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I did Bootloader unlock using the code fron HTEDev, and it showed "Unlocked" . Then I flashed 4Ext recovery and unrooted. However, when I did "S-off", the bootloader shows"Locked" again with the text "S-off".
Anyone have the same issue? Should I do the unlock again using the code? or I can just ignore it and go ahead install other custome ROM.
Edit: Educated by dark nightmare.
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Just unlock it back using the unlock file you got.
Would unlocking again serve any real purpose?
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death4u said:
Would unlocking again serve any real purpose?
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Leave it locked and you'll see, .
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Dark Nightmare said:
Just unlock it back using the unlock file you got.
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I have several questions here:
1. Is my bootloader re-locked after S-off, or it is still unlocked but just show a Irrelevant text " locked" ?
2. How could I check if the real bootloader's status: "Locked" or Unlocked", not just from the text show in the fastboot page?
2. If the "bootloader is relocked", it should show "Relocked", not "Locked", isn't it?.
3. If it IS re-locked and I don't re-unlock it, will it affect the installation of custom ROM?
If the "Locked" after S-off does not affect the installation of custom ROM, I would like to leave it that way which will be easy to roll back to complete stock for warranty.
Brightxda said:
I have several questions here:
1. Is my bootloader re-locked after S-off, or it is still unlocked but just show a Irrelevant text " locked" ?
2. How could I check if the real bootloader's status: "Locked" or Unlocked", not just from the text show in the fastboot page?
2. If the "bootloader is relocked", it should show "Relocked", not "Locked", isn't it?.
3. If it IS re-locked and I don't re-unlock it, will it affect the installation of custom ROM?
If the "Locked" after S-off does not affect the installation of custom ROM, I would like to leave it that way which will be easy to roll back to complete stock for warranty.
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It is locked you need to un lock it again so you can flash custom recovery
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aj_2423 said:
It is locked you need to un lock it again so you can flash custom recovery
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If he had a custom recovery before s-off it's still there, but you see the thing about "locked" or "relocked" bootloaders people don't understand is that even with s-off, once it's locked, writing anything at all isn't possible via custom recoveries, that itself is the first level of security we bypass to customize our devices.
By the way to the op, it is currently locked the way it was before you unlocked via htcdev, not relocked, that text on the hboot is the verification.
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Dark Nightmare said:
If he had a custom recovery before s-off it's still there, but you see the thing about "locked" or "relocked" bootloaders people don't understand is that even with s-off, once it's locked, writing anything at all isn't possible via custom recoveries, that itself is the first level of security we bypass to customize our devices.
By the way to the op, it is currently locked the way it was before you unlocked via htcdev, not relocked, that text on the hboot is the verification.
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Thank you all very much for clearing my questions. I will unlock it again.
One more question: How could it relocked during the S-off? Is it the normal thing for all of S-off or it just happens in a few cases?
Brightxda said:
Thank you all very much for clearing my questions. I will unlock it again.
One more question: How could it relocked during the S-off? Is it the normal thing for all of S-off or it just happens in a few cases?
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It happens to all of us, once you don't install JB hboot after s-off it locks your bootloader, I guess the entire process resets a few security levels since it turns the main security lock off.
Dark Nightmare said:
It happens to all of us, once you don't install JB hboot after s-off it locks your bootloader, I guess the entire process resets a few security levels since it turns the main security lock off.
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You are right. I skipped the last step, installing JB hboot during the S-off. I thought my Amazer came with the new ICS pre-installed which might not need other hboot. It should not be any problem, right?
Brightxda said:
You are right. I skipped the last step, installing JB hboot during the S-off. I thought my Amazer came with the new ICS pre-installed which might not need other hboot. It should not be any problem, right?
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Na it's just a custom hboot, not needed, you can always flash that or the ENG hboot later if you wanna change your splash screen, that's probably the only thing it's useful for.
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Na it's just a custom hboot, not needed, you can always flash that or the ENG hboot later if you wanna change your splash screen, that's probably the only thing it's useful for.
