I remember a T-Mobile employee mentioning that he opened a Sensation box and discovered it to be S-Off. The date on the box was 5-18-2011. The recovery screen listed a date of 5-13-2011. For everyone who has already gotten their phone:
If you have S-Off - Please post your box/recovery dates
If you have a box date of 5-18 - Please post your recovery date and if your phone is S-Off or S-On
If you have a recovery date of 5-13 - Please post your box date and if you have S-Off or S-On
I just thought with the release at T-Mobile stores tomorrow it would be very helpful to people like me who will be waiting outside for the store to open to have a good idea if it will be S-Off or S-On based on the box date. I tried to include all scenarios that replicate the discovered S-Off to find the best way to estimate.
I am not sure if this would be a correct assumption as each date could have a S-On / S-Off variant. I have yet to see any correlation between date and S-Off.
Rod3 said:
I am not sure if this would be a correct assumption as each date could have a S-On / S-Off variant. I have yet to see any correlation between date and S-Off.
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I know it is not going to be [insert date] = S-off but if it can be narrowed down to a point where there is a higher probability that a certain date will be S-off it's still better than nothing. Oh, and in addition, how big of a fuss would the salespeople make with a request to open it up and boot into recovery before committing to a purchase?
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I know it is not going to be [insert date] = S-off but if it can be narrowed down to a point where there is a higher probability that a certain date will be S-off it's still better than nothing. Oh, and in addition, how big of a fuss would the salespeople make with a request to open it up and boot into recovery before committing to a purchase?
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I know in the UK I can mess around with a phone before I buy it. I just ask to take a look at a phone, boot it into recovery/fastboot/whatever and check S-ON, S-OFF, or whatever I need to check The sales people don't really know what I'm doing, but they don't care if I want an S-OFF or w/e version. Most of the time, they just want to make a sale. If me making sure I get an S-off phone gets a sale, they'll do it. It's the exec's that care about that kind of thing.
No idea if rules are different in the US though
I doubt this has any correlation, but my first sensations default ringtone or the one that it was set on from the factory was the HTC ringtone, which I returned because of touch screen issues, but my second sensations default ringtone is the tmobile jingle. I never checked the first one but this one is S-ON.
Recovery date 13-05-2011, s-on. There are no date on my box?
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Recovery date 13-05-2011, s-on. There are no date on my box?
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Same
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The date on my box is 5-25-2011 and I have S-ON;
no date on box; europe.
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The date on my box is 5-25-2011 and I have S-ON;
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azsl1326 said:
The date on my box is 5-25-2011 and I have S-ON;
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Same for me....
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I know in the UK I can mess around with a phone before I buy it. I just ask to take a look at a phone, boot it into recovery/fastboot/whatever and check S-ON, S-OFF, or whatever I need to check The sales people don't really know what I'm doing, but they don't care if I want an S-OFF or w/e version. Most of the time, they just want to make a sale. If me making sure I get an S-off phone gets a sale, they'll do it. It's the exec's that care about that kind of thing.
No idea if rules are different in the US though
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If you do this with multiple phones then you sir are an ass. I'd hate to go & get a phone to see it's already been opened, just because someone was looking for a specific thing.
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If you do this with multiple phones then you sir are an ass. I'd hate to go & get a phone to see it's already been opened, just because someone was looking for a specific thing.
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Why the hostility? Just tell the salesperson you want an unopened box. Problem solved!
Lol this could be pointless
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What's the purpose of this thread?
There's only one person on XDA that has an S=OFF Sensation.
Paul22000 said:
What's the purpose of this thread?
There's only one person on XDA that has an S=OFF Sensation.
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Really? How do you know?
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Really? How do you know?
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Because there's only 1 thread on the development section with 1 person that has the S=OFF. Unless there's been a few others, that's the only person I know of.
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Because there's only 1 thread on the development section with 1 person that has the S=OFF. Unless there's been a few others, that's the only person I know of.
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So you're saying we shouldn't invite people to check their phones to see if they are S-OFF and post it here because one guy posted in the development forum that he has S-OFF? How does that make sense?
