I decided to take a leap of faith and tried to unlock my bootloader using the HTCDev site and it worked. Would this make Firewater pointless?
Screenshots or any proof
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Not sure what proof you want. I can give you a screenshot of the email I got from HTC with my unlock key in it.
Is there really any reason to use HTCDev since firewater can do it?
It just seems like it would make sense to unlock it using official means if it is an option. Not saying that Firewater will cause issues but workarounds can pose risks that could be avoided by using tools provided by HTC itself.
There is no reason to use the official HTC tool at all. I'm surprised it even works. Early tests by other users (incl myself) showed our devices being blocked on the site. Are you sure you have a Verizon HTC M8 as opposed to one for another carrier?
Anyway, with firewater, you shouldn't use it at all.
First, it voids your warranty. But most importantly of all, it does not give you S-off. Only bootloader unlock.
Firewater gives you both S-off and unlocked bootloader as well. There also have been no reports of any issues due to firewater. All it does is give you S-off. There are some legit dev phones out there that also have S-off; firewater just makes your phone equal to those dev ones.
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There is no reason to use the official HTC tool at all. I'm surprised it even works. Early tests by other users (incl myself) showed our devices being blocked on the site. Are you sure you have a Verizon HTC M8 as opposed to one for another carrier?
Anyway, with firewater, you shouldn't use it at all.
First, it voids your warranty. But most importantly of all, it does not give you S-off. Only bootloader unlock.
Firewater gives you both S-off and unlocked bootloader as well. There also have been no reports of any issues due to firewater. All it does is give you S-off. There are some legit dev phones out there that also have S-off; firewater just makes your phone equal to those dev ones.
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I want to make it clear that at no point was I saying that Firewater caused issues. I simply stated that any hack or unofficial tool COULD cause issues.
As for S-Off, what is the point when you have an unlocked bootloader?
I kinda sorta don't believe you. Oo Is yours Verizon?
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I kinda sorta don't believe you. Oo Is yours Verizon?
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Yes its Verizon. Simply go to the HTCDev site and submit your OEM device ID. You will get an email with your unlock blob. I applied my to unlock but you do not HAVE to apply yours.
Interesting. I took my daughter's M8 and tried to unlock at HTCDev and still a no go here.
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Interesting. I took my daughter's M8 and tried to unlock at HTCDev and still a no go here.
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Not sure what proof to provide. Do I need to record my screen while I unlock my phone using the unlock_code.bin?
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Not sure what proof to provide. Do I need to record my screen while I unlock my phone using the unlock_code.bin?
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I didn't ask for proof. I simply stated that I tried to unlock my daughter's M8 at HTCDev and still received the error code.
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I didn't ask for proof. I simply stated that I tried to unlock my daughter's M8 at HTCDev and still received the error code.
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Do you get the error on the site?
I haven't tried mine but I read it wasn't working, which is why we have firewater. I'd love to give it a go again.
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putney1477 said:
I haven't tried mine but I read it wasn't working, which is why we have firewater. I'd love to give it a go again.
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I see no advantage to using the htcdev method, assuming that it really works (and it didn't work at least through when Firewater came out). That method wipes the phone AND the internal SD card. Firewater doesn't.
My name's Harold and I'm a flashaholic....
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Not sure what proof to provide. Do I need to record my screen while I unlock my phone using the unlock_code.bin?
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Were you previously s-off? Changing mid or cid can allow a banned (read vzw) phone get a legit unlock token. This was the case on the one max too.
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Were you previously s-off? Changing mid or cid can allow a banned (read vzw) phone get a legit unlock token. This was the case on the one max too.
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This, the OP's signature says he is S-Off. OP, Post your CID and MID. If you are indeed already S-Off via firewater, as I suspect you are since that is the only way to gain S-Off, your bootloader was also already unlocked.
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It just seems like it would make sense to unlock it using official means if it is an option. Not saying that Firewater will cause issues but workarounds can pose risks that could be avoided by using tools provided by HTC itself.
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Did it say your warranty is now void and thanks for reporting to this site?
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As for S-Off, what is the point when you have an unlocked bootloader?
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?
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Keithn said:
Is there really any reason to use HTCDev since firewater can do it?
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Yes. It's cleaner.
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Has anyone used the official HTC utility to unlock the bootloader?
Just curious about it, my warranty will be up before I know it and I've never bricked a device beyond repair. I was considering giving it a shot, I always liked my nexus for the official unlock. The Revolutionary header is just annoying haha.
Is anyone aware of any cons of unlocking the bootloader via HTC?
I wouldgo with the revolutionary way.
When doing it the htc way it still shows S-on but unlocked.
I like to have peace of mind and see that mine says s-off
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moshe22 said:
.... it still shows S-on but unlocked.
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But does it work and do the same thing?
harry19612 said:
But does it work and do the same thing?
