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How do I tell what ROM I have?

I just bought a craigslist Inspire 4G. I was told by the seller it was not modded/rooted but after buying I found it had been at least rooted.
How do I tell what ROM has been installed. If I got to Settings>About Phone>Software information all of the versions are the same at a buddy of mine at work who has a stock Inspire 4G.
Android Version: 2.2.1
Baseband Version: 12.39.60.19H_26.04.06_M
Kernel Version: 2.6.32.21-g3c08447
[email protected] #1
Sat Jan 8 05:14:26 CST 2011
Build Number: 1.80.502.3 CL318736 release-keys
Software Number: 1.80.502.3
Browser Version: WebKit3.1
Could it have been rooted and then returned to stock rom while rooted?
Chris

Software number is your ROM version. Looks like the stock 1.80 build.
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or turn the phone off and hold the volume down button. and power button. and see if he left s-OFF still OFF instead of on then you would def know

distortion said:
I just bought a craigslist Inspire 4G. I was told by the seller it was not modded/rooted but after buying I found it had been at least rooted.
How do I tell what ROM has been installed. If I got to Settings>About Phone>Software information all of the versions are the same at a buddy of mine at work who has a stock Inspire 4G.
Android Version: 2.2.1
Baseband Version: 12.39.60.19H_26.04.06_M
Kernel Version: 2.6.32.21-g3c08447
[email protected] #1
Sat Jan 8 05:14:26 CST 2011
Build Number: 1.80.502.3 CL318736 release-keys
Software Number: 1.80.502.3
Browser Version: WebKit3.1
Could it have been rooted and then returned to stock rom while rooted?
Chris
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How do you know it has been rooted? Looks pretty stock.

Can you hold the volume button and power button and boot into recovery? Another way to check is go into the Market and download Rom Manager for free and see if can be granted root. If it can't then she is stock for the most part.

Gene Poole said:
How do you know it has been rooted? Looks pretty stock.
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Because I can install whatever I what from not market sources, it has superuser on it too.

trev869 said:
Can you hold the volume button and power button and boot into recovery? Another way to check is go into the Market and download Rom Manager for free and see if can be granted root. If it can't then she is stock for the most part.
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It also had (in addition to SuperUser) ROM Manager. I just rebooted in to recovery Mode Clockwork 3.0.2.5.
Wierd, why would someone go through the trouble to root, and then go back to stock?
If I were batshiz crazy enough to want to install the GB update comming soon...would it fubar my phone??

distortion said:
It also had (in addition to SuperUser) ROM Manager. I just rebooted in to recovery Mode Clockwork 3.0.2.5.
Wierd, why would someone go through the trouble to root, and then go back to stock?
If I were batshiz crazy enough to want to install the GB update comming soon...would it fubar my phone??
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Very likely it won't let you accept that update if the device still S-off. Boot into bootloader and check the upper left corner and see if it says [ACE PVT SHIP]"S-ON" or "S-OFF". If S-OFF, you are rooted.

If it were me, (because I don't trust handywork that isn't my own ), I would download a ROM that looked appealing to me (depending on how close to stock you want to be) and then get a good, clean, thorough wipe and install the new ROM, then setup/configure the phone to my liking. If you so choose, you can always unroot the device and S-ON, but with the amount of great ROMs on XDA, I don't know why you'd do that unless the phone was being returned under warranty, and since it was bought of Craig's, that wouldn't apply anyway. The upcoming GB release will definitely get rooted and busyboxed by the great Devs here and would be a much better release than anything AT&T would shoot your way
EDIT: Just make sure that the phone is properly rooted. If you download "Root Checker" from the Market, it will verify that you have full Root access and that Busybox has been properly installed.

Sounds like this guy was lazy and didn't return it to stock with s on before he sold it to you. Its not rocket science to return it to stock. With a little bit of reading, i was sucessful on mu first attempt. As long as the phone is fully functional, then no harm no foul because u can unroot it and return it to true stock or u can take advantage of it already being rooted and flash a rom of your choosing and configure it to your liking as stated above.
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dyne2199 said:
EDIT: Just make sure that the phone is properly rooted. If you download "Root Checker" from the Market, it will verify that you have full Root access and that Busybox has been properly installed.
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I did and the busybox and root checks passed. One question though, on the root check it said:
Alternate su binary location:
/bin/su: Permission denied
What does that mean?

