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[Q] How to update to latest HBOOT with S-off

With S-off achieved, it seems like it would be worthwhile to bring everything up to the latest version. Is it possible to just push 2.14 to your phone without relocking or any of that jazz?

Why would you want the latest hboot? It offers nothing useful.
Now the 2.14 users can downgrade firmware to get rid of the touch panel junk

mirGantrophy said:
Why would you want the latest hboot? It offers nothing useful.]
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Well, that was my unstated question: Is there any reason to do it? I guess the answer is no.

iElvis said:
Well, that was my unstated question: Is there any reason to do it? I guess the answer is no.
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well s-off turns off security.. so 1.14 users have no reason to downgrade, but 2.14 users can downgrade and then RUU downgrade to fix the touch screen issue

Grim what happened to your pink hair?
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area51avenger said:
Grim what happened to your pink hair?
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Same place where my hox is going.

mirGantrophy said:
well s-off turns off security.. so 1.14 users have no reason to downgrade, but 2.14 users can downgrade and then RUU downgrade to fix the touch screen issue
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Why do we have no reason to downgrade?
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dethpikil said:
Why do we have no reason to downgrade?
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because 1.14 and 2.14 hboot prevented kernel/radio flashing in recovery.. with s-off, every partition is unlocked with no write protection.. so now you can flash in recovery on any hboot

mirGantrophy said:
because 1.14 and 2.14 hboot prevented kernel/radio flashing in recovery.. with s-off, every partition is unlocked with no write protection.. so now you can flash in recovery on any hboot
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Wait, I don't have to do anything special apart from achieving soff to avoid flashing the bootimg separately? Or do you mean that it's now possible, but waiting on a near future fix?
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dethpikil said:
Wait, I don't have to do anything special apart from achieving soff to avoid flashing the bootimg separately? Or do you mean that it's now possible, but waiting on a near future fix?
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if you are s-off at this very moment... you can flash any rom right now, and will NOT have to worry about the boot.img.. except hboot 2.14, they have a few extra steps
say bye bye to fastboot and flashgui

iElvis said:
With S-off achieved, it seems like it would be worthwhile to bring everything up to the latest version. Is it possible to just push 2.14 to your phone without relocking or any of that jazz?
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Would be a good idea to try the updated firmware and see if it makes any diff/
At least for the ones that dont use aosp roms.

InflatedTitan said:
if you are s-off at this very moment... you can flash any rom right now, and will NOT have to worry about the boot.img.. except hboot 2.14, they have a few extra steps
say bye bye to fastboot and flashgui
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What extra steps are needed with 2.14?
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majortaylor said:
What extra steps are needed with 2.14?
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none if s-off

I thought touchscreen didn't work with aosp when on 2.14? Soff fixes this also? If so I think ima update the sh¡t out of this phone
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InflatedTitan said:
I thought touchscreen didn't work with aosp when on 2.14? Soff fixes this also? If so I think ima update the sh¡t out of this phone
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no.. the hboot has nothing to do with the touch screen. that's the firmware from something else

So if I ruu.... I Take the highest update, keep s-off, fastboot twrp and flash roms no problems?
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InflatedTitan said:
So if I ruu.... I Take the highest update, keep s-off, fastboot twrp and flash roms no problems?
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Yeah,
but which ruu with the latest firmware?
I dont think there's any available.

I'm on 1.85, hboot 1.09..
I was just gonna run the 1.85 ruu... Take the 2.20 ota (or whichever one is most recent)
Once I'm updated, since I'm s-off, I figure I could easily fastboot twrp recovery... Flash rooted Rom.
Any objections? This is my first s-off device so I'm a noob
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InflatedTitan said:
So if I ruu.... I Take the highest update, keep s-off, fastboot twrp and flash roms no problems?
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if you RUU to the JB update you WONT have touchscreen on AOSP. doesnt matter if you are s-off

mirGantrophy said:
if you RUU to the JB update you WONT have touchscreen on AOSP. doesnt matter if you are s-off
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Well damn Grimm you just said a few posts back it didn't matter!!! Haha ima stay put, I'm too confused so I'll play it safe
Anyway I'm on att, so I wouldnt recieve the JB ota right?
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S-Off modelid question

Downloaded the PJ8312000-OneX.zip for s-off. When I checked model I.D. by typing " adb shell getprop ro.aa.modelid" I recieved PJ8310000. I have an at&t one x evita running ViperXL 3.2.6. HBoot-1.14.0002. Does anyone know where I can find the right onexzip for s-off?
Thanks in advance.

