I'm not sure if anyone has noticed this before but I was playing around with the demo model of the Sensation in my local phone shop. Typically it runs a demo video and disables any buttons but I forced a reboot and noticed that before the video started again it was running a sense-less rom. The locks creen and home screen were completely stock android. Anyone else notice this?
carsonp said:
I'm not sure if anyone has noticed this before but I was playing around with the demo model of the Sensation in my local phone shop. Typically it runs a demo video and disables any buttons but I forced a reboot and noticed that before the video started again it was running a sense-less rom. The locks creen and home screen were completely stock android. Anyone else notice this?
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And your point is?
Even if it is a different ROM, you won't be getting it, you get what HTC give you and thats that, until of course you unlock and flash custom roms to your hearts content.
Go back to that shop, nandroid back up and post it up here :3
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Go back to that shop, nandroid back up and post it up here :3
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LOL..now thats funny...and a great idea.
Go back to the shop, go to Settings>About phone>Software information and make a note of the ROM name
Eddy, he can't, its locked to the demo video. Could try something else though.
Op, if its not to much to ask, go back to the shop, reboot in safe mode (instructions somewhere here on the forum) and then you should be able to check sw version.
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Thought the OP could do it before the video kicks in
I understood that he could only see lock screen for a sec before video started.
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carsonp said:
...The lock screen and home screen were completely stock android...
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See above
True, missed that. Let's see what OP says.
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See above
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some demo handsets have custom roms you would not want it as its not fully functional and is just loaded with demo junk. I work in retail and get asked for these all the time
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If it really is a senseless Rom with sound working，then wow.
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I'll see if I can go back and poke around. I'll see if its functional or just a stripped rom with only sound working. I'll report back if I find anything interesting.
I went into Best Buy today, and played around with THEIR Senstion, or at least tried to.
The bootanimation is the one from the Android SDK, with the "android" logo. However, once you get to the launcher, it's the stock one from Gingerbread, though the notification bar is still the one from Sense.
However, this is were things get interesting, I booted up into the bootloader and snapped some pics from the Sensation I am returning.
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What we have is a future build of Hboot. We also have some strange options like System Info and MFG Kernel.
I went into System Info and I see "touch panel-fail" but I think thats because HTC disabled it to so that you wouldn't be able to get out of the demo app.
Anyways, I'm sure this is all meaningless now that we have CM7, but it's still cool.
Very good job on the pics my friend, interesting...
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I went into Best Buy today, and played around with THEIR Senstion, or at least tried to.
The bootanimation is the one from the Android SDK, with the "android" logo. However, once you get to the launcher, it's the stock one from Gingerbread, though the notification bar is still the one from Sense.
However, this is were things get interesting, I booted up into the bootloader and snapped some pics from the Sensation I am returning.
What we have is a future build of Hboot. We also have some strange options like System Info and MFG Kernel.
I went into System Info and I see "touch panel-fail" but I think thats because HTC disabled it to so that you wouldn't be able to get out of the demo app.
Anyways, I'm sure this is all meaningless now that we have CM7, but it's still cool.
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Never seen that hboot before... Interesting. Have you tried to go in recovery? (I see the option)
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I actually tried Recovery and it looked like the standard recovery. I got the phone with the red X or whatever and couldn't get out of it. Walked away...
That's where you press volume up+power to get the Recovery menu
Looks like a Eng hboot to me. And interesting... it's super cid-ed..
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Hmmm
Now that's interesting. At first I thought it could be some 3rd party launcher.
Related
I just got one, but haven't installed...anyone get it and install yet?
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listen whatever you do dont download or install the update yet leave it on the screen asking about the update and contact a dev that can help pull the update then you can GREATLY help the community
Worrrrd. I got the notification right before I left work at tmo. I installed it, however, on one of the demo devices there in the store, and left mine alone for now. In a moment, I'll post some pictures of the differences in software numbers for reference.
Could we use log-cat to find the download link, similar to what was discussed with the fake G2 OTA? and would the update package itself even help?
Edit: Here's the after-image. Haven't made a before one yet.
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good point, i blasted all the big guns
Dudes I downloaded the update and it installed fine. I didn't even stop to think about it before i downloaded. Does anyone know what the update was for?
Please tell me they added a microphone button in swype! Sucks they left that out ..
