Hi All,
OK, bootloader is unlocked, I am working on recovery, so the next challenge is....................S-OFF!!! Aw, f%@ck, I thought i had my life back...
I invite all users with ideas and/or knowledge to jump in and tell me what they think I am doing right and what makes me a moron. I have no pride, so lay it on me.
I will post progress reports in Post #2.
Anyway, here's to getting this done quickly.
Steve
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Excellent.
JSLEnterprises said:
Excellent.
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Thought I'd get out of your thread and the root thread....
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Thought I'd get out of your thread and the root thread....
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I had to send another message to red not to reopen the think tank thread (title would have been edited obviously), but to still go ahead with the cleanups... lol
Sorry if I'm totally off base here but I do believe reading on XDA somewhere that with the HTC One series phones when you unlock the bootloader it locks the phone from being able to flash recoverys.
This is the reason why I have waited to do the bootloader unlock I didnt want to screw myself from ever being able to flash custom roms.
you have to use this unlock method for the bootloader so why would it screw anything else up? It opens up all possibilities, not close them.
killathenoob said:
Sorry if I'm totally off base here but I do believe reading on XDA somewhere that with the HTC One series phones when you unlock the bootloader it locks the phone from being able to flash recoverys.
This is the reason why I have waited to do the bootloader unlock I didnt want to screw myself from ever being able to flash custom roms.
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Nope. I have flashed CWM recovery at least 4 times on an international One X AFTER unlocking the bootloader. I wish that were it....
I think you may be thinking of firmware, which is a real mess, because unlocking your bootloader can set your CID to "none", and thus, you can't flash different firmware (i.e., an EU firmware on an Asian phone)...not that that would matter for these carrier-branded phones...
Good job and great progress. Unfortunately, none of us AT&T users can join in on the fun.
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Sorry if I'm totally off base here but I do believe reading on XDA somewhere that with the HTC One series phones when you unlock the bootloader it locks the phone from being able to flash recoverys.
This is the reason why I have waited to do the bootloader unlock I didnt want to screw myself from ever being able to flash custom roms.
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If that was completely true, then the Tegra 3 model's would not have cwm recovery... yet they do.
We just havent figured out a working method for ours.
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If that was completely true, then the Tegra 3 model's would not have cwm recovery... yet they do.
We just havent figured out a working method for ours.
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i think what Killathehnoob is trying to say is that its only the ROGERS version of the ONE X that when unlocking the BLer HTC has somehow lock the other partitions so that custom recoveries and kernels are not able to be flashed to the phone...which essentially could be the case because all they said they will "unlock" the BLer...BUT they never said they would NOT do anything else in the process. maybe its a possibillity that has been over looked...just THINK TANKING is all
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i think what Killathehnoob is trying to say is that its only the ROGERS version of the ONE X that when unlocking the BLer HTC has somehow lock the other partitions so that custom recoveries and kernels are not able to be flashed to the phone...which essentially could be the case because all they said they will "unlock" the BLer...BUT they never said they would NOT do anything else in the process. maybe its a possibillity that has been over looked...
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I understand what you mean
I wonder if the fact that its new proprietary qualcomm chip is the reason why its being 'limited'... so we may have to rethink the whole initialization process.
we cant even get to the point that the logcat is able to start logging. So we're flying blind.
We've extended the time between loading to the soft reboot after the flash... but that doesnt tell us much.
I found the artice I read check it out
http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/05/02/i...bootloader-unlock-tool-on-one-series-devices/
killathenoob said:
I found the artice I read check it out
http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/05/02/i...bootloader-unlock-tool-on-one-series-devices/
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Interesting. I think the lack is fastboot boot is what they are referring to. This would prevent custom kernel development on an s-off device, but should still allow flashing of insecure stock boot images, as with the int. HOX, althoug i read it again, anf maybe they are talking about more than that. I am not sure that the article is saying that there is something different with the Rogers version vs other versions, but it seems like there may be, and obviously with the Att version. I think I will spend a day just reading, trying to pick other devs' brains, and start fresh...thanks for the input.
