Here's the story...
So I bought my HTC one X (AT&T) from a guy on craigslist, who claims he unlocked the bootloader, and rooted the phone.
So I get it and it has the factory 4.0.4 update on it...
Well he did indeed unlock the bootloader, it said unlocked, but the phone was not rooted, im guessing it WAS rooted on 4.0.3, then he did the OTA and it removed the root and update it to 4.0.4.
Whatever the case is I now want to do a factory reset on the phone, but either method i try the phone just reboots and never resets. Ive tried:
1.Settings > Storage > Factory Data Reset, but the phone goes to the HTC Quietly brilliant screen with some red HTC writing that says dont distribute this software, blah blah.
2. Power down + Volume Down, then doing the Data Reset in the bootloader, but I get the same HTC Quietly brilliant screen with the same red HTC writing, then it just boots back up to the phone, and nothing is reset.
What can I do to get this thing factory reset guys? Suggestions?
tdesbien31 said:
Here's the story...
So I bought my HTC one X (AT&T) from a guy on craigslist, who claims he unlocked the bootloader, and rooted the phone.
So I get it and it has the factory 4.0.4 update on it...
Well he did indeed unlock the bootloader, it said unlocked, but the phone was not rooted, im guessing it WAS rooted on 4.0.3, then he did the OTA and it removed the root and update it to 4.0.4.
Whatever the case is I now want to do a factory reset on the phone, but either method i try the phone just reboots and never resets. Ive tried:
1.Settings > Storage > Factory Data Reset, but the phone goes to the HTC Quietly brilliant screen with some red HTC writing that says dont distribute this software, blah blah.
2. Power down + Volume Down, then doing the Data Reset in the bootloader, but I get the same HTC Quietly brilliant screen with the same red HTC writing, then it just boots back up to the phone, and nothing is reset.
What can I do to get this thing factory reset guys? Suggestions?
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What are you expecting factory reset to do?
All it does is wipe anything from /data which is where the user installed apps are. It should also go through first time setup again.
Since the bootloader is unlocked push a custom recovery, I suggest TWRP and do a factory reset from there.
gunnyman said:
What are you expecting factory reset to do?
All it does is wipe anything from /data which is where the user installed apps are. It should also go through first time setup again.
Since the bootloader is unlocked push a custom recovery, I suggest TWRP and do a factory reset from there.
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Right, the guy I purchased the phone from has/had crap setup all over the place, long story short he butchered the files of the phone trying to delete his data, and his crap is still everywhere. So how would I go about pushing TWRP?
Go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_One_X then scroll down to Total recovery - flashing a RUU to completely restore your phone.
Follow those instructions
WARNING THIS DOES RELOCK THE BOOTLOADER AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO UNLOCK IT UNTIL A NEW METHOD IS DISCOVERED. But it will factory reset your phone.
Download the ruu from HTC
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tdesbien31 said:
Right, the guy I purchased the phone from has/had crap setup all over the place, long story short he butchered the files of the phone trying to delete his data, and his crap is still everywhere. So how would I go about pushing TWRP?
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go here and follow the instructions http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/99
danny39 said:
Go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_One_X then scroll down to Total recovery - flashing a RUU to completely restore your phone.
Follow those instructions
WARNING THIS DOES RELOCK THE BOOTLOADER AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO UNLOCK IT UNTIL A NEW METHOD IS DISCOVERED. But it will factory reset your phone.
Download the ruu from HTC
Sent from my HTC One XL using Tapatalk
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So if my bootloader is relocked im totally screwed, right?
tdesbien31 said:
So if my bootloader is relocked im totally screwed, right?
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if it has been unlocked it can be unlocked again as long as the seller didn't change the CID back to the AT&T default
to check this from boot loader type fastboot getvar cid. if it reports back 11111111 or rogers01 you're good to unlock it again. if it does NOT say this, DO NOT relock.
tdesbien31 said:
So if my bootloader is relocked im totally screwed, right?
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What gunnyman said. But my bootloader is locked and I'm perfectly fine.
