I need to relock my cell to S-ON as I need to send my cell to HTC for repairs as my GPS stopped working. How do I do that if I accomplished S-OFF with jbear and HTCDev method.
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vega312 said:
I need to relock my cell to S-ON as I need to send my cell to HTC for repairs as my GPS stopped working. How do I do that if I accomplished S-OFF with jbear and HTCDev method.
Thanks!
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You need to start by flashing the 2.89.651.2 RUU, either using the RUU.exe from Windows or an RUU.zip renamed to PG86IMG.zip from the bootloader. If you didn't do the htcdev unlock again after the wire trick, the stock bootloader should show ***LOCKED*** with a version of 1.58. Since you are only getting the phone serviced, it's probably OK to leave it S-OFF, but if you want it 100% stock you need to issue the following command after you have verified that the bootloader is 1.58:
fastboot oem writesecureflag 3
Once you have issued this command your phone will be S-ON and you will have to do the wire trick again after you get it back to be S-OFF. My understanding is that most repair facilities, including Sprint, don't mind if you give it to them S-OFF. However, if you are sending it back to HTC it might be worth doing since with stock software, a locked bootloader and S-ON it will look "factory fresh" to them.
You might also want to test your GPS again once everything is back to stock, just to make sure it's not a ROM problem.
ramjet73
where can i get the ruu i ran the one on htcdev.com but it didnt change my rom
jb14813 said:
where can i get the ruu i ran the one on htcdev.com but it didnt change my rom
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Try here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19089387
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I had my HTC amaze unlocked with s-off and a modded hboot I then updated to a new ICS firmware to run ICS however when the firmware flashed to my phone it locked my phone and reset my hboot but still kept s-off. Is there anyway to unlock my phone again? If anyone has any help please let me know I already tried to unlock it through HTdev website and it did not work!!!
If you are s=off, then you don't need to unlock your bootloader. I'm assuming you have eng bootloader, and with that, you don't need to unlock anything.
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pharmhand said:
I had my HTC amaze unlocked with s-off and a modded hboot I then updated to a new ICS firmware to run ICS however when the firmware flashed to my phone it locked my phone and reset my hboot but still kept s-off. Is there anyway to unlock my phone again? If anyone has any help please let me know I already tried to unlock it through HTdev website and it did not work!!!
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HTC dev website is the way i did it, and it worked perfect for me. What method did you use that didn't allow you to unlock your phone?
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If any of you read correctly, he said he unlocked it before, therefore, all he has to do is place the unlock_code file in hasoon's tool's data folder and run the unlock bootloader option, voila he's back to being unlocked, though the relocking sounds kind of odd, but it could probably be due to the hboot he was using, I'm guessing was Juopunutbear's or something.
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If any of you read correctly, he said he unlocked it before, therefore, all he has to do is place the unlock_code file in hasoon's tool's data folder and run the unlock bootloader option, voila he's back to being unlocked, though the relocking sounds kind of odd, but it could probably be due to the hboot he was using, I'm guessing was Juopunutbear's or something.
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I did read it, the old unlock bin does not work with new ics so he has to redo everything once more....
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Well my old unlock bin worked fine for me re-unlocking on ICS, guess I was lucky, okay cool, my bad.
Yes I had hboot from Juopunutbear when I did the s-off it asked to install his hboot but after I upgraded it changed my hboot back to 1.93.0002 and it is SHIP s-off not eng which I am not totally sure what the difference is but is there a way to change SHIP back to ENG????? I am going to give HTCdev another chance and see what happens... thanks for the input and help
ok so I just tried HTCdev again and it unlocked my phone however it did a hard reset the only thing I have to do now is to have eng s-off instead of ship s-off.
pharmhand said:
ok so I just tried HTCdev again and it unlocked my phone however it did a hard reset the only thing I have to do now is to have eng s-off instead of ship s-off.
