So which s-off works better / is safer? Moonshine or Facepalm? Never mind, I got the answer to that on another thread.
Also, as far as supercid, would this method be better than this one?
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Hi! Glad to finally be posting on this board that has already helped me so much.
I’m hoping this can be a guide for people who have the same specific aim as me, the solution to which only seems to exist in scattered and uncertain form at present across various discussions. I think it would be good to put it in one place, as it took me a lot of time and searching to work all this out with confidence! Apologies if I was just thick and the info is actually easily available. There's also an important question at the end!
The aim: sim unlocked Desire S that is safe for selling - accepts OTA updates and hopefully safe for warranty.
Ideal solution: XTC Clip. I actually have one. But it wouldn’t work. I’m asking about that in the Raskal forum...
Second solution, confirmed working for me, but with one caveat:
Unlock with revolutionary.io. Now you have sim unlock! Yay! But your hboot is now “SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL HBOOT-6.98.1002”, which I understand may brick your phone if you try an OTA update. Boo. So we need to downgrade the hboot.
I used this nice succinct guide posted by foX2delta, here.
Now the odd thing for me was that I expected this to give me hboot 0.98. So when it didn’t I was VERY confused. What it gives you in fact is “SAGA PVT ENG S-OFF RL HBOOT-6.98.2000”. Note the two subtle differences to what you had before.
Now at this point I'm not sure whether the phone will accept OTA updates. Can anyone comment? To be safe we're going to install an RUU to give a normal hboot.
I went for a 2.3.3 RUU, so that I could test the OTA update. And sure enough it worked! And now I have a Desire S still sim unlocked running 2.3.5 and sense 3.0 and ready to accept the forthcoming 4.0 update if it ever arrives. Hboot is "SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL HBOOT-2.00.0002".
So the only final issue is the S-Off, and here's my question that I can't find an answer for: can we undo the S-Off and keep the sim unlock?
Cheers you knowledge wizards! And of course please correct me if I've committed any fallacies.
Hi!
Revolutionary will unlock SIM on Desire S?
Your s-off should be s-on if you ran the ruu. Unless.the xtc clip did actually work then you will be s-off.forever
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda app-developers app
If by Sim I unlock you mean network unlock then xtc does that but revolutionary doesn't and as started above cycle cannot be reversed.
What is your cid?
Sywepd form my DsereiS
I used revolutionary.io to S-OFF my Desire S and it is still sim locked...
Are you sure your XTC Clip didn't work?
I'm htcdev unlocked, now is it better to downgrade and s-off myself or spend the £14.99 and have it done by xtcclip. I know there is a fair mix of both methods in this forum. What are the pros/cons of each.
Are you sure xtc works on latest bootloader? If not you'll have to downgrade anyway
Sywepd form my DsereiS
Know very little about xtcclip and can't seem to find that much about what it does or how, hence the question.Sorry if it's already in a topic it seems it appears as a lot of answers but can't seem to find a clear topic on the subject.
XTC Clip:
Pros:
forever S-Off, clear SIMLOCK etc, Super CID
Cons:
no OTA's since you have super CID, never ever S-On again, no of warranty anymore
I have an XTC Clip here but have decided that I'll take the downgrad way with revolutionary.io .
Then I had the 7.xx Bootloader, installed CWM Recovery and downgraded it to ENG 2.00.2002 Bootloader.
Everything works fine for me that way.
Ok, last one. If I downgrade will I be able to use existing nandroid backups created or will I have to ditch them
sent from the thing I stab with my finger when I get two minutes
You will only be S-OFF and Super CID, so yes you can use them.
Well I've been considering it as it would also give me SIM free I think. I'm due for upgrade on December and would make it more saleable. So thinking doing the downgrade to enable the clip. Wasn't sure the backup would need the same hboot
sent from the thing I stab with my finger when I get two minutes
That depends on the ROM
if not you can downgrad hboot and flash an ENG hboot 2.00.2002
I've done this after S-OFF'ing with revolutionary as I would keep the CID since im on a HTC CID with no branding.
mmHg intention was to flash the eng hboot, also the new radio
sent from the thing I stab with my finger when I get two minutes
Then you should be able to use you old backups again.
Because you have your old partition layout again.
My friend and I are having problems unlocking his HTC One X. we've tried various tutorials and followed many threads but have had no luck. We've tried the One_X_ATT_All_In_Kit_v2.1.1, Root-one-x and OneXRootOneClick with no luck. The bootloader will not unlock, we kept getting an error code 160 and MID not allowed. So no Unlock_Bin was generated. It has been upgraded to 4.1 via the AT&T update.