Unless you want to flash other ROMs then having your bootloader locked is fine
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gunnyman said:
if it has been unlocked it can be unlocked again as long as the seller didn't change the CID back to the AT&T default
to check this from boot loader type fastboot getvar cid. if it reports back 11111111 or rogers01 you're good to unlock it again. if it does NOT say this, DO NOT relock.
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Ok so it says "relocked"
and my cid is 11111111, whats my next step to get this thing unlocked again?
Sorry for all the questions you guys are being helpful
You can unlock again by getting a token from htcdev go to htcdev.com create an account. Then click unlock bootloader. Then choose other devices. Follow the directions from there. Or get the unlock token from the seller.
gunnyman said:
You can unlock again by getting a token from htcdev go to htcdev.com create an account. Then click unlock bootloader. Then choose other devices. Follow the directions from there. Or get the unlock token from the seller.
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ok ill go about that method, thanks guys you were a huge help!
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Please:
I need lock my bootloader again and unroot my HTC.
If I click on disable Super SU, he disappears from the device?
And to lock my HBOOT again, Which method for this?
To unlock the bootloader and install the Super Su, I used the method of the prompt comand (execute/cmd...).
'cmd: fastboot .....'
Thanks for help.
to remove root flash an ruu
to relock the bootloader, follow the steps on HTCdev.
azzledazzle said:
to remove root flash an ruu
to relock the bootloader, follow the steps on HTCdev.
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Thanks, but, in htcdev dont have relock, only unlock boot.
to relock,youll simply use the fastboot command fastboot oem lock
at this point your bootloader will say **relocked** instead of **unlocked** and it will remain so until you run an RUU that overwrites it.
Forgive me refreshing the old threads. I just wanna make sure, cos last time I unlocked bootloader I had to use xtc-clip and it was an irreversible process....so I'm kinda old school here.
If I understood correctly, unlocked bootloader is no longer a warranty issue since it can be re-locked, isn't it? As long as your possible HW-problem doesn't make adb, ruu-installation proces an impassable nightmare, u can easily re-lock bootloader, restore stock ruu (using other words: u can erase corpus delicti and send your handset to service centre, without being caught, am I right?
m.kochan10 said:
[...] u can easily re-lock bootloader, restore stock ruu (using other words: u can erase corpus delicti and send your handset to service centre, without being caught, am I right?
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Sorry buddy, you're wrong!
Once you have unlocked your bootloader (its state would change from "Locked" to "Unlocked") it can be locked again but its state will be set to "Relocked".
You can't restore the original state of "Locked" neither by launching any stock RUU nor by flashing a new version of the bootloader.
Corpus delicti is rather hard to hide, I'm afraid... Your hands are stained with blood and HTC has tons of luminol in its warehouses...
Thank you for clarification! I was hoping that RUU would overwrite "re-locked" to "locked", but I guess that'd be too good to be true
That's the reason for some people to wait for s-off and avoiding unlocked bootloader via htc-dev. But to be honest, Android without root is like a Porsche with max. 100 mph.. not nearly satisfying..
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kyuubi_ac said:
That's the reason for some people to wait for s-off and avoiding unlocked bootloader via htc-dev. But to be honest, Android without root is like a Porsche with max. 100 mph.. not nearly satisfying..
Sent from my HTC One S using XDA
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Indeed, so true !!
slvrbllt said:
Sorry buddy, you're wrong!
Once you have unlocked your bootloader (its state would change from "Locked" to "Unlocked") it can be locked again but its state will be set to "Relocked".
You can't restore the original state of "Locked" neither by launching any stock RUU nor by flashing a new version of the bootloader.
Corpus delicti is rather hard to hide, I'm afraid... Your hands are stained with blood and HTC has tons of luminol in its warehouses...
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Lol. Love your description.
link to RUU????? DINC2
I did the Super CID trick, and now it says ****Tampered**** on the top of my bootloader. The only thing left now is to unlock my bootloader so I can install some ROMs. I just want to know if there is a way to restore a locked bootloader and remove the ****Tampered**** mark on my bootloader, just in case I need to make use of the warrenty. If that's not possible, then does AT&T or HTC refuse phones that are tampered with?
