I'm looking at returning my phone to exchange it for a different one. I have already rooted and unlocked the phone. I saw mentioned that using the S-Off method, it was possible to put the phone back in a unmodded state. Is there any directions on how to do that? Did see anything looking through the forum.
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Shouldn't this be in Q&A, not Development?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Shouldn't this be in Q&A, not Development?
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Guess that depends on how you see the categories defined. Since this is concerning low level work on the device and other topics about s-off are present in here, this appeared to be the place to ask, as it has been with other forums for the other devices I have used on here.
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Guess that depends on how you see the categories defined. Since this is concerning low level work on the device and other topics about s-off are present in here, this appeared to be the place to ask, as it has been with other forums for the other devices I have used on here.
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The Android development section is only for devs to post Roms and mods specific to their device, and for users to comment and thank those devs. Q&A is for all questions, whether or not they have to do with "low level work"
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Guess that depends on how you see the categories defined. Since this is concerning low level work on the device and other topics about s-off are present in here, this appeared to be the place to ask, as it has been with other forums for the other devices I have used on here.
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I would define this as a post that doesn't belong in Development. OP...please post in the correct sections. Questions are for the Q&A section.
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I'm looking at returning my phone to exchange it for a different one. I have already rooted and unlocked the phone. I saw mentioned that using the S-Off method, it was possible to put the phone back in a unmodded state. Is there any directions on how to do that? Did see anything looking through the forum.
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Sorry no one answered your question and just posted about where you posted but here you go.
Download this filehttp://www.filefactory.com/f/b6eb73c80cc97030/ and make sure you have adb debugging on and start the file. I am not sure if it relocks the device bootloader though. Do not unplug it until it is done. Here is a decent looking video walk through of it. WATCH IT FIRST at least http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wYVB9mq8Ws
You have to relock the bootloader, then run the ruu. Did you unlock via HTCdev or LazyPanda? If you did it via HTCdev your bootloader will say RELOCKED but everything else will be stock....
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You have to relock the bootloader, then run the ruu. Did you unlock via HTCdev or LazyPanda? If you did it via HTCdev your bootloader will say RELOCKED but everything else will be stock....
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I used HTCdev but if I relock and then use LazyPanda would that remove the RELOCKED when restoring?
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I'm not sure but as of now the LazyPanda project has been suspended until they work out all the kinks. You could try when they get it back up and running but either way if your trying to get it back to stock to return it, relocking the bootloader and running the stock ruu should be enough.
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I am trying to do the same thing (relock and go back to stock) so I can exchange the phone. I am on flex360's Stock plus Goodies v1.5 and when I relocked the bootloader, the phone got stuck on the bootloader screen (showed relocked) and wouldn't reboot. I had to unlock via adb to get the phone to reboot. Any idea why it got stuck on bootloader after the relock? Do you think I need to be on a stock rom to relock, and if so, how can I flash the stock rom? Like a bonehead, in my excitement to get a custom rom installed I forgot to create a backup.
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Ok so now that we can unlock our bootloader through HTC what's next? Does this turn S off? I know I'm going to have to install a recovery still, but does this give me the capability to install superuser? Does anyone have any idea what options I will have once I unlock it through HTC? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks
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No it does not turn off Ship S-off...And u cant flash a custom recovery either when using HTc unlocker
yes. with S off you can install custom recovery like any PG image
It doesn't take S-off. I have read that TWRP doesnt work and CWM has and hasnt worked.
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It doesn't take S-off. I have read that TWRP doesnt work and CWM has and hasnt worked.
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I used the htc unlocker and test both recovery's they do not work...
I am hoping my replacement evo3d will not come with the newest update
So basically HTC dev unlocker is crap?
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southern87 said:
It doesn't take S-off. I have read that TWRP doesnt work and CWM has and hasnt worked.
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dmireles03 said:
So basically HTC dev unlocker is crap?
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Yes it is...
