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Possible BL unlock

I dont have my HOX yet but I read upon this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24370319#post24370319
Its made for the wildfire but it according to the dev
Dont let the name fool you, though. This will work on ANY HTC unlockable phone. The other tools besides unlocking will only work for the Wildfire S CDMA, as of know however.
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Will this possibly unlock the HOX (AT&T) bootloader?
I present, the simonsimons34 Wildfire S tool.
Unlock without voiding your warranty
The biggest thing this tool can do is UNLOCK your hboot WITHOUT ever needing to wipe your data, go to HTCdev.com or voiding your warranty. Unlike S-off we can reverse this too. Simpily let us Unlock your phone for you, and flash roms and recoveries as you wish. Just like S-Off. This will also help you get S-Off with the utility from the general section. The only thing you NEED is a proper Unlockable bootloader, and the recovery that came with the phone. If you need this tool, you already have stock recovery. So nothing besides a HTC unlockable bootloader is required. Everything else is in the package.
Universal to HTC Devices
Dont let the name fool you, though. This will work on ANY HTC unlockable phone. The other tools besides unlocking will only work for the Wildfire S CDMA, as of know however.
Sorry, It is a beta.
Being as this is still in beta, there will most likely be bugs. Things that dont work. Please report them here with a screenshot and or the exact copy of what it said. For now this is a self extracting exe, so place in a folder of your choice, thats empty preferably, and open it up. The bat file will automatically be opened. There is a good side to betas though. Improvement! Soon after we confirm it works, I will be moving to a GUI app to make everything even easier.
Credits:
bobdamnit-for helping me with some scripting problems
jmz-for some consulting
jcase- for tacoroot
theq86 developer of Bltool
benjamingwyin- For leading me to the exe packaging app I use
and anyone i forgot, just pm me and Ill try to add you
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I want to say that the ATT HOX has an unlock-able bootloader but its just "restricted from htcdev" because of ATT

Came across that and wondered the same thing.

lets hope this is worth a shot or can atleast point us in the right direction! I'm going to try this the minute I receive my HOX

It's been on the forums for a few weeks now though. If it worked surely someone would've tried it by now.

it was in the wildfire forums and mentioned on the portal like 2 weeks back

I tried this two weeks ago and it didn't work (don't remember the exact reason), and it did not brick/softbrick my phone.

Do you know what the error was ? Like did it spit out an error message?

[Q] Unlocked/Rooted 1.82 Upgrade

So if we are unlocked and rooted on 1.82 as well. If I was to upgrade to 1.85 it will make it so I will not have root again.. But once unlocked always? Or would we have to Re-root, Re-unlock etc all over again. Also have the CWM installed and working aswell.
Sorry for the noobish Questions.

thcue said:
So if we are unlocked and rooted on 1.82 as well. If I was to upgrade to 1.85 it will make it so I will not have root again.. But once unlocked always? Or would we have to Re-root, Re-unlock etc all over again. Also have the CWM installed and working aswell.
Sorry for the noobish Questions.
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Not quite so noobish...I'm a bit hazy on the matter as well and I've been following the 1.85 RUU, unlocking, and rooting threads very closely.
What I understand is that from 1.82/rooted/unlocked you must first relock the bootloader to be able to use the 1.85 RUU. After that you must root using one of the 2 known methods (both are a bit complicated) and then do the unlock process again but your modified CID should still be modified so you don't have to go through hex editing again.
Take that with a grain of salt, I may be wrong.