Tampered goes away when you flash a ruu, and once you unlock it would always say relocked not locked, most of the time the.company never checks this.
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Sounds like I have nothing to worry about then. Thanks!
Also, the tampered flag is actually referring to you having root.
red text
Is there anyway to remove the red text on the boot up screen when I power up my phone? Is that caused by unlocked bootloader?
stnguyen09 said:
Also, the tampered flag is actually referring to you having root.
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Actually it's not just referring to root, it applies changing any factory .img, or files in the system partition also, because if you do a fresh RUU and unlock the bootloader then fastboot flash a recovery.img then try booting to recovery it will put the ***tampered*** sign at the top aswell without rooting it
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JCon0320 said:
Is there anyway to remove the red text on the boot up screen when I power up my phone? Is that caused by unlocked bootloader?
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That's from SuperCID.. change CID back to AT&T and it will go away.
smatman said:
That's from SuperCID.. change CID back to AT&T and it will go away.
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...Not that you should really do that unless you're returning your phone or something of that nature. No one is going to look at the red warning text and arrest you.
smatman said:
That's from SuperCID.. change CID back to AT&T and it will go away.
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would changing my CID back to stock relock my bootloader?
JCon0320 said:
would changing my CID back to stock relock my bootloader?
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Nope
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I second this. If you take it into att to do a warranty exchange they almost never check in HBOOT. Just hide any tell tail signs that its rooted like custom themes and titanium backup and super user
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I have an AT&T 3.18 one x. The bootloader is showing as TAMPERED. I am able to successfully get superCID and get the unlock_code.bin from htcdev. I can successfully use that and the phone warns me, blah blah, and then resets everything and boots into a wiped android.
The problem is that when I reboot into the bootloader again it still says TAMPERED LOCKED. I am unable to load an custom recoveries.
Everything I read says I can unlock the BL without htcdev, but it requires root. But the way to acquire root is with an unlocked bootloader! rock-->me<--hard place.
Any advice on what to try next? I've never had this much trouble rooting/romming before, I've lost my touch apparently.
Sounds like its unlocked but the locked field I your bootloader is spoofed.. Did you buy this phone used?
If im wrong then it just means you need to keep trying thr unlock bin file over andover until it unlocks. Do a hard reset by holding thepower button until the phone shuts off between tries. Eventually it will unlock
Yes, bought it used.
I tried flashing recovery downloaded from cm install wiki and got "signature invalid".
The only way I can get into the BL is using adb or holding volume down while restarting from os.
I've done it twice, will try more.
The supercid is only the temp one meant for using htcdev. Do I need to redo that each time before applying the unlock code bin?
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Yes, bought it used.
I tried flashing recovery downloaded from cm install wiki and got "signature invalid".
The only way I can get into the BL is using adb or holding volume down while restarting from os.
I've done it twice, will try more.
The supercid is only the temp one meant for using htcdev. Do I need to redo that each time before applying the unlock code bin?
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No you should not need to. Your bootloader is definitely still locked. Keep trying! It was probably relocked. It may take many tries before it unlocks. Ive relocked my bootloader a few times in the past for testing purposes
Success! Thanks for the encouragement!
Only took two more attempts. First tried turning off "reboot faster" option in the power settings menu before I did the restart-while-holding-volume-down. But that didn't work.
Then tried the hold-power-for-10-seconds like you suggested and it worked that time. Now I am TAMPERED UNLOCKED S-OFF and running cm10.
