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Do we have any information on whether the bootloader within the AT&T variant of the HTC One is unlocked or not?
its locked.
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Just ordered the Dev Edition for $649.
Toaster Strudels said:
Do we have any information on whether the bootloader within the AT&T variant of the HTC One is unlocked or not?
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I'm sure it's locked at the moment. But, given time, I'm willing to bet it will be cracked.
Its locked and AT&T wont let you unlock the bootloader of the HTC One. Similar to last year with the HTC One X. This decision may be over turned again though,
I also purchased the unlocked Dev edition, it's only a matter of time before we can find a workaround for At&t's BS.
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I'm sure it's locked at the moment. But, given time, I'm willing to bet it will be cracked.
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I just pre ordered, and I hope the great devs here don't let me down cause im a flashaholic and don't think ill be able to stand not flashing roms and mods from my favoit devs here on this wounderful site
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Its locked and AT&T wont let you unlock the bootloader of the HTC One. Similar to last year with the HTC One X. This decision may be over turned again though,
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Your statement sounds like you're stating a fact. How do you know it wont be unlock-able? have any insider info? The X+ that came out after the X was unlock-able from day 1. I canceled the ATT pre order and ordered the dev version to be on the safe side, but fact is nobody knows at this time.
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Your statement sounds like you're stating a fact. How do you know it wont be unlock-able? have any insider info? The X+ that came out after the X was unlock-able from day 1. I canceled the ATT pre order and ordered the dev version to be on the safe side, but fact is nobody knows at this time.
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I pre ordered through att and I have faith that it will be able to be unlocked with time if it isn't able to immediately through the dev site. I hope.
when i got my oneXL it was locked down and it quickly became unlocked i have no dought the same will happen with the htcone
Well this sucks, coming from sprint and had no idea that att doesn't allow htcdev.... Not sure what to do about my preorder or even getting this phone now.
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CiDhed said:
Well this sucks, coming from sprint and had no idea that att doesn't allow htcdev.... Not sure what to do about my preorder or even getting this phone now.
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I canceled my pre order the same day I placed it and brang home the s3 and was running a custom from in less than 24 hours
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I canceled my pre order the same day I placed it and brang home the s3 and was running a custom from in less than 24 hours
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I'm thinking that with the $100 card I'll get from HTC I'll just get a Nexus 4 or wait for Google I/O and get the 5(whatever it will be called). The One can be my backup phone and if it ever gets a root hack I'll do it then.
So my question is if it is locked will we still be able to say at least root the phone from day one? Atm I'm more concerned with root vs roms
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So my question is if it is locked will we still be able to say at least root the phone from day one? Atm I'm more concerned with root vs roms
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Nobody can answer that question yet. A root exploit will need to be found (or some way to unlock the bootloader without root). But nobody is going to put the work in, until the AT&T version is released (since all other versions can be bootloader unlocked).
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So my question is if it is locked will we still be able to say at least root the phone from day one? Atm I'm more concerned with root vs roms
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From what I understand.. you need to unlock to root. I'm also more concerned with just rooting vs roms.
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Your statement sounds like you're stating a fact. How do you know it wont be unlock-able? have any insider info?
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He is taking the info posted in this thread as fact. Cuz you know, everything on Twitter is true. lol
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From what I understand.. you need to unlock to root.
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Incorrect. 2 different perm root exploits, and 1 temp root were found on the One X so far (HTC kept patching the root exploit with each new OTA, so devs kept finding other methods).
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He is taking the info posted in this thread as fact. Cuz you know, everything on Twitter is true. lol
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Incorrect. 2 different perm root exploits, and 1 temp root were found on the One X so far (HTC kept patching the root exploit with each new OTA, so devs kept finding other methods).
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Thanks for correcting me. I'm jumping from an international SGS2 so I've been trying to aggregate information based on the One X. Definitely a much more difficult process it appears.
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Thanks for correcting me. I'm jumping from an international SGS2 so I've been trying to aggregate information based on the One X. Definitely a much more difficult process it appears.
