What the title says. I had to RUU to fix some problems with some system files but the device will not mount to PC. It keeps mounting and unmounting. I'm going to send the phone back to HTC for repair of the USB problem (this was also one of the problems after exposure to water) but was hoping to hide s-off. Is there a command I can run in terminal emulator to restore s-on? Hoping to hide this s-off before I ship it back to HTC... TIA
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pmacevad said:
What the title says. I had to RUU to fix some problems with some system files but the device will not mount to PC. It keeps mounting and unmounting. I'm going to send the phone back to HTC for repair of the USB problem (this was also one of the problems after exposure to water) but was hoping to hide s-off. Is there a command I can run in terminal emulator to restore s-on? Hoping to hide this s-off before I ship it back to HTC... TIA
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maybe @schmeggy929 can make a custom aboot to hide s-off & unlocked
That's a great idea @OMJ! How bout it @shmeggy929? Needs to be flashable without PC. Sdcard method would work too
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maybe @schmeggy929 can make a custom aboot to hide s-off & unlocked
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I'll see what I can do. Anyone know exactly what the stock bootloader with S-ON looks like?
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I'll see what I can do. Anyone know exactly what the stock bootloader with S-ON looks like?
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I know there is a video on YouTube that shows it briefly. It's one of the more popular "how to root your m9" videos, like 15 minutes or so long. I'm waiting to send this thing in till I can see what you can do. I am still s-off, just bone stock. Should be able to flash the Sdcard method. Hope you can help.
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I know there is a video on YouTube that shows it briefly. It's one of the more popular "how to root your m9" videos, like 15 minutes or so long. I'm waiting to send this thing in till I can see what you can do. I am still s-off, just bone stock. Should be able to flash the Sdcard method. Hope you can help.
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I was looking at the aboot code late last night changing modified to official seems no problem, but s-off and tampered is something else. I looked in the HTC M9 forums for insight and it seems the P8 partition is device specific. Which means each device is different. I'll look more today when I get home though
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Well according to a few people in the International forums S-off to S-on shouldn't to be done or recommended. The Systems are getting very complex. you will potentially hard brick phone. As far as changing the bootloader to Official can be done. I think it was Scotty1223 who has a thread on changing Modified to Official. Nothing on masking it, s-off and Unlocked yet.
Also I remember many return phones with hardware problems and also being unlocked and S-Off with no issues.
EDIT: return to S-ON
fastboot oem writesecureflag 3 (can you even do fastboot commands using Terminal Emulator???)
NOW Remember that command can potentially brick your phone. But then again it would be a better reason to have HTC give you a new phone
schmeggy929 said:
Well according to a few people in the International forums S-off to S-on shouldn't to be done or recommended. The Systems are getting very complex. you will potentially hard brick phone. As far as changing the bootloader to Official can be done. I think it was Scotty1223 who has a thread on changing Modified to Official. Nothing on masking it, s-off and Unlocked yet.
Also I remember many return phones with hardware problems and also being unlocked and S-Off with no issues.
EDIT: return to S-ON
fastboot oem writesecureflag 3 (can you even do fastboot commands using Terminal Emulator???)
NOW Remember that command can potentially brick your phone. But then again it would be a better reason to have HTC give you a new phone
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Ooo, that sounds really risky to run that command. Think I'm gonna take my chances. I think that command worked on my m8 but I think I used a PC to run the command and with my phone wanting to keep mounting and unmounting I don't think I could use a PC to do it. Using a TE without knowing if the command will brick the device is a risk I'm not really wanting to take. I dunno, I'm torn. Wish the darn thing would just mount...
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I'm pretty sure you can only issue fastboot commands from fastboot. TE would be for ADB. There is no need to go s-on before returning to HTC. Bootloader is what matters. If you can get it back to read locked, not relocked, not tampered, you should be fine with s-off.
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Ooo, that sounds really risky to run that command. Think I'm gonna take my chances. I think that command worked on my m8 but I think I used a PC to run the command and with my phone wanting to keep mounting and unmounting I don't think I could use a PC to do it. Using a TE without knowing if the command will brick the device is a risk I'm not really wanting to take. I dunno, I'm torn. Wish the darn thing would just mount...
