I was wondering what would happen if someone installed an alternative rom and then relocked their bootloader.
What problems might this cause, if any?
no problems but they would be stuck on the rom until they unlocked or ran an RUU i believe
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About restoring bootlocker and Cm 7.1.0 and other rom with requed unlocked bootloader..
i was able to unlock the bootloader but lost radio signal, but got it back
by using unlock client..
i am thinking if i unlock the bootloader and load cm 7.10 into the phone
and relock the bootloader will the rom work?
sorry for bad English spelling
greetings
class976 said:
About restoring bootlocker and Cm 7.1.0 and other rom with requed unlocked bootloader..
i was able to unlock the bootloader but lost radio signal, but got it back
by using unlock client..
i am thinking if i unlock the bootloader and load cm 7.10 into the phone
and relock the bootloader will the rom work?
sorry for bad English spelling
greetings
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Not sure...
I am not up to speed on cm7.1, but you can try it and see.
My initial thoughts (Anyone please correct if I am wrong) is that cm7.1 uses cm5 recovery which is unavailable in locked bootloader. So if you need to update you will have to re unlock and then relock again....
An unlocked bootloader is required for the full functionality of cm7.1, but weather it is needed to function on a day to day basis I am unsure..
ps, why did you need to relock your bootloader? My guess is you simunlocked via a different method than setool and it crashed your radio.
There is hope (If you want to beleive) if you follow this thread, but beware..there have been false claims before..
Please check this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1327755
Hope this works for you.
Hi everyone I have been looking around and found some info but somethings are still unclear. I know you should relock you phone and remove the revolutionary recovery? I downloaded the ruu.exe for my phone, I remember if I used htcdev to unlock originally but that didnt work completly so i then used revolutionary. I was wondering how to remove the revolutinary and relock so that i can run the ruu.exe to return to stock.
I almost cannot believe how many different ROMs I've tried to flash after wiping out my original ROM.
Bootloader unlocked and rooted I managaged to relock the bootloader while trying to fastboot flash a stock ROM, which also failed.
Beleive it or not, I've have found a couple that will boot up with my Sprint HTC One Max . I was able to re-unlock the bootloader, flash a new rom and even recover user data I had backed up to my PC via adb backup.
All this for not, as I still cannot find a Sense ROM that will flash on my device and allow me to unnlock the Sim via Sim Unlock Helper.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
TAMPERED
UNLOCKED
Sprint HTC One T6WL S-OFF
CID-SPCS_001
HBOOT-2.49.000
RADIO-1.48.50.0425
I recall reading somewhere that the Unlock Sim Helper should work on Sense 4.1.2 ROM. ????
Greetings,
I moved your thread to the correct forum (hopefully) for you to get the help you need.
Thanks,
BD619
RUU back to anything pre-4.4 and it should work. afaik you need a lower hboot/radio version
can any one help please.
i bricked my phone but did the ruu after relocking the bootloader. Now it says relocked in the fastboot mode.
i tried google to look for answers but could not find any.
by the way i have s-off which i guess is a problem.
so could anyone tell the way around it to reunlock the bootloader so i can root and install updated roms .
thanks in advance.
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kishanyonzan said:
can any one help please.
i bricked my phone but did the ruu after relocking the bootloader. Now it says relocked in the fastboot mode.
i tried google to look for answers but could not find any.
by the way i have s-off which i guess is a problem.
so could anyone tell the way around it to reunlock the bootloader so i can root and install updated roms .
thanks in advance.
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The method is the same for S-OFF as S-ON. Since, you are S-OFF you can use the Guru Bootloader Reset tool in TWRP after you unlock it the HTCDev method.
You do not have to relock your bootloader to run RUU or firmware when you are S-OFF.
I have this PadFone S for over a week, and it's my 5th android device, but certainly the 1st one having a locked bootloader. So far I have read how to flash stock firmware, how to root and unroot, which requires unlocking bootloader first using CrowLock, how to install CWM and CM12 etc. I haven't try anything yet (still uprooted, and my bootloader is still unlocked).
One question still unanswered, is there any way to lock the bootloader after it's unlocked ? Perhaps by using the CrowLock app, or simply flashing stock firmware ? I need to be assured that any changes I do is reversible.
Thanks in advance
I too purchased the Padfone S and have the same question. Also, does anyone know if flashing crowlock will void the warranty of the phone? Can someone who has unlocked their bootloader using crowlock paste the output of "fastboot oem device-info"?
Does Asus' bootloader not check the signature for the recovery partition before booting from recovery? Given that everyone is flashing the recovery after rooting and running crowlock from the recovery, it seems so, but I'm not sure.
Anyone know if the bootloader's source code is available? I know it's based on the littlekernel, but I'm not sure which version it was built from.
Bump! I need the answer too.