Hello, I have a HTC ChaCha and was wondering that there are some people who have S-OFF or use an XTC-Clip to root their handsets.
But unfortunately I was unaware of this 'S-ON' and I purchased a phone on contract for 24 months and now when it's time for ROMS - I'm stuck.
So, my question is are all editions of the HTC ChaCha on Three UK 'S-ON' or is there a way that I can grab an 'S-OFF' by swapping my phone.
TechMayhem said:
Hello, I have a HTC ChaCha and was wondering that there are some people who have S-OFF or use an XTC-Clip to root their handsets.
But unfortunately I was unaware of this 'S-ON' and I purchased a phone on contract for 24 months and now when it's time for ROMS - I'm stuck.
So, my question is are all editions of the HTC ChaCha on Three UK 'S-ON' or is there a way that I can grab an 'S-OFF' by swapping my phone.
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Most all phones that leave the HTC factory are S-ON. You would have to be extremely, extremely lucky to get an S-OFF handset off the production line, in fact it'd be damn near impossible.
You can't get S-OFF by flashing another ROM.
I'm not sure if the rEVOlutionary software tool supports the ChaCha, you may have to find yourself a Clip (or someone nearby who could loan it to you) to gain S-OFF.
Good luck!
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Does anyone know if the HTC Desire is branded and locked on Three UK? A lot of people on Three have already updated, but someone told me that the new batches of the HTC Desire on Three are all locked and therefore can't yet be updated. I'm going to receive my upgrade on Wednesday, so does anyone know if this is the case?
Thanks
P.S. If I decide to unlock my phone and debrand it with a generic 2.2 ROM, will I have to use the Goldcard every time I want to update the software, or will I just be able to upgrade OTA like those with unlocked and debranded phones?
Hi,how can I unlock my Desire S ..... I find lot of tutorials how to unlock Desire but nothing for desire S.....
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Be more specific on the subject!
You want S-OFF, ROOT or UNLock bootloader?
Answer!
Official S-OFF is NOT possible EVER, I think!
Unofficial S-OFF is available... use 2nd pinned topic in this forum!
ROOT is possible after you S-OFF your phone and/or Unlock your bootloader officialy!
Unlock is comming officialy, DS is not on the list yet, but it will be eventually...
With official Unlock you get S-ON STILL but with bootloader unlocked which gives you right to root your phone!
So S-OFF and unlocked bootloader arent the same things? Then what is the relationship between them.
If by "unlock" you mean your phone is sim locked, then you going to have to use that same trick you used to obtain your phone, money.
zeekiz said:
If by "unlock" you mean your phone is sim locked, then you going to have to use that same trick you used to obtain your phone, money.
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Yes I mean on SIM Locked!! money??
moljac said:
Yes I mean on SIM Locked!! money??
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Basically you need to pay the provider you obtained your phone from, to unlock your phone. It's NOT something you can do for free.
I just unlocked my desire s with a code from unlockfusion on eBay. I can recommend him if you're looking to buy a code.
The only way to SIM unlock Desire S is to pay...either for a code from various sites, to the operator or through XTC clip. Pick the one that suits you most. But note that if you unlock it via third party (site or XTC clip) your warranty is void
I try to bay code from 3 or 4 sites... and they send me same code, but when i type code its say wrong code,and phone is still locked...
sorry on bad english ...
Are you, by some chance, on Telenor Serbia? If yes, you can not unlock your phone via any unlock code bought online, because Telenor locks its phones on its own - not via HTC like most of provider.
Only way to unlock phone is to wait until the contract ends and then get code from Telenor for free or find service with XTC clip (but beware, this voids your warranty).
I used Revolutionary to S-Off. I allowed Revolutionary to install Clockwordmod as recovery. I then used One Click to root. Finally I flashed Virtuous ROM Affinity and it works very well. Just wished I had done it earlier. The ROM has Sense 3.5 and it very smooth.
Vrhovni Bog said:
Are you, by some chance, on Telenor Serbia? If yes, you can not unlock your phone via any unlock code bought online, because Telenor locks its phones on its own - not via HTC like most of provider.
Only way to unlock phone is to wait until the contract ends and then get code from Telenor for free or find service with XTC clip (but beware, this voids your warranty).
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Im from bosnia ,its BH telecom... I will bay xct clip ...hehhe
This has nothing to do with the topic in this thread. Here it is discussed about SIM unloking, that is using the phone with a SIM from another carrier
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Ok, so I have a kind of a weird issue here.
First of all, I want to make it clear: I do NOT want to S-OFF my Sensation, and I do NOT want to root my Sensation.
Ok so back to the point,
A little over a month ago, I bought a brand new HTC Sensation from a local retail store here in Malta. I paid full price for it, it was sealed, and it came sim-free from factory. Also, there was absolutely no apparent branding on it - not even in the deepest area of the phone.