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Yeah they say it worked with M7 and M8 but this is a new beast.
I wonder if anyone has a test device that would give it a try. I hate playing the part of guinea pig lol.
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I wonder if anyone has a test device that would give it a try. I hate playing the part of guinea pig lol.
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@Animal99 has confirmed... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=61885039
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Before anyone gets mad, I know this has been posted before. But i just wanted to confirm everything before getting charged $700.
Today a new rezound came in the mail from verizon. I never ordered one, but my old one is scratched a little so whatever. I have to return it completely to stock. It's s-offed and obviously rooted and unlocked. I heard sometimes it reads relocked and sometimes locked. And i think i need it to say locked, right?
A lot of people just say to flash a stock RUU, is that really all I need to do?
Where do i start? Thank you!
mikeyk101 on droidforums says this:
"This is pretty simple. Just download the RUU for gingerbread and you can find it here: http://goo.im/stock/vigor/ruu You can either download the 2.01.606.11 zip or exe file. If you download the exe, you have to run it on your computer with the phone conected by a data cable. If you use the zip version, put that on your SD card, rename it PH98IMG.zip, restart the phone in bootloader, and let hboot install it. Once that is done, you will be back to fully stock with the exception of the S-off. To make it S-on again, you have to once again go back into bootloader but before you do, delete that PH98IMG.zip file. Then get into fastboot. Make sure that the phone is connected again to your computer by data cable. Hopefully you have a folder on your computer that has adb commands and fastboot. Open up a dos window and CD to the folder where you have the adb, fastboot, etc. Then run the following command: fastboot oem writesecureflag 3 That should be all that is needed. Then you will have a fully stock S-on phone."
Is that correct?
It's correct.. even then, they really don't care about root/unlocked bootloaders.
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Thanks!
Also, to unlock, root and s-off my new phone I have to start all over right? I cant like nandroid it? Haha sorry if that sounds dumb..
davidetkin511 said:
Thanks!
Also, to unlock, root and s-off my new phone I have to start all over right? I cant like nandroid it? Haha sorry if that sounds dumb..
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Yes you have to start over.
davidetkin511 said:
Thanks!
Also, to unlock, root and s-off my new phone I have to start all over right? I cant like nandroid it? Haha sorry if that sounds dumb..
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After it is rooted and s-offed, you can simply restore your old backup and be right back where you were before you changed phones.
This I a good question, I am planning on returning my rezound for another one since I'm starting to see dead pixels everywhere. Saves me the time to look it up. Thanks
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What I wanna know is why and how did you get a new one in the mail without ever ordering one lol
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What I wanna know is why and how did you get a new one in the mail without ever ordering one lol
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I want to know the same thing.
PS: this post makes me a senior member
For some reason my phone boot loops on everything (ROM/kernel) I flash. I am s-on and in the past if I was changing ROM's or kernels and there was a bad match resulting in not passing boot animation I could always flash a fresh MeanBean and it would just do it's install goodness and boot up. For some reason now though after trying to flash a kernel last night it will not even boot beyond the HTC splash before reboot. I can still always get to the bootloader and recovery, but no matter what I flash it won't boot. :banghead: Also, I think the text that says Tampered in the bootloader used to be red, but is now black. I could just be imagining that now though.
Anyone have thoughts on this?
Thanks!
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Hit the link in my sig and read the portion regarding flashing while S-on and see if that helps you any.
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FinZ28 said:
Hit the link in my sig and read the portion regarding flashing while S-on and see if that helps you any.
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Cool, I'll check it out. Thanks!
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Cool, I'll check it out. Thanks!
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No problem. What version of TWRP are you running?
Also, S-off is highly recommended
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No problem. What version of TWRP are you running?
Also, S-off is highly recommended
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Sorry, just saw this... I'm on 2.3.1.0. Its been fine up until last night (been rooted and flashing ROMS and kernels since September as soon as I got the phone). Prior to that I said was always able to flash MeanBean (or MeanROM ICS) and get booted to use Flash Image then reboot to recovery and ROM flash to get me back to where I wanted to be.
