Hi, I just rooted my HOX running on 1.73, but when I tried to unlock the bootloader I keep getting an error message after I submit the token ID that says "MID not allowed". Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm basically new to Android, just switched from the iphone, and am thrilled so far.
Thanks
You need to use the SuperCID tool before you can unlock your bootloader since AT&T blocked us from doing it the official way. Check the development section, the thread is over there.
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awesome!
great! that did it. Thank you so much. Sorry for the nooby questions that are often harder to find answers to than the more advanced questions.
No prob, we all had nooby questions at one point.
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next step
Well, in that case, I might as well hit you with some more nooby questions.
What is usually the next step after obtaining root and unlocking the bootloader?
The next step is flashing a custom recovery such as clockworkmod or TWRP. Having a custom recovery allows you to flash ROMs, radios, kernals, and mods to really tailor your phone to be exactly the way you want it. If you're looking at flashing a ROM, I very highly recommend CleanROM SE. It is very close to stock, except it has a bunch of kick ass mods and tweaks that make your phone for lack of a better word... perfect. Check out the thread for it in the development section.
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Can someone please a YouTube video on how to root unlock downloader and s-off I have tried very thing and have had no luck this is my first HTC I mainly have had Samsung so if someone can point me in the direction I will hit the thank you button thanks in advance
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There are threads in the dev section with all the info you need. I suggest you spend a lot of time actually reading them and build a real understanding for what you are doing BEFORE you do anything to your phone. If you just follow some guy's youtube video without actually knowing what you're doing, guaranteed your next thread will be "ZOMG SOMEONE PLEASE HELP I THINK I BRICKED MY PHONE".
With Samsung it was just use Odin and that was it you make a very good point and on that I will do some more research thanks again for the advice
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Yeah samsungs are generally easier to root. Odin made it a cinch. That was one of the things I loved about my Epic 4G Touch. We do have one click methods for root and bootloader unlock though so it's pretty damn easy. Once you read the threads you'll see it's not that bad. The root thread is a sticky and bootloader unlock is on the first page of the dev section.
Edit: I have not used the one click bootloader unlock on the first page so I can't vouch for it. It is new and looks like nobody has used it yet. The one I used is HERE, it's a one click that changes your CID to allow you to unlock through htcdev.com. I have used that method 6 times and practically everyone on this forum used it so that is the method that I will vouch for. The stickied root thread is also tried and tested.
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Yeah samsungs are generally easier to root. Odin made it a cinch. That was one of the things I loved about my Epic 4G Touch. We do have one click methods for root and bootloader unlock though so it's pretty damn easy. Once you read the threads you'll see it's not that bad. The root thread is a sticky and bootloader unlock is on the first page of the dev section.
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Thanks once again
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No prob. Good luck.
Hey I just picked up the HTC One X today from Rogers and I'm in love <3. However, I must first make it sexy (Root, unlock bootloader etc.) and in order to do this I need some knowledge of something i'm sure everyone knows. Basically in the forums I saw some programs that offered a root via a tool or an unlocked bootloader, but its listed under a title containing the numbers 1.85, is that referring to the firmware? If so how can i check the firmware on my phone I cant find any number like that :S Thank you and i'm sure this is one hell of a noob question. Thanks for the help in advance ^_^
Settings, about, software information, more, build number.
The build number is the firmware I believe.
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Thanks for your help, my build number is 1.73.631. 1 CL54373 release-keys.
Can I still use these tools to root my phone and unlock the boot loader?
Yep, just read some of the stickies guides.
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I have the Rogers htc one x as well. Let me know what you did to attain root, recovery and bootloader unlocked when you're done. =)
Thank you I shall attempt to load a custom rom on my phone, ill take it as a self birthday gift. Thanks for the help
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Sure ill let you know if I decide to do it, I'm still kind of scared I had the HTC amaze and panache which I rooted and s-off but I had an sd card slot which saved me countless times with this phone there is none and it seems really scary.
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Hi there,
I'm coming from the iPhone 4, and I got my 1st Android phone last summer, HTC One S
I got it from Fido (canada)
Since I dont have enough posts, I was told to ask dev-related questions here
I want to root my phone with the All in One toolkit, but I'm not sure if ti works with the Fido HTC One S
Thanks in advance
You should of been told to post questions in the q&a section since that means questions & answers.
And future reference never post an individual question the the dev section unless you are asking in an already established rom or dev thread.
As far as wanting to root, I can't help you there as I no longer see the point in rooting since ics
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Spastic909 said:
You should of been told to post questions in the q&a section since that means questions & answers.
