This is probably common knowledge, but since the only place I found it in our forum was buried deep in a 1500+ reply thread I thought I'd make a new thread for it.
If you don't know, super CID is more or less like root for hboot/fastboot. Why do we care? It means we can install any ROM we want if the propaganda is to believed.
More importantly, it means we don't have to lock our bootloaders before we RUU if we don't want to.
Here are the simple steps to get super CID.
S-OFF is required.
1. fastboot oem readcid
2. write down your existing cid.
3. fastboot oem writecid 11111111
4. fastboot owm readcid
5. verify it has changed. It should list your old CID as your backup CID.
I tested this by flashing the 2.x RUU, unlocking the bootloader via HTCDev, and then flashing the RUU again immediately after I got unlocked.
--As is noted by other people. This isn't actually useful for us. But yay, now you know and don't have to spend 5 hours researching like I did.
i just did this earlier today
jefffeely said:
This is probably common knowledge, but since the only place I found it in our forum was buried deep in a 1500+ reply thread I thought I'd make a new thread for it.
If you don't know, super CID is more or less like root for hboot/fastboot. Why do we care? It means we can install any ROM we want if the propaganda is to believed.
More importantly, it means we don't have to lock our bootloaders before we RUU if we don't want to.
Here are the simple steps to get super CID.
S-OFF is required.
1. fastboot oem readcid
2. write down your existing cid.
3. fastboot oem writecid 11111111
4. fastboot owm readcid
5. verify it has changed. It should list your old CID as your backup CID.
I tested this by flashing the 2.x RUU, unlocking the bootloader via HTCDev, and then flashing the RUU again immediately after I got unlocked.
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i don't see why anyone has unlocked... there's absolutely NO need with S-off
what do you mean by flash any rom? like could we take a rom for diff phone and install or what
werdna87 said:
i don't see why anyone has unlocked... there's absolutely NO need with S-off
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Maybe some people like to see it say "Unlocked" on the top of their bootloader instead of "Locked".
dogredwing1 said:
what do you mean by flash any rom? like could we take a rom for diff phone and install or what
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+1. What he said........ ???
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dogredwing1 said:
what do you mean by flash any rom? like could we take a rom for diff phone and install or what
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The point of supercid was more or less for phones with oversea counterparts
Like the inspire HD and desire HD
Same phone for the most part just branded different, supercid would allow you to flash an inspire Rom to the desire
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superchilpil said:
The point of supercid was more or less for phones with oversea counterparts
Like the inspire HD and desire HD
Same phone for the most part just branded different, supercid would allow you to flash an inspire Rom to the desire
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So in that case it servers no purpose on the rezound?
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nosympathy said:
So in that case it servers no purpose on the rezound?
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Correct. This guy needs to stop posting these useless threads. This isn't development. That is common knowlege.
jefffeely said:
This is probably common knowledge, but since the only place I found it in our forum was buried deep in a 1500+ reply thread I thought I'd make a new thread for it.
If you don't know, super CID is more or less like root for hboot/fastboot. Why do we care? It means we can install any ROM we want if the propaganda is to believed.
More importantly, it means we don't have to lock our bootloaders before we RUU if we don't want to.
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where did you get this information the cid is the carrier id,and simply tells the phone what factory RUUs its allowed to install. it has absolutely nothing to do with locking bootloaders. once you are s-offed,if you choose to unlock,you can run an ruu without relocking,period. its got nothing to do with superCID.
superCID is cool for phones like the sensation,desire HD,and other world phones becasue it lets us run other carriers branded,or unbranded software. ive been running asian/european ICS on my sensation for weeks now
while i did change the CID of my rezound for S&Gs,it is at this point,completely pointless,as all we have access to are vzw RUUs do not be mistaken that this lets you flash other phones roms. that would be an extremely bad idea
while i appreciate your bringing forth this information,id prolly advize that most folks do not do this. at this point there are no benefits,and its one more thing you will have to remember to return to stock if you ever need to send the phone in for warranty.
my 2 cents.
edit: yall beat me by minutes
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So in that case it servers no purpose on the rezound?
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Pretty much. No practical purpose.
werdna87 said:
i don't see why anyone has unlocked... there's absolutely NO need with S-off
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its a good substitue for the eng hboot for new rooters,as it allows fastboot boot and fastboot flash,and even allows you to change cid and the secureflag. in short its got all the commands that most folks will ever need
it also is a lil less dangerous than flashing a new(potentially corrupt and unchecked by a "whats an md5sum??" new rooter) bootloader. remember without a bootloader your phone is useless. i personally see nothing wrong with unlocking rather than flashing an eng or patched hboot.
i agree theres no need to unlock,but theres othing wrong with it,either.