Don't worry about it. That file will work. I had the same situation and s-off'd just fine.

Really? This question was asked and answered 10 times in the first few pages of the s off thread
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I read through the pages. Only two or three confirmed it works. I do not do anything to my phone without complete clarity. Elvis was nice enough to give me confirmation and not troll the thread. This is the question and answer section. I was polite and asked a question. No need to attack someone. I just don't want to be back on here beging for s- off help. There is enough of that already.
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Fair enough I retract my assholeness
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No harm done lol.
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I have no dog so sumtimes when I get home from wrk instead of kicking dog I look for people who didn't follow instructions and let them have it...lol jk
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iElvis said:
Don't worry about it. That file will work. I had the same situation and s-off'd just fine.
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S-Off achieved easily enough. Only thing I have noticed is that it has changed my hboot from 1.14 to 2.14. Is this something I should be concerned about before I go on a flashing spree?
AT&T HTC OneX S-OFF H-Boot 2.14
ViperXL 3.2.6 Elemental

no wont be problem

Venomtester said:
S-Off achieved easily enough. Only thing I have noticed is that it has changed my hboot from 1.14 to 2.14. Is this something I should be concerned about before I go on a flashing spree?
AT&T HTC OneX S-OFF H-Boot 2.14
ViperXL 3.2.6 Elemental
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Once you're s-off, you're free. All security checks are turned off.

Any benefit on 2.14 hboot I'm soff on 1.09
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None that I can see yet. It changed hboot when I used s- off. I am going to give it a day or two to see if there's any issues but viper seems to be a lot more responsive.
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I really need some help with HTC One XL

I bought this phone outright, and I don't like the Telstra network so I put an Optus SIM in. Which works just fine, however I now have an issue which may or may not be related. I have unlocked my bootloader, and have obtained root. I cannot get s-off however, tried all the methods in this forum. And when I try to install a new Rom, such as cm10 and all nightly versions, venom viper, and all other Roms I have tried I cannot get passed the start up logo (or I just get a pure black screen). Yes I have waited and waited for extended periods of time but it won't load. No I'm not new to rooted phones, and have followed all insructions properly. Pls help me, I really hate all the Telstra bloatware on my phone.
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you have to fastboot flash the boot.img when you are s-on

Only problem is I used that stupid one xl one click toolbox for my root. Which has completely stuffed me up.I should have done it the hard way like I did with my incredible s. I just got lazy. Don't suppose you know how to get s-off, without the one click fixes. Unfortunately they arnt working on this phone to acheive s-off
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pretty sure you need supercid to s-off here is the s-off thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155071
and how to get supercid on non att
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2212737

Thank you will give it a try tomorrow.
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your welcome

jerrycoffman45 said:
you have to fastboot flash the boot.img when you are s-on
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Not necessarily. It depends on your hboot version I believe.
I've never had to flash the boot image and I haven't done s-off.
@OP - did you need to s-off for any specific reason? You don't need to do this to flash a custom ROM. It's not required unless you want to reove the tampered text from the boot loader.

It makes life easier to have s-off. Besides I have issues with not having full access to something I have bought outright....lol
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I s-off'd my HOXL because it makes it much safer from my own boneheaded mistakes. If I had done something silly like flashing the OTA RUU then I wouldn't be completely screwed.
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Sending phone in for repair

The microphone is broken on my phone and I got to send it in for repair. I was wondering whether there is anything more that I have to do besides a RUU to return the phone back to a completely stock state before I send it in? Im s-off running viper xl with a custom boot splash and radio and super cid.