Steve
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Interesting. I think the lack is fastboot boot is what they are referring to. This would prevent custom kernels being flashed on an s-off device, but should still allow flashing of insecure stock boot images, as with the int. HOX. I am not sure that the article is saying that there is something different with the Rogers version, but it seems like there may be, and obviously with the Att version. I think I will spend a day just reading, trying to pick other devs' brains, and start fresh...thanks for the input.
Steve
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The 'fastboot boot' command works however, its how we got root in the first place.
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killathenoob said:
I found the artice I read check it out
http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/05/02/i...bootloader-unlock-tool-on-one-series-devices/
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Here is the actual rootzwikk article
http://rootzwiki.com/news/_/articles/dear-htc-can-we-have-our-phones-back-r709
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The fastboot boot command works however, its how we got root in the first place.
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Whoa, very interesting. I was certain it did not on the Int one x.
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The 'fastboot boot' command works however, its how we got root in the first place.
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Just to be clear, you are not referring to fastboot flash boot, right?
Edit, nevermind, jut looked at Paul's post, it is fastboot boot. Wow.
killathenoob said:
I found the artice I read check it out
http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/05/02/i...bootloader-unlock-tool-on-one-series-devices/
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Again thanks for this. Back to the drawing board!!!!
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I had ended up using the all in one HTC One S root utility that was linked in the fourms. After following all the steps that where listed (While following the youtube guide) My phone when on bootloader will show ****Unlocked**** across the top but s=off any ideas on why that is? I havent quite been able to figure it out im just looking for more information so when I get home I can have at it again :/ just find it odd that given the steps and the fact I had done them all to the T im still having this issue. Any help would be great thanks for taking the time.
I assume this might be better fit for Q&A if your a mod i apologize if you could move it that would be great couldnt figure out how to delete the poist :/ "edit/delete" wont remove the post :/ sorry again
Well if you can post a photo of the boot loader screen that would help me in sorting out your issue.
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Well if you can post a photo of the boot loader screen that would help me in sorting out your issue.
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No worries I would be more than happy to provide one after I get home from work
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I had ended up using the all in one HTC One S root utility that was linked in the fourms. After following all the steps that where listed (While following the youtube guide) My phone when on bootloader will show ****Unlocked**** across the top but s=off any ideas on why that is? I havent quite been able to figure it out im just looking for more information so when I get home I can have at it again :/ just find it odd that given the steps and the fact I had done them all to the T im still having this issue. Any help would be great thanks for taking the time.
I assume this might be better fit for Q&A if your a mod i apologize if you could move it that would be great couldnt figure out how to delete the poist :/ "edit/delete" wont remove the post :/ sorry again
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Don't know what you are disappointed about. S-OFF stands for security being off. This may sound bad, but from a developer perspective, it's pretty good. If you have true S-OFF like you claim you do, you can flash ROMs, kernels, radios, etc... in a recovery with no issues at all; regardless of what hboot or custom recovery you have. Unlocked means that you can flash custom recoveries and such using fastboot, which is what you want. To sum it up, S-OFF is good; many devs are trying to get S-OFF, but NONE can figure it out. Just be happy about it.
Having this 'Unlocked' text is what you're going to get if you root/unlock the phone. No way to get around it. If you want to return to complete stock settings and re-lock, your best bet is to be on stock recovery and flash an RUU that corresponds to your network. You may also want to try 'fastboot oem lock'.
Closed Source Project said:
Having this 'Unlocked' text is what you're going to get if you root/unlock the phone. No way to get around it. If you want to return to complete stock settings and re-lock, your best bet is to be on stock recovery and flash an RUU that corresponds to your network. You may also want to try 'fastboot oem lock'.
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Actually I think since he has s-off I think he can make it say whatever he wants.