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Pretty much. No practical purpose.
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Seriously. Stop posting this pointless crap. Feel free to make a rom or kernel or something and post it but photos and a single useless fastboot command are useless and isn't development.
con247 said:
Correct. This guy needs to stop posting these useless threads. This isn't development. That is common knowlege.
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Not common knowledge. Also, not in our forums till now. Just because YOU have a lot of experience with HTC phones doesn't mean everyone else does.
Everything that I have posted has been useful to someone. Just because we have S-OFF does not remotely mean that we are at the end of the line for development.
Perhaps you would like to make a post with your common knowledge about how to compile AOSP from scratch for our phone. Or how to flash a new hboot from download mode or JTAG/SPI for those who bork their hboot?
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Seriously. Stop posting this pointless crap. Feel free to make a rom or kernel or something and post it but photos and a single useless fastboot command are useless and isn't development.
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So can you tell me where I should have looked to have known that it was useless until I made this thread?
Also, since it is common knowledge, can you tell me where the JTAG ports are in the pictures I posted. Or more specifically, the pinouts?
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1. Perhaps you would like to make a post with your common knowledge about how to compile AOSP from scratch for our phone.
2. Or how to flash a new hboot from download mode or JTAG/SPI for those who bork their hboot?
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1. Where did a comment about AOSP come from? A rom could have meant a sense rom.
2. You didn't figure out how to flash hboot via download mode/ JTAG or SPI. All you did was post pictures of the inside. You didn't label a single port or anything.
Just drop it. Yes cid is pointless as soff is unlocked. and rooted bootloader? Lol. But still just say something and drop it. No need to rub it in.
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jclendineng said:
Just drop it. Yes cid is pointless as soff is unlocked. and rooted bootloader? Lol. But still just say something and drop it. No need to rub it in.
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Dropping it.
Mods you might as well delete this thread. I still think it is useful information even if the application isn't.
jefffeely said:
Dropping it.
Mods you might as well delete this thread. I still think it is useful information even if the application isn't.
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I think what con was getting at is you giving information like this, that doesn't do anyone any good concerning this phone is pointless to post in the development section. Post it all you want in general.
I think putting long tube headers on a muscle car is useful information, but since it doesn't apply to this phone I am not going to make a thread about it in the development section.
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I think what con was getting at is you giving information like this, that doesn't do anyone any good concerning this phone is pointless to post in the development section. Post it all you want in general.
I think putting long tube headers on a muscle car is useful information, but since it doesn't apply to this phone I am not going to make a thread about it in the development section.
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I just didn't know that at the time I posted this thread. As far as I could tell it was useful information since there are still people locking and unlocking their bootloaders. Other phones have super cid info posted in their dev sections, how was I supposed to know it "useless".
It really is too bad that it has been deemed useless though. It already has been useful to me.
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Why is my security still on (S-On) after I have unlocked my bootloader?
Your device is shipped with Security on (S-ON) to protect your system software configuration (such as the bootloader, radio, boot, recovery, system and others). After you have unlocked the bootloader, however, you will have lifted the restrictions on boot, recovery and system. This means you can customize boot, recovery and system images on your phone as you desire. You can easily see that you have successfully unlocked the bootloader by looking at the top of the screen when entering the bootloader screen. Security is left on to protect things like the radio, and SIM lock.
If you should require support, please feel free to contact us via the support section of our website, http://www.htc.com
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/faq
Yea, I got that exact same answer. There was stuff before and after cuz I complained and asked about kernels and how they claim they're developer friendly but they really aren't. Funny though, exact same text...
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eliasadrian said:
Yea, I got that exact same answer. There was stuff before and after cuz I complained and asked about kernels and how they claim they're developer friendly but they really aren't. Funny though, exact same text...
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I completely agree. It seems as if the community has thrown in the towel on this S-Off issue. I don't see why a little pressure from us can't help change their minds.......
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Chance Ill said:
I completely agree. It seems as if the community has thrown in the towel on this S-Off issue. I don't see why a little pressure from us can't help change their minds.......
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I haven't given up just yet. I spent at least eight hours on it last night alone! I would like to think that I've made progress but...
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I haven't given up just yet. I spent at least eight hours on it last night alone! I would like to think that I've made progress but...
