Rooting on T-Mobile - HTC One S

Just got one s and am wanting to root. Just not sure how t Mobile is with warranty issues if u have a root phone. Been a while since I have been using flashed phones on metro with no warranties so never cared before.
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It breaks the HTC warranty. Not sure about Tmobile, but I'm would expect the same applies

Yea I kinda figured it would. However thought maybe that had changed with HTC unlock being available and that its been proven with that method that you can't really damage the hardware.
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Once you unlock the bootloader (which is required to root), you basically sign away your warranty.

Worst comes to worst you can just wipe the hboot partition from recovery and claim ignorance.

mteezey said:
Just got one s and am wanting to root. Just not sure how t Mobile is with warranty issues if u have a root phone. Been a while since I have been using flashed phones on metro with no warranties so never cared before.
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Whats up mteezey.... sold one of my Evo 4g, still have my wife on the other Evo 4g...
just bought the One S, waiting for it to come in, should be here by tomorrow or wed...
I will root ASAP.. bought it on Ebay, cant wait for it to arrive...
see u soon....

mdiaz33685 said:
Whats up mteezey.... sold one of my Evo 4g, still have my wife on the other Evo 4g...
just bought the One S, waiting for it to come in, should be here by tomorrow or wed...
I will root ASAP.. bought it on Ebay, cant wait for it to arrive...
see u soon....
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Nice. Your gonna love it. Just rooted mine a little while ago let the games begin.
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Power Button Lost Its Springyness.

My power button is hard to press now. It takes two/three presses to function. My phone is new so I called tmobile and they said there is nothing they can do as far as that issue. It isnt a known issue as far as the device. Has anyone noticed this? Or am I crazy lol? I looked online and some people say they were able to get a replacement. I think I will call again tomorrow. Is there a quick fix or should I just prepare to ship it in to tmobile and start the unrooting process.
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I would unroot it a they will warranty exchange it
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power button
mine did the same thing. tmobile replaced it under warranty.
Happened to me too. It's a common problem
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I have my zagg on there :,(
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And to unroot I just flash a stock rom? What should I do as far as my full body protection
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Calling tmobile now.
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doesnt zagg have a lifetime warranty?
tw39515 said:
doesnt zagg have a lifetime warranty?
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Yea but I dont have a receipt u have to provide that to get new ones.
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Tmobile are a bunch of asses. She is telling me to powercycle the phone. Smh.
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Now they are telling me to do a master reset. Smh.
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Well got off with tmobile once again and they said my warranty was never verified. Just contacted the xda member I got the phone from. To see about warranty/receipt
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If you want call HTC. Might be easier. Mine is clicky now.
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paczek said:
If you want call HTC. Might be easier. Mine is clicky now.
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Ill do that and report back.
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charlieb620 said:
Ill do that and report back.
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Well let me know. Mine just went out so off to T-Mobile
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It shouldnt even be an issue, as long as you have insurance. I got mine from an XDA member, had one of the bad screens, and I called the night I got it to swap it out.
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Well let me know. Mine just went out so off to T-Mobile
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Called htc and they said the same thing. Tmobile said they cant do anything and htc as well. For some reason they are saying that my phone was never registered and I cant get a warranty exchange for my device.
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charlieb620 said:
Called htc and they said the same thing. Tmobile said they cant do anything and htc as well. For some reason they are saying that my phone was never registered and I cant get a warranty exchange for my device.
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That blows. I called them up and they will send me a new one but I'm already on my third one and I got it on Feb 28 so I might just get a different phone
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this is my first mytouch 4g. i sorta blame it on myself but the phone is in perfect condition. im pretty much stuck with it until i buy the g2x next week
hey
pm me for one..i can help.( or at least try)
also i know money people wont look at this post but the same thing happened to my nexus one, the phone is perfectly fine but i guess months of pressing it too hard to get it into boot loader etc etc.. depressed the button underneath the powerbutton so nowi have a nexus on my draw that i cant get fixed htc said theys do it for 198 or 98 one of the 2 either way they can suck it im sure its not that hard to fix
so everyone take it easy on your power buttons they mess up every now and then
as for waranty and insurance i dont have any i think the insurance company is a rip off 6 dollars a month to just send u a refurbished phone that will have the same problem if not a new one in a couple of weeks if not months.