Once you get the photo up PM me so I can help you out :laugh:
Taco991 said:
Once you get the photo up PM me so I can help you out :laugh:
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So I can recall when I had the mytouch 4g the screen posted was exactly where you would go to flash the zip have they changed it since then? because I cant find the option to load a .zip rom file from :/
smO[pdx] said:
So I can recall when I had the mytouch 4g the screen posted was exactly where you would go to flash the zip have they changed it since then? because I cant find the option to load a .zip rom file from :/
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Where's the S-OFF lol? And yes I think you can do that. It's PD some numbers IMG.zip..
smO[pdx] said:
So I can recall when I had the mytouch 4g the screen posted was exactly where you would go to flash the zip have they changed it since then? because I cant find the option to load a .zip rom file from :/
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Facepalm. You do NOT have S-OFF, What the hell made you think you did. This is normal... Wow. You need to install a custom recovery to flash zips, by the way.
Hey easy on him, he was just mistaken. OP, do you need me to show you how to go back to stock?
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I had ended up using the all in one HTC One S root utility that was linked in the fourms. After following all the steps that where listed (While following the youtube guide) My phone when on bootloader will show ****Unlocked**** across the top but s=off any ideas on why that is? I havent quite been able to figure it out im just looking for more information so when I get home I can have at it again :/ just find it odd that given the steps and the fact I had done them all to the T im still having this issue. Any help would be great thanks for taking the time.
I assume this might be better fit for Q&A if your a mod i apologize if you could move it that would be great couldnt figure out how to delete the poist :/ "edit/delete" wont remove the post :/ sorry again
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Oh sweet jesus you're lucky as hell.
Never ever ever sell your phone, because you got your hands on a developer one or just a phone that slipped through the cracks, because you have full S-OFF.
You should be able to flash ROMs in recovery without going to fastboot to ever flash a kernel, if the ROM is set up for it.
You would do better to change thread title...
Hunt3r.j2 said:
Oh sweet jesus you're lucky as hell.
Never ever ever sell your phone, because you got your hands on a developer one or just a phone that slipped through the cracks, because you have full S-OFF.
You should be able to flash ROMs in recovery without going to fastboot to ever flash a kernel, if the ROM is set up for it.
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Look at a couple post above urs he doesn't have soff
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Ok I got overly excited with the news of the bootloader being unlocked. So I flashed the unsecure boot loader to my phone and everything went fine. So I decided to go ahead and extract the the kernel I was using from the zip so I didn't have to use kexec anymore. Anyway I read a post incorrectly and flashed the kernel to the wrong partition on my phone and got a hard brick. I can't get into odin or clockwork recovery, only a black screen. I saw another post I accidently flashed it to dd if=/sdcard/aboot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
If I plug it into my computer I get the popup to install the QHSUSB_DLOAD. If there is anyway to recover this please let me know!
Time to get your story straight.... "I just turned it off and it won't turn back on??? Maybe my chargers broken?"
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dushotgun said:
Ok I got overly excited with the news of the bootloader being unlocked. So I flashed the unsecure boot loader to my phone and everything went fine. So I decided to go ahead and extract the the kernel I was using from the zip so I didn't have to use kexec anymore. Anyway I read a post incorrectly and flashed the kernel to the wrong partition on my phone and got a hard brick. I can't get into odin or clockwork recovery, only a black screen. I saw another post I accidently flashed it to dd if=/sdcard/aboot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
If I plug it into my computer I get the popup to install the QHSUSB_DLOAD. If there is anyway to recover this please let me know!
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Not to be a **** but damn dude WTF..Why would you do that. Anyways i think the only way to recovery is jtag since you are getting qhsusb_dload but i dont know. pm adam and ask him maybe he can help you out
Wait you tried to unzip the kernel in your pc? For what exactly? How did you flashed it back unzipped?
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jgrimberg1979 said:
Not to be a **** but damn dude WTF..Why would you do that. Anyways i think the only way to recovery is jtag since you are getting qhsusb_dload but i dont know. pm adam and ask him maybe he can help you out
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Yeah I effed up majorly. I was on a droid x for 2 years before so I'm new with kernel flashing. So jtag is the only option?
dushotgun said:
Yeah I effed up majorly. I was on a droid x for 2 years before so I'm new with kernel flashing. So jtag is the only option?
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You can try a USB Jig to force your phone into Download mode, but if it's truly hardbricked then JTAG or getting a replacement are your only options.
