps it relates that I had just factory reset it, so it was sitting at that stupid AT&T welcome screen... perhaps they didn't want to waste time tapping through all the prompts?)
Oh, and I ended up NOT doing the exchange. They brought a new one up, and it had the same wiggly volume button. So, we opened a couple more boxes and all were wiggly. Being that I didn't see any other defect in my existing phone, I decided to keep my known wiggle instead of risking a different different that wiggled just as much, but might also have some other issue.
Take care
Wiggles Gary
where do we find the stock nandroid to use? Does this work to get back to stock to get the latest OTA update?
jdk2 said:
I was in a store the other day with a friend who needed something done to his account. Beside us was a rep trying to activate an M8 for a customer. She kept running to the back to get different SIM cards and couldn't figure out why they wouldn't fit. She was trying to put them in the SD card slot
And you're worried about them checking bootloader locks and S-Off? :laugh:
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LOL you laugh. My AT&T girl did the same thing. She had the nano sim sideways in the sd card slot and couldn't figure why it wouldn't go in.
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where do we find the stock nandroid to use? Does this work to get back to stock to get the latest OTA update?
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You can find stock nandroid backups here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376. Make sure your CID matches! Instructions are in that thread.
Yes, if you follow this method you will receive OTA updates again.
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I have to use HTC's free screen replacement program, im rooted, unlocked, and s-off... soooo, i have to do this before sending them my phone right?
JoSway said:
I have to use HTC's free screen replacement program, im rooted, unlocked, and s-off... soooo, i have to do this before sending them my phone right?
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There was a poster who claimed they told him he was ineligible for the replacement because they had him on record on HTCdev as unlocking his boot loader. Said he needed the dev edition to be able to do that without voiding his warranty. That was just one person though
I got my device 2 days ago and rooted immediately. Then I noticed I was on the old firmware version, so I used your guide to get unroot and back to stock. It worked well. Now I'm updated and rooted again
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garyd9 said:
To give an example of how "closely" an AT&T store rep examines a phone for exchange/return:
I noticed a couple days ago that the volume button on my own M8 is quite a bit more.. wiggly.... than the AT&T demo M8's in my local store. It doesn't really bother me, but I figured I was still in my "14 days" so I could get a simple exchange for a more perfect volume button.
So, I spent about an hour backing up my device, changing the CID back to CWS__001, switching the firmware back to AT&T stock, switching the recovery back to stock, patching the bootloader to NOT show "unlocked" or "tampered", etc. Basically, when I was done, it was nearly impossible for even a knowledgeable person to know I had "converted" the phone to a dev edition and so on.
I brought the phone to the store and here's what they did to examine it: NOTHING.
They saw that the screen turned on, and that was it. Nothing else. I was extremely disappointed. (Perhaps it relates that I had just factory reset it, so it was sitting at that stupid AT&T welcome screen... perhaps they didn't want to waste time tapping through all the prompts?)
Oh, and I ended up NOT doing the exchange. They brought a new one up, and it had the same wiggly volume button. So, we opened a couple more boxes and all were wiggly. Being that I didn't see any other defect in my existing phone, I decided to keep my known wiggle instead of risking a different different that wiggled just as much, but might also have some other issue.
Take care
Wiggles Gary
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Believe it or not all you have to do is put the stock rom back on the device. You still have a hardware warranty. If say, your speaker is broken that would have occurred regardless of you flashing the ROM. Flashing the rom is not a punishment for you to live with bad hardware... However try to put back to stock if you can.
thank u for helping
Lil Jones said:
Believe it or not all you have to do is put the stock rom back on the device. You still have a hardware warranty. If say, your speaker is broken that would have occurred regardless of you flashing the ROM. Flashing the rom is not a punishment for you to live with bad hardware... However try to put back to stock if you can.
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AT&T terms clearly state that they have the "right" to void warranty if the software is modified.
In reality, AT&T will not check or care. Its more important to keep you as a monthly account holder, versus the relatively modest price if a refurb phone. I've seen many reports of successful warranty exchanges with unlocked bootloader, root, even having an obviously custom ROM (like CM) installed.
Return to close as stock as possible/feasible to play it safe. But its likely not going to be a deal breaker.
can i be S-Off and do ATT OTA's?
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can i be S-Off and do ATT OTA's?
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Sure. But if you've bothered to s-off, why would you want to?
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