the official upgrade is gonna arrive next month and i am going to upgrade my phone. i unlocked my phone using HTCdev unlock and got it rooted using superoneclick.Nothing else. But since the update would require a locked bootloader i had some doubts?
1. if i relock my bootloader using HTCdev then i will only loose root but not mess up my phone right?
2. and even if i do relock my phone, will i be eligible for the upgrade? or will it get stuck in a bootloop?
its only rooted no custon roms installed no nothing. i just hope i don't have to go through the RUU process for (to be eligible for OTA update) because its a bit daunting.
thanks for your replies and hope this hasnt been asked before
id also like to know how to avail official ics update.. and also how go back to original rom.. im on sense 3 custom rom..
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Leave bootloader unlock or locked before oem gb
I have a few friend who want to be back to stock for the gb update
should i leve boot loder lock or unlocked or still unknown whether after OEM GB
it can be unlocked again ??
They really don't need to. Rooted users will get the update before stock users. Im sure the devs will release the actual rom in different versions such as Untouched, rooted, deoxed, bloatware free and of course their custom roms based off the leak.
We will probably be running it at least a week or two before stock users...
I know the minute its leaked, Im going to root it, deox it & debloat it, then install it.
Leave it unlocked...once you go unlocked you never go back.
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I would seriously question the wisdom of installing a GB OTA on a s-on device if you ever had any interest of rooting it in the future. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but that sounds not so smart.
If I unlock my sensation and use it on a non t Mobile network,will I be able to get the OTA update htc is pushing out in august to unlock the bootloader?
Yes you will still be able to. If your phone is branded to t-mobile it the update might take a bit longer as T-Mobile need to approve the update.
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If you flashed cwm recovery,you are unable to update by ota.And i think,if you have unlocked your phone,why not use custom roms,they are much better than official roms.If you use custom roms,ota is not necessary at all.
I thought you can't flash custom roms with a locked bootloader?
i think he is talking about sim unlocking?
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I thought you can't flash custom roms with a locked bootloader?
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He was asking about sim unlock, not s-off
Yes, sorry should have clarified , I meant sim unlock.
My SIM unlocked Bell unit (on Rogers) received the OTA update last week no problem!
Hello!
I bought a Transformer Tf700 the other day and stupid as I was ( It seems ) updated it to JB before unlocking the bootloader and rooting the device.
So I have been searching around the forums, but it seems that there is no way to actually Root a JB device that did not unlock the bootloader in beforehand.
So my question is can I root&unlock the device?
The guides I have read only tells me that I can only root & unlock from ICS and to Downgrade to ICS ( from my understanding ) I need to have the bootloader unlocked... Witch makes this a vicious circle, so from what I have read its not possible to downgrade to ICS with out unlocking bootloader. And I can only unlock the bootloader on ICS.
So does anyone know away that I have missed? Or is it just happy waiting time for me ?
Best regards
Zibbr.
You still have to downgrade, but you don't need to be unlocked. Just download the .30 firmware, pop it on an SD and it will notify you to downgrade. Also, the unlock tool still works on JB if you still wish to unlock.
I recently bricked my device and had to do this, so it's certainly possible. I'm not unlocked just yet, but people say the unlock tool does work.
EDIT: I just used the Unlock Tool and can confirm that it works with Jelly Bean just fine...now to hope I don't regret unlocking!
Hi guys,
How to check which bootloader i have? I got it from ebay, had already been updated to jb, dont know if it came like that from company or not. Use asus unlock apk to unlock the bootloader.
I'm asking because I want to install TWRP and root it and install custom rom...I'm reading guides and im a bit lost about jb and non-jb bootloaders and stuff.
I'm not new to flashing as im still using galaxy s and you know Samsung support sucked hard on that one.
Thanks!
If you had JB from stock, you have JB bootloader
I might be buying this instead of the M. But first, some questions.
1. When I first get it, will I be able to unlock and root it straight out of the box, with or without OTA update?
2. How good is the dev support for this phone?
I'll update this when I think of more.
Yes you can unlock the bootloader and root and and flash a recovery. And about Dev support well we just got official CM10.1 and PAC and alot of other roms.
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sickkside13 said:
Yes you can unlock the bootloader and root and and flash a recovery. And about Dev support well we just got official CM10.1 and PAC and alot of other roms.
Sent from my MB886 using xda premium
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Um, no, you can't unlock the bootloader anymore on the latest OTA. You can still get root by downgrading to a previous firmware and using Voodoo to protect root before upgrading again, but you will never be able to unlock the bootloader since the trusted zone partition can't be downgraded.
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Um, no, you can't unlock the bootloader anymore on the latest OTA. You can still get root by downgrading to a previous firmware and using Voodoo to protect root before upgrading again, but you will never be able to unlock the bootloader since the trusted zone partition can't be downgraded.
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So don't OTA when I first get it?
I mean, I'm fine with a non-unlockable bootloader. But if I have the choice to unlock it when it comes in, I won't be OTA-ing it. Speaking of which, whenever you activate the phone, doesn't it OTA?
Also, whenever I receive this what version will it be running on? And what version did they patch the bootloader method you guys were using? I'm not gonna be OTAing. And if activating the phone means OTAing, I'll unlock it prior to activation.
What you'll more than likely get from Verizon is a phone running the 4.1.2 firmware, build number starts with 9.16. This will be rootable, but you will not be able to unlock the bootloader. You will be asked to update with an OTA to firmware build number which starts with 9.18. You won't be able to root 9.18, but if you root on 9.16 first, use VooDoo OTA rootkeeper and then update, you should still be rooted on 9.18
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What you'll more than likely get from Verizon is a phone running the 4.1.2 firmware, build number starts with 9.16. This will be rootable, but you will not be able to unlock the bootloader. You will be asked to update with an OTA to firmware build number which starts with 9.18. You won't be able to root 9.18, but if you root on 9.16 first, use VooDoo OTA rootkeeper and then update, you should still be rooted on 9.18
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So anything before 9.16 and I should be good to go? Hopefully they don't ship it out with 9.16+
Actually, would it be possible to downgrade to below 9.16 whenever I get it?