I read the signature and that is perfect because since I was not having success with TWRP I was going to look up how to do that. Never needed to use Fastboot before. Knew it was simple, but didn't want to play trial and error right now, haha. Figured I'd post here and see what feedback I got while I searched.
Anyway, it looks like I'm not getting my device recognized when in FastbootUSB. It says "command not found". [edit] the Fastboot devices" command. [edit] Do I need to navigate to another location or something to do Fastboot commands?
LOL yes I know s-off is where it's at. But with the kernels for Meanx and ones that thick lizard puts up having the installer-and Flash Image taking care of the rest-I didn't feel like stretching the ol' comfort level and going s-off. I had actually recently re-downloaded the SDK though to get more familiar with things, because having to take all those steps (even having to fresh install and old ROM to use Flash Image, etc., to get where I wanted sometimes) is a huge PITA. Was planning to do some studying and s-off with DR as I'm hboot 1.19. Then, a flash went foul last night and here I am.
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Sorry, just saw this... I'm on 2.3.1.0. Its been fine up until last night (been rooted and flashing ROMS and kernels since September as soon as I got the phone). Prior to that I said was always able to flash MeanBean (or MeanROM ICS) and get booted to use Flash Image then reboot to recovery and ROM flash to get me back to where I wanted to be.
I read the signature and that is perfect because since I was not having success with TWRP I was going to look up how to do that. Never needed to use Fastboot before. Knew it was simple, but didn't want to play trial and error right now, haha. Figured I'd post here and see what feedback I got while I searched.
Anyway, it looks like I'm not getting my device recognized when in FastbootUSB. It says "command not found". [edit] the Fastboot devices" command. [edit] Do I need to navigate to another location or something to do Fastboot commands?
LOL yes I know s-off is where it's at. But with the kernels for Meanx and ones that thick lizard puts up having the installer-and Flash Image taking care of the rest-I didn't feel like stretching the ol' comfort level and going s-off. I had actually recently re-downloaded the SDK though to get more familiar with things, because having to take all those steps (even having to fresh install and old ROM to use Flash Image, etc., to get where I wanted sometimes) is a huge PITA. Was planning to do some studying and s-off with DR as I'm hboot 1.19. Then, a flash went foul last night and here I am.
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Use Facepalm. It's Windows friendly and takes less than five minutes. You do everything from the bootloader so the phone doesn't have to be booted to Android to work. You have to be able to connect via Fastboot USB so make sure your drivers are up to date. Also make sure you select the Fastboot option in the bootloader, then connect your phone to your PC. You also don't need the entire SDK to use ADB & Fastboot commands.
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FinZ28 said:
Use Facepalm. It's Windows friendly and takes less than five minutes. You do everything from the bootloader so the phone doesn't have to be booted to Android to work. You have to be able to connect via Fastboot USB so make sure your drivers are up to date. Also make sure you select the Fastboot option in the bootloader, then connect your phone to your PC. You also don't need the entire SDK to use ADB & Fastboot commands.
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Yeah, I guess getting s-off is gonna be the only way to get beyond where I am. Now I just have to find a Windows machine...
Does Facepalm work on 1.19? I read over all the ones on here recently and I figure there must be a reason it wasn't on my shortlist. Guess I'll go find out right now.
Thanks for the help!
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Flash latest recovery
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igobytony said:
Yeah, I guess getting s-off is gonna be the only way to get beyond where I am. Now I just have to find a Windows machine...
Does Facepalm work on 1.19? I read over all the ones on here recently and I figure there must be a reason it wasn't on my shortlist. Guess I'll go find out right now.
Thanks for the help!
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Yes, Facepalm works on 1.12, 1.15, 1.19 & 2.09 (software version 3.15).
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Flash latest recovery
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Even though it's older it still works. Plenty of folks still running that particular version of TWRP because it works without any issues. If he were getting errors while flashing in recovery, that might be an option.
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Yes, Facepalm works on 1.12, 1.15, 1.19 & 2.09 (software version 3.15).
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Even though it's older it still works. Plenty of folks still running that particular version of TWRP because it works without any issues. If he were getting errors while flashing in recovery, that might be an option.
