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having (what i am now convinced is) a hardware issue with my phone, where it periodically shuts itself down, typically when its idle, although it has happened when i have been using it. Have to do a long press on the thing (around 15-20 seconds), to bring it back to life
Its a Telstra HTC One XL.
phone doesnt seem to be overheating etc.
i have rooted, s-off'd, superCIDd, the thing, so when its booting, i am met with tampered/unlocked in hboot, with the initial HTC splashscreen saying that this build is for dev purposes.
have tried numerous ROMs etc, and am now back on a stock/rooted telstra rom.
Interestingly, the phone never locks up/shuts down when in recovery or fastboot (have left for a good 30 minutes/1 hr)
i am looking for a simple way to revert everything back to its original state, i know that if i simply re-lock the bootloader, it comes up with 'relocked', have looked at some other posts which say that you can use a hex editor to change the hboot text.
i am curious, if i wipe out all the relocked/tampered stuff, and then reflash the stock RUU, will that reset the hboot etc? i think i need to relock to reflash the stock RUU.
i am tempted to just hex edit the hboot stuff, uninstall SuperSU from the phone, and hopefully the repair guys arent that smart and dont look beyond some basic stuff..
the 'this build is for htc dev purposes' might be more difficult to remove...
Telstra wont do a warranty repair on a rooted phone!
if anyone has any ideas to the cause of the shutdowns, troubleshooting suggests, that would be great... there are no weird or wonderful apps installed
First thing is definitely try to RUU. If that doesn't work, I (or someone else) will help you after that.
You can remove the red text on the splash screen pretty easily, here's a link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2156368
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yeah, thats the red text (tampered), will that get overwritten if i relock and then RUU? (i am pretty sure i will need to relock before RUU)
also, whats the standard text on the hboot screen? (if you havent super CIDd)
If you are s-off you don't need to relock to run the RUU.
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ok, so try the RUU, see if that fixes the shutdowns? if it doesnt, use that util to change all the hboot text, and take it back to the shop, and see if they are to dumb to notice?
Yep I think that's the best plan. RUU it and keep running that for a couple of days to see if you have an improvement. If not, it's likely a hardware issue.
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ok, cool, and do you know if i need to re-unlock the bootlader after the RUU? or if i am s-off i can change the hboot text etc?
gjw00 said:
ok, cool, and do you know if i need to re-unlock the bootlader after the RUU? or if i am s-off i can change the hboot text etc?
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There's no need to relock the boot loader if you're s-off. You can change the hboot and some bootloader text using the tool in the Android Development forum for this phone.
Pretty sure its hardware, same after ruu installed. At least now it restarts, usually after shutting off screen or taking off charger. Gonna use that util to change text back to s-on etc, doesn't say tampered, which is cool (must be ruu). What do I need to set to get rod of the cid-1111111 entry in hboot? What is default Telstra text? Hopefully they won't dig too deep.in the repaier shop!!
gjw00 said:
Pretty sure its hardware, same after ruu installed. At least now it restarts, usually after shutting off screen or taking off charger. Gonna use that util to change text back to s-on etc, doesn't say tampered, which is cool (must be ruu). What do I need to set to get rod of the cid-1111111 entry in hboot? What is default Telstra text? Hopefully they won't dig too deep.in the repaier shop!!
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Ok so you'll need to RUU, relock the bootloader, change the text, change the CID, and the last thing you'll want to do is make it s-on.
The fastboot command to change the cid is:
fastboot oem writecid TELST001
I can't remember the command to make it s-on again, Google that, but it s-off be the very last thing you do after all other steps.
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cant i just change all the text, to make it 'look like' its s-off etc?
sorry for all the questions, do i just need s-off to write the hboot text etc?
I don't think you can change the s-off text. I think you can only change the tampered/unlocked/relocked text.
And yes you need s-off to write change that text and to change the CID back.
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thanks for the tips, i think that util changes text to s-off, although it might be better, to set everything back as normal (RUUd/relocked/s-off), at one point i thought that reverting all that stuff was not possible...
cannot get rid of the **RELOCKED** text.. that little util doesnt seem to remove that
Hmm you might be SOL then. Telstra are pretty strict when it comes to this stuff I think. I know Optus are, I used to work for a place did that took care of Optus repairs and warranties.