I hate to go off topic and say this but this could be one potential reason as to why the idiots at Verizon want to lock stuff.
Why not wait for things to settle down before trying it out without knowing?
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I hate to go off topic and say this but this could be one potential reason as to why the idiots at Verizon want to lock stuff.
Why not wait for things to settle down before trying it out without knowing?
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we're only human if i had this phone and saw this unlocked bootloader i would get excited about it as well lol i feel for the man/woman
Coderedpl said:
I hate to go off topic and say this but this could be one potential reason as to why the idiots at Verizon want to lock stuff.
Why not wait for things to settle down before trying it out without knowing?
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Yeah thanks I realize I screwed up. I guess I was overconfident after two years of flashing stuff. I just need to know if there are any tools to reflash the aboot I effed up.
dushotgun said:
Yeah thanks I realize I screwed up. I guess I was overconfident after two years of flashing stuff. I just need to know if there are any tools to reflash the aboot I effed up.
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Does pressing power home + vol down not do anything?
Contact Adam he might be able to help
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Not to be a **** but damn dude WTF..Why would you do that. Anyways i think the only way to recovery is jtag since you are getting qhsusb_dload but i dont know. pm adam and ask him maybe he can help you out
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Sucks, OP.
And don't even bother writing Adam. I don't know him, but I read his threads. He just had a major accomplishment (with help) and he will probably not even respond. Let him have his day/peace. He earned it. You admit that you jumped the gun.
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Coderedpl said:
I hate to go off topic and say this but this could be one potential reason as to why the idiots at Verizon want to lock stuff.
Why not wait for things to settle down before trying it out without knowing?
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Ohhh..c'monnnn- he/she was a Droid X user. As a fellow X2 encrypted bootloader ****ing never unlocked I was excited as **** about it being cracked too.
I'm not ****ing with my kernel or nothing.. but.. I couldn't resist. Been on lock down for 2 years- pre ordered the phone and come to find out they locked this ****er too.
Don't be so hard on the guy/gal.. :angel:
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Does pressing power home + vol down not do anything?
Contact Adam he might be able to help
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I sent him a message but no response yet. I tried that and I still get nothing thanks though. I've read every page of the bootloader research by adam I saw this on his original post:
"op5= aboot
This block is signed by Samsung, we will not be able to modify it
This block contains HTML information. It would appear that it is possible to put the device into a mode where it will provide a webserver which displays state information.
This block appears to be a complete operating system
This block contains the Loke Daemon which communicates with Odin3."
I take this to mean there is no way for me to communicate with odin now and jig wouldn't be able to force it into odin either since I overwrote the 0p5 block. I guess thats it since I don't have a jtag set up.
Have you considered inquiring about JTAG rates from these folks?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnA8Djs55Ds&list=UUpntFTjw320ZgqHUEndzg0g&index=2&feature=plcp
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You flashed the kernel to the aboot partition, most likely meaning no booty booty to get into a state (download mode) where you can ODIN to stock. That being said, looks like you'll be JTAGing in your near future. Curious about prices, if you do it!
ooofest said:
Have you considered inquiring about JTAG rates from these folks?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnA8Djs55Ds&list=UUpntFTjw320ZgqHUEndzg0g&index=2&feature=plcp
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It's $60
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
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Have you considered inquiring about JTAG rates from these folks?
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Thanks for the link, it looks like thats my only option for getting it fixed.
This is why using dd to flash stuff can be dangerous. "I'm fairly certain it will flash Tetris.Apk to your bootloader partition if you tell it to" to quote one of the devs from my Thunderbolt days.
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This is why using dd to flash stuff can be dangerous. "I'm fairly certain it will flash Tetris.Apk to your bootloader partition if you tell it to" to quote one of the devs from my Thunderbolt days.
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It will and it will ENJOY it.
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This is why using dd to flash stuff can be dangerous. "I'm fairly certain it will flash Tetris.Apk to your bootloader partition if you tell it to" to quote one of the devs from my Thunderbolt days.
