Is there like some sort of secret to root this phone? And if not why isn't it posted all over the place. HTC Dev wont let me unlock so it's impossible for me to do anything.
addictedhacks said:
Is there like some sort of secret to root this phone? And if not why isn't it posted all over the place. HTC Dev wont let me unlock so it's impossible for me to do anything.
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Poorly kept secret, really? here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2109862
Ah.. Theres a 2 star rated complete root thread stickied in Dev. However this is not. Thank you.
addictedhacks said:
Ah.. Theres a 2 star rated complete root thread stickied in Dev. However this is not. Thank you.
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"original development" subforum does make finding stuff like this more time consuming sometimes, I agree. I rarely think to check it myself.
Also the sticky in the development section that lists all of the root methods mods Roms you name it I'm sure its in that post
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.torrented said:
Also the sticky in the development section that lists all of the root methods mods Roms you name it I'm sure its in that post
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Youre a little late..... 10 years late. Read the first post it wasn't there. However, It might be there now.
addictedhacks said:
Is there like some sort of secret to root this phone? And if not why isn't it posted all over the place. HTC Dev wont let me unlock so it's impossible for me to do anything.
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addictedhacks said:
Youre a little late..... 10 years late. Read the first post it wasn't there. However, It might be there now.
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Well there isnt anything indicating that you've found what you were looking for, I'm not quite sure what you mean by me being 10 years late and I do know for a fact that a little searching around the development forums you would have found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011243 at the top of the page just where I said... oh and all questions are supposed to be posted in the Q & A section...
you gotta unlock the bootloader first then flash a boot.img w/ system write enabled then flash a recovery then the modules and then the superuser.zip to get root access...
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Well there isnt anything indicating that you've found what you were looking for, I'm not quite sure what you mean by me being 10 years late and I do know for a fact that a little searching around the development forums you would have found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011243 at the top of the page just where I said... oh and all questions are supposed to be posted in the Q & A section...
you gotta unlock the bootloader first then flash a boot.img w/ system write enabled then flash a recovery then the modules and then the superuser.zip to get root access...
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Thanks man. Have a good one!
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Thanks man. Have a good one!
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There's a button for that.
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There is also a really good thread stickied in the Q&A Section which explains some issues and links the unlock method. The unlock method thread should probably also be stickied in the Development Section IMHO.
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CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME OUT WITH THIS UNLOCKING THING!!! I just got the DNA on 2/14 and nothing is going through. I have been trying for the past two days. I try the CID.apk method...nada; HTCDev method...nada; tried flash RUU method...same crap. All failing!!! Do I need to return it and got another one???
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CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME OUT WITH THIS UNLOCKING THING!!! I just got the DNA on 2/14 and nothing is going through. I have been trying for the past two days. I try the CID.apk method...nada; HTCDev method...nada; tried flash RUU method...same crap. All failing!!! Do I need to return it and got another one???
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How about providing some actual, useable information. Like,what does "failing" mean exactly?
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You're right beaups, let me break it down:
-From the CID.apk method, I got the "VZW_001" in abd fastboot oem readcid, which I heard is a no go.
-At HTCDev I got the error code #160 message (MID Not allowed) when I pasted the token ID (from start to end, excluding the word INFO) that I obtained from fastboot oem get_ identifier_token.
-RUU.exe stated not to be able to update my device to 1.15xxx from 2.4.605.2
I don't know what else to do. I cannot retire my Droid 4 just yet because of that. Your help would be very appreciated.
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You're right beaups, let me break it down:
-From the CID.apk method, I got the "VZW_001" in abd fastboot oem readcid, which I heard is a no go.
-At HTCDev I got the error code #160 message (MID Not allowed) when I pasted the token ID (from start to end, excluding the word INFO) that I obtained from fastboot oem get_ identifier_token.
-RUU.exe stated not to be able to update my device to 1.15xxx from 2.4.605.2
I don't know what else to do. I cannot retire my Droid 4 just yet because of that. Your help would be very appreciated.
