Hi, guys. I wanted to get Harman/Kardon. So I had to get S-Off. I unlocked Bootloader HTC then I rooted my HTC., but I was stuck at getting S-Off. You see I have a T-Mobile version of HTC One M8 so there's no way to get S-Off and Harman/Kardon too. And now I wanna return it to default settings. I mean I wanna lock Bootloader HTC and unroot it, like it was in it's first day. Is it possible?
Tampona said:
I have a T-Mobile version of HTC One M8 so there's no way to get S-Off
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Why do you think that? Unless you updated to the Android 4.4.4 software (HTC 3.xx), Sunshine S-off should still work. Its true that firewater doesn't work for most folks anymore, as it was patched some time ago.
Also, if you have the T-Mobile variant, why are you posting in this section? This is AT&T.
Yep, I was updated to Android 4.4.4. Today I've tried SunShine and it brought me to the pay screen. So it reads that it's possible to get S-Off. Tomorrow I'll try to do that. Sorry for the wrong section... And one more question:
Will soft resetting bring me to S-On if I get S-Off?
Tampona said:
Will soft resetting bring me to S-On if I get S-Off?
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"Soft reset" is just a reboot. You might mean hard reset, or a factory reset.
But in all cases, no they will not make the device s-on. Once its s-off, the only way for it to be made s-on again if for you to change it back manually and intentionally. Even an updated hboot, OTA, etc. will not make it s-on again.
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Tampona said:
Today I've tried SunShine and it brought me to the pay screen. So it reads that it's possible to get S-Off. Tomorrow I'll try to do that.
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Ok, good.
The decision to unlock the bootloader, mod the phone and especially s-off should not be taken lightly. If you have already made that decision to mod the phone, no reason to go back, if you ask me.
Stated another way, once you've chosen to go to the dark side, why go back.
I got it. SunShine works on Android 4.4.4, software 3.32.531.2. (HTC ONE M8 T-Moible)
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I’ve only used the HTCDEV.com method for unlocking my bootloader. When I go into the bootloader it now says Unlocked and S-OFF. I’ve done nothing else to achieve S-Off. Is it possible my phone says S-OFF but it actually isn’t fully S-OFFed yet? How could I check if it is truly S-OFF? Thanks for your suggestions.
If it says s-off it is. To check you can flash a boot splash or a radio. If it goes through successfully then ya. I would just do the boot splash. No need to risk breaking your phone
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Thank you for your reply. It says S-OFF so I guess it is then. But isn't it strange that I only have used HTCDEV.com to unlock bootloader and then did nothing else? No wire trick or anything, just HTCDEV.com, and now it shows S-OFF..
It seems I can flash anything. I accidentally needed to restore a Nandroid backup due to a bad flash. After restore I had to set-up the whole phone again so I think something went wrong with the Nandroid backup. I thought it could be related due to not having full S-OFF. But I guess this was just a bad Nandroid backup and has nothing to do with having S-OFF or not?
EDIT: I'm just curious as to why I have gained S-OFF by just unlocking the bootloader with HTCDEV.com. I've searched and searched the forums but I couldn't find anyone who also gained S-OFF by HTCDEV.com. I just followed the procedure like 1000's of other people, and I'm having a hard time to believe that I am the only one who has S-OFF by just following this procedure and nothing else. It was immediately shown after HTCDEV unlock reboot and before I flashed CWM with SuperSU zip.
What if it is the other way around,i was able to change a boot animation and my phone is said to be s-on ?,what if i was told to be s-on but i flashed a rom that changed my radio ?
bramgg said:
I’ve only used the HTCDEV.com method for unlocking my bootloader. When I go into the bootloader it now says Unlocked and S-OFF. I’ve done nothing else to achieve S-Off. Is it possible my phone says S-OFF but it actually isn’t fully S-OFFed yet? How could I check if it is truly S-OFF? Thanks for your suggestions.
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In my opinion, you've got a refurbished phone which was s-offed previously.
Before unlocking via htcdev have you checked whether it was s-off or not?
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FirePheonex said:
What if it is the other way around,i was able to change a boot animation and my phone is said to be s-on ?,what if i was told to be s-on but i flashed a rom that changed my radio ?
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are you talking about splash screen it boot animation? boot animation is part of Rom and can be changed even though you are s-on. IMO.
and the Radio ?
mnomaanw said:
In my opinion, you've got a refurbished phone which was s-offed previously.
Before unlocking via htcdev have you checked whether it was s-off or not?
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I checked, it was s-on.. Thanks for the reply though.
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and the Radio ?
