So i looked for an answer to this, but i could not find it, so i figured i would ask. I know that rooting and s-off do not void your warranty (well, the technically do, but you can get rid of them and get your warrant back) but what about HTC dev unlock? i know it claims it does, but is there any way to get your warranty back with HTC if you dev unlock? as a separate question, what does the htc dev unlock warranty void exactly? i heard that it only voids software related issues (brick), but if you have hardware related issues (broken screen, ect) htc will still fix it. is this true? and last question, will i get in trouble with sprint for unlocking with dev unlock? i dont think i would if i go to the sprint store with it completely stock just unlocked, but they can be really picky. i do not have much experience with this stuff, so i greatly appreciate any help you can give. thanks!
Well you can relock your bootloader through adb but it will no longer say *locked* but instead say *Relocked* Sprint will still accept it for warranty repairs but HTC will not.
Hope that answered your question.
Htc will honor the warranty of an unlocked phone if its a clear cut defect but most of the time it is not.
that is not what i wanted to hear. i had to get a new phone and it came with hboot 1.19. so i cant get s-off and i am not going to void my warranty. i guess i have to downgrade to 1.12. thanks for the replies, that does answer my question. i am just not happy to hear i have to downgrade the hboot. that does not look like its going to be an easy/fun process...
and i just realized that to downgrade you still have to unlock it first....
suicidal acorn said:
and i just realized that to downgrade you still have to unlock it first....
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DirtyRacun does not require you to be unlocked
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964309
bigdaddy619 said:
DirtyRacun does not require you to be unlocked
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964309
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you just made my day. im not even joking. i could have swore i read that you had to be unlocked for that. but i was wrong! thank you a million times for making me re-read that!!! i cant even portray my happiness right now!
suicidal acorn said:
you just made my day. im not even joking. i could have swore i read that you had to be unlocked for that. but i was wrong! thank you a million times for making me re-read that!!! i cant even portray my happiness right now!
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Welcome glad I could help
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Welcome glad I could help
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actually, i read it closer and i was correct. dev unlocking is part of the process. the text below is taken from the dirtyracun unlimited.io site.
"11.HTC Dev Unlock your device:
Go to www.htcdev.com and choose "Unlock Bootloader"
Choose your device or "All Other Supported Models"
Open cmd from your unzipped DirtyRacun files
SKIP AHEAD to Step 8 on HTC Dev Instructions. DO NOT INSTALL ANY SOFTWARE!
Complete Steps 8 - Completion on Htc Dev site
Save your Unlock_code.bin file from your email to the DirtyRacun folder
Type the following in the cmd prompt:
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
Select Yes on your phone when prompted"
suicidal acorn said:
actually, i read it closer and i was correct. dev unlocking is part of the process. the text below is taken from the dirtyracun unlimited.io site.
"11.HTC Dev Unlock your device:
Go to www.htcdev.com and choose "Unlock Bootloader"
Choose your device or "All Other Supported Models"
Open cmd from your unzipped DirtyRacun files
SKIP AHEAD to Step 8 on HTC Dev Instructions. DO NOT INSTALL ANY SOFTWARE!
Complete Steps 8 - Completion on Htc Dev site
Save your Unlock_code.bin file from your email to the DirtyRacun folder
Type the following in the cmd prompt:
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
Select Yes on your phone when prompted"
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Sorry I could have sworn the OP stated you don't have to be unlocked. That being said there are ways to modify the look of your bootloader to appear stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739314
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1738462
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Sorry I could have sworn the OP stated you don't have to be unlocked. That being said there are ways to modify the look of your bootloader to appear stock
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its fine. yeah, that mislead me too. it says you dont have to be because part of the process is unlocking yes, there are ways to mod it to look stock, but until i find a definite way to get my warranty back, i guess im going to stick to a completely stock phone. that is a very hard and sad thing for me to say, but i cannot risk my warranty. it just isnt worth that to me. anyway, thanks for the help. i do appreciate it.
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its fine. yeah, that mislead me too. it says you dont have to be because part of the process is unlocking yes, there are ways to mod it to look stock, but until i find a definite way to get my warranty back, i guess im going to stick to a completely stock phone. that is a very hard and sad thing for me to say, but i cannot risk my warranty. it just isnt worth that to me. anyway, thanks for the help. i do appreciate it.
