Okay I tried reading some stuff and have no clue, I am a total newb at this. I have NOT rooted my phone or put a custom ROM on. I stopped using the phone like 3 months ago when I upgraded, and today I decide I want to sell it but when I try to do a Master Reset the bootloader says "Tampered" and "Locked". I do see the it is S-On. I have no clue what these things means, but this is what I read when I was doing research. I did the System Updates, but again, did nothing custom personally. I need to hard reset the phone, please help!
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Okay I tried reading some stuff and have no clue, I am a total newb at this. I have NOT rooted my phone or put a custom ROM on. I stopped using the phone like 3 months ago when I upgraded, and today I decide I want to sell it but when I try to do a Master Reset the bootloader says "Tampered" and "Locked". I do see the it is S-On. I have no clue what these things means, but this is what I read when I was doing research. I did the System Updates, but again, did nothing custom personally. I need to hard reset the phone, please help!
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The "Tampered" means that the bootloader was unlocked at one time and the "Locked" means that the bootloader is Locked. If you bought it off of someone, they might have done it and didn't do a good job of ensuring the "Tampered" was removed. In order to remove the "Tampered" you would have to be S-OFF. You can still do a phone reset in Settings and it will remove all of your personal data but it will remain "Tampered" and "Locked".
majmoz said:
The "Tampered" means that the bootloader was unlocked at one time and the "Locked" means that the bootloader is Locked. If you bought it off of someone, they might have done it and didn't do a good job of ensuring the "Tampered" was removed. In order to remove the "Tampered" you would have to be S-OFF. You can still do a phone reset in Settings and it will remove all of your personal data but it will remain "Tampered" and "Locked".
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I bought the phone NEW, not used. I did a Factory Reset once before just fine. The phone is S-On. I called TMobile and HTC and neither could help.
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Is it possible to get temp root only in such a way it doesn't mark the bootloader as TAMPERED?
For what it's worth, there is only a handful of reasons I would ever need root access and quite honestly I don't see the need to be rooted 100% of the time.
However, I don't feel the need to have to unlock the entire bootloader from HTC Dev just to install an APK or two.
Thanks for any pointers!
ttmcmurry said:
Is it possible to get temp root only in such a way it doesn't mark the bootloader as TAMPERED?
For what it's worth, there is only a handful of reasons I would ever need root access and quite honestly I don't see the need to be rooted 100% of the time.
However, I don't feel the need to have to unlock the entire bootloader from HTC Dev just to install an APK or two.
Thanks for any pointers!
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You only need to unlock the bootloader if you want to flash custom roms and such. If you just want root access for apps just use zedomax's root and dont unlock the bootloader. You only get the tampered messages if you unlock the bootloader.
njfoses said:
You only need to unlock the bootloader if you want to flash custom roms and such. If you just want root access for apps just use zedomax's root and dont unlock the bootloader. You only get the tampered messages if you unlock the bootloader.
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Actually that's wrong. They're two different things. If you root, it'll show tampered, whether unlocked or not. Locking or unlocking will not effect tampered status. Any root will show tampered. It goes away if you use RUU.
To answer the question asked, no. At the current time it is not possible to root without tampered bootloader
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chickut123 said:
Actually that's wrong. They're two different things. If you root, it'll show tampered, whether unlocked or not. Locking or unlocking will not effect tampered status. Any root will show tampered. It goes away if you use RUU.
To answer the question asked, no. At the current time it is not possible to root without tampered bootloader
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Yea i didnt word it very well. I assumed the reason the op was asking is so he could get back completely to stock if need be. If he only roots and then runs the ruu he would be back to stock. Thanks for clearing it up.
Thanks for the info - I didn't understand the mechanism that triggers the bootloader to show tampered.
Ultimately, I was looking into determining whether or not ICS encrypted the mail (not gmail) database, regardless of the device itself being encrypted or not.
I want to warranty replace this rezound I just recieved from a friend. It has a charging port issue.It was UNLOCKED and rooted when i received it. I RELOCKED it and unrooted it, but now the bootloader says ****RELOCKED**** instead of ****LOCKED****. Is this going to be a problem, and if it is, how can i get the stock locked bootloader on it?