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what is your current radio version? and what was it before ?
i have looked through the threads and i did not see anything about this question or anything close enough to it. I need to go back to sprint to get my phone fixed (the microphone doesn't always work. sometimes it does, sometimes it does not. i have found that it is not software related, but definitely a hardware issue.) but i do not want to get my account noted or anything. right now i am s-off (NOT htc dev unlocked), running TWRP recovery v 2.2.0, and running meanrom with a custom kernel that was installed with meanrom. i know i can run an RUU and return to stock, but i will still be s-off. i did install a custom bootloader (thanks to regaw_leinad) that makes it look like i am s-on and not tampered, but i do not know if sprint can still see if i am s-off. sorry if this is a noob question, but i have never dealt with s-off before.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1744700
Look harder next time.... Just joking. This is what you want to read.
metalfan78 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1744700
Look harder next time.... Just joking. This is what you want to read.
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thank you! that was exactly what i was looking for! i guess i didn't look hard enough sorry.
but just to clarify, i cannot just leave my phone s-off? if i take it to sprint with s-off, but the custom bootloader that makes it look stock from regaw_leinad, will they still be able to find out that i am s-off?
I have never returned my phone to s-on in two years. I've never had a problem with the Sprint stores. It's your call though. If you do s-on it, tell them you don't want it updated. If it was me I would just have the stock rom on it and call it good
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I have never returned my phone to s-on in two years. I've never had a problem with the Sprint stores. It's your call though. If you do s-on it, tell them you don't want it updated. If it was me I would just have the stock rom on it and call it good
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that is probably what i will do then. again, thank you!
You're welcome
ok, last question. if i run the latest ruu, will it update my hboot? i am still on 1.12 and i do not want a newer one. i downloaded the 1.13.651.1 ruu. is this fine? i am running meanrom v 4.0 if that info is needed.
I'm about to go 100% back to stock as well to try and resolve many of the problems i'm having, this thread has been particularly helpful, thanks
I think it does update your hboot, but I don't know for sure.
i have confirmed that it does indeed update your hboot.
if you have hboot 1.12, then use this ruu:
http://bit.ly/VPl2wn
it is the 1.13.651.1 ruu. it has hboot 1.12 in it.
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I'm about to go 100% back to stock as well to try and resolve many of the problems i'm having, this thread has been particularly helpful, thanks
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i am glad to posted a helpful thread. but we can thank metalfan78 for supplying the information that helped us
sorry to post a third time, but i ran the ruu that i previously posted a link to and went to the sprint store (i also had to re-flash the custom bootloader from the regaw_leinad tool). they had no clue i was s-off or i had done anything to my phone. but there is one problem. if they had tried to update it and it updated the bootloader as well, it would have removed the custom one and put HTCs back on it. that wouldnt be a problem as you would still be s-off, but instead of looking stock(s-on, locked), it would now say s-off in the bootloader. so if you want to be sure that the sprint employees will not be able to tell you modded your phone, you do have to return to s-on. chances are that they wont try to update it, but its better to be safe than sorry!
Yea, true. I'm glad everything worked out.
I'm a noob n before using this jewel i used a shooter, it usually takes only several minutes to flash an RUU, but now I'm f;ashing the 3.15 RUU and its been half an hour n my phone still stuck on HTC logo, any help please?
Hboot 2.09 has 2 versions 3.15.651.16 and 3.16.651.3 which one do you have?
hboot 2.09.0000 and 3.15, it has been more than an hour and hasn't reboot yet
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why pm? why not post for others to see? having the same issues here with a friends evo. started ruu but sits on the htc logo indefinitely....
b.huss2 said:
why pm? why not post for others to see? having the same issues here with a friends evo. started ruu but sits on the htc logo indefinitely....
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Issue the fastboot command again, make sure all of the files are in the same directory where you have adb... Try another usb port/cable... I never had that issue, what version of Windows?
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jocarog said:
Issue the fastboot command again, make sure all of the files are in the same directory where you have adb... Try another usb port/cable... I never had that issue, what version of Windows?
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It's an RUU, there are no other files. possible driver issue maybe? I'll try a different usb cable.
Windows 7 btw
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some more info.....I see it has hboot 2.09.0000 and is flaged as tampered with and s-on. I think it was s-off at some point but re-locked. Keep in mind I'm not real familiar with this device, but have modded many. My friend just wanted me to help him get it back stock/unrooted. I thought it would be easy enough to flash an RUU but that's not getting me very far.
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It's an RUU, there are no other files. possible driver issue maybe? I'll try a different usb cable.
Windows 7 btw
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some more info.....I see it has hboot 2.09.0000 and is flaged as tampered with and s-on. I think it was s-off at some point but re-locked. Keep in mind I'm not real familiar with this device, but have modded many. My friend just wanted me to help him get it back stock/unrooted. I thought it would be easy enough to flash an RUU but that's not getting me very far.