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We're all rooting for you, but as nice as it'd be for us it's kinda too late for HTC. The devs that would've bought this or the SGS2 already bought the other. Annoying. But still appreciate the effort!
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eliasadrian said:
We're all rooting for you, but as nice as it'd be for us it's kinda too late for HTC. The devs that would've bought this or the SGS2 already bought the other. Annoying. But still appreciate the effort!
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Its never too late. The Amaze is too good of a device to let it go the way of the G2X.
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Binary100100 said:
I haven't given up just yet. I spent at least eight hours on it last night alone! I would like to think that I've made progress but...
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Good. Let me know if i can be of any help.
For what it's worth, I'm still randomly emailing and tweeting them....hopefully they'll listen better this time. In reference to them "listening" to the dev community and letting us unlock bootloaders.
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For what it's worth, I'm still randomly emailing and tweeting them....hopefully they'll listen better this time. In reference to them "listening" to the dev community and letting us unlock bootloaders.
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im getting them annoyed!! on tweeter and emails!! what gets me is that this phone aint cheap and we buy them and as android suppost to be a open source htc doesnt,
i told them that is my phone and i can do whatever i want with it, they answered me saying that with s-off will void my warranty, my answer was well ****... you by giving us unlock bootloader it still voided my warranty so let us take advantage of this amazing phone
I've also email them hopefully we'll be heard..I suggest everyone email them we need a joint effort from the community they wont have a choice but to listen.
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im getting them annoyed!! on tweeter and emails!! what gets me is that this phone aint cheap and we buy them and as android suppost to be a open source htc doesnt,
i told them that is my phone and i can do whatever i want with it, they answered me saying that with s-off will void my warranty, my answer was well ****... you by giving us unlock bootloader it still voided my warranty so let us take advantage of this amazing phone
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So call back after your warranty and ask for it. They'll have no excuses then, right?
I wonder if HTC is waiting for ICS and then let something "leak" to obtain s-off.
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mike96789 said:
I wonder if HTC is waiting for ICS and then let something "leak" to obtain s-off.
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That'a actually another reason why I don't want to rush to obtain s-off because even if we get it we may lose it with the OTA. Would be our luck. We know that HTC read these so what's to stop them from being like "Huh. This Binary100100 bastard figured out how to get around s-on. Let's patch that with ICS! That'll show them!"
you have a point.. but what about if your wrong? i hope your right though
forgive my ignorance, But has any phone ever been granted S-off through HTC? If so...I hate them for not giving us S-off
seansk said:
forgive my ignorance, But has any phone ever been granted S-off through HTC? If so...I hate them for not giving us S-off
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No, and most likely never will because it invalidates the very reason S-on is enabled. We've (the community) always developed a way to bypass the signature as far back as I can remember, but they've figured out a way to make it more difficult to accomplish with the Amaze.
I think if we make enough noise, perhaps they'll create a tool that allows overwriting the signature. My optimism always gets the best of me!
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No, and most likely never will because it invalidates the very reason S-on is enabled. We've (the community) always developed a way to bypass the signature as far back as I can remember, but they've figured out a way to make it more difficult to accomplish with the Amaze.
I think if we make enough noise, perhaps they'll create a tool that allows overwriting the signature. My optimism always gets the best of me!
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I believe its the lack of developers for the amaze, the rezound is newer than our phone and I believe they have achieved S-off, It's hard to say because that phone is a CDMA phone, but never the less if they have figured out a way to make it more difficult it should be for all the new HTC phones, which doesn't seem to be the case.
seansk said:
I believe its the lack of developers for the amaze, the rezound is newer than our phone and I believe they have achieved S-off, It's hard to say because that phone is a CDMA phone, but never the less if they have figured out a way to make it more difficult it should be for all the new HTC phones, which doesn't seem to be the case.
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The rezound is S-on as well. It seems to me like every highend HTC device launched in the last 3-4 months have run into a brick wall in regards to s-off.
Chance Ill said:
The rezound is S-on as well. It seems to me like every highend HTC device launched in the last 3-4 months have run into a brick wall in regards to s-off.
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my mistake I was under the impression they had attained S-off, uh, HTC c'mon.
Maybe we should join up with some of these communities with recent HTC phones to fight for s-off
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the best way to not brick the epic touch is to not flash in ics kernel what's the best way to not brick w the evo lte?
kurtiskobain said:
the best way to not brick the epic touch is to not flash in ics kernel what's the best way to not brick w the evo lte?