So with that said. We might just hold off till a rom hits the site vs. upgrading to 1.85. I already been though 20 or so flashing etc redoing apps etc it's a good 1-2hr getting everything back to normal after a wipe.
So once we start getting hit with ROMS are the fixes/patches imported into them or 'Based' of a certain ROM then forcing us to update the RUU then redo everything once again. Ugh my brain is about to explode. However being with iPhone from the start and figuring everything out this brings back all the command-line fun like old times once again!
To the Dev's Thanks for you hard work keep it up and Monster Energy will name a drink after you!

thcue said:
So with that said. We might just hold off till a rom hits the site vs. upgrading to 1.85. I already been though 20 or so flashing etc redoing apps etc it's a good 1-2hr getting everything back to normal after a wipe.
So once we start getting hit with ROMS are the fixes/patches imported into them or 'Based' of a certain ROM then forcing us to update the RUU then redo everything once again. Ugh my brain is about to explode. However being with iPhone from the start and figuring everything out this brings back all the command-line fun like old times once again!
To the Dev's Thanks for you hard work keep it up and Monster Energy will name a drink after you!
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ROMs are usually based on Android versions, not individual stock builds. Right now they are based on builds because they are just scripts that run and replace parts of the system. You won't have to worry about the RUU anymore either, it will just be a tool to return you to stock in case things go awry. If you want good examples of ROMs and how installing them works and such, I suggest going to the Samsung Captivate dev forum and looking there. I had that device and it turns 2 years old this year.

stnguyen09 said:
Not quite so noobish...I'm a bit hazy on the matter as well and I've been following the 1.85 RUU, unlocking, and rooting threads very closely.
What I understand is that from 1.82/rooted/unlocked you must first relock the bootloader to be able to use the 1.85 RUU. After that you must root using one of the 2 known methods (both are a bit complicated) and then do the unlock process again but your modified CID should still be modified so you don't have to go through hex editing again.
Take that with a grain of salt, I may be wrong.
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To add a little clarity. You got an unlock token already you don't need another. My process was I was on 1.73 and rooted that and unlocked. Then to go to 1.85 I relocked ran the ruu. After that I used my token to unlock again and was able to install cwm recovery and with that I pushed root to the phone. So I'm unlocked and rooted on the latest release.

Thanks for the quick lesson on hows its done. saves me the time of reading through the who thread in the dev section.

Ahh so what your saying is..
Now that we used a Token for the HTCdev site we could..
Relock, upload to 1.85, Reroot, and then back to the HTCdev site and use the token we used before to unlock?
Hope all that made sense.

No you just rerun the unlock command using the unlock.bin file you already have.

-Digs in his pockets-
Wait? Whaat?
Haha I have that where? In the recovery though fastboots?

Don't over think it. You just unlock again running the fastboot command you used to unlock the first time.

[Q] Bought a rooted phone by accident, in over my head

First android phone it's a AT&T One X, i'll be using it on the Bell network. Got a good deal on Kijiji and I didn't ask enough questions apparently, lol.
The phone is clearly not stock, took me several hours to piece that together. I get it, I'm a noob. I can tell it's running Cleanrom 4.5. I want to get it back to something close to stock. I plan to learn all about rooting/roms but I want to do it from a vanilla phone so that I get to actually do it myself.
I googled and found a tutorial (link). I deleted the 'su' file and superuser.apk. I followed the rest of the steps and it didn't seem to do anything, just rebooted back into cleanrom.
I kept googling and now I'm following this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1859714
I guess i'm going to flash from an RUU now ? My CID is 11111111, so I've read that means I have superCID and any RUU will work. I want to get to JB eventually, so can I just flash direct to the Europe 3.14 JB from HTCRUU? Or go with one of the ICS versions?
Am I doing this right?

No no no!
Edit: still writing but wanted to say don't flash that ruu
If you want completely stock you need to use fast boot and boot into hboot and run fastboot OEM lock
(You may need to search around to learn how do that)
Then run this ruu. http://beta.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390077933525139511
Sent from my One X using Tapatalk 2

that is for the wrong phone
only place you should look at is here AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL

Its good your asking the questions now if you want to go completely stock run an ruu which means relicking the bootloader and running it ill link you to some guides in a sec
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Oh and like others said don't use that ruu! We have the one XL

cleanrom 4.5 is pretty good and close to stock but adds quick settings, debloated, power menu and some other tweaks. i would keep it how it is and just learn about how custom roms work. you can learn how to use twrp in its current state and maybe learn how to use some root apps.
just so you know your phone is the evita not the endeavoru.