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Thank you again, I reunlocked the bootloader, flashed Energy™ ROM and it works great now.:victory:
Hi,
I already had an unlocked bootloader but I installed a ROM that updated my HBOOT to 1.58 LOCKED. Now I was trying to wipe that with a super wipe and now I'm stuck being unable to get to the recovery (it just brings me back to the bootloader) and my normal start up is stuck at the HTC logo. Can anybody tell me what I should do? What direction I should go into fixing this? I already had s-off from before.
Thank you.
jaku78 said:
Hi,
I already had an unlocked bootloader but I installed a ROM that updated my HBOOT to 1.58 LOCKED. Now I was trying to wipe that with a super wipe and now I'm stuck being unable to get to the recovery (it just brings me back to the bootloader) and my normal start up is stuck at the HTC logo. Can anybody tell me what I should do? What direction I should go into fixing this? I already had s-off from before.
Thank you.
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You probably don't have recovery. There are many threads on "how to install recovery"..Also, you have this: (It works on both CDMA - which you have, I suppose, and GSM)
Also, you have some interesting stuff HERE
What pro said. Also, if you're s-off, the locked bootloader doesn't matter. If you have trouble after trying to flash a recovery, you could also run the ruu.exe to reset everything back to stock (you'll stay s-off) and then flash a new hboot and recovery and then custom ROM. I did that recently and it fixed my issues.
Thanks for the fast replies both of you. That's really interesting situation because I know I had recovery before. You think I should still go for it?
EDIT: Looking at that video it looks like its installing an app, my phone won't get past booting up. Basically all I got is my HBOOT. I'm going to try what coal suggested.
What Coal told me to do worked, I'm back into stock and it boots up fine now. I'm going to try to get a new hboot and recovery now.
I was able to get down to 1.4 HBOOT again and flashed a CM10 ROM. Thanks for your help guys, you lead me in the right direction
You are welcome..
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jaku78 said:
Thanks for the fast replies both of you. That's really interesting situation because I know I had recovery before. You think I should still go for it?
EDIT: Looking at that video it looks like its installing an app, my phone won't get past booting up. Basically all I got is my HBOOT. I'm going to try what coal suggested.
What Coal told me to do worked, I'm back into stock and it boots up fine now. I'm going to try to get a new hboot and recovery now.
I was able to get down to 1.4 HBOOT again and flashed a CM10 ROM. Thanks for your help guys, you lead me in the right direction
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You would just have flashed another recovery using a PG86IMG.zip. or fastboot ..
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coal686 said:
What pro said. Also, if you're s-off, the locked bootloader doesn't matter. If you have trouble after trying to flash a recovery, you could also run the ruu.exe to reset everything back to stock (you'll stay s-off) and then flash a new hboot and recovery and then custom ROM. I did that recently and it fixed my issues.
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The "LOCKED" or "RELOCKED" status matters if you are trying to flash boot,recovery partitions etc using fastboot.
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The "LOCKED" or "RELOCKED" status matters if you are trying to flash boot,recovery partitions etc using fastboot.
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I agree that it matters, but you can gain access to those fastboot commands if you are S-OFF by flashing a custom recovery such as JBear, Revolutionary, or the engineering (ENG) bootloader, at least on the CDMA model of the Evo 3D/V. I highly recommend that over unlocking the bootloader since having a locked hboot makes it much easier to return to 100% stock. Not so much with relocked since the only way to get rid of that status is to set S-ON and do the wire tick.
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Thanks in advance for any help. I know there are a ton of posts about issues like this, but it seems the more I read the more confused I get. Anyway, if someone can help clarify my situation that would be great.
I just got a Rezound after about 18 months with a Thunderbolt and the steps to root and s-off are obviously different. I rooted using the "Scottys noob friendly guide" and that went well. Next, I attempted to get S-off using Control Bear and the wire trick. After several attempts I got the wire trick timing correct, was no longer sober! Then here is where I think things got screwed up. The Control Bear program did not ask if I wanted to install a custom hboot it just sort of started running on its own. I let it do its thing, the phone rebooted into Hboot and it now reads:
***TAMPERED***
***LOCKED***
VIGOR PUT SHIP S-OFF RL
H-BOOT-2.25.000
RADIO-1.22.10.0421r/1.22.10.0424R
OpenDSP-v13.6.0.7611.00.0104
eMMC-boot
Apr 12 2012, 16:47:46
Long story short I do not believe that Control Bear successfully installed the custom hboot. I can no longer fastboot boot or flashboot flash a revovery image (recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm). I am able to boot into the stock ROM, I am still rooted, I am S-off, but without being able to flash/install a revovery image I cannot flash anything. I feel like I am stuck. I thought going S-off and rooted would give me total freedom with the phone.
