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[Q] Help unlock a noob's bootloader!

Hey,
I've been tinkering with my Nexus S for a few hours over the last couple of days, and I can't seem to unlock the bootloader. I've tried Googling the problem, but I'm having no luck at all.
I think I've installed all of the drivers correctly; when the phone's on, and I type "c:\android\android-sdk\platform-tools\adb devices" in the command prompt, my phone's serial comes up.
Then, and here's where I'm stuck, I shut my phone off, and restart it in fastboot mode. At the bottom of the list on the top it says "Lock State - Locked", I assume that's what I'm looking to change? From here I've tried unlocking it, and I've got the command prompt to say "waiting for device", but nothing happens with my phone. Even when I go for 'fastboot devices' nothing happens, it just skips to the next line.
I'm using 64-bit Windows 7, if that helps, and I'm very new to the command prompt.
I'm sorry if this is a duplicate post, I've spend the last half hour looking for a solution. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I had the same problem. There is a decent guide at androidcentral that I followed.
One thing I had to do was install some drivers. I know this is going to sound crazy - but I kept reading that if you install the free version of pdanet -it has the drivers we need. So I finally just broke down and installed it and then adb worked in bootloader.
Hope that helps you a little.
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thepolishguy said:
I had the same problem. There is a decent guide at androidcentral that I followed.
One thing I had to do was install some drivers. I know this is going to sound crazy - but I kept reading that if you install the free version of pdanet -it has the drivers we need. So I finally just broke down and installed it and then adb worked in bootloader.
Hope that helps you a little.
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Awesome, it worked. Thanks

tylerisgood said:
Awesome, it worked. Thanks
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You're welcome. Glad I could be of assistance.
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[Q] Cant u se one-click root because bootloader is already unlocked

Ive been trying to get root on my phone but unfortunately the person who sold it to me unlocked the bootloader so i cant use the one click root option (the program unlocks the bootloader first and since mines already unlocked it just hangs there) my only other option is adb which i used to root my xperia x10 a year ago but now i have a new windows 7 laptop and adb is extremely difficult right now for me to get working, any ideas to help?
btw idk if this helps but when i try booting into the recovery i get an error signal
thanks in advance!

1 click works. I had the same issue. After it does the bootloader unlock it should restart phone, then boot back into bootloader and continue for root. Wrong forum btw, use q& a.
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ok id move it but i dont think i can
and i tried that and it doesnt work, it says "waiting for device" it wants me to accept my bootloader being unlocked but since mine already is i go straight to the fastboot, rebooting to fastboot does nothing to continue the process

Learn to root without using a one click method. You will learn important things about your phone that will help you in the future.
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Rem3Dy said:
Learn to root without using a one click method. You will learn important things about your phone that will help you in the future.
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This is why I hate 1-click roots. I root all of my phones manually because this advice is so true.

well ive taken your advice and i have adb devices showing my serial number so i have that working, but now when i try rooting through fastboot i get a message saying fastboot is not recognized *sigh* any help?

fatboot solution (possibly)
fightingroost12 said:
well ive taken your advice and i have adb devices showing my serial number so i have that working, but now when i try rooting through fastboot i get a message saying fastboot is not recognized *sigh* any help?
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I've been going through the same thing and I believe I may have found the solution to adb issue. Waiting on phone to charge now so that I can try it again.
From what I've found, you have to download fastboot separately and place in the same file containing adb.exe
hope this helps

fightingroost12 said:
well ive taken your advice and i have adb devices showing my serial number so i have that working, but now when i try rooting through fastboot i get a message saying fastboot is not recognized *sigh* any help?
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Open a command prompt from the one click root folder. It has ADB and fastboot support.
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Rooted HTC sensation not bricked but epic fail!