It won't be a problem for warranty. If you want it to go back, the only way to get back to factory locked is to s-off.
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Yeah, and then go back to s-on according to this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33788900&postcount=2
You need to s-off, which will make your phone say "locked and s-off", then s-on again which will keep it saying "locked" and also "s-on".
However, many people have gotten warranty replacements with phones that said "relocked", you can search and see if any of them had functioning screens when they did it, I believe so. HTC does allow you to unlock. But find some posts on people who've done it, don't take my word for it, since I don't want to be held responsible.
Hey everyone. I have to send my device back to HTC and I am unlocked with S-off.
I need to get back to locked and S-on. Not Re-locked but locked.
I have done some searching and am finding various results on how to accomplish this. 1 way was to flash a RUU to achieve locked status. I did that twice and it hasn't worked.
I also saw to redo s-off. So does that mean doing the wire trick over again?
Some help would be appreciated.
brownsfan said:
Hey everyone. I have to send my device back to HTC and I am unlocked with S-off.
I need to get back to locked and S-on. Not Re-locked but locked.
I have done some searching and am finding various results on how to accomplish this. 1 way was to flash a RUU to achieve locked status. I did that twice and it hasn't worked.
I also saw to redo s-off. So does that mean doing the wire trick over again?
Some help would be appreciated.
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Why do you need to send your device back to HTC? If you're trying to claim warranty repairs, then what you're doing is potentially akin to fraud.
That said...yes, it IS possible to S-ON again, and it is also possible to change the Re-Locked watermark to Locked. But, if you don't do it right, you WILL brick your phone. Not as in "might" as you could do while S-Off, but WILL, as in ANY mistake will result in an unrecoverable phone (unless you have a friend who's extremely handy with JTAG).
Locked not Relocked
There are only 2 ways to remove the Relocked status when S-0ff::
First and the most effort is to S-0n then S-0ff again, yech.
Second, search for and find here on XDA, Scotty's little
flashable zip that changes it. He contributed a lot here.
Bing, bang, boom in one little flash.
p.s. be sure you are on a stock hBoot, not developer ones.
Thanks guys,
Im just going to send it back re-locked. I went back to s-on. I didnt want to just have it SAY locked, I wanted it to be Locked but no thanks to having to go through the s-off process.
Also in case you were interested the reason im sending it back is I think the processor is dying. I get system crashes and will get prompts that it is unresponsive. The phone sort of works but will crash after making phone calls and such.
i am getting ready to send my device back for a warranty exchange. in following the steps, like i have done twice before, i accidentally jumped ahead....
I did the Fastboot oem writesecureflag 3 BEFORE i flashed the lock bootloader zip. The phone still boots and functions normally, but i can't flash the lock bootloader zip, it fails, even though it says unlocked tampered.
Anyone have any suggestions?? I am at a loss, and not sure if there is a command i can run to revert this all back.
My wife was nagging me and i scrolled down and jumped ahead like a total noob. thanks for any help!
And yes everything is accessible still, cwm, adb, the phone itself, etc etc. it functions fine...
Run s-off. After that follow guide in order
Since you're unlocked still face palm should work. Just follow after the point you unlock.
If not any new method will work
Unlocking the bootloader automatically voids your warranty....
thayl0 said:
Unlocking the bootloader automatically voids your warranty....
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Thank you for an incredibly unhelpful reply.
thayl0 said:
Unlocking the bootloader automatically voids your warranty....
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Ehhh. It says may. Plus there is a way to get it back to an s-on **LOCKED** state. HTC's unlock tool doesn't log your device ID and IMEI and remote void your warranty like Asus' unlock util does.
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I got this phone off a friend, and I have a opportunity to trade my M8 for a M9 plus cash. The problem is that the guy won't trade without the phone being completely stock with no root or any signs.
