Sorry for the repost but I have waited almost a month now with no response... Anyways I successfully changed my father's phone from a Telus HTC One Sense to the Google Play Edition. I even changed the id so it matched the google play edition GOOGL001. I managed to get S-ON and remove the root and even update his now google play edition phone OTA. Sooo the phone even thinks it is the google play edition. The only problem remains we can't lock it. We can get it to say relocked with the fastboot oem lock command but then his phone will come up on the screen saying tampered and relocked and you can't boot the device to the main screen.
So we need it to say locked not relocked. At the moment it is unlocked. Now I was following a youtube video and it told me to use revone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314582 BUT it does not support the version of HBoot on my father's phone (whatever that is lol)... So yeah is there any way to lock his phone while keeping S-ON and the google play edition operating system on it without the root with Hboot 1.54???
If not I guess we will have to leave it at unlocked... Thanks!
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This is my first post here, and I'm hoping somebody could help me with some questions I have.
I have recently bought a "new" HTC one s on ebay, which may seem to have been a bad idea. I have later discovered that it is not a z520e (snapdragon s4), but the cheaper z560e (snapdragon s3) version, or villec2 running android 4.0.3.
Anyway, I have tried to upgrade the phone to the latest android version, using the built in phone function. However, this did not work and I got an error message telling: "We have determined that your phone may be running modified version of its system software...". In other words, I have the feeling that the phone is tampered with. Maybe the seller have unlocked in a way that makes it impossible to upgrade. Is there anything I can do to check this? And is there anything i can do to upgrade to android 4.1.1. ? I have tried a factory restore (phone function) with no luck. Or is the update only available to Asia?
Any information is very appreciated. I would like to know what the seller have done with this phone, information which I can use against the seller. Thanks!
staldor said:
Hi
This is my first post here, and I'm hoping somebody could help me with some questions I have.
I have recently bought a "new" HTC one s on ebay, which may seem to have been a bad idea. I have later discovered that it is not a z520e (snapdragon s4), but the cheaper z560e (snapdragon s3) version, or villec2 running android 4.0.3.
Anyway, I have tried to upgrade the phone to the latest android version, using the built in phone function. However, this did not work and I got an error message telling: "We have determined that your phone may be running modified version of its system software...". In other words, I have the feeling that the phone is tampered with. Maybe the seller have unlocked in a way that makes it impossible to upgrade. Is there anything I can do to check this? And is there anything i can do to upgrade to android 4.1.1. ? I have tried a factory restore (phone function) with no luck. Or is the update only available to Asia?
Any information is very appreciated. I would like to know what the seller have done with this phone, information which I can use against the seller. Thanks!
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When the phone is off, press and hold volume down then press power button (don't hold).
This will let you enter bootloader.
Top of the screen if it says unlocked, that is why you cannot update.
I'm guessing you do not know about fastboot commands/ adb commands and are not interested in learning to root and load custom ROMs to your phone.
But if it is unlocked and you want to relock it you just need to type in a command prompt: fastboot oem lock
that is assuming that the stock recovery hasn't been changed. (which isn't hard to flash)
In this guide you would want to download that fastboot.rar file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2175411
As this is a question, I've moved this thread to the Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting section.
In future, please remember to ask any questions in this section rather than in General.
Thanks
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tivofool said:
When the phone is off, press and hold volume down then press power button (don't hold).
This will let you enter bootloader.
Top of the screen if it says unlocked, that is why you cannot update.
I'm guessing you do not know about fastboot commands/ adb commands and are not interested in learning to root and load custom ROMs to your phone.
But if it is unlocked and you want to relock it you just need to type in a command prompt: fastboot oem lock
that is assuming that the stock recovery hasn't been changed. (which isn't hard to flash)
In this guide you would want to download that fastboot.rar file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2175411
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First of all, sorry for the posting in the wrong category.