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Ok. Has your phone already taken the update? (What software version are you on?). If its been ota'd, there is no unlock method for you currently. And based on what I've found so far, there may not be one any time soon.
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Ok. Has your phone already taken the update? (What software version are you on?). If its been ota'd, there is no unlock method for you currently. And based on what I've found so far, there may not be one any time soon.
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Yes I had an update as soon as I slipped my SIM card in. I am running the 2.4.605.2 version right now. Can the Jcase's exploit help me change the CID in order to unlock the bootloader via HTCDev?
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Yes I had an update as soon as I slipped my SIM card in. I am running the 2.4.605.2 version right now. Can the Jcase's exploit help me change the CID in order to unlock the bootloader via HTCDev?
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No. There is no method to unclock your phone at this time.
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No. There is no method to unclock your phone at this time.
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That sucks...! Thanks though
http://goo.gl/zfwUo
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No. There is no method to unclock your phone at this time.
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As this is my first post I beg of you to take it a little easy on me. I am currently on the new OTA and have had the DNA for 5 days. I realize the lockdown on this phone is particularly harsh with this update so I am curious if I can return the phone to Verizon for a non-updated new one but I will need some type of ammo to go in there with to really get them to exchange it. The only problem I have had so far is that my financial pages for paying bills (Verizon included) and my expense reporting will not load. Perhaps this is a java error that the OTA may have caused and I am sure Verizon wants their money so that will be a way to win.
Are there any major issues with the current OTA I can add to my complaint list to get my hands on another one?
And yes, it is very rude to ask a dev if they are coming close to a solution but I am curious if it will be all for naught and the workaround is on the horizon or in the near future. I'm sure it's on many new owners' minds and they are scared to ask so let the noob bashing begin on me. I can take the abuse.
Knowing my luck I will come home from the store and blammo beaups and jcase have cracked it.
Update : Called Verizon, made claim, got a new in box sealed DNA, brought it home and went to work on it!
Proud owner now of a rooted, unlocked, s-off, rom and custom kernel running, new OTA radio, future updates from Verizon ota's blocked, bad boy of a DNA!
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Could somebody provide thread paths for instructions on s-off/root for HTC rezound. I get mine this week. hope it lives up to the hype. Thanks!
Did you even attempt to look at the Dev section where there is a pinned thread? Or maybe use the search function?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?f=1389
No offense but it's obvious you didn't even try to find what you're looking for.
s-off/root help
I am fairly new here, but did look thru Q&A and Dev section. I probably should have asked for recommendations on best process for s-off/root. I did see a toolkit, but also wondered if there were more highly recommended or other options. Thanks,
mjones73 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?f=1389
No offense but it's obvious you didn't even try to find what you're looking for.
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I am fairly new here, but did look thru Q&A and Dev section. I probably should have asked for recommendations on best process for s-off/root. I did see a toolkit, but also wondered if there were more highly recommended or other options. Thanks,
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I don't think you even looked because I believe the root thread is the fourth pinned thread in the Dev section.
I'm not usually one to jump on people about not searching and whatnot, but wow.
There is no guide for S-Off, it's not available yet.
There is a rooting guide stickied at the top of the Dev forum.
JCatman said:
Could somebody provide thread paths for instructions on s-off/root for HTC rezound. I get mine this week. hope it lives up to the hype. Thanks!
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Good god. Search please.
To get S-OFF, simply remove your phone from the box, charge the battery completely, turn it on and then fill the sink with water. When full, place the phone in the sink for no less than 2 hours. Then you'll definitely have S-OFF.
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To get S-OFF, simply remove your phone from the box, charge the battery completely, turn it on and then fill the sink with water. When full, place the phone in the sink for no less than 2 hours. Then you'll definitely have S-OFF.
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You forgot to add the part where you pour oil on top of the water and light it on fire, that way when you pull the phone out it gets dried
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con247 said:
Good god. Search please.
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Didn't even have to do that. Just go to the Dev section and open eyes and look.
What I'm thinking is that it was harder to find the Rezound Q/A section on XDA than it would be to find the root/unlock thread in the Dev forum.