Problems after the update

So a couple of days ago I got the OTA Gingerbread update. After the update my phone has had some problems. When I text, the buttons stop vibrating sometimes. And also some of my contacts on the messaging app just show up as phone numbers. So please tell me what may be happening.
Can't offer any explanations but keep in mind, ota updates can be problematic because its insalling on top of what's currently installed, as opposed to wiping and doing a clean install.
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I would suggest taking the phone in or possibly better off calling tech support and have them re push the update and go from there...or just root it and flash a custom ROM and enjoy the phone how it should've been.
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The only problem to rooting my phone is that I might want to trade it in for another Inspire, because the screen is starting to pop out of the phone in the bottom left corner. I just don't want my phone to void the warrenty, and make it so I can't return it.
drakizard said:
The only problem to rooting my phone is that I might want to trade it in for another Inspire, because the screen is starting to pop out of the phone in the bottom left corner. I just don't want my phone to void the warrenty, and make it so I can't return it.
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My screen is like that and I didn't return it cause I didn't notice it a huge problem
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drakizard said:
The only problem to rooting my phone is that I might want to trade it in for another Inspire, because the screen is starting to pop out of the phone in the bottom left corner. I just don't want my phone to void the warrenty, and make it so I can't return it.
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I've returned 2 phone because of that, 1st one was within the original 30 days and 2nd one was after and I thankfully have a tech warranty center close by.
How ever on the second one, a refurb I don't have working GPS and the guy would not let me exchange it again and gave me a number for HTC to call and get it exchanged that way, why I'm not sure but it may have been my fault any way. Lol
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bdpyo said:
I've returned 2 phone because of that, 1st one was within the original 30 days and 2nd one was after and I thankfully have a tech warranty center close by.
How ever on the second one, a refurb I don't have working GPS and the guy would not let me exchange it again and gave me a number for HTC to call and get it exchanged that way, why I'm not sure but it may have been my fault any way. Lol
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So you are under warranty and dealing with a non working gps? How did you do a name change?
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Alright, well right now I am trying to find a way to root the phone. I remember how to root my old Samsung Captivate, but this is very different. Including that I now have android 2.3.3 I havent found any way to root the Inspire with Gingerbread. So if you know where I can find a download, please post it while I keep searching.
drakizard said:
Alright, well right now I am trying to find a way to root the phone. I remember how to root my old Samsung Captivate, but this is very different. Including that I now have android 2.3.3 I havent found any way to root the Inspire with Gingerbread. So if you know where I can find a download, please post it while I keep searching.
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Ace Hack Kit v12 in the dev forum. Check the stickie.
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fernandezhjr said:
So you are under warranty and dealing with a non working gps? How did you do a name change?
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Still under the manufacture's warranty and you mean my username?
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bdpyo said:
Still under the manufacture's warranty and you mean my username?
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AT&T should honor that manufacturer warranty, no matter if you already had a couple of exchanges. I would push them on that hard. Yes, user name.
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fernandezhjr said:
AT&T should honor that manufacturer warranty, no matter if you already had a couple of exchanges. I would push them on that hard. Yes, user name.
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I contacted the admin
And yeah the guy at the store told me to call that number it was like some kind of direct line for HTC
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drakizard said:
The only problem to rooting my phone is that I might want to trade it in for another Inspire, because the screen is starting to pop out of the phone in the bottom left corner. I just don't want my phone to void the warrenty, and make it so I can't return it.
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If you search, there are procedures posted to return to stock/ s-on in the event you need to do a warranty exchange. I have done this myself and was able to get a warranty exchange.
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[Q] T-mobile lock/unlock

