Hello guys,
I'm selling my HTC One M8. I'm trying to return it to complete stock and remove the red banner that says "development purposes only." I found a custom Hboot but it requires S-off and i'm S-on and can't S-off with firewater. I guess my question is, is there any other way to remove it and if I S-off and use the custom Hboot, if I do a factory reset will the red flag message come back? If I can guarantee removal of the red flag then I'll just pay the $25 for the S-off an apply the custom hboot. Thanks in advance.
ImHavenHart said:
if I do a factory reset will the red flag message come back?
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Factory reset in itself just wipes user data and will not remove the red text.
I wouldn't bother paying for sunshine S-off if you are selling the phone. Just relock the bootloader and RUU back to stock and the red text will be gone. The phone will be fully stock with the exception of the bootloader will say RELOCKED instead of LOCKED. That flag can only be changed to LOCKED with S-off.
In any case, you should still disclose the buyer that the phone was at one point bootloader unlocked and modded, as HTC has a record of your unlocking the bootloader via HTCDev.com.
redpoint73 said:
Factory reset in itself just wipes user data and will not remove the red text.
I wouldn't bother paying for sunshine S-off if you are selling the phone. Just relock the bootloader and RUU back to stock and the red text will be gone. The phone will be fully stock with the exception of the bootloader will say RELOCKED instead of LOCKED. That flag can only be changed to LOCKED with S-off.
In any case, you should still disclose the buyer that the phone was at one point bootloader unlocked and modded, as HTC has a record of your unlocking the bootloader via HTCDev.com.
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Yes the buyer is my cousin and already knows the device has been modded. She wants me to remove the red flag. I'll try relocking the bootloader.
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I had my HTC amaze unlocked with s-off and a modded hboot I then updated to a new ICS firmware to run ICS however when the firmware flashed to my phone it locked my phone and reset my hboot but still kept s-off. Is there anyway to unlock my phone again? If anyone has any help please let me know I already tried to unlock it through HTdev website and it did not work!!!
If you are s=off, then you don't need to unlock your bootloader. I'm assuming you have eng bootloader, and with that, you don't need to unlock anything.
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pharmhand said:
I had my HTC amaze unlocked with s-off and a modded hboot I then updated to a new ICS firmware to run ICS however when the firmware flashed to my phone it locked my phone and reset my hboot but still kept s-off. Is there anyway to unlock my phone again? If anyone has any help please let me know I already tried to unlock it through HTdev website and it did not work!!!
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HTC dev website is the way i did it, and it worked perfect for me. What method did you use that didn't allow you to unlock your phone?
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If any of you read correctly, he said he unlocked it before, therefore, all he has to do is place the unlock_code file in hasoon's tool's data folder and run the unlock bootloader option, voila he's back to being unlocked, though the relocking sounds kind of odd, but it could probably be due to the hboot he was using, I'm guessing was Juopunutbear's or something.
Dark Nightmare said:
If any of you read correctly, he said he unlocked it before, therefore, all he has to do is place the unlock_code file in hasoon's tool's data folder and run the unlock bootloader option, voila he's back to being unlocked, though the relocking sounds kind of odd, but it could probably be due to the hboot he was using, I'm guessing was Juopunutbear's or something.
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I did read it, the old unlock bin does not work with new ics so he has to redo everything once more....
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Well my old unlock bin worked fine for me re-unlocking on ICS, guess I was lucky, okay cool, my bad.
Yes I had hboot from Juopunutbear when I did the s-off it asked to install his hboot but after I upgraded it changed my hboot back to 1.93.0002 and it is SHIP s-off not eng which I am not totally sure what the difference is but is there a way to change SHIP back to ENG????? I am going to give HTCdev another chance and see what happens... thanks for the input and help
ok so I just tried HTCdev again and it unlocked my phone however it did a hard reset the only thing I have to do now is to have eng s-off instead of ship s-off.
pharmhand said:
ok so I just tried HTCdev again and it unlocked my phone however it did a hard reset the only thing I have to do now is to have eng s-off instead of ship s-off.
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Just flash the eng hboot via bootloader, though you don't need to, unless you plan to do fastboot commands, which the average user doesn't have much need for, hasoon's tool does everything you need, recovery, root, etc, though I do recommend 4EXT recovery, which you can easily install after obtaining root.
Greetings,
I'm sending my phone in for repair as bluetooth has stopped working. I am currently on the OTA ICS, S-On with a RELOCKED flag on Hboot.
Question: How many people would bother with rooting, s-off, just to relock without the flag?
In theory, because I went through HTCdev, they should already know this...right?
Thanks.
Mark
Most would say to be completely sure they don't give you trouble about it being unlocked go ahead and s-off so you can get it back to saying locked instead of relocked. Personally I sent my first Rezound back unlocked and didn't have a problem. I actually don't know if Verizon gets the info about you unlocking through htcdev or even checks. If you were going through HTC then that would be different.
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Pretty much subject says everything. But here's is my situation.
What I did earlier:
Unlocked Bootloader
Tried S-on with Firewater - didn't work - gave up- didn't spend money for getting S-off via moonshine
Installed TWRP
Installed custom roms
NOW, I need to go back to slock and claim some warranty issue (speakers too harsh)
Here's is an at&t RUU
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2757462
Can I go back to stock from here? Do I certainly need S-off? Do I just run RUU exe?
Please help!!
Thanks!
Since you are S-On I believe you have to relock your bootloader in order to run the AT&T RUU
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Jano342000 said:
Since you are S-On I believe you have to relock your bootloader in order to run the AT&T RUU
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That's correct.
Also to the OP, note that AT&T only voids warranty for physical or water damage. They don't care about software mods, although it is a good idea to return to as close to stock as possible before requesting warranty exchange.
