Hi all, I'm new the scene and recently updated to VRBLK3 from VRBLJ1 via http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974114. Everything went fine but my lock screen still has a closed lock icon. Ez-Unlock says "unknown" when i open it but does say it's unlocked when I hit the unlock button (but the lock on main screen persists).
Wondering if I missed something or if there is anything else I should do.
Thanks!
Gib6717 said:
Hi all, I'm new the scene and recently updated to VRBLK3 from VRBLJ1 via http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974114. Everything went fine but my lock screen still has a closed lock icon. Ez-Unlock says "unknown" when i open it but does say it's unlocked when I hit the unlock button (but the lock on main screen persists).
Wondering if I missed something or if there is anything else I should do.
Thanks!
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Are trying to unlock the boot-loader?
seguse said:
Are trying to unlock the boot-loader?
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Yes! I put SuperSU + Unlocked Bootloader on my SD card, booted in recover and installed. Still have the lock
Gib6717 said:
Yes! I put SuperSU + Unlocked Bootloader on my SD card, booted in recover and installed. Still have the lock
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The "lock" on the "lock screen" is not how you tell if your boot loader is unlocked. Reboot your phone...the "Samsung" logo in white text should flash very fast (appear and disappear within 1 second). If it does, then your boot-loader is unlocked. If the text hangs there for a couple seconds then you are not unlocked.
When I unlocked mine I first rooted the phone. I then opened up the "superuser" app that was pre-installed with the root. I pressed "OK" on the pop up stuff then closed the app. I went to the app store and downloaded the VZW GS3 EZ-Unlock. Opened it up and pressed unlock. It says it was unlocked (via the pop up message) but device status showed "unknown". I did some research and people said the app was just buggy and to try an older version. I tried an older version but same result. I read someone saying about the "samsung" text disappearing quickly and mine did. So I proceeded to install CM10 and worked like a champ.
seguse said:
The "lock" on the "lock screen" is not how you tell if your boot loader is unlocked. Reboot your phone and when the "Samsung" white text should flash very fast (appear and disappear within 1 second). If it does, then your boot-loader is unlocked. If the text hangs there for a couple seconds then you are not unlocked.
When I unlocked mine I first rooted the phone. I then opened up the "superuser" app that was pre-installed with the root. I pressed "OK" on the pop up stuff then closed the app. I went to the app store and downloaded the VZW GS3 EZ-Unlock. Opened it up and pressed unlock. It says it was unlocked (via the pop up message) but device status showed "unknown". I did some research and people said the app was just buggy and to try an older version. I tried an older version but same result. Then I read someone saying about the "samsung" text disappearing quickly and mine did. So I proceeded to install CM10 and worked like a champ.
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Thank you!! Big help! It was definitely under a second so I'm good to go!
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Hello:
I sent my NEXUS in to SAMSUNG for a touch screen non-responsive on the left side issue. The tech stated there were no problems with my NEXUS S!
Upon turning it on, there is a padlock on the botton of the Google splash screen.
I called Samsung and the "level 3" tech said that my phone was now locked to T-mobile. I though that was BS.
Anyway what is it and, can I get it back to normal? My wife has the same phone and here does not have any problems so far.
I've attached a pic of the screen that shows the padlock. Thanks for the help.
Chiefdroid
that means your phone is unlocked as far as I know. I did my first unlocking and rooting of my nexus last night. When I went through the unlocking process, the "unlocked padlock" started to appear on my startup. If you hold "volume up" and the power button and turn the phone on. it should say unlocked on the fastboot screen...
You have unlocked the bootloader my young Jedi.
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yup, unlocked bootloader.
thats not a bad thing, its a wonderful thing!
lol you rooted your phone and unlocked the bootloader. that is what that lock symbol means. did you forget, or not do this on purpose?
Thanks to all that replied!! I kinda figured that is what it was.. Like I said I didn't do it, the Samsung repair facility in Texas unlocked it. I called the Nexus S support line and the Level 3 tech said " When we reflashed your software, it locks your phone into the T-mobile network" and that was after she went down the hall and consulted with the "developers", Samsung tech support is a Joke. One day I'm gunna root this thing!
Thanks Again Guys.
And to the XDA moderator, sorry I posted in wrong section initially, rookie mistake..
Anybody know how to remove this lock symbol? How to re-lock the bootloader again?
soulja786 said:
Anybody know how to remove this lock symbol? How to re-lock the bootloader again?
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fastboot oem lock
about op, what sensitive issue did you notice in your screen?
thiagodark said:
fastboot oem lock
about op, what sensitive issue did you notice in your screen?
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Ive tried that but it doesnt work, I can reboot the bootloader via cmd but the above command has no effect? Any ideas why?
Thanks
soulja786 said:
Ive tried that but it doesnt work, I can reboot the bootloader via cmd but the above command has no effect? Any ideas why?
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several ideas, what error did it show? what is shown in device manager when you plug your phone in the pc in bootloader?
edit: how did you unlock it?!
Try this, these guys do a great job if breaking things down.
http://theunlockr.com/2011/01/20/how-to-unroot-the-nexus-s/
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several ideas, what error did it show? what is shown in device manager when you plug your phone in the pc in bootloader?
edit: how did you unlock it?!
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When I go type in 'fastboot devices' or 'Adb devices' it says
"list of devices attached:" and nothing underneath it .....
I have tried updating drivers via PDAnet .... still nothing.
the drivers I have are 'ADB interface'.
Am I missing drivers specific for bootloader or something??
Basically, the phone wouldnt restore or factory reset, so I decided to root it? so I found a new '1 click root and recovery'.
Once I run the script, it unlocked bootloader and also reset my phone which worked great. Only thing I want to do now is remove the open padlock icon on the google screen (which I think is by re-locking bootloader) but when I put in the typical 'fastboot oem lock' nothing happens .....
Much appreciate the help, thanks.
You got to remove everything "custom" (cwm recovery, user roms etc) from the device before you can lock the bootloader again.
When you are trying to lock your bootloader it doesn't do anything because your device isn't correctly recognized by windows, this is prolly due to missing/wrong drivers (try uninstalling old ones and then follow the unlockr guide to rooting your phone/installing adb, http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/).
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You got to remove everything "custom" (cwm recovery, user roms etc) from the device before you can lock the bootloader again.
When you are trying to lock your bootloader it doesn't do anything because your device isn't correctly recognized by windows, this is prolly due to missing/wrong drivers (try uninstalling old ones and then follow the unlockr guide to rooting your phone/installing adb, http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/).
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are you positive sure that i can't lock my bootloader with customs kernels, roms or recoveries? i don't think that's entirely true!
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When I go type in 'fastboot devices' or 'Adb devices' it says
"list of devices attached:" and nothing underneath it .....
I have tried updating drivers via PDAnet .... still nothing.
the drivers I have are 'ADB interface'.
Am I missing drivers specific for bootloader or something??
Basically, the phone wouldnt restore or factory reset, so I decided to root it? so I found a new '1 click root and recovery'.
Once I run the script, it unlocked bootloader and also reset my phone which worked great. Only thing I want to do now is remove the open padlock icon on the google screen (which I think is by re-locking bootloader) but when I put in the typical 'fastboot oem lock' nothing happens .....
Much appreciate the help, thanks.
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what is your phone 4g or gsm?!
I'm having a difficult time getting my phone back to stock to send back to Asurion who sent me a new phone. I had a problem where I could not get the phone to activate after installing Cyanogen 10.1. I show two ticks when I boot up into download mode. I would like to get rid of these before sending the phone back.
My problem is two fold.
1. I have rooted using Root Debug but when I install EZ-Unlock it stays white and will not bring up the interface to unlock the bootloader. What could the issue be?
2. How can I get TriangleAway to my phone I'm sending back since it never activated and I have a working phone now?
Thanks for your help. I've looked around and could not find something similar to my situation.
Austin Avalon said:
I'm having a difficult time getting my phone back to stock to send back to Asurion who sent me a new phone. I had a problem where I could not get the phone to activate after installing Cyanogen 10.1. I show two ticks when I boot up into download mode. I would like to get rid of these before sending the phone back.
My problem is two fold.
1. I have rooted using Root Debug but when I install EZ-Unlock it stays white and will not bring up the interface to unlock the bootloader. What could the issue be?
2. How can I get TriangleAway to my phone I'm sending back since it never activated and I have a working phone now?
Thanks for your help. I've looked around and could not find something similar to my situation.
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#1-If have root don't need to unlock boot loader. Just run Triangle Away and Odin stock Image again to kill root.
#2- Can either pay for app and download from Market via wifi or get here on XDA, put on root of sd card and install with root explorer of choice.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30249357&postcount=3
#3- To get to homescreen and bypass activation from language setup screen tap top left corner/top right corner/bottom left corner/bottom right corner/volume up.
prdog1 said:
#1-If have root don't need to unlock boot loader. Just run Triangle Away and Odin stock Image again to kill root.
#2- Can either pay for app and download from Market via wifi or get here on XDA, put on root of sd card and install with root explorer of choice.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30249357&postcount=3
#3- To get to homescreen and bypass activation from language setup screen tap top left corner/top right corner/bottom left corner/bottom right corner/volume up.
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Hmm I don't seem to see where i can download the APK from that link.
It was at bottom of next post. This one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22462960&postcount=4
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It was at bottom of next post. This one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22462960&postcount=4
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Sweet thanks!
Now a error message comes up saying Triangle Away has stopped working everytime I use it. It goes through it's checks at the beginning then the screen goes black and there goes the error.
Austin Avalon said:
Sweet thanks!
Now a error message comes up saying Triangle Away has stopped working everytime I use it. It goes through it's checks at the beginning then the screen goes black and there goes the error.
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Did you Odin back to stock ICS or JB and then reroot. The debug method only works on ICS. I would start Over by Odin back to stock ICS Or need to use new root method for JB.
Hello all, I entered into recovery mode and got this warning today. http://i.imgur.com/CHya85E.jpg
For more info, I updated the other day to 4.1.2 and it removed my root access. Now, I was simply trying to remove the SuperSU app by going into recovery mode (don't know if it can be done there or not). Any help is extremely appreciated.
bootloader is locked. search around for an answer or someone will post it for you. I'm not the best at describing how to do it.
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bootloader is locked. search around for an answer or someone will post it for you. I'm not the best at describing how to do it.
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Okay, thanks. Whenever I reboot my phone, there is text that comes up and says "custom" with an unlocked lock symbol. Could you point me in the right direction with this? Am I not able to go into recovery mode without the bootloader being unlocked?
I have the exact same issue. It came right after I upgraded Recovery to the latest Touch version. I am also on 4.1.2, but have been there a couple of weeks and have had no other problems. I don't believe I lost root with the upgrade.
If the boot loader has been relocked somehow, how can we fix it without being able to boot the phone? All attempts to boot including volume up/home/power, volume down/home/power, and home power just end up with the Verison message. It appears impossible to boot to recovery or even start the phone. I am lost.
See my thread called: “System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone.” I also could not reboot the phone to fix it.
Some great info was posted there that enabled me to escape from the Verizon prison
Hi guys, I have many problems, but if the top one is solved, it'll fix everything else.
I recently just rooted my shiny new HTC One SV from Cricket. It has TWRP recovery, stock 4.2.2 Sense 5. Nothing changed, just a root and unlock from htcdev. I installed Titanium Backup and tried uninstalling. When I rebooted, all the bloatware came back. Tried various applications that removes apps and the same thing happens. I did a lot of digging for a few days and found out that the problem was the stock kernel having system write protection.
Yes, I made sure all my drivers are up to date, antivirus off, HTC Sync uninstalled (or frozen in this case, since I couldnt uninstall apps on my phone and it wasn't installed on my computer).
So I looked at a kernel compatible with my phone just to find out I need S-OFF. Bootloader showed S-ON. It probably wouldn't work. So I went ahead and tried S-OFF with rumrunner. Did not work at all. I even tested fastboot and it showed my device. It just showed [-----TTTTT******************************] and said "Press Enter to exit". Rebooted into bootloader just to see it still said S-ON. Then I tried moonshine. It successfully rebooted my phone into bootloader and when it said "Booting device" I saw a small green bar increment on the top right of the screen. Then it just times out after 60 saying ADB connection failed. I tried to get out of bootloader but it was completely frozen. Now when I try to do fastboot device to see if my phone shows up, it shows completely nothing. Strange. Went googling a bit and after a day or so, found the universal naked drivers which finally showed my device in fastboot and attempted the moonshine S-OFF. Same problem.
So then I took out the battery and rebooted back and tried fastboot again. Now my devices doesn't show up anymore until I try to reinstall the drivers. I'm totally confused and stuck on what to do. I really need S-OFF so I can normally use my rooted device to its full potential. This is my top problem.
My brother has the same exact HTC phone, from cricket. Is it safe to use his backup and restore it to my phone to have what I need and want? He has everything, debloated, S-OFF, root, etc.
Sorry for a long post, but the more detailed the better help I get right?
Try rumrunner again and make sure, your phone can completely boot to Homescreen without any lock! Set display timeout to 10 minutes and watch your phone, there are Superuser rights to grant and other info to be shown.
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Try rumrunner again and make sure, your phone can completely boot to Homescreen without any lock! Set display timeout to 10 minutes and watch your phone, there are Superuser rights to grant and other info to be shown.
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That worked! Oddly enough...I did the same exact thing about 4 times. I must've missed something.
Had the same error like you, the first time. Second try was successful.
My HTC One mini swtiched off a couple of days ago and since then only load to bootloader menu no matter what I click or do. It goes also automatically to this screen as soon as I plug it with the charger even if did not press the on/off key.
I tried to unlock the bootloader according to the instructions on HTCDev.com site. Everythings work till the last step, as no menu appear on my phone asking me if I want to unlock the bootloader or not.
I also tried to use RUU to install a new Firmware. The phone showes a black screen for a couple of seconds and then restart again to bootloader screen. I got an error afterwards.
The phone was running on a stock firmware, no root, no custom recovery, or any other thing.
Can anyone help me to solve this problem. It seems my phone has no OS or something like that.
PLEASE HELP
Hi guys n gals
it appears ive inadvertantly deleted my rom i successfully unlocked bootloader installed recovery but over killed me wiping. Sso ive got an unlocked bootloader, have access to fasboot and recovery but fone is stuck at bootlader screen. How do I flash a rom now? as when hooked to a pc its no longer recognised. any help much appreciated!!!
moh19814 said:
My HTC One mini swtiched off a couple of days ago and since then only load to bootloader menu no matter what I click or do. It goes also automatically to this screen as soon as I plug it with the charger even if did not press the on/off key.
I tried to unlock the bootloader according to the instructions on HTCDev.com site. Everythings work till the last step, as no menu appear on my phone asking me if I want to unlock the bootloader or not.
I also tried to use RUU to install a new Firmware. The phone showes a black screen for a couple of seconds and then restart again to bootloader screen. I got an error afterwards.
The phone was running on a stock firmware, no root, no custom recovery, or any other thing.
Can anyone help me to solve this problem. It seems my phone has no OS or something like that.
PLEASE HELP
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I seem to be in the same situations... although I got to it in a different way. Where did you download the RUU from? is it version-main: 4.14.401.2 or higher?
Try: rootwiki dot net and search for htc one mini bootlocker unlock....this helped me to UNLOCK and put TWRP recovery on it... maybe it gets you a step closer.