I would not expected to be able to open the box at all before you buy it in the store at launch. The salesman will likely say no and just sell it to the person standing behind you.
If you want to try and open boxes you should wait until the initial rush dies down, you will have a much better chance of getting someone to let you do that once the stores are not worried about selling out.
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So you're saying we shouldn't invite people to check their phones to see if they are S-OFF and post it here because one guy posted in the development forum that he has S-OFF? How does that make sense?
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Okay sure, I'll humor you.
Let's see how many people post that they have S-OFF.
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Htc has just confirmed that they will not lock bootloaders so here is a big cheers to htc and lets now get this sensation... going lets all thank htc the same way we bashed them..
""There has been overwhelmingly customer feedback that people want access to open bootloaders on HTC phones. I want you to know that we've listened. Today, I'm confirming we will no longer be locking the bootloaders on our devices. Thanks for your passion, support and patience," Peter Chou, CEO of HTC"
edit the sensation will be unlocked via ota
"HTC Customer Support Yes, in a future update. Please check our website in the coming weeks for the update!"
If it true I will thank them and buy their new phone. Money talk more than words.
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Just about to post!
Really glad they did that
What about people like us already bought from Vodafone with locked device? Any chance to unlock it soon or not?
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If it true I will thank them and buy their new phone. Money talk more than words.
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it is true i will edit my post to show what was said.. sensational
Now that's what I call customer service!
kgbkny said:
Now that's what I call customer service!
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not only customer service they opened the bootloader i open my door and allow the sensation into my house and htc is always a welcomed guess in my house.... lol well the sensation is gonna be sleeping in my bed with me
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Now that's what I call customer service!
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Nope.......its called power to the people.
Either way......... its awesome news.
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What about people like us already bought from Vodafone with locked device? Any chance to unlock it soon or not?
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Presumably HTC would have to release an OTA or RUU that upgrades the Sensation to support the sanctioned unlocking method.
If the AWS-band Sensation comes out as an open phone, it's high up on my "next device" list. That or the Nexus 3
More than likely the sensation and announced HTC phones will come with a locked bootloader, they will either make a patch or just not lock future devices. I really don't think they are going to do this so close to launch date..
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If the AWS-band Sensation comes out as an open phone, it's high up on my "next device" list.
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For a June 8 launch, there's probably already 100K boxed and sitting in a warehouse somewhere. They'll have to address it with an update. They're not going to stop the sale date to make s/w changes that 90% of the people buying it don't care about.
And HTC just kept my business.
It just has been confirmed on FB. No more bootloaders locked! Great!
Source FB and here:Engadget
ota fastboot unlock
Sorry just a small question as I'm not quite sure I understood (sometime my english's just poor, especially when it's 4:50am ;-).. What about existing devices with a locked bootloaders? Example people having already the Sensation. A new OTA update or they will stay locked?
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Sorry just a small question as I'm not quite sure I understood (sometime my english's just poor, especially when it's 4:50am ;-).. What about existing devices with a locked bootloaders? Example people having already the Sensation. A new OTA update or they will stay locked?
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From this is my next:
Information beyond that is pretty much nonexistent. HTC (or whoever runs the account) later said that “more specific details will be shared at a later date.”
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From this is my next:
Information beyond that is pretty much nonexistent. HTC (or whoever runs the account) later said that “more specific details will be shared at a later date.”
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oh I see... well, just asking because I'm supposed to get my Sensation on Monday. Thanks
OMG Best damn news about the sensation I have heard in days...
Thanks!
Really great news! Made my day )
Thanks for the "Thanks" guys ;-)
http://htcdev.com/ this says it all
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It'd be interesting to see if or how this is useful for our developers.
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"The Bootloader Unlock web tool is coming soon. Check back often for official updates."
Um, yeah, they did...something... :-| :-/
Hitting F5 until something materializes.
I would rather have an unofficial bootloader unlock than one that htc can say voids my warranty...
I hope the devs figure out another way to unlock future phones besides that method or I won't be buying anymore HTC phones. That will void your warranty, and so far I've had 4 defective HTC phones out of 4 so I wouldn't take the chance and give up my warranty.
