Hello! I'm selling my evo, so I'm needing to get it back to factory settings. I unlocked the phone with HTC Dev, it's s-on, and running Mean ROM ICS.
It's been a while since I've done it, and I can't remember much about the process. The phone doesn't need to be unrooted or bootloader locked, it just needs to be able to receive OTA updates. Recovery is loaded on the device. I don't recall the name of the recovery, but it's mentioned frequently on these forums.
If any other info is needed, please let me know.
Thanks in advance!
How much are you selling it for? I'm just curious because I'm interested in selling mine too.
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Get the S-off using moonshine or face palm and than you can use viper ruu to go back to stock without the tampered message on boot loader.
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Sounds good, I'll check into that after work. Looks to be exactly what I'm looking for.
Judging from good condition, clean ESN phones on ebay, I'm hoping to get around $170. I've seen a few sell for that, and even a few bad ESN phones go for $120-130. Realistically, I'm guessing it'll sell for around $150.
I kept it in a case the entire time. I really wish that glossy back didn't scratch so easily, otherwise it'd be in excellent condition.
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Treason686 said:
Hello! I'm selling my evo, so I'm needing to get it back to factory settings. I unlocked the phone with HTC Dev, it's s-on, and running Mean ROM ICS.
It's been a while since I've done it, and I can't remember much about the process. The phone doesn't need to be unrooted or bootloader locked, it just needs to be able to receive OTA updates. Recovery is loaded on the device. I don't recall the name of the recovery, but it's mentioned frequently on these forums.
If any other info is needed, please let me know.
Thanks in advance!
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Why bother? Id delete my stuff n sell it.
It's not obvious?
Root and custom ROM may scare away potential customers.
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nah
Easy sale at his price of 170. Wipe stick a stockish rom on it n collect the dough. Craigslist.
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So i really want to unlock but im worried about it still saying re-locked at the top if i ever have to send it back for any reason just in case. Maybe im just paranoid but i have already had 1 replacement and i don't want to have trouble if i need another. Anyways, my question is has anyone successfully returned a rezound BY MAIL. i dont care about if it worked in a store, i have to send it back by mail. Has anyone done it? If so, post your results
PS. I am not new to rooting, i had a Dinc and loved all the roms for it but you could always get it back S-on if you needed a replacement and there's no way to do that with this one.
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So i really want to unlock but im worried about it still saying re-locked at the top if i ever have to send it back for any reason just in case. Maybe im just paranoid but i have already had 1 replacement and i don't want to have trouble if i need another. Anyways, my question is has anyone successfully returned a rezound BY MAIL. i dont care about if it worked in a store, i have to send it back by mail. Has anyone done it? If so, post your results
PS. I am not new to rooting, i had a Dinc and loved all the roms for it but you could always get it back S-on if you needed a replacement and there's no way to do that with this one.
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Multiple threads on this already that answer your question.
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Multiple threads on this already that answer your question.
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i searched and everyone has returned them to a store which is not an option to me. Also, you could just answer if you know rather than trolling and not even giving an answer
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i searched and everyone has returned them to a store which is not an option to me. Also, you could just answer if you know rather than trolling and not even giving an answer
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Not trolling. I gave you an answer.
"If you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day; if you teach a man to fish, he will eat for a lifetime."
Plus plenty of people have posted their experiences about doing this over the phone. It was all that was talked about the first week we got HTC Dev unlock.
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Not trolling. I gave you an answer.
"If you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day; if you teach a man to fish, he will eat for a lifetime."
Plus plenty of people have posted their experiences about doing this over the phone. It was all that was talked about the first week we got HTC Dev unlock.
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I have tried looking and i REALLY cant find any threads that state someones results clearly so could you possibly link me to one if there are so many?
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I have tried looking and i REALLY cant find any threads that state someones results clearly so could you possibly link me to one if there are so many?
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Don't do it, it probably won't end well
If you can't find it then assume the worst or keep on googling
Hit thanks or ill hit you
Don't do what?
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You still have HTC's Warranty, as for Verizon.. A store Visit they won't really bother going as deep as checking the bootloader... A mail in to Verizon they would notice once they try to Debug it before selling it off as Refurbished and sending you another
But DO they check and debug that deeply. Going to a store is really just not an option for me and I don't want to be stuck with a defective phone if I can't get it replaced and its a hardware problem.