And future reference never post an individual question the the dev section unless you are asking in an already established rom or dev thread.
As far as wanting to root, I can't help you there as I no longer see the point in rooting since ics
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Well I was told General OR q&a
But yeah otherwise I would have posted it in the AIOTK thread if I could.
I agree with you that ICS is good enough
Thanks
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Thanks for not thinking I was being a ****.
Some people get really butthurt because they read too far into the words I type
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I have a Fido One S and I rooted/unlocked my phone using the toolkit, you should be good to go.
Don't let the toolkit do everything for you, otherwise when something goes wrong you won't have a single clue. Get fastboot running and learn how to send commands and unlock the bootloader through fastboot.
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I agree with usaff22. Doing the modifications manually is better.
It's OK to root your One S. The rooting process has nothing to do with the carrier. For example, my One S was locked to 3 UK and I rooted without problems. Good luck!
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Spastic909 said:
Thanks for not thinking I was being a ****.
Some people get really butthurt because they read too far into the words I type
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No prob
weirdear said:
I have a Fido One S and I rooted/unlocked my phone using the toolkit, you should be good to go.
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That's good to know; thanks ! :good:
usaff22 said:
Don't let the toolkit do everything for you, otherwise when something goes wrong you won't have a single clue. Get fastboot running and learn how to send commands and unlock the bootloader through fastboot.
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Chris95X8 said:
I agree with usaff22. Doing the modifications manually is better.
It's OK to root your One S. The rooting process has nothing to do with the carrier. For example, my One S was locked to 3 UK and I rooted without problems. Good luck!
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Yeah I really suck when it comes anything technical; but I won't let that get in my way; I will do some research on manual modifications
Thanks again guys
Hi Guys!
Just wanted to introduce myself and ask a bunch of n00bish questions.
I recently acquired an HTC One X on Rogers for dirt cheap (basically $0) and this is my first Android phone having used an iPhone for the past few years. I'm not completely lost around ROMs having cut my teeth on windows mobile phones right here on xda-devs years ago but my iPhone took me away for a number of years.
I've gone through as much of the existing FAQs and help threads as I could but I have a few questions I couldn't find the answers for: Hopefully these are simple enough for the folks here!
1) My HOX out of the box is running FW version 1.73, Android 4.0.3. I see there's some bootloader unlocking issues with AT&T HOX's with FW 1.85 and 2.2 and above. Do these restrictions not apply to the Rogers HOX? Is there a point i should be worried about not having an unlockable bootloader?
2) My ultimate goal is to get a maintainable ROM where I can easily get OS updates without having to manually reload any custom settings or apps. Being an Android n00b, I consistently hear about Cyanogenmod ROMs. Can I jump from my current Stock ROM straight to Cyanogenmod 10.1 JB? or do I have to do something in between?
3) Are there other community ROMs that's better for the HOX than CM? I'm looking for a plain jane out of box experience. I really love how the iPhone works really really great out of the box without any huge amount of setting changes. And that's what I strived for with my old windows mobile device ROMs.
4) Yay or Nay on HTC Sense?
5) Yay or Nay on Staying on the Stock Rogers ROMs (I think the JB update is available now).
6) If I elect to do all the OTA updates, is there something I should avoid like a permanent locked bootloader version or something like that?
7) If I install all the OTA updates and eventually end up on the Rogers JB rom (I assume it's a bunch of incremental updates since auto updates shows I have update 1.93 which isn't the JB rom), can I revert back to the 4.0.3 rom?
I think that's it for now... Sorry for the long list. it definitely grew as I typed it!
Thanks a tonne! I know how great a resource xda-devs was and is. Can't wait to get into all of this again. !
Rogers does not lock down bootloader. You should be fine.
As for sense or aosp it just depends on preference.
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Rogers does not lock down bootloader. You should be fine.
As for sense or aosp it just depends on preference.
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apologies for my probing questions as I'm trying to flesh out the dependencies of everything...
Does the rogers HOX need to be s-off'd when flashing custom ROMs.
How do OTA updates work? Do they only apply to a certain kind of stock ROMs? Do custom ROMs have OTA updates?
thanks,
Depending on hboot yes s-off is preferred because it makes flashing easier. You will not have to flash boot image seperately. Some custom roms have ota built in so that you are notified of a new version. Once you start the unlock process it is wise to never take an ota update for stock Rom. Aosp such as Avatar and Sense based Viperxl both can be ota updated. There are more. It will usaully state these capabilities on the page.