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I would rather have an unofficial bootloader unlock than one that htc can say voids my warranty...
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my thoughts exactly, which is what im sure will come of this though, sacrifice 1 or 2 to figure it out for the rest!
Evo 3D has perma-temp root. They're starting to figure it out.
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BoulderGeek said:
"The Bootloader Unlock web tool is coming soon. Check back often for official updates."
Um, yeah, they did...something... :-| :-/
Hitting F5 until something materializes.
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They released the OpenSense SDK today...
They also released the source code for the kernels on all HTC phones. Don't know if that was done before or not but it seems like that should be useful.
eraursls1984 said:
I hope the devs figure out another way to unlock future phones besides that method or I won't be buying anymore HTC phones. That will void your warranty, and so far I've had 4 defective HTC phones out of 4 so I wouldn't take the chance and give up my warranty.
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I'm on my 3rd... haven't had a problem with either of the 3.
Sounds like user error to me.
EmmVeePee said:
I'm on my 3rd... haven't had a problem with either of the 3.
Sounds like user error to me.
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My problems must have been user error, the power button was sticking and it was recessed into the phone, another one had a messed up audio jack, the next had the same issue and this one has the audio jack issue as well just not as bad and this new one also has random reboots even on the new OTA GB radio, the last three only had reboots on froyo radios.
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Evo 3D has perma-temp root. They're starting to figure it out.
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The Evo3D has s-off via AlphaRev and Unrevoked's Revolutionary tool....
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Milimbar said:
They also released the source code for the kernels on all HTC phones. Don't know if that was done before or not but it seems like that should be useful.
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They always release the source to the kernel, just not always right away. It was posted before on http://developer.htc.com
They'll unlock the bootloader to the evo 3d and sensation but not the tbolt. Their unlocking tool will require you to provide them with your device information to void your warranty. Only good I see is developers might be able to use the tool to unlock other devices like the tbolt and future devices without having to provide htc with any of your phones information.
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mark my words no verizon device will show up on the dev site for unlocking
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mark my words no verizon device will show up on the dev site for unlocking
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Oh hi mr. troll. I see you failed to check how their unlocker works. It supports all HTC phones, but I would avoid using it since they record the results and probably note that you were rooted if you have a warranty issue.
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Oh hi mr. troll. I see you failed to check how their unlocker works. It supports all HTC phones, but I would avoid using it since they record the results and probably note that you were rooted if you have a warranty issue.
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On top of that from what I have been reading it is somewhat limiting when compared to s-off. No hboot, radio, or splash1 flashing. Last I heard kernels had to be fastbooted on. There is probably more I don't know about. Voids your warranty and you can't even switch around to find what radio works best for you. Unlocked my a$$!!
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Oh hi mr. troll. I see you failed to check how their unlocker works. It supports all HTC phones, but I would avoid using it since they record the results and probably note that you were rooted if you have a warranty issue.
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How come when you go to htcdev.com no verizon phones are listed for unlocking bootloader including the thunderbolt? I wouldn't use the site anyways but trust me when I say no verizon phone will appear on that site, carriers own manufacturers and verizon hates unlocked/rooted/modified phones on their network!
Also thanks for the troll comment in flattered!
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mark my words no verizon device will show up on the dev site for unlocking
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I've been saying that since day one when HTC announced these "plans". I think Verizon has enough "pull" with HTC to make sure none of 'their' phones will be supported.
yareally said:
Oh hi mr. troll. I see you failed to check how their unlocker works. It supports all HTC phones, but I would avoid using it since they record the results and probably note that you were rooted if you have a warranty issue.
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Glad to see you can read.... From HTC's website for this, they clearly state
You asked for it, we delivered. Use this tool to install custom firmware on selected HTC Android devices.
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I bolded and italicized the important parts since you missed them the first time.
Further, from their FAQ on this subject:
Will all HTC devices be unlocked?
HTC is committed to assisting customers in unlocking bootloaders for HTC devices. However, certain models may not be unlockable due to operator restrictions.