EDIT: Also, what does HTC's warentee cover vs. Verizon's?
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HTC claims they will cover all HW issues NOT related to unlocked bootloaders. Verizon is kinda up in the air. I can say plenty of people have said that they have sent multiple phones back to Verizon while still rooted and s-offed, so not just the rezound and have never been charged.
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But DO they check and debug that deeply. Going to a store is really just not an option for me and I don't want to be stuck with a defective phone if I can't get it replaced and its a hardware problem.
EDIT: Also, what does HTC's warentee cover vs. Verizon's?
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In all reality it comes down to the individual person at Verizon who checks the phone... Somebody might load up the Bootloader and See "Unlocked" and all hell breaks loose... Or some dude might just ignore it and flash a Factory Locked Bootloader and move on..
As for Warranty IDK.... Check the manuals that came with the phone
So, here's the better question, has anyone here actually been slapped with a fine for returning an unlocked bootloader?
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So, here's the better question, has anyone here actually been slapped with a fine for returning an unlocked bootloader?
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So far as we are aware, noone has. To be honest, as tach said, they might just flash the stock bootloader and go on. Depends on if that employee wants extra work or not.
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If I worked for Verizon and got your phone, I wouldn't care... **** I'll fix it and flash an engineering bootloader and send it back to you just for laughs
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If I worked for Verizon and got your phone, I wouldn't care... **** I'll fix it and flash an engineering bootloader and send it back to you just for laughs
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So I think ill unlock Tom.... I can't believe its been thus long since I have flashed a Rom lol and also, do you have any idea how VZW flashes the bootloader?
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So I think ill unlock Tom.... I can't believe its been thus long since I have flashed a Rom lol and also, do you have any idea how VZW flashes the bootloader?
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They have the tools to create an RUU that has an engineering/unlocked bootloader
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They have the tools to create an RUU that has an engineering/unlocked bootloader
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Is this at the store or at a return center? Not sure of the terminology for the location where a VZW employee would have the opportunity to flash an engineering bootloader.
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I don't think they will go that deep and check the bootloader, when my OG droid antenna crapped out on me I brought it in on cyanogenmod and they didn't even notice, the employees in most of the cases don't know squat about the phones and what to do with them
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I don't think they will go that deep and check the bootloader, when my OG droid antenna crapped out on me I brought it in on cyanogenmod and they didn't even notice, the employees in most of the cases don't know squat about the phones and what to do with them
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Yea but did you bring it into a store or call and mail it in?
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If you got insurance and your that scared to take it back relocked, just "accidentally" back your car over it
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In the opinion of whoever replies to this, what would a literally New in box, unlocked white HTC Amaze 4g sell for? I was just wondering what the members of this forum thought.
Thanks!
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NIB, Unlocked would be around $500USD. Though that price point may change as more people switch to HTC One.
Make sure u sell it fast before the one series drops and kills some value for the amaze. I'd sell mine (if I were to sell it rooted and sum unlocked) for no less than $450... And mine is near mint (no dings, dust, or scratches and protected with case and screen protection) Figure price of accessories when u sell it too.
Maybe sell it rooted with an 8gb SD card loaded with all ROMs/Kernels/Themes/etc so they can pick. Might help value... Idk
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Alright, and it would technically be taken out of the box to root and unlock sim, but I actually have a 32 gig sd card, so I guess that could help. So you guys think 475ish is a good starting price for all that?
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Alright, and it would technically be taken out of the box to root and unlock sim, but I actually have a 32 gig sd card, so I guess that could help. So you guys think 475ish is a good starting price for all that?
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500 is a good start... Could always try 550... Check eBay and amazon... See what the market demands
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Alright, thanks.
Now, if I send my phone into T-Mobile for a replacement while it's rooted with an unlocked bootloader, will they send it back? Do I need to like relock the bootloader, flash the stock ruu and what not?
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I don't know if you need to reset the bootloader to locked, but I'm pretty sure you need to load the stock ROM.
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I think there's a thread for restoring to stock, so I'll double check there. Thanks people!
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I don't know if you need to reset the bootloader to locked, but I'm pretty sure you need to load the stock ROM.