When I run the command "fastboot boot recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm.img" here is what I get:
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 1.411s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 1.413s
Before I went through these steps I did not read anywhere that going S-off would relock hboot/bootloader to a point that I would not be able to flash anything.
Where did I go wrong? What did I miss?
One solution seems to point towards manually installing the custom JB hboot, but at this point I do not want to haphazardly make any more changes that could potentially leave me with a brick.
Here are my questions:
How do I install a recovery now that I am LOCKED, S-OFF, & ROOTED?
Will flashing the custom JB hboot at this point fix my problem or leave me with a brick?
I own the the phone, it is never going in for a warranty issue, so the TAMPERED flag does not bother me. I would just like to be ale to install AR recovery and go on my happy crack-flashing way. Any help or advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!
You will have to unlock the bootloader to flash a recovery still.
Or you can flash a custom hboot that will allow you to use fastboot commands while locked. That's what the jbear hboot does. Just make sure you flash the jbear hboot version that matches your current hboot version.
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Squirrel1620 said:
You will have to unlock the bootloader to flash a recovery still.
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I am S-off and locked and with stock hboot, I can flash anything with out unlocking the hboot
My Hboot reads:
****LOCKED***
VIGOR PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-2.227.0000
mclass55 said:
I am S-off and locked and with stock hboot, I can flash anything with out unlocking the hboot
My Hboot reads:
****LOCKED***
VIGOR PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-2.227.0000
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Yeah I know, I had the same problem after s off, I still had to unlock the hboot to get the recovery to flash.
You could always install the recovery via PH98IMG.zip
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You could always install the recovery via PH98IMG.zip
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Thats how I flash recovery, via PH98IMG.zip
Poster tswltd, you should try flash recovery that way, via PH98IMG.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1864631
There is a link in this thread with an hboot flashable zip of amon ra. You didn't do anything wrong. The juopunutbear method has a locked hboot, so fastboot flashing is a no go. You can use a hex edited 2.27 hboot by vinyl freak so you can regain fastboot flashing, but it's pretty unnecessary once you s-off.
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By the way, you really should look into running a newer RUU. You still have GB radios, and they're pretty dated.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1864631
There is a link in this thread with an hboot flashable zip of amon ra. You didn't do anything wrong. The juopunutbear method has a locked hboot, so fastboot flashing is a no go. You can use a hex edited 2.27 hboot by vinyl freak so you can regain fastboot flashing, but it's pretty unnecessary once you s-off.
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By the way, you really should look into running a newer RUU. You still have GB radios, and they're pretty dated.
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Hey Thanks everybody for responding so quickly!
OK, just so I understand things correctly:
1) I can put the latest amon ra PH98IMG.zip on the root of my sd card, boot into bootloader, let it do its thing, then I will then have a working recovery that I can use to flash, backup, etc?
2) I do not need to update a custom hboot, but I can if I want and should cause no ill effects to my phone? For example follow the direction on the Unlimited.IO website for flashing thier custom hboot?
3) My radios are outdated? That stinks. Assurion just sent me this Rezound brand new and in the box a few days ago to replace a replacement Tbolt that went bad. It was running ICS, but you say the radios are old. Hmm, could you suggest an RUU that I should run and do I simply rename the RUU PH98IMG.zip, but it on the root of my SD card, bootloader and let it update? Seems straight forward enough. The way i understand it flashing an RUU will not remove S-off, but will it remove root and will I then have to unlock again through HTCdev?
Thanks agaiin for helping this new Rezound owner out!
tswltd said:
Hey Thanks everybody for responding so quickly!