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Trying to S-off and root my sensation , but it has a SH serial number. Revolutionary gives me a code, but fails every time. Any ideas???
Make sure u have the right hboot checked with revolutionary
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Does it say beta key accepted?
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Hey I just got this phone today and when I try to connect it to revolutionary environments it just keeps. Saying waiting for devise???. It's a brand new phone from tmobile??
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Need to install the htc drivers
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Can you get give me a link to the drivers please???
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dislplin01 said:
Can you get give me a link to the drivers please???
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download latest htc sync from HTC Centre http://www.htc.com/in/help/htc-sensation/#download
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Does it say beta key accepted?
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No it says" invalid key"
Yes have correct 1.18.00
dislplin01 said:
Can you get give me a link to the drivers please???
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get out of my thread you douche' canoe....focus grasshopper.
You know the key is case sensitive right?
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Revolutionary is the easiest root method for the sensation,evo ect. Like if u cant figure this out then it might be a good idea to keep ur phone stock
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vabeachfc3s said:
Revolutionary is the easiest root method for the sensation,evo ect. Like if u cant figure this out then it might be a good idea to keep ur phone stock
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Well smart guy, from what I have seen , it is very easy to use, I have done around 30 phones so far. The problem comes up on SH serialized phones, HT serialized phones are no problem. So, trust me , it's not user error, it's some else about the SH phones. And yes I understand it is case sensitive for the key. Anyone with a helpful idea? Just because my post count is low, does not make me a noob at this. I just prefer to post when I can contribute and not just for the hits.
Dude I'm just trying to help don't be such a **** it worked fine for me after I got the drivers
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Yea actually i am pretty damn smart. So you have done over 30 of the same phones? Sounds like you offer this service on craigslist
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Well smart guy, from what I have seen , it is very easy to use, I have done around 30 phones so far. The problem comes up on SH serialized phones, HT serialized phones are no problem. So, trust me , it's not user error, it's some else about the SH phones. And yes I understand it is case sensitive for the key. Anyone with a helpful idea? Just because my post count is low, does not make me a noob at this. I just prefer to post when I can contribute and not just for the hits.
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If revolutionary doesn't work why not try HTC official unlock for sensation. Gets u to the same place basically.
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Well smart guy, from what I have seen , it is very easy to use, I have done around 30 phones so far. The problem comes up on SH serialized phones, HT serialized phones are no problem. So, trust me , it's not user error, it's some else about the SH phones. And yes I understand it is case sensitive for the key. Anyone with a helpful idea? Just because my post count is low, does not make me a noob at this. I just prefer to post when I can contribute and not just for the hits.
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Let's put it this way. You are the first person to say that there is a problem with SH phones. There is nothing you've done on these forums to give you credibility, your attitude sucks and you don't give any info to work from. Noob or not, but that's where you start, be polite, ask question and give as much info as you can, about the phone obviously
Otherwise, Foxtrot Oscar.
Start all over. Make sure adb recognized ur phone. Or like the other guy said use tge htc dev way.
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Yea actually i am pretty damn smart. So you have done over 30 of the same phones? Sounds like you offer this service on craigslist
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I have owned a phone repair center in Florida for 12 years. I pretty much know what I am doing by now. The problem is not the drivers, I have the newest installed . It is that revolutionary sees the key as invalid. It generates the same key if I use the SH or HT prefix for the serial. I tried a second SH serialized phone yesterday, same issue. What is the tge htc dev approach, never have seen that one yet.
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I have owned a phone repair center in Florida for 12 years. I pretty much know what I am doing by now. The problem is not the drivers, I have the newest installed . It is that revolutionary sees the key as invalid. It generates the same key if I use the SH or HT prefix for the serial. I tried a second SH serialized phone yesterday, same issue. What is the tge htc dev approach, never have seen that one yet.
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I don't know why anyone is trying to help this guy. He gets hurt so easily and apparently, knows EVERYTHING he's doing. Except he can't get this rooted using the EASIEST method ever. I bought this phone, ran that **** and bam, done. I didn't need to own no phone repair centre for any years, I just had to get basic simple education!
