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Planning to unlock your AT&T HTC One X bootloader? Think again!

D'oh!
http://www.modaco.com/page/news/_/android/is-att-preventing-the-htc-one-x-bootloader-r479
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Only other thing I can think of is that maybe it'll be possible on the 6th (proper release date)?

RMatt1992 said:
Only other thing I can think of is that maybe it'll be possible on the 6th (proper release date)?
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Can't see it personally!
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Me either, just trying to think of anything possible.
Guess we'll see. Is there any other way to go about unlocking without HTCDev?

paulobrien said:
D'oh!
http://www.modaco.com/page/news/_/android/is-att-preventing-the-htc-one-x-bootloader-r479
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It's starting to feel like the Atrix all over again.

paulobrien said:
D'oh!
http://www.modaco.com/page/news/_/android/is-att-preventing-the-htc-one-x-bootloader-r479
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Can anyone please verify this is the case with their AT&T HTC One X?

letshaveDEX said:
Can anyone please verify this is the case with their AT&T HTC One X?
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yep.
i get the same error when i try to unlock BL on htcdev
this is just like the vivid..... int'l is able to unlock, but the at&t version cant....same EXACT thing

Pirateghost said:
yep.
i get the same error when i try to unlock BL on htcdev
this is just like the vivid..... int'l is able to unlock, but the at&t version cant....same EXACT thing
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if this doesn't change within the next few days...i will cancel my AT&T contract and my HTC phone is going straight back

Wtf att
Sent from my dying atrix

Pirateghost said:
yep.
i get the same error when i try to unlock BL on htcdev
this is just like the vivid..... int'l is able to unlock, but the at&t version cant....same EXACT thing
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How long did it take to get an unlock solution with that phone?

Time for you AT&T boys to sell them and buy some unlocked Rogers ones!

I am so disappointed on so many levels... E-mailing HTC now

letshaveDEX said:
I am so disappointed on so many levels... E-mailing HTC now
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It's not up to HTC, it was probably a requirement to have the device on AT&T. Seeing as how they complied with the Vivid, I can see why they would comply here.

phatboypat said:
How long did it take to get an unlock solution with that phone?
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the vivid was released in October? we finally had access to unlock bootloader at christmas time >|

joshnichols189 said:
It's not up to HTC, it was probably a requirement to have the device on AT&T. Seeing as how they complied with the Vivid, I can see why they would comply here.
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So do I cancel my Amazon pre-order? And just get the Rogers version?

Ugh... I have a Rogers HTC One XL but I also had a Motorola Atrix and went through the same frustrations with the locked bootloader.
I really hope we can find a solution having an identical device on a different network. Best of luck, you guys.

bongd said:
Ugh... I have a Rogers HTC One XL but I also had a Motorola Atrix and went through the same frustrations with the locked bootloader.
I really hope we can find a solution having an identical device on a different network. Best of luck, you guys.
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the rogers one x unlocks fine. AT&T seems to have wanted their devices 'blacklisted' which clearly sucks.
@Pirateghost: how was the unlocked bootloader achieved for the AT&T Holiday? ... And I wonder if the method can be used in this case to 'break' at&t's one x bootloader.
@Paul: I'm guessing you've already sent an email to htc regarding the matter. If they reply, do share.

Like others, if this remains the case, my phone will be returned to AT&T immediately! That's an absolute joke.

JSLEnterprises said:
the rogers one x unlocks fine.
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He knows that, judging from his post.
That's why he mentioned the Atrix, in order to show he can understand our pain.
Right?

If it's not available on the 6th, we'll need to protest. I'm tired of this **** AT&T pulls.
What hurts them then worst is bad PR. If we make their PR worse, they'll allow it.

