First of all, this is one of my first few posts, so forgive me if this is in the wrong section.
The backstory:
I just recently bought an HTC One M8 (AT&T) and had it unlocked via AT&T to put on T-Mobile. Literally everything works besides MMS. I've tried APN settings every way that I could, and nothing. I've done some research and found that if I'm having this problem, it has something to do with the AT&T service that the phone was on. I did a factory reset on it and then re-did the APN settings again, but still no avail. I did some MORE reading and found that rooted devices don't have this issue, for whatever reason. So, now I'm looking into that. However, I don't want to brick the thing because I just got it.
I have a couple questions before I dive any deeper into the rooting and/or flashing a 5.0.1(I think) GPE, if I'm even going to.
First of all, how easy is it to brick Android phones nowadays? I've got a friend who gets a new device simply to tinker with and he said it's not terribly difficult unless you're really dumb. I've rooted and flashed a new firmware on my Kindle Fire, and it works like a charm, so I'm not completely new to the scene.
Second, I found this tutorial... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799796
And it seems to be the one that I'm going to follow. But do I need to S-Off first?
Second a, If I do, how? Firewater seems to be dead and Sunshine I have to pay for, which I would like to avoid, though I'm not completely opposed.
Second b, is Sunshine any more safe than Firewater?
Third, is there any more info you need from me? If there is, I can post within.
Have you tried changing your messaging app's custom settings? Try fiddling with your messaging app's apn settings, or using a different messaging app.
You can use the directions in your link to unlock your bootloader with htcdev for a custom recovery+root without s-off and paying for sunshine.
You can use one of the all in one toolkits floating around if you're worried about messing up, but it's not too complicated.
I wouldn't worry about bricking your phone, as long as you follow the directions, and have a solid usb connection.
Power+up volume for a hard reset, and Power+volume down to get back to the bootloader will save you if you mess up in the vast majority of cases. Staying S-ON should prevent you from changing the stuff that could truly catastrophically brick your phone.
You would need s-off if you wanted to change your phone to be the same as if you bought it from T-mobile.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2796417 might help you out too.
you should be able to flash a ruu for t mobile provided youre s-off and change CID to match t mobile carrier.
That would likely fix all of your issues.
And again, I wouldn't worry too much about bricking the phone. Just make sure to do a complete backup before you start and follow all the directions to the letter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/faq-to-android-read-post-root-t2508292
this is a good article to read to help you get acquainted with your phone and whats going on inside it.
Hope this helps.
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Has anyone here been successful in unlocking a Galaxy S2 from Virgin Mobile? Exact same phone as Bell Canada I do believe.
I have tried chainfire's method, but the scan turned up nothing. There are alternatives through websites/purchases but I am a little leery about giving someone 50$ to MAYBE unlock my phone. I am also worried about potentially bricking my phone. My warranty is now void due to rooting and installing a custom rom and neglecting to back up my original software (stupid I know. What's done is done).
Is it even possible to use a different sim card in these phones from said provider?
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Since you're rooted install this app and run it.
A second vote for Helroz's's's's tool. It works well and also can back up your EFS folder regardless of whether you want to unlock or not. EFS back ups can come in very, very handy.
Thanks a lot guys, I appreciate the help. I am not entirely sure I know what "busybox" is though or how to install it. I'll check a few guides and what not to figure out what exactly I'm doing.
Now, before I go about this, I want to ensure that I cannot brick my phone should I screw something up. I know that the other program I used only read and didn't write so bricking wasn't a problem. This one however I've been told does both so it's always a risk.
My phone's approximately 2 months old and I don't have the original firmware to go back to stock nor do I have a JIG yet to remove the yellow asterisk from boot. If I screw something up ,I'm in a whole world of hurt haha.
Thanks again guys
- Chris
I ran the tool (as a SGS at first, realized my error and quickly deleted said files and ran the SGS2 ones instead. Swapped SIMs with my roommate (Rogers) and made a phone call. Sure enough, it rang.
Thank you guys very much for the input
Now I have to find stock firmware and a JIG for warranty purposes.
Definitely going to donate to the devs of that app
- Chris
I've recently rooted and had some issues with my personal phone, which I've cleared up with help from this board and members, and have actually enjoyed messing with my phone, its been fun learning about android and the possibilities with these phones. But with a bit of hesitation on going at it again with my phone, and how screwed I was when I couldn't get it going for a while, I thought I'd browse for a spare phone, anything, something old to screw around with and really practice on.
well, don't I find a 'bricked' amaze in my local classifieds! so $50 later I have myself a spare amaze to mess with! This phone powers on and goes straight to hboot, and I thought sweet, a factory rom upgrade and away we go. but it wasn't so easy.