Thanks for the replies.
I haven't tried flashing anything yet so don't worry. I'm taking it slow.
I've already been into fastboot. Figured that out because it was a required step in the guides I said I was trying to use. I have all the drivers installed and I'm able to talk to the phone via fastboot at the comand prompt.
LOL, thanks for letting me know my phone is Evita. I guess I can delete the 600mb RUU I downloaded
I'm a little unclear about HBOOT vs. fastboot. I can get into the bootloader and go to the fastboot USB mode... is this analogous to HBOOT?
So my steps right now are:
1) Download correct RUU, Evita 2.20 ICS - I've also seen people discussing 1.85 vs 2.20, why chose one over another?
2) fastboot oem lock
3) Install RUU while phone is in bootloader mode
That right?

I would strongly suggest to slow down, and learn more about what root is and means, before going back stock. Root is just a change in permissions. You gain absolutely nothing by unrooting, and lose quite a bit. You lose the ability to do all sorts of mods to your phone, flash custom ROMs, use apps that require root like Adaway and Titanium Backup (and many others), remove carrier bloatware, activate tethering, and much more.
People have gone through great pains to find root methods for our device (and other Android devices). Many come on here looking for these root methods, for the awesome benefits that root means. I've seen very few, if any, people before you that have said "crap I accidentally got a rooted device, and don't want root". Think about that one for a while.
Plus, CleanROM 4.5 is already based on a more updated firmware version than any of the official AT&T RUUs. Plus it includes a lot of cool features and optimizations. Again, going from CleanROM to stock is a step backwards, not forwards, and you are gaining nothing, and losing quite a bit. Another thing about CleanROM, is that it is devoid of the AT&T bloatware (and there is a lot). Keep in mind that on the stock AT&T ROM, the bloat is not removable without root, so you are stuck with quite a few crappy apps that you will never use. That alone is a huge reason to have a rooted device. Also bear in mind that stock AT&T does not allow tethering (unless you have a data plan that allows it) and has other stock HTC apps (like FM radio) disabled. These cannot be enabled unless you have root.
Another thing, is that you will not get Jellybean any faster on stock than rooted. While its true that rooted, this phone will not be able to take the OTA when it rolls out (hasn't happened yet). But a stock rooted JB firmware will almost certainly be posted here on XDA, that is safely flashable on a rooted device. This often happens within a couple days of the OTA starting to roll out, if not faster. Sometimes even before the OTA, as sometimes the official RUUs get leaked before the OTA. All it takes is for a dev to get his hands on the files, apply root, and upload it here. Learning how to flash such a file to your device is very simple. Not much more than: download the file to your phone, boot into recovery, and press "install". So yet again, stock gains nothing over being rooted.
While its true that root is not for everyone. But if you've already found this place, and learned what things like RUU, bootloader, and fastboot are, then you probably already know more than most folks do about Android. You may feel in over your head, but it really just takes a few hours of reading to learn the fundamentals. And with that knowledge, you can do so much more with your phone than you can without root.

redpoint73 said:
I would strongly suggest to slow down, and learn more about what root is and means, before going back stock. Root is just a change in permissions. You gain absolutely nothing by unrooting, and lose quite a bit....
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I appreciate the advice, thanks. To be clear, eventually I will probably bring the device back to where it is now. I've used linux before so I have an understanding of the permissions system and the added benefits of root.
My goal here is to get the phone back to stock so that I can learn the rooting/flashing process from the start, not the end. I understand why that might seem counterintuitive but I'm a very hands on person and I'll learn more of the theory by walking through the process than reading about how somebody else hacked this device to get where it is now.
Sure I'm making extra work for myself but I know what im getting into.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