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Well from what I have seen in these forums is if you take your phone to Sprint or BestBuy they most times don't care if your rooted or unlocked. You most likely won't be dealing with HTC directly. My .02 good luck with whatever you decide
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Well from what I have seen in these forums is if you take your phone to Sprint or BestBuy they most times don't care if your rooted or unlocked. You most likely won't be dealing with HTC directly. My .02 good luck with whatever you decide
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yeah i know, its just that i am not supposed to root or anything according to my parents so if they find out, i am in a bunch of trouble. so if my warranty is void with htc, its going to be hard to explain to them that i cant send my phone to htc when it breaks. i do, however, have the TEP warranty with sprint, i just dont think i want to risk it. but a guy over on the dirtyracun forum said that you can relock so that htc cant tell that you unlocked. do you have any information on this? if you did i would greatly appreciate it, but if not then its not a big deal.
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yeah i know, its just that i am not supposed to root or anything according to my parents so if they find out, i am in a bunch of trouble. so if my warranty is void with htc, its going to be hard to explain to them that i cant send my phone to htc when it breaks. i do, however, have the TEP warranty with sprint, i just dont think i want to risk it. but a guy over on the dirtyracun forum said that you can relock so that htc cant tell that you unlocked. do you have any information on this? if you did i would greatly appreciate it, but if not then its not a big deal.
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S-ON after S-OFF
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1744700
Not sure if it will work on the new DirtyRacun method you could PM the OP and ask if it will work or if he's going to update his method
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S-ON after S-OFF
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1744700
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but wouldnt the bootloader still say relocked though?
suicidal acorn said:
but wouldnt the bootloader still say relocked though?
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This guide will show you EXACTLY how to go from S-OFF to S-ON again. Not only that,
but it will be like you just got your phone brand new from Sprint again, ***LOCKED*** and S-ON.
This sure looks like a lot of steps, but it's not really. I've just detailed everything out
so there is no confusion.
And also download the RegawMOD S-ON Writer Utility
If the RegawMOD S-ON Writer Utility runs all the way through without errors, you are now fully stock! Congrats!
You now have S-ON and ***LOCKED*** on your bootloader and there is no way to prove that it wasn't!
Copied from that thread.
bigdaddy619 said:
This guide will show you EXACTLY how to go from S-OFF to S-ON again. Not only that,
but it will be like you just got your phone brand new from Sprint again, ***LOCKED*** and S-ON.
This sure looks like a lot of steps, but it's not really. I've just detailed everything out
so there is no confusion.
Copied from that thread.
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oh wow. that is awesome. i am pretty sure that i am going to run the dirtyracun tomorrow then. possibly even right now. thank you! i had to run that since i had to get a new phone when my last one broke. it worked fine. i just didnt know that it would make it look locked, too! but is it really locking it, or is it just making it look locked?
suicidal acorn said:
oh wow. that is awesome. i am pretty sure that i am going to run the dirtyracun tomorrow then. possibly even right now. thank you! i had to run that since i had to get a new phone when my last one broke. it worked fine. i just didnt know that it would make it look locked, too! but is it really locking it, or is it just making it look locked?
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It looks to me like it is in fact locking it and instead of saying relocked it will say locked when you do the whole process
bigdaddy619 said:
It looks to me like it is in fact locking it and instead of saying relocked it will say locked when you do the whole process
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thats what it looks like to me as well, but i am going to ask regaw_leinad just to be sure. i will report back with the answer.
suicidal acorn said:
thats what it looks like to me as well, but i am going to ask regaw_leinad just to be sure. i will report back with the answer.
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Cool good luck
Related
http://www.multiupload.com/NOLWGVUTMZ
6c4babc9c39ca1c4e92030202a4ce413 hboot_8x60-lte_2.11.2005_111221_MR2_signedbyaa.nb0
Its just a eng hboot, its not a magic key, its not a banana split, it doesn't magically give you s-off. No instructions because I have none for you. Sharing in hopes that it furthers someone else's project as well.
This is apparently debug signed, don't attempt to flash it to s-on device. Ship s-on hboots won't flash it, even if you were able to sign an RUU properly.
for the s-off users, this allows extra fastboot commands
Not to imply doubt but is this for real?
With s off and such?
Awesome
kidwolf908 said:
Not to imply doubt but is this for real?
With s off and such?
Awesome
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Wondering the same....
does this give S-OFF?
con247 said:
does this give S-OFF?
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If it does, I think we're about to see a bunch of computers ruined by the nerdgasms that will follow.
according to his twitter it doesn't flash but he just wants to post it anyway
jcase said:
http://www.multiupload.com/NOLWGVUTMZ
6c4babc9c39ca1c4e92030202a4ce413 hboot_8x60-lte_2.11.2005_111221_MR2_signedbyaa.nb0
Its just a eng hboot, its not a magic key, its not a banana split, it doesn't magically give you s-off. No instructions because I have none for you. Sharing in hopes that it furthers someone else's project as well.
