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[Q] T-mobile lock/unlock

Is it possible to unlock the network on the phone? And also to S-Off+Root ? I'd like to buy it at that low price

as of yet there is no sim unlock tool nor is there an S-OFF tool, There is HTCDev which will unlock the bootloader to allow you to flash ROMS and ROOT and CWM Recovery, But thats all your getting for now...
give it 1 - 2 weeks the development will skyrocket.

So you think that they could do that?

Of course !! have a look around the forums, There is NOTHING these devs cant do..
hell im running ICS on a 2 year old SGS lol and it works flawlessly...
you'll be suprised whats about to come

I hope so, found some crazy prices on the internet for the T-mobile one s, but we have no T-mobile here..

The low prices on the One S are on a 2-year contract. The phone itself is $600 off contract.
But there will be root and S-Off soon as the phone comes out in a few days.
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mr_billionaire said:
The low prices on the One S are on a 2-year contract. The phone itself is $600 off contract.
But there will be root and S-Off soon as the phone comes out in a few days.
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Not to rain on any parades but S-OFF may be a long time coming..
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azzledazzle said:
Of course !! have a look around the forums, There is NOTHING these devs cant do..
hell im running ICS on a 2 year old SGS lol and it works flawlessly...
you'll be suprised whats about to come
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I'm gonna quote you on this.
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Which one of you guys knew about this?

AT&T is offering a limited HTC One Developer Edition with unlocked bootloader and it is already available on pre-order. However, even if if you’ve decided to get the regular HTC One from AT&T and want to get its bootloader unlocked, there’s nothing to worry about.
http://blog.gsmarena.com/att-htc-one-bootloader-is-unlockable-via-htcdev/
official launch april 19th.

It's been discussed in the One forums. But apparently AT&T plans to close this door on launch day.
Before you get too excited, though, HTC's affirmed to us that AT&T's One will not be supported by the HTCdev unlock service, which will effectively render its bootloader untouchable.
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http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/15/htc-one-att-bootloader/

You got to be kidding me?!?! That's just crazy.
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Venomtester said:
You got to be kidding me?!?! I really love my phone but if HTC doesn't do something about this I will never buy another product from them and AT&T can bite me. That's just crazy.
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Same reason its best to get an iPhone 5 from Verizon, versus AT&T. They love to lock down EVERYTHING. Trust me, i used to work for them.
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Oh no. Lol. No way I'm ever getting an i anything. I will stay with android. No offense. Just partial to Droid.
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Venomtester said:
Oh no. Lol. No way I'm ever getting an i anything. I will stay with android. No offense. Just partial to Droid.
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Oh I agree. I had an iPhone 5, unimpressed. Hell I liked the 3gs better. Any who, this is the best.
But I was making a point about AT&T and their lock down process.
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Herc08 said:
But I was making a point about AT&T and their lock down process.
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Verizon is worse. They've in the past sent updates that intentionally soft-bricked rooted phones to force people to take them to Verizon stores to be unrooted.

iElvis said:
Verizon is worse. They've in the past sent updates that intentionally soft-bricked rooted phones to force people to take them to Verizon stores to be unrooted.
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Wow. I didn't know that. It's weird because they sim unlocked their phone from the get.
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In addition to the guarantee of being bootloader unlocked (as opposed to this game of maybe/maybe not for the AT&T version), the Dev Edition is also SIM unlocked, and free of AT&T bloat (unbranded version of the ROM) for the same unsubsidized price as the AT&T version (for those that aren't eligible for an upgrade yet).

Herc08 said:
Wow. I didn't know that. It's weird because they sim unlocked their phone from the get.
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Here's but one example.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2199042

Im probably going to get a T-Mobile version instead of dev edition. In a perfect world I could buy the dev edition 64gbyte version and flash a T-Mobile radio to enable all bands ever... But the dev version isn't even s-off (who does that, honestly)... So I'm opting for the T-Mobile version. LTE eats too much battery IMO.
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one Click root?

Just curious if sometime in the future there will be a one click root for the maxx/mini/ultra/ moto x? I spent 4 hours in hell trying to get my Maxx rooted, finally succeeded but after all that it makes you really appreciate the work developers put into the exploits. I am assuming since the phones are so new, that it will be a while. I was more just curious if it was POSSIBLE than asking for a time frame of when to expect one.

No, unless someone puts together a very BIG utility.
fat-fingered and Maxx-ed out.

I would say with 99.999999999% confidence there will NEVER be a 1click root solution for the new Droid line...
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At this point we will be lucky to see root again.
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I honestly think I like doing the adb methods a lot more. Not only do you look cool doing it for friends (hahaha) but your also gaining the knowledge and practice of adb. I doubt we will ever see a one click again let alone another ROOT method since jcase announced he was done creating, but if we do. I personally hope for more methods that involve user interaction as I've learned ALOT this way.