Anyways, I suggest everyone just to leave him, he'll figure it out. Afterall he's owned that repair centre and has a terrible attitude. I think you'll pop a blood vessel if you continue to get hurt so easily sir!
Actually, he's very reasonable now. Razor, as it happens, I came across some HTC unlock tool (unofficial from devs here) which went quietly under the radar. If you want I can post link in the evening when I get to my pc. Or, just google HTC bootloader unlock, but that let's HTC know that you messed with bootloader.
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I don't know why anyone is trying to help this guy. He gets hurt so easily and apparently, knows EVERYTHING he's doing. Except he can't get this rooted using the EASIEST method ever. I bought this phone, ran that **** and bam, done. I didn't need to own no phone repair centre for any years, I just had to get basic simple education!
Anyways, I suggest everyone just to leave him, he'll figure it out. Afterall he's owned that repair centre and has a terrible attitude. I think you'll pop a blood vessel if you continue to get hurt so easily sir!
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This is a prewarning for anyone still nieve enough to accept an ota before its been torn down and examined. The One X, brother device(EVO 4g LTE) recently received an ota that SIGNIFICANTLY improved security on the device. Changes included a new hboot(as seen in the new hox ruu leaked) along with other patches, any EVO that was not previously s OFF can no longer use the s OFF exploit, lazypanda. On top of that, EVO and hox were both able to flash radios and kernals with the unlocked bootloader. The EVO, s on with unlocked bootloader can NO LONGER flash radios or kernals. Recoveries only. I am posting this to make the community aware that this update WILL most likely implement the same security changes that were put on EVO LTE owners.
If you accept the ota, you will likely:
Lose ability to flash kernals, and radios
Lose ability to use a s OFF exploit if it becomes available on the current(non updated) hboot.
Do thank the person bringing the ruu leak to xda for developers to examine and warning us of the soon to come ota. If it weren't for him, it would just show on our devices and a good percentage would accept, clogging our forums with help me threads. Check out the ruu leak thread to thank.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29049875
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
...........My EVO Ways..........
(You can S-Off for all I care)
Needs a sticky!
Good job bro!
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I'm sure this has nothing to do with all the clowns who bricked their phones and then played dumb and exchanged them.
iElvis said:
I'm sure this has nothing to do with all the clowns who bricked their phones and then played dumb and exchanged them.
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It's those same "clowns" who find ways for you to flash ROMs. Please have a little more respect.
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If you accept the ota, you will likely:
Lose ability to flash kernals,
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I'm assuming you mean just through recovery. I'm sure you will still be able to flash the boot image(kernel) through fastboot. Just wanted to clarify this and not make everyone think you wouldn't be able to flash kernels at all.
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I'm sure this has nothing to do with all the clowns who bricked their phones and then played dumb and exchanged them.
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lemme guess.. those exchanges are why phones are getting more expensive too right?
Haha.. those phones just get reflashed and sold as "refurbished" so knock it off OK.. seriously it's just annoying misinformation.
Phones get bricked sometimes.. the giant corporations will be fine.
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It's those same "clowns" who find ways for you to flash ROMs. Please have a little more respect.
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Haha.. those phones just get reflashed and sold as "refurbished" so knock it off OK.. seriously it's just annoying misinformation.
Phones get bricked sometimes.. the giant corporations will be fine.
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Not talking about devs, who contribute something to the overall environment (I would never refer to devs as "clowns"). I'm talking about the people who start fooling around with their phones without knowing what they're doing, brick them, then post things like "Will AT&T know what I did if I return this for a warranty replacement?"
And, whether the carriers can afford it (they can) isn't the point. It's that these folks motivate the carriers to make their phones ever more locked down in order to avoid having to deal with these bogus exchanges.
Wait, you got that wrong, reason we are getting more bricked phones is because the security on this device is NEW. Can't figure it out if you don't try, trying consists of trial and error. Well you know the sweetest of the story....
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For every guy that takes a risk and flashes something that might achieve s off, 10 people have returned their phone because the email doesn't work, or the screen is too yellow, or its too quiet.. or loud. Do you see what I'm sayin?