Hey guys I'm pretty new to rooting. I unlocked and went through root process using hasoon2000 all in one that I downloaded here. Long story short phone worked fine , the I couldn't get it to get past boot screen....boots loops I think!?!?!? To cut to the chase. I now can only access twrp. It will not let me reboot because it say I have no os. I did do a tiatium backup but can only see those files on my pc when I mount through twrp. Also if it helps looks like it is in s-on. This is my buddy's phone....... I'm stoked its not bricked but I have no clue how to fix it. PLEASE HELP!
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Looks like you have to flash the boot. Img. If that doesn't work can you provide a list in order of what you did?
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I'm so thankful for the response! Ok from the. Start used the hadoon2000 all in one did the unlock through htcdev. So how I must have missed a step because s-on is on. Booted phone worked went in re started debugging and the installed superuser through twrp. Phone booted and worked. Installed Rom toolbox, beats audio hack, busy box, titanium. Did a sys, and app backup. Went ahead and went through the beats hack installed and rebooted. Phone turned on as normal. Then went in Rom toolbox changed font and boot animation. Rebooted and then wouldn't boot past t mobile image. Ok so this is where I think I blew it. Did battery pull, went into bootloader. Went into twrp. looked for a restore nothing titanium back up folder empty on phone but found when mounted to pc. Wiped catch wiped dalvic, now the stupid wiped the system.. now can't get out of Twrp says "are you sure you want to reboot no os found" I'm really hoping this is fixable
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everybodygo2guy said:
I'm so thankful for the response! Ok from the. Start used the hadoon2000 all in one did the unlock through htcdev. So how I must have missed a step because s-on is on. Booted phone worked went in re started debugging and the installed superuser through twrp. Phone booted and worked. Installed Rom toolbox, beats audio hack, busy box, titanium. Did a sys, and app backup. Went ahead and went through the beats hack installed and rebooted. Phone turned on as normal. Then went in Rom toolbox changed font and boot animation. Rebooted and then wouldn't boot past t mobile image. Ok so this is where I think I blew it. Did battery pull, went into bootloader. Went into twrp. looked for a restore nothing titanium back up folder empty on phone but found when mounted to pc. Wiped catch wiped dalvic, now the stupid wiped the system.. now can't get out of Twrp says "are you sure you want to reboot no os found" I'm really hoping this is fixable
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Hi,
As long as you can get into bootloader,it 's fixable.
In your bootloader,what does it say?
Hboot?
S-on/off?

malybru said:
Hi,
As long as you can get into bootloader,it 's fixable.
In your bootloader,what does it say?
Hboot?
S-on/off?
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Hboot yes
S-on
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everybodygo2guy said:
Hboot yes
S-on
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Hi,
What does your hboot say?
What exactly are you trying to achieve?
S-off?

malybru said:
Hi,
What does your hboot say?
What exactly are you trying to achieve?
S-off?
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Im sorry pretty new to this
hboot 1.27.000
I want to get the phone back to working as of now I can't get into it. Just into recoovery it just bootloops. I've been up all night reading about it and I just don't understand how to fix my mistake. Feeling totally nooby :banghead:
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everybodygo2guy said:
Im sorry pretty new to this
hboot 1.27.000
I want to get the phone back to working as of now I can't get into it. Just into recoovery it just bootloops. I've been up all night reading about it and I just don't understand how to fix my mistake. Feeling totally nooby :banghead:
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Hi,
Go HERE
Find a RUU that closely matches your area and carrier, and run it.
That should get you back to where you started.

malybru said:
Hi,
Go HERE
Find a RUU that closely matches your area and carrier, and run it.
That should get you back to where you started.
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Thank you Im a bit confused but working through it. Im having a hard time figuring out all of this. I cant get the sdk manager to work? I cant find my code? any other advice would be greatly taken

everybodygo2guy said:
Thank you Im a bit confused but working through it. Im having a hard time figuring out all of this. I cant get the sdk manager to work? I cant find my code? any other advice would be greatly taken
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Hi,
Look HERE

malybru said:
Hi,
Look HERE
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Ok thank you by the way for your help. SDK installed as per instruction on the link you sent me. In command prompt it dosnt see the phone but the phone say fastboot usb and is connected. any ideas?

everybodygo2guy said:
Ok thank you by the way for your help. SDK installed as per instruction on the link you sent me. In command prompt it dosnt see the phone but the phone say fastboot usb and is connected. any ideas?
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Hi,
Have you got the htc drivers installed?
Try a different usb port.

malybru said:
Hi,
Have you got the htc drivers installed?
Try a different usb port.
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Yes have HTC drivers. I did switch ports as well. Just dont know where to go from here?

everybodygo2guy said:
Yes have HTC drivers. I did switch ports as well. Just dont know where to go from here?
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Hi,
I had this with my tablet.
It's really annoying.
Try rebooting both phone and PC.
Uninstall htc sync, if you have it.