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I fact, the exact opposite of what you said is the case on the AT&T One X. You actually need root (at least temp root) before you can unlock the bootloader. There might be some way (exploit) to unlock the bootloader without root. But no such method had been found yet.
redpoint73 said:
I fact, the exact opposite of what you said is the case on the AT&T One X. You actually need root (at least temp root) before you can unlock the bootloader. There might be some way (exploit) to unlock the bootloader without root. But no such method had been found yet.
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Awesome. I remain hopeful for then.
I need a bit of advice on what to buy. I'm currently on AT&T contract with my old iPhone 5, but want to buy the One. I have a few options:
1. Craigslist seller #1 ($500)- It's a 32GB Global Unlocked version. However, they said that it will work with AT&T but it will only be HSPA + not LTE. Is this true?? He ahd it on AT&T but couldnt get LTE. I checked the HTC website and the 32GB Global Unlocked version did have one compatible band (700MHz) with AT&T's LTE, so I can't see why it wouldnt work. What do you guys think?
2. Craigslist seller #2 ($500)- She has a 32GB T-Mobile version that she got as a gift at a HTC event. It has never been activated. We tried calling TMO last night to get it unlocked, but they were clueless. I did find that I could get it unlocked for around $25 from a site online. If we do this, will it work on AT&T LTE? Any way to remove the TMO bloatware and crap from it?
3. Buy the phone direct from AT&T outright ($600). It's guaranteed to work with their LTE, but would come with the bloatware. It's more than the craigslist sellers, but at least I'd have the support of AT&T if anything ever went wrong with it (since I bought it from them). However, it's only like $30 less than the 64GB Developer edition
4. Buy direct from HTC (32GB global unlocked or Dev edition). This way guarantees me that I get the fastest updates (is that true for both or only the Dev edition) and no carrier bloatware, but I'd have to wait 2-4 weeks for the phone to arrive, and I'm impatient as hell. I know it's the smartest and best option, but I dont really feel like waiting.
If I can get #1 working on AT&T LTE, I think it's my best option, but I'm not sure if that will work. According to this XDA post, the Global Unlocked version should work with AT&T LTE, but the seller is telling me that it doesnt.
So what do you guys think? What's my best move & option here?
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Sorry. Where should I have posted this?
Buy it from AT&T. As you said, the support is worth the extra $$.
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Buy it from AT&T. As you said, the support is worth the extra $$.
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Grr, yeah that's what I was thinking. I guess it's the smarter option. Would probably be better to get the Dev edition for $50 more and a few weeks of waiting. I want to make sure I get software updates as fast as possible. I'm still stumped.
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Buy it from AT&T. As you said, the support is worth the extra $$.
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Any thoughts on option #1? Seems strange that it would have one of the correct AT&T LTE bands, but not work on AT&T. Maybe a different APN setting? I dunno. That seems like the best option, provided I can get it to work on AT&T.
You're on a development forum.. remember that.
It all comes down to this: are you happy with HSPA+ Speeds? If so, save $100 and get the unlocked version. If you want LTE, get the phone direct from AT&T. You will not get LTE speeds from any One except the AT&T model, this is proven by numerous accounts of people doing reviews on YouTube using the unlocked on AT&T.
Now, if you decide to get the AT&T, first thing to understand is you're on a developement forum.. how many people here (all of which are on AT&T still have their bloatware installed? Almost no one. I have One, and the first thing I did was unlock bootloader, root, flash a stock ROM (TrickDroid) which comes with many benificial features, including NO bloat, and fixes for bugs in HTC stock firmware.
Trust me, you're going to want to unlock, root and flash a custom ROM.
As for updates, the people that will get the updates first, before anyone else, is us. Because we are on a developement forum. People will start cooking up updates before HTC even released anything. And once AT&T or HTC starts rolling out the updates, we, XDAers will definitely know about it. And the ROMS will start getting updates.
So go for the LTE version, and know, you'll be bloat free, speeedy and the first to hear about any updates.