Normal people don't root.. they just complain. So HTC locking down the phone more isn't preventative measures for tech support or return rates... Its just HTC being sloppy. Next it'll be that source is being delayed because they don't want people to brick their phones lol
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Thanks, good looking out. Some people will heed your warnings, others wont. I'm afraid this would be a little harder to overcome than the 1.85 fiasco when everyone updated before there was a root exploit. If HTC is playing with the security like this then that is a little scary to me. Damn i wish i had a little birdy at HTC. Maybe samsung is the future for rooted devices. Maybe google will open Motorola up. HTC is goin backwards
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Thanks, good looking out. Some people will heed your warnings, others wont. I'm afraid this would be a little harder to overcome than the 1.85 fiasco when everyone updated before there was a root exploit. If HTC is playing with the security like this then that is a little scary to me. Damn i wish i had a little birdy at HTC. Maybe samsung is the future for rooted devices. Maybe google will open Motorola up. HTC is goin backwards
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Yeah, it's definitely a concern to me. I wish they would understand and just make it easy to do. The unlock site.could have an optional S-off to go with it. I would think it would be pretty easy for these guys to design a device to be very dev friendly, and also easy to recover if/when things go bad.
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xiambax said:
No problems guys. I got my S3 today so I haven't been testing the new RUU very much as I installed it sometime last night.
I'm torn on which phone I want to keep. Does someone really need two 700 Dollar phones?
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Yup I do. Please mail the one you won't use to me ^_^
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Post in the marketplace.
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As far as I've seen, one xl's are going for between 450 and 550.
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PurpleFries said:
As far as I've seen, one xl's are going for between 450 and 550.
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serious? ive seen xls go for 350 on the marketplace.
PurpleFries said:
As far as I've seen, one xl's are going for between 450 and 550.
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Lol yeah, brand new
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Jeez phones nowadays cost so dang much. Moor than my laptop or the new iPad lol
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Info for all those in UK with dust under their screen...
I went into a shop called fonesolutions today, website's here: http://www.fonesolutions.co.uk/
They offered to clear out all the dust for £15! I think im gona do it just before i sell the phone to add some value.
Just thought I'd share with u all
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Info for all those in UK with dust under their screen...
I went into a shop called fonesolutions today, website's here: http://www.fonesolutions.co.uk/
They offered to clear out all the dust for £15! I think im gona do it just before i sell the phone to add some value.
Just thought I'd share with u all
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Why? HTC has 2 years warranty and will do it for free till the next MAY at least. If you request it NOW, it's unlikely they'll ask for a proof of purchase (they didn't ask me)
So your warranty isn't void then?
I wish there was a good equivalent in my area of the US.
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Deegan87 said:
So your warranty isn't void then?
I wish there was a good equivalent in my area of the US.
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Why would my warranty be void? It's within 2 years of warranty time.
tinky1 said:
Why? HTC has 2 years warranty and will do it for free till the next MAY at least. If you request it NOW, it's unlikely they'll ask for a proof of purchase (they didn't ask me)
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I know that but if you're s-off (most people on here are) your warranty is void and u can't send it to HTC. I know its possible to s-on and get back to stock but that's tricky and many don't want to go through all that
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fredcorp6 said:
I know that but if you're s-off (most people on here are) your warranty is void and u can't send it to HTC. I know its possible to s-on and get back to stock but that's tricky and many don't want to go through all that
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I've sent mine in with s-off but with stock ROM and firmware (run RUU and flashed all the subsequent updates). No problem. If they ask, just ask them what is s-off
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tinky1 said:
If they ask, just ask them what is s-off
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cunning reply lol
tinky1 said:
I've sent mine in with s-off but with stock ROM and firmware (run RUU and flashed all the subsequent updates). No problem. If they ask, just ask them what is s-off
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oh really! i might try that but not sure if its worth the risk.. cos they still have every right to just say that the devices warranty is void, then refuse to fix it and charge you the £30.00, or whatever it is, to send it back to you.
fredcorp6 said:
oh really! i might try that but not sure if its worth the risk.. cos they still have every right to just say that the devices warranty is void, then refuse to fix it and charge you the £30.00, or whatever it is, to send it back to you.
