If I unlocked bootloader on AT&T does it become equivalent to Dev Edition M8 hardware wise? (I know that they come in different software flavors).
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I'm just trying to reason why will anyone want to buy a developer edition?
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The only benefits in buying a dev edition is:
No carrier branding
No preloaded carrier apps
Sim free
Bootloader already unlocked
Faster updates with Sense
But if you unlock your AT&T bootloader and flash a international rom you'll have the same device with no more AT&T apps and settings.
Plus with root you can always flash the latest leaks from any variant
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So there is nothing s-on or s-off kinda junk limitations? We get fully unlocked bootloader? I'm really happy with this phone in that case!
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If I'm correct both devices are S-On.. One just has a bootloader unlocked from the factory. And once we get S-Off then it wouldn't matter what rom or RUU you use. You'll be able to SuperCID and do much more
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ceo.mtcl said:
If I unlocked bootloader on AT&T does it become equivalent to Dev Edition M8 hardware wise? (I know that they come in different software flavors).
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If you don't have a tethering plan, tethering works out of the box on the unlocked and developer models. Then there's the AT&T bloat you can't remove without S-Off.
Other than that, they're pretty much the same and I'm happy with my bootloader unlocked AT&T model, though I would really like to get tethering working.
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The benefits in buying a dev edition is:
1. No carrier branding
2. No preloaded carrier apps
3. Sim unlocked
4. Bootloader already unlocked
5. Faster Android updates
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Two more to add to this list.
6. Tethering works
7. Full warranty
If you unlock the bootloader on any other phone, you void your warranty. With the developer edition, your warranty is maintained.
Its worth it to note that there is an S-OFF tool now.
Dear young.
Please advice im on 4.2.2 mf3 gs4 ar &t i347.
Rooted.
Can I go to i9505 rom.?
If yes is it kitkat.
I want to use my gear and its not compayible with 4.2.2.
But samsug ask to wait ota.
Im stuck hear.
Please advice.
Can I get stock rom of kitkat to burn on mf3?
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nuwan5213 said:
Dear young.
Please advice im on 4.2.2 mf3 gs4 ar &t i347.
Rooted.
Can I go to i9505 rom.?
If yes is it kitkat.
I want to use my gear and its not compayible with 4.2.2.
But samsug ask to wait ota.
Im stuck hear.
Please advice.
Can I get stock rom of kitkat to burn on mf3?
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I guess you're in wrong forum.
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Its worth it to note that there is an S-OFF tool now.
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Yep already s_offed it. Not sure how helpful it is for me atm but why not.
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When you unlock your bootloader you void your warranty. We can do whatever we want to our devices and still be covered under HTC Manufacturer Warranty. You Bork your phone you have to find a way to fix it.
Tethering works out the box without being detected as well.
I always find a unbranded version a advantage over a carrier version.
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S off your device and than supercid. When all the RUU are released you can flash any of them. Right now we have a GPE conversion. Besides that we can flash any rom we want. Be careful and always remember to read if it is compatible with your model.
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When you unlock your bootloader you void your warranty. We can do whatever we want to our devices and still be covered under HTC Manufacturer Warranty. You Bork your phone you have to find a way to fix it.
Tethering works out the box without being detected as well.
I always find a unbranded version a advantage over a carrier version.
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S off your device and than supercid. When all the RUU are released you can flash any of them. Right now we have a GPE conversion. Besides that we can flash any rom we want. Be careful and always remember to read if it is compatible with your model.
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My credit card covers my phone warranty for two years as long as I purchased the phone via it. So I'm covered. If something happens, all I gotta do is take a brick and bash my phone with it, my credit card will cover hardware damages as well. Lol.
There are ways around everything, you just need to know it. Either way, I've never been scared to lose crappy warranties just because I felt the need to unlock the phone lol.
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My credit card covers my phone warranty for two years as long as I purchased the phone via it. So I'm covered. If something happens, all I gotta do is take a brick and bash my phone with it, my credit card will cover hardware damages as well. Lol.
There are ways around everything, you just need to know it. Either way, I've never been scared to lose crappy warranties.