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dd = disk destroyer :laugh:
Hey everyone,
I'm kind of a noob when it comes to development for the HOX and HTC in general; I previously had a Galaxy S II and it was incredibly easy to root and flash custom roms. I just had a couple of questions regarding rooting for the HOX:
1. I'm currently on 1.85, and I know that means I can still root. However, the 2.20 update hasn't even popped up on my phone. Also, whenever I check for updates, it just returns to the previous screen, like there's no update available. Does this mean I can still root using the 1.85 one click exploit?
2. How "safe" is rooting/unlocking the bootloader on the HOX? I know unlocking the bootloader is not officially supported on the AT&T version, and that you have to get SuperCID in order to unlock it. With all this modification, is it pretty safe to root and unlock the HOX? I really don't have the money to spend on another phone if I somehow brick it lol.
Thanks!
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jkel777 said:
Hey everyone,
I'm kind of a noob when it comes to development for the HOX and HTC in general; I previously had a Galaxy S II and it was incredibly easy to root and flash custom roms. I just had a couple of questions regarding rooting for the HOX:
1. I'm currently on 1.85, and I know that means I can still root. However, the 2.20 update hasn't even popped up on my phone. Also, whenever I check for updates, it just returns to the previous screen, like there's no update available. Does this mean I can still root using the 1.85 one click exploit?
2. How "safe" is rooting/unlocking the bootloader on the HOX? I know unlocking the bootloader is not officially supported on the AT&T version, and that you have to get SuperCID in order to unlock it. With all this modification, is it pretty safe to root and unlock the HOX? I really don't have the money to spend on another phone if I somehow brick it lol.
Thanks!
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The root exploit should still work and whenever you mess with the phone in this state their is always a chance of bricking even if it might be just a soft brick
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The root exploit should still work and whenever you mess with the phone in this state their is always a chance of bricking even if it might be just a soft brick
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Good to know, thanks! I thought it might still work but wasn't sure. I see... What would be an example of a soft brick? I've read that if a problem occurs, you can run an RUU to restore it to factory default. Also, I don't have much experience with ADB either lol. I've read Gunnyman's primer though.
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Good to know, thanks! I thought it might still work but wasn't sure. I see... What would be an example of a soft brick? I've read that if a problem occurs, you can run an RUU to restore it to factory default. Also, I don't have much experience with ADB either lol. I've read Gunnyman's primer though.
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RUUs can generally get you out of most pinches .
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this is the link for the 1.85 ruu so you dont have to run the 2.20 ruu
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RUUs can generally get you out of most pinches .
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Thought so, thanks h8rift! I saw your thread about the CM10 nightlies on the HOX, and was wondering if you can flash CM10 nightlies from TWRP, or only ClockworkMod? Because CWM isn't officially supported on the HOX right?
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this is the link for the 1.85 ruu so you dont have to run the 2.20 ruu
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Thanks DvineLord! I'll download it and keep it in a safe place. To run an RUU, don't you just double click it with your phone connected and it'll do everything for you?
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Thought so, thanks h8rift! I saw your thread about the CM10 nightlies on the HOX, and was wondering if you can flash CM10 nightlies from TWRP, or only ClockworkMod? Because CWM isn't officially supported on the HOX right?
Thanks DvineLord! I'll download it and keep it in a safe place. To run an RUU, don't you just double click it with your phone connected and it'll do everything for you?
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You'll Want to stay on TWRP clock wotk like u said is unofficial and has some issues ...flash it through twrp rememeber to wipe unless you like sitting and staring at a phone going through some intense bootloop ....
Here's your process root -super cid- bootloader unlock (. Pretty sure their in the same thread )- flash twrp through goo... Flash away and be free and say thank god I'm not on 2.20
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You'll Want to stay on TWRP clock wotk like u said is unofficial and has some issues ...flash it through twrp rememeber to wipe unless you like sitting and staring at a phone going through some intense bootloop ....
Here's your process root -super cid- bootloader unlock (. Pretty sure their in the same thread )- flash twrp through goo... Flash away and be free and say thank god I'm not on 2.20
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Haha thanks omario! I just wasn't sure if you could flash CM10 through TWRP, but glad to hear it's possible. I've already downloaded all the necessary files; might take the plunge tonight! I downloaded the 1.85 One-Click Root tool from DesignGears as well as the one click SuperCID/Bootloader Unlock from kennethpen. Are these the correct tools I should be using?