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managed to do it, now says ***LOCKED***, had to reunlock bootloader for that text to change
Good outcome, got all bootloader text back to standard, put the ruu on. Telstra repaired I within a few days by essentially giving me a brand new phone. All the battery issues (very fast standby drain) are also gone.
2 days in and resisting the temptation to root!
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So I am as excited as everyone else about s-off. Been waiting for awhile, but in the haste of everyone rooting their phone, I haven't been able to find a thread about restoring s-on in case of warranty work. Have I over looked something?
lots of views but no comments. This is from the IRC if interested
<splayer7> sorry if this has been asked, but what about resuming s-on for warranty work?
<hyuh> splayer7: no, not available
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lots of views but no comments. This is from the IRC if interested
<splayer7> sorry if this has been asked, but what about resuming s-on for warranty work?
<hyuh> splayer7: no, not available
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Exactly what has been said. There is no unrooting or S-On restoring at this time. I would just wait if you haven't already. HTC Released their source codes today. Its only a matter of time before an easier root is available with unroot, and S-on.
Was told that we could s-on by running the RUU. Here's a link to some I've found but haven't tested any of this. http://droidangel.blogspot.com/2011/06/htc-sensation-ruushipped-roms-packaged.html
kevinliu2336 said:
Was told that we could s-on by running the RUU. Here's a link to some I've found but haven't tested any of this. http://droidangel.blogspot.com/2011/06/htc-sensation-ruushipped-roms-packaged.html
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do we have any confirmation on this working correctly
Tried it, resets your ROM but doesn't reset s-off
Guys.. There is about a 25% chance at best that HTC will actually check the boot loader status before providing warranty service. Even if you are unlucky and they do, if you make enough noise they might make an exception and let you off the hook. I think that as long as the issue that you are trying to resolve isn't a direct result of s-off or root, it should be fine.
splayer7 said:
So I am as excited as everyone else about s-off. Been waiting for awhile, but in the haste of everyone rooting their phone, I haven't been able to find a thread about restoring s-on in case of warranty work. Have I over looked something?
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Flash an official RUU, and the device will be S-ON! TESTED!
lge73 said:
Flash an official RUU, and the device will be S-ON! TESTED!
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Are you sure man? Somebody else above tested and found the opposite..
If the ruu is left untampered with, the boot image will be replaced with a stock one. Boot image is where your s-off lives. So in theory it should without a doubt work. You just have to make sure the boot image is in the ruu
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If the ruu is left untampered with, the boot image will be replaced with a stock one. Boot image is where your s-off lives. So in theory it should without a doubt work. You just have to make sure the boot image is in the ruu
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I used the rom.zip file included in an untouched RUU, and I checked it includes HBOOT, also saw version change when I went into HBOOT.
It does NOT reset S-OFF back to S-ON.
I dont know if when you flash it reads S-OFF so keeps it, for users who genuinely had S-OFF?
I have personally tested this, and can confirm that using HTC's stock RUU does not return the phone to S-ON. However, it did remove the top area that says revolutionary, so now it appears as though I have a factory S-OFF device
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App
bummer.. I really hope there is a way to reverse s-off, just in case. but then again, I do have insurance so I guess I could say it was 'stolen' if I really need to get it replaced
prank1 said:
For those worrying about warranty issues..
You can try flashing the correct RUU for your phone.
IF that doesn't get rid of -revolutionary- s-off, then you can flash the ENG HBOOT (which gets rid of -revolutionary- but gives you ENG S-OFF) then you can flash the correct RUU for your region (which will definitely get rid of ENG S-OFF, and make you official stock HBOOT S-ON)
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Try flashing ENG HBOOT, then the RUU afterwards.
I am going to try to get my phone back to S-ON now, just to test everything
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Hmm, very odd indeed, after flashing the RUU I have 'stock' Radio S-OFF (no -Revolutionary-) , I tried fastboot oem write secuflag 1 and fastboot oem writecid HTC__001 but I am still Radio S-OFF.
Just so people know, flashing full RUUs, even HBOOTs do NOT get rid of Radio S-OFF. Thats why it is favored by people, it can only be turned S-ON specifically by tools which may be released for the Sensation in the near future. I thought these tools only sent the commands that I tried to change the Radio security status. It would appear not.