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Mine is version 2.2, update says 2.21 on yours
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I got and installed the update as well. My friend at HTC told me it would come tomorrow but I got it as soon as I got home tonight. The update was just to update the device to the production software in light of tomorrows launch. It's pretty much bug fixes, do far I haven't noticed the double url bar in the browser since installing it.
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Please tell me they added a microphone button in swype! Sucks they left that out ..
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Nope still no mic button...
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I got and installed the update as well. My friend at HTC told me it would come tomorrow but I got it as soon as I got home tonight. The update was just to update the device to the production software in light of tomorrows launch. It's pretty much bug fixes, do far I haven't noticed the double url bar in the browser since installing it.
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Ah, makes sense. I was noticing a few quirks like that. Also, I remember the slide champions getting a similar update the day before launch. I'm curious if Visionary still works.. anyone care to try?
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I got and installed the update as well. My friend at HTC told me it would come tomorrow but I got it as soon as I got home tonight. The update was just to update the device to the production software in light of tomorrows launch. It's pretty much bug fixes, do far I haven't noticed the double url bar in the browser since installing it.
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I have also noticed a jump in my Quadrant Scores! getting over 1900!!
does the speaker sound any better/louder?
Its amazing HTC already has a software update out when it took Samsung 3+ months.
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Ah, makes sense. I was noticing a few quirks like that. Also, I remember the slide champions getting a similar update the day before launch. I'm curious if Visionary still works.. anyone care to try?
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Had to do another reboot after the update, but Visionary is still good.
clivo360 said:
does the speaker sound any better/louder?
Its amazing HTC already has a software update out when it took Samsung 3+ months.
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LOL! This was a pretty fast update.
My speaker sound is good!
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LOL! This was a pretty fast update.
My speaker sound is good!
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as in, better than before?
I'm asking about the speaker on the back, not the earpiece.
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Worrrrd. I got the notification right before I left work at tmo. I installed it, however, on one of the demo devices there in the store, and left mine alone for now. In a moment, I'll post some pictures of the differences in software numbers for reference.
Could we use log-cat to find the download link, similar to what was discussed with the fake G2 OTA? and would the update package itself even help?
Edit: Here's the after-image. Haven't made a before one yet.
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Ugh the g2 ota wasnt fake. I've had wifi calling and tethering for 3 weeks.
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hah2110 said:
Ugh the g2 ota wasnt fake. I've had wifi calling and tethering for 3 weeks.
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No kidding! I suppose I didn't keep up with the threads very often when it was first starting. Good to know though, and now the G2 is announced to receive said OTA tomorrow, says tmonews/streamline.
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as in, better than before?
I'm asking about the speaker on the back, not the earpiece.
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My speaker was fine to begin with! Better than my nexus ones speaker was.
Getting a logcat of this update is very important! It can give devs a clue on what can be done to get rw access in nand. Run a logcat before you install anything. When you have it post it in the dev section for mt4g and g2.
I might be going crazy, but it feels a little laggy after this update.
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Ive seen today that the atrix has root, I also seen that the post was made by alot of you cappy owners hero designgears. Just wondering how many are leaving? I will be sticking by htc's side. I hated my captivate for the couple weeks I had it when it was launched, such a cheap device, and was to easy for some processes and involved no work. The Inspire is where its at in my mind for now, dual core or not this ***** flys and does work for me.
Nope HTC > than Motorola as far as dev community is concerned. I'm happy with my purchase and could have pre-ordered the Atrix for the same money I was looking at for this phone.
Sticking with HTC. I believe the grass is greener here. ;-)
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I'm staying I just wish root was easier. I run into problems every time.
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Root is actually pretty easy on this phone. I must admit that I have rooted alot of phones and this one did give me some grief mostly with the gold card cause it works diff for everyone but with the help of irc channel it was a walk in the park. Plus you get to freshen up on adb skills
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Root is actually pretty easy on this phone. I must admit that I have rooted alot of phones and this one did give me some grief mostly with the gold card cause it works diff for everyone but with the help of irc channel it was a walk in the park. Plus you get to freshen up on adb skills
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Went on irc last night and we can't figure out why mine fails. It hangs at the fastboot and doesn't do anything
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I had that issue on one my SD cards as well. I've tried three micro ad cards and always get the *Model ID* failure
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It has root, but they still don't know if the boot loader is locked. If it is, there will be no way to install custom roms. as far as I know nobody has cracked their bootloader encryption.