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THEY would have to prove that YOU s-offed it and it didn't come s-off out of the box. Don't worry.
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tinky1 said:
THEY would have to prove that YOU s-offed it and it didn't come s-off out of the box. Don't worry.
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And for the record, many Sensations did ship from the factory with S-off. So they have no possible way to prove you did it yourself.
Plus it's probably more expensive for them to argue about your software changes when you send in a hardware problem than it is to just fix the hardware problem. Especially since it's a known hardware problem that HTC fully admits to.
That said, there are numerous stories of people who've sent fully rooted phones to HTC with custom ROMs installed to have hardware problems fixed and the phone came back repaired just fine.
Does anyone know how long it takes to get your phone back from the time you send it to them?
In the Netherlands HTC has repair partners all over the country. I went in one of the shops and 1 hour later they called that my new screen was installed. Did not ask anything or check my phone.
I would assume that sending in a phone for this problem wouldn't matter if you're rooted since software can't get dust under your screen.
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Element515 said:
I would assume that sending in a phone for this problem wouldn't matter if you're rooted since software can't get dust under your screen.
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Rooting means you can mess with your clock speeds, messing with your clock speeds means you could have overheated it, overheating means distortion, distortion means gaps, gaps mean dust... Shall I continue?
Why give them ANY chance to be idiots and to refuse repair?
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tinky1 said:
Rooting means you can mess with your clock speeds, messing with your clock speeds means you could have overheated it, overheating means distortion, distortion means gaps, gaps mean dust... Shall I continue?
Why give them ANY chance to be idiots and to refuse repair?
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Esecailly since it's so incredibly easy to flash a stock ROM before sending it in which would mean they'd never notice something wasn't stock.
Yeahthe aftermarket recovery might still be there and it might be S-Off but I doubt the guy sitting at his desk fixing 25 phones a day is goign to notice those things when he's replacing a screen gasket to seal out dust. Now if he booted it and it said CYANOGENMOD and lacked Sense, it might stand out to him...
Also, did anyone know the answer to my last question? About how long it takes to get a phone back from HTC with the screen dust issue repaired? I'm in the USA as I assume where you start from makes a difference. Like the post above that says in the Netherlands there are shops that will fix it in an hour...I don't think I can do that here.
Skipjacks said:
Esecailly since it's so incredibly easy to flash a stock ROM before sending it in which would mean they'd never notice something wasn't stock.
Yeahthe aftermarket recovery might still be there and it might be S-Off but I doubt the guy sitting at his desk fixing 25 phones a day is goign to notice those things when he's replacing a screen gasket to seal out dust. Now if he booted it and it said CYANOGENMOD and lacked Sense, it might stand out to him...
Also, did anyone know the answer to my last question? About how long it takes to get a phone back from HTC with the screen dust issue repaired? I'm in the USA as I assume where you start from makes a difference. Like the post above that says in the Netherlands there are shops that will fix it in an hour...I don't think I can do that here.
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minus the shipping to get there (which you can change) for me its been about 3 days from them receiving it to them having it in repair to them getting ready to ship, dont know though if the screen is repaired but i did mention it as one of many things faulty with the device
This problem also started to develop on my phone. I wish we have repairs stores around the area I live (I also live in the US).
One question, do I have to pay for the shipping fee to ship the phone to them?
andyli1985 said:
This problem also started to develop on my phone. I wish we have repairs stores around the area I live (I also live in the US).
One question, do I have to pay for the shipping fee to ship the phone to them?
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yes you do
also and this very important, ship it in a box specifically made to ship small electronic items (was going to shiping it in something else) as they can void your warranty for breakage when shipping, thankfully i was told that before shipping the actual device so there was not much a problem...
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yes you do
also and this very important, ship it in a box specifically made to ship small electronic items (was going to shiping it in something else) as they can void your warranty for breakage when shipping, thankfully i was told that before shipping the actual device so there was not much a problem...
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Ok. Thank you.