I've searched quite a bit on this forum for answers and everything is for older versions of Android. I can't find what RUU I would need or if it's even available. I seen a guide and tutorial from theunlckr, but it's from mid 2014.
I'm looking for a complete guide from start to end that will put this phone back to stock. This would be my first time and I don't know jack about what to do when it comes to this stuff. I'm very computer savvy so it shouldn't be a issue.
The info is following when I boot into recovery:
First off, the HTC logo will appear saying it's property of HTC and something about developers in red.
Software Status : Modified
Unlocked
M8_UL_CA PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-3.19.0.0000
[email protected]
OPENDSP-v47.2.2-00564-M8974_FO.1024
OS-4.28.502.1
eMMC-boot 2048MB
4/20/15
There is also a Team Win application or recovery when I choose to do a factory reset.
Please if someone can help, I need to do this soon.
rlockwich said:
I've searched quite a bit on this forum for answers and everything is for older versions of Android. I can't find what RUU I would need or if it's even available.
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You want the Lollipop (Android 5.0.2) AT&T RUU (software number 4.28) which is linked on my Index thread at the top of the General AT&T M8 forum section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2751432
Relock the bootloader (command: fastboot oem lock) then just run the RUU (Windows executable).
rlockwich said:
I got this phone off a friend, and I have a opportunity to trade my M8 for a M9 plus cash. The problem is that the guy won't trade without the phone being completely stock with no root or any signs.
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What "completely" stock means is a bit complicated (and may vary depending on the person). You can relock the bootloader and run the RUU. Everything will be stock, except that the phone will say RELOCKED in bootloader instead of UNLOCKED (which is the factory condition).
The only way to make it say LOCKED is to s-off by sunshine ($25) then change the flag to LOCKED. Then go back to s-on. But IMO, its not worthwhile to spend money to sell/trade a phone; and not worth the money, time and effort for something that is very minor.
Functionally, there is no difference between RELOCKED and LOCKED. The only reason anyone would care, is if they want to make a warranty claim with HTC. In that case, they may deny any claim anyway, since there is already a record of the bootloader being unlocked via HTCDev.com (tracked by the phone's IMEI). Not even sure if the warranty (1 year from purchase) would be valid, anyway for a device that has changed hands 2 times.
I would recommend you ask the buy/trade partner if RELOCKED bootloader is okay. Otherwise, find someone else to trade with.
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First off, the HTC logo will appear saying it's property of HTC and something about developers in red.
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This, and TWRP recovery will be gone once you RUU.
RUU will re-image the entire phone to stock factory (Lollipop) condition. So it will be stock ROM, stock recovery, no root, etc.
You should also remove your SD card (if one is inserted), then go into phone settings and wipe all storage, to make sure the internal storage/virtual SD is wiped of your personal data.
Will this make him be able to do OTA updates for when 5.1 comes?
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Will this make him be able to do OTA updates for when 5.1 comes?
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Yes. The only requirements for OTA are stock ROM and stock recovery, which post-RUU state satisfies both.
Note that OTA updates for the AT&T version are only available when connected to AT&T's network. So if the buyer is asking if he will get OTAs, and he happens to be using another carrier, the answer is NO. And in that case, the RUU for the next update is his best option.
It was a success! Thank you for taking the time to help me out. I really appreciate everything you've done!
Do you think it's necessary to wipe from the settings in backup/restore after doing the RUU?
I read somewhere that there are files left behind from the root, after unrooting....does the RUU wipe all of this away, so there won't be a need to do a 2nd reset after the RUU completes?
rlockwich said:
Do you think it's necessary to wipe from the settings in backup/restore after doing the RUU?
I read somewhere that there are files left behind from the root, after unrooting....does the RUU wipe all of this away, so there won't be a need to do a 2nd reset after the RUU completes?
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Can never remember for certain; but I think RUU just wipes user data, and normally leaves internal storage intact. Not just files used for root, but personal files, too. So you will want to make sure internal storage is wiped.
Therefore, I do recommend going to Backup & Reset in Settings, pick Reset phone in order to make sure internal storage is wiped.