Has anyone tried using this unlocking utility to unlock the hboot on their amaze? I'm curious because if it works, that means we wouldn't have to rely on htcdev's unlock and thus avoiding the chance of htc voiding your warranty based on your htcdev usage. Link
I would try this myself but I don't have my Amaze at the moment.
I tried it and it doesn't work.
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So as some of us should know HTC Legend can now be Hboot unlocked and can gain S-off. Now, a question for some of you phone nerds out there, what benefits does having S-off actually give you, other than running adblocking applications. I've been thinking about unlocking my bootloader to get S-off but heard that it is an irreversible method, so I need to make sure if it is worth it or not.
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That's a good question, what can one do with on S-off legend that you can't do with the new unlocked bootloader. Except return under warranty.
BTW HTC knows we unlocked our phone, that is why we need to provide a device token.
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If I know correct, S-OFFing is a unlocking procedure that gives access to /radio and simlock.
So, unlocked bootloader gives every access except /radio and simlock. To get these you'd have to S-OFF, which is impossible on 1.02.0000 (?)
He actually wants to know the benefits of unlocking his bootloader through the HTC-way.
Benefits include being able to flash a recovery (No more fakeflash recovery booting needed)
And alter animations/host file/everything else that lives in /system/. Apps like metamorph need this. All in all it's a pretty easy procedure, and there's little reason not to do it, especially if your warranty has expired.
pepijn499 said:
He actually wants to know the benefits of unlocking his bootloader through the HTC-way.
Benefits include being able to flash a recovery (No more fakeflash recovery booting needed)
And alter animations/host file/everything else that lives in /system/. Apps like metamorph need this. All in all it's a pretty easy procedure, and there's little reason not to do it, especially if your warranty has expired.
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Well I won't be doing it anytime sooner since my 2 year contract isn't even halfway yet. Cheers for the input.
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Is there? i cant find any solution and i tried several tools.
Or way to unlock after OTA to ics without getting back to gingerbread and using revolutionary. And not the official way..
thx
jojkos said:
Is there? i cant find any solution and i tried several tools.
Or way to unlock after OTA to ics without getting back to gingerbread and using revolutionary. And not the official way..
thx
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Are you GSM or CDMA?
I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to accomplish, but if your phone is the CDMA model and you've never unlocked your bootloader you can get S-OFF and then root without unlocking the bootloader using the Revolutionary method in closeone's thread in the stickies of the CDMA development forum. Some people have even gotten it to work with the Sprint ICS (2.89.651.2) build installed, but it requires "bricking" the phone twice.
OTOH, the JuopunutBear S-OFF method resets the bootloader status from "unlocked" to "locked" so there is no indication on the phone that you ever did the HTC unlock, and that works for both GSM and CDMA.
It sounds like you've already done some homework so you must have a specific reason for wanting to do it another way?
ramjet73
ramjet73 said:
Are you GSM or CDMA?
I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to accomplish, but if your phone is the CDMA model and you've never unlocked your bootloader you can get S-OFF and then root without unlocking the bootloader using the Revolutionary method in closeone's thread in the stickies of the CDMA development forum. Some people have even gotten it to work with the Sprint ICS (2.89.651.2) build installed, but it requires "bricking" the phone twice.
OTOH, the JuopunutBear S-OFF method resets the bootloader status from "unlocked" to "locked" so there is no indication on the phone that you ever did the HTC unlock, and that works for both GSM and CDMA.
It sounds like you've already done some homework so you must have a specific reason for wanting to do it another way?
ramjet73
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i forgot to mention, my bad. I have GSM. I didnt want to loose warranty because of the official method, but if you say that there is a way to revert it (i thought they would keep record of me unlocking phone but i dont really know), then it would be ok to unlock it that way. Also i wanted to know if ther is easy and fast way to make root/temp root so i could only do a backup.
jojkos said:
i forgot to mention, my bad. I have GSM. I didnt want to loose warranty because of the official method, but if you say that there is a way to revert it (i thought they would keep record of me unlocking phone but i dont really know), then it would be ok to unlock it that way. Also i wanted to know if ther is easy and fast way to make root/temp root so i could only do a backup.
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If you htcdev unlock, HTC will know that you requested a token, but not whether you actually unlocked or not. I'm not sure how they handle that for the purpose of warranty claims, but maybe someone else here has experience with that.
Regarding temp root, it's possible, but not on the the ICS releases since HTC has patched the vulnerablility used for the "tacoroot" method. I've also heard that the phone is very unstable while temp rooted and sometime won't boot. You might be better off using a tool like MyBackup Pro that doesn't require root and has a 30 day trial with full functionality.
ramjet73
ramjet73 said:
If you htcdev unlock, HTC will know that you requested a token, but not whether you actually unlocked or not. I'm not sure how they handle that for the purpose of warranty claims, but maybe someone else here has experience with that.
Regarding temp root, it's possible, but not on the the ICS releases since HTC has patched the vulnerablility used for the "tacoroot" method. I've also heard that the phone is very unstable while temp rooted and sometime won't boot. You might be better off using a tool like MyBackup Pro that doesn't require root and has a 30 day trial with full functionality.
ramjet73
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well thank you very much for all your help i think ill try htcdev unlock method
Hi guys,
I recently got a Droid DNA from ebay.