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Haha thanks omario! I just wasn't sure if you could flash CM10 through TWRP, but glad to hear it's possible. I've already downloaded all the necessary files; might take the plunge tonight! I downloaded the 1.85 One-Click Root tool from DesignGears as well as the one click SuperCID/Bootloader Unlock from kennethpen. Are these the correct tools I should be using?
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I'm not the savviest with this as mine came with 1.73 but yeah should work *knock on wood* read the instructions thoroughly and all will go well ... And remember once all done stay in this development forum if u go to the int'l forum and try to flash something big from there long story short ur phone will get f'd sideways
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I'm not the savviest with this as mine came with 1.73 but yeah should work *knock on wood* read the instructions thoroughly and all will go well ... And remember once all done stay in this development forum if u go to the int'l forum and try to flash something big from there long story short ur phone will get f'd sideways
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Yeah, I'm looking up some YouTube videos on the whole process right now. Yup, I've heard horror stories of users who've flashed International HOX roms and bricked their phones! I'll be sure to stay in this section; I check it like everyday anyways lol. Thanks for your help!
So I am a noob to HTC phones. I understand what S-Off is but I am not entirely sure what I could with my phone with it that I can't do now. I am trying to understand whether I should go through the process since there is always the risk of bricking. Thanks!
I have no idea what S-Off is :/ i need some enlightenment
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S-Off is the main thing that allows u 2 root yr phone...
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a simple search on the net can tell you what it does
but it does a lot of "techie" things you're not suppose to do
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a simple search on the net can tell you what it does
but it does a lot of "techie" things you're not suppose to do
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I did do that. It said that I could flash ROMs, Radios, stop my bootloader from saying unlocked. Most of this things with the exception of the last I can already do. I was just wondering if there is something that I could be missing out from. Thanks!
Contrary to popular belief, s-off actually has very little to do with your phone being rooted. S-OFF stands for Security-Off, which basically allows you to modify any partition on the device, and changes will not be reset upon a reboot. Also, the signature checking of the firmware zips is disabled, allowing users to flash unsigned firmware zips containing the separate images of the partitions.
Very simply put, that's what it is. There is a lot more to it that you guys can probably look up. For a user on an hboot below 1.14 it really doesn't do all that much, but it's very useful for devs and people post-hboot 1.14
I'm not totally sure what it will do for us, but it was easy enough for me to go through with it, took about 5 minutes if you've already got ADB/Fastboot set up.
I heard it could take away that stupid red paragraph when I boot and that was all I needed to hear haha
I feel like I just got a new toy but can't read the instruction manual... can I flash a new radio? do I need to do something special like flash through fastboot?
I know I sound like a broken record but
I'd love to see someone create a dual boot program for our phone.
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BobbyDukes707 said:
I feel like I just got a new toy but can't read the instruction manual... can I flash a new radio? do I need to do something special like flash through fastboot?
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You got to wait for the new tools to be released. Nothing happens automatically AFAIK.
You can flash ROMs on newer hboot without fastboot
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so how do you get rid of the red text on boot??? and also how can the unlocked/ tampered flags be reset (while staying unlocked)
31ken31 said:
so how do you get rid of the red text on boot??? and also how can the unlocked/ tampered flags be reset (while staying unlocked)
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Things will come, just have to give the devs a chance since we just got s-off.
SouL Shadow gave an excellent response to the question here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38169711&postcount=2462
But as already indicated, things will come in the future, it really doesn't gain much at the moment. Especially for those still on pre-1.14 hboot (and can already flash radios, kernels from recovery).
Is there a way to do this? I've gone through forums, and haven't seen anything concrete.
ericerk said:
Is there a way to do this? I've gone through forums, and haven't seen anything concrete.
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If you're S-OFF (if not you can gain it by using Sunshine you can do an RUU, that will take you back to about as stock as you can get e.g stock firmware, stock ROM, stock recovery stock etc.