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You MUST relock bootloader to flash a stock ruu unless you are restoring a backup of a stock rooted setup in which that is not stock ruu. If that makes sense
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Good info. Thanks.
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I have a HTC Inc 4g development test phone with S-Off for sale. Phone is clear with very lite use. Asking $275.00 and can send pics to pm.
Phone is also listed online for sale, so when sold post will be update.
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Phone is sold, I'll send phone first so that the buyer can check the Dev HTC boot loader test key HTC120001K-Test. After it's check buyer is to send cash. Thank you and good luck...
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very nice man!
thank you for this!
I'm sure you will have one very happy customer
I don't know why you would send anything before cash in hand? Makes no sense.
You can always refund...
Do I read this as: Andy bought the s-off phone?
Then can I read sometime next week that Andy was able to get the unlocked bootloader off the phone and onto all of our locked down phones?
I'm going to live in that little fantasy for a while.
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Do I read this as: Andy bought the s-off phone?
Then can I read sometime next week that Andy was able to get the unlocked bootloader off the phone and onto all of our locked down phones?
I'm going to live in that little fantasy for a while.
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haha I wouldn't know the first thing to do with an S-OFF phone besides use it as an unlocked device
but na I didn't buy it.
we will have S-OFF once root comes.
Sigh. It was a great fantasy for those few minutes
I am curious though - Is it possible to copy the unlocked bootloader from an s-off phone, bundle it into a fake OTA and then force an update to make an s-off phone? Would that work, or can an update.zip OTA package be installed only from the /Cache directory?
I might have another unlock test phone for sale. Somebody was going to buy my second phone but it looks like he is backing down due to money. This phone is unlock and was used for OTA testing. I'll give my friend until the end of this weekend and if he does not have the cash, it'll be up for sale too.
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2nd HTC Inc 4G for sell with S-Off
Ok my friend does not have the cash to buy my second HTC Inc 4G phone. I have attach pics of the phone with my user name. Again this phone was used for testing OTA of the new RUU for Verizon and is S-Off. I was selling the phone to a friend for $200.00 and would sell the same to XDA PPL. I have not listed this phone on the internet, just XDA. Maybe Adam could help with this ENG H-Boot for S-Offing others.So if you have any questions please ask.
Why are you selling your phone and you just sold another phone? I sell my test phones to buy other phones that are not HTC. I get to play with new HTC phones and I test for new OTA RUU's. But I also like to play with other phones like the Galaxy SIII and I'm saving for the next Nexus phone.
Is this a joke? I really don't care what people have to say about me. I just get to do things that most people would love to do. I took a pic of the phone with my user name. If your going to be ruled to me, then good for you.....
Can you help us with S-Off? NO, but I would ask Adam about this and see if this Eng H-Boot would help,
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Ok my friend does not have the cash to buy my second HTC Inc 4G phone. I have attach pics of the phone with my user name. Again this phone was used for testing OTA of the new RUU for Verizon and is S-Off. I was selling the phone to a friend for $200.00 and would sell the same to XDA PPL. I have not listed this phone on the internet, just XDA. Maybe Adam could help with this ENG H-Boot for S-Offing others.So if you have any questions please ask.
Why are you selling your phone and you just sold another phone? I sell my test phones to buy other phones that are not HTC. I get to play with new HTC phones and I test for new OTA RUU's. But I also like to play with other phones like the Galaxy SIII and I'm saving for the next Nexus phone.
Is this a joke? I really don't care what people have to say about me. I just get to do things that most people would love to do. I took a pic of the phone with my user name. If your going to be ruled to me, then good for you.....
Can you help us with S-Off? NO, but I would ask Adam about this and see if this Eng H-Boot would help,
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Hey there!
I would like to buy the phone, does it come with a box and a charger though?
teressaeid said:
Hey there!
I would like to buy the phone, does it come with a box and a charger though?
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I have a box but no charger, that's why this one is listed for $200. A charger cost around $20.
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No problem, can I buy it ?
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No problem, can I buy it ?
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PM sent with my address to send money, after the money is received I'll PM you back and post a tracking number.
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I just chatted with justin case. Aka @teamandirc on twitter. He said he would try to get a root but he needed someone s-off with. Stock rom
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So I sent a money order of $200.00 via USPS, you should receive it by Thrusday-Friday
The tracking number is 0312 0860 0001 7255 2204
Sent you a picture of the USPS receipt
Cool can you please pm me your mailing address that you want me to mail the phone to.