echoboomer said:
I appreciate the advice, thanks. To be clear, eventually I will probably bring the device back to where it is now. I've used linux before so I have an understanding of the permissions system and the added benefits of root.
My goal here is to get the phone back to stock so that I can learn the rooting/flashing process from the start, not the end. I understand why that might seem counterintuitive but I'm a very hands on person and I'll learn more of the theory by walking through the process than reading about how somebody else hacked this device to get where it is now.
Sure I'm making extra work for myself but I know what im getting into.
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You should have said so from the start, then. This pretty much negates everything I just typed above.
Its admirable that you want to learn the process from scratch, and its the opposite attitude of most n00bs here.
My advice, as another mentioned above, is stick to XDA, and don't follow instructions from random Googled sites. Most of those sites don't clearly delineate between our phone (Snapdragon S4) and the international (Tegra3) version, and following instructions for the international version is a great way to brick your phone.
Other than that, lock the bootloader, run the RUU, and have fun. Also check your hboot version. If its anything but 1.14, don't run the 2.20 RUU. You will want the 1.73 or 1.85 RUU instead, as the 2.20 RUU will update the hboot to 1.14, which plugs the holes by which boot.img and radios can be flashed from recovery. Unless you want to create ever MORE work for yourself, as the hboot can be downgraded using a Linux computer, lol!
Be sure to check out my index thread, as most anything you will need is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237

Thanks, sounds like I'm on the right track.
Also check back to my OP, I did say that I wanted to learn the whole process but I wanted to do it from stock. sorry you typed all that out but in sure it will help some other noob down the line.
Last thing, 1.85 vs 2.20?
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ChummyDays said:
2.20 has the new hboot, and that means that you have to extract the boot.IMG out of the ROM and flash it through fast boot. With 1.85 you just flash the ROM.
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Cool thanks, I found a tutorial last night on how to extract boot.IMG from the ruu exe. I think I'm good to go.
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You might be confused. You shouldn't have to pull a boot.img from an RUU typically, only from a custom ROM zip. And only if you are on boot 1.14.
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Probably confused. Here's what I see in the boot loader.
***
Tampered
Unlocked
Evita PVT Ship S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.09.0000
Radio-0.19as.32.09.09_L
OpenDSP-v28.1.0.32.0504
eMMC-boot
***
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echoboomer said:
HBOOT-1.09.0000
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This is what you want to see, and why you need to be sure to use the 1.85 RUU.

[Q] HTC OneX Rogers rooting help

Hello community!! I have been reading through the site for a couple of days now, and I'm still confused which rooting method to use since the At&t, and Rogers are mixed together. Sometimes the techniques used are interchanged, sometimes not. Well my question, or problem is is that I am trying to root the Rogers HTC OneX, running the latest installed updates, which are;
Android version
4.1.1
HTC Sense version
4+
Software/build numer
3.17.631.2
HTC SDK API level
4.63
Kernel version
3.4.10-g240d4d5
I'm trying to achieve root because I want to remove bloatware from my phone.I do not know how to achieve root to do this, I don't mind temporary root, aslong as it keeps the changes I made during that root session. I've read around, and some of the posts that are relevant to my problem are outdate by almost 7 months, with users claiming they're having problems with the method given, and these links were directed from a page that was only edited a couple days ago, so it's a bit confusing, especially when At&t, and Rogers are always jumbled around interchangeably. Anyways,I'd love up-to-date instructions on how to succesfully root this phone. Do I need to unlock the bootloader first? If I have to unlock the bootloader, fine(I know..HTCDev), would someone also provide me a way to unroot aswell, and lock the bootloader back up for a smooth stock startup, incase I want to sell the phone some day? My goal is to get root, remove bloatware, and be able to restore to stock when needed.
This wonderful community's posts also helped me root my Rogers Samsung Galaxy S3!!!