OK, just so I understand things correctly:
1) I can put the latest amon ra PH98IMG.zip on the root of my sd card, boot into bootloader, let it do its thing, then I will then have a working recovery that I can use to flash, backup, etc?
2) I do not need to update a custom hboot, but I can if I want and should cause no ill effects to my phone? For example follow the direction on the Unlimited.IO website for flashing thier custom hboot?
3) My radios are outdated? That stinks. Assurion just sent me this Rezound brand new and in the box a few days ago to replace a replacement Tbolt that went bad. It was running ICS, but you say the radios are old. Hmm, could you suggest an RUU that I should run and do I simply rename the RUU PH98IMG.zip, but it on the root of my SD card, bootloader and let it update? Seems straight forward enough. The way i understand it flashing an RUU will not remove S-off, but will it remove root and will I then have to unlock again through HTCdev?
Thanks agaiin for helping this new Rezound owner out!
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1) yes
2) yes
3) yes your radios are old, but you can stay that way..alot of rezounds out there are running old firmware.
here is a website that has all the RUU for the rezound http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Vigor
yes, the ones with zip in the title can been put on the SD card as "PH98IMG.zip" and it will update everything. The ones listed on that website as "EXE" are run through windows while your computer is tethered to phone.
yes flash a RUU will not remove S-off, but will remove root and replace Hboot and recovery with stock
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Or you can flash a custom hboot that will allow you to use fastboot commands while locked. That's what the jbear hboot does. Just make sure you flash the jbear hboot version that matches your current hboot version.
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Would you please clarify one more question?
My current hboot version is HBOOT-2.25.000 and my firmware version is 3.14.605.12 71ORD. Does this mean I would need to to install JB ICS 3.14.605.5 HBOOT - 2.25.2525?
Thanks again.
tswltd said:
1) I can put the latest amon ra PH98IMG.zip on the root of my sd card, boot into bootloader, let it do its thing, then I will then have a working recovery that I can use to flash, backup, etc?
2) I do not need to update a custom hboot, but I can if I want and should cause no ill effects to my phone? For example follow the direction on the Unlimited.IO website for flashing thier custom hboot?
3) My radios are outdated? That stinks. Assurion just sent me this Rezound brand new and in the box a few days ago to replace a replacement Tbolt that went bad. It was running ICS, but you say the radios are old. Hmm, could you suggest an RUU that I should run and do I simply rename the RUU PH98IMG.zip, but it on the root of my SD card, bootloader and let it update? Seems straight forward enough. The way i understand it flashing an RUU will not remove S-off, but will it remove root and will I then have to unlock again through HTCdev?
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1. Yes. However, I would recommend TWRP recovery. Amon Ra is also great though, so if you have any doubts about using a different recovery, stay with AR for now.
2. Here are some hboots based on the latest release. The only difference between them and stock is that they say different things at the top instead of Locked. After you flash the RUU, flash the one you choose as PH98IMG.zip through bootloader, just like you flashed the RUU.
3. Here is the latest RUU. The method you described for flashing it is correct, but to be safe, you can do it twice. The RUU will replace your hboot and your recovery, and thereby remove root. It will also wipe your internal memory, so back it up if you keep anything there. You will not need to unlock with HTCDev - you will never need to do that once you're S-Off. After you flash the RUU, you will only need to flash the unlocked hboot to re-unlock your bootloader (step 2), and then flash the recovery (step 1). Then, from recovery, you can flash ROMs, kernels, mods, etc.
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Would you please clarify one more question?
My current hboot version is HBOOT-2.25.000 and my firmware version is 3.14.605.12 71ORD. Does this mean I would need to to install JB ICS 3.14.605.5 HBOOT - 2.25.2525?
Thanks again.
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Yes that is the right JuopunutBear HBOOT if you want to install it. But you dont really need it.
And after a second look of your radio and firmware, you do have the latest over the air release, only thing newer is the Global RUU...PH98IMG_ICS_4.03.605.2.zip
If I was you, I would just flash the recovery, to get root
Thanks for the help folks. I have succesfully reinstalled AR recovery now going to try to flash my first ROM as S-Off!
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Yes that is the right JuopunutBear HBOOT if you want to install it. But you dont really need it.