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I believe I have 3.16 software. Probably saw that somewhere in the Facepalm thread and that's why I wasn't considering it. At least I'm pretty sure I'm 3.16. Honestly, I wouldn't know where to look since I can't boot up.
I think for now I'm going to try to flash the MeanBean kernel in Fastboot. As soon as I get my Fastboot commands recognized... Do I have to say "sudo" first or something?
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I believe I have 3.16 software. Probably saw that somewhere in the Facepalm thread and that's why I wasn't considering it. At least I'm pretty sure I'm 3.16. Honestly, I wouldn't know where to look since I can't boot up.
I think for now I'm going to try to flash the MeanBean kernel in Fastboot. As soon as I get my Fastboot commands recognized... Do I have to say "sudo" first or something?
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If you're using Linux, most likely, yes. Try "sudo fastboot devices" (without quotation marks) & see if that works for you (that's what I have to do when using Ubuntu).
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If you're using Linux, most likely, yes. Try "sudo fastboot devices" (without quotation marks) & see if that works for you (that's what I have to do when using Ubuntu).
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I'm on a macboook. When I tried "sudo" earlier it gave a big message re: don't [email protected] around (my words, same intention) and then asked for a password. I don't recall having to say "sudo" in the past. Also, I don't remember needing a password before, so I guess I'd better look into that... Maybe because where I at in file path macboook thinks I'm trying to sudo it and need a password? LOL :banghead:
I think I'm going to refer to the root guide I used last Sept as I was able to Fastboot flash files before (obvs, or I wouldn't be rooted). I'm guessing maybe I'm just issuing the command from the wrong location? That's why I'm checking the root guide to see if I navigated somewhere first. And to remind me how to cd since I haven't used adb of Fastboot since rooting last year.
Does that
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Think I found my Fastboot issue: the root guide I used says for Mac always put ". /fastboot-mac" for each Fastboot command.
I'll report back if that goes well and I can flash a kernel that way and boot up. Wouldn't want to solve my issue and bounce out of here, leaving the whole community to stay up all night worried about me haha.
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quick update: not able to get any fastboot commands to work. Not even using "./fastboot-mac" that i had to do to root.
if anyone happens to have run across this before, or knows the probably very obvious (except to me, natch) solution, please don't hesitate to let me know!
turn for the worse
Am now getting errors saying that can't mount things, most notable is that it can't mount internal storage. LIke, to the tune of not even being able to select it in TWRP. When I try to mount to computer: when I mount internal (which I was only able to attempt once, i can't even select that now) it says that it can't read the disk. Mount exterior (again to computer) does nothing.
I can still boot to recovery (though when browsing files trying to go up a level from exterior SD to internal results in a reboot of recovery.
Anyway, I can still use adb commands, but no fastboot commands.
I'm really having trouble here, and am getting pretty frustrated. Not totally freaked out as it looks like a soft bricking since I can get to hboot and recovery. But, now that there are mounting issues this is beyond my scope, and the issue is not showing up in searches of this (EvoLTE) forum.
Oh yeah, this is me, haha ------> :crying:
Most or all your answers can be found in the "sticky" threads in Q&A and General
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corcgaigh said:
Most or all your answers can be found in the "sticky" threads in Q&A and General
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Funny how the mind works; I've read the stickies and many threads countless times (I read much before asking questions which is why I've got such a low post count and have asked maybe two questions since joining xda) but never noticed anything about internal card not mounting until I reread after I had that issue. That section never jumped out at me before.
Anyway, I'll just go back to reading and keeping quiet. Not in a huge rush anymore since I've got my tablet and reactivated my old Pre from '09, haha. It's actually nice to use with the right patches and the clock speed damn near doubled.
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Hey man I wish I had a one line solution to your problems but I don't. The reason I said read the sticky threads is that you give the impression that your not too familiar with flashing kernels , fasboot and root in general. I'm not being a smartass here.
If your S-on you should have used fastboot before ti flash a boot img and I'm pretty sure you need a fastboot command to HTC dev unlock your phone.
Besides all that there must be a couple of thousand threads started by people reporting bootloops because of being S-on.
