[How to]reset your "lock status" flag - Verizon HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE

with the rezound,some folks unknowingly re-unlocked after s off to regain use of fastbooot commands,after running ruus that replaced the patched jpbear hboot. i thot i would bring this here,in case there ever becomes a need.
i happened across this thread inthe gsm evo 3d forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1970252 and found it to work on the rezound,inc 4g,sensation 4g,cdma evo 3d,and prolly several others.
this does NOT mean you can unlock your bootloader without going thru htcdev. all this means,is that if you accidentally unlocked your bootloader after s-off,you can get rid of the relocked watermark and get back to 100% locked prior to s-on for warranty purposes,without having to s-on and re-s off.
ive always been unlocked. for S&Gs,i dumped mmcblk0p3 and found the described "HTCU" at 0x8404. changed it to 0x00000000 and voila! back to locked
afterward,relfashed my origianl mmcblk0p3,wich brought me back to unlocked with no getting or flashing tokens.
this is NOT a patched or hex edited hboot.again,this is ONLY to get back your original ***locked*** status.
2 ways to do it:
1)old school
this assumes you to have drivers,adb/fastboot,a hex editor,a fair understanding about what youre doing,and the ability to follow directions on the linked thread
Code:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Scott>[COLOR="Red"]cd c:\mini-adb_vigor[/COLOR]
c:\mini-adb_vigor>[COLOR="red"]adb devices[/COLOR]
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
HTxxxxxxxxxx device
c:\mini-adb_vigor>[COLOR="Red"]adb shell[/COLOR]
[email protected]:/ $ [COLOR="red"]su[/COLOR]
su
[email protected]:/ # [COLOR="red"]dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/sdcard2/mmcblk0p3[/COLOR]
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/sdcard2/mmcblk0p3
64734+0 records in
64734+0 records out
33143808 bytes transferred in 9.519 secs (3481858 bytes/sec)
[email protected]:/ # [COLOR="red"]exit[/COLOR]
exit
[email protected]:/ $ [COLOR="red"]exit[/COLOR]
exit
c:\mini-adb_vigor>[COLOR="red"]adb pull /sdcard2/mmcblk0p3[/COLOR]
2292 KB/s (33143808 bytes in 14.116s)
[COLOR="Blue"]*modify mmcblk0p3 with a hex editor[/COLOR]
c:\mini-adb_vigor>[COLOR="Red"]adb push mmcblk0p3mod /sdcard2/mmcblk0p3mod[/COLOR]
2478 KB/s (33143808 bytes in 13.059s)
c:\mini-adb_vigor>[COLOR="red"]adb shell[/COLOR]
[email protected]:/ $ [COLOR="red"]su[/COLOR]
su
[email protected]:/ # [COLOR="red"]dd if=/sdcard2/mmcblk0p3mod of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3[/COLOR]
dd if=/sdcard2/mmcblk0p3mod of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3
64734+0 records in
64734+0 records out
33143808 bytes transferred in 18.937 secs (1750214 bytes/sec)
[email protected]:/ #[COLOR="red"] exit[/COLOR]
exit
[email protected]:/ $ [COLOR="red"]exit[/COLOR]
exit
c:\mini-adb_vigor>[COLOR="red"]adb reboot bootloader[/COLOR]
c:\mini-adb_vigor>
2)noob friendly
-download the appropriate zips,place on sd card.
-boot to recoverywipe cache/dalvik
-flash in recovery. i recomend to run query first,to make sure its working. tested on my personal rezound,inc 4g,sensation,and gsm evo 3d.
query:http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jg8v4ady8nyc8bu
query_bootloader.zip f335f78f9f46469c823da0c671026de5
unlock:http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?il51rl2j1m8417b
unlock_bootloader.zip f335f78f9f46469c823da0c671026de5
lock:http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?05ow9uhw540p6jy
lock_bootloader.zip f335f78f9f46469c823da0c671026de5
a little bit of explanation. yes,the md5s are all the same. its the same file,just named differently. the script behaves based on the name of the zip. i knew if i only included 1 download and instructed folks to change the name there would be confusion,so this is my attempt to keep it simple. feel free to download one file and just change the name to make the other zips.
it also works to make your phone relocked if for some reason you want it that way(rename relock_bootloader.zip). i didnt include a zip for that because i figued there would be no demand.
before:
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after:
sure,i could have easily faked the above photos,but i dint.
again,all credit goes to s trace on the above thread,be sure to clock the thanks button on his post. all i did was remove the device check per his instruction. DO NOT flash on other devices without checking for the proper location of the lock flag first.
DISCLAIMER:this is not my work. i have tested it on my own device,but use it at your own risk. if it melts your phone into a lil pile of goo,its not my fault.
enjoy

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Might want to change that CID as well

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*Madmoose* said:
Might want to change that CID as well
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
CID would obviously need chagned if one were returning to stock. it is easily chagned(when s-off) and not part of the same memory block as the lock flag,and thus not real imortant in the pics,or this thread. superCID is not as big deal when a phone is only used on one region/carrier,so i assume most folks are chanig it back anyway after unlock or s off.
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I had a speaker bust on my inc4g so I got to test this out and it worked flawlessly
Sent from my ADR6410LVW using xda app-developers app

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awsome! glad it was helpful

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Beautiful! Thanks a bunch!