[Q] no bootloader, s-off, root under android 4.1.1

Hello,
I bought me a used evo shift 4g with android 4.1.1. Is there a possibility, to get s-off or root? I can't even get into bootloader (volume down and power). I already tried different methods, but nothing seems to work. Can anybody help me please?

derkleinebroicher said:
Hello,
I bought me a used evo shift 4g with android 4.1.1. Is there a possibility, to get s-off or root? I can't even get into bootloader (volume down and power). I already tried different methods, but nothing seems to work. Can anybody help me please?
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Yes you can get s-off, look in the development section, there is a one click root. Since you have 4.1 on there I am guessing you are S-ON rooted?

derkleinebroicher said:
Hello,
I bought me a used evo shift 4g with android 4.1.1. Is there a possibility, to get s-off or root? I can't even get into bootloader (volume down and power). I already tried different methods, but nothing seems to work. Can anybody help me please?
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If you can't get into bootloader, try enabling usb debugging ( Settings > Development), then connect your phone to your computer and download the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) from HERE
Open a command window in the place where you extracted the adb files and type "adb devices"
If your device is not recognized, download and install the drivers from HERE
After that, try "adb devices" again, if something like "HT8472JW76 device" shows up, then that's good
Now type "adb reboot-bootloader" and see if that gets you into bootloader
This is kind of a lot of work, but it definitely helps in the long run. Also, I would not run my utility until you have downgraded to 2.2 by running an RUU (all of them can be found HERE, 2.2 is the one that has the number "1.17.651") or by flashing a PG06IMG.zip through bootloader. The utility checks what version you are using, and if its anything other than 2.2 or 2.3.4 it throws an error, so just downgrade to 2.2 directly and then use the utility.
If you have any questions or if anything does not make sense, don't be afraid to ask
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bilgerryan said:
Yes you can get s-off, look in the development section, there is a one click root. Since you have 4.1 on there I am guessing you are S-ON rooted?
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Nevr heard about s-on rooted - but i'm no expert. What I can say is, that i have no super-user rights.

CNexus said:
If you can't get into bootloader, try enabling usb debugging ( Settings > Development), then connect your phone to your computer and download the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) from HERE
Open a command window in the place where you extracted the adb files and type "adb devices"
If your device is not recognized, download and install the drivers from HERE
After that, try "adb devices" again, if something like "HT8472JW76 device" shows up, then that's good
Now type "adb reboot-bootloader" and see if that gets you into bootloader
This is kind of a lot of work, but it definitely helps in the long run. Also, I would not run my utility until you have downgraded to 2.2 by running an RUU (all of them can be found HERE, 2.2 is the one that has the number "1.17.651") or by flashing a PG06IMG.zip through bootloader. The utility checks what version you are using, and if its anything other than 2.2 or 2.3.4 it throws an error, so just downgrade to 2.2 directly and then use the utility.
If you have any questions or if anything does not make sense, don't be afraid to ask
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OK! Thanks a lot. I will tell you, if I was sussesful.

derkleinebroicher said:
Nevr heard about s-on rooted - but i'm no expert. What I can say is, that i have no super-user rights.
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Do you have superuser installed? Or ROM Manager? You're problem is strange. Check out ROM Manager after you install superuser and see if it will let you install a recovery... I have never had S-On root I just know it's out there and you have to have some kind of root because you are not on stock. I am S-Off and most of the people on here are, so root that baby and get to flashing.

bilgerryan said:
Do you have superuser installed? Or ROM Manager? You're problem is strange. Check out ROM Manager after you install superuser and see if it will let you install a recovery... I have never had S-On root I just know it's out there and you have to have some kind of root because you are not on stock. I am S-Off and most of the people on here are, so root that baby and get to flashing.
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well, I know these things from my wildfire. I have installed superuser and also ROM manager but can'tget superuser permissions or install a recovery. But when I start the phone, there is not the original HTC-screen, but a custom-screen. So I agree with you, that I am not on stock - some kind of very strange. It seems to me, that all the root-tools only work with 2.3.x, so if i could downgrade, that might help as well.