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No. HTC unlock only unlocks bootloader. It doesn't give you s-off, and it doesn't give you fastboot write command access like revolutionary does.
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I bought a Sensation of a forums site and the guy gave me the unlock code to unlock it but when I add it, it says code successful but the phone doesn't unlock I then tried the unlock methods on this website and it still won't work. Whenever the box appears to put in the code I can put in any random numbers and it will still say unlock code was successful. The rom is cynagogen mod 10 jb 4.1.2 but not sure if this can cause any problem?
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I bought a Sensation of a forums site and the guy gave me the unlock code to unlock it but when I add it, it says code successful but the phone doesn't unlock I then tried the unlock methods on this website and it still won't work. Whenever the box appears to put in the code I can put in any random numbers and it will still say unlock code was successful. The rom is cynagogen mod 10 jb 4.1.2 but not sure if this can cause any problem?
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If you did the method on here you shouldn't have to enter an unlock code. Make sure you did the method right. I've done the method on here to 2 sensations and it worked perfectly
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urmothersluvr said:
If you did the method on here you shouldn't have to enter an unlock code. Make sure you did the method right. I've done the method on here to 2 sensations and it worked perfectly
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Hi mate could you give me the link for the one you've done?
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Hi mate could you give me the link for the one you've done?
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this is the guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1232107
but you have to be S-OFF
rzr86 said:
this is the guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1232107
but you have to be S-OFF
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Thanks sadly didnt work as it says update fail security fail.
Thought i was good at this rooting lark but Htc phones are much more complex.
my phone is S-OFF btw mate.
Starting to think h-boot 127.0.0 is the reason why i'm having a problem if this is the case i'll have to return the phone and make sure i stay well away from HTC.
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Starting to think h-boot 127.0.0 is the reason why i'm having a problem if this is the case i'll have to return the phone and make sure i stay well away from HTC.
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Hi,
If you are hboot 1.27, you need to look HERE
Is there any way to S-OFF and root this phone without unlocking bootloader via www.htcdev.com?
I don't want to have ***UNLOCKED*** in my bootloader...
Usually, as you know, this is a huge problem when you selling a used phone...
mikronac.ns said:
Is there any way to S-OFF and root this phone without unlocking bootloader via www.htcdev.com?
I don't want to have ***UNLOCKED*** in my bootloader...
Usually, as you know, this is a huge problem when you selling a used phone...
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If you unlock and then S-Off, you can set it to say ***LOCKED*** instead of ***RELOCKED*** when you relock it. So yeah, take that route.
How to do that?
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How to do that?
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Not a clue, but people have done it. You can also remove the ***TAMPERED*** tag. I think that usaff22 knows.
OK, thanks... We will wait to someone give me a full info
If you search on the development sub-forum then I guarantee that you will find it.
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It involves partition editing. To write over those words. You better be good at that stuff, or else
I am not--
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155955&page=7
That might help
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155955&page=7
That might help
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maybe not as hard as i thought--
hi,
I had the same doubts...
ok, as far as I understand i need to:
1) unlock via htcdev
2) get supercid
3) s-off the phone
4) install any rom that I want (steps 2 & 3 are optional if I don't want to install boot.img after every rom I install)
5) if needed, relock the bootloader (via the thread you posted)
ok I understand that putting back "LOCKED" on bootloader is just for warranty purposes...but...
If I even relock the bootloader putting "LOCKED" status, HTC could always saw that I unlocked the phone since I unlocked it through HTCDEV and they have my serial...or not?? Am I missing something?
no-one?
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no-one?
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Yes
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Yes
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yes is the answer to my previous post?
icest0rm said:
yes is the answer to my previous post?
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htc will know if you just moded partition to show locked status...
Firewater S-off for HTC One XL!
Firstly let me say that this isn't my own work, all credit goes to @beaups and @Fuses for bringing this to our device.
Firewater is a new method for achieving s-off on HTC devices.
For everyone that has taken the 5.18 at&t update before unlocking you should be able to use Firewater. It has a temp root feature which will enable you to get s-off on your device, once you have s-off you can get SuperCID via a simple fastboot command (fastboot oem writecid 11111111), then you can unlock your bootloader at htcdev. I'd really appreciate any feedback on whether this works for you.
This is just a simple thread to get this method some exposure for users with our device. As per the licensing section on the site and beaup's wishes I cannot include the download or instructions in this thread. However, we can have this thread serve as a troubleshooting/help location for the One XL. Alternatively, support for rumrunner s-off is available at #rumrunners on the freenode and andirc networks. Please make sure you meet all of the requirements before contacting support.
Firewater S-off.
Please go give beaups and Fuses a bunch of thanks for their work!
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I'll try this in a little bit. I'll post back and see of it works.