Glad I didn't wait...thx
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Glad I didn't wait...thx
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ditto. i have only had this phone a couple of weeks and a waited a while anticipating the "official" unlock, but i couldn't stand it. i went ahead a did it and i'm glad i did. besides, htc doesn't need to know i'm rooted anyway.
HTC never said it would be S-off only that the bootloader would be unlocked. You still need to find an exploit to gain s-off so a custom recovery can be installed. If you remember the original Evo had an unlocked bootloader but you still needed an exploit like unrevoked's rage against the cage to gain access to s-off and custom recovery. You still have alot of work ahead of you and now you've voided any warranty that isn't hardware related. Also, it says on the HTC's website that once you unlock any future OTA's may brick your phone. You are definitely better off using Revolutionary.io.
so could unrevoked come up with something now that the bootloaders are unlocked with HTC? to root the phone.
So I had recently rooted and unlocked the boot loader of my rezound. I am running
ICS on it and I am very satisfied. I have a few questions though:
What does s-off really mean?
Is there anyway I can run the phone with a SIM not from Verizon?
Thanks
Mike
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S-off just allows us to flash radios pretty much. It is not needed for flashing roms.
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The S in S-off/on just stands for signature. You are turning off signature checking(hence the term s-off) and allowing it to bypass that "feature". HTC did it to assist in making the device "unbrickable". If you keep s-on you can only flash certain things, and other parts need to be flashed via PH98IMG's.
With an s-off device, you are pretty much free to the world. If you have an engineering hboot flashed, you can keep your hboot in a locked status and still flash anything at anytime,but be aware if you attempt to s-on with an engineering hboot, you will brick.
S-off isn't really necessary right now since most of us have latest radios since ics ota hasn't dropped yet. Just wait awhile for s-off as it is still not perfectly safe yet IMO. I will wait awhile. I don't need leaked firmware and radios
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S-off will allow you to do rom installs in one flash without the need to do the PH98IMG.zip through the bootloader and it will also allow full restores from nandroid backups without the need to flash the kernel separately...
As s-off devices get more widespread, I expect the rom developers to switch to this method and stop packaging the kernel separately.
All great responses. thank you for the quick replies. As I look more into these things, I do have to ask.
What are you guys running on your rezounds?
S-off/on? Also are you rooted with a rom?
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All great responses. thank you for the quick replies. As I look more into these things, I do have to ask.
What are you guys running on your rezounds?
S-off/on? Also are you rooted with a rom?
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I just have an unlocked bootloader with s-on. I'm waiting for more s-off users and for it to be proven failsafe or close to it
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How do you unroot the HTC EVO 4g LTE?
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sully9292 said:
How do you unroot the HTC EVO 4g LTE?
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You are probably using SuperSu as the superuser app. You can go into settings of that app and select permanent unroot.
You can then lock up you bootloader by opening a command prompt and going to your adb and using fast boot commands you can type fastboot OEM lock you can then proceed to download the latest ruu 2.13 just search the on here for it and run that with your phone still connected to your computer.
If your soff you can just run the ruu or install a stock ROM via recovery.
Multiple ways to do it just depends on a lot of variables like what ROM your on, s-off or s-on, what hboot your on 1.12 or 1.15, if you just want root gone or you also what to dump custom recovery as well and if you want it completely stock like it just came out of the box.
Let us know some more info and someone will help out
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It depends how you rooted it.
Its different each way.
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You are probably using SuperSu as the superuser app. You can go into settings of that app and select permanent unroot.
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Theres no need to undo the superuser app. Any unroot method is going to install the unrooted ROM
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It depends how you rooted it.
Its different each way.
Theres no need to undo the superuser app. Any unroot method is going to install the unrooted ROM
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True, but still a way to unroot.
If he just wants to unroot that's the quickest way to do it and probably the easiest.
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True, but still a way to unroot.
If he just wants to unroot that's the quickest way to do it and probably the easiest.
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You are right. That's not what most people want when they go to unroot though. H-boot will still be unlocked/S-OFF and the phone will probably still have a custom recovery (depending on root method)
So get back to us OP
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You are right. That's not what most people want when they go to unroot though. H-boot will still be unlocked/S-OFF and the phone will probably still have a custom recovery (depending on root method)
So get back to us OP
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Yeah I know. I was being a Lil **** with that reply.