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So fraud is better huh? Lol
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So fraud is better huh? Lol
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Nope, but jealousy of ignorant people is priceless lol.
I think the biggest fraud is from HTC to void warranty on unlocking bootloader. I'm just having myself covered with my resources.
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Unlocking boot loader MAY void your warranty. In the USA and Europe it will not(unless they can prove 100% that you caused the issue) due to consumer protection laws. Varies by country.
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Just curious.... has anyone ever looked at the contract lately. I was looking to see where it said anything about rooting devices but no dice. Can someone clear that up maybe with a link? Thank you
I don't believe the contract says anything about it, but the warranty on the other hand is a different story.
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I always wondered, if you told Verizon you are or were rooted, do they write it down? So even if you unroot they will know your warranty is void?
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I always wondered, if you told Verizon you are or were rooted, do they write it down? So even if you unroot they will know your warranty is void?
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Well with the Rezound, you need to use an unlock key from HTC's site, so they know you rooted your phone..
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Well with the Rezound, you need to use an unlock key from HTC's site, so they know you rooted your phone..
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I don't think they coordinate with vzw on that ... I would be very surprised I'd they did. But as for warranty... how would it void that?
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First of all, they probably won't check the bootloader to see if you've unlocked it. And if you really wanna be precautious, you can revert back to locked, although it is an extensive process
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Honestly i really understand why unlocking the bootloader voids your warranty since you cant really break your phone being S-ON, now if you were S-OFF that is a whole other story. And honestly someone who is unlocked and/or rooted is likely to have enough experience to be able to fix almost any software related issue(not always the case though). Being unlocked and/or rooted shouldnt hold you back from sending it in for warranty. Although i have heard some people say it goes through warranty just fine being rooted and unlocked.
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First of all, they probably won't check the bootloader to see if you've unlocked it. And if you really wanna be precautious, you can revert back to locked, although it is an extensive process
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I know what I can do... but it has nothing to do with my device ... I just am curious if vzw has anything legit in place against modifying software on the phones. I've seen where it says you can not modify the hardware but saw nothing of software
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cslingerland said:
I know what I can do... but it has nothing to do with my device ... I just am curious if vzw has anything legit in place against modifying software on the phones. I've seen where it says you can not modify the hardware but saw nothing of software
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I don't know legally what they can do, but I've had a few conversations with the local reps in my area. They don't care if you phone is rooted as most of them have rooted phones. I was in with my dad the one day back when he was getting the Tbolt, and the rep noticed that my bolt was rooted. He said honestly, he would never recommend the bolt to someone who wasn't going to root it anyway. I've been told that they are a lot more lax about rooting now than they were in the past.
At the Verizon store near me, the only person that cares is the manager. The rest of the employees don't care
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As far as I know Verizon doesn't care at all if you root, (I've unlocked the bootloader, relocked and sent in many Rezounds and they never cared) and HTC just tells you they have the right to not honor your warranty when you unlock your bootloader, at their discretion, but they almost always honor it.
Another thing, unless you have the extended warranty with Verizon (I think), your Rezound's warranty is handled by HTC, Verizon is just the middle man.
Legally Verizon can't do anything as it is legal for any consumer to root and do whatever the hell they want with the software on their phones, but they can choose not to honor your warranty if they feel your modifications are the reason the phone became faulty. Link http://www.intomobile.com/2010/07/26/iphone-jailbreak-and-android-root-declared-legal-in-us-feds-exempt-smartphone-hacks-from-dmca/
So your safe, have fun rooting worry free !
Isn't there a way to trick your phone so that Verizon can't tell you did it?
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My thought has always been yes I received a unlock code, but show me proof that I actually used the code and unlocked the bootloader.
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I have already sent back 4 Rezounds this year under the warranty and as I made of fact I am now awaiting my 5th any day. Each one was unlocked and rooted. I re-flash the RUU before sending it back and have not had an issue yet.
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I have already sent back 4 Rezounds this year under the warranty and as I made of fact I am now awaiting my 5th any day. Each one was unlocked and rooted. I re-flash the RUU before sending it back and have not had an issue yet.