You have right that i have no experience rooting android phones. However, i managed to jailbrake an iPhone 1st gen in the old days.. Anyway, my main concern is to try to find out what this phone is running, and if I should send it back or not. I paid 260 usd, so I would like the phone to be ok/not too much tampered version.
I got into fastboot / Hboot, and it says unlocked. What does unlocked actually means? I also got some red text when i started the phone afterwords telling that it was some non officially software that were not allowed to be distributet (went a bit fast).
I guess this is the reason why I cant update. Is there some more information I can take out of this Hboot? (I tried to find a hboot guide.) Any ideas why the seller sold me an unlocked phone? And is there something i should make sure of before I decide to keep the phone? I might send it back if there is some tampered things here.
Thanks again for you feedback!
staldor said:
First of all, sorry for the posting in the wrong category.
You have right that i have no experience rooting android phones. However, i managed to jailbrake an iPhone 1st gen in the old days.. Anyway, my main concern is to try to find out what this phone is running, and if I should send it back or not. I paid 260 usd, so I would like the phone to be ok/not too much tampered version.
I got into fastboot / Hboot, and it says unlocked. What does unlocked actually means? I also got some red text when i started the phone afterwords telling that it was some non officially software that were not allowed to be distributet (went a bit fast).
I guess this is the reason why I cant update. Is there some more information I can take out of this Hboot? (I tried to find a hboot guide.) Any ideas why the seller sold me an unlocked phone? And is there something i should make sure of before I decide to keep the phone? I might send it back if there is some tampered things here.
Thanks again for you feedback!
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HTC allows to unlock the bootloader from their website. You are sent an unlock bin code. Unlocked means you can root the phone, you can put on a custom recovery to make backups of your phone and put custom ROMs on it.
If yours said unlocked, and right below that if it did not say tampered, then i believe you still have the stock recovery.
you just need to download fastboot files to your pc then you can lock your bootloader.
you go back into bootloader and plug your phone into computer (phone will change from fastboot to fastboot usb)
from your fastboot folder you hold down shift and right click the mouse, choose the option to open a command prompt.
from there you just type
fastboot oem lock
tivofool said:
HTC allows to unlock the bootloader from their website. You are sent an unlock bin code. Unlocked means you can root the phone, you can put on a custom recovery to make backups of your phone and put custom ROMs on it.
If yours said unlocked, and right below that if it did not say tampered, then i believe you still have the stock recovery.
you just need to download fastboot files to your pc then you can lock your bootloader.
you go back into bootloader and plug your phone into computer (phone will change from fastboot to fastboot usb)
from your fastboot folder you hold down shift and right click the mouse, choose the option to open a command prompt.
from there you just type
fastboot oem lock
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Thanks for the reply!
Yes, i cannot see any "tampered" below the *** unlcoked *** line in HBOOT.
I tried the recovery in the HBOOT but got a red triangle. I guess i need to to this from an PC (I have macbook at home, or do I need the Andorid SDK on my computer maye..), and download the right android image etc. I also guess the factory reset will not help me either (probably the same function I can choose from the settings menu in android.).
Now my question is if I should try to change it to a z520e. I guess i will get some more battery life with the snapdragon s4. But not sure how much, and if its worth the hassles with return shipping etc.
Anyways, thank you very much for the information!
Hey there the other day I successfully changed my father's phone from a Telus HTC One Sense to the Google Play Edition. I even changed the id so it matched the google play edition GOOGL001. Anyways I managed to get S-ON and remove the root and even update his now google play edition phone OTA. Sooo the phone even thinks it is the google play edition. The only problem remains we can't lock it. We can get it to say relocked with the fastboot oem lock command but then his phone will come up on the screen saying tampered and relocked and you can't boot the device to the main screen.
So we need it to say locked not relocked. Atm it is unlocked. Now I was following a youtube video and it told me to use revone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314582 BUT it does not support the version of HBoot on my father's phone (whatever that is lol)... SO anyways is there any way to lock his phone while keeping S-ON and the google play edition operating system on it without the root with Hboot 1.54???