ImagioX1 said:
The microphone is broken on my phone and I got to send it in for repair. I was wondering whether there is anything more that I have to do besides a RUU to return the phone back to a completely stock state before I send it in? Im s-off running viper xl with a custom boot splash and radio and super cid.
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Hey bro. Are u sending it to htc for repair? Or verizon? I would assume htc, since it is a "repair". If so, then u really dont need to return it to stock. They dont care unless its something software related, but since its hardware, u should b good. After u run the ruu, u should b stock anyways, no?
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zounduser said:
Hey bro. Are u sending it to htc for repair? Or verizon? I would assume htc, since it is a "repair". If so, then u really dont need to return it to stock. They dont care unless its something software related, but since its hardware, u should b good. After u run the ruu, u should b stock anyways, no?
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Almost stock will still be s-off and will have supercid unless he writes it back to stock in fastboot
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zounduser said:
Hey bro. Are u sending it to htc for repair? Or verizon? I would assume htc, since it is a "repair". If so, then u really dont need to return it to stock. They dont care unless its something software related, but since its hardware, u should b good. After u run the ruu, u should b stock anyways, no?
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Yeah I'm sending it in to HTC for warranty. I didn't know if the saw something like relocked in the bootloader whether they would automatically say it isn't under warranty anymore.
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ImagioX1 said:
Yeah I'm sending it in to HTC for warranty. I didn't know if the saw something like relocked in the bootloader whether they would automatically say it isn't under warranty anymore.
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If its hardware related I don't think they would care being u didn't screw the phone up.
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31ken31 said:
If its hardware related I don't think they would care being u didn't screw the phone up.
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You would think incorrectly. HTC reserves to right, and has, voided warranties for flashing custom ROMs.
Its been discussed on the "international" One X forum, that some folks have had warranty claims denied due to having ever flashed a custom ROM, despite returning to stock. Apparently, they still have some way to tell, even if you RUU to stock. Although they will honor the warranty if the bootloader is unlocked, but a custom ROM never installed. Inconsistent and a bit strange.
But HTC warranty service probably varies a bit by region. So its at least worth a try.

redpoint73 said:
You would think incorrectly. HTC reserves to right, and has, voided warranties for flashing custom ROMs.
Its been discussed on the "international" One X forum, that some folks have had warranty claims denied due to having ever flashed a custom ROM, despite returning to stock. Apparently, they still have some way to tell, even if you RUU to stock. Although they will honor the warranty if the bootloader is unlocked, but a custom ROM never installed. Inconsistent and a bit strange.
But HTC warranty service probably varies a bit by region. So its at least worth a try.
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Well, from my experiance, ive had all hardware problems. I sent a device s-off but with a stock rom. Had no problems. Probably a good general rule though, to return to stock.
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Why take chances? Flash back to stock and s-on. Why give the over-worked, under-paid factory repair tech a reason to deny warranty repair on your borked phone?

zounduser said:
Well, from my experiance, ive had all hardware problems. I sent a device s-off but with a stock rom. Had no problems. Probably a good general rule though, to return to stock.
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Good to know, thanks.
Most folks on here in the US seem to send their phones to AT&T (which seem to be pretty lenient). So its good to hear a report regarding HTC US.
Everywhere else I've read, HTC can be pretty brutal.

redpoint73 said:
Good to know, thanks.
Most folks on here in the US seem to send their phones to AT&T (which seem to be pretty lenient). So its good to hear a report regarding HTC US.
Everywhere else I've read, HTC can be pretty brutal.
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Ya bro, ive had all positive experiances with HTC. Im on my third replacement DNA from them. All free replacements. One cracked screen, one bricked, wouldnt take a charge, or boot, and this 3rd, which im waiting on right now as a matter of fact. fed ex should b here any moment. It had a blue blotch, or "smudge, within the screen. But all of them i had absolutely no problems getting them warranted out.
If they get a phone which is s-off, for all they know, they sent out a dev phone on accident. Ive seen it numerous times.
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Flashing a custom rom can cause some hardware issues, so I can understand why HTC wouldn't warrant it.
If I was returning to HTC, I would change the CID back and RUU but leave bootloader unlocked and S-OFF, this way, if they decide to update the software to the latest, you can still flash and whatnot.

I thought you had to relock to run the ruu?
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ImagioX1 said:
I thought you had to relock to run the ruu?
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Ha. Are you trying to piss off exad?

ImagioX1 said:
I thought you had to relock to run the ruu?
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If you're S-OFF you don't need to relock to run an RUU and since S-OFF doesn't actually give full access on the oneXL without an unlocked bootloader, best to just leave them both.

exad said:
If you're S-OFF you don't need to relock to run an RUU and since S-OFF doesn't actually give full access on the oneXL without an unlocked bootloader, best to just leave them both.
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Oh ok. I didn't know that. Probably be sending it off tomorrow. Hopefully I'll have it back in a week.
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I hope u do too. My latest repair took 22 days. They messed up on the serial #, and closed my repair ticket once by mistake. Lol. But in the end, i received a brand new device, with rootable firmware. And my prior repairs both took under a week.
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One more question. How do I get my cid back to stock? I looked through the stickies and all and didn't see an answer?