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I want my phone to be just like fresh out of the box. And I have s-on.
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I too would like to know about this, fresh out of the box.
In that case, relock bootloader as per the instructions above, and then run the appropriate RUU for your firmware version.
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In that case, relock bootloader as per the instructions above, and then run the appropriate RUU for your firmware version.
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If S-OFF it requires you to run the S-ON tool as well.
Its really a different process for each root method available
Which Rom should I use to unroot?
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I mean do I need to put a Stock Rom on before I unroot?
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No, and you never told us how you rooted. So we can't give you the directions you need
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No, and you never told us how you rooted. So we can't give you the directions you need
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Oh sorry, I rooted with htcdev not with regaw mod cause I had problems with the mod but I rooted my phone manually.
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Oh sorry, I rooted with htcdev not with regaw mod cause I had problems with the mod but I rooted my phone manually.
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You'll need to re-lock the phone and then run the RUU then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yS7yy4XVA4
RUU:
http://stockroms.net/file/HTCEvo4GLTE/RUU
For h-boot 1.15 you'll need the 1.22 RUU
You run it from your computer.
My friend told me that if you 'S-OFF' your phone, don't think he said only on the HTC Amaze, but it will remove the 4G and will only give Edge connection. Is that true? And what are the Pros and Cons for having your phone S-OFF'd?
Your friend is misinformed. If someone was to S-Off Your phone without your knowledge you'd never know.
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Your friend is misinformed. If someone was to S-Off Your phone without your knowledge you'd never know.
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can you please provide me a link on as how to turn s off? and also do you lose the screen ring unlock feature when you do s-off?
Under development there's a sticky. And s=off has no visible effect. It is just for development purpose it alone won't cause anything to be different visually
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Here is a question. I bought a tmobile branded amaze. The guy who sold it me said it's unlocked and I am using it on other networks. Does this also mean its s-off? And has unlocked bootloader? How do I check? I just want to remove tmobile bloatware so need to root can anyone help me out here?
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danyal241 said:
Here is a question. I bought a tmobile branded amaze. The guy who sold it me said it's unlocked and I am using it on other networks. Does this also mean its s-off? And has unlocked bootloader? How do I check? I just want to remove tmobile bloatware so need to root can anyone help me out here?
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Take out your battery and then turn your phone back on holding down the power and volunme down buttons. This will load up the bootloader screen where it will either say "s-on or s-off" and will say "locked or unlocked". The locked/unlocked refers to the bootloader
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to s-off the phone just means to make "ALL" files on the phone rewritable so the phone can n be fully modified in any way shape or form.. and if you supercid your phone you will be able to flash stock roms from any carrier, as for how to s-off your phone i suggest using the toolkit by hasoon found here
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to s-off the phone just means to make "ALL" files on the phone rewritable so the phone can n be fully modified in any way shape or form.. and if you supercid your phone you will be able to flash stock roms from any carrier, as for how to s-off your phone i suggest using the toolkit by hasoon found here
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Thanks. For explaining but I googled it. Can you tell me of a htc stock rom for amaze. The one I have is tmobile and am looking for carriers free rom without bloatware as I dont want custom rom?
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danyal241 said:
Thanks. For explaining but I googled it. Can you tell me of a htc stock rom for amaze. The one I have is tmobile and am looking for carriers free rom without bloatware as I dont want custom rom?
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see if you can find yourself a detoxed RUU, either that or you can root your phone and use titanium backup to uninstall the bloatware you don't want
I did as you said. Now I have unlocked bootloader with twrp and rooted. I made a full backup through recovery. I have s-on. If I do messup can I simply use twrp to restore? Secondly if I want custom roms installed I need to s-off the phone or also supercid?
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danyal241 said:
I did as you said. Now I have unlocked bootloader with twrp and rooted. I made a full backup through recovery. I have s-on. If I do messup can I simply use twrp to restore? Secondly if I want custom roms installed I need to s-off the phone or also supercid?