Evo4gLI said:
To get S-OFF, simply remove your phone from the box, charge the battery completely, turn it on and then fill the sink with water. When full, place the phone in the sink for no less than 2 hours. Then you'll definitely have S-OFF.
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+1
sent from my Rezound running BAMF v2.1 and loving it
Evo4gLI said:
To get S-OFF, simply remove your phone from the box, charge the battery completely, turn it on and then fill the sink with water. When full, place the phone in the sink for no less than 2 hours. Then you'll definitely have S-OFF.
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worked like a charm. now i have cm10 (Jelly Bean) on my phone!!
antp121 said:
worked like a charm. now i have cm10 (Jelly Bean) on my phone!!
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blah... i have key lime pie... beat that!
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blah... i have key lime pie... beat that!
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dam man ive been looking all over the place for that. My friend is on Lemon Meringue.
Hot or cold water? Should I be in slowboot mode?
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What's the gain in being a **** to the guy? He asked about s-off, yes he could have searched, but the question is only half answered. We don't have s-off as a community yet. Only unlocked and s-on, which is a sticky in the dev section.
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So I take it that there was never a previous s-off version of a rezound available. Like how over on the evo-3d forums they were able to figure out how to downgrade their hboot versions to obtain s-off?
StinkyBurrito said:
So I take it that there was never a previous s-off version of a rezound available. Like how over on the evo-3d forums they were able to figure out how to downgrade their hboot versions to obtain s-off?
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Nope, obviously HTC would cover up any exploits previous to this phone.
There's a method in the works but looks like we will be waiting awhile
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1454 said:
What's the gain in being a **** to the guy? He asked about s-off, yes he could have searched, but the question is only half answered. We don't have s-off as a community yet. Only unlocked and s-on, which is a sticky in the dev section.
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Actually being a **** is exactly what he did to start this off. He couldn't even be bothered to peel open his eyes to see the stickied thread in the Dev section. You know, then one that actually says that it is currently S-On in the title of the thread...
Devs and others put a lot of hard work into putting that info together for us, the least we could do is make an attempt and read at least the first page of the forums.
His answers can still be found if he does his part.
This is probably common knowledge, but since the only place I found it in our forum was buried deep in a 1500+ reply thread I thought I'd make a new thread for it.
If you don't know, super CID is more or less like root for hboot/fastboot. Why do we care? It means we can install any ROM we want if the propaganda is to believed.
More importantly, it means we don't have to lock our bootloaders before we RUU if we don't want to.
Here are the simple steps to get super CID.
S-OFF is required.
1. fastboot oem readcid
2. write down your existing cid.
3. fastboot oem writecid 11111111
4. fastboot owm readcid
5. verify it has changed. It should list your old CID as your backup CID.
I tested this by flashing the 2.x RUU, unlocking the bootloader via HTCDev, and then flashing the RUU again immediately after I got unlocked.
--As is noted by other people. This isn't actually useful for us. But yay, now you know and don't have to spend 5 hours researching like I did.
i just did this earlier today
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This is probably common knowledge, but since the only place I found it in our forum was buried deep in a 1500+ reply thread I thought I'd make a new thread for it.
If you don't know, super CID is more or less like root for hboot/fastboot. Why do we care? It means we can install any ROM we want if the propaganda is to believed.
More importantly, it means we don't have to lock our bootloaders before we RUU if we don't want to.
Here are the simple steps to get super CID.
S-OFF is required.
1. fastboot oem readcid
2. write down your existing cid.
3. fastboot oem writecid 11111111
4. fastboot owm readcid
5. verify it has changed. It should list your old CID as your backup CID.
I tested this by flashing the 2.x RUU, unlocking the bootloader via HTCDev, and then flashing the RUU again immediately after I got unlocked.
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i don't see why anyone has unlocked... there's absolutely NO need with S-off
what do you mean by flash any rom? like could we take a rom for diff phone and install or what
werdna87 said:
i don't see why anyone has unlocked... there's absolutely NO need with S-off
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Maybe some people like to see it say "Unlocked" on the top of their bootloader instead of "Locked".