Now that you can't mount storage and or get a ROM a boot I would read up on getting S-off. Someone above said it can be done through botloader. Once your S-off you should be able to download and flash a ROM.
Good luck
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corcgaigh said:
Hey man I wish I had a one line solution to your problems but I don't. The reason I said read the sticky threads is that you give the impression that your not too familiar with flashing kernels , fasboot and root in general. I'm not being a smartass here.
If your S-on you should have used fastboot before ti flash a boot img and I'm pretty sure you need a fastboot command to HTC dev unlock your phone.
Besides all that there must be a couple of thousand threads started by people reporting bootloops because of being S-on.
Now that you can't mount storage and or get a ROM a boot I would read up on getting S-off. Someone above said it can be done through botloader. Once your S-off you should be able to download and flash a ROM.
Good luck
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Ha, I do to! Sorry I didn't mean to sound snarky in the last reply.
I have definitely used fastboot, but not since rooting. I just didn't want to sound like a know-it-all, which is I suppose why it ended up going so far the way. Seemed a better bet than "I've read everything ever now shut up and fix my phone!!" Haha Unless it was the crying smiley, lol. I haven't been on XDA from a computer in forever and when I saw the smilies it made me laugh and I peppered the post with them to amuse myself. Not to say that I wasn't frustrated, of course.
I'm absolutely planning to s-off. Was already looking into it over the past week or so after getting so tired of having to use Flash Image all the time, but had't jumped yet because I was still reading the threads to find best method. When I thought I had there would be people with same hboot or software version having issue with that method... at any rate, I'm still not able to get fastboot recognized (issuing commands from platform-tools, and adb commands are working, says "FastbootUSB"-even on two computers, both Macs tho) so while I continue to search for the solution there I'm going to repartition phone since internal SD is not being read.
I'm sure that after I have the fastboot thing solved, I'll be cool. I was having concerns that there may be a hardware issue since I didn't do anything I hadn't done before that got me into the boot loop state. Then the internal SD thing, which strangely just popped up after the phone had been down for about a day already.
Again, I apologize for sounding snarky or irritated. I really do appreciate your popping in to help out, so thank you!
No worries man and good luck
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Dudes,
Too many dead pixels dying on my phone and ATT is sending me another replacement device through warranty. I RUU'd and brought everything back to normal from the CID, hboot, radio, and back to s-on but I cannot get my bootloader to show "Locked". It just shows relocked. Im certain I cannot send it back to them saying relocked. Ive searched and maybe im not searching good enough. Care to share some commands?
"fastboot oem lock" only relocks it.
I restored the phone to 3.17 firmware and RUU but before I update it to the 4.3 id like it to show locked. Any help is appreciated.
Edit: Nevermind I found my answer. Read that this was not possible.
kennypow3rs said:
Dudes,
Too many dead pixels dying on my phone and ATT is sending me another replacement device through warranty. I RUU'd and brought everything back to normal from the CID, hboot, radio, and back to s-on but I cannot get my bootloader to show "Locked". It just shows relocked. Im certain I cannot send it back to them saying relocked. Ive searched and maybe im not searching good enough. Care to share some commands?
"fastboot oem lock" only relocks it.
I restored the phone to 3.17 firmware and RUU but before I update it to the 4.3 id like it to show locked. Any help is appreciated.
Edit: Nevermind I found my answer. Read that this was not possible.
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If you're s-off it is totally possible there's a command for it built right in to revone.
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to my knowledge any htc device no longer show "locked" after you unlocked it the first time..it will always show relocked when locked again..
Nick281051 said:
If you're s-off it is totally possible there's a command for it built right in to revone.
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Too bad i found this out after i s-on'd the phone again lol. So now im in the process of unlocking with rumrunner, then re s-off, then try to "lock" it again. Thanks for the replies guys
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Too bad i found this out after i s-on'd the phone again lol. So now im in the process of unlocking with rumrunner, then re s-off, then try to "lock" it again. Thanks for the replies guys
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No problem lol good luck
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No problem lol good luck
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ok now I have some problems. I unlocked again, s-off'd and then tried to "lock" and s-on again. Something went wrong and now I have a message in hboot that says "security warning" and tampared over the words "locked". I doesnt boot to the rom again just goes to recovery im guessing with the phone and the red triangle. lol Pain in the butt.