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Venomtester said:
Depending on hboot yes s-off is preferred because it makes flashing easier. You will not have to flash boot image seperately. Some custom roms have ota built in so that you are notified of a new version. Once you start the unlock process it is wise to never take an ota update for stock Rom. Aosp such as Avatar and Sense based Viperxl both can be ota updated. There are more. It will usaully state these capabilities on the page.
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When you say I shouldn't take an OTA update after unlocking the bootloader, why is that?
Let's say I unlock the bootloader, but keep the stock rogers ROM and OTA update it. These are just OS updates right? they shouldn't touch the bootloader or do they?
Also, if the Rogers Bootloader is not locked down, then do I even need to unlock it? or do you guys mean it's unlockABLE and still needs to be unlocked?
Does rooting also make a device not OTA'able?
Finally, how are the bootloaders tied to the FW version and to the OS version? Coming from an iPhone, there was the baseband/Radio FW and OS versions, and sometimes a specific hardware version, but that's it. what's the heirarchy for the bootloader and the FW, and the OS?
finally, if there's a good resource that answers a lot of these "android rom 101" questions, please send along a link. I know you guys are busy!
Thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37665520
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40223035
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Thanks venomtester, I was just on those pages when I went to check for your reply.. =)
For a general question to the Rogers HOX folks...
just wanted to confirm the following workflow:
1) unlock my rogers HOX with htcdev unlock process
2) get root by running superboot r2
2) run facepalm to s-off my HOX
4) pick a ROM and flash!
That sound about right? I'm not missing anything obvious? I'm not entirely sure if the tools like superboot r2 and facepalm have been superceded by other tools. Especially with all the AT&T specific processes...
This certainly is a few more steps than I'm used to from my Windows Mobile days... =)
Thanks again,
mr_yellow said:
Thanks venomtester, I was just on those pages when I went to check for your reply.. =)
For a general question to the Rogers HOX folks...
just wanted to confirm the following workflow:
1) unlock my rogers HOX with htcdev unlock process
2) get root by running superboot r2
2) run facepalm to s-off my HOX
4) pick a ROM and flash!
That sound about right? I'm not missing anything obvious? I'm not entirely sure if the tools like superboot r2 and facepalm have been superceded by other tools. Especially with all the AT&T specific processes...
This certainly is a few more steps than I'm used to from my Windows Mobile days... =)
Thanks again,
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Step 2 should be flash TWRP 2.3.x.x no need for superboot r2?... not sure what that is.
And you'll need to flash a rooted rom before S-OFF or let TWRP root your rom if your hboot is under 2.14
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Deleted. Sorry ex ad. Didn't see your post.
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Lol, I don't care if other people answer too, so long as they're not answering with the wrong info. There's a few of us so it's hard to coordinate Didn't mean to jack your helping
Oh no sir. You didn't jack at all as I was going to quote your earlier post from a different thread.
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Thanks again guys!
Venomtester said:
Rogers does not lock down bootloader. You should be fine.
As for sense or aosp it just depends on preference.
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My two Rogers one x handsets came with lock bootloaders. I just unlocked my second on on Saturday.
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What he was saying is they can be unlocked without having to change the cid which is what us with att phones have to do
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With an AT&T branded HTC One X on 4.1, should i root it now and flash basebands+kitkat roms, or should I flash 4.2.2 first?
also, are there prerequisites to update to 4.2 roms coming from 4.1?
If you take the update you won't be able to unlock the bootloader afterwards so you should do it now. There are prerequisites, check out the Evita FAQ thread in my signature.
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timmaaa said:
If you take the update you won't be able to unlock the bootloader afterwards so you should do it now. There are prerequisites, check out the Evita FAQ thread in my signature.
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sigh...can someone post (or guide) me to complete procedures to go from stock AT&T 4.1.1 to this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562603
It's so irritating when one gets used to another brand (LG) and comes to HTC with completely different file names/programs
edit: nevermind. Can i get s-off without root? + still locked to AT&T. i wanted to follow this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2628920
You can't get s-off without root. Did you read the threads I told you to read?
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I read half. Lol. Then I got tired.ugh.I attempted to see what would happen when I asked HTC reps for help.I tried factory resets but still no at&t update.sigh.life.
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You're not gonna get anywhere if you don't read and educate yourself. Plus, the rules of XDA state that a user must search thoroughly before asking for help, so I'm much less inclined to assist someone who is attempting to take the easy way out by just asking instead of searching. I even gave you a specific thread to check out, it doesn't get much easier than that.
Like I said though, if you ever want to unlock the bootloader and root your phone, you do not want to take that update.
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