And after a second look of your radio and firmware, you do have the latest over the air release, only thing newer is the Global RUU...PH98IMG_ICS_4.03.605.2.zip
If I was you, I would just flash the recovery, to get root
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You're absolutely right. The radios that he has are from the ICS ota. That was my fault. The newest radios are from the unofficial global leak.
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tswltd said:
Thanks for the help folks. I have succesfully reinstalled AR recovery now going to try to flash my first ROM as S-Off!
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Glad you got it working. Happy flashing!
Yeah, All is good. Recovery installed and a newly flashed CM9! Had been waiting forever for ICS to come to my old Tbolt and now that I have the Rezound this is sweet sweet butter... I am really looking forward to learning what this phone is all about and flashing all of these ROMS, that may be old news for a lot of you all, but are brand new to me!
Thanks again.
So i used htc unlocker to unlock my evo so now it says tampered unlocked s-on hboot version 1.12.0000 I tried using regaw mod to get s-off and it tried sending me my unlock key even though i did that step with htc unlocker . SO NOW WHAT?
tybo971 said:
So i used htc unlocker to unlock my evo so now it says tampered unlocked s-on hboot version 1.12.0000 I tried using regaw mod to get s-off and it tried sending me my unlock key even though i did that step with htc unlocker . SO NOW WHAT?
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If you unlocked through HTC unlocker, you need to push a recovery and the superuser files to your phone. This way you'll have custom recovery and super user access on the stock ROM.
You'll also want to make sure that your firmware and radios are upgraded, but be careful not to mess up your hboot.
If you'll be flashing custom ROM's often or you want to manually upgrade firmware then you'll want to be s-off.
Regaw method is for unlocking, not for gaining s-off. S-off method is via dirty racun. Running dirty racun on your setup will upgrade your hboot and reset your device.
HTH
yezzzuuRR! u need to run dirty racun to get s-off :good:
Your best bet is to use the s-off utility as instructed, and then fastboot a custom recovery to your phone and then flash a custom ROM.
Flashing a custom ROM will take care of the super user thing, so that way you don't have to worry about that part.
Your biggest hurdle might be pushing the recovery via fastboot.
The nice thing about the regaw root method is that it unlocked your phone anf also pushed the superuser files and the recovery to your phone all in one button push.
Hope I'm making sense you to
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Wait now I'm confused.
Did you do the regaw method at all? If it was successful, then your phone already has a recovery. If not, then you'll have to fastboot recovery to your phone.
no regaw started then it got stuck or stopped when it tried to get the unlock key which i had all ready done with htc unlocker.
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no regaw started then it got stuck or stopped when it tried to get the unlock key which i had all ready done with htc unlocker.
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now my phone is asking me to take a system update to version 1.22.651.3 im assuming i DONT want to take that correct?
Correct..dont
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tybo971 said:
now my phone is asking me to take a system update to version 1.22.651.3 im assuming i DONT want to take that correct?
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Dude read the stickies in q&a and development. Your unlocked. Now you need to flash twrp recovery and then su zip or a rooted ROM of your choice.
if its s-off you want go to the dirty raccoon thread and read the first post a few times before attempting.
Good luck
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can someone take a look at this and tell me if this device is truly unlocked. it says s-off, but there is no **UNLOCKED** banner at the top of the bootloader.
been through a world of crap with this device and dont want to do it again. Thanks in advance
drlzanej said:
can someone take a look at this and tell me if this device is truly unlocked. it says s-off, but there is no **UNLOCKED** banner at the top of the bootloader.
been through a world of crap with this device and dont want to do it again. Thanks in advance
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1889438&page=3 take a look at this
In other words with s-off an unlocked bootloader is irrelevant unless you still want to flash a recovery through fastboot. You can flash twrp recovery bootloader method, gain root and flash 4ext recovery through the app (highly recommended). Also should you need to have your phone serviced, it is essential to have your phones bootloader in "locked" state.
drlzanej said:
can someone take a look at this and tell me if this device is truly unlocked. it says s-off, but there is no **UNLOCKED** banner at the top of the bootloader.
been through a world of crap with this device and dont want to do it again. Thanks in advance
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This almost seems like a troll thread lol, The OP is a senior member, with hundreds of thanks and has something to do with Bad Seed Customs, And has an S-off'd device, Asking such a sily question lol
It's all good though, Knowledge for the community [=
drlzanej said:
can someone take a look at this and tell me if this device is truly unlocked. it says s-off, but there is no **UNLOCKED** banner at the top of the bootloader.
been through a world of crap with this device and dont want to do it again. Thanks in advance
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You can't really tell from the bootloader screen with the engineering hboot installed.