Bootloader screen reads:
EVITA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.14.0000
RADIO-0.24p.32.09.06
OpenDSP-V34.1.0.45.1219
eMMC-boot
Nov 26, 2012, 18:37:14:-1
If anybody can point us in the direction of where we can go to root the phone, that'd be great.
Try asking in the Evita forum here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1538
This forum is for the International version (Endevor)
I'm sorry about that, is there anyway a Mod can move this over to that forum? I don't want to create another thread for the same issue
Request sent.
Welcome to the One XL thread!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33189590
[TOOL] HTC One X (Evita) All-In-One Toolkit V2.1.1 [2-1-2013] [PERM ROOT][Noob-Proof]
Here is what you need. If you took the job ota I'm afraid you stuck without root for now. But if you need further assistance let us know?
Sent from my HOX w/CM10.1 4.2.2 s-off
nawarkk said:
HBOOT-2.14.0000
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I'm afraid you're out of luck for now. There is no root method for JB yet.
iElvis said:
I'm afraid you're out of luck for now. There is no root method for JB yet.
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Duh... I all ways forget to look at the specifics
2.14 vs 1.14
Thanks Elvis.
Yea too bad we can't spoof the cid as before.
Sent from my HOX w/CM10.1 4.2.2 s-off
I believe, via the all in one toolkit, we were able to get the CID to change to 111111, but only after a few tries. I'll have to check back with him if it indeed did change.
So what you guys are saying, is unless somebody finds a way to crack JB, there is no way to unlock the bootloader/root?
Is it not possible to run the RUU that would place him back to the android and hboot he had before? (Don't know if it was ICS or what it was)
nawarkk said:
I believe, via the all in one toolkit, we were able to get the CID to change to 111111, but only after a few tries. I'll have to check back with him if it indeed did change.
So what you guys are saying, is unless somebody finds a way to crack JB, there is no way to unlock the bootloader/root?
Is it not possible to run the RUU that would place him back to the android and hboot he had before? (Don't know if it was ICS or what it was)
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Can't run a ruu for older firmware without s-off.
But if you actually achieved supercid, you should be able to unlock, root, and s-off.
Are you positive about that? Because I was able to run an older RUU on my HTC Evo 3d, and got the phone to an older firmware without S-Off..
We'll have to check for sure on the CID and report back when we can.
nawarkk said:
Are you positive about that? Because I was able to run an older RUU on my HTC Evo 3d, and got the phone to an older firmware without S-Off..
We'll have to check for sure on the CID and report back when we can.
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Different phone. Newer ruu's check for hboot versions. Won't work on this one.
Hi.
I am trying to fix my girlfriends phone which I rooted quite a long time ago.
Phone is currently using Venom ROM 3.1.0 and is experiencing a lot of random reboots.
I've read somewhere that upgrading the kernel and radio might be able to solve this, however don't I need to gain S-OFF before I can do either of these two?
Hboot 2.15
Unlocked bootloader
Kernel 3.4.10
Baseband 1.15
Venom ROM 3.1.0
Version (dunno what this is) 4.06.401
In trying to gain S-OFF I've made my way to Ubuntu on a LiveUSB - writing from that right now - Tried out both rumrunner and moonshine S-off methods.
Both unsuccessful.
As far as I can understand to gain S-OFF with facepalm (which is the only method I think there is left) method I need to have superCID, but I have no clue of how to gain superCID..?
If this isn't a possiblity I think the only way to gain S-off is to go back to stock rom and use rumrunner or moonshine.
Since I am not that well known on the HTC One S, could someone point me towards a guide of unrooting the HTC One S?
Thanks!
so i managed to solve my recovery problem. i finally got twrp 2712 onto my device.
bootloader is unlocked
recovery on
superuser on..
hboot 2.15 s-on
i dont remember dealing with supercid when i rooted my old htc incredible.. from what im reading it allows us to use other carrier roms on the device?? im on tmobile and comfortable with that.. is modifying the CID actually necessary? im not planning on receiving any ota's n such.. just want the ability to flash radio's if need be and roms.. If i can skip CId and go to s-off that'd be fine with me, unless its needed for something else.. Will Ibe able to s-off without CID modified? cracking this ****er has been a little bit more difficult the past few phones ive had to do.. thanks much for the help..
As a noob, I installed CM 11 in February without s-off or super-cid (was too afraid to brick my phone). CM works great without s-off, but you need to flash boot.IMG on every update via fastboot.
I did s-off with rumrunner recently without Super-CID. Read my post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56185478<br/>
so in moonshine i was getting nowhere.. i had no inclination that the Yes/No were case sensitive to be executed....
Currently in test 3, mhy 7th row of **********..