Just a quick question. Would i be right in assuming the only way at the moment to unlock the bootloader on a One S is to use HTC Dev?
Yep. If you use twrp it's just like s-off with HTC dumlock!
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I'm start asking me if a custom unlock for the booloader will never see the light....htcdev is risk for warranty invalidation !!
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Hi All,
I`ve just purchased a NS and I want it to be rooted. It was quite easy on my previous phone (SG3), but now I`m unable to find any guides to do this without unlocking the bootloader.
Actually flashing a custom ROM, such as CM7 would be the next step but I can live with this original one(2.3.4), but rooting is vital, I`m unable to live without eg. titanium backup, but also need the 2 years warranty...
Do you have any idea for solving this?
Thanks in advance.
fishmong3r
You can try the Gingerbreak exploit. Other than that I know of no way without unlocking the bootloader.
I`v tried Gingerbreak yesterday but unfortunately it`s not working.
Any other idea?
No. I thought the Gingerbreak exploit might have been fixed in 2.3.4 but I wasn't sure. I don't know of any other way without unlocking the bootloader.
Why don't you unlock the bootloader? It is not like the nexus one. The bootloader can be locked again at ur wish with the command : fastboot OEM lock
You can unlock the bootloader, flash your recovery, flash your rom and lock it up again if that is your wish.
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This would be fine if this is not causing warranty issues.
To be honest I've read somewhere in this forum that unlocking the bootloader is irreversible and voids the warranty.
So please repose me.
deeren said:
Why don't you unlock the bootloader? It is not like the nexus one. The bootloader can be locked again at ur wish with the command : fastboot OEM lock
You can unlock the bootloader, flash your recovery, flash your rom and lock it up again if that is your wish.
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a helpful member on this forum also told me that :
Samsung can read out files to see if you unlocked the bootloader IF they want to
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So is there anyOther way to root without warranty void ??
dharmil007 said:
a helpful member on this forum also told me that :
So is there anyOther way to root without warranty void ??
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Gingerbreak, but it's not working with the latest Android versions anymore afaik.
rentaric said:
Gingerbreak, but it's not working with the latest Android versions anymore afaik.
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i'Ve read that in the previous post too.
anyOther way ?
dharmil007 said:
i'Ve read that in the previous post too.
anyOther way ?
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None that I'd know of, maybe someone got a private hardware approach/mod, but that I highly doubt.
Gingerbreak before 2.2 (I think) or unlocking bootloader via fastboot oem unlock.
This really shouldn't be a huge concern.
Look at the language on the unlock screen. Unlike the Nexus One which stated unlocking voids the warranty the Nexus S language has been tweaked to indicate unlocking *may* void your warranty.
Even with unlocked bootloaders HTC honored the warranty on the Nexus One for hardware issues. Don't expect to unlock, root, leave the LED on high for 20 minutes and then try to send it in for repair when it burns out though.
Hey guys, I just got the awesome One S and looking to root it asap. Is there a root method that doesn't give you the TAMPERED notice in case I need to replace the phone?
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NO,
You need to flash stock image, bootloader will stay unlocked. That should not be an issue.
The stock images are floating around sub-forum, maybe just do a search/google. Or someone will give you a link
Hmm so basically what you're saying is that I can return/replace the phone as long as I flash back to stock even if the bootloader is unlocked? I want to be sure before I go flash happy on it.
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nothing is for sure
but htc allows bootloader unlock, would think if it is a hardware issue, it wouldn't be a problem
never count on it though
No doubt, I figured as much too. Thanks rugmankc, I'll wait a little longer then.
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What about the tampered message?
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What about the tampered message?
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The tampering message comes up no matter what. No matter if your boot loader is unlocked. It's the unlock unlock bootloadet message parts that you need to worry about. If I'm not mistaken there a relock command code to relock it. Just fellow the unlock bootloader directions but at the end change the unlock command to the relock command.
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The tampering message comes up no matter what. No matter if your boot loader is unlocked. It's the unlock unlock bootloadet message parts that you need to worry about. If I'm not mistaken there a relock command code to relock it. Just fellow the unlock bootloader directions but at the end change the unlock command to the relock command.
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But from what I've read, even if you relock it, it still says "Relocked" as opposed to "Locked". Is that correct?
Don't know
yeah i think i'll wait until there's a work around for this.
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But from what I've read, even if you relock it, it still says "Relocked" as opposed to "Locked". Is that correct?