This thread will tell you most of the things you'd need to do.
I highly advise against attempting to go S-ON or re-locking your bootloader as S-ON has a high probability of failure and or bricking your device.
My personal recommendation would be to just take the RUU and if if I remember correctly you can make your ***UNLOCKED*** tag falsely show ***LOCKED*** instead, not sure though so if that interests you just Google it or ask.
EDIT: Here is the link to the tutorial on setting your UNLOCKED tag to LOCKED. Warning though I have not tested this or heard of anyone testing it so DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
If you're S-OFF you can do an RUU, that will take you back to about as stock as you can get e.g stock firmware, stock ROM, stock recovery stock etc.
This thread will tell you most of the things you'd need to do.
I highly advise against attempting to go S-ON or re-locking your bootloader as S-ON has a high probability of failure and or bricking your device.
My personal recommendation would be to just take the RUU and if if I remember correctly you can make your ***UNLOCKED*** tag falsely show ***LOCKED*** instead, not sure though so if that interests you just Google it or ask.
EDIT: Here is the link to the tutorial on setting your UNLOCKED tag to LOCKED. Warning though I have not tested this or heard of anyone testing it so DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
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I need to to return this device to Verizon.
ericerk said:
I need to to return this device to Verizon.
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As far as I know they do not care if your phone is S-OFF or unlocked, only that it is running the stock firmware, ROM & recovery. Reason behind this is some of their phones are manufactured and shipped already S-OFF on 'accident', so as long as you do the RUU you should be perfectly fine, at least that is what everyone has said thus far.
S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
As far as I know they do not care if your phone is S-OFF or unlocked, only that it is running the stock firmware, ROM & recovery. Reason behind this is some of their phones are manufactured and shipped already S-OFF on 'accident'. So as long as you do the RUU you should be perfectly fine, at least that is what everyone has said thus far.
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Are you willing to risk $800 bucks on this?
ericerk said:
Are you willing to risk $800 bucks on this?
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Your risk not mine, if you're unsure then read through some other threads until you feel confident enough or wait for another person to answer.
& Sorry if I made you a bit unconfident with my last post, I have never had to return another phone to them so all I'm offering you is what I know and or have read from others who have done what you want to do. I'm quite sure that will work as many other people have claimed it worked for them but as with anything I could be wrong which is why I did not include a "*100% GUARANTEED!*" sign. Just offering support, always do your own research too, just as I had done to find that out.
S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
Your risk not mine, if you're unsure then read through some other threads until you feel confident enough or wait for another person to answer.
& Sorry if I made you a bit unconfident with my last post, I have never had to return another phone to them so all I'm offering you is what I know and or have read from others who have done what you want to do. I'm quite sure that will work as many other people have claimed it worked for them but as with anything I could be wrong which is why I did not include a "*100% GUARANTEED!*" sign. Just offering support, always do your own research too, just as I had done to find that out.
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Bummer there's no official RUU's floating out there.
ericerk said:
Bummer there's no official RUU's floating out there.
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I can vouch for the RUU I'm gonna link further in this post, I recently used it and successfully RUU'D my phone to stock.
http://www.droidviews.com/restore-verizon-htc-one-m8-to-stock-rom-with-ruu/2
ericerk said:
Are you willing to risk $800 bucks on this?
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YOU have already done that the moment you modded your phone lol
S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
I can vouch for the RUU I'm gonna link further in this post, I recently used it and successfully RUU'D my phone to stock.
http://www.droidviews.com/restore-verizon-htc-one-m8-to-stock-rom-with-ruu/2
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That's my ruu they link to. Stay on xda and get less shady stuff ?. Below is my thread on it..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2727831
Amazing what some sites will do...
dottat said:
That's my ruu they link to. Stay on xda and get less shady stuff ?. Below is my thread on it..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2727831
Amazing what some sites will do...
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Since it's your RUU, is this RUU returning us to stock or stock-rooted?
tdnookhd said:
Since it's your RUU, is this RUU returning us to stock or stock-rooted?
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Stock rooted.