Sent you a pm a little bit ago good job asking questions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33189590
Here is the oneclick method.
Now as for your software this could be tricky... This may or may not work cause you have the latest build from htc. The latest exploit developed is for 2.20. I cant think of any issues of trying this. I just simply may not take. Use at your own risk kind of thing though.
Sent from my HOX w/CM10.1

When i first started all this even after reading tones of posts i was so CONFUSED but all well its fine!
The one suggested above me might be confusing for you just use this!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957193
Go to that site Download the SDK from the site they provide you then
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1859478
Go here and follow the How to Unlock the Bootloader (When your on HTC DEV.com skip to number 8 Just go to the SDK folder and press shift + right click in the folder click open Command windows here. and then follow the steps from 8) Make sure you are in Fastboot mood by turning off you phone then when its off hold Power + Volume down until the screen comes up and click bootloader then your good!

subarudroid said:
Sent you a pm a little bit ago good job asking questions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33189590
Here is the oneclick method.
Now as for your software this could be tricky... This may or may not work cause you have the latest build from htc. The latest exploit developed is for 2.20. I cant think of any issues of trying this. I just simply may not take. Use at your own risk kind of thing though.
Sent from my HOX w/CM10.1
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I tried running that program(TOOL] HTC One X (Evita) All-In-One Toolkit V2.1 [1-22-2013] [PERM), but my CID keeps coming back ROGER001, instead of 11111111, therefore the included exploit does not work, But if I manually unlock it through HTCdev, can I resume the steps through that program? Thanks!!
PS: I found out my hboot version is 1.94.000

I unlocked my bootloader through the HTCdev site successfully. Now i'm stuck on actually granting myself root. I've used a couple of files thrown around here, but nothing seems to work. Even temporary root that keeps changes. Anyone?

Once you are bootloader unlocked. Install twrp I believe you need 2.3.3.1 on your firmware and then flash a superuser zip
Sent from my VENOMized HoxL

rrowe1980 said:
I unlocked my bootloader through the HTCdev site successfully. Now i'm stuck on actually granting myself root. I've used a couple of files thrown around here, but nothing seems to work. Even temporary root that keeps changes. Anyone?
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On the second Site i sent you scroll down abit and you will see How to install TWRP custom recorvery do that and then you will be good. after that download SuperUser ZIp and install it ( once again scroll down on the page and look how to install a custom ROM) for the Custom ROM part there are better tutorials that you can find on this site but yeah.

subarudroid said:
Sent you a pm a little bit ago good job asking questions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33189590
Here is the oneclick method.
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X-Factor exploit is not needed for the Rogers version (or any other carrier aside AT&T). And as the OP found out, don't think it works on his version, anyway.
For all other variants (besides AT&T) just unlock the bootloader via HTCDev.com, install TWRP custom recovery, and flash SU or a rooted ROM.

Good to know. Thanks! I hate att more every day. im moving to canada
Sent from my HOX w/CM10.1

So, I may have unlocked the bootloader for nothing! I also realized my hboot version was 2.14, NOT 1.94 like I thought. Will there be any harm in trying to flash TWRP, and root anyhow? Will this brick my device, or simply not take? If TWRP installs, and I push SU, and then I get undesired glitchy results, can I restore back to stock, or atleast an original Ruu? Thanks

You got is easy! Just flash recovery and superuser and your golden.
Sent from my HOX w/CM10.1

Then you get to enjoy all the sense based jb roms you can find.
Sent from my HTC One XL

954wrecker said:
Then you get to enjoy all the sense based jb roms you can find.
Sent from my HTC One XL
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Not very many sadly

Better than nothing, better than stock
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954wrecker said:
Better than nothing, better than stock
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You are 100% right !

Hi there i have excatly same phone with excat software versions and everything and like you, i hate to be slave of Rogers and their useless apps all around in myphone. If you could achive the rooting your phone, would you please write the steps so i can fallow them. Your help is greatly appriciated in advance,
Thank you

moonchildproject said:
Hi there i have excatly same phone with excat software versions and everything and like you, i hate to be slave of Rogers and their useless apps all around in myphone. If you could achive the rooting your phone, would you please write the steps so i can fallow them. Your help is greatly appriciated in advance,
Thank you
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I told him the steps read on page one. I helped him and it was solved.

Cannot update my M4 to Sense 6.0?