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yeah, i wanted to claim warrenty on mine but when i relocked it said "relocked"
still waiting for someone to come up with a solution though
Most insurance company cover water damage now so you could soak that bad boy and pay the deductibles lol.
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You can get rid of the ***TAMPERED*** message if you need to return to HTC
I tried this myself yesterday...just for my own piece of mind
Flash your phone back to recovery.img
Relock your bootloader
Run the RUU for your phone
I'm waiting my self for a complete tool to fix the tampered and relocked sign
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I havent followed newest info for some time, but I noticed that at htcdev you can get HTC One S kernel code.
Have this made us anywhere closer to unlocking without htcdev to keep warranty?
I want to root, but I dont want to avoid any kind of warranty (technical service guys here are assholes)
Just do it with HTC dev say to them if anything does happen that I got my token id and everything to unlock bootloader but thought about it and in the end didn't do it they can't say u did then
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Just do it with HTC dev say to them if anything does happen that I got my token id and everything to unlock bootloader but thought about it and in the end didn't do it they can't say u did then
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If you unlock the phone, it will be flagged AFAIK. Even if you don't do anything and relock it, it will be flagged as "relocked". If you flash anything, it will be flagged as "tampered" as well.
I am new to the whole android modding scene but from my understanding, you can NOT get rid of any of those flags without S-OFF which the community hasn't been able to achieve yet.
Ok i know this is the dev section but there is no Q&A so i'm asking here.
I'm not really used to HTC, i just flashed CM on my girlfriend desire but it was already unlocked.
Now i friend that has unlocked chacha via htc-dev has a hardware problem. he has unlocked bootloader, stock GB rom and CWM recovery.
Now he wants to put it back to stock in order to get warranty reparation of phone from htc. the problem is that some key of the keyboard are not working and also the green phone botton, but he fears that they will say you rooted f**k you man pay for the repair.
He asked to me because i'm sort of the phone guy between my friend so i will help you, but can someone give me a guide of how to put it back to stock?
thanks in advace!
dago
It's not possible to revert HTC ChaCha(or any of HTC's phones) back to **LOCKED** as far as I know. But you can always revert back to stock rom and unroot as a result.
So there is no re-lock bootloader option?
ok! but as dar as i know just unlock it via htc dev should let the warranty alive. so how to unroot and falsh back original rom and recovery?? thanks
dagothe9 said:
So there is no re-lock bootloader option?
ok! but as dar as i know just unlock it via htc dev should let the warranty alive. so how to unroot and falsh back original rom and recovery?? thanks
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You can re-lock the bootloader but it will flag itself as **RELOCKED**.
There is a tutorial on how you can revert back to stock rom and recovery in forums. You will find it if you do a little research.
U can relock it with htcdev....but it will be flaged as relocked...
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you can lock bootloader by simply typing this code in the adb "fastboot oem lock"
nice info smell, they won't be looking for those kind of things if you have the stock room, I have a couple of almost dead keys because I slept with my phone under and the keys are too sensible to actually get away with it.
They repaired the keys once, then it happened again (because of the sleeping thing) and finally they changed the phone.
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I was wondering if I unlock the BL then put custom recovery, can I re-lock it and make it 100% stock again? can HTC knows I unlocked it beside checking with their database? I mean is there a text like samsung's devices says this user had unlocked his device before or it will return 100% stock without any trace?
thanks in advance
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Hi
I was wondering if I unlock the BL then put custom recovery, can I re-lock it and make it 100% stock again? can HTC knows I unlocked it beside checking with their database? I mean is there a text like samsung's devices says this user had unlocked his device before or it will return 100% stock without any trace?
thanks in advance
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Hi,
once unlocked, locking the the bootloader - e.g. after flashing a RUU to go back to stock - will son relocked instead of locked. As if this HTC will be able to see that you unlocked only by looking into download mode to find out.
Only device able to set the status back to locked as of now is the HTC 10 when using SunShine with the proper choice of option. Nothing to do about any other HTC device as far as I know of, where it'll say relocked.
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Hi,
once unlocked, locking the the bootloader - e.g. after flashing a RUU to go back to stock - will son relocked instead of locked. As if this HTC will be able to see that you unlocked only by looking into download mode to find out.
Only device able to set the status back to locked as of now is the HTC 10 when using SunShine with the proper choice of option. Nothing to do about any other HTC device as far as I know of, where it'll say relocked.
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Thank you so so much.