AT&T One X Never Getting Official Bootloader Unlock?

http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/4/30...-unlock?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Honestly, AT&T needs to cut the BS.
This is unacceptable.
Time for us devs to start working on an unlock... *sigh*

Well, I was going to wait around until Sunday, but this seals the deal, on my way to AT&T right now.

designgears said:
Well, I was going to wait around until Sunday, but this seals the deal, on my way to AT&T right now.
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Thanks, hopefully we can break something out soon. I have to wait till Sunday for mine since its already preordered with no cancellations, but as soon as I get mine I will begin my attempts as well.
Hopefully we can work on getting S-OFF as well. -_-

rohan32 said:
Thanks, hopefully we can break something out soon. I have to wait till Sunday for mine since its already preordered with no cancellations, but as soon as I get mine I will begin my attempts as well.
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well, it is going to my wife, the info seems more like speculation still since no one from AT&T or HTC has come out and said directly this is the plan.

designgears said:
well, it is going to my wife, the info seems more like speculation still since no one from AT&T or HTC has come out and said directly this is the plan.
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HTC provided the quote in the article...

DesignGears, PLEASE STAY. PLEASE, I BEG YOU, PLLLEAAAASSEE ???????? i will do annnnything for you.
also, this is a bit of speculation on our part... at&t could just be holding the boot loader unlock until the phone is actually released. we don't know anything for sure. best bet is to wait until sunday for some news. i also think that we should SPAM THEIR FACEBOOK WALL. I REPEAT: SPAM THEIR FACEBOOK WALL!!!!!!!

pl0xn00b said:
DesignGears, PLEASE STAY. PLEASE, I BEG YOU, PLLLEAAAASSEE ???????? i will do annnnything for you.
also, this is a bit of speculation on our part... at&t could just be holding the boot loader unlock until the phone is actually released. we don't know anything for sure. best bet is to wait until sunday for some news. i also think that we should SPAM THEIR FACEBOOK WALL. I REPEAT: SPAM THEIR FACEBOOK WALL!!!!!!!
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Unlock my bootloader!!

designgears said:
Unlock my bootloader!!
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trololol. anything but that can't devs use the rogers boot loader unlock tool to help? won't that assist the devs to get the manual unlocking process off the ground, because the phones are basically identical?

designgears said:
Well, I was going to wait around until Sunday, but this seals the deal, on my way to AT&T right now.
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Oh come now, DG! You ran off from the Atrix 4g and we got it done! (I was one of the few who didn't get the2dcour in his phone ) Your work is grand. This device is deserving of the AAA treatment, just give it a couple weeks and see how it all plays out!

xfinrodx said:
Oh come now, DG! You ran off from the Atrix 4g and we got it done! (I was one of the few who didn't get the2dcour in his phone ) Your work is grand. This device is deserving of the AAA treatment, just give it a couple weeks and see how it all plays out!
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ill have what he's having... .LOL but yeah. WHAT HE SAID! ^^^

designgears said:
Unlock my bootloader!!
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It's happening. We got the movement started. The Vivid was unlocked and this will be too.
Don't make me bribe you

rohan32 said:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/4/30...-unlock?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Honestly, AT&T needs to cut the BS.
This is unacceptable.
Time for us devs to start working on an unlock... *sigh*
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Just cancelled my pre-order. If and when they ever get around to giving us an unlock or the devs here crack it, I might reconsider. Until then, AT&T can kiss my ass.

Yeah this is just speculation based on something from htcs end. We haven't heard anything from att officially yet
Edit: obviously this is being done by att, by who is to say they won't unlock it after a month or so
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Wow..it's like the Atrix all over again
Glad that deal expired then lol..
Hopefully this article well be wrong in a month..
-dark

I'm pretty sure they said the same thing regarding the Vivid at first. It eventually got unlocked.

I think its still too early to totally freak out of this. All we have is one very generic quote from HTC and nothing from ATT yet. I think it will get done soon enough, if not... well then we can freak out.

darkamikaze said:
Wow..it's like the Atrix all over again
Glad that deal expired then lol..
Hopefully this article well be wrong in a month..
-dark
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I'm actually browsing these forums because I'm looking to replace my Atrix. When I saw designgear's comment I couldn't help but laugh....
Damn. I really wanted this phone over a Galaxy Nexus too...