derkleinebroicher said:
well, I know these things from my wildfire. I have installed superuser and also ROM manager but can'tget superuser permissions or install a recovery. But when I start the phone, there is not the original HTC-screen, but a custom-screen. So I agree with you, that I am not on stock - some kind of very strange. It seems to me, that all the root-tools only work with 2.3.x, so if i could downgrade, that might help as well.
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The shift was shipped with 2.2 and 2.3.x so if you have anything other then that it was rooted to get to where you are. How you lost root is beyond any of us. And maybe beyond the guy that sold it to you. Pull the battery and place it back in hold volume down and power, that should be a sure shot at getting to bootloader, then take a picture and post that
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He said he couldn't get to the bootloader with power and volume down

derkleinebroicher said:
well, I know these things from my wildfire. I have installed superuser and also ROM manager but can'tget superuser permissions or install a recovery. But when I start the phone, there is not the original HTC-screen, but a custom-screen. So I agree with you, that I am not on stock - some kind of very strange. It seems to me, that all the root-tools only work with 2.3.x, so if i could downgrade, that might help as well.
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Like strapped365 said, this is definitely a weird situation and I've never come across it myself. The best option would probably be to just run a 2.2 RUU and root from there. You can also check for root by downloading "root checker" from the play store, its by joeykrim (the free version will work fine)
strapped365 said:
The shift was shipped with 2.2 and 2.3.x so if you have anything other then that it was rooted to get to where you are. How you lost root is beyond any of us. And maybe beyond the guy that sold it to you. Pull the battery and place it back in hold volume down and power, that should be a sure shot at getting to bootloader, then take a picture and post that
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He had said earlier that that didn't work for him, that's why I suggested the adb route
derkleinebroicher said:
OK! Thanks a lot. I will tell you, if I was sussesful.
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No problem, post if any issues :good:
Sent from my speed-y

If he can't get into boot loader its probably because fastboot is checked. In 2.3x its in settings/power at the bottom. I don't know about his though.

Chad The Pathfinder said:
If he can't get into boot loader its probably because fastboot is checked. In 2.3x its in settings/power at the bottom. I don't know about his though.
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Hmm, my understanding was that fastboot is only on HTC roms?
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Chad The Pathfinder said:
If he can't get into boot loader its probably because fastboot is checked. In 2.3x its in settings/power at the bottom. I don't know about his though.
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He said he was on 4.1 there are only two choices for JB before yesterday... Evervolv or deck's CM10

bilgerryan said:
He said he couldn't get to the bootloader with power and volume down
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Bootloader don't just do a houdini its there somewhere
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I was thinking broken volume button cuz I couldn't come up with anything else lol

Bootloader don't just do a houdini its there somewhere
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Hmm, thats interesting. So its not possible to delete the bootloader at all?
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It's me again. I just connected the guy, who sold me this phone. Perhaps he can help. If not, i will try the adb-method. If I get problems with that, I'll ask for help again here - i'f never tried this method. But thanks to all you guys so far for your interest and support. i'll keep you informed.
P.S. Root checker told me "no root". And because some one asked me, this is the bootscreen. there is no HTC-screen before that. ATTACH]1532658[/ATTACH]

derkleinebroicher said:
It's me again. I just connected the guy, who sold me this phone. Perhaps he can help. If not, i will try the adb-method. If I get problems with that, I'll ask for help again here - i'f never tried this method. But thanks to all you guys so far for your interest and support. i'll keep you informed.
P.S. Root checker told me "no root". And because some one asked me, this is the bootscreen. there is no HTC-screen before that. ATTACH]1532658[/ATTACH]
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No problem, keep us posted :good:
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CNexus said:
Hmm, thats interesting. So its not possible to delete the bootloader at all?
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Check what was quoted.... Did I say that? no I did not, i said it don't just disappear. And before that I said the guy that sold it to him would know what was wrong.
Now if you delete your bootloader that's on you, and if you did it and didn't tell anyone then sold said phone, you would be the only one who could help someone in that situation. After you hangout here more you will notice a redundancy of posts because 90% of rooted users don't even deserve to have a smartphone let alone a rooted one, so they never know what their talking about so we try to push the core troubleshooting methods to get them to where they need to go. It's like calling sprint what's their first step? Factory data reset to give you a level playing field, here I just told the guy how to get into bootloader if there was a fastboot checked. Also I've seen so many users get the version of Sense mixed up with the version of Android so again we fall back to the core known methods of solving a problem. I've been with the shift since release so I've seen every failed ota by HTC and every moronic thing that can be done with this phone. But no matter how I told him to get somewhere all you new guys just take over like no oldies but goodies know......btw if bootloader is missing adb reboot bootloader wouldn't work either right? So again with the redundant instructions to get the the same place
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bilgerryan said:
He said he was on 4.1 there are only two choices for JB before yesterday... Evervolv or deck's CM10
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Just forget about me....
btw, there are alot more sites then XDA that may have ROMS for the shift.