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An RUU won't put the device back S-on but it will relock the bootloader. If you want to put the phone back totally stock and S-on get S-off and use VipeRUU. The link is below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47720390
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FinZ28 said:
An RUU won't put the device back S-on but it will relock the bootloader. If you want to put the phone back totally stock and S-on get S-off and use VipeRUU. The link is below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47720390
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
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You may have misunderstood or I was unclear. It is currently s-on. I think it was s-off at one point and rooted but is now back to s-on In his attempt to return it back to stock.
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You may have misunderstood or I was unclear. It is currently s-on. I think it was s-off at one point and rooted but is now back to s-on In his attempt to return it back to stock.
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Nah, I understood you. If you want to get rid of the tampered flag and get back totally stock VipeRUU can do that for you, unlike a regular RUU.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
FinZ28 said:
Nah, I understood you. If you want to get rid of the tampered flag and get back totally stock VipeRUU can do that for you, unlike a regular RUU.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
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Ok cool, I will try that then. Thanks.
I'm hoping the wisdom of the XDA crowd can show me the way. My EVO 4G LTE was unrooted, fully stock when I ran the new RUU from Sprint. It got stuck and never completed. It sat overnight, with the sliver HTC logo against a black background. The program stopped responding on my laptop. So, I disconnected. I am able to get into HBOOT screen. I can reach the phone through ADB when connected in Fastboot. I have also been able to load TWRP and CWM, but image files won't take. I cannot get the phone to load past the white screen with the green HTC letters.
I figure that I have no more OS. But, I cannot do anything else because while I have unlocked the bootloader, I still have S-ON. I have HBOOT 2.10 as well.
I cannot mount the storage from the laptop, but I do have an external SD card I can swap in and out.
I know there are ways I can get to a new ROM with HBOOT 2.10, but it seems they all require S-OFF. I can't figure out how to get S-OFF.
At this point I would just like a working phone. Where do I go from here?
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I'm hoping the wisdom of the XDA crowd can show me the way. My EVO 4G LTE was unrooted, fully stock when I ran the new RUU from Sprint. It got stuck and never completed. It sat overnight, with the sliver HTC logo against a black background. The program stopped responding on my laptop. So, I disconnected. I am able to get into HBOOT screen. I can reach the phone through ADB when connected in Fastboot. I have also been able to load TWRP and CWM, but image files won't take. I cannot get the phone to load past the white screen with the green HTC letters.
I figure that I have no more OS. But, I cannot do anything else because while I have unlocked the bootloader, I still have S-ON. I have HBOOT 2.10 as well.
I cannot mount the storage from the laptop, but I do have an external SD card I can swap in and out.
I know there are ways I can get to a new ROM with HBOOT 2.10, but it seems they all require S-OFF. I can't figure out how to get S-OFF.
At this point I would just like a working phone. Where do I go from here?
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To gain s-OFF you'd need to be on 3.16 firmware if you don't want the hassle then redo the RUU a different way which is that link V
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Then use these instructions found here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50523371
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lreyes said:
To gain s-OFF you would have to be on 3.16 firmware. If your bootloader is unlocked...
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Then use these instructions found here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50523371
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Thanks for the link. That kind of worked. The first rom_1.zip that I renamed didn't work...Gave me an error that said "Wrong zipped file!" I tried it with the other file, just to see, and that seemed to work. It was able to parse it and flash it. However, when I rebooted, I am still stuck on the white HTC screen.
Is there any way to downgrade the firmware to 3.16 from fastboot or recovery? I can still access CWM.
Not unless you're S-off, no.
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Is there any way to gain S-OFF with HBOOT 2.10 without an OS?
No.
Have you tried running the RUU again from the bootloader, or have you tried flashing a ROM?
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I was trying to figure out how to run the RUU from the bootloader, but couldn't figure it out. How can I do that?
Connect via Fastboot USB mode and start the RUU just like you did when you ran it previously.
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Yes - I've done that. Putting it into Fastboot USB was the only way my laptop could recognize the phone. I could try to flash a rom, but I wasn't sure which one would work with the HBOOT/firmware version I have.
robwalte said:
Yes - I've done that. Putting it into Fastboot USB was the only way my laptop could recognize the phone. I could try to flash a rom, but I wasn't sure which one would work with the HBOOT/firmware version I have.
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If your Hboot and firmware match the new layout you can try and flash one of the new Android 4.3 Sense 5 ROM's.
I'll keep looking for one that doesn't require S-OFF. All the ones I've found so far require it.
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I'll keep looking for one that doesn't require S-OFF. All the ones I've found so far require it.