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Now I'm CRAVING a banana split, you rat bastard!
Careful with flashing things like this. Advanced users only please. I can see the newbs going flash crazy. Had anyone flashed yet? Thanks for this jcase. I appreciate you helping out by doing things like this even though you don't have the phone
sent from my cm7 rooted fire
pwned3 said:
Careful with flashing things like this. Advanced users only please. I can see the newbs going flash crazy. Had anyone flashed yet? Thanks for this jcase. I appreciate you helping out by doing things like this even though you don't have the phone
sent from my cm7 rooted fire
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Finding a way to flash it to a s-on phone is what the goal would be, then we are assuming its signed with the same key as the SHIP hboots. If someone could flash it, and the key is the same (I am assuming it is, but may not be) , then it would give you s-off.
Yes, flashed it to radio s-off phones, it works fine, enables all the extended fastboot commands.
pwned3 said:
Careful with flashing things like this. Advanced users only please. I can see the newbs going flash crazy. Had anyone flashed yet? Thanks for this jcase. I appreciate you helping out by doing things like this even though you don't have the phone
sent from my cm7 rooted fire
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I tried flashing it with fast boot but it gave me a remote not allowed error.
Thank you jcase for this file.. let's hope someone figures it out
Sent from a cellular telephone
AFAIK you cannot flash an eng hboot to an S-ON device.
Be careful of flashing this. You can hard brick your phone with hboot. Seen it done on the E3D.
Just throwing that out there.
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Useless post
scrosler said:
AFAIK you cannot flash an eng hboot to an S-ON device.
Be careful of flashing this. You can hard brick your phone with hboot. Seen it done on the E3D.
Just throwing that out there.
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This is incorrect, as long as everything is right signature wise, it won't brick. The problem is actually getting it to flash. However people shouldn't just go around flashing things without knowing what they are doing.
Lots of phones have gotten s-off b/c of an eng hboot, particularly the thunderbolt from us.
Thanks for putting this out there jcase
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using XDA App
If it helps, I could not flash this via fast boot nor in a PH98IMG.zip
dmeadows013 said:
If it helps, I could not flash this via fast boot nor in a PH98IMG.zip
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stock hboot doesnt support flashing hboot throught fastboot
jcase said:
This is incorrect, as long as everything is right signature wise, it won't brick. The problem is actually getting it to flash. However people shouldn't just go around flashing things without knowing what they are doing.
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Thats the point I am making. Know what you are go doing before you do it. And yes you can brick a phone with a a signed eng hboot. I have seen it done on Evo 3D. Either way...
So... How do you flash this to an S-ON device. I would love to have eng hboot.
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Thats the point I am making. Know what you are go doing before you do it. And yes you can brick a phone with a a signed eng hboot. I have seen it done on Evo 3D. Either way...
So... How do you flash this to an S-ON device. I would love to have eng hboot.
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If he knew, he'd of told us, here's to hoping someone finds a way!
cant this be flashed with ADB?? thats how it used to be done on the OG evo i had
***SORRY, I REALISE I HAVE POSTED IN THE WRONG SECTION, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN Q&A, COULD A MOD PLEASE MOVE IT, SORRY***
I feel like i'm being a right royal pain in the as* asking this, but will someone please give me a few pointers on where to start with the rooting process please. I know most of you will be thinking "read the stickies and the forum posts" which i promise you i have for nearly two weeks now, but its an absolute minefield of information and i honestly don't know where to start. This is my first Android handset and the first time i have used the Android operating system, and this is the information i can give you about the handset i have, and by the way, its a european gsm handset with no branding and open to any carrier if this helps..........
Its an HTC Evo 3D X515m
Running Android 2.3.4
Software 1.20.401.8, and when i looked to check my HBOOT (i think thats what its called from reading other posts) this is what i see........
***Locked***
SHOOTER_U PUT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.49.0018
eMMC-boot
oct 3 2011, 15.03.01
From what i can gather from reading the forums i think i need to first get my bootloader to 1.49.007, and to achieve this i firstly installed a file, which was, PG86IMG.zip onto my sd card, let my handset find it, and reboot in bootloader..........but nothing at all happened. I have no idea if i am barking up the wrong tree or whatever. I also read on many posts that you can unlock using a process on htcdev.com, but there are conflicting views on this, and some people say a lot of roms wont load. I really hope someone will take a little time out to help me with this please, and hopefully once i gain the know-how, i to may be able to help someone else in my situation.....poor devil lol...........Thanks
For rooting your evo 3d you dont need to downgrade your hboot.