this phone is a telus, and was relocked, but the one thing I noticed on this one that I didn't on mine when I flashed the telus rom is that this one has a 'security warning' under the relocked banner at the top of hboot. For the life of me I can't seem to get an oem rom to upgrade this phone. I've tried 3 different sd's, formatting etc. downloading the telus ruu zip from lots of different sites, trying with sd out then installing it when hboot loads, with and without usb plugged in, you name it I've tried it, and I cant' seem to get a stock rom to load.
hboot checks for ph85diag, then ph85img, finds it, checks it, then checks it again and back to hboot. No matter what I do, it won't ask to upgrade, and even trying out other ruu's it'll at least tell me that its the wrong file. Funny thing is in all of this I've already done this on my fully working amaze, and it worked right away, the only thing I'm thinking is that security warning banner, if that's in any way preventing the install.
any thoughts?
andy55 said:
I've recently rooted and had some issues with my personal phone, which I've cleared up with help from this board and members, and have actually enjoyed messing with my phone, its been fun learning about android and the possibilities with these phones. But with a bit of hesitation on going at it again with my phone, and how screwed I was when I couldn't get it going for a while, I thought I'd browse for a spare phone, anything, something old to screw around with and really practice on.
well, don't I find a 'bricked' amaze in my local classifieds! so $50 later I have myself a spare amaze to mess with! This phone powers on and goes straight to hboot, and I thought sweet, a factory rom upgrade and away we go. but it wasn't so easy.
this phone is a telus, and was relocked, but the one thing I noticed on this one that I didn't on mine when I flashed the telus rom is that this one has a 'security warning' under the relocked banner at the top of hboot. For the life of me I can't seem to get an oem rom to upgrade this phone. I've tried 3 different sd's, formatting etc. downloading the telus ruu zip from lots of different sites, trying with sd out then installing it when hboot loads, with and without usb plugged in, you name it I've tried it, and I cant' seem to get a stock rom to load.
hboot checks for ph85diag, then ph85img, finds it, checks it, then checks it again and back to hboot. No matter what I do, it won't ask to upgrade, and even trying out other ruu's it'll at least tell me that its the wrong file. Funny thing is in all of this I've already done this on my fully working amaze, and it worked right away, the only thing I'm thinking is that security warning banner, if that's in any way preventing the install.
any thoughts?
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you're kidding, its that easy? I thought about it too and didn't try that. First thing I'll be doing when I get home
what I was screwed by was I did the exact same thing to my good phone, I re-locked it, and loaded the telus rom and it went easy, no problems, and I tried the same with this phone, and no dice
did the unlock trick work
I'll let you know in a couple hours, the dud's at home and I'm stuck at work with computers that encrypt everything connected to them no screwing around (to a certain degree) at work
yup worked, had issues with wifi/bluetooth but bulletproof fixed that issue, all is working again, thanks, I can't believe I didn't think that would work before!
Ok, as im sure this question has been asked a 1000 times over, my search turned up no results...so lets ask.
I got this phone from good ol' craigslist with the explicit request that it not be rooted. SURPRISE its rooted and the orig. owner decided to do a fac. data reset, so im none the wiser until I start messing with the phone (lesson learned, no lectures in trading phones needed).
Not only can I not find a comprehensive guide on rooting this thing, I really want a comprehensive guide on UN rooting it.. honestly I'll turn around and root it again, but Id like to know the process going both ways.
The build number is 4.5.141 Firmware Version 2.3.6
If anyone would be so kind as to point me in the right direction I'd greatly appreciate it!
also, My purchased apps are no longer registering as purchased on the Atrix, I can put my SIM back into my inspire and its all good, but the atrix says I need to pay, is this a side effect of rooting this specific phone?
gorealmighty said:
Ok, as im sure this question has been asked a 1000 times over, my search turned up no results...so lets ask.
I got this phone from good ol' craigslist with the explicit request that it not be rooted. SURPRISE its rooted and the orig. owner decided to do a fac. data reset, so im none the wiser until I start messing with the phone (lesson learned, no lectures in trading phones needed).
Not only can I not find a comprehensive guide on rooting this thing, I really want a comprehensive guide on UN rooting it.. honestly I'll turn around and root it again, but Id like to know the process going both ways.
The build number is 4.5.141 Firmware Version 2.3.6
If anyone would be so kind as to point me in the right direction I'd greatly appreciate it!
also, My purchased apps are no longer registering as purchased on the Atrix, I can put my SIM back into my inspire and its all good, but the atrix says I need to pay, is this a side effect of rooting this specific phone?
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1. To unroot, I guess you can flash your phone back to stock.
2. Your purchases are linked to your Google account.
I had my headphone jack go bad, so I needed to make it look as stock as I could. Simply flashed the stock rom found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125944 for my model and was done.
To root I used the download from http://www.psouza4.com/Bionic/ and it worked perfectly.
Hope this helps.
Well, I tried one of the unroot processes or it may even been the CWM install process and I'm now the proud owner of a soft bricked Motorola
I found out that the previous owner used super one click, and as convenient as that is I hate that its all based on generic code. SO my problem has gone from unroot to unbrick. Any new suggestions? I'm getting a failed to reboot 3 message and the phone is entering rsd mode and not doing anything from that point on.