ImagioX1 said:
One more question. How do I get my cid back to stock? I looked through the stickies and all and didn't see an answer?
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With fastboot. Not sure 100% but something to the effect of fastboot write cid.... Gotta be s-off though..
I think the info on it is in the modifed no red text hboot thread ill look and post link soon
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Fastboot oem writecid whatever your Cid was.
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exad said:
Fastboot oem writecid whatever your Cid was.
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Don't remember ever knowing what it was lol. Guess I'll have to keep supercid.
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Help with unrooting and return to stock

Hi I have a custom recovery and a rooted phone
I have a twrp back up and am using the ROM that came with the phone but it is rooted
With mine being an Asia htc006 there is no up to date ruu which I can download and run
So I need to get this back to stock another way
Thanks in advance
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emu123 said:
Hi I have a custom recovery and a rooted phone
I have a twrp back up and am using the ROM that came with the phone but it is rooted
With mine being an Asia htc006 there is no up to date ruu which I can download and run
So I need to get this back to stock another way
Thanks in advance
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S-OFF then run an older RUU if there's no RUU with the latest software.

Having a really hard time trying to get super cid
Every method I have tried has failed
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emu123 said:
Having a really hard time trying to get super cid
Every method I have tried has failed
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Hmm.. I will use my psychic powers to figure out how to fix your issue!
Or you could just tell me some more information.. Hboot, software version, what method are you trying and what exactly is happeneing?

i am currently running viper rom and h boot 2,14 and i am s on
and have super su installed
tried this method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317536
i wonder if the issue is sd card related as google music isnt seeing my music stored on the phone where as the stock player is
when trying to do the super cid its like its cant write to the phone memory

screenshot here

That's awfully small can you make it bigger
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31ken31 said:
That's awfully small can you make it bigger
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if you click on it it takes you to the full size image

emu123 said:
i am currently running viper rom and h boot 2,14 and i am s on
and have super su installed
tried this method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317536
i wonder if the issue is sd card related as google music isnt seeing my music stored on the phone where as the stock player is
when trying to do the super cid its like its cant write to the phone memory
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That method won't work with S-on on 2.14 hboot lol
Whoever made that post should have made that clear.
In any case 2.14 has write protection, stopping you from writting the CID and the exploit for 3.18 doesn't work for non-at&T phones.
You would need to make a linux boot disk and run JET tool to downgrade your hboot and then Super CID, then S-OFF then RUU.
Also, that method is for the HTC ONE and you are in EVITA one xl forums... what phone do you have? You're all over the place -_-

Sorry
It is the evita I have
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emu123 said:
Sorry
It is the evita I have
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2349919
Start from step 5 onward since you already have an unlocked bootloader and Su.

exad said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2349919
Start from step 5 onward since you already have an unlocked bootloader and Su.
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hi
followed the steps from 5 and now my phone got stuck at waiting for device cannot find emmc partions when using linux
i was using a pclinux live 32 bit and everything seemed to be going fine until it tried to wake up the device
now it looks like im stuck in qhsusb_dload mode in windows
cant get the phone to turn on at all now

It's a brick. Sorry Jtagg or HTC
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exad said:
It's a brick. Sorry Jtagg or HTC
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i loaded ubuntu on earlier and tried to use the evita unbrick
it can see the phone connected to the computer but i just cant seem to write back the files to it
am i completley wasting my time?

emu123 said:
i loaded ubuntu on earlier and tried to use the evita unbrick
it can see the phone connected to the computer but i just cant seem to write back the files to it
am i completley wasting my time?
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if you can't enumerate partitions you're toast...:crying:

Crappyvate said:
if you can't enumerate partitions you're toast...:crying:
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Yeah unfortunately that's the case. Either send to htc to have the motherboard replaced for a couple hundred bucks, or get a jtag repair done for much less.
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timmaaa said:
Yeah unfortunately that's the case. Either send to htc to have the motherboard replaced for a couple hundred bucks, or get a jtag repair done for much less.
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anybody do a jtag repair in the uk?

Google is your friend.
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timmaaa said:
Google is your friend.
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you're tough... http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk/cable_..._Repair_Service_(mail_in_repair_service).html

looks like i will go down this route
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Boot-Repa...K_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item3383bc4ea1