The software version is 2.04.999.1 710RD and there are lots of engineer mode softwares such like HTC STT loggers.
Also it is rooted without SU software.
I go to check the bootloader and it is tempered locked. So I try to use every method here provided to unlock the phone again.
However, all can not be worked. The cid is still VZW_001 and can't use the jcase backup.ad method the restore to phone.
Anyway, I can't change the cid, can't get the unlock token and can't not get the token from the guy I brought the phone.
Us there anyone can help me. Thanks a lot.
jeffreymin said:
Hi guys,
I recently got a Droid DNA from ebay.
The software version is 2.04.999.1 710RD and there are lots of engineer mode softwares such like HTC STT loggers.
Also it is rooted without SU software.
I go to check the bootloader and it is tempered locked. So I try to use every method here provided to unlock the phone again.
However, all can not be worked. The cid is still VZW_001 and can't use the jcase backup.ad method the restore to phone.
Anyway, I can't change the cid, can't get the unlock token and can't not get the token from the guy I brought the phone.
Us there anyone can help me. Thanks a lot.
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Is it factory s-off? If so, we can help you unlock.
You have newer software than even the OTA. I'd like to get ahold of some of your partitions...come to irc?
http://chat.andirc.net
Channel #Droid-DNA
great worked S-Off by "revone - DEVELOPER EARLY ACCESS PREVIEW EDITION" http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314706
Ok I have 2.49 and no money to buy sunshine at the moment. Is there a way to root and install recovery without S-off? I am on 2.49 Hboot. Verizon HTC Max
very much so sir! i m not sure about carrier versions like your verizon device, but i am using the international one max...and the outline of the procedure is standard and you can find many tutorials on it. here it is briefly:
1. goto htc's dev site, register your device as a dev device, and you will get an unlock code
2. use the unlock code to quickly unlock the bootloader
3. with bootloader unlocked, you can flash any recovery you want
4. with recovery, you can flash the superuser or supersu packages to root
thats it!
s-off gives you some more flexibility, but its not necessary for most modding/tinkering purposes. i have done all but s-off, and haven't yet found a compelling use case for myself in which i would be forced to get s-off...so far!
all the discussions you see on the forum talking about troubles with hboot 2.49 are in the context of achieving s-off. hboot 2.49 does NOT keep you from unlocking bootloader and all that jazz. its specifically a hurdle in the steps to achieve s-off.
finally, there are some doubts about htc's stated versus effective policy regarding warranty status of devices that have received unlock codes from htc's dev site. might want to read up about the pros and cons if you want to be sure about the effect of the bootloader unlocking steps on your warranty.
edit: and i'll also mention here for completeness that unlocking bootloader disables the fingerprint scanner. as always, theres a lot of topics/discussions here on the forum about all the details. i believe the consensus is to lock the bootloader AND clear the "tampered" flag. some say the bootloader status must be "locked" as opposed to "relocked", which is where s-off might become necessary...or some such! haven't quite done any steps yet to enable my fingerprint scanner. don't want to hijack your thread, but that would be my next question if i was you and had just read my post!
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ASCIIker said:
very much so sir! i m not sure about carrier versions like your verizon device, but i am using the international one max...and the outline of the procedure is standard and you can find many tutorials on it. here it is briefly:
1. goto htc's dev site, register your device as a dev device, and you will get an unlock code
2. use the unlock code to quickly unlock the bootloader
3. with bootloader unlocked, you can flash any recovery you want
4. with recovery, you can flash the superuser or supersu packages to root
thats it!
s-off gives you some more flexibility, but its not necessary for most modding/tinkering purposes. i have done all but s-off, and haven't yet found a compelling use case for myself in which i would be forced to get s-off...so far!
all the discussions you see on the forum talking about troubles with hboot 2.49 are in the context of achieving s-off. hboot 2.49 does NOT keep you from unlocking bootloader and all that jazz. its specifically a hurdle in the steps to achieve s-off.
finally, there are some doubts about htc's stated versus effective policy regarding warranty status of devices that have received unlock codes from htc's dev site. might want to read up about the pros and cons if you want to be sure about the effect of the bootloader unlocking steps on your warranty.
edit: and i'll also mention here for completeness that unlocking bootloader disables the fingerprint scanner. as always, theres a lot of topics/discussions here on the forum about all the details. i believe the consensus is to lock the bootloader AND clear the "tampered" flag. some say the bootloader status must be "locked" as opposed to "relocked", which is where s-off might become necessary...or some such! haven't quite done any steps yet to enable my fingerprint scanner. don't want to hijack your thread, but that would be my next question if i was you and had just read my post!
Sent from my HTC One max using XDA Free mobile app
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So I am on Verizon and when I try to unlock through HTC dev it gives me error. I have used the htc dev to unlock many htc devices over the years. I dont remember the error but I am 100% sure HTC dev unlock will not work with my version which is 2.49 and 4.4.2. So I wish you were right I would already be there. Thank you for your in depth post
Problem solved!
Bought sunshine!
I want to know if there is any way to unlock sim unlock sprint htc one without s-off, thnx.