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have you sent them back for legit problems? and what were you problems? (even if you made them up )
I think the only risk you would have is if they somehow found out you were tethering. It does day in the Verizon contact that you can't tether without using (and paying for) their service.
But I've also heard from countless people that they would never know. Unless you returned a phone with the tether app and files still in there.
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Doesn't tetherguard tell them you are tethering?
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They throw the returns in a bin. The whole idea of non removable battery is to make it easyer on the return department
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Doesn't tetherguard tell them you are tethering?
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No...they can't do anything unless you were stock and they had an app or service running at all times to monitor it. Otherwise they would have no way to tell
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No...they can't do anything unless you were stock and they had an app or service running at all times to monitor it. Otherwise they would have no way to tell
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Not 100% true. If you are doing a WiFi tether, where the device is acting as a hotspot they can tell because they can see more than one private IP being routed through your devices' public IP. This combined with the fact that you don't have hotspot on your account can be considered a breach of contract.
I recently sent my HTC one to HTC for resetting issues, I was issued an out of warranty fee. How did they find out my device had been unlocked at one point? I used revone to lock my device and I s on.. I'm running the new tmobile 1.44 patched firmware. Im wondering if HTC has created some sort of flash counter like Samsung??
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I recently sent my HTC one to HTC for resetting issues, I was issued an out of warranty fee. How did they find out my device had been unlocked at one point? I used revone to lock my device and I s on.. I'm running the new tmobile 1.44 patched firmware. Im wondering if HTC has created some sort of flash counter like Samsung??
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That's actually pretty interesting. Why did you send it to HTC rather than T-Mobile though?
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Maybe the unlock code being used and associating itself with the phone?
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Was it a hardware issue? You should be able to call them and have that waived. They cannot legally refuse to honor the hardware warranty because an unlock code was issued... even if they could prove you actually used it.
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Because my device was SIM unlocked and didn't want some crappy refurb..tmobile is hell to get a SIM unlocked pin
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HTC is claiming it was overheating that caused the issue which is directly the cause of unlocking my device. I still deny the device was ever locked. HTC said there engineers have a way to detect if the bootloader has ever been tampered with..maybe revone leave traces?
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HTC is claiming it was overheating that caused the issue which is directly the cause of unlocking my device. I still deny the device was ever locked. HTC said there engineers have a way to detect if the bootloader has ever been tampered with..maybe revone leave traces?
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yea i immediately call BS on HTC for that. even before i unlocked my phone it got REALLY hot. kinda an ass move though saying that because you unlocked it immediately made your phone overheat and magicly cause damage.
Somebody should sue them for being misleading. The website should say " it will void your warranty" not this may or maynot crap.
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Somebody should sue them for being misleading. The website should say " it will void your warranty" not this may or maynot crap.
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i wish manufactures would let users modify the $670 device theyve purchased. i mean its like buying a laptop but being told you cannot use the backspace key or you void your warranty....
but yes i noticed that too. it says "may void your warranty" instead of "will void your warranty"
I agree an unlocked device is almost impossible to hard brick...with the RUU it's impossible. So yea so long as you don't s off..but flashing roms takes money out of the carriers pocket and they can't persuaid you to purchase a new device to get that fancy upgrade.
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I agree an unlocked device is almost impossible to hard brick...with the RUU it's impossible. So yea so long as you don't s off..but flashing roms takes money out of the carriers pocket and they can't persuaid you to purchase a new device to get that fancy upgrade.
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yup cant really do much about it i suppose. and well i know a few ways you could brick the One but youd have to be intentionally trying to do so.
call BS on this and get your phone back from HTC.
what you should have done was go to T-mobile first, they have a one year software warranty, regardless of what you do to your phone (or so i was told). if you haven't paid the fee already i would highly recommend doing this now.
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HTC is claiming it was overheating that caused the issue which is directly the cause of unlocking my device. I still deny the device was ever locked. HTC said there engineers have a way to detect if the bootloader has ever been tampered with..maybe revone leave traces?