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Any luck? I know there are aosp roms that work on the new layout. Not sure if they require s-off
HTC Jewel
Hboot 2.10 S-off
Android 4.3 Sense 5.5 V3
gstanke said:
Any luck? I know there are aosp roms that work on the new layout. Not sure if they require s-off
HTC Jewel
Hboot 2.10 S-off
Android 4.3 Sense 5.5 V3
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No luck on that front, but Captain_Throwback came to the rescue and gave me the solution after a plea from help over at the Android Central forums. I had to relock my bootloader, then load on the RUU as a PJ75IMG.img in the root of the SD card.
The file was provided by Captain_Throwback - link is in the post here: http://forums.androidcentral.com/ht...te-coming-htc-evo-4g-lte-132.html#post3475940
Everything is working great now. It does feel like a new phone, to a certain extent - very fast.
Hey Guys,
Dug out my two old Droid DNAs today to sell them both. One has the unlocked bootloader, the other (my wife's old phone) does not. She took the OTA update when it went out way back when.
Been scouring the forums every where trying to find a way to unlock the bootloader to up the phone's value a little. Has anyone found a way to do this after the software update?
If there isn't a way to do it, does that make this phone pretty much un-changeable? Is it not possible to get root, add custom recovery, flash custom OS, etc?
Thanks!
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So no one have found a method so far to boot unlock after the OTA?:crying:
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So no one have found a method so far to boot unlock after the OTA?:crying:
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I'm still looking for that also...
I Ruued back to 3.06 took the latest update and used weaksauce for temp root and firewater to soff and unlock.
mopartonyg said:
I Ruued back to 3.06 took the latest update and used weaksauce for temp root and firewater to soff and unlock.
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I couldn't find the RUU for the Verizon DNA, did you use something else that worked for this phone?
Here's how I got s-off and unlocked bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54892513&postcount=1 Just make sure you are s-on, or firewater won't do anything.
RUU can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2612740, personally, I haven't been able to get the 3.06 RUU to work. Keeps erroring out. I used the alt method.
Just a side note: you may want to do a factory reset from HBOOT (from the stock HBOOT and stock recovery) before rooting or unlocking anything. Helps to keep the "no 4G" issue from happening.
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Here's how I got s-off and unlocked bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54892513&postcount=1 Just make sure you are s-on, or firewater won't do anything.
RUU can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2612740, personally, I haven't been able to get the 3.06 RUU to work. Keeps erroring out. I used the alt method.
Just a side note: you may want to do a factory reset from HBOOT (from the stock HBOOT and stock recovery) before rooting or unlocking anything. Helps to keep the "no 4G" issue from happening.
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Exactly!!
one concern about RUU.
I've had this phone since their launch, and i remember that throughout the updates, the battery life and everything in general had become much better; I do appreciate the KitKat system and the upgraded Sense.
My concern is, if I revert back to earlier RUU, will i suffer from those of the earlier Android versions? or, will the newer Sense or ROMs take care of it?
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mopartonyg said:
I Ruued back to 3.06 took the latest update and used weaksauce for temp root and firewater to soff and unlock.
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I know this will be a frustrating question for you;
For you to RUU, from my understanding, i have to get a rumrunner, but from what i read, it's used for software versions 3.XXXX. Mine is 4.XXX can i still use the rumrunner to RUU to the prev software versions?
Or, do i need to look for something newer to come out?
tazz5150 said:
one concern about RUU.
I've had this phone since their launch, and i remember that throughout the updates, the battery life and everything in general had become much better; I do appreciate the KitKat system and the upgraded Sense.
My concern is, if I revert back to earlier RUU, will i suffer from those of the earlier Android versions? or, will the newer Sense or ROMs take care of it?
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I know this will be a frustrating question for you;
For you to RUU, from my understanding, i have to get a rumrunner, but from what i read, it's used for software versions 3.XXXX. Mine is 4.XXX can i still use the rumrunner to RUU to the prev software versions?
Or, do i need to look for something newer to come out?
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I used weaksauce and firewater after I took the 4.4.2 update
tazz5150 said:
one concern about RUU.
I've had this phone since their launch, and i remember that throughout the updates, the battery life and everything in general had become much better; I do appreciate the KitKat system and the upgraded Sense.
My concern is, if I revert back to earlier RUU, will i suffer from those of the earlier Android versions? or, will the newer Sense or ROMs take care of it?
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I know this will be a frustrating question for you;
For you to RUU, from my understanding, i have to get a rumrunner, but from what i read, it's used for software versions 3.XXXX. Mine is 4.XXX can i still use the rumrunner to RUU to the prev software versions?
Or, do i need to look for something newer to come out?
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my battery life is the same or better with KK