Now that we have the exploit to unlock the bootloader on 3.18, I thought I would give you the run down on what to expect.
The first thing that you need to know is that your hboot version will not allow you to flash custom roms properly. You will have to manually flash the boot image: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2136172 . Flashing roms without doing this manually requires a method called S-Off in witch you remove security: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155071 If you are thinking about flashing aosp based roms you will have to s-off "FIRST" and downgrade your touch screen for them to work properly: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2159863
Hopefully this will eliminate some confusion and help you on your way.
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Now that we have the exploit to unlock the bootloader on 3.18, I thought I would give you the run down on what to expect.
The first thing that you need to know is that your hboot version will not allow you to flash custom roms properly. You will have to manually flash the boot image: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2136172 . Flashing roms without doing this manually requires a method called S-Off in witch you remove security: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155071 If you are thinking about flashing aosp based roms you will have to s-off "FIRST" and downgrade your touch screen for them to work properly: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2159863
Hopefully this will eliminate some confusion and help you on your way.
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Great info! where's the thread where they are discussing the 3.18 unlock?
Android Development. I can confirm this is a working method.
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Android Development. I can confirm this is a working method.
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Well thanks again for the info! I just had some bad luck with my phone and had it repaired from htc just to get it back fresh with the 3.18 software... This is wonderful news. thanks again for bringing it to my attention.
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Well thanks again for the info! I just had some bad luck with my phone and had it repaired from htc just to get it back fresh with the 3.18 software... This is wonderful news. thanks again for bringing it to my attention.
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If you need a windows script I can send it to you. I've just been busy so i havent shared it.
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If you need a windows script I can send it to you. I've just been busy so i havent shared it.
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Sure! I'll send you a PM with my email
Thanks again guys!
Thanks Venomtester for the info. Viperxl here I come lol.
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If you need a windows script I can send it to you. I've just been busy so i havent shared it.
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If you wanna share that with me I'll put it in the main thread. Thanks for the contribution.
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Great info! where's the thread where they are discussing the 3.18 unlock?
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Go here : [ROOT] HTC One X AT&T 3.18
I have been unlocked and have superCID, when trying to flash custom recovery via the fast boot it seems to install fine but when i reboot into recovery the recovery is blank any ideas? What are the steps i should properly take to gain Root,s-off etc. Any assistance would be aprpeciated.
Did you unlock bootloader via HTC dev?
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Yes sir cid is 11111 via fastboot auth
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What I am asking is if you went to the HTC dev site and received an unlock token to unlock the boot loader after gaining temp root. If so you can download goo manager from play store search for twrp and it will install it for you. Make sure you stay with 2.3..... 2.4 has issues wiping on our phones.
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You will also need to install super user.
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When I flashed the twrp via fastboot after HTC dev boot unlock and try to reboot into recovery it's just a blank screen after the red HTC warning
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You need to flash super user.
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When I flashed the twrp via fastboot after HTC dev boot unlock and try to reboot into recovery it's just a blank screen after the red HTC warning
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you need to hold the volume down button and power. once you get into the bootscreen choose recovery. This will load up TWRP. Once your in you can gain SU by going to advanced and fixing permissions I believe. Also note when installing custom roms you must do a complete data wipe/cache/dalvik/system or you might have boot loops or no boot at all.
You gain such by flashing su in recovery.
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How do I put su on my one x I have unlocked it. No twrp. I tried s-off but there's no su. Need help
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Flash twrp and use it to install su
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Hey was wondering if anyone could tell me how I (s-off) my device I noticed some ROMs need you to (s-off) device to install them. Can anyone help thanks
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Hey was wondering if anyone could tell me how I (s-off) my device I noticed some ROMs need you to (s-off) device to install them. Can anyone help thanks
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There is currently no way to s-off the HTC One S. Best you can do is bootloader unlock.
My phone is boot load unlocked but I tryed installing vemon ROM but when I install it and reboot it gets stuck on load up for some reason. But on install it says something about being (s-off) I don't understand what its asking for then :/
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Luckily you probably misnoticed that, no One S ROM needs S-Off to install AFAIK.
OK so why does it not boot up when I install the vemon rom? It shows blank black screen...
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OK so why does it not boot up when I install the vemon rom? It shows blank black screen...
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You need to flash the boot.img in fast boot.
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Talk about not reading instructions on how to flash a rom.
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I did that but takes ages to boot up left it a hour and it still on HTC one boot screen..
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I did that but takes ages to boot up left it a hour and it still on HTC one boot screen..
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Did what? Anyways this is a symptom of not flashing the boot.img properly. Do it using fastboot, there is a whole guide on doing this stickied in the development section.
Do like others have said, fastboot boot.img or try using TWRP recovery.
One of the rom threads has a boot.img script. Just replace the boot image on that script folder with yours and run the script.
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Maybe it isn't the boot.img..maybe he chose full wipe in AROMA and it didn't flash. Try flashing by manually full wiping and then not full wiping in AROMA, then it should boot after you fastboot the boot.img.
bootloader says tampered and unlocked. when i use hasoon2000's tool kit an click perm root an then run it just brings up the prompt an says the file directory.
pls help
If you have bl unlocked just fastboot flash a recovery than a Rom....
I followed the directions. I used to do this myself but it's been a long time. A year or two so I used a tool kit but hey if I'm right then cool. So throw a rom in the phone storage an install from there?
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Yep do you need instructions on how to install twrp? (Recovery)
No I did that already.