If not I guess we will have to leave it at unlocked... Thanks!
Hi I am still needing help with the problem above. If anyone can help it would be really appreciated thanks!
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Hi everyone,
I have to send my phone into Verizon, and I was able replace twrp with the factory recovery and set it to s-on. I locked the bootloader, but it says relocked instead of locked. Anyone have experience with Verizon denying this under manufacturer warranty? They already sent me another device but don't want to send my old one in if there is a chance they will charge me. Thanks.
well I'm not sure if you can s-off again so that it says s-off and unlocked, look around google for faux kernel and flash that. I did that as soon as I s-offed and unlocked so that it says s-on and locked in case something ever happens it looks good to them.
As a nexus buyer I tried to away from the pixel due to higher prices but got on anyway took a while lol.
Anyway after upgrading at EE i see there is a problem with bootloader unlock checking my ro.boot.cid it is 111111 in my experience that's like superCID for HTC made phones . So am i good to unlock the normal way and not the sunshine way
Well found out it don't matter lol , I'm locked now as phone updated to 7.1.1 .
Shame on google allowing EE to lock bootloader.
But still happy with Pixel and 7.1.1.
MKD73 said:
Well found out it don't matter lol , I'm locked now as phone updated to 7.1.1 .
Shame on google allowing EE to lock bootloader.
But still happy with Pixel and 7.1.1.
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awww feel your pain, same thing happened to me on a rma'd replacement verizon device from GOOGLE....:crying:
Its weird that the EE handsets have a CID 11111 and alow boot unlock 1 , almost seems that its a link between sim unlock weird
I bought a htc a9 sprint unlocked version online 2 months ago.
It has boot loader unlocked and s-off
But after I accidentally updated the phone with 7.0 ruu, it got aim locked.
After few weeks of work and I can't unlock it, so I turn to others for help.
He has unlocked the sim lock, but "activate this device" still appears in the settings.
Is there any way to activate this device? People said I need a Sprint account to do that, unfortunately I don't have one.
By the way, I can't get mobile data on this phone, is that because it needs to be activated?
Can any one help me with that? Thanks!
HTC A9, 32gb, software version 1.57.651.1 (android 6.0.1)
sigma910910 said:
I bought a htc a9 sprint unlocked version online 2 months ago.
It has boot loader unlocked and s-off
But after I accidentally updated the phone with 7.0 ruu, it got aim locked.
After few weeks of work and I can't unlock it, so I turn to others for help.
He has unlocked the sim lock, but "activate this device" still appears in the settings.
Is there any way to activate this device? People said I need a Sprint account to do that, unfortunately I don't have one.
By the way, I can't get mobile data on this phone, is that because it needs to be activated?
Can any one help me with that? Thanks!
HTC A9, 32gb, software version 1.57.651.1 (android 6.0.1)
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same thing happened to me bro, I'm still wondering how can I resolve my problem, you have HTC A9 2PQ930000 isn't it?
I changed MID and installed Nougat but I got a problem of not having 3g and 4g signals, but I had 2g signals, now I restored my MID back to 2PQ93000 and got Sprint RUU installed but still have no data and it is always asking to unlock. It drives me mad.
Fear not, get Sunshine and S-OFF the phone ($25 but it's worth it!) And follow the guide to convert your phone to dev unlock, it's easier than it sounds!
Mbuuqw said:
Fear not, get Sunshine and S-OFF the phone ($25 but it's worth it!) And follow the guide to convert your phone to dev unlock, it's easier than it sounds!
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Same problem after update to 7.0 phone write "sim lock" enabled
S-OFF has
How convert to dev unlock? give link please.
Abzal said:
Same problem after update to 7.0 phone write "sim lock" enabled
S-OFF has
How convert to dev unlock? give link please.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/one-a9/general/guide-convert-sprint-boost-htc-one-a9-t3530278/page4
Try that.