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Keep it stock.
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whaaa?
Sorry am mobile I guess what I mean is...is there a known way to brick with elte? Like flashing ruu while unlocked or something I apologize not very familiarwith HTC at all
kurtiskobain said:
Sorry am mobile I guess what I mean is...is there a known way to brick with elte? Like flashing ruu while unlocked or something I apologize not very familiarwith HTC at all
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HTC dev is flash friendly. So is regaw one click program that you can find in the development forum. Lazypanda s-off is the only known program that causes bricked devices....oh and if you don't have a clue what you're doing. Read read read its your best friend
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Steven 1 said:
HTC dev is flash friendly. So is regaw one click program that you can find in the development forum. Lazypanda s-off is the only known program that causes bricked devices....oh and if you don't have a clue what you're doing. Read read read its your best friend
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wow thanks man i really didnt think i would get a sincere response here...everyone around here seems a little stuck up and entitled, kinda like the old hero days
of course the best way to not brick is to do your reading, but if you had the epic touch you would know all the reading in the world couldnt save you...no brick warnings in the OP aside, people were bricking just by factory resetting YUCK!!
glad i got the htc evo lte and glad that its harder to bricl, just wish the community here was a little bit more warm ya kno
Haha its probably the side of bed they woke up on. Believe me, this is a great community filled with informative and and helpful individuals. But when you begin to talk about a phone that isn't the LTE (specifically samsung)
People become a bit irritated. Aha or so it seems.. just read a bit cz samsung and HTC are different regarding flashing and techniques on unlocking. Goodluck and enjoy
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A question to a question.
What is your end result? What are you aiming to do? Where does your device stand now?
I ask because it makes it easier to answer your question.
Picked up my 4glte today at lunch and by the time i left work i had root, s-off, unlocked bootloader, and recovery. I am more than happy to help where i can.
Steven 1 said:
HTC dev is flash friendly. So is regaw one click program that you can find in the development forum. Lazypanda s-off is the only known program that causes bricked devices....oh and if you don't have a clue what you're doing. Read read read its your best friend
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THIS^^^^^^^^^^
That whole recovery thing on the epic is the reason I despise the Samsung phones and the New kernal and modems every week with no change at all. There's only a few ways for ur phone to get bricked here. Experimental roms/mods (unlikely) or a simple bad flash (not likely either as recovery just says failed and u can flash something else)
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munsterrr said:
A question to a question.
What is your end result? What are you aiming to do? Where does your device stand now?
I ask because it makes it easier to answer your question.
Picked up my 4glte today at lunch and by the time i left work i had root, s-off, unlocked bootloader, and recovery. I am more than happy to help where i can.
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I also had my elte rooted and rom'ed within the hour I was looking for some general tips, tricks, best behavior and routines when dealing with the elte to avoid issues...knowing only way to brick is purely poor judgment or possibly a bad download is comforting.
Alllllllll this thread was for was to collect data to compare to other devices which have had issues bricking or getting ruined by easily doing something small or specific
any work arounds?
1. Yes, you can still flash ROMs even on the new hboot.
2. All you have to do is use RegawMOD to do everything, and then flash a couple of SU zips.
3. Questions belong in the Q&A section.
In the future, never accept an ota
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Im sure you could still do the HTC's unlock. Can you?
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any work arounds?
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Well, what I'm going to probably do is accidentally my phone, then get another without the HBOOT problem. Unless I can be more patient, but...S-OFF = awesome. .
You can do HTC unlock which is what I had to do... Works great. I am enjoying all the roms as if I was s-off
bathanr said:
You can do HTC unlock which is what I had to do... Works great. I am enjoying all the roms as if I was s-off
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But it's not S-OFF!!! Everyone wants S-OFF. I want S-OFF. And I'm impatient. I want to flash my damn splash screen and boot screens and stuff. Grrrrrrrrrr....
BUT...I love this phone. I want to break it and get another, but then I feel like I'm breaking my small child or something...and that's never fun.
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But it's not S-OFF!!! Everyone wants S-OFF. I want S-OFF. And I'm impatient. I want to flash my damn splash screen and boot screens and stuff. Grrrrrrrrrr....
BUT...I love this phone. I want to break it and get another, but then I feel like I'm breaking my small child or something...and that's never fun.
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How about you don't go around commiting insurance fraud
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Rxpert said:
How about you don't go around commiting insurance fraud
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Good advice!
...not as much fun, though.