However
There is no need to worry, Radio S-OFF probably won't void your warranty (if you sent it to a HTC repair center), as long as you have the correct CID and ROM installed you should be fine.
If I remember correctly, with the past Android phones, some people randomly got S-OFF (like sensation users did) out of the box. The HTC repair center didn't care. They don't like custom ROMs, custom HBOOTs, rooted ROMs, etc
I currently have an unlocked boot-loader, with clean-rom 4.2. I'm beginning to think my phones battery is bad (haven't done all my testing yet). I have an extended warranty with best-buy (basically they take it back in any condition). I want to revert the phone back to stock and remove the splash screen when I start the phone that say's basically "this is an experimental build......". I would also like to re-lock the boot-loader just to be safe. Any help would be awesome, I also have Mac, not sure if it's harder to do it on one or not.
You will want to first relock your bootloader, then use RUU to get back to stock. JeepFreek has written a nice tutorial on how to use RUU on a mac.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668156
Your bootloader will say "Relocked" instead of "Locked". There is nothing that can be done about that until S-Off is achieved.
nerk69 said:
You will want to first relock your bootloader, then use RUU to get back to stock. JeepFreek has written a nice tutorial on how to use RUU on a mac.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668156
Your bootloader will say "Relocked" instead of "Locked". There is nothing that can be done about that until S-Off is achieved.
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Yeah i saw that post earlier, I already have a similar program to Virtual box and am just gonna use that. I looked up how to relock the bootloader and i know it will say re-locked. But for a technichan to see that they would have to go into the bootloader. My main concern is that when i boot the phone normaly i get the htc splash screen with red words underneath that basicly say, that this is a test version of android. I'm not sure if thats just because of my custom rom or not.
kyleallen5000 said:
My main concern is that when i boot the phone normaly i get the htc splash screen with red words underneath that basicly say, that this is a test version of android. I'm not sure if thats just because of my custom rom or not.
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Those just appear when you have an unofficial boot image (which now gets flashed with custom ROMs once the devs figured out how to do it). I think the red text will be gone when you RUU and the boot image goes back to stock.
Okay thank you, like I said. I wont be trying any of this stuff till im sure my battery is faulty, but if i determine it is I will give these steps a try.
Thanks again
You'll never get rid of the "***RELOCKED***" text in hboot.
I have an HTC One X with 3.18 firmware that is rooted, SuperCID, S-OFF and unlocked. I want to return it to stock, unroot and re-lock - basically I want to get it as close to stock as possible.
I made a backup of the stock ROM prior to flashing a custom ROM onto it, so I was able to restore that.
So here is how I assume I need to go about this:
unroot - not sure how to do this, I can't RUU 3.18 can I? I'm downloading the stock OTA right now just in case.
set the bootloader back to "locked" using this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2168578
Is this correct? Do I need to undo the SuperCID? Is it possible to undo the S-OFF?
Why are you returning it to stock?
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Why are you returning it to stock?
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It's a work phone. My bosses didn't care about me rooting it, but I will need to return it eventually to exchange it for another phone and it needs to be stock in case another employee gets it.
See the problem with that is, you've rendered it to a state whereby, if you relock and S-ON and the next person who uses it runs into an issue and wants to RUU or an update comes out, the phone will brick.
But yes, essentially, you're on the right track, RUU, to change CID back "fastboot oem writecid CWS__001" Then, I can't recall how to get Security flag back to S-ON but it is mentioned on this forum, I just don't have time to look for it, being at work.
Then you can relock
But just remember that if the next person RUUs or updates they will certainly brick. I would never root a company phone, for future reference.
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See the problem with that is, you've rendered it to a state whereby, if you relock and S-ON and the next person who uses it runs into an issue and wants to RUU or an update comes out, the phone will brick.
But yes, essentially, you're on the right track, RUU, to change CID back "fastboot oem writecid CWS__001" Then, I can't recall how to get Security flag back to S-ON but it is mentioned on this forum, I just don't have time to look for it, being at work.
Then you can relock
But just remember that if the next person RUUs or updates they will certainly brick. I would never root a company phone, for future reference.
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Ah, gotcha. I didn't know that would happen when I unlocked and rooted - thought I had read everything I needed to about it prior to rooting, but I guess I missed that.