How do you fully root official Jelly Bean update?

Hi guys I flashed superuser on my One S official jellybean and I am rooted but something isn't right. I've deleted some of the crappy bloatware in titanium backup like I usually do but when I reboot my phone the apps haven't uninstalled and are still fully functional. I can't install busybox either. My phone doesn't feel 100 percent rooted. Can anyone help me? Thanks

Which version you are using, superuser?

sharpinator said:
Hi guys I flashed superuser on my One S official jellybean and I am rooted but something isn't right. I've deleted some of the crappy bloatware in titanium backup like I usually do but when I reboot my phone the apps haven't uninstalled and are still fully functional. I can't install busybox either. My phone doesn't feel 100 percent rooted. Can anyone help me? Thanks
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I think your problem is that the stock kernel isn't allowing busybox to install correctly. Try flashing the file below in recovery.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f8f0lke4e5undkm/SuperSU-v0.99_Busybox.zip

dc211 said:
I think your problem is that the stock kernel isn't allowing busybox to install correctly. Try flashing the file below in recovery
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Busybox works fine with 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 stock kernel at least. I did excessive testing with that while I was coding v0.5 of quick adb pusher.
I dont know about JB though, but I cant see why busybox wouldnt work if the device is rooted properly.

Goatshocker said:
Busybox works fine with 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 stock kernel at least. I did excessive testing with that while I was coding v0.5 of quick adb pusher.
I dont know about JB though, but I cant see why busybox wouldnt work if the device is rooted properly.
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But those aren't jelly bean builds. Reports are coming in that the new kernel is preventing some changes that it didn't before.

Did that, same issues.
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"Cant install busybox", what exactly do you mean? What error does it give you?
@dc111, yes I know those arent JB, thats why I said I dont know about JB.
However, I find it a bit strange that the kernel would block it, as its just a normal app that needs root priveliges.

Sorry guys I'm not worried about busybox but I want to know why I cant uninstall bloatware apps. Its never been a problem before so it might have something to do with the new kernel like others have said. Question is how do we get around that?
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Goatshocker said:
"Cant install busybox", what exactly do you mean? What error does it give you?
@dc111, yes I know those arent JB, thats why I said I dont know about JB.
However, I find it a bit strange that the kernel would block it, as its just a normal app that needs root privileges.
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The kernel is blocking changes to /system it effects all HTC devices running the 3.4.X kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2059411

Wait.. wat... the WHOLE /system? Wow, thats retarded.

Does more people flashed the files? Can someone please explain how to do it the safe way? THANKS!

+1
I'm waiting for a fixed too.

Is your issue similar to this?

Here we have the solution!! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36099646&postcount=2111

Developer's Build

Hi everyone, noobie here !! Looking around I found this site that it's my last hope to see if the phone I've just bought will work. I haven't been able to either setup a SIM card nor connect to WiFi. Something I noticed is that when rebooting the is this screen with this message "This build is for development purposes only ... " so I was wondering that maybe one of you guys could actually tell me what this means and if it'll work (as a cell phone of course) and with a wifi connection. Thanks in advance. If there's any question you need pls lmk, as I really don't know if you need specifics on the phone or what...

Your phone has an unlocked bootloader and is probably rooted. You could relock the bootloader and then run a RUU fitting your phone. Afterwards everything should work again
It would take too long to explain all this, and it all is described very well in this forum. If you read a bit through it, you will be able to do it by yourself
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slainbybeats said:
Your phone has an unlocked bootloader and is probably rooted. You could relock the bootloader and then run a RUU fitting your phone. Afterwards everything should work again
It would take too long to explain all this, and it all is described very well in this forum. If you read a bit through it, you will be able to do it by yourself
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Thanks, can you give a me a hint on whats the exact model on this phone, as I read stuff like S3 and S4 and really don't know whats all that about, and don't know where to look for that info on the phone. Here is what's in the phone:
> Software Information:
> Android version: 4.0.4
> HTC Sense version: 4.1
> Software number: UnKnown_Retribution ver1.0
> HTC SDK API level: 4.23
> HTC Extension version: HTCExtension_403_1_GA_20
> Kernel version:
3.0.8-01583-ge547c5e
[email protected]#1
SMP PREEMPT
> Baseband version: 0.16.31501S.16_2_10.22.31501S.10L
> Build number: 2.35.531.7 CL96068 release-keys
> Browser version: WebKit/534.40
Don't really know if this helps somehow .... but I think it'll be easier for me to look for whatever I'm looking if at least I know the basics on this phone. Sorry for the stupid question ...