EDIT: Just to clarify, the previous doesn't mean that I can't wait, it just means that I feel the frustration of others who had bad things happen (like OTA updates!). We'll get it, though. Still a new phone, still lots of fun stuff to play with....and at least we have the HTC Unlock available, and can still get root.
Am I that drunk, or is this thread that retarded?
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msimindlessmsi2 said:
Am I that drunk, or is this thread that retarded?
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Well.. Someone complained and blamed HTC for their own mistake, and then someone else decided they wanted to purposely break their phone in order to get a new one.
So it's probably as silly as it looks.
Being S-off is overrated. Its the same as being HTC Unlock.
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shook187 said:
Being S-off is overrated. Its the same as being HTC Unlock.
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That's not exactly true after this last update. If I recall correctly, if you HTC Unlock on 1.22, you can't flash kernels through recovery, you have to do it another way. I think there were other things we couldn't do anymore as well.
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Being S-off is overrated. Its the same as being HTC Unlock.
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Absolutely not my good sir. In Addition to flashing kernels, you can't flash radios, splash screens, ect through recovery and you can't flash anything not signed by HTC via bootloader
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Rule #1. Please do not spam the forums with silly questions.
1. Search before posting.
Use one of our search functions before posting, whether you have a question or something new to share, it's very likely someone already asked that question or shared that news.
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SO where should I start. Any good thoughts form the public on this phone? Is it SetCPU friendly and such?
The phone should come rooted but Having to root it myself would never be a problem. Rooted multiple phones and have seen some... dirtier ones as well.
I looked up the general rooting information and saw some roms but would like everyone's opinion on usability and the such with rooting. Should I take the ICS update?
I say start with stickies in the development forums be best place start just know if ur gsm of cdma or ull ruin ur New toy lol
common butter 1.5ish
ZR3D-XL is the action
rose2jam said:
I say start with stickies in the development forums be best place start just know if ur gsm of cdma or ull ruin ur New toy lol
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Should be the cdma will know when it gets here lol. But alright I do read the stickies but nothing beats asking for real world performance from people.
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Also if your feeling ics after you root I say try out mean ics or if ur more of an asop person I say go common asop very good blend of the 2 styles and both of Rhodes are reliable
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Do S-OFF, downgrade bootloader and then flash a Jellybean ROM.
androidcdma said:
Do S-OFF, downgrade bootloader and then flash a Jellybean ROM.
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So no one click root anymore
And for the bootloader is there a more common better one or is it a per device one like other things.
cmsjr123 said:
So no one click root anymore
And for the bootloader is there a more common better one or is it a per device one like other things.
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No one click for HTC phones, but I've tried to make it as simple as possible in this thread. Once you have S-OFF you can change bootloaders by choosing one from the 7th post in this thread, which will explain the differences in hboot's as well.
ramjet73
Is there like some sort of secret to root this phone? And if not why isn't it posted all over the place. HTC Dev wont let me unlock so it's impossible for me to do anything.
addictedhacks said:
Is there like some sort of secret to root this phone? And if not why isn't it posted all over the place. HTC Dev wont let me unlock so it's impossible for me to do anything.
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Poorly kept secret, really? here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2109862
Ah.. Theres a 2 star rated complete root thread stickied in Dev. However this is not. Thank you.
addictedhacks said:
Ah.. Theres a 2 star rated complete root thread stickied in Dev. However this is not. Thank you.
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"original development" subforum does make finding stuff like this more time consuming sometimes, I agree. I rarely think to check it myself.
Also the sticky in the development section that lists all of the root methods mods Roms you name it I'm sure its in that post
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Also the sticky in the development section that lists all of the root methods mods Roms you name it I'm sure its in that post
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Youre a little late..... 10 years late. Read the first post it wasn't there. However, It might be there now.
addictedhacks said:
Is there like some sort of secret to root this phone? And if not why isn't it posted all over the place. HTC Dev wont let me unlock so it's impossible for me to do anything.
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Youre a little late..... 10 years late. Read the first post it wasn't there. However, It might be there now.
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Well there isnt anything indicating that you've found what you were looking for, I'm not quite sure what you mean by me being 10 years late and I do know for a fact that a little searching around the development forums you would have found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011243 at the top of the page just where I said... oh and all questions are supposed to be posted in the Q & A section...
you gotta unlock the bootloader first then flash a boot.img w/ system write enabled then flash a recovery then the modules and then the superuser.zip to get root access...