As far as fastboot not working, did you hit the power button to switch to h boot to loss the image? On the SD card I had to use the instructions to get my image then I used the utility to write the image and had no problems. @gunny ya I am curious on that as well. Bootloader controls their destiny. I still feel like I have the upper hand with HTC. To much development. Soon we will have sense, aosp, and miui. Doesn't get much better
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As far as fastboot not working, did you hit the power button to switch to h boot to loss the image? On the SD card I had to use the instructions to get my image then I used the utility to write the image and had no problems. @gunny ya I am curious on that as well. Bootloader controls their destiny. I still feel like I have the upper hand with HTC. To much development. Soon we will have sense, aosp, and miui. Doesn't get much better
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Yep switched to hboot and it freezes. Doesn't scan the card or anything.
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just few images about root
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It has root, but they still don't know if the boot loader is locked. If it is, there will be no way to install custom roms. as far as I know nobody has cracked their bootloader encryption.
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Engadget's review said the bootloader was locked.
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Engadget's review said the bootloader was locked.
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Well there you go. Locked bootloader = HTC for the win.
Screw Atrix. There is a reason that we didn't wait on the Atrix.
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I'm staying. Mostly because I'm exhausted. My next phone will have NFC.
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Moto=No go
HTC is the only thing I will buy
I just got my inspire today, but I may actually need a FFC, (I know right, who "needs" one, but as it turns out my work is thinking about requiring us to have them on our work phones).
I may pick one up as a toy. Not with the stupid laptop dock though.
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Screw Atrix. There is a reason that we didn't wait on the Atrix.
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Yes... it's because we're gadget geeks and have the attention span of a 2 year old! I got the Inspire because I couldn't wait until March 6th (the original Atrix release date) to dump my POS Craptivate.
My biggest complaint with the Inspire: No HDMI out... but I figured I'll be staring at a 4.3" screen much more often than hooking up a 4" screen phone to a TV. Also I hate where they placed the micro-usb port on the Atrix.
it just has stuff i dont need, hence finger print scanner, an outrageous priced dock. If I buy anything moto it will be the xoom
I just spoke with an Advanced Support Rep and told me that there is an OTA that started rolling out today with version 1.50 in USA.
I'm using Hypersensation so I can't check on my phone, however will check my wife's Sensation and see if there is anything available.
Supposedly it will roll out between today and sometime in January, can anyone in USA check to see if there is any update available?
Should be around 45 mb according to the Tech info.
Things that tech mention should fix:
-Power button taking screenshots
-Wifi connectivity improvements
-Screen not been responsive and glitchy
-What appears to be dead pixels but aren't
-Better battery life
I am impressed with this list as it addresses alot of the issues, he sounded as if he was reading this of a documents.
Complete list of features and fixes:
http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-2392
Thanks to Wisefire for the link
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I'd like to see if this includes any firmware partition updates.
I just checked my wife's Sensation but says: "There are no updates available for your phone"
We are in Minnesota btw, It would be nice to know if anybody has received the update and what location.
moshe22 said:
I just spoke with an Advanced Support Rep and told me that there is an OTA that started rolling out today with version 1.50 in USA.
I'm using Hypersensation so I can't check on my phone, however will check my wife's Sensation and see if there is anything available.
Supposedly it will roll out between today and sometime in January, can anyone in USA check to see if there is any update available?
Should be around 45 mb according to the Tech info.
Things that tech mention should fix:
-Power button taking screenshots
-Wifi connectivity improvements
-Screen not been responsive and glitchy
-What appears to be dead pixels but aren't
-Better battery life
I am impressed with this list as it addresses alot of the issues, he sounded as if he was reading this of a documents.
I'll take what he said with a grain of salt though...
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Looks like power button issue is software problem after all
What does it mean " What appears to be dead pixels but aren't"?
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naimmkassim said:
Looks like power button issue is software problem after all
What does it mean " What appears to be dead pixels but aren't"?
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Is a tiny dot on the screen many times visible in dark backgrounds, and could be found in different colors.
Download a black background and then then if you have a stuck pixel you should be able to see a tiny dot on the screen that doesn't go away and that dot could be in many colors, Red, blue, white, etc.