All the custom bootloaders (ENG, Revolutionary, JBear) hide the locked/unlocked/relocked status on the first line of the bootloader screen since they enable the fastboot commands that would normally require unlocking the stock bootloaders. There are two ways to determine the current status:
1. Flash a stock bootloader (1.4, 1.5, 1.58)
2. Run the "query_bootloader.zip" script from this post in recovery
A lot of users get confused about the difference between unlocking the bootloader (hboot S-OFF) and gaining radio S-OFF. I was confused myself until the light went on as explained in this post. It used to be that the only way to get the stock "locked" status back after doing the htcdev unlock was to do the wire trick, but now you can "flash" the "lock_bootloader.zip" file from the post linked in the #2 option above which uses a modified version of update-binary to reset the flag in the firmware.
ramjet73
Can't_Live_Without_My_Evo said:
This almost seems like a troll thread lol, The OP is a senior member, with hundreds of thanks and has something to do with Bad Seed Customs, And has an S-off'd device, Asking such a sily question lol
It's all good though, Knowledge for the community [=
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ok thatbeing said, Let me clarify. The device is my wifes which i rooted and unlocked and handed over to her to do with what she will and havent really looked at it since so whatever she done to it , I have no idea. She borked something at some point so i decided I was going install another rom. was going to install an ICS rom, went to flash the firmware and found the bootloader in the state it was in. The last time i looked at that boot loader it said **REVOLUTIONARY**(I think it was revolutionary I dont remember) anyway, It wasnt the way it was before. So not being very familiar with this device Im not a person who will idioticaly flash something without asking first. Thank you for your reply tho.
ramjet73 said:
You can't really tell from the bootloader screen with the engineering hboot installed.
All the custom bootloaders (ENG, Revolutionary, JBear) hide the locked/unlocked/relocked status on the first line of the bootloader screen since they enable the fastboot commands that would normally require unlocking the stock bootloaders. There are two ways to determine the current status:
1. Flash a stock bootloader (1.4, 1.5, 1.58)
2. Run the "query_bootloader.zip" script from this post in recovery
A lot of users get confused about the difference between unlocking the bootloader (hboot S-OFF) and gaining radio S-OFF. I was confused myself until the light went on as explained in this post. It used to be that the only way to get the stock "locked" status back after doing the htcdev unlock was to do the wire trick, but now you can "flash" the "lock_bootloader.zip" file from the post linked in the #2 option above which uses a modified version of update-binary to reset the flag in the firmware.
ramjet73
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Thank you sir for your response, Exactly what I was looking for. Later,,,,,,
unable to lock bootloader
ramjet73 said:
You can't really tell from the bootloader screen with the engineering hboot installed.
All the custom bootloaders (ENG, Revolutionary, JBear) hide the locked/unlocked/relocked status on the first line of the bootloader screen since they enable the fastboot commands that would normally require unlocking the stock bootloaders. There are two ways to determine the current status:
1. Flash a stock bootloader (1.4, 1.5, 1.58)
2. Run the "query_bootloader.zip" script from this post in recovery
A lot of users get confused about the difference between unlocking the bootloader (hboot S-OFF) and gaining radio S-OFF. I was confused myself until the light went on as explained in this post. It used to be that the only way to get the stock "locked" status back after doing the htcdev unlock was to do the wire trick, but now you can "flash" the "lock_bootloader.zip" file from the post linked in the #2 option above which uses a modified version of update-binary to reset the flag in the firmware.
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guys will the same work on my htc desire v , i am unable to reset from relocked to locked. i need to apply for warranty as my phone gets restarted every now and then and the htc service center guys are telling that i have void the warranty