malybru said:
Hi,
I had this with my tablet.
It's really annoying.
Try rebooting both phone and PC.
Uninstall htc sync, if you have it.
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Ok so heres where Im at. its reading the phone just not showing it?!?! but i got this info from there.
CID tmus t-mob010
Im really confused on how to find the RUU..... If I had the RUU I think I would be set to try the flash... But thinking is what got me here anyways lol.

everybodygo2guy said:
Ok so heres where Im at. its reading the phone just not showing it?!?! but i got this info from there.
CID tmus t-mob010
Im really confused on how to find the RUU..... If I had the RUU I think I would be set to try the flash... But thinking is what got me here anyways lol.
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Hi,
Just try to run a ruu that you"think"is close to your carrier and area.
If it doesn't work, it will tell you.
No harm done.

malybru said:
Hi,
Just try to run a ruu that you"think"is close to your carrier and area.
If it doesn't work, it will tell you.
No harm done.
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Tried to run ruu. got this error
Error Code: -5001 : 0x80070002
Error Information:
>SetupNew\setup.cpp (142)
PAPP:
PVENDOR:
PGUID:
$
@Windows Vista / Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (6002)
IE Version: 9.0.8112.16421
using this file:///C:/Users/HP/Downloads/RUU_Pyramid_TMOUS_1.50.531.1_Radio_10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_223976_signed.exe.
Man Im so stuck! any other advice?

Flash new rom?
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everybodygo2guy said:
Tried to run ruu. got this error
Error Code: -5001 : 0x80070002
Error Information:
>SetupNew\setup.cpp (142)
PAPP:
PVENDOR:
PGUID:
$
@Windows Vista / Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (6002)
IE Version: 9.0.8112.16421
using this file:///C:/Users/HP/Downloads/RUU_Pyramid_TMOUS_1.50.531.1_Radio_10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_223976_signed.exe.
Man Im so stuck! any other advice?
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Hi,
That looks like a Ginger Bread ruu.
Is that what you were running?
If you has ICS, the radio should be 11.22 or something close to that.

malybru said:
Hi,
That looks like a Ginger Bread ruu.
Is that what you were running?
If you has ICS, the radio should be 11.22 or something close to that.
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Thank for your patients with me. I guess the ruu part just has me stumped. I cant find a RUU 11.22 or close.Im sure I can execute if I had the right one not sure where to find. This is such a bummer

Can not push recovery to HOS

Hi,
I recently relocked my HOS for the official JB from HTC. I have come to say it sucks monkeyballs. Now I tried to unlock, push recovery from TWRP and CM10 on my phone. Well, I can not do those things.
I can succesfully unlock my phone (wich it is now) but i can not push any recovery. It just stands there in Command Promt: waiting for device. And my device keeps in fastboot... I don't know what I can do
I have used Hasoon's tool, used it solely via cmd and fastboot. It just doesn't work .
Can anyone help me out?
Thanks!

What version of hboot do u have
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Reinstall the HTC driver.

That's a good idea....simple first.
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And try closing HTC Sync as well. For me at least it ****s up the connection.

handman29 said:
What version of hboot do u have
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Got HBoot 2.15. Bad or good?
Darknites said:
Reinstall the HTC driver.
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Already done so, got same thing over and over again.
Goatshocker said:
And try closing HTC Sync as well. For me at least it ****s up the connection.
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Already done.

Got it to work!
Used 5 different USB cables and one actually worked :'). Don't know how and why but it seems that this cable let it go trough. I am fully rooted now and everything.
I find it very weird to see it is a cable issue

[Q] super cid issue/ adb issue

i was going to s-off the this morning and flash illusion 2.0 but instead i am beating my head off the keyboard. i have been reading all day. i have like 12 tabs open and my main problem is that adb isn't working. not sure what i'm doing wrong. i need to get to supercid. instructions seem easy enough. i go to command prompt, change my directory, everything good here just as usual. when i type "adb shell" i get "error: device offline" don't know what i'm doing wrong. thanks in advance.

I had the same problem. First make sure ADB debugging in advanced options is checked. Next try booting into fastboot. If your on stock try putting it into charge only mode. Try the multiple different ways
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skinzy98 said:
I had the same problem. First make sure ADB debugging in advanced options is checked. Next try booting into fastboot. If your on stock try putting it into charge only mode. Try the multiple different ways
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i'm on a custom rom. where is adb debugging? advanced options in the phone or on computer? really appreciate the response.