The first thing you need to do is to unlock your bootloader, the easy way, htcdev.com
Then you can install SU, and a custom rom, etc., but there is a problem, you cant install roms that came with custom kernels because you are s-on, and if you want to do s-off you need to downgrade your hboot to 1.49.0007.
There are a way to install a custom kernel if you are s-on, you need to extract it from the rom (boot.img) and run it to you phone with adb.
The only thing you need to do is read more.
This post helped me a lot to downgrade my hboot. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1495657
This is for me the best rom for the evo until now http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1245424
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1541210
neildunne said:
***SORRY, I REALISE I HAVE POSTED IN THE WRONG SECTION, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN Q&A, COULD A MOD PLEASE MOVE IT, SORRY***
***Locked***
SHOOTER_U PUT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.49.0018
eMMC-boot
oct 3 2011, 15.03.01
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In short, you need to downgrade your HBOOT, get to 1.49.0007,
Use this thread to achieve this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471246
Ask there, if it's possible.
Then use the revolutionary tool found here http://revolutionary.io/
To use revolutionary, click windows (if that's what your on) then run through the process, there is a walkthrough on one of the posts in the dev thread
(this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1535987)
it's pretty easy, make sure you have adb installed, or at the least the ability to use adb even without the full sdk.
After that you will be S-OFF (security off) you can also install a custom recovery using revolutionarys tool aswell, do so, leave a comment to tell them it worked and say thank you, always say thank you to people who help u.
Download a decent rom, if your GSM then get mikrunny, if your CDMA then use something else, or stick with mikrunny, pop it on your sd card then go to recovery and flash it.
To do this, turn off fastboot from within the device, power off, when powering back on, hold vol down first and then power don't let go, navigate the bootloader using vol up and down, use power to select, click recovery, back up, then wipe data / factory reset, wipe cache and dalvic cache and then install your rom.
That's it.
PS: The hardest thing you will have to do is downgrading hboot, i've never had to do this but it doesn't look impossible and IF YOU LOOK!, the walkthrough here looks pretty good so you should be fine.
There are threads to help you with things like adb if it seems a little daunting, if you think that they do, then you need to research a little more before you jump in, the worst thing you can do with android is give your phone to someone else and let them do everything, just so u can reap the rewards, get your hands dirty a little and get used to doing it yourself, majority of us did and were better for it.
Assume that your on your own because you will only get minimal advice from questions, no one is going to do it for you.
Good luck m8, you'll be fine
I was in EXACTLY the same position as you (same phone versions etc). Just follow this: http://appcounter.blogspot.com/2012/02/installing-custom-rom-for-htc-evo-3d.html
Use my script, everything except that is bull**** and takes too long.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1495657
if your cid is on the list, you are good to go.
Meet the requierments and go ahead.
Flashmaniac said:
Use my script, everything except that is bull**** and takes too long.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1495657
if your cid is on the list, you are good to go.
Meet the requierments and go ahead.
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Doesn't your way invalidate the phone warranty? I.e. no way to put phone back to original state if you need to send it back to HTC?
my-planet said:
Doesn't your way invalidate the phone warranty? I.e. no way to put phone back to original state if you need to send it back to HTC?
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what do you think, does the link you put here two posts before?
That even does not work as described, when u are not on the correct softwareversion. Yes, my way does void the warranty. As every way of rooting does....but if you s-off and run a ruu the **RELOCKED** will be gone I think
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Doesn't your way invalidate the phone warranty? I.e. no way to put phone back to original state if you need to send it back to HTC?
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If you tamper with your phone, using the official method or any of the ways stated here, they will all void your warranty.
My apologies, to the OP i wasn't aware that there was an easier way to get to have s-off etc.
All i know is, the way i wrote will work, if the other way is easier then go with that
Yes, of course all this voids your warranty, but the method I linked to (as far as I understand) would not show RELOCKED when putting back to stock. Which means HTC will honour any warranty claim.
From your guide flashmaniac, the first thing you tell to do is unlock via HTC's method. From what I understand that will show unlocked, and when trying to put back to stock, it will show relocked.
Apologies if I have this wrong, as there is 'too' much information out there, and no clear way of knowing what's wrong/right/possible.
Thanks.
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Yes, of course all this voids your warranty, but the method I linked to (as far as I understand) would not show RELOCKED when putting back to stock. Which means HTC will honour any warranty claim.
From your guide flashmaniac, the first thing you tell to do is unlock via HTC's method. From what I understand that will show unlocked, and when trying to put back to stock, it will show relocked.