Plzzz help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you can't
K.V.K said:
Plzzz help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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well my friend sry but you can't restore this code
most of devices like samsung,motorola etc they have.... lets say a key for the bootloader(is the door) and this key if you root your device
breaks and the half key stays inside the door hole to reminds you that the key is broken(the devicesis root/unlockbootloader).
so if you root any motorola device the code state goes
automatically 2 and stays like this,you can flash again the stock rom and relock the bootloader sure
but the code stays 2 for ever.
i hope to help you
moto g XT1541 stock rom 6.0.1 lockbootloader
bromoxitos said:
well my friend sry but you can't restore this code
most of devices like samsung,motorola etc they have.... lets say a key for the bootloader(is the door) and this key if you root your device
breaks and the half key stays inside the door hole to reminds you that the key is broken(the devicesis root/unlockbootloader).
so if you root any motorola device the code state goes
automatically 2 and stays like this,you can flash again the stock rom and relock the bootloader sure
but the code stays 2 for ever.
i hope to help you
moto g XT1541 stock rom 6.0.1 lockbootloader
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I'm not exactly sure what you are saying, but I think the jist of it is how do you relock the bootloader... the answer is you cannot, once it is unlocked it will always report as unlocked, even if you reflash stock and find a way to relock the device.
When you unlocked your device, it was plainly stated in the disclosure on the website that once the bootloader is unlocked, it is irreversible.
yeap
acejavelin said:
I'm not exactly sure what you are saying, but I think the jist of it is how do you relock the bootloader... the answer is you cannot, once it is unlocked it will always report as unlocked, even if you reflash stock and find a way to relock the device.
When you unlocked your device, it was plainly stated in the disclosure on the website that once the bootloader is unlocked, it is irreversible.
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YEAAA we say the same think,but i use an othey way to say it.
i say in the end you can relock the bootloader (more or less) when i say this i mean that you put some partitions back in boot loader
so when you flash the stock rom you can take any ota update,but the main bootloader is unlock always.
i know that form my old moto g2gen, moto x2013!!!
bromoxitos said:
YEAAA we say the same think,but i use an othey way to say it.
i say in the end you can relock the bootloader (more or less) when i say this i mean that you put some partitions back in boot loader
so when you flash the stock rom you can take any ota update,but the main bootloader is unlock always.
i know that form my old moto g2gen, moto x2013!!!
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You could relock the bootloader on older Motos, but not anymore... Actually, it can be relocked but it will never report as locked or relocked, it will always be reported as unlocked. I don't how to be more plain in describing this.
And yes, you can take an OTA when unlocked, as long as you have a stock ROM and recovery and your bootloader is the correct version for your ROM. If your bootload and ROM are out of sync (ie. you have a Marshmallow bootloader and a Lollipop ROM), if your bootloader and ROM are out of sync, you could potentially get into a hard bricked situation.
ohh!!
acejavelin said:
You could relock the bootloader on older Motos, but not anymore... Actually, it can be relocked but it will never report as locked or relocked, it will always be reported as unlocked. I don't how to be more plain in describing this.
And yes, you can take an OTA when unlocked, as long as you have a stock ROM and recovery and your bootloader is the correct version for your ROM. If your bootload and ROM are out of sync (ie. you have a Marshmallow bootloader and a Lollipop ROM), if your bootloader and ROM are out of sync, you could potentially get into a hard bricked situation.
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not any more? damn....yea we say the same think,sry for my english,yea i khow what you talking about i brick my moto x like this!!! any way.
ty for the new info about bootloader.
you was 100%
were you a clear,thanks a lot,and i hope to help him
Once I sent my hard bricked phone to Motorola. I had unlocked the bootloader and done the stupid mistake of sideloading an older version and upgrading to a newer, but still older version. When it came back, it said it was Status Code 0.
Wonder how they did it.
yagyaxt1068 said:
Once I sent my hard bricked phone to Motorola. I had unlocked the bootloader and done the stupid mistake of sideloading an older version and upgrading to a newer, but still older version. When it came back, it said it was Status Code 0.
Wonder how they did it.
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They flash the eMMC chip (internal storage chip) directly... If you could get the right image you could possibly do it yourself with a few hundred to thousand dollar investment in a proper JTAG flashing unit.
Key would be getting the right Image, this would be far more than just a normal stock fastboot image, and is probably generated on the fly per device due to differences in serial number, IMEI, etc. These types of images don't get leaked out.
acejavelin said:
I'm not exactly sure what you are saying, but I think the jist of it is how do you relock the bootloader... the answer is you cannot, once it is unlocked it will always report as unlocked, even if you reflash stock and find a way to relock the device.
