New to Rezound - HTC Rezound

Hey guys.
New to the Rezound but not HTC. Had the Thunderbolt before and was rooted.
The way I understand this is that the Rezound has a locked bootloader so we can't just simply root. Right? Also, if I just unlock the bootloader, I can't flash New radios just ROMS right until I'm S-OFF?
Is there any other way than the wire trick to get S-OFF? Not a big fan of poking the internals of my phone. Lol
Just got this phone yesterday.
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Your understandin is spot on.
The wire trick really isn't that bad. It intimidated me for a while, I bit the bullet and did it without issue.
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CanesDrew said:
Hey guys.
New to the Rezound but not HTC. Had the Thunderbolt before and was rooted.
The way I understand this is that the Rezound has a locked bootloader so we can't just simply root. Right? Also, if I just unlock the bootloader, I can't flash New radios just ROMS right until I'm S-OFF?
Is there any other way than the wire trick to get S-OFF? Not a big fan of poking the internals of my phone. Lol
Just got this phone yesterday.
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Honestly dude, i was one of the first to go for S-off simply because i was sick oh waiting. I wouldnt let myself unlock as i knew i had the possibility of causing warranty issues and didnt want to risk it. S-off is really easy to do though and VERY nice to have once you get it right. Makes flashing roms a ton easier and i just find it convenient as you never have to worry about if you are LOCKED, UNLOCKED, or RELOCKED, its just, LOCKED S-off. also, you can downgrade if you want to if you are S-off but not just unlocked.

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The wire trick is so ridiculously easy, its not poking around your hardware like people make it sound like, it's like pushing a paper clip into the reset button of an old tech device, just wrap the clip in electric tape where you'll touch it
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First, Welcome! id say we are a pretty welcoming community.
as for you questions, id say do the s-off. its easy pls the benefits never stop. its actually extremely easy. it takes a couple times because of timing but still.
then id say try out one of the new RUU's for ics. try it out get a good feel. if its too hot or you have issues, ruu back to gb.
for GB roms, id suggest Innfibilis 1.4 (slaughtered that name).
for ICS, id have to suggest nils or con rom if you like the latest leak sense 3.6, pkmn or newts one XxX or RezROM S4 for sense 4. as for senseless, try CleanRom developer addition or bamf senseless.
we do not have true AOSP roms as of now but they will be soon. hope you enjoy your new phone!

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werdna87 said:
Honestly dude, i was one of the first to go for S-off simply because i was sick oh waiting. I wouldnt let myself unlock as i knew i had the possibility of causing warranty issues and didnt want to risk it. S-off is really easy to do though and VERY nice to have once you get it right. Makes flashing roms a ton easier and i just find it convenient as you never have to worry about if you are LOCKED, UNLOCKED, or RELOCKED, its just, LOCKED S-off. also, you can downgrade if you want to if you are S-off but not just unlocked.
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So you can S-off without unlocking the bootloader? I don't have a rezound but my girlfriend does. Looking into the easiest way to do S-off and be able to flash the new ICS leak. I wanted the option to go back to GB if the gf didn't like the new update.

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I appreciate the answers guys.
I'm gonna give it a whirl tonight. Will anyone be on tonight that might be able to walk me through it if there are questions? Or is there an active IRC for the Rezound? We had one by Team BAMF on the Thunderbolt.
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I Am Marino said:
The wire trick is so ridiculously easy, its not poking around your hardware like people make it sound like, it's like pushing a paper clip into the reset button of an old tech device, just wrap the clip in electric tape where you'll touch it
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+1 agreed it was vary easy. i had trouble until i decided to use a paper clip. paper clip is the way to go.

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Rudy_Ruettiger said:
+1 agreed it was vary easy. i had trouble until i decided to use a paper clip. paper clip is the way to go.
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Ok. Well I've got S-Off and still have my recovery but when I'm in the bootloader menu it says "Locked" instead of "Unlocked" like it did before.
Do I need to re-unlock the bootloader?

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CanesDrew said:
Ok. Well I've got S-Off and still have my recovery but when I'm in the bootloader menu it says "Locked" instead of "Unlocked" like it did before.
Do I need to re-unlock the bootloader?
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Nononono it doesn't matter anymore! You can have locked as long as it says s-off, you are fine. You can do anything now! Downgrade, flash boot images, change splash screens, etc. Enjoy!
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antp121 said:
Nononono it doesn't matter anymore! You can have locked as long as it says s-off, you are fine. You can do anything now! Downgrade, flash boot images, change splash screens, etc. Enjoy!
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Got it. Well I went back and re-unlocked the bootloader.
I can install any ROMs and do everything with the exception of new kernels with just S-OFF?
So would it be safer to go back and lock the bootloader? lol

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CanesDrew said:
Got it. Well I went back and re-unlocked the bootloader.
I can install any ROMs and do everything with the exception of new kernels with just S-OFF?
So would it be safer to go back and lock the bootloader? lol
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It really doesn't matter. There's no point in unlocking or locking. And you can flash anything now. Most new roms are made for s-off(have the boot image inside) so you dont need to do anything.
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antp121 said:
It really doesn't matter. There's no point in unlocking or locking. And you can flash anything now. Most new roms are made for s-off(have the boot image inside) so you dont need to do anything.
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Got it.
Well I'm almost done downloading RezRom w/Sense 4.0.
I appreciate the help Ant! The process was similar to the T-Bolt but the Bolt had an unlocked bootloader already so it saved me that step.
I'm gonna like Sense 4.0 I think plus it'll make my friends jealous. lol

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CanesDrew said:
Got it.
Well I'm almost done downloading RezRom w/Sense 4.0.
I appreciate the help Ant! The process was similar to the T-Bolt but the Bolt had an unlocked bootloader already so it saved me that step.
I'm gonna like Sense 4.0 I think plus it'll make my friends jealous. lol
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Haha. No problemo. If you have anymore questions you know where to find me. And I like sense 4 its purtty
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antp121 said:
Haha. No problemo. If you have anymore questions you know where to find me. And I like sense 4 its purtty
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It's definitely purty!
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draya1986 said:
So you can S-off without unlocking the bootloader? I don't have a rezound but my girlfriend does. Looking into the easiest way to do S-off and be able to flash the new ICS leak. I wanted the option to go back to GB if the gf didn't like the new update.
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You do have to actually unlock it, but when you S-off it goes away back to locked. But yes, to flash the ics leak you do need s-off to get back.
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I'll add this for others. This was just my experience though.
After unlocking my bootloader and getting S-OFF, my SD card was not wiped like I was warned.
Maybe I got lucky but it worked for me!! Lol
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CanesDrew said:
I'll add this for others. This was just my experience though.
After unlocking my bootloader and getting S-OFF, my SD card was not wiped like I was warned.
Maybe I got lucky but it worked for me!! Lol
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No they removed that. Now it backs up and replaces the sd. At first, you would lose you files and have some problems with mounting and stuff.
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Reading this just makes me want to try to. S-off again, but my last experience is still fresh in my memory
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ROB281 said:
Reading this just makes me want to try to. S-off again, but my last experience is still fresh in my memory
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Hey man. This was my first attempt at the s-off method. The wire trick took three attempts but wasn't hard.
Very glad I have it now!!
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