I guess I could just RUU, change the CID back, but leave it as S-OFF. That would keep it from getting bricked, right? The chances of it being an issue would be pretty slim I imagine.
Yes but then you also leave a big security hole open aswell.
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exad said:
Yes but then you also leave a big security hole open aswell.
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So there's really no way to return it back to stock? That's kind of a bummer...
So I'm currently returning my phone to stock.
In some steps for returning the phone to stock I've seen them tell you to lock the bootloader prior to flashing the RUU. This doesn't sound right to me but I wanted to check. Here are the steps I'll be taking:
1. Change CID back to stock - fastboot oem writecid CWS__001
2. flash RUU
3. Lock the bootloader - fastboot oem lock
4. Set it to s-on - fastboot oem writesecureflag 3
In some sets of instructions I've seen steps 2 and 3 switched around. I just want to make sure I get these in the right order.
kimboinatl said:
So I'm currently returning my phone to stock.
In some steps for returning the phone to stock I've seen them tell you to lock the bootloader prior to flashing the RUU. This doesn't sound right to me but I wanted to check. Here are the steps I'll be taking:
1. Change CID back to stock - fastboot oem writecid CWS__001
2. flash RUU
3. Lock the bootloader - fastboot oem lock
4. Set it to s-on - fastboot oem writesecureflag 3
In some sets of instructions I've seen steps 2 and 3 switched around. I just want to make sure I get these in the right order.
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Sometimes the ruu fails if your bootloader is locked, but if it works, then you can lock it afterwards. It should work fine since you're s-off. Also, being s-off doesn't (shouldn't) void any warranties, so that step isn't necessarily required.
RollTribe said:
Sometimes the ruu fails if your bootloader is locked, but if it works, then you can lock it afterwards. It should work fine since you're s-off. Also, being s-off doesn't (shouldn't) void any warranties, so that step isn't necessarily required.
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Excellent, so I can just RUU and then lock. I think I may just leave it as s-off - I'm leaving a security hole, but my main concern is just getting it back to stock without root.
Also just to confirm, the RUU will set recovery back to stock as well, right?
EDIT: Crap, just realized my tampered flag is still on. The RUU doesn't fix this, right? Guess I need to remove this first.
kimboinatl said:
Excellent, so I can just RUU and then lock. I think I may just leave it as s-off - I'm leaving a security hole, but my main concern is just getting it back to stock without root.
Also just to confirm, the RUU will set recovery back to stock as well, right?
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Yessir. Everything should be back to stock except your CID (use the writeCID command), your bootloader (fastboot oem relock), and your s-off which you can leave as is.
Edit: it should remove the tampered flag. It did when I ruu'ed. Which ruu are you running?
RollTribe said:
Yessir. Everything should be back to stock except your CID (use the writeCID command), your bootloader (fastboot oem relock), and your s-off which you can leave as is.
Edit: it should remove the tampered flag. It did when I ruu'ed. Which ruu are you running?
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I'm using the 3.18 RUU (RUU_EVITA_UL_JB_45_S_Cingular_US_3.18.502.6_Radio_0.24p.32.09.06_10.130.32.34_release_signed.exe).
I found a thread that has instructions on changing RELOCKED to LOCKED here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2168578&highlight=lock+status+flag
Do I need to do this? My understanding is that it will forever say "RELOCKED" unless I actually set it back myself somehow, but would an RUU do this for me?
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I'm using the 3.18 RUU (RUU_EVITA_UL_JB_45_S_Cingular_US_3.18.502.6_Radio_0.24p.32.09.06_10.130.32.34_release_signed.exe).
I found a thread that has instructions on changing RELOCKED to LOCKED here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2168578&highlight=lock+status+flag
Do I need to do this? My understanding is that it will forever say "RELOCKED" unless I actually set it back myself somehow, but would an RUU do this for me?
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When I ruu'd it set it back to locked
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31ken31 said:
When I ruu'd it set it back to locked
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Really? RUU shouldn't have an effect on the LOCKED flag.
31ken31 said:
When I ruu'd it set it back to locked
Sent from my HTC One XL using xda premium
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Are you sure? If so, did you happen to have s-off when you did this?
Yes and supercid
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Are you sure? If so, did you happen to have s-off when you did this?
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If he didn't (have s-off) he would have bricked.
I am also curious about this. If the combo of S-off and RELOCKED and RUU results in LOCKED, than its the first I've heard of it.