When you unlocked your device, it was plainly stated in the disclosure on the website that once the bootloader is unlocked, it is irreversible.
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ok so what if you have never root unlocked, did nothing but use as intended to be.. never trying to do anything to it. wtf would i have a code 2 status then? care to sum that up for me.. cause 100% my situation.
wiytboi said:
ok so what if you have never root unlocked, did nothing but use as intended to be.. never trying to do anything to it. wtf would i have a code 2 status then? care to sum that up for me.. cause 100% my situation.
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You unlocked the bootloader... It doesn't matter if you actually changed anything else or not. Once it's been done, this status code can never go back to 0. If the status code is 2 and you didn't unlock the bootloader, then someone else did.
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You unlocked the bootloader... It doesn't matter if you actually changed anything else or not. Once it's been done, this status code can never go back to 0. If the status code is 2 and you didn't unlock the bootloader, then someone else did.
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No I didn't.. I don't even know how to.. I just found out about recovery mode.. Wait wait before i say that.. How do you unlock boot loader? Turning developer mode on? Going to recovery menu? I've never hard reset it.. Just soft or doing new device. You said it could work fine for a while then shirt out? Like guy I bought from did and then I bought used for couple years and then went tits up?
wiytboi said:
No I didn't.. I don't even know how to.. I just found out about recovery mode.. Wait wait before i say that.. How do you unlock boot loader? Turning developer mode on? Going to recovery menu? I've never hard reset it.. Just soft or doing new device. You said it could work fine for a while then shirt out? Like guy I bought from did and then I bought used for couple years and then went tits up?
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You unlock the bootloader with a series of steps that includes submitting a code to Motorola and getting an unlock code back... Performing it forces a factory reset as well. It's not something you can do by accident.
The issue with Status Code 2 was that an official update could have detected that and refused to update properly or done something worse... That never happened.
If everything is working fine, the status being 2 isn't important, it just means the previous owners had unlocked the bootloader and likely rooted or otherwise modified the phone.
I lock bootloader on Verizon Google Pixel when my device have TWRP and i have brick! Device Loading up to logo Google on 1 sec and reboot. Fastboot work, but i don't unlock bootloader. In recovery is don't enter. Please help me!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel/how-to/psa-read-relocking-bootloader-t3494614 ....very important advice. With my limited knowledge NEVER relock unless you have signed OEM images correctly reloaded into device before locking.
kkjb said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel/how-to/psa-read-relocking-bootloader-t3494614 ....very important advice. With my limited knowledge NEVER relock unless you have signed OEM images correctly reloaded into device before locking.
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There is still no solution to this problem? ((
Unlock again.
lafester said:
Unlock again.
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how can I unlock it now?
I already wrote to a man who used to be for money unlocked Verizon bootloader, but he says "No solution for this problem yet"
Groh12 said:
how can I unlock it now?
I already wrote to a man who used to be for money unlocked Verizon bootloader, but he says "No solution for this problem yet"
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Put the phone in fastboot mode, then run `fastboot flashing unlock` from a PC. If it says unlocking not allowed, you're out of luck, it's a brick now. Never lock your phone without being 100% stock on both slots
Groh12 said:
how can I unlock it now?
I already wrote to a man who used to be for money unlocked Verizon bootloader, but he says "No solution for this problem yet"
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No idea. I've never relocked unless I am completely stock and take at least one ota first to make sure, along with full factory resets before and after updating.
There are others here that claim they where able to unlock again and save their phones though so maybe it's possible.
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No idea. I've never relocked unless I am completely stock and take at least one ota first to make sure, along with full factory resets before and after updating.
There are others here that claim they where able to unlock again and save their phones though so maybe it's possible.
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In this topic https://forum.xda-developers.com/pi...bootloader-t3540772/post77016940#post77016940 man has unbrick Pixel XL, but i think that method will work on Pixel.