Is it possible to unlock the network on the phone? And also to S-Off+Root ? I'd like to buy it at that low price
as of yet there is no sim unlock tool nor is there an S-OFF tool, There is HTCDev which will unlock the bootloader to allow you to flash ROMS and ROOT and CWM Recovery, But thats all your getting for now...
give it 1 - 2 weeks the development will skyrocket.
So you think that they could do that?
Of course !! have a look around the forums, There is NOTHING these devs cant do..
hell im running ICS on a 2 year old SGS lol and it works flawlessly...
you'll be suprised whats about to come
I hope so, found some crazy prices on the internet for the T-mobile one s, but we have no T-mobile here..
The low prices on the One S are on a 2-year contract. The phone itself is $600 off contract.
But there will be root and S-Off soon as the phone comes out in a few days.
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mr_billionaire said:
The low prices on the One S are on a 2-year contract. The phone itself is $600 off contract.
But there will be root and S-Off soon as the phone comes out in a few days.
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Not to rain on any parades but S-OFF may be a long time coming..
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azzledazzle said:
Of course !! have a look around the forums, There is NOTHING these devs cant do..
hell im running ICS on a 2 year old SGS lol and it works flawlessly...
you'll be suprised whats about to come
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I'm gonna quote you on this.
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new phones ship with 1.85

Just got my phone from Amazon (ordered yesterday) and it came with 1.85 installed.........bummed I can't root..........I'm sure the ones from ATT will be the same.
Yep. They are.
Just got my phone from at&t and it was shipped with 1.73, lucked out I guess
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robertmoore208 said:
Just got my phone from at&t and it was shipped with 1.73, lucked out I guess
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Yeah I got a replacement, mine had 1.73, super lucky! I hated 1.85 when I had it on the phone that I swapped out.
robertmoore208 said:
Just got my phone from at&t and it was shipped with 1.73, lucked out I guess
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hmm, wonder if Amazon is "updating" them? I miss my root and clean rom.....but a totally cracked screen isn't worth root.............patience is my virtue
digthemlows said:
hmm, wonder if Amazon is "updating" them? I miss my root and clean rom.....but a totally cracked screen isn't worth root.............patience is my virtue
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amazon is a big ole warehouse. They don't do anything but get products in and send products out. Any changes are coming probably straight from HTC when shipped.
I'm in the same boat. Got one from an att store after they got released from customs. Happy with the phone so far, but hopeful a root method is found for 1.85.
i will be getting mine in about 2-2.5 hours from now.... excited cant wait and im sure ill have 1.85 on it will update if found other wise
Got mines from the my local att store, first shipment they had since custom. And yup came loaded with 1.85.....pissed but I'll wait.
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Received mine today from AT&T. Ordered it Tuesday night on their website, arrived today with 1.73 ...happy!!!
I got my gray One X from a local corporate AT&T store yesterday. Came with 1.85 preinstalled... Hopefully there'll be a root before my 30 day return expires, I like this phone but I NEED root and custom roms. Otherwise I'm returning it and going back to my Inspire with CM.
dark42 said:
I got my gray One X from a local corporate AT&T store yesterday. Came with 1.85 preinstalled... Hopefully there'll be a root before my 30 day return expires, I like this phone but I NEED root and custom roms. Otherwise I'm returning it and going back to my Inspire with CM.
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Same happened here, i returned my white one that was rooted and unlocked and all so i could get a grey since they just got in and i look at it and derp 1.85!!!
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cant you just "upgrade" to the leaked RUU 1.88 then root and do what you want?
As far as I know the 1.88 won't install as it isn't meant for this phone.
I got a grey rooted & bootloader unlocked. If anyone is really serious about root, I can trade for a white one, I really don't care much about root n bootloader. pm me.
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How do I tell which version I'm on? Is it under settings?
loneBoat said:
How do I tell which version I'm on? Is it under settings?
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Settings > About > Software Information > Software Number
Got one from at&t yesterday on 1.85.
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are you guys getting screens that dont smudge? i have such clean hands and this thing fingerprints so easily and all i hear is how it doesnt.
Crizthakidd said:
are you guys getting screens that dont smudge? i have such clean hands and this thing fingerprints so easily and all i hear is how it doesnt.
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It's glass... I don't see how you could not get fingerprints on it.
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New replacement HOX from ATT warranty 1.73