Also I know the market is linked to my Gmail, causing my confusion as to why the market on that phone is asking me to repurchase apps.
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Ok, so ive only had the phone a few days and it seems to get the most out of my phone i should root it, what id like to know is the easiest way without messing up my phone,
i know very little about rooting etc thats why ive been so hesitant but if someone could give me a basic run down on what to do without messing up my phone that would be nice.
my 64GB card should be here this morning so i may as well do it once ive got that in ?
thanks.
Mike_EVO said:
Ok, so ive only had the phone a few days and it seems to get the most out of my phone i should root it, what id like to know is the easiest way without messing up my phone,
i know very little about rooting etc thats why ive been so hesitant but if someone could give me a basic run down on what to do without messing up my phone that would be nice.
my 64GB card should be here this morning so i may as well do it once ive got that in ?
thanks.
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Mike_EVO said:
Ok, so ive only had the phone a few days and it seems to get the most out of my phone i should root it, what id like to know is the easiest way without messing up my phone,
i know very little about rooting etc thats why ive been so hesitant but if someone could give me a basic run down on what to do without messing up my phone that would be nice.
my 64GB card should be here this morning so i may as well do it once ive got that in ?
thanks.
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Mike - I have PM'd you some help. Note I am unclear if you are GSM/cdma and whether you have updated with OTA to ICS from GB.
Good luck.
I need Help
Bandee2 said:
Mike - I have PM'd you some help. Note I am unclear if you are GSM/cdma and whether you have updated with OTA to ICS from GB.
Good luck.
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Can you help me too i just converted from IOS to Android and im not happy with the Stock OS.Ive tried everything and even the HTCdev.Btw its CDMA
Hi Mike, Welcome to the thread.
As a new rooter to the 3d and a long time rooter of the EVO (original) I have to say I'm finding that this is much more intimidating than it really is.
Check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813818
It was a very well thought out thread and worked smoothly. The hardest part was the wire trick and I'll be honest the most intimidating. It took me 5x before I got the timing correct with how quickly I touched the ground. Outside of that it was simple.
It's true the EVO 3d is somewhat of a pickle when it comes to gaining s-off. Just a bunch of tedious steps. But its all worth it once you gain it. At least you won't have to deal with the headache of unlocked s-on.
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It's true the EVO 3d is somewhat of a pickle when it comes to gaining s-off. Just a bunch of tedious steps. But its all worth it once you gain it. At least you won't have to deal with the headache of unlocked s-on.
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I am unlocked S-on and use EXT4 Touch recovery with "smart flash" It seems to work just as if you are s-off...
I mainly deal with Samsung phones as I own an S2, I was looking into rooting my fiancee's Evo 3D to run an app to unlock contact photos for handcent, but it does seem pretty tedious to root them from the searching I've done here, unlike Odin in the Samsung world. Is there a particularly painless way to root the 3D but preserve data? Cause I doubt she'll want me to wipe it just for that, heh.
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I mainly deal with Samsung phones as I own an S2, I was looking into rooting my fiancee's Evo 3D to run an app to unlock contact photos for handcent, but it does seem pretty tedious to root them from the searching I've done here, unlike Odin in the Samsung world. Is there a particularly painless way to root the 3D but preserve data? Cause I doubt she'll want me to wipe it just for that, heh.
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Unfortunately there isn't, since you have to either HTC unlock the bootloader, which resets the phone, or flash an RUU (stock ROM) to go straight to S-OFF. Since you are not starting with root, you might want to try MyBackup from the Play Store which doesn't require root for the basic backup to save as much as you can, then root (and optionally S-OFF) and restore from the backup on the SD card.
I've recently opened a thread in the General Forum to make it easier for Sprint users to get root, and optionally S-OFF, but there's no such thing as a one click root for the Evo 3D. I tried one that was posted in the General Forum a couple of weeks ago but it didn't work on our device.
ramjet73
I have a verizon wireless htc rezound. I was trying to use my at&t sim card in it attempting to unlock it( first time dealing with android). and figured out i got service but was not able to send sms. after searching i realized it wasnt just me. I have heard of the custom rom venasaur that fixed the sms problem. I am completely new to this and would really appreciate help installing this rom or fixing this problem? I dont know if i need to root it if i need an sd card i am pretty clueless at this point ?
How is this urgent?
Only put urgent in the title if you think you have bricked or something like that.
Start here and read the entire thread, take notes:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
If Venasaur ROM will fix your issue, then yes, you need root to flash it. You should really read about all of this for at least a week before doing anything to your phone or else you can easily cause irreparable harm or at least end up needing a lot of help to get it running again.
Take a bunch of notes about what commands do what, what order you do things in, etc... while you read so you can look that stuff up easily in one place. There's a lot to digest and absorb and you should have a decent understanding of things before you get started.