Thanks Moshe!! It's very kind of you to post what the tech said to you. I hope that we get all of the mentioned updates.
I'm in WA and no updates yet, I'll check back later
Sounds good...the sooner the better!
Yeah i got one of those pseudo stuck pixels. For my situation i had two really bright white pixels on the bottom right quadrant of my screen whenever i was looking at a white background. I think it is indeed a software issue since those pixels would over compensate white backgrounds by being super bright. Although when looking at backgrounds of different colors i did not observe any strange stuck pixelation. I returned my phone for replacement because of that issue. Glad to know it wont become a reoccuring problem.
(@^-^@)
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Good find!
Just got it here in AZ. 5:24am Dec. 8th. It 14.24mb I think.
I got it here in AL.
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Using Sensation stock ROM, European debranded. Just checked but there is no update yet Hope they will release it soon here.
I went to about phone, and did a check for HTC update, and it was available to me.
Installing now.
I got the OTA this morning. 7:30am Houston, TX. Didn't have to check for updates.
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Using Sensation stock ROM, European debranded. Just checked but there is no update yet Hope they will release it soon here.
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That's because this update is for the T-Mobile US handsets
Stuck
I got it down here in Miami, FL but when I try installing it, it takes me to the recovery screen with the little green android and stays stuck there. Any Suggestions?
That is because you don't have the stock recovery
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That is because you don't have the stock recovery
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LOL, that makes sense. Any way of getting it without changing recovery? That power button bug really annoys me.
Someone please post the OTA.
Thanks
Good Evening Everyone. As I have a T-mobile HTC one S has anyone else had a issue with the sms notfications. The sound does not go off or nothing shows in the notifications bar. You just manually have to go into messages to see if you have a new one. This has been my second phone and it just seems to be going on.
I am sorry if this was already brought up as I have been looking in the threads for a while. And I am new to this.
Thanks in advance for the help.
bopalin said:
Good Evening Everyone. As I have a T-mobile HTC one S has anyone else had a issue with the sms notfications. The sound does not go off or nothing shows in the notifications bar. You just manually have to go into messages to see if you have a new one. This has been my second phone and it just seems to be going on.
I am sorry if this was already brought up as I have been looking in the threads for a while. And I am new to this.
Thanks in advance for the help.
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Do you have notifications on
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Yes. As this was one of the first things I checked. This does not always happen it at least happens 5 times a day.
I really do appreciate everyones help.
bopalin said:
Yes. As this was one of the first things I checked. This does not always happen it at least happens 5 times a day.
I really do appreciate everyones help.
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Mm I see it might be a software issue any weird apps install?
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nothing out of the ordinary as far as apps. I did "google search" on the issue and see it is a known issue for the ONE X. So i dont know if it releated to the HTC 1 family.
I think this phone is amazing and would just love for this issue to be fixed. As I am hoping a software update will come soon.
At first I thought I was nuts but I know the phone is doing it not one phone but two thats the weird thing !!!
bopalin said:
nothing out of the ordinary as far as apps. I did "google search" on the issue and see it is a known issue for the ONE X. So i dont know if it releated to the HTC 1 family.
I think this phone is amazing and would just love for this issue to be fixed. As I am hoping a software update will come soon.
At first I thought I was nuts but I know the phone is doing it not one phone but two thats the weird thing !!!
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Mm I see it happened once to me while I was at the gym but I thought I discard it or something I guess it was that
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Strangely, I have the opposite issue on leedroid. I use go SMS so I turn off the notifications on stock messaging. Every now and then, the message notification and preview will show up on the lock screen. Seems to be no pattern
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Try SMS pop up. They have a notification setting in there that should take you to your original SMS program. Also more unique notification settings.
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Thank you so much that app seems to help more. I seriously thought I was going crazy but my friend is also having the same issue. Anyone else out there with this issue
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I'm having this issue too. Sometimes though, my phone will vibrate and there will be nothing on the notification bar. Most of the time I have to restart the phone and the SMS will show up. Other times it will randomly show up hours later which is really inconvenient. =^/
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bopalin said:
Thank you so much that app seems to help more. I seriously thought I was going crazy but my friend is also having the same issue. Anyone else out there with this issue
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I did quite often before the upgrade, exactly as described. Still checking to see if update solves the problem since it was not specifically listed in the issues the update addresses...