Its under developers option on the phone
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skinzy98 said:
Its under developers option on the phone
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do you mean usb debugging? or is adb debugging different? because i don't see adb debugging anywhere.

Check these things right here in the picture. Have USB debugging enabled and select root access and choose apps and adb
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only1penny said:
do you mean usb debugging? or is adb debugging different? because i don't see adb debugging anywhere.
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It's usb debugging that you need to check. You mentioned that you are on a custom rom ... Is it sense based or aosp? I was still on the stock ics rom when I changed to super cid. Everything went just fine, although I didn't proceed to do Facepalm s-off immediately. I did flash cm10, and came back to finish s-off a couple of weeks later. Nearly drove myself crazy, until I realized it works best when done on a sense rom. Flashed a stock rooted rom, and it literally took about 10 minutes to finish s-off. Restored my cm10 backup, and all is well.

I really appreciate the info. I'm on bb8, which isn't sense. I have USB debugging on. Should I be on a stock rpm to get supercid or just for s-off? My problem is adb won't my phone.
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ok so, back on task...i can not get adb to work. i'm trying to get supercid. i can't find anything on adb. i get "error: device offline"

And you've tried putting it into fast boot? Also have you set up android SDK?
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skinzy98 said:
And you've tried putting it into fast boot? Also have you set up android SDK?
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what do you mean by tried putting it into fast boot? & by that i mean i thought it had to be in fastboot. also, i believe i have sdk set up but that's maybe where i'm going wrong. in cmd i actually got it to say "daemon started successfully" which it's suppose to, but then it said "error: device not found" not sure what i'm doing wrong.

only1penny said:
what do you mean by tried putting it into fast boot? & by that i mean i thought it had to be in fastboot. also, i believe i have sdk set up but that's maybe where i'm going wrong. in cmd i actually got it to say "daemon started successfully" which it's suppose to, but then it said "error: device not found" not sure what i'm doing wrong.
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Fast boot is when you boot into boot loader using power + volume down. Once you get to boot loader there's an option for fast boot use you power button to select it
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skinzy98 said:
Fast boot is when you boot into boot loader using power + volume down. Once you get to boot loader there's an option for fast boot use you power button to select it
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yes, i'm familiar with fastboot. no luck.

Dir you install android SDK with the guide here on xda
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skinzy98 said:
Dir you install android SDK with the guide here on xda
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yes, i'm not that familiar with it, but i did install it. & it just won't read my device.

Neither was I. Their is one more thing I wanna try. Download a galaxy nexus toolkit. And tell use it to install ADV drivers onto your computer
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skinzy98 said:
Neither was I. Their is one more thing I wanna try. Download a galaxy nexus toolkit. And tell use it to install ADV drivers onto your computer
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i serched the android sdk guide and it looks like i have everything in order. i will dl the gn toolkit. also, i've heard that some things work better with a sense rom. i did switch to trickdroid, which has wifi issues and will not be a daily driver, but i can't remember if it was with scid or s-off or something else.

only1penny said:
i serched the android sdk guide and it looks like i have everything in order. i will dl the gn toolkit. also, i've heard that some things work better with a sense rom. i did switch to trickdroid, which has wifi issues and will not be a daily driver, but i can't remember if it was with scid or s-off or something else.
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Wheni cid I was on stock and was able to choose charge only mode
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skinzy98 said:
Wheni cid I was on stock and was able to choose charge only mode
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if the gn toolkit doesn't work i'll have to give that a try. i'm tmobile us. which is the correct ruu i should flash if i want to try that? i read about don't get the ota updates. your help is greatly appreciated.
i fired up the toolkit and it says there is an update. but it wants version. i'll put a gsm version but should i put 4.2.2 or 4.1.2 or something different?

only1penny said:
if the gn toolkit doesn't work i'll have to give that a try. i'm tmobile us. which is the correct ruu i should flash if i want to try that? i read about don't get the ota updates. your help is greatly appreciated.
i fired up the toolkit and it says there is an update. but it wants version. i'll put a gsm version but should i put 4.2.2 or 4.1.2 or something different?
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It doesn't matter. Don't hook your phone up with the toolkit. Also what's your hbootM
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