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what do you mean by flash any rom? like could we take a rom for diff phone and install or what
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+1. What he said........ ???
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dogredwing1 said:
what do you mean by flash any rom? like could we take a rom for diff phone and install or what
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The point of supercid was more or less for phones with oversea counterparts
Like the inspire HD and desire HD
Same phone for the most part just branded different, supercid would allow you to flash an inspire Rom to the desire
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superchilpil said:
The point of supercid was more or less for phones with oversea counterparts
Like the inspire HD and desire HD
Same phone for the most part just branded different, supercid would allow you to flash an inspire Rom to the desire
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So in that case it servers no purpose on the rezound?
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nosympathy said:
So in that case it servers no purpose on the rezound?
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Correct. This guy needs to stop posting these useless threads. This isn't development. That is common knowlege.
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This is probably common knowledge, but since the only place I found it in our forum was buried deep in a 1500+ reply thread I thought I'd make a new thread for it.
If you don't know, super CID is more or less like root for hboot/fastboot. Why do we care? It means we can install any ROM we want if the propaganda is to believed.
More importantly, it means we don't have to lock our bootloaders before we RUU if we don't want to.
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where did you get this information the cid is the carrier id,and simply tells the phone what factory RUUs its allowed to install. it has absolutely nothing to do with locking bootloaders. once you are s-offed,if you choose to unlock,you can run an ruu without relocking,period. its got nothing to do with superCID.
superCID is cool for phones like the sensation,desire HD,and other world phones becasue it lets us run other carriers branded,or unbranded software. ive been running asian/european ICS on my sensation for weeks now
while i did change the CID of my rezound for S&Gs,it is at this point,completely pointless,as all we have access to are vzw RUUs do not be mistaken that this lets you flash other phones roms. that would be an extremely bad idea
while i appreciate your bringing forth this information,id prolly advize that most folks do not do this. at this point there are no benefits,and its one more thing you will have to remember to return to stock if you ever need to send the phone in for warranty.
my 2 cents.
edit: yall beat me by minutes
nosympathy said:
So in that case it servers no purpose on the rezound?
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Pretty much. No practical purpose.
werdna87 said:
i don't see why anyone has unlocked... there's absolutely NO need with S-off
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its a good substitue for the eng hboot for new rooters,as it allows fastboot boot and fastboot flash,and even allows you to change cid and the secureflag. in short its got all the commands that most folks will ever need
it also is a lil less dangerous than flashing a new(potentially corrupt and unchecked by a "whats an md5sum??" new rooter) bootloader. remember without a bootloader your phone is useless. i personally see nothing wrong with unlocking rather than flashing an eng or patched hboot.
i agree theres no need to unlock,but theres othing wrong with it,either.
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Pretty much. No practical purpose.
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Seriously. Stop posting this pointless crap. Feel free to make a rom or kernel or something and post it but photos and a single useless fastboot command are useless and isn't development.
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Correct. This guy needs to stop posting these useless threads. This isn't development. That is common knowlege.
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Not common knowledge. Also, not in our forums till now. Just because YOU have a lot of experience with HTC phones doesn't mean everyone else does.
Everything that I have posted has been useful to someone. Just because we have S-OFF does not remotely mean that we are at the end of the line for development.
Perhaps you would like to make a post with your common knowledge about how to compile AOSP from scratch for our phone. Or how to flash a new hboot from download mode or JTAG/SPI for those who bork their hboot?
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Seriously. Stop posting this pointless crap. Feel free to make a rom or kernel or something and post it but photos and a single useless fastboot command are useless and isn't development.
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So can you tell me where I should have looked to have known that it was useless until I made this thread?
Also, since it is common knowledge, can you tell me where the JTAG ports are in the pictures I posted. Or more specifically, the pinouts?
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1. Perhaps you would like to make a post with your common knowledge about how to compile AOSP from scratch for our phone.
2. Or how to flash a new hboot from download mode or JTAG/SPI for those who bork their hboot?
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1. Where did a comment about AOSP come from? A rom could have meant a sense rom.