I was happy, until I realised that my friend's Sensation updated to 2.3.4, whilst mine is stuck on 2.3.3. I contacted HTC, and they told me the reason is that I have an O2 UK branded phone (and O2 UK hasn't released the updates yet). I told them that mine is evidently (i.e. when using it) unbranded, at the shop I was told it's unbranded, there is no branding on it or the box at all, came SIM free and was sealed. HTC told me there is nothing I could do.
I feel frustrated at having a brand new phone, bought at full price, which I cannot update.
Browsing the Internet, I saw something about RUU. Is it possible to debrand the phone using RUU without ever making it S-OFF or rooting it? I want to keep it intact!
Also, if it is possible to debrand it with RUU, will it update OTA? Or am I stuck to RUU forever? (Since my IMEI shows up as branded with O2 on HTC's servers).
Or should I forget it? Or should I go to the shop and make him change the phone since it was paid for at full price (supposedly for an unbranded phone)?
Browsing the Internet, this seems to be my current software:
RUU_Pyramid_O2_UK_1.34.206.1_Radio_10.43a.9007.00U_10.51.9007.27_M3_release_196476_signed
Thanks
*bump* anyone?
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*bump* anyone?
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You have 3 options I guess:
i) live with it;
ii) Take it back and get a refund, "not what was promised", i.e. it turned out to be O2;
iii) S-OFF and change cid and install the latest RUU or any other custom ROM.
Hi, so I bought an HTC Desire S and it's locked to Orange UK. I S-OFFed and tried sieempi's method but it's still network locked. Is there any generator or tweak like the HTC Desire/Sensation to get the code? It's urgent as this is my new personal smartphone.
Thanks in advance
gt500kr said:
Hi, so I bought an HTC Desire S and it's locked to Orange UK. I S-OFFed and tried sieempi's method but it's still network locked. Is there any generator or tweak like the HTC Desire/Sensation to get the code? It's urgent as this is my new personal smartphone.
Thanks in advance
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Urgent? No it's not. On Christmas day nothing is really urgent.
You can either ask your current network provider for the unlock code (may have to pay them) or get hold of an XTC-Clip (Buy, rent, shop ...) and definitely have to pay.
There is no software method for network unlock on the Desire S.
There's a xtc-clip page on xda with members that have access to them
This Christmas I've decided to put a mistletoe in my back pocket....so all the people I dont like can kiss my ass.
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But there must be a unlock code somewhere in those mmcblk blocks, like on the One S, Desire (bravo) and the Sensation, why wouldn't there by any on the Desire S? HTC must have hidden it somewhere... Any guess?
Here's a guess: this phone is out for almost a couple of years now, and if the way to unlock it was so simple that a noob could guess it - I guess it would have been unlockable by now.
You can, of course, read and learn how SIM unlock is done on the other "sister" phones (G2/DZ/DHD/MT4G), and what's preventing DS from having the same treatment, and what's needed to make it work. But something tells me that you won't do that.
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NOTE: Service is only available to UK Residents
NOTE: Service will invalidate phone warranty
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This service will permanently ROOT your HTC and allow you to flash generic original debranded roms or custom roms, and use of third party applications that are available in the public domain.
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seems legit but i want to make sure, thanks
how to use this
elmanortega said:
HTC S-OFF Mail In Service
NOTE: Service is only available to UK Residents
NOTE: Service will invalidate phone warranty
At FoneFunShop we can S-OFF your HTC for you and mail it you back.
This service will permanently ROOT your HTC and allow you to flash generic original debranded roms or custom roms, and use of third party applications that are available in the public domain.
Supported Models
We can S-OFF the following HTC Models below, we are always updating too so bookmark and return as new models will be added once supported.
NEW S-OFF HTC Windows Phone 8X
NEW S-OFF HTC Windows Phone 8S
this company is offering the service of super cid and s-off for htc 8x and htc 8s, is it true?? anybody has any info about the service?
seems legit but i want to make sure, thanks
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Even if you manage to get S-OFF.......it will be of no use unless you dev unlock your phone.....But unfortunately their has been very little progress at that front.
So it won't do any good ATM
elmanortega said:
HTC S-OFF Mail In Service
NOTE: Service is only available to UK Residents
NOTE: Service will invalidate phone warranty
At FoneFunShop we can S-OFF your HTC for you and mail it you back.
This service will permanently ROOT your HTC and allow you to flash generic original debranded roms or custom roms, and use of third party applications that are available in the public domain.
Supported Models
We can S-OFF the following HTC Models below, we are always updating too so bookmark and return as new models will be added once supported.
NEW S-OFF HTC Windows Phone 8X
NEW S-OFF HTC Windows Phone 8S
this company is offering the service of super cid and s-off for htc 8x and htc 8s, is it true?? anybody has any info about the service?
seems legit but i want to make sure, thanks
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I can tell you than FoneFunShop is a serious and trustable company. I work with them, know personally the owner and they are very reliable and always on the top.
I truly recommend it.
I have a S-Off 8X, with CID-11111111. I'ts a nightmare. Can't find RUUs, can't update ( keeps giving me errors ), basically the worse thing possible. I hate it!