.torrented said:
Well there isnt anything indicating that you've found what you were looking for, I'm not quite sure what you mean by me being 10 years late and I do know for a fact that a little searching around the development forums you would have found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011243 at the top of the page just where I said... oh and all questions are supposed to be posted in the Q & A section...
you gotta unlock the bootloader first then flash a boot.img w/ system write enabled then flash a recovery then the modules and then the superuser.zip to get root access...
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Thanks man. Have a good one!
addictedhacks said:
Thanks man. Have a good one!
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There's a button for that.
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There is also a really good thread stickied in the Q&A Section which explains some issues and links the unlock method. The unlock method thread should probably also be stickied in the Development Section IMHO.
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CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME OUT WITH THIS UNLOCKING THING!!! I just got the DNA on 2/14 and nothing is going through. I have been trying for the past two days. I try the CID.apk method...nada; HTCDev method...nada; tried flash RUU method...same crap. All failing!!! Do I need to return it and got another one???
mrbidjey said:
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME OUT WITH THIS UNLOCKING THING!!! I just got the DNA on 2/14 and nothing is going through. I have been trying for the past two days. I try the CID.apk method...nada; HTCDev method...nada; tried flash RUU method...same crap. All failing!!! Do I need to return it and got another one???
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How about providing some actual, useable information. Like,what does "failing" mean exactly?
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You're right beaups, let me break it down:
-From the CID.apk method, I got the "VZW_001" in abd fastboot oem readcid, which I heard is a no go.
-At HTCDev I got the error code #160 message (MID Not allowed) when I pasted the token ID (from start to end, excluding the word INFO) that I obtained from fastboot oem get_ identifier_token.
-RUU.exe stated not to be able to update my device to 1.15xxx from 2.4.605.2
I don't know what else to do. I cannot retire my Droid 4 just yet because of that. Your help would be very appreciated.
mrbidjey said:
You're right beaups, let me break it down:
-From the CID.apk method, I got the "VZW_001" in abd fastboot oem readcid, which I heard is a no go.
-At HTCDev I got the error code #160 message (MID Not allowed) when I pasted the token ID (from start to end, excluding the word INFO) that I obtained from fastboot oem get_ identifier_token.
-RUU.exe stated not to be able to update my device to 1.15xxx from 2.4.605.2
I don't know what else to do. I cannot retire my Droid 4 just yet because of that. Your help would be very appreciated.
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Ok. Has your phone already taken the update? (What software version are you on?). If its been ota'd, there is no unlock method for you currently. And based on what I've found so far, there may not be one any time soon.
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beaups said:
Ok. Has your phone already taken the update? (What software version are you on?). If its been ota'd, there is no unlock method for you currently. And based on what I've found so far, there may not be one any time soon.
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Yes I had an update as soon as I slipped my SIM card in. I am running the 2.4.605.2 version right now. Can the Jcase's exploit help me change the CID in order to unlock the bootloader via HTCDev?
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Yes I had an update as soon as I slipped my SIM card in. I am running the 2.4.605.2 version right now. Can the Jcase's exploit help me change the CID in order to unlock the bootloader via HTCDev?
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No. There is no method to unclock your phone at this time.
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beaups said:
No. There is no method to unclock your phone at this time.
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That sucks...! Thanks though
http://goo.gl/zfwUo
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beaups said:
No. There is no method to unclock your phone at this time.
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As this is my first post I beg of you to take it a little easy on me. I am currently on the new OTA and have had the DNA for 5 days. I realize the lockdown on this phone is particularly harsh with this update so I am curious if I can return the phone to Verizon for a non-updated new one but I will need some type of ammo to go in there with to really get them to exchange it. The only problem I have had so far is that my financial pages for paying bills (Verizon included) and my expense reporting will not load. Perhaps this is a java error that the OTA may have caused and I am sure Verizon wants their money so that will be a way to win.
Are there any major issues with the current OTA I can add to my complaint list to get my hands on another one?
And yes, it is very rude to ask a dev if they are coming close to a solution but I am curious if it will be all for naught and the workaround is on the horizon or in the near future. I'm sure it's on many new owners' minds and they are scared to ask so let the noob bashing begin on me. I can take the abuse.
Knowing my luck I will come home from the store and blammo beaups and jcase have cracked it.
Update : Called Verizon, made claim, got a new in box sealed DNA, brought it home and went to work on it!
Proud owner now of a rooted, unlocked, s-off, rom and custom kernel running, new OTA radio, future updates from Verizon ota's blocked, bad boy of a DNA!