TheSpeedster said:
I think its still too early to totally freak out of this. All we have is one very generic quote from HTC and nothing from ATT yet. I think it will get done soon enough, if not... well then we can freak out.
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I think it's the perfect time. The Vivid community waited too long and they had to wait 2 months to get an unlock from HTC

designgears said:
Well, I was going to wait around until Sunday, but this seals the deal, on my way to AT&T right now.
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You're always welcome back on the "real X" side. HTC UK said on the 2nd the graphics issues were identifed and an update specifically for them (not 1.29) was due soon.
It's kind of an interesting position people find themselves in. With the X you get: funky Nvidia related crap, 32GB of memory, ****ty battery life and an unlocked bootloader. With the XL you get a better SoC, 16GB of memory, LTE, better battery life, tons of AT&T "enhancements," and potentially no way to remove them if the bootloader stays locked. Pick your poison.

Maroon Mushroom said:
I think it's the perfect time. The Vivid community waited too long and they had to wait 2 months to get an unlock from HTC
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Yup. I agree that it's still possible we'll get an unlock (like the Vivid), but no amount of pressure is ever too much. The more we press AT&T and HTC, the better.
They don't really care about our community or our protests. But, like a little pest, they want us out of their hair. If we continue to be pests, they will get frustrated and cede to us.

[Warning] OTA Rumor/RUU download

This is a prewarning for anyone still nieve enough to accept an ota before its been torn down and examined. The One X, brother device(EVO 4g LTE) recently received an ota that SIGNIFICANTLY improved security on the device. Changes included a new hboot(as seen in the new hox ruu leaked) along with other patches, any EVO that was not previously s OFF can no longer use the s OFF exploit, lazypanda. On top of that, EVO and hox were both able to flash radios and kernals with the unlocked bootloader. The EVO, s on with unlocked bootloader can NO LONGER flash radios or kernals. Recoveries only. I am posting this to make the community aware that this update WILL most likely implement the same security changes that were put on EVO LTE owners.
If you accept the ota, you will likely:
Lose ability to flash kernals, and radios
Lose ability to use a s OFF exploit if it becomes available on the current(non updated) hboot.
Do thank the person bringing the ruu leak to xda for developers to examine and warning us of the soon to come ota. If it weren't for him, it would just show on our devices and a good percentage would accept, clogging our forums with help me threads. Check out the ruu leak thread to thank.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29049875
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
...........My EVO Ways..........
(You can S-Off for all I care)

Needs a sticky!

Good job bro!
Sent from my HTC One XL using xda app-developers app

I'm sure this has nothing to do with all the clowns who bricked their phones and then played dumb and exchanged them.

iElvis said:
I'm sure this has nothing to do with all the clowns who bricked their phones and then played dumb and exchanged them.
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It's those same "clowns" who find ways for you to flash ROMs. Please have a little more respect.
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18th.abn said:
If you accept the ota, you will likely:
Lose ability to flash kernals,
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I'm assuming you mean just through recovery. I'm sure you will still be able to flash the boot image(kernel) through fastboot. Just wanted to clarify this and not make everyone think you wouldn't be able to flash kernels at all.

iElvis said:
I'm sure this has nothing to do with all the clowns who bricked their phones and then played dumb and exchanged them.
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lemme guess.. those exchanges are why phones are getting more expensive too right?
Haha.. those phones just get reflashed and sold as "refurbished" so knock it off OK.. seriously it's just annoying misinformation.
Phones get bricked sometimes.. the giant corporations will be fine.
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SoberGuy said:
It's those same "clowns" who find ways for you to flash ROMs. Please have a little more respect.
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ChongoDroid said:
Haha.. those phones just get reflashed and sold as "refurbished" so knock it off OK.. seriously it's just annoying misinformation.
Phones get bricked sometimes.. the giant corporations will be fine.
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Not talking about devs, who contribute something to the overall environment (I would never refer to devs as "clowns"). I'm talking about the people who start fooling around with their phones without knowing what they're doing, brick them, then post things like "Will AT&T know what I did if I return this for a warranty replacement?"
And, whether the carriers can afford it (they can) isn't the point. It's that these folks motivate the carriers to make their phones ever more locked down in order to avoid having to deal with these bogus exchanges.