I recently unlocked my bootloader and now I tried to update my android to HTC Sense 6.0 and half way through it shows a red triangle with an exclamation mark in the middle. Why is it doing this? The phone isn't yet rooted but I was on my way to root it right after I did this update. Am i required to relock bootloader then update then reunlock it again after I've updated it?

Exhibitioner said:
I recently unlocked my bootloader and now I tried to update my android to HTC Sense 6.0 and half way through it shows a red triangle with an exclamation mark in the middle. Why is it doing this? The phone isn't yet rooted but I was on my way to root it right after I did this update. Am i required to relock bootloader then update then reunlock it again after I've updated it?
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last night, I was just playing with restoring my mini to stock and seeing at what point in the process OTA updates stopped working. I did too many steps, but i got the same message as you when A) rooted and B) Unlocked. So, i think, from the clues you've given, OTA won't work anymore once you're unlocked. I tried locking using revone and re-running OTA, and it still failed. I'd be interested to know if it will work in a re-locked bootloader
As a test, this morning, i re-stocked my device using RUU and OTA worked perfectly. so i don't think the problem was an issue with the download or my phone itself (hardware).

jollywhitefoot said:
last night, I was just playing with restoring my mini to stock and seeing at what point in the process OTA updates stopped working. I did too many steps, but i got the same message as you when A) rooted and B) Unlocked. So, i think, from the clues you've given, OTA won't work anymore once you're unlocked. I tried locking using revone and re-running OTA, and it still failed. I'd be interested to know if it will work in a re-locked bootloader
As a test, this morning, i re-stocked my device using RUU and OTA worked perfectly. so i don't think the problem was an issue with the download or my phone itself (hardware).
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I'm not rooted, would you suggest me to try relock it and then try or what else could I do? Is the update from HTC Sense 5.5 to 6.0 much of a difference?

Exhibitioner said:
I'm not rooted, would you suggest me to try relock it and then try or what else could I do? Is the update from HTC Sense 5.5 to 6.0 much of a difference?
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I'm pretty new at this and just enjoy playing with my own device, so i don't want to make recommendations for what you should do. I was just letting you know that OTA update didn't work for me when i was unlocked and did work for me when I was factory locked. Sorry, but i didn't try it re-locked, but maybe i could do that this weekend and let you know.
If that were my phone, i would re-lock it and try the OTA again, but, like i said, i'm pretty new to this and there may be ramifications that i don't know about.
What was your goal for unlocking in the first place? For me, i wanted to A) update to sense 6 and B) get all the bloatware off my phone. I think sense 6 is a LOT better, but I've read posts from people who hate it and are desperate to get back to 5.5. I ran the ROM you flashed for a couple of weeks, then i decided to check out InsertCoin with sense 6. That's what I'm using now and really like it. But to get it, i think you'll have to s-off your device since you're likely on older firmware (Are you on hboot 2.21?).

jollywhitefoot said:
I'm pretty new at this and just enjoy playing with my own device, so i don't want to make recommendations for what you should do. I was just letting you know that OTA update didn't work for me when i was unlocked and did work for me when I was factory locked. Sorry, but i didn't try it re-locked, but maybe i could do that this weekend and let you know.
If that were my phone, i would re-lock it and try the OTA again, but, like i said, i'm pretty new to this and there may be ramifications that i don't know about.
What was your goal for unlocking in the first place? For me, i wanted to A) update to sense 6 and B) get all the bloatware off my phone. I think sense 6 is a LOT better, but I've read posts from people who hate it and are desperate to get back to 5.5. I ran the ROM you flashed for a couple of weeks, then i decided to check out InsertCoin with sense 6. That's what I'm using now and really like it. But to get it, i think you'll have to s-off your device since you're likely on older firmware (Are you on hboot 2.21?).
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I think i'm going to try relock then update it, I wanted to update to latest version then root my device so I can play around with my device a little more like you said you did with your phone too since when it is rooted there are a lot of advantages that look interesting to me. Not sure about my HBoot version but I'll check later since I'm downloading something onto my phone at the moment. HBOOT version is 2.21.0000