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Just flash the eng hboot via bootloader, though you don't need to, unless you plan to do fastboot commands, which the average user doesn't have much need for, hasoon's tool does everything you need, recovery, root, etc, though I do recommend 4EXT recovery, which you can easily install after obtaining root.
this is what my hboot says and im not sure why
LOCKED
VIGOR PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-2.11.0000
why is there a "RL" at the end of s-off
I don't know what the rl stands for and I'd like to know as well, but that is perfectly normal. I recommended the dev hboot if you intend to modify from here on out as unlocking with the htcdev will make it a pain to return to stock. (Relock, s-on, s-off then s-on again)
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I don't know what the rl stands for and I'd like to know as well, but that is perfectly normal. I recommended the dev hboot if you intend to modify from here on out as unlocking with the htcdev will make it a pain to return to stock. (Relock, s-on, s-off then s-on again)
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ive been s-off for a while now and i was on a modifided hboot with ics firmware and ics rom. i decided to downgrade my firmware to the 2.11 GB. after that is when the RL showed up at the end of s-off.
i never unlocked after s-offing and now its is acting like im locked and s-on.
i even had to flash recovery with fastboot as no other method would work.
i am going to unlock and s-off again. i just thought it was weird how it happend
nevermind, i just looked at a pic i had and the "RL" is there. i guess i just never noticed it before
Are you still s-off'd? Did you unlock yet? It's as easy as flashing a patched 2.11 hboot via ph98img to get fastboot commands to work again.
Do not bother to unlock once you have S-off. Trust me, just unwanted trouble.
Just flash a JuopunutBear hboot.
Edit: to elaborate just a bit, if you did need to do a warranty exchange or repair and wanted the bootloader to look stock by saying Locked/S-on:
Coming from Locked/S-off you'd just run a GB RUU and do a few fastboot commands to achieve S-on.
Coming from Unlocked/S-off, you'll need to do the RUU, relock bootloader, and do fastboot commands for S-on... then the whole S-off procedure again... then repeat RUU and fastboot S-on.
anyone have accomplish this? I've been trying for last few days. I run the gb ruu the latest Ota twice (yesterday I ran it 4 times) and then the s-on command trough fastboot/adb and I'm left whit stock gb, s-on and RE-LOCKED HBOOT.
Is there anyway to get it to LOCKED?
Thanks in Advance
Edit: I've been running the 2.01.605.11 Ota gb ruu.
You need to S-OFF first and then relock it. Running RUU will give you RELOCKED or TAMPERED.
Cares said:
You need to S-OFF first and then relock it. Running RUU will give you RELOCKED or TAMPERED.
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While s-off run the fastboot commands to relock the HBOOT? Can you tell me those commands? Thanks.
Did you unlock while s-off? If you did, you need to s-off again. After s-off you will have a locked bootloader again. Than ruu to gb ota, and send the s-on commands through fastboot.
That will leave you with stock gb, s-on and lock bootloader.
Do not send the s-on command unless your are 100% sure you have an ota stock hboot. Or you will have a brick
I am pretty sure that there is no way to get it to say locked. It will just say relocked. Someone was working on a way to change that but I think they decided not to continue because they didn't want to be accused of encouraging fraud.
Cares said:
You need to S-OFF first and then relock it. Running RUU will give you RELOCKED or TAMPERED.
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No no, just do the S-OFF. If you attempt to lock after S-OFF, it will say RELOCKED.
The S-OFF process is the only way to get back to LOCKED. If you unlock or run the fastboot command to lock again after that, it will show RELOCKED.
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No no, just do the S-OFF. If you attempt to lock after S-OFF, it will say RELOCKED.
The S-OFF process is the only way to get back to LOCKED. If you unlock or run the fastboot command to lock again after that, it will show RELOCKED.
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I meant turning security flag on.
Alright thanks guys gonna try again tonight after work. I'll report back later.
You can definitely return to **Locked** without question if you have s-off. Just run the newest leak RUU twice and it should take it back to locked but S-OFF, did it to my girl's unlocked+s-off rezound two nights ago. I didn't even have to manually run it twice, it just keep rebooting and did the 2nd run on it's own. It's now the stock hboot, locked, s-off. Then if you want GB there shouldn't be any issue flashing the GB RUU since you'd maintain S-OFF
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You can definitely return to **Locked** without question if you have s-off. Just run the newest leak RUU twice and it should take it back to locked but S-OFF, did it to my girl's unlocked+s-off rezound two nights ago. I didn't even have to manually run it twice, it just keep rebooting and did the 2nd run on it's own. It's now the stock hboot, locked, s-off. Then if you want GB there shouldn't be any issue flashing the GB RUU since you'd maintain S-OFF
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So the newest one is this one?