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Hey
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Has anyone tested this? I will try here in about 30 mins
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I have an unlocked bootloader and supercid. Folowwed directions and it didn't work. Just quit after chugging the first bottle. Now I'm kinda stuck with s-on until I flash cm tonight.
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Hmmmmm..... well I'm total stock with the new update and sense 5. I'm gonna give it a shot.
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zounduser said:
Hmmmmm..... well I'm total stock with the new update and sense 5. I'm gonna give it a shot.
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Your situation is the situation I'm really interested in, we really need to find out whether it's possible to unlock the bootloader after taking the 5.18 update. Let me know how you go.
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timmaaa said:
Your situation is the situation I'm really interested in, we really need to find out whether it's possible to unlock the bootloader after taking the 5.18 update. Let me know how you go.
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Unfortunately I won't know until tomorrow when I can get to a laptop. I was gonna do it today, but couldn't. I'll let u know tomorrow after work unless someone else beats me to it.
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Doesn't work for me.
Stock at&t 4.2.2 (firmware 5.18), bootloader locked, s-on. Output on temproot:
[*] Attempting to acquire root. This will take 5-10 minutes, be patient
error in setsockopt().
Failed to get prepare_kernel_cred address.
Failed to get commit_creds address.
Failed to get ptmx_fops address.
Failed to setup variables.
Well that's a shame, thanks for the feedback though. If anybody else can please attempt this also that'd be great.
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Well that's a shame, thanks for the feedback though. If anybody else can please attempt this also that'd be great.
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I agree we need a few more people to test, as new as the guy that did test is. it could be a simple mistake as having anti virus on the computer, etc.
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I agree we need a few more people to test, as new as the guy that did test is. it could be a simple mistake as having anti virus on the computer, etc.
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I tried it under linux with no antivirus, in windows (7) -- antivirus off. Everything done according to "Instructions (temp-root method)". What other mistakes could be?
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I tried it under linux with no antivirus, in windows (7) -- antivirus off. Everything done according to "Instructions (temp-root method)". What other mistakes could be?
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I can't think of any. You might try entering a root shell after running the temp root, just to verify that is what is failing
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Well that's a shame, thanks for the feedback though. If anybody else can please attempt this also that'd be great.
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I'll give it a go. I'll tell you all if it works out. (AT&T One X)
*UPDATE* I had no luck. same error as the last guy
error in setsockopt().
Failed to get prepare_kernel_cred address.
Failed to get commit_creds address.
Failed to get ptmx_fops address.
Failed to setup variables.
I'm going to be receiving another HTC One X soon. I can only assume that it will be on the 5.18 firmware so I will try this method. If not... off to Mobiletechvideos for S-Off.
I got the sane errors
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Confirm NOT working on 5.18 firmware
Since I like to run the updated AT&T ruu whenever they come out WeakSauce-1.0.1.apk worked great for temp root and to get everything going again without needing pc after initial ruu. I was wanting to test stock for abit then was on the road and wanted to go custom and weaksauce worked perfect.
I am on 5.18. temproot gives the same errors others have posted. Weaksauce enables a successful su but firewater fails, not always with the same messages. I would love for this to work, but it looks like I'm just going to get any M8 anyway and make sure I s-off while the exploits still work on it.
Just did s-off on mine tonight and then super-cid. Mine also hung up at chugging. Exited the program and ran it again successfully. I am overjoyed now. Many thanks to the devs.
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Just did s-off on mine tonight and then super-cid. Mine also hung up at chugging. Exited the program and ran it again successfully. I am overjoyed now. Many thanks to the devs.
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So, you successfully obtained root and S-Off on a stock One X on the newest OTA (4.2.2)?
I've seen numerous threads and things about unlocking the bootloader on the Verizon M8 and I'm curious if it still works?
I plan to get one tomorrow and I want to be sure that when I pick it up that i'll be able to root it and unlock it for use with TWRP and custom ROMs.
So would a brand new one from the store be unlockable from the start? Anything else I should know?
read up on the guides so you know what you're doing
Take the OTA update that pops up when you connect, then follow the weaksauce section of the firewater guide. I just unboxed mine yesterday and I'm fully unlocked, s-off, and rooted now.
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JinxtPhoto said:
Take the OTA update that pops up when you connect, then follow the weaksauce section of the firewater guide. I just unboxed mine yesterday and I'm fully unlocked, s-off, and rooted now.
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Nice, alright thanks, I have quite a bit more confidence in this decision now .
JinxtPhoto said:
Take the OTA update that pops up when you connect, then follow the weaksauce section of the firewater guide. I just unboxed mine yesterday and I'm fully unlocked, s-off, and rooted now.
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I refused the OTA, does that step make a difference?
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jova33 said:
I refused the OTA, does that step make a difference?
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None at all.
godhamba said:
None at all.
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Other than a different baseband, system and kernel, nah.
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It makes no difference for achieving s-off, which is what OP was asking.
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