To be honest I have no clue how to fix that lol I haven't tried to lock it yet
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To be honest I have no clue how to fix that lol I haven't tried to lock it yet
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Theres no rom on the phone now lol.Gotta figure this out! Thanks for your help dude!
Run a ruu that will fix it tampered will be gone too
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So right now it's unlocked with tampered above an s-off. Is it wise to lock bootloader first before I run ruu? Which order should I go? I know s-on is last for sure...
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For anyone that's searching for this exact issue ill share what i did to get my phone completely back to stock. I did search the forum but the info was all over the place and in my opinion it was as clear as "I" needed it to be hence me creating a thread for something so simple. Ok as follows here is what I did step by step.
First I had to make sure I installed HTC sync of course. At the moment my firmware was 3.57 and I downloaded the 3.17 RUU.exe from HTC.com
Your firmware *HBOOT* and the RUU you download have to match or you will get errors. Well, least I did.
Make sure you download some type of toolkit it would make life a lot easier. I used this one it worked like a charm!
At the moment, my phone is bootloader unlocked and s-off fyi.
Next, Use the tool to "lock" your bootloader first not "re-lock" just "lock". If you're having issues push revone again and follow commands on toolbox.
Now, check hboot to see if it shows "locked" if it has tampered above locked that's ok the RUU will take care of that.
Run, the RUU, make sure usb debugging on and htc sync already installed. Let it run.
After its done, start up phone again, turn off fastboot under "power" and turn usb debugging on again.
Start up toolkit, look to the right and it will say "s-on" device. You can only s-on after you've ran the RUU and are on stock hboot and rom.
Check Hboot again and it should read "Locked" and now "s-on".
Phone now ready to send back for warranty or etc.
Hope this helps anyone that searches. I found a few thread via google and they helped out a bunch.
I want to root my phone badly and install cyanagenmod 10.2 on my rezound. But I'm afraid to, I mean I've read everything and I'm pretty sure I could do it easily, but it just scares me of bricking my phone, I upgrade sometime this year, should I wait till I upgrade? And by the way, if I do, do it, its on a Mac...
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There's very little if any chance of bricking unless you go S-Off. Keep it S-On and you'll always be able to recover to stock as long as you have a PC (something that works with Fastboot such as Windows or Ubuntu) and the latest RUU
Thank you, I've read that multiple times, but should I wait till I go for a upgrade? Or would you say root it sometime soon? And is it possible on mac though... I have the SDK, and all the necessary stuff on my mac, or at least I think...
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There's very little if any chance of bricking unless you go S-Off. Keep it S-On and you'll always be able to recover to stock as long as you have a PC (something that works with Fastboot such as Windows or Ubuntu) and the latest RUU
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ruu requires s-off bud...also if you soft brick while s-on there is no fix what so ever...all soft brick fixes work in s-off only.....but yes you actually root via a custom recovery on the rez...if s-on all you have to do is fastboot flash said recovery which i can link you to and run the su installer
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ruu requires s-off bud...also if you soft brick while s-on there is no fix what so ever...all soft brick fixes work in s-off only.....but yes you actually root via a custom recovery on the rez...if s-on all you have to do is fastboot flash said recovery which i can link you to and run the su installer
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Really it depends on the hboot and radios his phone is on, right? Bc say he were on the global leak 2.27 hboot with 2.22 radios he could still apply that ruu. However if on 2.28 hboot with 2.23 radios there technically is no official ruu so would need have be s_off..
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Really it depends on the hboot and radios his phone is on, right? Bc say he were on the global leak 2.27 hboot with 2.22 radios he could still apply that ruu. However if on 2.28 hboot with 2.23 radios there technically is no official ruu so would need have be s_off..