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You're on a development forum.. remember that.
It all comes down to this: are you happy with HSPA+ Speeds? If so, save $100 and get the unlocked version. If you want LTE, get the phone direct from AT&T. You will not get LTE speeds from any One except the AT&T model, this is proven by numerous accounts of people doing reviews on YouTube using the unlocked on AT&T.
Now, if you decide to get the AT&T, first thing to understand is you're on a developement forum.. how many people here (all of which are on AT&T still have their bloatware installed? Almost no one. I have One, and the first thing I did was unlock bootloader, root, flash a stock ROM (TrickDroid) which comes with many benificial features, including NO bloat, and fixes for bugs in HTC stock firmware.
Trust me, you're going to want to unlock, root and flash a custom ROM.
As for updates, the people that will get the updates first, before anyone else, is us. Because we are on a developement forum. People will start cooking up updates before HTC even released anything. And once AT&T or HTC starts rolling out the updates, we, XDAers will definitely know about it. And the ROMS will start getting updates.
So go for the LTE version, and know, you'll be bloat free, speeedy and the first to hear about any updates.
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Haha yeah, I purposefully came to a dev forum. You guys know more about this **** than anyone. Since I'm brand new to Android, I dont really know much about rooting, Roms etc. I hope it's easy. I'm reasonably technical, but not a dev or engineer. Can you point me to the beginner's guide to rooting and flashing roms?
Also, I heard conflicting reports about the Dev Unlocked phone direct from HTC working on AT&T LTE, so I dont know what to believe anymore. I guess the AT&T version is the best bet.
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Haha yeah, I purposefully came to a dev forum. You guys know more about this **** than anyone. Since I'm brand new to Android, I dont really know much about rooting, Roms etc. I hope it's easy. I'm reasonably technical, but not a dev or engineer. Can you point me to the beginner's guide to rooting and flashing roms?
Also, I heard conflicting reports about the Dev Unlocked phone direct from HTC working on AT&T LTE, so I dont know what to believe anymore. I guess the AT&T version is the best bet.
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Alright here's how it works. Once you get to the AT&T HTC One section, that's the start. From there you see catigories. General is mostly for stories and such, that's why this thread should be in Q and A. Then there's stuff like themes and apps section, and accessories (self explanitory) then the good stuff. Origional Development is developement that has been done SPECIFICALLY for the AT&T variant of the One. The Developement section can be ports of other phones or other variants. So, in the Developement section, we find this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2245776
[XMOD] MoDaCo Toolkit (with HTC One specific mods)
That is a guide to unlocking bootloader, rooting and flashing.
Do you have a PC? If so things are a little simpler if you ask me.
Hope that helps, and I'm glad someone made a noob friendly guide because I had to do it all manually before they made it. Haha
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Alright here's how it works. Once you get to the AT&T HTC One section, that's the start. From there you see catigories. General is mostly for stories and such, that's why this thread should be in Q and A. Then there's stuff like themes and apps section, and accessories (self explanitory) then the good stuff. Origional Development is developement that has been done SPECIFICALLY for the AT&T variant of the One. The Developement section can be ports of other phones or other variants. So, in the Developement section, we find this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2245776
[XMOD] MoDaCo Toolkit (with HTC One specific mods)
That is a guide to unlocking bootloader, rooting and flashing.
Do you have a PC? If so things are a little simpler if you ask me.
Hope that helps, and I'm glad someone made a noob friendly guide because I had to do it all manually before they made it. Haha
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Awesome thanks! I have a Mac, but have Win8 installed via Parallels, so I think I should be good. Thank you so much for your help!
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Awesome thanks! I have a Mac, but have Win8 installed via Parallels, so I think I should be good. Thank you so much for your help!
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Actually, bad idea a bit. You're going to want hardware specific drivers installed and if I remember, parallel and drivers can be weird. I would try to figure out the OS X way about things. It can be hard for even a windows computer to get the drivers installed correctly so good luck with a virtual OS.