Apologies if I have this wrong, as there is 'too' much information out there, and no clear way of knowing what's wrong/right/possible.
Thanks.
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N thats it ...
If you unlock your bootloader the HTCdev way, you will never ever be able to set it to LOCKED without changing the Evos motherboard because this way is a hardware modification ...
But its more secure Anyway Id recommend you to downgrade your HBOOT to .xxx7 by flashing an older firmware, then use Revolutionary to s-off and flashing a rooted ROM will do everything you will ever want!
I also used the HTC Unlock, but I regree doing that ... So please dont do this, because HTC gets your S/N AND your verification, so they´ll always know youve unlocked your bootloader this way...
Apart from that HTC does not charge you if you get a hardware problem because this has nothing to do with unlocking your bootloader ... Do it as you want
River
River99 said:
Anyway Id recommend you to downgrade your HBOOT to .xxx7 by flashing an older firmware, then use Revolutionary to s-off and flashing a rooted ROM will do everything you will ever want!
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Which is exactly what that link describes for you, in a very simple step by step noob way.
my-planet said:
Which is exactly what that link describes for you, in a very simple step by step noob way.
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As I said before, that tutorial won't work if you are not on the correct sw version.
You wanna do hardware modifications using software? That's fun lol.
Yummy ics
Flashmaniac said:
As I said before, that tutorial won't work if you are not on the correct sw version.
You wanna do hardware modifications using software? That's fun lol.
Yummy ics
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Classic Lol.
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\
Can i say a big thanks to everyone that has offered their help and advice with rooting my device. Sorry i haven't replied earlier but i've been on shifts at work :-( I find the whole process very intimidating, but today i took Flashmaniacs advice and unlocked my Evo using HTCDEV.com, which i must say i found very straighforward lol. Now i think my next step is to work out how to do a backup of my Evo before i go any further, and work out how to flash a rom.........Is that the right order?
I would suggest to order soup first, but it's tasty even without it.
Odoslané z môjho HTC EVO 3D X515m cez Tapatalk
OK, so I bought the Rezound used and already rooted, I have just flashed viper 1.0.3 but my radios dont match up with the latest ones and I'm not sure if that might help battery life. The phone has AmonRu, sorry if this is covered somewhere... I searched and didnt come up with anything
also current baseband version is 1.22.10.0310r, 1.22.10.0308r
u didn't search well enough cause you're new. learn to search better before you get flamed and ignored. if you knew anything about Android you'd know that only the latest ruu could upgrade your radios since you're s-on
yes run a RUU
dyetheskin said:
u didn't search well enough cause you're new. learn to search better before you get flamed and ignored. if you knew anything about Android you'd know that only the latest ruu could upgrade your radios since you're s-on
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It's just different from other androids (D1, D2) and even the other HTC's I've had (Incredible and Thunderbolt). So, I'd need to flash the latest RUU to get the radios, but can i do that with the amon recovery ? And if so, does the latest RUU break root? Like I said the guy I bought it from rooted it, he said he used htc dev tool to root it.
eric90gt said:
It's just different from other androids (D1, D2) and even the other HTC's I've had (Incredible and Thunderbolt). So, I'd need to flash the latest RUU to get the radios, but can i do that with the amon recovery ? And if so, does the latest RUU break root? Like I said the guy I bought it from rooted it, he said he used htc dev tool to root it.
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You should do a little research before you attempt anything. Basically, you'll need to relock the boot loader using htcdev tool which is simple to do if you follow directions. Then you'll download the latest RUU and place it on the root of your SD card and then boot into the boot loader by powering the phone down and holding vol down and power. Then it will prompt for the update-choose yes. Once update is done you'll be completely stock and you'll need to unlock again with htcdev and install a custom recovery again. After that you can root again and flash ROMs. Sounds complicated, but if you plan to tinker with this phone these are MUST LEARN procedures.
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using Tapatalk 2
dyetheskin said:
u didn't search well enough cause you're new. learn to search better before you get flamed and ignored. if you knew anything about Android you'd know that only the latest ruu could upgrade your radios since you're s-on
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Can't you tell from this post that XDA is just a warm, welcoming community geared towards helping people?
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localceleb said:
You should do a little research before you attempt anything. Basically, you'll need to relock the boot loader using htcdev tool which is simple to do if you follow directions. Then you'll download the latest RUU and place it on the root of your SD card and then boot into the boot loader by powering the phone down and holding vol down and power. Then it will prompt for the update-choose yes. Once update is done you'll be completely stock and you'll need to unlock again with htcdev and install a custom recovery again. After that you can root again and flash ROMs. Sounds complicated, but if you plan to tinker with this phone these are MUST LEARN procedures.