RUU is a good way to do so. S-on is fine, but you have to relock the bootloader. The bootloader will then say RELOCKED instead of UNLOCKED or LOCKED. No other evidence of modding should remain after the RUU.
Hi,
Is it possible to remove the tampered flag without unlocking the bootloader through htcdev? The phone is S-ON again, but still has root. I ask, because somehow after locking bootloader and reverting to S-ON after downgrade to JB, the tampered flag appeared. I wouldn't like to go through the htcdev unlock process because it factory resets the phone and I got it all setup again.
Thanks.
Yes u can do it with s-off. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2808912
Child's Play said:
Yes u can do it with s-off. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2808912
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So is there a way for me to gain S-OFF without actually unlocking the bootloader, now that I have root?
rocky7x said:
So is there a way for me to gain S-OFF without actually unlocking the bootloader, now that I have root?
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Rumrunners website claims you only need htcdev unlock "or" root. Everyone seems to have different results though. Would be worth giving it a shot.
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Yes but dont know if its possible to get s-off again. Try it
Child's Play said:
Yes but dont know if its possible to get s-off again. Try it
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Hmmm I've just read on a HTC One related forum that tampered flag is set because of root. And since I don't want to scrap root, I think that even if I used rumrunner, got S-OFF, then did the revone stuff and locked it back to S-ON, the tampered would jump up again, because of root with stock bootloader. Not really sure if that is somehow related - does anyone have a stock Jellybean with everything stock (bootloader, recovery etc), bootloader locked and S-ON AND with root? Does it show tampered?
It has nothing to do with root. It appears when u unlock the bootloader.
Remove the tampered banner- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47576052&postcount=7&nocache=1&z=8527302977163345
Recovery, roms, hboots, etc- http://forum.xda-developers.com/des...x-roms-mods-recoveries-backups-tools-t2804427
Child's Play said:
It has nothing to do with root. It appears when u unlock the bootloader.
Remove the tampered banner- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47576052&postcount=7&nocache=1&z=8527302977163345
Recovery, roms, hboots, etc- http://forum.xda-developers.com/des...x-roms-mods-recoveries-backups-tools-t2804427
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Hi, OK so I've tried it and unfortunately I couldn't get S-OFF. Rumrunner just crashed after message:
Code:
must sanitize, skunky rum is nasty
hold please..............................................
[TTTT********************************************************]
So I guess it's not possible to get S-OFF without unlocked bootloader (only with root).
U need to grant supersu permission. Try again
Hi all,
I have installed a custom recovery on my ATT HTC One M8. It is rooted and I am trying to install an OTA update. I am fairly new to this and I need help. I can try provide any information necessary. I am currently on 4.28.502.1 and the OTA update is 4.28.502.2. I keep getting ERROR 155 and I don't know what I am doing wrong. Thank you
Not for the M8.....it might help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1655832
I downloaded MyAndroidTools and actually shut down my HTC DM service. There are 2 of them. I went into HTCDM and unchecked DmService . I no longer see the update prompt.
I am waiting a few days to see how this pans out.... I really don't feel like unrooting and relocking.
Kelvala said:
Not for the M8.....it might help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1655832
I downloaded MyAndroidTools and actually shut down my HTC DM service. There are 2 of them. I went into HTCDM and unchecked DmService . I no longer see the update prompt.
I am waiting a few days to see how this pans out.... I really don't feel like unrooting and relocking.
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I need to have S-OFF to relock my bootloader, but I can't find a program to help me achieve that. There was firewater and that has become discontinued. There is SunShine ( I think that is what its called ) which you have to pay $25 for. I don't know if it's worth it.
Error 155 is because of unlocked bootloader. Only way to have unlocked and run an ruu successful is with s-off. Just relock and ruu you can always unlock again via HTCdev. Type the command below to relock when s-on.
Fastboot oem lock
It will show relocked, so it won't help with warranty, but if you are planning to unlock again, it will work.
Uzephi said:
Error 155 is because of unlocked bootloader. Only way to have unlocked and run an ruu successful is with s-off. Just relock and ruu you can always unlock again via HTCdev. Type the command below to relock when s-on.
Fastboot oem lock
It will show relocked, so it won't help with warranty, but if you are planning to unlock again, it will work.
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Are you sure I can relock my bootloader with S-ON? I've looked all around and it says I need to be S-OFF.
Give it a shot. If the ruu is the same version or higher, you can ruu easily with s-on
Uzephi said:
Give it a shot. If the ruu is the same version or higher, you can ruu easily with s-on
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Do I just run that command in cmd? Or there is something else ?
xChaosLegion said:
Do I just run that command in cmd? Or there is something else ?
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You just run it in cmd while the phone is in fastboot mode
Ok, so new to HTC and all this s-off/on stuff....If I have my bootloader unlocked now and am stock rooted, all I need to do is buy Sunshine, s-off and I can install the OTA update without losing my apps and homescreen setting etc...?
Kelvala said:
Ok, so new to HTC and all this s-off/on stuff....If I have my bootloader unlocked now and am stock rooted, all I need to do is buy Sunshine, s-off and I can install the OTA update without losing my apps and homescreen setting etc...?
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/system has to be unmodified. This means most things that require root to change (E.G. removing system apps, changing build.prop, xposed, etc) have to be reverted to stock for an ota to work. You do not need s-off to take an ota. Just uproot, put /system back to stock and flash the stock recovery.
xChaosLegion said:
Are you sure I can relock my bootloader with S-ON? I've looked all around and it says I need to be S-OFF.
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You need s-off to make it say LOCKED. With s-on, you can only make it RELOCKED.
The only reason to make it LOCKED is for warranty purposes through HTC (AT&T warranty actually doesn't care of the phone is modded).