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You don't need to be s-offed to flash a custom rom.But it is better if you can s-off.
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You don't need to be s-offed to flash a custom rom.But it is better if you can s-off.
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Why is it better? And do I need to be supercid?
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first off stop everything your doing, you NEED 4EXT recovery for all HTC phones, it was specially built for HTC phones since they only work on HTC phones.. and it has a Smart Flash feature that allows you to successfully flash rom's while S-ON, S-OFF lets you re-write system files with full access.. before htc released the Unlock Bootloader codes it was the only way to flash a rom properly.. and SuperCID lets you change the Carrier ID to Blank so this way you'll be able to restore any RUU from any carrier if your trying to flash back to stock... but it seems like you want to flash a rom so just Flash 4EXT and make sure smart flash is enabled and find a guide or watch a youtube video on how to do a full wipe and flash your ROM... or if you dont want to do a full wipe look for android revolution HD and download the superwipe script and flash that before you flash your ROM
Pros:
1. Able to flash kernels (aka boot.IMG) without using 4EXT Recovery ..but I use 4EXT because madmaxx is an evil genius!!
2. Able to supercid. That means you can change your Carrier Identification and will be able to flash different carriers RUU.
3. Able to SIM Unlock without the need to ask your carrier for the unlock code.
4. Change your Splash Screen. That is the first screen that pops up when you reboot. Then its the bootanimation that comes after.
Cons:
1. Just the attempt to S-Off is stressfull. If you're not patient or not confident or can't comprehend what it is you're reading or watching then do not attempt it. You can end up with an expensive paperweight if you don't know how to recover from something so basic.
2. Another Con. If you do something so stupid and mess with the system partitions then chances are it can end up as a brick also. Only heard of one instance that happened. And it was about a year ago.
Can't think of anything else. But I too would change the recovery. You might not be able to charge your phone if it goes dead because I'm not sure if TWRP supports charging while off. Good luck.
Can I just use hansoon tool yo change recovery? Or is there a speical way as I have twrp?
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I use the paid app. But you can use the Hasoons Tool. Mind you that its not the most up to date recovery and 4EXT has been updated atleast a dozen times since then.
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I use the paid app. But you can use the Hasoons Tool. Mind you that its not the most up to date recovery and 4EXT has been updated atleast a dozen times since then.
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So I just go and buy the paid app from play store and It will install the updates for me?
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Yes. It was worth it a few months back but. You might be better off going to his website and downloading the newest recovery. Up to you.
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t. Then its the bootanimation that comes after.
Cons:
1. Just the attempt to S-Off is stressfull. If you're not patient or not confident or can't comprehend what it is you're reading or watching then do not attempt it. You can end up with an expensive paperweight if you don't know how to recover from something so basic.
2. Another Con. If you do something so stupid and mess with the system partitions then chances are it can end up as a brick also. Only heard of one instance that happened. And it was about a year ago.
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yeah i remember i wanted to throw my phone at a wall because i was pissed the wire trick wasnt working lol
Just noticed after a week with the phone, that the screen is pulling up out of the phone :\. Going to bring it to a store, but don't want it to be rooted/Rom'd etc.
Thanks.
Yes there is,
Look for it on the general section on the ATT forum/
Keep in mind that running the RUU will erase the sdcard also/
So I need to oem lock the phone, then run the RUU correct?
Yes you have to relock ur bootloader with out the tamper flag being tripped
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Yes you have to relock ur bootloader with out the tamper flag being tripped
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I have S-OFF and removed the flag before... I should be able to do that right?
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I have S-OFF and removed the flag before... I should be able to do that right?
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if you have s-off you do not need to relock the bootoader
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if you have s-off you do not need to relock the bootoader
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Thank you!
I've got issues with my microphone and need to exchange it too. I don't know what the implications are but I think restoring it back to stock makes sense. Can you post your notes for this process?
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I got an error 155 when trying to do this... Ill try in fastboot?
Working now, thanks