3.14.605.10
Kratz17 said:
So the newest one is this one?
3.14.605.10
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right
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Ok gonna give a shot to that. Thanks.
Hi,
My Evo 3d GSM device was S-OFF by the Revolutionary method.
All work fine.
But for garanty purpose, l've already restored boot_signed and system.img from stock rom.zip
Can i restore original recovery with:
fastoot flash recovery recovery_signed.img ?
And Restore stock hboot with:
fastoot flash hboot hboot_SHR_U_1.53.0007_20120522_signedbyaa.nb0 ?
Thank before,
If you really want to go back to stock, run the ruu for your region/carrier. It will leave you s-off, but everything else stock. You could go 100 percent stock by going back to s-on first. EDIT: After! See ramjet's post below.
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Running the RUU should restore the default recovery and leave you s-off if it is going in for warranty work don't forget you want to be s-on (fastboot oem lock) after running the RUU.
coal686 said:
If you really want to go back to stock, run the ruu for your region/carrier. It will leave you s-off, but everything else stock. You could go 100 percent stock by going back to s-on first.
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ItzCrooK2UxD said:
Running the RUU should restore the default recovery and leave you s-off if it is going in for warranty work don't forget you want to be s-on (fastboot oem lock) after running the RUU.
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That's the command to relock after doing the HTC unlock. The command to set S-ON is "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" and should only be run after the RUU is flashed and the stock bootloader is restored. If S-ON is set while a modified bootloader such as ENG, Revolutionary, or Juopunutbear is installed it will brick the phone.
ramjet73
ramjet73 said:
That's the command to relock after doing the HTC unlock. The command to set S-ON is "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" and should only be run after the RUU is flashed and the stock bootloader is restored. If S-ON is set while a modified bootloader such as ENG, Revolutionary, or Juopunutbear is installed it will brick the phone.
ramjet73
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So ramjet: if s-on, you lock then run ruu. But if s-off, you run ruu then lock if you wish. Is that right? I know it's a different kind of lock, but i didn't realize order mattered going s-off to s-on.
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coal686 said:
So ramjet: if s-on, you lock then run ruu. But if s-off, you run ruu then lock if you wish. Is that right? I know it's a different kind of lock, but i didn't realize order mattered.
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Yes, those are separate S-OFF's. The bootloader unlock (hboot S-OFF) is different from the radio S-OFF. This post from the MeanROM ICS thread has an explanation by Unknownforce, the developer behind the the hboot 1.4 downgrade method for radio S-OFF.
The "fastboot oem lock" command will undo the bootloader S-OFF, which is required to run the RUU.exe for users that are radio S-ON. Users that are radio S-OFF can run the RUU.exe without any special considerations.
Once the RUU.exe is run and the stock bootloader is installed, the phone will be bootloader S-ON regardless of the radio S-OFF status. To run fastboot commands like "flash" and "erase" the stock bootloader needs to be unlocked by the htcdev method or a custom bootloader modified to support those commands needs to be flashed, which requires radio S-OFF.
After installing a custom bootloader, setting radio S-ON via the "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" bricks the phone because the bootloader is not signed by HTC and that is not allowed with radio S-ON. Therefore a stock bootloader needs to be reinstalled before setting radio S-ON and the easiest way to do that is flash an RUU.exe.
Hope that makes sense.
ramjet73
Makes perfect sense. Thanks boss. Learn something new everyday. :thumbup:
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Thank-you very much for all your post, and a special thank to ramjet73.
It's clear now, but I will try tomorow.
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Hello,
After all your explanations, I was reassured to install "RUU_SHOOTER_U_ICS_35_S_HTC_Europe_3.28.401.1_Radio_11.77.3504.00U_11.25.3504.06_M_release_262714_signed.exe"
Unfortunately it did not work: probably due to the absence of CID (HTC__203) of the revolutionary HBOOT.
So I took the rom.zip file in the% temp% directory and I renamed PG86IMG.zip. I pushed on my sdcard.
A reboot in the bootloader and the EVO 3D has successfully installed the ROM with firmware radio, recovery, system ... in short, everything
Now my HBOOT is 1.53.0007 HTC, it does not show revolutionary, but it is unlocked and S-OFF
Now I think it is acceptable to send like that. What do you think?