Wait, you got that wrong, reason we are getting more bricked phones is because the security on this device is NEW. Can't figure it out if you don't try, trying consists of trial and error. Well you know the sweetest of the story....
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For every guy that takes a risk and flashes something that might achieve s off, 10 people have returned their phone because the email doesn't work, or the screen is too yellow, or its too quiet.. or loud. Do you see what I'm sayin?
Normal people don't root.. they just complain. So HTC locking down the phone more isn't preventative measures for tech support or return rates... Its just HTC being sloppy. Next it'll be that source is being delayed because they don't want people to brick their phones lol
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Thanks, good looking out. Some people will heed your warnings, others wont. I'm afraid this would be a little harder to overcome than the 1.85 fiasco when everyone updated before there was a root exploit. If HTC is playing with the security like this then that is a little scary to me. Damn i wish i had a little birdy at HTC. Maybe samsung is the future for rooted devices. Maybe google will open Motorola up. HTC is goin backwards

nugzo said:
Thanks, good looking out. Some people will heed your warnings, others wont. I'm afraid this would be a little harder to overcome than the 1.85 fiasco when everyone updated before there was a root exploit. If HTC is playing with the security like this then that is a little scary to me. Damn i wish i had a little birdy at HTC. Maybe samsung is the future for rooted devices. Maybe google will open Motorola up. HTC is goin backwards
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Yeah, it's definitely a concern to me. I wish they would understand and just make it easy to do. The unlock site.could have an optional S-off to go with it. I would think it would be pretty easy for these guys to design a device to be very dev friendly, and also easy to recover if/when things go bad.
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xiambax said:
No problems guys. I got my S3 today so I haven't been testing the new RUU very much as I installed it sometime last night.
I'm torn on which phone I want to keep. Does someone really need two 700 Dollar phones?
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Yup I do. Please mail the one you won't use to me ^_^
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Post in the marketplace.
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As far as I've seen, one xl's are going for between 450 and 550.
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PurpleFries said:
As far as I've seen, one xl's are going for between 450 and 550.
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serious? ive seen xls go for 350 on the marketplace.

PurpleFries said:
As far as I've seen, one xl's are going for between 450 and 550.
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Lol yeah, brand new
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Jeez phones nowadays cost so dang much. Moor than my laptop or the new iPad lol
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IceColdJelly

DO NOT FLASH this rom is not for your phone YOU WILL BE BRICKED

Honestly I'm starting to loose hope for people.
Like I said in my post that was locked... the floods about to start with bricked post
honestly if its not from this forum no flashy
AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL

CheesyNutz said:
Honestly I'm starting to loose hope for people.
Like I said in my post that was locked... the floods about to start with bricked post
honestly if its not from this forum no flashy
AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL
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about to start..shhhhhhhhhhhhhh*****tttttttttt flood gates bursted open a few days ago

DvineLord said:
DO NOT FLASH this rom is not for your phone YOU WILL BE BRICKED
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But. my house is made of bricks

I say just let it ride, its a process of natural selection. In the long run hopefully it will make us stronger by weeding out the rest

18th.abn said:
I say just let it ride, its a process of natural selection. In the long run hopefully it will make us stronger by weeding out the rest
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Haha
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Anyone who is not going to research the whole flashing process before they start pushing buttons should just go buy an iphone.... And not jailbreak it.
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I agree, we should just let people flash it. Natural selection.
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Kindatired said:
Anyone who is not going to research the whole flashing process before they start pushing buttons should just go buy an iphone.... And not jailbreak it.
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has nothing to do with iphones ... its simple people have to STOP and take the time to read and understand what they are doing and just dont go flashing any random rom and excpect the people here to help fix the "mistake"