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I'm just getting off off work an getting this done now. I unlocked bootloader an flashed recovery twrp. What are the steps to flash cyanogen?
Thank you
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I have AOKP on my att HTC. I already flashed the boot IMG manually, if I want to try out CM10 do I have to flash the boot IMG of cm10 again? Also when updating the same ROM is this neccesary again?
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If you are on hboot 1.14, yes you should flash the boot IMG every time you flash a new ROM. Not technically necessary for a ROM update but good to do just in case.
You can always just S-OFF though, then you don't need to worry about it.
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If you are on hboot 1.14, yes you should flash the boot IMG every time you flash a new ROM. Not technically necessary for a ROM update but good to do just in case.
You can always just S-OFF though, then you don't need to worry about it.
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QBking said on his video that getting S off can brick your phone so I am a little weary.
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It is actually a very simple process. All I did was copy and paste the commands from the facepalm method. Worked like a charm. Makes flashing a whole lot easier.
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The only issue i had while getting s-off was the phone being "offline" but a simple unplug and replug fixed that. It was a simple process overall
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I would say the bigger risk is not understanding what s-off is actually doing. Because there's no security checks, if you don't know what you're doing you can easily brick flashing the wrong thing. If you're smart about it, take your time and know what it is your flashing, you shouldn't have any problems.
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Thanks guys I am simply using the Flash GUI app its awesome because it flashes the boot IMG.
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I have been having serious internet problems on my pc. I can never get ruu to finish downloading with out errors. I do have the ota zip file. I'm rooted, super cid and s-off. Is it safe to update that way or should I keep trying to get ruu to download?
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Man! Why do want to ask such hard questions? I know you can install zip from sd but I could not say how safe it would be.
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I was able to when I had S-OFF and the bootloader unlocked. I RUUed to 2.20, then I applied the OTA update from the stock recovery. My phone is still kicking. I tried to get everything back to stock after that, changed to stock CID, wrote the secure flag, and then locked my bootloader. I regret doing that now as I no longer have a root method on 3.18.
That's why I'm hesitant lol I guess ill keep trying for the ruu to download. Unless I can get a 100% positive answer... I tried to dl it with my phone and straight talk just throttled me at about 450 megs so I figured I'd stop before they killed my data connection again. They shut my data off last most for like a week and a half
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I flashed the ota before the ruu was released, and I've been fine. You do have to have stock recovery in place, so you'll have to run the 2.20 ruu first. You can't flash the ota with a custom recovery.
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I flashed the ota before the ruu was released, and I've been fine. You do have to have stock recovery in place, so you'll have to run the 2.20 ruu first. You can't flash the ota with a custom recovery.
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Is stock recovery linked anyplace here? And can I fastboot flash it? Or do I have to ruu to get it back?
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Is stock recovery linked anyplace here? And can I fastboot flash it? Or do I have to ruu to get it back?
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The stock recovery is I'm the ota zip. Recovery or recovery_signed I think it's called
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The stock recovery is I'm the ota zip. Recovery or recovery_signed I think it's called
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Ok found recovery buried deep in ota lol. So just flash via fastboot then install ota? I'm s-off so I won't have to relock?
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31ken31 said:
Ok found recovery buried deep in ota lol. So just flash via fastboot then install ota? I'm s-off so I won't have to relock?
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No need to relock since you're S-OFF, you can flash OTA via Stock recovery. I'm not sure what will happen if you're flashing over a custom rom... I've only ever flashed an OTA over stock ROM myself.
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No need to relock since you're S-OFF, you can flash OTA via Stock recovery. I'm not sure what will happen if you're flashing over a custom rom... I've only ever flashed an OTA over stock ROM myself.
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Oh s**t I didn't even think about that... Good call. I may have had a disater and no choice but to post a oops I f'ed up my phone thread lol I just may hold off till I can get RUU downloaded correctly.
The ota and ruu I think are like 2-3 mb different in size (ota smaller I think) what could be missing? Adb folders maybe?
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Or... Would wiping everything including system in twrp then flashing stock recovery then flashing ota work?
Just off phone with HTC tech support, second teir I guess. The first guy transferred me. Told them I was rooted and all and s-off. Direct from them they told me the ota completly wipes the OS it just retains certain folders for contacts and personal info.
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Should be Ok to run then.
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Should be Ok to run then.
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Well it worked. Got a little worried being it took over a hour to complete the install.
And now I don't have to look at tampered flag anymore. Now for red text removal
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Are there any ways to get stock recovery on my htc one xl evita?So that i can get the ota update for my phone.It is currently in clockwork mod recovery.
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Are there any ways to get stock recovery on my htc one xl evita?So that i can get the ota update for my phone.It is currently in clockwork mod recovery.
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S-off then run ruu
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S-off then run ruu
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^^this
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31ken31 said:
S-off then run ruu
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can you please eloborate
31ken31 said:
S-off then run ruu
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I have stock rom. But its rooted.Supercid is 11111111 and S-OFF.I unrooted it using the unroot option in the superuser.But i need the stock recovery so that i can get the ota update.
All you need to do is run the appropriate RUU for your phone. Look in the resource thread that is a sticky in the Android Development section, you'll find links there.
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While it's easier just to RUU, it is also possible to extract the recovery image from an OTA zip file.
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While it's easier just to RUU, it is also possible to extract the recovery image from an OTA zip file.
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He wants the stock recovery so he can update via the ota. I figured less work to just run the ruu.
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I agree. I just like throwing in alternative solutions for learning purposes. Ruuing is certainly the easiest
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