In fact I've not said what the problem was my phone: After installing a ROM that had the good idea to turn xLOUD (I think that's it) it has blown me the speaker (communication only)
Thank you again for your help
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fxjumper said:
Now my HBOOT is 1.53.0007 HTC, it does not show revolutionary, but it is unlocked and S-OFF
Now I think it is acceptable to send like that. What do you think?
Thank you again for your help
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Ok, i dit it !
Code:
fastboot oem lock
relocked my phone
and
Code:
fastboot oem writesecureflag 3
put my phone S-ON ! (radio)
Everything was fine in the end? I'm in the exact same situation and I'm installing PG86IMG.zip as we speak. Did HTC see anything wrong with your phone?
I recently bought my new Evo 3D from eBay. As far as I can tell, it is in perfect shape. I was hoping to flash it to Page Plus and was dismayed when I realized how impossible the rooting process looked. I began with downgrading my 1.58 HBOOT to 1.40. Now I am attempting to flash the 1.13 RUU so I can finally move on in this process, but every time I attempt to flash it (or any other RUU), I get the error, "Error [131]: CUSTOMER ID ERROR." Now most fastboot commands do not work, and my phone bootloops with the stock ROM. Any idea how to fix it?
I used the juopunut bear wire trick for s-off so excuse me if I'm a little ignorant here with the downgrade method. Once you are down to hboot 1.40 (which sounds like you were successful with) can't you use the revolutionary s-off tool?
Once s-off you can easily run any ruu but I guess I don't understand why you need to downgrade even further to s-off, when revolutionary (I thought) works with hboot 1.40 and 1.30
Brian706 said:
I used the juopunut bear wire trick for s-off so excuse me if I'm a little ignorant here with the downgrade method. Once you are down to hboot 1.40 (which sounds like you were successful with) can't you use the revolutionary s-off tool?
Once s-off you can easily run any ruu but I guess I don't understand why you need to downgrade even further to s-off, when revolutionary (I thought) works with hboot 1.40 and 1.30
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As I understand I can't use Revolutionary without booting into Android (since it needs ADB), which is currently impossible because of the bootloop.
I should also point out that HTCDev unlock fails for me. On hboot 1.58 the fastboot commands are successful, but I am never presented with the unlock dialog on the phone. On hboot 1.4 most fastboot commands fail. Also, I can easily restore to stock by flashing a PG86IMG which includes hboot 1.58.
Macadamia Daze said:
As I understand I can't use Revolutionary without booting into Android (since it needs ADB), which is currently impossible because of the bootloop.
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Oh, I see now!
Macadamia Daze said:
I should also point out that HTCDev unlock fails for me. On hboot 1.58 the fastboot commands are successful, but I am never presented with the unlock dialog on the phone. On hboot 1.4 most fastboot commands fail. Also, I can easily restore to stock by flashing a PG86IMG which includes hboot 1.58.
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So far, in every case I've seen, running the latest RUU has solved the bootloader unlock issue for people. I would run the 1.58 RUU and see if you can unlock the bootloader. Then go from there.
Or as I saw mentioned in the other thread, use the PG86IMG version of the RUU or extract it yourself from the exe. Flashing through the bootloader does not perform a cid check.
Brian706 said:
Oh, I see now!
So far, in every case I've seen, running the latest RUU has solved the bootloader unlock issue for people. I would run the 1.58 RUU and see if you can unlock the bootloader. Then go from there.
Or as I saw mentioned in the other thread, use the PG86IMG version of the RUU or extract it yourself from the exe. Flashing through the bootloader does not perform a cid check.
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So far, I have yet to have any success despite flashing many RUUs. I took a break for quite a while, but decided I may try again. I am downloading now the 2.08 RUU, which one thread suggested.
Macadamia Daze said:
I should also point out that HTCDev unlock fails for me. On hboot 1.58 the fastboot commands are successful, but I am never presented with the unlock dialog on the phone. On hboot 1.4 most fastboot commands fail. Also, I can easily restore to stock by flashing a PG86IMG which includes hboot 1.58.
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If I remember correctly, the HTCDev unlock doesnt work for the earlier bootloaders. It says so on the very first page when its walking you through the steps. I could be wrong but you may wanna keep that in mind