You need to check the cpu frequency.
1,5ghz = S4
1,7ghz = S3

maddogpe said:
Thanks, can you give a me a hint on whats the exact model on this phone, as I read stuff like S3 and S4 and really don't know whats all that about, and don't know where to look for that info on the phone. Here is what's in the phone:
> Software Information:
> Android version: 4.0.4
> HTC Sense version: 4.1
> Software number: UnKnown_Retribution ver1.0
> HTC SDK API level: 4.23
> HTC Extension version: HTCExtension_403_1_GA_20
> Kernel version:
3.0.8-01583-ge547c5e
[email protected]#1
SMP PREEMPT
> Baseband version: 0.16.31501S.16_2_10.22.31501S.10L
> Build number: 2.35.531.7 CL96068 release-keys
> Browser version: WebKit/534.40
Don't really know if this helps somehow .... but I think it'll be easier for me to look for whatever I'm looking if at least I know the basics on this phone. Sorry for the stupid question ...
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Hi, can you download CID getter from the Play Store? It would help us to find the correct RUU for your device.
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usaff22 said:
Hi, can you download CID getter from the Play Store? It would help us to find the correct RUU for your device.
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Thanks, but as I already quoted neither 3G nor WiFi are working, unless there's something I can do through the USB port that i don't know , and btw it's an S4 and it has the TMobile logo on the screen if that helps.

maddogpe said:
Thanks, but as I already quoted neither 3G nor WiFi are working, unless there's something I can do through the USB port that i don't know , and btw it's an S4 and it has the TMobile logo on the screen if that helps.
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OK, have you tried using internet pass through so that your phone gets internet through a USB connection to your computer?
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usaff22 said:
OK, have you tried using internet pass through so that your phone gets internet through a USB connection to your computer?
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Great !!! Thanks, got it connected, downloaded the CID getter and it says T-MOB010. I'm guessing I need the RUU now. :good:

First, relock the bootloader, otherwise it shows an error when you try to run the ruu!
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slainbybeats said:
First, relock the bootloader, otherwise it shows an error when you try to run the ruu!
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Thanks slain, but I have no clue of what you're talking about, I'm totally noob at this. So, what's the bootloader, where do I find it, I'm guessing its something that loads whatever the phone will boot with ?
Ok, got the bootloader thing ... it says tampered unlocked ... how do i relock it, should I go to the simlock option ?

Relock the Bootloader
maddogpe said:
Thanks slain, but I have no clue of what you're talking about, I'm totally noob at this. So, what's the bootloader, where do I find it, I'm guessing its something that loads whatever the phone will boot with ?
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So, what you need to do now is download the Android SDK or something with fastboot files if you don't have them already. I would download the SDK from the android developer website. Sorry I can't put a link in.
After you do that, make sure it installs in a directory where you can find it easily, like in the root of your hard drive. I'm gonna assume you have Windows, so I'd make sure it installed in the C: drive, and not in any subfolders. Once you get that set up, things get really pretty interesting.
Open up the command prompt for your computer by searching for "cmd" in the Start menu. Once that opens up, type in:
"cd C:\(directory where you put the sdk files)\platform-tools\" and press enter. NOTE: Do not add the quotes when you type the command in.
Once you see that it works, power off your phone. Then, hold down the volume down and power buttons while the phone is off. After 2-3 seconds, you will see a screen with a bunch of green text and 3 androids riding skateboards at the bottom. Press the power button once while the word "FASTBOOT" is highlighted in blue, and connect your phone to your computer.
Now, since you already have the SDK set up and you're in the command prompt, type this in to the command prompt:
"fastboot oem lock" and press enter. NOTE: Do not add the quotes when you type the command in.
When this runs, it will relock your bootloader, and you can successfully run an RUU to reset your phone.
Hope this helps!