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he could fastboot to 2.28 without that provided OTA fille...ruu is actually an exe program... but i suggest against it honestly....but if downgrading at all requires s-off....he can root without s-off and flash roms....so long as he does use s-on instructions....(which to be honest s-on users have a harder time flashing custom roms for the reason of having to fastboot all the time)
Plus S-Off is so easy now... No wire trick
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I guess what the OP needs is some words of encouragement so let me just say this : unlocking the bootloader through HTC dev will not brick your phone, flashing a custom recovery will not brick your phone, flashing a custom rom will not brick your phone, getting the most out of your rezound will not brick your phone. Btw happy new year everybody
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Ok...so do I go s-off or s-on... Which one would you suggest... I'm kind of a noob... Sorry about that, I've read so many forum's, but I just haven't gotten to do it, or afraid of doing it, I know unlock bootloader and so on so forth... But after that... I know the HTC developers website provides a way for you to unlock the boot loader which allows you to install a custom ROM but I've seen other people do it differently, I've heard mac88 has a great one on rooting HTC rezound, but its supposed to have pictures but it was taken down... Or at least the pictures and I suck at reading it and doing it sometimes... I do better by seeing... Any help for a noob guys... Please help..
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I'm also looking to leave it Verizon, not changing anything, I've always heard never mess with the S-on or off... So...
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pball52998 said:
I'm also looking to leave it Verizon, not changing anything, I've always heard never mess with the S-on or off... So...
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s-off makes life easier...makes it so youll never have to use the computer to keep fastboot flashing the boot.img for every rom you wanna flash...doesnt change carrier....if youd like...to make your life easier...you can always send me the phone and ill do all the work for you and send it back free of charge
Thank you so much, so s-off is the best choice to do for the phone...
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pball52998 said:
Thank you so much, so s-off is the best choice to do for the phone...
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for a "noob" yes it is...makes things much easier on you....thats my personal opinion
Can you send me a link to a no wire trick, s-off please, because everything hat I have found is just wire trick..
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pball52998 said:
Can you send me a link to a no wire trick, s-off please, because everything hat I have found is just wire trick..
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Here ya go! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2585885 Much easier than the Juopunut s-off which requires Linux and the use of a wire to short out contacts on your phone.
Edit: Of course you need to be unlocked and rooted, and have a custom rom and kernel already installed to use this method. So it may not be easier for you.
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Here ya go! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2585885 Much easier than the Juopunut s-off which requires Linux and the use of a wire to short out contacts on your phone.
Edit: Of course you need to be unlocked and rooted, and have a custom rom and kernel already installed to use this method. So it may not be easier for you.
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Thank you so much and I only plan on putting CM on, I know that sounds weird but thats my plan. I need to get my windows side on my mac working better... I do have windows 7 its just, slow, and very low memory on the windows side left....sadly, but I will try to at least unlock my bootloader and get my adb drivers set up...
And I also forgot to ask earlier, can you send me the link you said for the recovery and Su... Please?
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pball52998 said:
And I also forgot to ask earlier, can you send me the link you said for the recovery and Su... Please?
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There are a lot of good threads to look at in HTC Rezound > Rezound Android development. Here are a few to start.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1418659
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1365654
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415615
Thank you I got into the boot loader unlock, but haven't done it yet, I went back in to make sure I have everything backed up, and when installing CWM does it back up your stock Rom onto a SD card? I've read things on it but don't really understand...sorry still a noob...
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Thank you I got into the boot loader unlock, but haven't done it yet, I went back in to make sure I have everything backed up, and when installing CWM does it back up your stock Rom onto a SD card? I've read things on it but don't really understand...sorry still a noob...
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It appears you have a lot more reading to do before you start making these changes to your phone. If not careful you can turn it into a useless brick. I would suggest reading through as many development threads as you can to get more comfortable.
BTW, you won't be doing any of this from your Mac. Find a Windows or Linux computer to use.
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Hello all, I've just recently recovered my DNA back to stock from a botched ROM install on the 3.06 software. Prior to running the RUU, I used Rumrunner to unlock my bootloader to put CWM on as my recovery. Then I had to re-lock it to run the RUU. Now I'm stuck at re-unlocking it. The HTCdev site is giving me a MID not allowed error and I'm thinking it has something to do with the fact that I used Rumrunner? Call me stupid, the DNA is still relatively new to me. Thank you!!