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Apparently at this time without the RUU for tmobile, if you unroot and relock, the bootloader will show relocked. If there is a way to not show relocked on the bootloader, maybe you someone can share the info.
Will this happen to me if I'm sending my phone to T-Mobile? I'm complaining for the camera issue.
There is an official RUU for T-Mobile, it also removed the ability to revone. Ry how have a fix for that by dropping back to the .8 RUU. You remove the relocked message by having s-off, then using revone commands to change unlocked to locked. This is in the revone posts
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HTC is claiming it was overheating that caused the issue which is directly the cause of unlocking my device. I still deny the device was ever locked. HTC said there engineers have a way to detect if the bootloader has ever been tampered with..maybe revone leave traces?
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What is the issue?
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As soon as you unlock the bootloader to use REVONE you voided any warranty that isn't cosmetic damage to hardware pretty much, and you do say I understand this voids my warranty when getting that code to unlock through HTCDEV.... I'm confused as to your confusion OP.
Okay so ive seen a few posts on xda from the s-off devs already. How long you think till we get unlocked and rooted?
Not long. Lol.
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Believe me. This phone will have the best of the best devs. Won't b long bro.
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The international one has root and recovery already. I guess htc dev works to. Maybe us at&t users will luck out.
US carriers promised to lock things down tightly after the One came out. I guess we'll see.
Good thing i have a 14 day return period lol. Cant live without root.
do we know if this device has a locked bootloader that will be hard to crack or will they actually design it to be unlocked like sony does.
im trying to decide between m8 and z2, and i know sony has been cool in the past with allowing the phone to be easily rooted and unlocked to allow flashing. i am coming from a galaxy s4 with unlocked mdk bootloader but i am upgrading and i want to be able to mod my phone
did anyone try htc-dev or kingo?
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did anyone try htc-dev or kingo?
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we will once we get the phone today.
as of today the verizon users cannot use htc dev, we shall see if at&t locked us out to. good thing is i know s-off is being worked on.
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do we know if this device has a locked bootloader that will be hard to crack or will they actually design it to be unlocked like sony does.
im trying to decide between m8 and z2, and i know sony has been cool in the past with allowing the phone to be easily rooted and unlocked to allow flashing. i am coming from a galaxy s4 with unlocked mdk bootloader but i am upgrading and i want to be able to mod my phone
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I ordered an m8 to test our cases on, but the z2 is the one I'm really looking forward to. It will have to be amazing though for me to give up my Note 3 screen real estate!
Already. Unlocked bootloader via HTC Dev. AT&T must have forgot lol
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Go to htcdev.com and unlock your bootloader fellas! Let the games begin!
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Go to htcdev.com and unlock your bootloader fellas! Let the games begin!
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So just to confirm... this method worked on your 'AT&T' HTC One M8 right?
boogie2001 said:
So just to confirm... this method worked on your 'AT&T' HTC One M8 right?
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Yes the att model can be unlocked through htcdev.com . Let's just hope ATT don't pull a VZW and yank it like they did with the M7!
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Confirmed that htc dev unlocking works on att..
I would assume this voids your warranty with at&t and no relocking and going back to virgin status?
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I would assume this voids your warranty with at&t and no relocking and going back to virgin status?
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Maybe and yes you can relock.
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Maybe and yes you can relock.
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I'm just concerned because I may be moving to att next and at the end of my 12 month I can turn the phone in and upgrade to a new one and want to be able to relock it so I don't have an issue when giving it back to AT&T
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I'm just concerned because I may be moving to att next and at the end of my 12 month I can turn the phone in and upgrade to a new one and want to be able to relock it so I don't have an issue when giving it back to AT&T
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I have returned quite a few phones that I have relocked and unrooted without one problem through warranty exchange. I'm not concerned with it at all and I am on the Next program as of this phone. Besides that, the warranty is up after the 1st year. This is just my experience and I can't speak for everyone.
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I'm just concerned because I may be moving to att next and at the end of my 12 month I can turn the phone in and upgrade to a new one and want to be able to relock it so I don't have an issue when giving it back to AT&T
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As long as you return the phone with a stock system ,boot,recovery etc and relock you will be okay my friend.