Running the RUU and UNLOCKED, I can say first hand, the result is that it still says UNLOCKED.
I went ahead and used the method here to set it back to LOCKED:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2168578&page=3
I set the CID back to original, relocked the bootloader, set it to LOCKED with the above method, and did the RUU. Everything is now back to stock except for the s-off. I seriously doubt they'll look for it or even care really.
31ken31, I probably would have just tried what you did if this wasn't a work phone, I just didn't want to risk it.
Thanks to everyone for the help!
kimboinatl said:
the CID back to original, relocked the bootloader, set it to LOCKED with the above method, and did the RUU. Everything is now back to stock except for the s-off. I seriously doubt they'll look for it or even care really.
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Or have any idea what S-off even means, for that matter.
And a few folks have randomly received S-off devices from the factory. So you can conceivably just claim "It was like that when I got it", if they happen to ask about it.
redpoint73 said:
Or have any idea what S-off even means, for that matter.
And a few folks have randomly received S-off devices from the factory. So you can conceivably just claim "It was like that when I got it", if they happen to ask about it.
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Yes on both counts
I could have also claimed that I got one with super CID, I think I've read that it happens sometimes, but it was easy enough to change back so hey, why not.
I'll really miss having root though. It makes things so much better.
I finally got S-Off, and thought life was good. Installed the newest MagioRom (I had a much older version), but now the phone just hangs. The ROM attempts to load, goes through its splash screen, then the screen turns white with a green HTC in the center, and the buttons light up. After about a minute, the screen will darken. The screen buttons will make the phone vibrate, but they don't do anything. Occasionally, between the splash screen and the white screen, the taskbar will appear at the top. The phone shows no signal, but trying to pull the bar down does nothing. The ROM was a clean install with a full wipe. The power button will bring up the power menu, but selecting anything gets stuck and I have to do a hard reset. I powered it down through the bootloader. Any ideas?
I'm S-off (finally), CID 11111111, HBoot 2.16.0000 and radio 1.20.50.05.16
EDIT: And just found that the sdcard won't mount.
Here is a link to fix your sd-card:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459&page=36
mannte said:
Here is a link to fix your sd-card
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Thats what I was thinking it was. It did get worse before it got better. Trying to pull out of it gave the phone a bootloop at the white HTC screen. I finally quit trying to fix it per all the unmounted sdcard threads and tried an RUU. It boots now, but hangs as it is trying to load the sdcard. The OEM recovery can't see it either. I've even done the clear storage and factory reset in the bootloader to see if it would help. The only thing that I have got out of it is losing my "tampered" warning at the top.
Could my sdcard be dead?
It's not very likely that your sd-card is dead because it is just a partition, so if your sdcard is dead your phone probably wouldn't work at all.
Normally I should say that it would be a firmware, partition problem or a bad flash but the RUU should have fixed that.
I have two question if the answers are both yes than i have no other idea's and would advise you to return it for warranty and hope for the best.
1. Did you run an signed RUU.exe file. The filename should look like something like this: RUU_Ville_U_JB_45_S_HTC_Europe_3.16.401.8_Radio_1.11.50.05.28_10.27.50.08L_release_301814_signed_2_4.exe
2. Did the RUU run without any errors?
You could also try to run the RUU one's more or try another RUU, you should get the right one matching provider and country/region.
Here is a list of RUU's for the htc one s:
http://www.androidruu.com/index.php?developer=Ville
One last thing did you change your CID, that is also known to cause problems.
If you want to return it for warranty then I wrote a guide how to get your phone completely back to stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606312
You could also just relock it and then return it but they maybe let you pay then.
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1. Did you run an signed RUU.exe file. The filename should look like something like this: RUU_Ville_U_JB_45_S_HTC_Europe_3.16.401.8_Radio_1.11.50.05.28_10.27.50.08L_release_301814_signed_2_4.exe
2. Did the RUU run without any errors?
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I ran: RUU_Ville_U_TMOUS_1.84.531.2_R2_Radio_0.16.31501S.16_2_10.22.31501S.10L_release_263233_signed.exe
It ran without any problems.
mannte said:
Here is a list of RUU's for the htc one s:
http://www.androidruu.com/index.php?developer=Ville
One last thing did you change your CID, that is also known to cause problems.