2. You didn't figure out how to flash hboot via download mode/ JTAG or SPI. All you did was post pictures of the inside. You didn't label a single port or anything.
Just drop it. Yes cid is pointless as soff is unlocked. and rooted bootloader? Lol. But still just say something and drop it. No need to rub it in.
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jclendineng said:
Just drop it. Yes cid is pointless as soff is unlocked. and rooted bootloader? Lol. But still just say something and drop it. No need to rub it in.
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Dropping it.
Mods you might as well delete this thread. I still think it is useful information even if the application isn't.
jefffeely said:
Dropping it.
Mods you might as well delete this thread. I still think it is useful information even if the application isn't.
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I think what con was getting at is you giving information like this, that doesn't do anyone any good concerning this phone is pointless to post in the development section. Post it all you want in general.
I think putting long tube headers on a muscle car is useful information, but since it doesn't apply to this phone I am not going to make a thread about it in the development section.
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I think what con was getting at is you giving information like this, that doesn't do anyone any good concerning this phone is pointless to post in the development section. Post it all you want in general.
I think putting long tube headers on a muscle car is useful information, but since it doesn't apply to this phone I am not going to make a thread about it in the development section.
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I just didn't know that at the time I posted this thread. As far as I could tell it was useful information since there are still people locking and unlocking their bootloaders. Other phones have super cid info posted in their dev sections, how was I supposed to know it "useless".
It really is too bad that it has been deemed useless though. It already has been useful to me.
Still trying to figure out how to unlock the note 2 after applying that ****ing update. Should I just sell the ****ing thing or can it be done?
Wrong section.
drew4452862 said:
Still trying to figure out how to unlock the note 2 after applying that ****ing update. Should I just sell the ****ing thing or can it be done?
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You posted in the wrong section bud. Also read through the correct section and you will find your answer. Moderator please move.
drew4452862 said:
Still trying to figure out how to unlock the note 2 after applying that ****ing update. Should I just sell the ****ing thing or can it be done?
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Questions belong in the Q&A section, but the root thread is under Original Development Section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37195287
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drew4452862 said:
Still trying to figure out how to unlock the note 2 after applying that ****ing update. Should I just sell the ****ing thing or can it be done?
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You should just curse more on the internet and all your problems will be solved
God bless the American people.
barrackOBAMA said:
You should just curse more on the internet and all your problems will be solved
God bless the American people.
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Coming from someone with the name barrackOBAMA...lol!
Sent from my tube steak using your face.
He just opened like 3 thread ugh smh
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Yeah I got crazy frustrated with this one. Here goes. So I booted into odin, which needed the kies driver is memory serves. Ran the Root66 in PDA. Then I rebooted my phone, went into the usb debugging and MTP for usb. Updated my phone, to VRALL4 like the normal OTA updates from VW. ran CASUAL-BackAtchaVerizon-Revision311b with java (build 1.7.0_17-b02). The damn thing went through. Not trying to run sboot.bin through odin. As far as the guides go, you need to click the generic serial to be replaced in casual. Also some guides didnt show what state the phone was in for casual. Just boot up the phone like normal. I'm trying to figure out what other snags i ran into...
You need THIS: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207. If you cannot root, unroot and start over. Stop making all these threads.
Threads Closed.
So i decided to ask LG if we actually do have an unlocked BootLoader and if we did how were we supposed to unlock it and this is what they responded me with....
Dear Carlos,
Thank you for contacting LG Electronics.
Unfortunately in USA models boot loader cannot be unlocked as a carrier request. USA models, even though they look similar to the international modes, have carrier specifications on their software. Due to their request that’s why we are not able to unlock it.
Once again thank you for contacting LG. In case you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact us again either via email, or by calling our customer service division at your convenience. Have a wonderful day.
Lorraine D.
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LG Customer Service
Toll Free number: 1-800-243-0000
LGEAI | Customer Interactive Center
Monday- Sunday
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Yeah, it sucks. Can we get the original unlocking bootloader guides back please? I want PACMAN tonight. /: You did have a nice find though with the whole official thing.