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So I was near my local Verizon store while out for lunch and decided to pop in and check out the dot view case in person I can't say why, but I decided to boot the two demo unit devices into bootloader. To my surprise they were S-OFF, found it interesting.
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Verizon is trolling us. Oo
M8, nuff said.
Yeah there was post about this a while ago. Probably so they can fix issues or something to do with updating software.
go back and make it better install rooted rom all the mods we currently have
Karl said:
go back and make it better install rooted rom all the mods we currently have
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THIS LOL how funny would that be to see a modded out m8 in verizon some people would flip out haha
Bastards. Like they need it. If you told a Verizon rep their demo device was s-off they'd look at you like you were retarded. I would have been more jealous if they had an s4 at launch with an unlocked bootloader ( which never happened for those that don't know) wouldn't you agree andybones?
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Bastards. Like they need it. If you told a Verizon rep their demo device was s-off they'd look at you like you were retarded. I would have been more jealous if they had an s4 at launch with an unlocked bootloader ( which never happened for those that don't know) wouldn't you agree andybones?
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Very much so, the SG4 certainly deserved an unlocked bootloader, it's too bad that never panned out.. I had to sell my SG3 + SG4 for personal reasons.
The thing that really makes me curious about these S-OFF Demo Units is if they were like this from the start.. I bought my phone before they even had them out display (got at store at 1:40pm, they couldn't even take them out until 2pm lol)
If they were S-OFF before we had the software S-OFF I wonder if they would of let me take the Demo Unit lol, I also wonder what if any is the difference between that Demo Unit, It seemed just the software..
although with no RUU being on Demo Unit software and S-OFF wouldnt do me very much good.
Either way I found it quite interesting as I have never looked to see if HTC devices are S-OFF at Verizon..
I should have checked out the HTC M7, maybe I will tmw.
andybones said:
So I was near my local Verizon store while out for lunch and decided to pop in and check out the dot view case in person I can't say why, but I decided to boot the two demo unit devices into bootloader. To my surprise they were S-OFF, found it interesting.
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Was it rooted? Stock recovery? I would usb otg that thing and flash something funny onto it
Custom boot ani lol
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Was it rooted? Stock recovery? I would usb otg that thing and flash something funny onto it
Custom boot ani lol
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see that thing that says alarm plugged into usb?
I was only there for a short amount of time, I am unsure if it was rooted, I don't think it was, also it did have stock recovery.
andybones said:
see that thing that says alarm plugged into usb?
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Never know if it's real until you try ?
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dottat said:
Never know if it's real until you try ?
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, very true.
I believe that HTC sent the phones S-OFF.
Why can't they ship them all that way lol.
I can't see why a Demo Unit would need S-OFF though.
andybones said:
, very true.
I believe that HTC sent the phones S-OFF.
Why can't they ship them all that way lol.
I can't see why a Demo Unit would need S-OFF though.
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Because why not?
S off allows for faster restores when silly customers download stupid stuff
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chriskader said:
S off allows for faster restores when silly customers download stupid stuff
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s-off is less of the man telling you what you can do with your fone
I think they should all ship S-OFF but locked so they could say "No, it's still locked. See?"
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tylerlawhon said:
I think they should all ship S-OFF but locked so they could say "No, it's still locked. See?"
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Yes agreed, strangely the Demo Uints were S-OFF and LOCKED.
Just my guess, but the Demo Units they send have special software on them normally. For instance, after a certain period of time it looks through "demo" mode. They might have been shipped that way to allow for custom loading of system level items in case HTC wants to update them. Those devices on Display are normally Vendor (HTC in this case) owned.
andybones said:
Yes agreed, strangely the Demo Uints were S-OFF and LOCKED.
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weaksauce... flashify.... TWRP..... heck.. you could do the work without touching the USB port.. bluetooth file transfer over the files (weaksauce, flashify, TWRP, rom)
Now i get why people put the ipads on display into a different language at best buy... all starting to make sense
Stickboy46 said:
Just my guess, but the Demo Units they send have special software on them normally. For instance, after a certain period of time it looks through "demo" mode. They might have been shipped that way to allow for custom loading of system level items in case HTC wants to update them. Those devices on Display are normally Vendor (HTC in this case) owned.
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Yea, the software is def different, if you look at the pic in OP, the software is 1.12.605.11_DU ,assumingly for Demo Unit.