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Got the money order tonight, so when I take the kids to school I'll send the phone with a tracking number...
So unfortunately I didn't know that the DNA had lost its capability of being rooted unto after I Sold my old phone. Should I return my phone and get one tat can be easily rooted or should I stay steady in hopes of a new root method, well s-off. Or if I can should I try to put in a insurance claim and get a DNA that maybe hasn't had an ota update?
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So unfortunately I didn't know that the DNA had lost its capability of being rooted unto after I Sold my old phone. Should I return my phone and get one tat can be easily rooted or should I stay steady in hopes of a new root method, well s-off. Or if I can should I try to put in a insurance claim and get a DNA that maybe hasn't had an ota update?
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Good luck with insurance. Got 2 - new in box not referb - DNAs after much *****ing n threatening to bounce within my 2 weeks. And one from Amazon. No luck. The kernel source will be out eventually. Trust me this will be rooted n s-off. Its time at this point. Our devs rock. Without the source, cracking this is like figuring out what makes potato chips when all you have to go on is a finished product. Sometimes u get lucky
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Insurance will send a phone with ota installed. I have also gotten 2. Don't bother with that.
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Or if I can should I try to put in a insurance claim and get a DNA that maybe hasn't had an ota update?
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Why not just stage a slip and fall accident at Wal-Mart, file lawsuit for several millions dollars, profit, and buy a new phone (or several).
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So unfortunately I didn't know that the DNA had lost its capability of being rooted unto after I Sold my old phone. Should I return my phone and get one tat can be easily rooted or should I stay steady in hopes of a new root method, well s-off. Or if I can should I try to put in a insurance claim and get a DNA that maybe hasn't had an ota update?
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Or if you're really desperate, just JTAG it. Either yourself (not recommended unless you REALLY know what you're doing) or send it off.
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Or if you're really desperate, just JTAG it. Either yourself (not recommended unless you REALLY know what you're doing) or send it off.
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How do u jtag without a riff?
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I believe he meant you could buy the riff and do it yourself not recommended if you don't know what you're doing. Not that you can do it virtually.
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Hello,
I have the purple camera issue on my HTC one and was going to have it repaired at an AT&T Store. Basically my device is S-OFF, unlocked, and running the Google Play Edition RUU. Any one have their phone repaired thats similar to mine. I don't think they'd actually check that stuff, but maybe. Hopefully someone has done this before.
Thanks,
GalaxyUser50
I have AT&T as well but since I purchased my ONE over the phone since it was a phone only deal, I had to get it repaired also over the phone and I had to send back 3 phones(all kept having problems) until I finally got a perfect phone. All the phones I had S-off, and unlocked and rooted and they never said anything about it.
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FauxAffliction said:
I have AT&T as well but since I purchased my ONE over the phone since it was a phone only deal, I had to get it repaired also over the phone and I had to send back 3 phones(all kept having problems) until I finally got a perfect phone. All the phones I had S-off, and unlocked and rooted and they never said anything about it.
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Thanks for the reply, so basically they repaired them? or sent you new ones?
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Thanks for the reply, so basically they repaired them? or sent you new ones?
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Sent me factory "refurbished" ones. One had purple problem again but worse, the others had yellow dim looking screens..not bright or vivid at all so returned them too. Number 4 is going strong fingers crossed lol
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GalaxyUser50 said:
Hello,
I have the purple camera issue on my HTC one and was going to have it repaired at an AT&T Store. Basically my device is S-OFF, unlocked, and running the Google Play Edition RUU. Any one have their phone repaired thats similar to mine. I don't think they'd actually check that stuff, but maybe. Hopefully someone has done this before.
Thanks,
GalaxyUser50
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No one checks for S-Off. At least no one I talked to. Most of them don't even know what that is, and it's pretty hidden on the Hboot page unless you are looking for it. However, you should probably relock your devices so you don't have the awesome "this is for development purposes" splash screen when the phone boots up.
I recommend using Guru Bootloader reset, since it will not come up with a "relocked" tag but will just say "locked".
http://www.htc1guru.com/guides/lock-bootloader/
Just flash in recover! I've used it a few times already.