Ilxaot said:
Yeah, it sucks. Can we get the original unlocking bootloader guides back please? I want PACMAN tonight. /: You did have a nice find though with the whole official thing.
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Was there a better guide than the one found here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2198114
That makes sense why when I called LG and he told me that I needed to call T-Mobile for further information on the unlocking process....
Probably gunna give a call tomorrow...
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Was there a better guide than the one found here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2198114
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Yeah the Unlocking Guide for Noobs. He's making a video he said, and I'd be glad to help in any way I can.
T-Mobile petition?
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Juanito216 said:
T-Mobile petition?
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Good idea.
Juanito216 said:
T-Mobile petition?
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I'm for the idea of the petition.
This sucks. I was so expecting to try Paranoid Android on my phone. Ah, well.... at least it's rooted. I also deodexed and zipaligned and removed the bloatware.
If you disable the lockscreen and use Widgetlocker.... along with Nova Launcher, it does give it a Nexus feel.
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You really got my hopes up with the whole "official" thing, Carlos. But I appreciate all your efforts and that you were man enough to clear the record. Thanks.
RicAndroid said:
I'm for the idea of the petition.
This sucks. I was so expecting to try Paranoid Android on my phone. Ah, well.... at least it's rooted. I also deodexed and zipaligned and removed the bloatware.
If you disable the lockscreen and use Widgetlocker.... along with Nova Launcher, it does give it a Nexus feel.
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Dont you have to unlock the bootloader to root?
No, you can root if you downgrade to ICS, 10G. And then keep root while you update to JB.
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EDIT: Looks like theres a root method for JB, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2338816
EDIT: Looks like theres a root method for JB, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2338816[/QUOTE]
There is, and it does.
Tmobile rooted LG- P769 V20d, keeping sharp eyes out for "real" bootloader unlock
what about canadian model for wind mobile ?
policeman0077 said:
what about canadian model for wind mobile ?
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For rooting? It's the same I believe. For the bootloader, I'm not sure. I think you still need to unlock the way we do if you have a P769.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2242239
cmahendra made this great Start Guide and I swear it answers over half the questions asked here repeatedly. :good:
Meda808 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2242239
cmahendra made this great Start Guide and I swear it answers over half the questions asked here repeatedly. :good:
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I know, and it's sad to see how many people that don't take the time to read the first couple of threads.
kuma82 said:
I know, and it's sad to see how many people that don't take the time to read the first couple of threads.
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If not for cmahendra, I would have never learned how to offline flash. And his Infobank is awesome.
I just hope a better way to unlock the bootloader comes along eventually.
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kuma82 said:
I know, and it's sad to see how many people that don't take the time to read the first couple of threads.
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That's true, kuma.. Personally I read for a couple of weeks, over and over all that was needed and how to recover from mistakes.. It helped so much reading all the posts, what works, what doesn't. I'm very greatful to everyone that went before, and the crazy devs for pushing the envelope and figuring things out.
The current unlocking process may be complicated, but it works, if you take time to read(and read again).
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I want to unlock SO BADLY but I get stuck after I flash, I don't know what to do ahaha xD
The current unlock method for TMO P769 is so convoluted and it seems rather risky... Risky and destructive enough, I will probably not bother. How likely do you think a decent/proper unlock method will be found before the end of the year? I really dislike the stock UI and limited theming options/etc, came from PACMan on my previous phone and this is rather disappointing for a phone with such solid hardware.
Its looking pretty unlikely and I think I might just sell this phone and go back to Samsung where they tell the carrier where to shove it when they ask for a locked bootloader. Shame on LG for complying with this... Sure, they aren't Apple or Samsung but I think they could have pulled it off. At the very least they could have snuck some hidden method like HTC with the wire trick for S-OFF into the US version.
(Separate post for visibility)
This post on Reddit, shows a claimed "fully operational prototype" that the OP's father received from a friend who works for Samsung.
Here is the about screen.
I worked with the poster, over the weekend, to pull a system dump:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23060877490004987
The .rar contains the MMCBLK's, as well as the contents of /system as requested by Metallice in the original xda thread.