I just received my replacement phone from ATT warranty. Its on software version 1.73.502.1 71ORD
Its SN starts with HT25
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dkirchik said:
I just received my replacement phone from ATT warranty. Its on software version 1.73.502.1 71ORD
Its SN starts with HT25
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Weird. Thats the newest hardware with the oldest firmware. Either way it doesn't matter as there is a root for everything right now. Good thing you got the latest hardware though.
I'd like to go ahead and confirm my experience here too.
The first four characters of my serial number are "HT24". It's not as recent as the OP's, but I'd like to think it's relatively new.
At any rate, I received a warranty replacement with 1.73.
Moreover, it came with SuperCID 111111 and the "re-locked" identifier. This doesn't particularly perturb me as it saved me a few seconds when unlocking. Yeah, I ended up with someone's leftovers with some newer parts.
Battery life on the replacement is around 5.5 hours of screentime with 30% brightness and LTE enabled. I think refurb is preferable since it's cosmetically pristine and every part has been tested more stringently than a factory original.
It's odd that they aren't being re locked and cid reset. Is refurbishment done by AT&T or the manufacturer typically?
gunnyman said:
It's odd that they aren't being re locked and cid reset. Is refurbishment done by AT&T or the manufacturer typically?
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Typically, refurbishments are done by the manufacturer. AT&T just serves as an intermediate in the process that makes sure you have a phone as quick as possible. Once they receive our broken phones, they have the pleasure of doing what we did not want to do - deal with HTC.
If you had to deal with the manufacturer directly, you would be looking at two to three weeks for a replacement device.
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Typically, refurbishments are done by the manufacturer. AT&T just serves as an intermediate in the process that makes sure you have a phone as quick as possible. Once they receive our broken phones, they have the pleasure of doing what we did not want to do - deal with HTC.
If you had to deal with the manufacturer directly, you would be looking at two to three weeks for a replacement device.
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good to know. I wonder why they aren't relocking the devices then.
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Weird. Thats the newest hardware with the oldest firmware. Either way it doesn't matter as there is a root for everything right now. Good thing you got the latest hardware though.
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What makes the newer hardware better? I just picked up another replacement and it is the newer hardware.
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I have HT23... guess I'm an oldie then :/ haha
I got it on launch day so I guess thats the reason
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I have HT23... guess I'm an oldie then :/ haha
I got it on launch day so I guess thats the reason
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I have launch day supply as mine was traded in 2 weeks after launch and it's an HT 24
HTC refurbs them and AT&T is the distributor for warranty exchanges. You're lucky though... AT&T usually doesn't take devices that were tampered with.
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Man.Droid said:
HTC refurbs them and AT&T is the distributor for warranty exchanges. You're lucky though... AT&T usually doesn't take devices that were tampered with.
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I've never had a problem with them not taking it.
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My warranty replacement also had 1.73 and HT24.
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Just got my warranty repair from HTC and the serial number starts MB. Bootloader is locked. It was relocked when I sent it in. Doubt it's the same phone. I'll check the imei when i get home.
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Just got my warranty repair from HTC and the serial number starts MB. Bootloader is locked. It was relocked when I sent it in. Doubt it's the same phone. I'll check the imei when i get home.
edit: came with 1.73...while both of my One X sit at bootloader comparing the screen the MB (grey replacement) is noticeably darker than the HT23 (white)
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I've never had a problem with them not taking it.
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Damn. I know our warranty exchange boots into boot loader and looks top to bottom for root access and such. If they find anything they'll deny exchange. Good for you though haha. Lucky.
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Man.Droid said:
Damn. I know our warranty exchange boots into boot loader and looks top to bottom for root access and such. If they find anything they'll deny exchange. Good for you though haha. Lucky.
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HTC or AT&T?
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HTC or AT&T?
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Att I'm assuming. Got my phone back from HTC and they didn't say anything. ATT stores will vary.
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rquinn19 said:
Att I'm assuming. Got my phone back from HTC and they didn't say anything. ATT stores will vary.
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I'm wondering if they will check my old phone when I send it back and then charge me for it.
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I have an ht 25 that came with 1.73 hm that's odd lol bought it first day
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HTC seems to be very understanding. Unless it's bricked or something directly related to unlocking the bootloader I doubt they care. And legally they can't. It's like taking your car in for warranty repair on the engine and they void the warranty because you installed better brake pads.
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HTC seems to be very understanding. Unless it's bricked or something directly related to unlocking the bootloader I doubt they care. And legally they can't. It's like taking your car in for warranty repair on the engine and they void the warranty because you installed better brake pads.
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I don't think I've heard of HTC turning away any devices that were bootloader unlocked. They're supportive of the power user.
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