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Maybe and yes you can relock.
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As long as you return the phone with a stock system ,boot,recovery etc and relock you will be okay my friend.
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as long as I can do that, that's great. With my note2 having tripped Knox I do not have that option. Damn Samsung
I have the new AT&T version of the m8. In less than a week, I cracked the screen and called in my HTC advantage warranty to replace the phone. I have unlocked it and am using the venom rom. Is there any way to get it back to factory settings before sending it off to them.
Any and all help is appreciated
There are quite a few threads on this. Try a search and I'm sure you will find something.... Even your exact circumstances with cracked screen.
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See theWarranty policy of HTC.
We don't have any RUUs yet so you'll have to find a way to Reflash stock rom + recovery, S - on and relock the bootloader.
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I just got my phone two weeks ago and love it, coming from a Verizon note 2.
I have been reading a lot about unlocking the HTC M8, and it's seems completely different animal compared to unlocking my note 2 was, so I just want to read and learn a lot before I start messing with this phone.
I had my note 2 down to a science flashing and changing stuff around on it. With the HTC it looks like there is a lot of adb stuff that I'm not to familiar with. I have been reading about hansoons tool kit and it looks pretty straightforward, so any more advice you guys could give me would be great.
Thanks in advance.
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Adb is actually pretty easy. There is a video on YouTube from Sakitech that walks you through it
How to Root your HTC One M8 - Full Guide: http://youtu.be/WuHFcGvUjwA
Another thing I can tell you, is it is much easier to use a Windows7 pc to do this than Win8
But once you go down this path, it's like the old days of ROMs and kernels and custom recoveries. Very exciting.
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The only pc I have still runs Vista haha.
I'm just nervous I guess because the whole root, unlock and recovery is a little different than I am use too and I'm out of my comfort zone.
I am a crack flasher its like a drug trying different roms and tweaking my phone.
Thanks for the video.
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The only pc I have still runs Vista haha.
I'm just nervous I guess because the whole root, unlock and recovery is a little different than I am use too and I'm out of my comfort zone.
I am a crack flasher its like a drug trying different roms and tweaking my phone.
Thanks for the video.
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It's way easier than Samsung once you are used to adb and fastboot. Don't use a toolkit because you won't learn anything.
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I've watched the videos that smknutson post and it looks pretty straightforward, just got to get the guts up to tear in to my new phone.
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I've watched the videos that smknutson post and it looks pretty straightforward, just got to get the guts up to tear in to my new phone.
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Message me if you have any questions.
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I will thanks.
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Also make sure you soff while you still can. Pretty much makes your phone brick proof.
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Also make sure you soff while you still can. Pretty much makes your phone brick proof.
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Now I know the basic benefits of S-Off, but how does it make the M8 more brick proof? Just wondering if it's worth it
You can flash any ruu. Kinda like odining your note back to stock. Currently if you somehow bricked your partitions there is no stock att firmware file. There is a international file that you could flash to fix partitions. If you didn't have super cid you could not do this. Need soff to get super cid. Plus you can remove the tampered text in bootloader, flash newer firmwares way before at&t releases them, truly convert your phone to any m8 variant, truly relock bootloader with no relocked text.
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Granted you would have to really try to mess up your partitions.
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You can flash any ruu. Kinda like odining your note back to stock. Currently if you somehow bricked your partitions there is no stock att firmware file. There is a international file that you could flash to fix partitions. If you didn't have super cid you could not do this. Need soff to get super cid. Plus you can remove the tampered text in bootloader, flash newer firmwares way before at&t releases them, truly convert your phone to any m8 variant, truly relock bootloader with no relocked text.
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Granted you would have to really try to mess up your partitions.