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In a nutshell, a good description of what to do. Kudos, localceleb for actually answering the question without making the OP feel unwelcome.
carngeX said:
Can't you tell from this post that XDA is just a warm, welcoming community geared towards helping people?
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In a nutshell, a good description of what to do. Kudos, localceleb for actually answering the question without making the OP feel unwelcome.
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Yeah, I could feel the love so much I got goosebumps. One question is will I have any problems relocking the bootloader with viper rom installed or do i need to relock and immediately flash the img.zip for the ruu ?
Why wouldn't you just run the S-Off and not have to worry about things like this? I just find it amazing that people will go through the headache of unlocking their bootloader but not do the S-Off routine.
*Madmoose* said:
Why wouldn't you just run the S-Off and not have to worry about things like this? I just find it amazing that people will go through the headache of unlocking their bootloader but not do the S-Off routine.
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S-off looks like it isnt as easy as it used to be, and cant get back from it in case of a warranty return
eric90gt said:
S-off looks like it isnt as easy as it used to be, and cant get back from it in case of a warranty return
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You can get back to s-on
eric90gt said:
S-off looks like it isnt as easy as it used to be, and cant get back from it in case of a warranty return
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It's still fairly easy. Once I got the right kind of wire (speaker wire instead of a paperclip), it literally took just a few minutes to complete it. Got the timing right on the first try with the right wire.
And like Ashton said, you can return to S-On.
Yeah, s-off is truly easy. I know it seems intimidating and complicated, but 95% of the process is automated scripts. Once again, if you follow directions and take your time, its easy. I was surprised at how easy it was once I've completed it. Now I've done the process 5+ times and it takes less than 3 minutes from start to finish.
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Make your the RUU is a zip and name it PH98IMG. S-OFF seems complicated, but it's not all you have to do is make sure you are rooted and have dev unlocked your phone run ControlBear and do the wire trick when told to. If you fail just leave the phone alone and close/open ControlBear again and keep trying.
localceleb said:
Yeah, s-off is truly easy. I know it seems intimidating and complicated, but 95% of the process is automated scripts. Once again, if you follow directions and take your time, its easy. I was surprised at how easy it was once I've completed it. Now I've done the process 5+ times and it takes less than 3 minutes from start to finish.
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I will say it was a giant pain in the ass for me. I followed the timing and was pretty careful about it but it just didn't work. I was using a paperclip (uninsulated) so maybe that's why, but I eventually just spammed the other terminal and one of those times it took. haha
Bensky91 said:
I will say it was a giant pain in the ass for me. I followed the timing and was pretty careful about it but it just didn't work. I was using a paperclip (uninsulated) so maybe that's why, but I eventually just spammed the other terminal and one of those times it took. haha
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I got it to almost work only once with a paperclip. It failed at the end though (gave still sober message). After about 20-30 minutes of fiddling with it... I got sick of it. Took off one of the wires from my home theatre (18 guage probably, and ~25 ft lol), and used that. Worked the first try lol.. So yeah, been recommending actual wire rather than paperclips if possible.
Hey guys....
I feel really stupid about this entire thing but I've finally decided to post here because I'm getting desperate.
The guide in question (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1563342) is fairly striaghtforward. Except the links are really scattered, at least for me. I'm on HBOOT 1.58, and I've had numerous problems even getting to the point where my phone is relocked (it's currently HTC unlocked because I use an MIUI port ROM) successfully. I would bring my problems to that thread, but I don't have 10 posts, which is a questionable rule but w/e.
Anyway, here's my problem. First, I'll tell you what I've done so far, and the problem I've come across both times.
1. Place a "2.89 RUU" or whatever onto my SD card and call it PG86IMG. This is where most of my confusion is. OP of that thread hasn't yet covered what the difference between 2.17 and 2.89 is, but my understand is that 2.17 corresponds with HBOOT 1.5 and 2.89 to 1.58. Honestly, all these numbers piss me off when there's little to no documentation of what the hell they even mean. This file is about 448 MB and my understanding was that it was a stock RUU and would make it so I could access my phone while it was still locked, which you can't do with a 3rd party ROM like the one I usually use.
2. Lock my phone's bootloader. I just did fastboot oem lock in Windows and it rebooted to *** RELOCKED *** *** Security Warning ***. Apparently this is normal, and now I need to flash said RUU.
3. Flash the RUU. This took an EXTREMELY long time, and it went through Loading PG86IMG.zip.. then to some other stage that took much less time to complete. After that it just sits in the bootloader.