chuckleslaughs said:
So, what you need to do now is download the Android SDK or something with fastboot files if you don't have them already. I would download the SDK from the android developer website. Sorry I can't put a link in.
After you do that, make sure it installs in a directory where you can find it easily, like in the root of your hard drive. I'm gonna assume you have Windows, so I'd make sure it installed in the C: drive, and not in any subfolders. Once you get that set up, things get really pretty interesting.
Open up the command prompt for your computer by searching for "cmd" in the Start menu. Once that opens up, type in:
"cd C:\(directory where you put the sdk files)\platform-tools\" and press enter. NOTE: Do not add the quotes when you type the command in.
Once you see that it works, power off your phone. Then, hold down the volume down and power buttons while the phone is off. After 2-3 seconds, you will see a screen with a bunch of green text and 3 androids riding skateboards at the bottom. Press the power button once while the word "FASTBOOT" is highlighted in blue, and connect your phone to your computer.
Now, since you already have the SDK set up and you're in the command prompt, type this in to the command prompt:
"fastboot oem lock" and press enter. NOTE: Do not add the quotes when you type the command in.
When this runs, it will relock your bootloader, and you can successfully run an RUU to reset your phone.
Hope this helps!
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Ok, did it as instructed, an error was reported as in the attachment, but now the bootloader says TAMPERED RELOCKED
Is that Ok? If so, please let me know whats the next step ... Whats the RUU I should download and from where ... THX !!!!
Btw, do I needed to install the SDK Manager, or I'm Ok w/o it? oops ..

Ok guys, after looking everywhere I found the following thread that guided me on the RUU thing. I think it work since the WiFi is now working :victory::victory:, don't really know if it works as a phone yet, hopefully it does. I do have a AT&T go phone sim here but it kind of doesn't recognize the simcard, guess I cut it the wrong way.
Right now I'm in California and now at least I know the phone works with WiFi (hopefully it'll work as a phone), but I'm willing to take this same phone to South America and activate it with whatever GSM carrier I find, but the question is, after all this process, the phone is supposed to be locked only to T-Mobile right?, so what do I need to do ? As I said in the very beginning I just bought this phone and was kind of sad cause I thought I got scammed with a non-working phone, but guess not, probably was unsuccesfully unlocked (if such exists). I'll be waiting for any comment. Thanks guys !!!! This community rocks !!!:victory::victory:

anyone pls !!

When you want to sim unlock your phone look into that thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1693491
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stoana said:
When you want to sim unlock your phone look into that thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1693491
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Thanks for the link !! Been reading through it but have a basic question (feeling stupid here) about step 1 on all 3 methods ... ROOT. How do I do it ??? It's like relocking and going back to stock ?? Any updated link for it?? Thanks !!!

If you bought it used, please check that the IMEI is not blacklisted, that could be why the phone is not accepting the sim. But in south america it may work!

addsfsds said:
If you bought it used, please check that the IMEI is not blacklisted, that could be why the phone is not accepting the sim. But in south america it may work!
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I bought it used, but I'm guessing the previous owner tried to unlocked it but the phone wasn't working. I'm noob with smartphones so I bought it believing I only need to place a sim in the phone ... WRONG !!! Even though the phone was ON and everything appeared to be working fine, I couldn't test neither the phone working or the Wifi. Then I found out that nothing work, that's when I started looking for some help on google and find this community. After that it's all in the thread. So, I've checked and it's not blacklisted, but I'd like to be sure that this phone works before I fly (I'll be there for quite some time, got a job there). So if you can give some support with the root thing, so I can unlocked it, will be great ... Thanks.

maddogpe said:
I bought it used, but I'm guessing the previous owner tried to unlocked it but the phone wasn't working. I'm noob with smartphones so I bought it believing I only need to place a sim in the phone ... WRONG !!! Even though the phone was ON and everything appeared to be working fine, I couldn't test neither the phone working or the Wifi. Then I found out that nothing work, that's when I started looking for some help on google and find this community. After that it's all in the thread. So, I've checked and it's not blacklisted, but I'd like to be sure that this phone works before I fly (I'll be there for quite some time, got a job there). So if you can give some support with the root thing, so I can unlocked it, will be great ... Thanks.
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If it's not blacklisted, then it's ok! Don't you know anyone with an iphone that can lend you his sim for 1 minute, just to see if the phone can register it?
Btw i warmly suggest you to use this tool to root the phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604677&highlight=hasoon
Otherwise you can just flash a trickdroid or viper One s rom that has loads of stuff and it's already rooted

addsfsds said:
If it's not blacklisted, then it's ok! Don't you know anyone with an iphone that can lend you his sim for 1 minute, just to see if the phone can register it?
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Actually I do, but the micro sim card on the iphone5 is smaller, or should I try it with the tray it comes with?
addsfsds said:
Btw i warmly suggest you to use this tool to root the phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604677&highlight=hasoon
Otherwise you can just flash a trickdroid or viper One s rom that has loads of stuff and it's already rooted
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I'll give it a try to the post, I'll let you know, hopefully it'll as it says "noob-proof" .... Thank you very much !!!