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Thanks for the quick response, forgot about RUU's. I was worried coming from the awesome modding community of the S3, but I'm glad to see this device is just as open and has plenty of support. Good thing returned that S5
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You can flash any ruu. Kinda like odining your note back to stock. Currently if you somehow bricked your partitions there is no stock att firmware file. There is a international file that you could flash to fix partitions. If you didn't have super cid you could not do this. Need soff to get super cid. Plus you can remove the tampered text in bootloader, flash newer firmwares way before at&t releases them, truly convert your phone to any m8 variant, truly relock bootloader with no relocked text.
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Granted you would have to really try to mess up your partitions.
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Is their any way to "S-On" if I need to for some reason? I'm waiting to unlock because I don't want to use HTCDev. I don't know how long I can wait though haha.
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supitsronnie said:
Is their any way to "S-On" if I need to for some reason? I'm waiting to unlock because I don't want to use HTCDev. I don't know how long I can wait though haha.
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Yes but it throws a security flag.
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an0ther said:
Yes but it throws a security flag. Warranty is void once you unlock with HTC anyway.
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Okay thanks. That is what I'm trying to avoid- if I have a hardware defect I would like to be able to flash stock like it was never unlocked.
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supitsronnie said:
Okay thanks. That is what I'm trying to avoid- if I have a hardware defect I would like to be able to flash stock like it was never unlocked.
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There is no way to do that atm. Hardware defects are usually covered. HTC doesn't void all warranty. I know one person that broke their screen and they said just make sure bootloader is locked when it gets back to them. I always recommend insurance through carrier.
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an0ther said:
There is no way to do that atm. Hardware defects are usually covered. HTC doesn't void all warranty. I know one person that broke their screen and they said just make sure bootloader is locked when it gets back to them. I always recommend insurance through carrier.
You can't go through life worrying. You could wait and wait and a new method may become available or maybe not.
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I too am coming from a note 2. Just like the OP. I'm loving this phone. Had it for 2 weeks now. About to take the plunge soon cause my flashing addiction is getting to me. I guess my question is are the roms from the international m8 be used on this phone as well? Along with the kernels? Sorry for the sounding like a newbie. It's just been years since I've had HTC. The last time was in Windows mobile days.
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akitten007 said:
Now I know the basic benefits of S-Off, but how does it make the M8 more brick proof? Just wondering if it's worth it
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It should be kept in mind that S-off means all security checks are off. That includes device check. So you have to be careful to only flash mods meant for this device. Accidentally flashing something meant for another device can brick the phone, if for instance it overwrites hboot. Seen it happen on the One X/XL (flashing an ENDEAVORU ROM on an EVITA). But stay in this device forum section, and you will be fine.
With the proper care, I agree that s-off gives more recovery options.
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chizler said:
I'm just nervous I guess because the whole root, unlock and recovery is a little different than I am use too and I'm out of my comfort zone.
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You must have had some kind of learning curve with your previous device. Every device can be a bit (or very different) and especially different manufacturers. But just take the time to do the proper reading and understanding, and you will be fine.
I'm new to the HTC as well. I had the Motorola Atrix which I unlocked the bootloader via fastboot but still was nervous as anything. I had the S4 and just got this. ADB is my weakness and I've read about the supercid but wasn't sure what the purpose of doing it was off I was rooted and unlocked. Welcome to the M8 .
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redpoint73 said:
It should be kept in mind that S-off means all security checks are off. That includes device check. So you have to be careful to only flash mods meant for this device. Accidentally flashing something meant for another device can brick the phone, if for instance it overwrites hboot. Seen it happen on the One X/XL (flashing an ENDEAVORU ROM on an EVITA). But stay in this device forum section, and you will be fine.
With the proper care, I agree that s-off gives more recovery options.
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You must have had some kind of learning curve with your previous device. Every device can be a bit (or very different) and especially different manufacturers. But just take the time to do the proper reading and understanding, and you will be fine.
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Yeah its not been to bad of a learning curve just different, previously all my rooting and unlocking has been with Samsung.
I have already rooted my m8 unlocked and s-offed, just waiting on a stock RUU just to have a another back up just in case.
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I just s-off'd my wifes phone, removed tampered from both, and removed the red test from splash screens. I little slow trying to make sure I get everything exact but all went smooth. Great support in this forum.