Here's my concern... I can't access my SD card. Why? Because I can't even get out of the bootloader or fastboot. All it does is sit here, and since I can't remove the update file PG86IMG.zip, if I try to enter recovery (which I'm sure won't work anyway) it will try to start loading that file again. I don't really know what step I missed here, but it's probably because I'm fairly clueless when it comes to this stuff, lol.
So, I did this once, and then I waited about 6 hours for HTCdev's site to stop crashing so I could unlock my phone again. Made it through a school day with my old ROM and stuff, deleted the update files so they wouldn't run again, etc. etc.
Now, I'm doing it again today with this new 2.89 RUU or whatever and the same exact problem is happening. So now I'm at a stage where my phone is entirely useless until HTCdev.com starts actually sending e-mails. I swear, these crashes on HTCdev's part could not be more untimely.
So basically, what am I doing wrong with relocking my phone? OP implies that I should be able to start my phone (not the bootloader, but actually start it) because they ask after you've supposedly re-locked the bootloader for you to move a new PG86IMG.zip file onto your SD card, which I'm unable to do because my phone can't get out of fastboot/bootloader screen. That's the next step, which is actually doing the downgrading.
And yes, I know that it's possible for HBOOT 1.58 because someone else already did it (last post in the thread).
At this point, I don't really care when I get it to work, man. This is proving to be such a gigantic pain in the ass just to install a new Jelly Bean ROM. I JUST WANT JELLY BEAN!
If anyone can send a noob in the right direction, that'd be great. I have all week and all weekend, but I've run out of time to waste on this for today. I guess most of what I need is to know what files I'm supposed to be downloading, because I have a feeling that's most of what I'm getting wrong.
I hope I've explained my problem well enough, and thanks a ton to anyone who just suffered through reading my essay and can offer help. I'll be sending this to OP of the guide as a PM so hopefully if none of you guys can help they can.
Thanks a ton everyone, I just want to get Jelly Bean on my phone and stop dealing with MIUI :laugh:
Update: Found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1495358. I believe this will probably help me out a lot! Wish I would've seen it sooner.
TL;DR: Need better explanation of how to relock 1.58 hboot bootloader with a stock rom, and where to find the rom.
Honestly, your post was tl;dr for me, but I think you would be best served to follow ramjet's guide to s-off. It's really the easiest and includes everything you need.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1889438
coal686 said:
Honestly, your post was tl;dr for me, but I think you would be best served to follow ramjet's guide to s-off. It's really the easiest and includes everything you need.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1889438
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Lol. I'm not surprised. I tend to pour my heart out on forums when I get to the point of desperation.
Gonna be honest with you, zero interest in the wire tap method. Zero. Not trying it. Not even going to think about it. Sorry, I appreciate the idea but honestly screw that.
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Lol. I'm not surprised. I tend to pour my heart out on forums when I get to the point of desperation.
Gonna be honest with you, zero interest in the wire tap method. Zero. Not trying it. Not even going to think about it. Sorry, I appreciate the idea but honestly screw that.
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Then, honestly, you are EXTREMELY limited as to what you can do. S-Off is your best bet. Good Luck.
raptoro07 said:
Then, honestly, you are EXTREMELY limited as to what you can do. S-Off is your best bet. Good Luck.
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I don't understand how that limits me at all. I just want to use the downgrade method to hboot 1.4 and s-off. I never had any intention of staying on hboot 1.5, and certainly not hboot 1.58.
Logic33 said:
I don't understand how that limits me at all. I just want to use the downgrade method to hboot 1.4 and s-off. I never had any intention of staying on hboot 1.5, and certainly not hboot 1.58.
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From my understanding, the downgrade method works with hboot 1.58, but you have to brick your phone twice. But it really is the more challenging method so you may want to reconsider your stance on the wire trick. I've yet to hear of an unhappy customer who followed ramjet's guide.
coal686 said:
From my understanding, the downgrade method works with hboot 1.58, but you have to brick your phone twice. But it really is the more challenging method so you may want to reconsider your stance on the wire trick. I've yet to hear of an unhappy customer who followed ramjet's guide.
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I'm not sure.
However, this thread can be closed because I *finally* got the RUU to work properly! I was doing things in the wrong order, and not using the .exe was a silly idea. It's much easier that way. Currently have stock ROM running on a locked 1.58 hboot. Now I can continue!
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I'm not sure.
However, this thread can be closed because I *finally* got the RUU to work properly! I was doing things in the wrong order, and not using the .exe was a silly idea. It's much easier that way. Currently have stock ROM running on a locked 1.58 hboot. Now I can continue!