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Actually, bad idea a bit. You're going to want hardware specific drivers installed and if I remember, parallel and drivers can be weird. I would try to figure out the OS X way about things. It can be hard for even a windows computer to get the drivers installed correctly so good luck with a virtual OS.
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Well crap. Thanks for poopin on my idea. I'll find an old ThinkPad at the office and borrow it for a bit. But even then, how hard is it for a windows comp to get the drivers installed??
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Well crap. Thanks for poopin on my idea. I'll find an old ThinkPad at the office and borrow it for a bit. But even then, how hard is it for a windows comp to get the drivers installed??
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Not hard, just don't download the HTC Sync from the HTC website, instead install this:
http://androiddrivers.net/android-drivers/htc-one-drivers/
Then the root tool thing should do the rest, I don't really know because I didn't use it.
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Not hard, just don't download the HTC Sync from the HTC website, instead install this:
http://androiddrivers.net/android-drivers/htc-one-drivers/
Then the root tool thing should do the rest, I don't really know because I didn't use it.
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Awesome, many thanks!!
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Awesome, many thanks!!
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No problem man, I remember getting into it, hard when people get annoyed when you're new. Haha I remember it well. People in the root tool thread were joking about having to pull their old laptops out of the closet too. Haha
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Awesome thanks! I have a Mac, but have Win8 installed via Parallels, so I think I should be good. Thank you so much for your help!
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I wrote a complete tutorial for unlocking the bootloader and rooting on a mac.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2245782
Just to consign, if you want it to work on att lte it has to be an att branded One. Also, avoid 2nd hand att devices unless you know the individual personally. If you purchase a device then they call it in lost/ stolen, it will be added to our blocklist and it cannot be used on our network.
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charleswesde said:
Just to consign, if you want it to work on att lte it has to be an att branded One. Also, avoid 2nd hand att devices unless you know the individual personally. If you purchase a device then they call it in lost/ stolen, it will be added to our blocklist and it cannot be used on our network.
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Nope
The Unlocked regular and Dev editions sold directly by HTC work on AT&T LTE.
I agree about buying second hand though, it can be risky
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I wrote a complete tutorial for unlocking the bootloader and rooting on a mac.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2245782
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Good stuff gunny, didn't realise it was essentially the same steps for Mac.
But for a begginer, understanding some of that can be confusing. It's a good learning experience though. Who knows, I'd say barrow the windows. Lol
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Good stuff gunny, didn't realise it was essentially the same steps for Mac.
But for a begginer, understanding some of that can be confusing. It's a good learning experience though. Who knows, I'd say barrow the windows. Lol
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steps are the same. just no pesky windows drivers to mess with. fastboot and adb just work
Will AT&T Roms work on T-Mobile HTC One? I thought someone in the forums said that it was okay as long it isn't a Sprint Rom (I can't find that post anymore) but I was wondering specifically if I could flash the CleanRom for AT&T version.
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Will AT&T Roms work on T-Mobile HTC One? I thought someone in the forums said that it was okay as long it isn't a Sprint Rom (I can't find that post anymore) but I was wondering specifically if I could flash the CleanRom for AT&T version.
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Short answer is Yes ...............TGIG.....
I am very happy with the current costumer rom, Android Revolution HD 8.1. However, maybe one day I need to get back to T-Mobile stock version. Where can I find the OFFICIAL T-Mobile HTC One RUU? Thanks.
dont think its available yet. there is a nandroid of the tmo developer edition on the international thread under general
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dont think its available yet. there is a nandroid of the tmo developer edition on the international thread under general
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Yep...not available yet.
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Is this still not available? I cannot find it.
No, it's not.
Well that sucks. What about a recovery backup? Can't find it either.
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Well that sucks. What about a recovery backup? Can't find it either.