[Q] Veizon S3 Insurance claim, pre-rooted? OTA Update? Not sure what's been done

Hello all! I need to know what has been done to my insurance replacement phone, and how I can safely update my phone to VRBMV1.
The short version...
I hard bricked my Verizon Galaxy S3 phone by installing a custom ROM wrong, I got an insurance replacement that came pre-rooted, has Clockworkmod already installed and I believe has an unlocked bootloader. Clockworkmod stopped the OTA Update, but I want the update installed. I need to know what to do.
The long, more informative version...
So, I wanted to increase the volume of my Bluetooth headset and after trying different apps and nothing working, I found some modded system files that had a great review that increase all of the phones volumes. The instructions said the phone had to be rooted. Well I rooted the phone and the modded files didn't work. So reading the reviews of the mod, people were saying it worked great with the OMEGA AOPK ROM. So I rooted my Verizon Galaxy S3 i535 phone and installed a the custom rom and hard bricked my phone. I didn't pay enough attention and installed a rom for an i9000 not a i535, at least I think that's what happened... Anyways, I got a new phone through my insurance and the screen wouldn't rotate, so they sent me a 2nd replacement. I got that one in the mail today and it appears to already be rooted, and possibly have an unlocked bootloader, but i'm not sure how to do the VRBMV1 OTA update now.
The first thing the phone did once I activated it was do an OTA update from Verizon, so I let it. Clockworkmod popped up and said it couldn't verify the publisher for the files it was trying to install and asked if I wanted to continue. I clicked NO.
So, since I recently found out what Clockworkmod was and know it's not stock on the S3, I knew someone had done something to the phone. So i'm trying to figure out what exactly has been done, and if it's safe for me to do the OTA update or not.
After searching this forum I found out I can use an app to see if the phone is rooted or not, so I checked it and the app say "root access granted". I also see an app already installed on the phone called SuperSU. So I now know the phone is rooted.
After searching more I found one way to possibly tell if the bootloader is unlocked is to restart the phone, if the Samsung logo goes away within 1 second you probably have an unlocked bootloader. The logo goes away instantly on my phone, so i'm guessing the bootloader is unlocked?
The rest of the phone appears to be the same visually and settings wise as my old S3, so I think it's the stock ROM. "About phone" says Android Version 4.1.2 - Baseband Version i535VRBMB1 - Kernel Version 3.0.13-861013 [email protected] #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 14 15:16:58 KST 2013 - Build Number JZ054K.I535VRBMB1. Putting the phone Download Mode says everything is "Official", whereas it said "Custom" just before I bricked my old phone.
Sorry this is getting so long. I'll get to the questions now...
From what I've read on the forum, it appears to not be a good idea to do the OTA updates. Without knowing what else has been done to the phone, how can I "safely" get VRBMV1 installed? It appears to fix some problems with battery life and 4G signal, so it would be nice to have.
I for sure don't want to brick another phone as my insurance most likely will not like me anymore. So i'm not sure i'm comfortable trying anymore custom ROMs that already have the update in them. Is there a way to take the phone back to factory with having any of the backups that may or may not have been done before the phone was modded?
Thank you very much!

Odin flash VRBMB1 tar.

SlimSnoopOS said:
Odin flash VRBMB1 tar.
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And you will be on the very latest OEM OTA version , no need to worry about updates. QED

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Odin flash VRBMB1 tar.
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That worked PERFECT! Thank you very much!!!! :good:

You may have gotten one of my 5 returns...
However i am fairly certian I returned them with the stock recovery, and rom unless I missed that step on one or two... I was having screen issues when they sent me refurbs
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Colomonster said:
You may have gotten one of my 5 returns...
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Well everything seems to work perfectly on it, so thank you for not breaking it! :fingers-crossed: