I have the white htc evo lte. I used the ota update before i decided to root my phone. now that there is a regawmod root update for OTA. but im still having problems. i have to manually put the phone in boot mode in order to start the process... also when it starts the automated process. the program get stuck on rebooting.... right after it flashes the recovery my now says unlock with tAMPERED right above it. thats as far as i get. is there something im doin wrong ive followed the directions to the T. please hellpp
Does it say failed or anything? How do u know it didn't work? Heard some people say that they had to press power to reset since the script woildnt do it and it still worked fine in the end.
That's what it is suppose to say, you've unlocked the bootloader and you've tampered with the software. If TWRP didn't automatically install then you need to install it, look for their post in the development section. Check in you app drawer and see if you have superuser app or super su. Install an app that requires root and see if it runs.
Thanks guys for your advice. Shortly after I posted this I just kept repeating the root process and it eventually went thru so far so good in my book. Thanks again guys
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Ok so I have a question how do I backup my phone before I use htc devunlock or regawmod ... Every thing I see nandroid, titanium, all requires root. How do i root with out unlocking (wiping phone) bootloader? Is there a step I pause at during the process and then do the backup before continuing? Thanks.. Its my first time be gentle!
There's a thread here with a program that can do that.
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I have the white htc evo lte. I used the ota update before i decided to root my phone. now that there is a regawmod root update for OTA. but im still having problems. i have to manually put the phone in boot mode in order to start the process... also when it starts the automated process. the program get stuck on rebooting.... right after it flashes the recovery my now says unlock with tAMPERED right above it. thats as far as i get. is there something im doin wrong ive followed the directions to the T. please hellpp
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I had this same problem, what finally worked for me was when I restarted to fastboot, don't actually select anything (I had been selecting fastboot -> reboot). Once I let my phone sit there for a few seconds it connected and was able to flash recovery and reboot on it's own. Then I made it to restart into recovery and voila, Root.
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So heres the story:
When I was rooting my Amaze using xboarder's Guide, I got a "Status 0" error, then rooted it using the Easy Perm Root One Click, got some mistakes in the cmd, and rerooted it but this time the guide was working flawlessly.
So yesterday the same thing happened to my girl's Amaze, but on my way to rerooting it, i did a sloppy mistake and applied the unlock_code.bin for my phone instead of her. The phone froze for a few seconds, then a "Security Warning" message showed up under ***Relocked*** and restarted back to hboot by itself. By then I already had realized what ive done and changed the cmd directory to her bin, unlocked the bootloader, installed Clockwork and rooted it. The problem is that since then, everytime I try to flash QuickSense or relock and unroot, her phone begins bootlooping even though ph85img.zip seems to flash correctly (i think there were some errors while flashing QuickSense). Also, before i screwed up, i nandroid backed up her rom but then couldnt restore it, shows that android_secure.img is missing and bootloops too.
The only rom which works flawlessly right now on her phone is mike1986's Revolution.
Does anyone know what may be broken and a way to fix it. Thanks in advance!
relock then do the whole unlock over again
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relock then do the whole unlock over again
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That is my first thought as well.
xboarder56 said:
relock then do the whole unlock over again
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I tried this a couple of times, with 531.5 and 531.6 RUUs, its a no go... I just saw your kernel flashing guide, should i try that?
I relocked/unlocked the phone 2 more times, the official RUUs and xboarder ROMs keep bootlooping, cannot do proper nandroid backup, but Revolution HD works fine. Any idea why is that, and how I can restore phone's normal settings, so it works with all roms? I really need some help here.
That just seems....weird.
There has to be something in that rom that is allowing interface, and that something is not allowing it elsewhere. (Kernal/etc.)?
I just went through the procedure to root my HTC Rezound using the instructions from The Unlocker. After I completed the procedure my phone rebooted and Superuser app was installed on my phone and I am still getting the message that my phone is not rooted. I am currently running ICS and don't know if that is the problem. I've seen other forums where they talk about "S" being on or off. I really don't know what that means. I reveiwed the procedure again and did not see that step. This is my first time rooting any phone. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
Download CWM-SuperSU-v0.98.zip from here...
[14.11.2012] SuperSU v0.98
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
... move it to your ext_sd card, then flash it from recovery. Installing SuperSU will automatically uninstall the Superuser app.
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I just went through the procedure to root my HTC Rezound using the instructions from The Unlocker. After I completed the procedure my phone rebooted and Superuser app was installed on my phone and I am still getting the message that my phone is not rooted. I am currently running ICS and don't know if that is the problem. I've seen other forums where they talk about "S" being on or off. I really don't know what that means. I reveiwed the procedure again and did not see that step. This is my first time rooting any phone. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
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After you unlock your phone. You need to isntall a custom recovery. There are 3 in ths forum. TWRP. CWM. and AmonRA. Find the one you like the most. Just ask if you don't know how to install it. Each thread should have instructions. After flashing the recovery, install the zip in the post above through the custom recovery that you floshed and you will have root inside of your ROM.
The S-on you can say is security-on. It blocks you from messing with certain partitions on the phone you could say. If you want to flash a new rom. You will have to flash the boot.img in HBOOT or fastboot via a computer.
Don't be afraid to ask anything. Just make sure you search first.
I need some advice, I have two problems I need to deal with on my new LTE phone.
First: I received my EvoLTE two days ago and immediately Rooted using HTCDev and the TWRP recovery. I wrongly believed this would give me S-Off and obviously I was wrong about that. So...I need to learn how to get S-Off after Rooting. From reading on the forum it seems I have to do the S-Off procedure and then go through the Rooting process again.
Question: I'm Rooted presently, can I follow the S-Off procedure while Rooted which will un-Root me apparently, then once again do the Rooting steps? I don't know if I have to un-Root first, then do the S-Off steps, then Root again, or if I can just do S-Off which will un-Root me then Root again.
I haven't found a clear answer yet and appreciate any and all help.
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Question: I've had my LTE for 2 days now, I've rooted and added apps that I had on my OG Evo but have not installed a custom ROM yet. From the beginning my phone turns it's sound profile to "Silent" automatically without my input. I can go to the Sound Profile and it will be turned to "Silent", I press on the "Normal" button and Normal shows up under "Sound". Within a couple of minutes the Sound profile reverts to "Silent". It's more than annoying to say the least. I need to fix this as I need "Sound" with the phone.
I do have Extreme Call Blocker installed and have it set to "1st Ring Mute", I wonder if that could be affecting the phone and making it go into the Silent setting? On my OG Evo I used Extreme Call blocker for over 2 years and it didn't affect anything. Just throwing this out there in case anyone has ideas.
I can't find any other Settings that would affect the Sound or that would make the phone revert to "Silent". I need some help on this one guys.
I appreciate it,
Thanks,
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I need some advice, I have two problems I need to deal with on my new LTE phone.
First: I received my EvoLTE two days ago and immediately Rooted using HTCDev and the TWRP recovery. I wrongly believed this would give me S-Off and obviously I was wrong about that. So...I need to learn how to get S-Off after Rooting. From reading on the forum it seems I have to do the S-Off procedure and then go through the Rooting process again.
Question: I'm Rooted presently, can I follow the S-Off procedure while Rooted which will un-Root me apparently, then once again do the Rooting steps? I don't know if I have to un-Root first, then do the S-Off steps, then Root again, or if I can just do S-Off which will un-Root me then Root again.
I haven't found a clear answer yet and appreciate any and all help.
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As far as I'm aware, it shouldn't matter if you're rooted or not. If you do the dirty racun method (not what I did), you should be ok. There are a couple of stickies in the HTC EVO 4G LTE Original Android Development forum that you wanna check out. I used the method under [HBOOT 1.19/1.15 S-OFF] Downgrade HBOOT 1.19 and lower on HTC EVO 4G LTE method, and it worked perfectly. I didn't even do it right the first time I tried it (tried to skip steps!!), and I was still able to go back and follow the steps to correct my screw up. I prefer the one where I do all the steps, because I can account for where something might go wrong.
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Question: I've had my LTE for 2 days now, I've rooted and added apps that I had on my OG Evo but have not installed a custom ROM yet. From the beginning my phone turns it's sound profile to "Silent" automatically without my input. I can go to the Sound Profile and it will be turned to "Silent", I press on the "Normal" button and Normal shows up under "Sound". Within a couple of minutes the Sound profile reverts to "Silent". It's more than annoying to say the least. I need to fix this as I need "Sound" with the phone.
I do have Extreme Call Blocker installed and have it set to "1st Ring Mute", I wonder if that could be affecting the phone and making it go into the Silent setting? On my OG Evo I used Extreme Call blocker for over 2 years and it didn't affect anything. Just throwing this out there in case anyone has ideas.
I can't find any other Settings that would affect the Sound or that would make the phone revert to "Silent". I need some help on this one guys.
I appreciate it,
Thanks,
DC
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Turn off your profiles? I've been using CM10, and that's what I'd recommend. I don't know for sure, but I'd figure it was an issue either with the ROM, or a setting that you didn't think of. I don't really use profiles myself, so I don't know what would be causing that. See if it follows you into another ROM.
running dirty racun method shouldn't unroot u. are u actually rooted or just bootloader unlocked? if you are actually rooted u have super user or supersu app on your phone. if u are just bootloader unlocked and have twpr installed you are not fully rooted. u have to relock the bootloader, then run dirty racun, then u can just flash a rooted rom. that is basically what i did.
i unlocked bootloader, installed twrp, relocked, ran dirty racun for s-off, then unlocked again, then flashed meanrom and i was rooted with full access and s-off.
whether i needed to go through the unlock and lock to begin with i don't know.
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running dirty racun method shouldn't unroot u. are u actually rooted or just bootloader unlocked? if you are actually rooted u have super user or supersu app on your phone. if u are just bootloader unlocked and have twpr installed you are not fully rooted. u have to relock the bootloader, then run dirty racun, then u can just flash a rooted rom. that is basically what i did.
i unlocked bootloader, installed twrp, relocked, ran dirty racun for s-off, then unlocked again, then flashed meanrom and i was rooted with full access and s-off.
whether i needed to go through the unlock and lock to begin with i don't know.
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Thanks to both of you for your suggestions. I successfully used DirtyRacun this morning after first having my phone bricked and my 16g sd corrupted and ruined last night. The guys with DirtyRacun were great and walked me through an Ubuntu procedure that brought the LTE back to life. This morning I was successful in getting S-Off using DR. (what a relief!)
I've got to reinstall TWRP and will be reading on the forum about how to do that. I did the one procedure where you get it unlocked and TWRP installed with S-ON before backtracking and doing DirtyRacun's S-Off bit of magic. "Bricking" my phone last night and running the fix erased TWRP so I have to install it again.
thanks,
DC
Easiest way to get twrp is,
Play store... Goo Manager,
In Goo Manager press menu button and select 'install openrecoveryscript'...
That installs current version of twrp
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KaptainRandom said:
Easiest way to get twrp is,
Play store... Goo Manager,
In Goo Manager press menu button and select 'install openrecoveryscript'...
That installs current version of twrp
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I think that is what I did. Piece of cake
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Several months ago I started the RegawMOD root process before HTC blocked the tokens. Thing is, it didn't complete. My bootloader screen shows Unlocked. But it didn't go beyond this point. Which may have been the result of my previously malfunctioning computer. I have software version: 1.22.651.3.
Presently, I'm running into a situation because I want to finish rooting this so I can proceed to installing a custom ROM. Obviously I can't just run RegawMOD's .exe again because of the HTC token issue, and from what I've been reading on XDA, this software version (1.22.651.3) doesn't have an un-root process.
I really don't know what to do at this point, I'm not very experienced with rooting/rom'ing and as near as I can tell, there's nothing I can do. Does anyone have any ideas about how to correct this?
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Several months ago I started the RegawMOD root process before HTC blocked the tokens. Thing is, it didn't complete. My bootloader screen shows Unlocked. But it didn't go beyond this point. Which may have been the result of my previously malfunctioning computer. I have software version: 1.22.651.3.
Presently, I'm running into a situation because I want to finish rooting this so I can proceed to installing a custom ROM. Obviously I can't just run RegawMOD's .exe again because of the HTC token issue, and from what I've been reading on XDA, this software version (1.22.651.3) doesn't have an un-root process.
I really don't know what to do at this point, I'm not very experienced with rooting/rom'ing and as near as I can tell, there's nothing I can do. Does anyone have any ideas about how to correct this?
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If it says unlocked then u need to flash a recovery.. Then from recovery u flash whatever custom rom u want.. Most all custom roms are rooted with busybox.. So just flash recovery then flash rom and u will be golden!:good:
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If it says unlocked then u need to flash a recovery.. Then from recovery u flash whatever custom rom u want.. Most all custom roms are rooted with busybox.. So just flash recovery then flash rom and u will be golden!:good:
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Thank you. As I mentioned, I'm relatively new to this, so not entirely sure what to search for on XDA to flash recovery. I'm not asking for the answers, but, do you have any recommended search terms that I should use?
Look up team unlimited on the web, download twrp for your phone, enable usb debugging in dev options and push the recovery to your phone with adb.
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Stuck more than ever
So, here's the deal: I found out that when I went through the Regaw root process, I do actually have a recovery on here. So I attempted to flash a ROM, which promptly wouldn't load. It says "unknown Md5 error".I looked up some information about the MD5, and it's related to some left-over stuff from before I used the root process, which I've lost because I've since formatted my computer.
I tried running RUU; it typically fails saying it can't detect the device. I've downloaded all the HTC drivers and the RUU starts ok sometimes, but not all the time. Right now, the only screens I can get to are the bootloader and recovery.
Download a ROM with a son installer included. Boot into recovery by holding power and volume down. Wipe everything in recovery except your storage. Mount your phone to your PC via USB mount storage. Transfer the rom to your phone and flash.
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I did this a while ago because i was going to try rooting, then changed my mind. Anyway, no I'll effects, until recently when, T-Mobile pushed out a software update. Tried doing the update (numerous times), but nothing happened. Called T-Mobile; no help. Forgot about it since I read it was a minor update. Anyway, since my phone had been using up batteries very fast, I decided to do a factory reset. Strangely, this did not work either. Again t-mobile ; no help. Then got the idea to unlock the boot loader again and see what happens. That worked. Was able to wipe the phone. Then with the bootloader unlocked, I again attempted to do the software update. Phone rebooted and went right into 4ext recovery and after the update failed at first, giving me a message that the ext. Sd card could not be found. I used 4ext to mount the ext SD, which was not mounted. The update successfully completed. Apparently, with the phone in relocked state, many things seem to be not possible.
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I did this a while ago because i was going to try rooting, then changed my mind. Anyway, no I'll effects, until recently when, T-Mobile pushed out a software update. Tried doing the update (numerous times), but nothing happened. Called T-Mobile; no help. Forgot about it since I read it was a minor update. Anyway, since my phone had been using up batteries very fast, I decided to do a factory reset. Strangely, this did not work either. Again t-mobile ; no help. Then got the idea to unlock the boot loader again and see what happens. That worked. Was able to wipe the phone. Then with the bootloader unlocked, I again attempted to do the software update. Phone rebooted and went right into 4ext recovery and after the update failed at first, giving me a message that the ext. Sd card could not be found. I used 4ext to mount the ext SD, which was not mounted. The update successfully completed. Apparently, with the phone in relocked state, many things seem to be not possible.
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You must have done something wrong I was on ARHD then I relocked bootloader and ran the stock ruu then booted up and downloaded and installed the update. All worked first time no issues at all.
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You must have done something wrong I was on ARHD then I relocked bootloader and ran the stock ruu then booted up and downloaded and installed the update. All worked first time no issues at all.
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Thanks for the response, but can't imagine what I could I have done wrong? All I did when trying to install the update was click the 'update now' box. phone simply rebooted to recovery and did nothing else. Navigated to 'reboot'. Phone rebooted and update was still there un-installed. Checked software version; unchanged. When trying to do system restore, tried it from security menu and also tried booting direct to recovery. Highlighted 'system restore', pushed power button. Both ways and the phone simply rebooted with everything still intact!!
P.S. Didn't know ARHD works with Amaze 4g? Would love to try it, but a little anxious about doing wire thing to get to s-off. It's my only phone. Is it risky?
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Thanks for the response, but can't imagine what I could I have done wrong? All I did when trying to install the update was click the 'update now' box. phone simply rebooted to recovery and did nothing else. Navigated to 'reboot'. Phone rebooted and update was still there un-installed. Checked software version; unchanged. When trying to do system restore, tried it from security menu and also tried booting direct to recovery. Highlighted 'system restore', pushed power button. Both ways and the phone simply rebooted with everything still intact!!
P.S. Didn't know ARHD works with Amaze 4g? Would love to try it, but a little anxious about doing wire thing to get to s-off. It's my only phone. Is it risky?
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Well I'm pretty sure that with the locked bootloader and stock Rom there won't be any issues I was not rooted or any of that. And I'm not S-off. I didn't mess with any of that wire crap just make sure you have 4ext recovery and have smart flash enabled in the options and you can flash all the Roms you want. Just make sure before every Rom flash you make sure the smart flash is enabled unless you configure it to stay on.
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My strange problems are continuing. Yesterday I was finally able to do a factory reset and update the software on my phone. Now for some strange reason, I can no longer enable WiFi or Bluetooth. It's as if since I told T-mobile that I had unlocked, and relocked my phone, they sent a signal to my phone to totally screw it up.!!!
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My strange problems are continuing. Yesterday I was finally able to do a factory reset and update the software on my phone. Now for some strange reason, I can no longer enable WiFi or Bluetooth. It's as if since I told T-mobile that I had unlocked, and relocked my phone, they sent a signal to my phone to totally screw it up.!!!
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Ok well what i would do in this situation would be to just start over fresh. First download the newest ruu we have from here for tmobile: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1617644, which would be this one: RUBY_ICS_35_S_TMOUS_2.14.531.3_R2_Radio_1.14.550L. 17DC_30.78.550L.15_release_262141_signed.zip and make sure you rename it PH85IMG.zip and place that on your externel sd card. Once you do that make sure you phones boot loader is locked (i use hansoons tool kit for all this) once boot loader is locked (says relocked) then you can boot into I think its called hboot (the screen where is says locked/relocked/unlocked/) by powering phone off then pushing Vol down key and power at the same time and hold it will bring you to a screen where it will start reading the file you just put on you sd card and ask if you want to update. Vol up for yes and vol down for no select yes and it will do its thing and it will ask to press power button to reset and the will boot up to stock ICS and everything should work fine.
Thank you so much. Actually had to do it a little differently. Downloaded the ruu and renamed it. Put it in the data subfolder of all-in-one kit. Used Hasoon's to reboot to bootloader. Then flashed the ruu using Hasoon's. Same thing, I guess. Anyway, everything works now. I put the PH85IMG.zip in the root of the sdcard. any idea why rebooting to the bootloader did not find it and start the flash? Says PH85IMG.zip not found.
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Well I'm pretty sure that with the locked bootloader and stock Rom there won't be any issues I was not rooted or any of that. And I'm not S-off. I didn't mess with any of that wire crap just make sure you have 4ext recovery and have smart flash enabled in the options and you can flash all the Roms you want. Just make sure before every Rom flash you make sure the smart flash is enabled unless you configure it to stay on.
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dntipwn - you said you didn't mess with the wire crap. Were you able to flash ARHD to your phone with s-on? Can you give me some tips?
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dntipwn - you said you didn't mess with the wire crap. Were you able to flash ARHD to your phone with s-on? Can you give me some tips?
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Yes all you have do is first unlock bootloader, then you will need to flash a 4ext recovery, after that root is needed. The easiest way its to use hansoons tool. After all that our done you will need to download super wipe.zip from the arhd page and the room of choice I actually get better battery on NRG stock rom. Boot into recovery flash super wipe it will reboot then flash the rom reboot which will take about 5 to 10 mins. After it boots up I like to let it sit without touching it for 10mins reboot then set up the phone then reboot again and you should be set.
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The key of you are s-on is to enable smart flash in 4ext. Its under settings in recovery
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I just successfully reverted my Amaze to sufficient stock to effect the download; download was already on the device but wouldn't install. Here were my steps.
Flashed stock recovery from CWM by extracting recovery.img from firmware.zip inside the OTA update zip.Rebooted into HBOOT, entered FASTBOOT.
=> fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Attempted to apply the update from Recovery. Fail.
Initiated update from Settings | About Phone | Software updates. Update rebooted the phone...
Update complained about a mismatch in build.prop. Oops; I forgot that I'd edited it to override the "HTCLinkify" fix for Apple.
=> Edited /system/build.prop, removed ro.da1.method=enabled line, reverted ro.da1.enabled=false to true.
Rebooted.
Initiated the software update again, which it downloaded.
Started the update again, which rebooted the phone, updated without interruption, and rebooted into the new version (confirmed by popup and Settings | About phone | Software information).
=> Success.
I did not have to relock the bootloader. At this point I'd reflash recovery to CWM or TWRP again, but this was done on a phone which has a defective charging circuit, so I'm relocking the bootloader and returning it to T-Mobile.