Please let me know if anything else is needed.
Edit: Title change (thanks 2swizzle)
Big thanks to Redditor iDubWheniStep for his patience and cooperation.
mattevt said:
(Separate post for visibility)
This post on Reddit, shows a claimed "fully operational prototype" that the OP's father received from a friend who works for Samsung.
Here is the about screen.
I worked with the poster, over the weekend, to pull a system dump:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23060877490004987
The .rar contains the MMCBLK's, as well as the contents of /system as requested by Metallice in the original xda thread.
Please let me know if anything else is needed.
Big thanks to Redditor iDubWheniStep for his patience and cooperation.
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Apologies for the self-bump, but I want to make sure those who requested the dump still have a chance to see it.
is this dump a no go?
2swizzle said:
is this dump a no go?
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Probably wont lead anywhere. Im assuming if it could there would of been some developer chatter. For all I know someone could be doing it behind closed doors tho.
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Im not as much of expert as some of these devs but ill take a look. I'll post back if I see anything interesting or useful.
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Probably wont lead anywhere. Im assuming if it could there would of been some developer chatter. For all I know someone could be doing it behind closed doors tho.
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No one has downloaded it yet. I feel silly going through all that work now.
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No one has downloaded it yet. I feel silly going through all that work now.
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They have a notice on the site that download counts aren't showing properly on the page. Im sure somebody has grabbed it. Plus, DL been going pretty slow for me at least, on any mirror not getting over 250KB/s thats like almost 2 hrs, lol
Im sure someone will chime in if it is useful, either way, thanks for the work on getting it put up, you never know what can help things along.
change the title to " here's the unlocked bootloader dump 2gb" potentially
also, shouldn't this be in the development section?
2swizzle said:
also, shouldn't this be in the development section?
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Probably not. This doesnt really have anything to do with rom development. None of the bounty/safestrap threads are in the dev section.
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Model number shows t-mobile.. So probably useless. You would need a verizon or AT&T.
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Wow this went no where I guess everyone has just kind of given up. This will be the last time I rush out and get a launch day "flagship" device paying full price. I thought for sure this phone would have a ton of development and a ton of accessories so far im seing neither. The s3 has alot more
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No one owes you anything. Develop what you want yourself. Why would you think that we would care if you bought a flagship phone or not?
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Surge1223 said:
No one owes you anything. Develop what you want yourself. Why would you think that we would care if you bought a flagship phone or not?
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I don't think he was ripping anyone saying he's "owed anything". Just exhibiting frustration on a locked bootloader. I too had hoped Sammy would not have gone this route, and more development would continue. Those of us on VZW should come to expect this now, as they are nazis with the bootloader. Bootloader unlock is not a selling point for me, but it does make it more fun.
ruffneckZeVo said:
Wow this went no where I guess everyone has just kind of given up. This will be the last time I rush out and get a launch day "flagship" device paying full price. I thought for sure this phone would have a ton of development and a ton of accessories so far im seing neither. The s3 has alot more
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It's just Verizon....
Besides that, I see alotta accessories.
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It is frustrating for those of us on ME7 not to have an unlocked bootloader, but I for one am grateful for the options we DO have right now... you can still root and use Xposed to customize to your liking or use Safestrap and flash a decent amount of roms. I will keep waiting patiently for someone to find an exploit, but in the meantime just shut up and enjoy what options we're even lucky enough to have. You picked Verizon, did you really expect freedom?
I just want the apps Verizon denied me
I love watermelon and fried chicken, grape soda and my SCH-I545.
Crawshayi said:
It is frustrating for those of us on ME7 not to have an unlocked bootloader, but I for one am grateful for the options we DO have right now... you can still root and use Xposed to customize to your liking or use Safestrap and flash a decent amount of roms. I will keep waiting patiently for someone to find an exploit, but in the meantime just shut up and enjoy what options we're even lucky enough to have. You picked Verizon, did you really expect freedom?
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The options we have seem to be enough for most users anyhow.