You shouldn't need to relock it to RUU. The RUU will overwrite your recovery with stock but the bootloader should remain unlocked (and s-off if you did that as well). At this point you should be able to just run rumrunner again to unlock the bootloader and then you can flash a custom recovery and go from there.
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You shouldn't need to relock it to RUU. The RUU will overwrite your recovery with stock but the bootloader should remain unlocked (and s-off if you did that as well). At this point you should be able to just run rumrunner again to unlock the bootloader and then you can flash a custom recovery and go from there.
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Tried doing Rumrunner again, Getting this error, "ERROR: run rumrunner again and READ (no adb connection to device. Debugging on?
Drivers?)" I've uninstalled the drivers via device manager, let windows 7 reinstall them and installed/uninstalled HTCsync with no luck.
Edit: Nevermind, tried a different cable. Hate it when that happens.
Edit 2: Rumrunner must have failed, device still relocked.
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Tried doing Rumrunner again, Getting this error, "ERROR: run rumrunner again and READ (no adb connection to device. Debugging on?
Drivers?)" I've uninstalled the drivers via device manager, let windows 7 reinstall them and installed/uninstalled HTCsync with no luck.
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Does 'adb devices' show your serial number? Did you enable debugging in the developer options?
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Does 'adb devices' show your serial number? Did you enable debugging in the developer options?
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I don't even see ADB devices in device manager. Just Android USB Devices.
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I don't even see ADB devices in device manager. Just Android USB Devices.
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ADB Devices is a command issued from the command prompt. It should return the S/N of the device connected. If there is no response the drivers are not installed on the PC. If you are using Win 8 or 8.1 you will have issues
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ADB Devices is a command issued from the command prompt. It should return the S/N of the device connected. If there is no response the drivers are not installed on the PC. If you are using Win 8 or 8.1 you will have issues
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Not too familiar with running that command. I'm new to the whole HTC scene. My Note 2 was significantly easier to work with in this respect.
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Not too familiar with running that command. I'm new to the whole HTC scene. My Note 2 was significantly easier to work with in this respect.
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Hı, have you find out a solution to this one ?
I am struggling with a similar situation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51140962
I did, sorry for not posting it here. I went and got a new cable from tiger direct and tried again. For some reason, the bootloader still says relocked but I have root access. I don't feel confident enough to try and see if CWM or TWRP and I don't want to go through the RUU garbage again. Shoot me a PM and I'll tell you everything what not to do. LOL
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I did, sorry for not posting it here. I went and got a new cable from tiger direct and tried again. For some reason, the bootloader still says relocked but I have root access. I don't feel confident enough to try and see if CWM or TWRP and I don't want to go through the RUU garbage again. Shoot me a PM and I'll tell you everything what not to do. LOL
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I have heard if you flash a new hboot the relocked text will go away, but I haven't had this issue myself so I can't personally confirm it. I do recommend updating your hboot and radio, though, for other reasons like better radio signal.
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I have heard if you flash a new hboot the relocked text will go away, but I haven't had this issue myself so I can't personally confirm it. I do recommend updating your hboot and radio, though, for other reasons like better radio signal.
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Updating the hboot and radio seems a little daunting. Definitely something I want to look in to once I can figure out how to get a ROM on this without calling a mulligan and starting from scratch again.
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Not too familiar with running that command. I'm new to the whole HTC scene. My Note 2 was significantly easier to work with in this respect.
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Adb is universal to all android devices, I highly recommend getting used to it if you plan on rooting future devices, the only thing native to HTC is the S-OFF portion of eMMC
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I did, sorry for not posting it here. I went and got a new cable from tiger direct and tried again. For some reason, the bootloader still says relocked but I have root access. I don't feel confident enough to try and see if CWM or TWRP and I don't want to go through the RUU garbage again. Shoot me a PM and I'll tell you everything what not to do. LOL
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Are you S-OFF? If so issue this command in fastboot:
fastboot oem writecid 22222222
Go to htcdev.com and then it will allow you to unlock the bootloader also make sure you have 8 2's in the command.