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That is where I picked this RUU up from.
I am CID: 11111111
mannte said:
If you want to return it for warranty then I wrote a guide how to get your phone completely back to stock:
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I doubt it even still has one, I bought it a week after it made it to the US market.
I ran: RUU_Ville_U_TMOUS_1.84.531.2_R2_Radio_0.16.31501S.16_2_10.22.31501S.10L_release_263233_signed.exe
It ran without any problems.
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Try this RUU it's a newer version:
http://www.androidruu.com/getdownlo..._10.30.50.08L_release_309489_signed_ICS_2.exe
I am CID: 11111111
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If you're still S-OFF, try changing your CID back to the original, it's probably: T-MOB010
You can change your CID by typing: 'fastboot oem writecid yourCIDnumber' when you are in fastboot mode.
You can also use one of the HTC One S toolkits like Hasoon200 toolkit or the toolkit form squabbi.
I doubt it even still has one, I bought it a week after it made it to the US market.
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In Europe you get 2 year's of warranty (In some countries even without a receipt), I don't know the US rules though.
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why my one s usually have some reboot????????
I've had the misfortune of my phone falling out of my pocket today and getting chipped on the HTC bar. I plan to use the HTC Advantage plan to get a replacement phone (first) then ship my old (current) one in because I literally CANNOT live without a phone for 10 days +. My question resides in am I going to have to revert this fully to stock? Like S-ON, Bootloader locked?? CID to VZW_000_1 or whatever it is? What all will I have to do to ship this in and not risk them turning the $600 hold on my account to a $600 charge?
& a lesson to everyone else on here, when someone tells you safety over looks, you better take it. I was stupid enough to do something I knew was stupid and used a cool case over the bulky safe Otterbox and now I'm sitting here upset over not only my phone being messed up, BUT my stupidity of not listening to anyone when they told me I should be using my Otterbox on my $500 investment.
Edit: Ugh I must be just completely idiotic today to not notice this either but just there's knocks in the top of the phone too. =_=
Yes, definitely set it back to stock. No reason not to.
brandogg said:
Yes, definitely set it back to stock. No reason not to.
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What do you consider stock? Doing an RUU and wiping EVERYTHING or doing an RUU and going S-ON/B-Locked?
I'm not very confident with attempting S-ON which is why I'm asking this lol.
I don't have any experience with HTC so I can't say based on anything, but I would do S-on if it was me. Definitely wait for some second opinions though...I can't imagine S-on is any harder than S-off.
Please don't go S-ON after going S-OFF... You have a large chance of destroying you phone.. being stuck in fastboot with a tampered flagged, locked bootloader and S-ON. Pretty much unsavable if you are on Verizon. Just restore a stock nandroid or do the RUU and flash stock recovery, then set the **unlocked** flag back to **locked**
Phones from HTC sometimes come already S-OFF. They really don't care. Just as long as you don't have a tampered flag and reset the **locked** banner.
Sent from my HTC One M8 Running Insert Coin. S-OFF.
pball52998 said:
Please don't go S-ON after going S-OFF... You have a large chance of destroying you phone.. being stuck in fastboot with a tampered flagged, locked bootloader and S-ON. Pretty much unsavable if you are on Verizon. Just restore a stock nandroid or do the RUU and flash stock recovery, then set the **unlocked** flag back to **locked**
Phones from HTC sometimes come already S-OFF. They really don't care. Just as long as you don't have a tampered flag and reset the **locked** banner.
Sent from my HTC One M8 Running Insert Coin. S-OFF.
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How would I set the **unlocked** flag to **locked** without actually locking it? Also I'll go with the RUU and do this/everything else thats been suggested before I send it to them.
S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
How would I set the **unlocked** flag to **locked** without actually locking it? Also I'll go with the RUU and do this/everything else thats been suggested before I send it to them.
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It's a command entered in through either a cmd prompt, terminal, or terminal emulator on the phone. Root is required. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708571 it's pretty simple so basically, flash the RUU (prerooted) then, go to that website ^^ run those commands. It will reset your **unlocked** flag to **locked** but I beg you, do NOT go S-ON. Since you're Verizon you shouldn't have a tampered flag
If you need more explanations feel free to PM me.
Sent from my HTC One Running Insert Coin. S-OFF.