My point was that people who don't want to throughly research the whole process before they start unlocking/flashing they are probably better off just sticking to a dumb phone.
In some ways I can understand why manufacturers and carriers would not want people to screw around with their phones on a root level. The number of people that have screwed up their phone playing around with things before they knew what they were doing must cost them a fortune in warranty replacements.
"My phone just stopped working. I don't know why. I need it replaced. " - Mr. I Flashed The Wrong Thing
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Kindatired said:
My point was that people who don't want to throughly research the whole process before they start unlocking/flashing they are probably better off just sticking to a dumb phone.
In some ways I can understand why manufacturers and carriers would not want people to screw around with their phones on a root level. The number of people that have screwed up their phone playing around with things before they knew what they were doing must cost them a fortune in warranty replacements.
"My phone just stopped working. I don't know why. I need it replaced. " - Mr. I Flashed The Wrong Thing
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agreed and therefore is costing us a fortune in insurance and has the ATT of this world forcing manufacturers to lock bl with increased security . look at my sig, that was a couple of days ago, enough said....

DvineLord said:
DO NOT FLASH this rom is not for your phone YOU WILL BE BRICKED
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Problem is the guys getting into trouble never read these threads. They just Google "One X roms" and flash the first CM/AOKP thing they find.
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iElvis said:
Problem is the guys getting into trouble never read these threads. They just Google "One X roms" and flash the first CM/AOKP thing they find.
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THIS !!!!

One X Bricked (Solid black screen)

I appear to have completely bricked my One X. I've searched high and low to find a thread about this exact problem.
Basically, what is happening is that my One X is stuck on a solid black screen. I have no idea if it's on or off. The LED is not on when I plug it into anything, my PC doesn't recognize it no matter what USB port/cable I use, but it does make the sound like it's connecting. It beeps 3 times rapidly when I connect it, though. Capacitive lights are off.
Does anyone know how to fix this?

Would you care to mention what you did to the phone before it stopped working?

I was flashing a custom ROM in TWRP. It said it flashed, and then I clicked reboot, and then it went to black screen and won't do anything from this point on.

This is like pulling teeth! What ROM? Are you messing with the quad core htc one x stuff again?

it was IceColdJelly, I have the Rogers HTC One X, the Evita.

You have an ice cold brick now. You can try the unbricking thread but based on how well you follow directions I'd be shocked if you figured it out

*facepalm*

That rom has to be so badass... Just the details of it lures in people from a totally different phone. I want to try it so bad lol.
On the correct phone of course
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xxhamzxx said:
it was IceColdJelly, I have the Rogers HTC One X, the Evita.
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You missed this thread, I guess?

iElvis said:
You missed this thread, I guess?
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I'd be surprised if this guy even knew how to use the search button. There are too many posts exactly like his over the past few months to even count them all

954wrecker said:
I'd be surprised if this guy even knew how to use the search button. There are too many posts exactly like his over the past few months to even count them all
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Plus this.

You should try this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1966850

InflatedTitan said:
That rom has to be so badass... Just the details of it lures in people from a totally different phone. I want to try it so bad lol.
On the correct phone of course
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Generally a lot of people are coming from the HTC inspire due to the two year upgrade and it was time for their upgrade and they get the one xl... Now on the inspire we had mike 1986 !nd lord clockan and they recognize these names and want to flash it because they enjoyed the work on the inspire or another device

a box of kittens said:
Generally a lot of people are coming from the HTC inspire due to the two year upgrade and it was time for their upgrade and they get the one xl... Now on the inspire we had mike 1986 !nd lord clockan and they recognize these names and want to flash it because they enjoyed the work on the inspire or another device
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Got it... I been trying to root an old inspire 4g for my lil cousin
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InflatedTitan said:
Got it... I been trying to root an old inspire 4g for my lil cousin
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Update it to gingerbread than use hack kit

a box of kittens said:
Update it to gingerbread than use hack kit
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I did lol... Apparently the newest firmware is not supported with the hack kit .. I have to unlock with htcdev, which is shi++y right now, flash an older rom or something like that, then do the hack kit.
No no no, that can't be it. ... Its not that easy.. I have to jump through hoops which I'm too lazy to do at the moment.. Seems like all the devs hauled ass and no one wants to answer questions lol. One guy pmed me saying. "If you can unlock, root, and flash ROMs and kernels on your OneX then your grandma can root the ACE" lol!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=4332177
Talk to him he can help you out