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Good! :thumbup:
Keep posting questions, we'll do our best to help.
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Good! :thumbup:
Keep posting questions, we'll do our best to help.
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LOLJK. I swear, at this point HTC must be trolling me. It's loaded up now. Thanks for trying to help everyone! I can't wait to get Jelly Bean on here soon!
Doubt this will help, but did you remove the PG86IMG.zip from your sd card? Also, did you run the ruu.exe while in bootloader (it will say fastboot usb in red). I'm sort of grasping at straws since the ruu usually works without issue when using the exe.
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Doubt this will help, but did you remove the PG86IMG.zip from your sd card? Also, did you run the ruu.exe while in bootloader (it will say fastboot usb in red). I'm sort of grasping at straws since the ruu usually works without issue when using the exe.
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I have a feeling you didn't see my update It magically decided to work. Here comes double bricking action... this should be (un)fun D:
i am on hboot 1.58 and used HTC Unlock and wire trick to get s-off. i was about to flash a JB Rom but realized that it requires hboot to be lower than 1.58. so all i do is pick the first hboot 1.40 from Here, put it in the root of SD, boot up the phone in recovery and flash that PG86IMG.zip.
once its done ill swap the SD with another one which would have the ROM i want to install, then boot again in recovery and wipe Dalvik+cache, and then flash ROM?
am i doing it right?
thank you.
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i am on hboot 1.58 and used HTC Unlock and wire trick to get s-off. i was about to flash a JB Rom but realized that it requires hboot to be lower than 1.58. so all i do is pick the first hboot 1.40 from Here, put it in the root of SD, boot up the phone in recovery and flash that PG86IMG.zip.
once its done ill swap the SD with another one which would have the ROM i want to install, then boot again in recovery and wipe Dalvik+cache, and then flash ROM?
am i doing it right?
thank you.
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No, do it from the bootloader
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fdavila17 said:
No, do it from the bootloader
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I have the exact situation with my wife's phone? I want to install Pacman on her phone which is still stock. Is all I have to do what chubaan said?
ruckstande said:
I have the exact situation with my wife's phone? I want to install Pacman on her phone which is still stock. Is all I have to do what chubaan said?
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Just download the hboot you want, 1.50 or below to get PACMAN to.boot, rename it as PG86IMG.zip place it on the root of your sd card, go to.the bootloader and select yes to apply update , and your done
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Thank you.. that's what I did. And after you're done make sure to wipe dalvik and cache from recovery, at least in my case I had to. And then flash the rom. And that's it..
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Once I've unlocked boot loader and rooted the phone, is there a way to revert back to stock un rooted and un locked should I need to use sprints TEP?
Yes all you need to do is Run an RUU.
centro714 said:
Once I've unlocked boot loader and rooted the phone, is there a way to revert back to stock un rooted and un locked should I need to use sprints TEP?
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just flash the latest (or your current RUU if you are s-on) and re-lock your bootloader too. You can also make the phone s-on if you are s-off currently, but to tell you the truth in the past 6 years the number of phones i had replaced by sprint when I have TEP they never ever cared. I had a my m8 replaced by them and when I was showing them how the power button would not work all the time the phone was unlocked and running the google play addition rom.. lol They dont really care. Certainly flash the RUU but the relock and son are up to you. They take two seconds to do and can be undone easily if you for some reason do not get the phone replaced.
To relock bootloader - I believe this thread requires s-off but I think it will give you a Locked status instead of the "relocked"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...er-htcdevs-t3092036/post60334159#post60334159 - Thank @scotty1223 for the thread
To go from s-off to s-on
fastboot oem writesecureflag 3
***EDIT*** Important - in those threads be careful about what RUU you flash when they tell you do especially if you are s-on. I mean worst case you brick and you're getting the phone replaced but still just an FYI. Flash only the RUU of your current firmware version if s-on
I won't bother asking what s on and off and ruu are lol, I'll do that research myself.
Just glad to see some activity here.
Thanks for the help. Phone is awesome now on bad boys rom!
centro714 said:
I won't bother asking what s on and off and ruu are lol, I'll do that research myself.
Just glad to see some activity here.
Thanks for the help. Phone is awesome now on bad boys rom!
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Good Good, may I ask? Why the TEP claim/replacement? if its running well.
deakelem said:
Good Good, may I ask? Why the TEP claim/replacement? if its running well.
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Just preparing for the future. If there's no way of reverting back to fully stock, then I may cancel tep, but all looks good now.