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Here
https://mega.co.nz/#!gpIFGR7L!c5o74Ex6k3wkVlWKWgSrJBrguShtjHXeB6YQPmoqAmM
RUU released here:
https://support.htc.com/en-us/030-HTC_One_T-Mobile/Software_Updates/HTC_One_Maintenance_Release_Instructions_%7C_7.23.2013
Can't run RUU .EXE
I've tried to run the setup, and I get either nothing on the screen, or a -5005 error. Any ideas?
THIS IS A LIFE SAVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to try this right now!! OMGGG
The ruu is corrupt.
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The ruu is corrupt.
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you mean the one on HTC's site?
This One
explains why it refuses to run on any of my computers
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you mean the one on HTC's site?
This One
explains why it refuses to run on any of my computers
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Same here I have been going insane trying to figure out why it would not open. The installer would eitgher crash or nothing would happen. Very happy too see it's not just me. Anyone contact HTC about this?
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Here
https://mega.co.nz/#!gpIFGR7L!c5o74Ex6k3wkVlWKWgSrJBrguShtjHXeB6YQPmoqAmM
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Unreal! Jaxenroth, you are the man! This backup image allowed me to return to stock and get OTAs! I see a ton of people asking for info about doing this with very little in the way of step-by-step solutions for returning to stock. Would you mind if I used your backup image link in a post offering the steps for getting to stock?
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hello,
I converted my tmobile htc one into a google play edition a few days ago and for the most part i have no complaints. however, a few days ago i noticed that i wasnt able to pick up an lte signal. I'm not sure what is going on here. I'm on the southern california area(riverside) is the lte down or something. it was working perfectly a few days after i converted my one to the GPe so i don't think this could be a problem. I was thinking of running an RUU back to stock to try and see but i dont know what to do. Any ideas??
Do you still have the T-Mobile radio, or is it now switched to the GP radio firmware?
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Do you still have the T-Mobile radio, or is it now switched to the GP radio firmware?
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i believe it is the GP radio the reads 4A.18.3263.15_10.38h.1157.04L
I'm on that same radio and my LTE works.
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I'm on that same radio and my LTE works.
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did you convert your htc one to a GPe? i have done everything but a reset which i might do. it also might be the signal might be down in my area. i had this problem happen before earlier in the year with my note 2 i didn't have lte yet but i didn't have any hspa service for two days so it could be that but since i converted my one i hope its not something hardware related
Good question. Though I'd give a t-mo radio flash a try. It's easy enough to flash back.
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Good question. Though I'd give a t-mo radio flash a try. It's easy enough to flash back.
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yeah i suppose so. as of the moment i'm not rooted or anything. I'm however still S-OFF. Would I have to install a custom recovery and then flash the tmobile radio?
You should be able to fast boot it. I'd look for a good guide in the HTC One international forums.
I'm rooted w custom recovery, so it's a bit easier for me.
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You should be able to fast boot it. I'd look for a good guide in the HTC One international forums.
I'm rooted w custom recovery, so it's a bit easier for me.
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alright i will attempt this later tonight. thanks for the help and i will update with whatever happens.
Update: So i just went to Target which is about 6 miles from my house and I got LTE just fine so maybe it might be just a tower by my area that isn't working. I might just wait this out then idk i might flash the radio and see what happens
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hello,
I converted my tmobile htc one into a google play edition a few days ago and for the most part i have no complaints. however, a few days ago i noticed that i wasnt able to pick up an lte signal. I'm not sure what is going on here. I'm on the southern california area(riverside) is the lte down or something. it was working perfectly a few days after i converted my one to the GPe so i don't think this could be a problem. I was thinking of running an RUU back to stock to try and see but i dont know what to do. Any ideas??
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I'm sorry if this is irrelevant, but can you please point me in the direction of the thread where you learned to do that. I want to try it out, but I've been getting confused. Hopefully yours is a bit simpler.
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I'm sorry if this is irrelevant, but can you please point me in the direction of the thread where you learned to do that. I want to try it out, but I've been getting confused. Hopefully yours is a bit simpler.
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Nah its cool. The problem I had fixed itself. Some tower by my house was down or something. Anyways look in your inbox for help