JayoH65 said:
I honestly think I like doing the adb methods a lot more. Not only do you look cool doing it for friends (hahaha) but your also gaining the knowledge and practice of adb. I doubt we will ever see a one click again let alone another ROOT method since jcase announced he was done creating, but if we do. I personally hope for more methods that involve user interaction as I've learned ALOT this way.
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Werd! I agree 100%!
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At this point if you are looking for an easy root method you should be buying dev editions or nexus devices. Id be willing to bet the days of rooting consumer editions are just about done and gone.
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Just got this phone the other day on a trip to the States. I'm on Bell in Canada, and was hoping to get it rooted when I got home all to find out its locked up tighter than a vault! Can't wait to see what's in store in the near future though.
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xDroid4Lifex said:
Just got this phone the other day on a trip to the States. I'm on Bell in Canada, and was hoping to get it rooted when I got home all to find out its locked up tighter than a vault! Can't wait to see what's in store in the near future though.
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If its on 4.2.2 it can still be done it is just an involved process compared to what most are used to
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lafont28 said:
If its on 4.2.2 it can still be done it is just an involved process compared to what most are used to
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Came with 4.4 already installed. Sucks there's no root method as of yet
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Very important PSA!

DO NOT ACCEPT OTA UPDATES!
if you like to hack and mod that is. If ralekdev and other devs find an exploit for boot loader unlock chances are it will be in the release firmware. Remember Loki on the S4. How many of you still have that?
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Sold that MDK S4 just last week for $400.. Makes a device valuable at Swappa
Edit: to be clear, having firmware that is unlockable is valuable.
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Chiming in here to say +1

open1your1eyes0 said:
Chiming in here to say +1
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nice lol
i'll def listen to that. rooted my s4 like a day after i got it, and i too sold my MDK for a decent price on swappa.

jayochs said:
nice lol
i'll def listen to that. rooted my s4 like a day after i got it, and i too sold my MDK for a decent price on swappa.
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I keep this noted and not be OCD when I get mine tomorrow. :victory:

jayochs said:
nice lol
i'll def listen to that. rooted my s4 like a day after i got it, and i too sold my MDK for a decent price on swappa.
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What does MDK stand for?

wonderrx said:
What does MDK stand for?
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was the original firmware that was easily rootable for the s4.
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jayochs said:
was the original firmware that was easily rootable for the s4.
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All the firmware has been rootable for S4......MDK was special because loki worked on it for bootloader bypass.

TechSavvy2 said:
All the firmware has been rootable for S4......MDK was special because loki worked on it for bootloader bypass.
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oh right right. when i left the s4, mr2 still wasn't rootable.. so i guess that's what I was thinking.
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nice one men!

jayochs said:
nice lol
i'll def listen to that. rooted my s4 like a day after i got it, and i too sold my MDK for a decent price on swappa.
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Have to +1 on that too. haha. Just sold my MDK S4 on Swappa day before yesterday. I'm digging my M8. Totally done with Verizon.

nicholi2789 said:
Have to +1 on that too. haha. Just sold my MDK S4 on Swappa day before yesterday. I'm digging my M8. Totally done with Verizon.
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I wish I could be done with VZW. Wish wish wish.. I just need the the coverage. I'm so tired of them. The only time I have to deal with them is when I have exchange a defected device.. Which happens every time I buy one but it's enough. I pay $90 a month for unlimited data/txt and 450 minutes. So I'm happy about that. Oh yeah, I deal with them when I want control of my device. They don't want me (or anyone) to have it.
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Don't know about where you live, but where I live Verizon murders 4g service compared to other companies. I'm always in 4g

Bump so people know not to OTA for the new possible exploit
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hibby50 said:
Bump so people know not to OTA for the new possible exploit
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The exploit is actually kinda 'old' however doesn't the OTA just happen anyways? So unless you're paying attention to your phone it will just download
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Dennisg34 said:
The exploit is actually kinda 'old' however doesn't the OTA just happen anyways? So unless you're paying attention to your phone it will just download
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to my knowledge ive always had to accept an OTA.. hopefully the devs could give us root way before an update to fix it so we can get rid of the damned ota
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elliwigy said:
to my knowledge ive always had to accept an OTA.. hopefully the devs could give us root way before an update to fix it so we can get rid of the damned ota
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The only update I've ever dealt with was last year with my S4 when it upgraded from the MDK baseband. I don't remember the original one, but I remember I lucked out big time and when I ruined my phone and got a new one when I turned it on it basically almost immediately did an OTA to which I put in airplane mode to stop. Now I'm not 100% sure but I don't remember having to click yes or OK for that OTA
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hibby50 said:
Bump so people know not to OTA for the new possible exploit
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But if people have already accepted OTA before now, they are OK, right? Because this exploit is very new so I doubt it would've been fixed before that. The first fix I see for linux was on June 4th and I have no idea how that translates to phone OTAs
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.11.0-23.40 2014-06-04

tutorialbs said:
But if people have already accepted OTA before now, they are OK, right? Because this exploit is very new so I doubt it would've been fixed before that. The first fix I see for linux was on June 4th and I have no idea how that translates to phone OTAs
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.11.0-23.40 2014-06-04
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Most likely you are correct. The OTA they have been pushing is older so it's likely that the exploit will still work. I wouldn't accept any at all however if you can avoid it. I'd imagine they'll push the patch for this soon.

How do we know if our phones have the update already? I got a new s5 and have had zero Ota pop up since I got it 3 weeks ago.
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[Q] unlocked bootloader?

Hello all...
So i am on the Verizon Network (at least until i can get over to T-Mobile) and I am frustrated with Verizon because of their whole locked bootloader business.
I want to get the Galaxy S5 but i won't since its bootloader is locked just like the S4. Well the next hottest phone is out the HTC-One M8. Now i heard a rumor that there is a way to unlock the bootloader on the M8.
Can anyone confirm that this is true for the Verizon M8 HTC-ONE ?
I would really appreciate it any confirmation that anyone can give me.
-droidshadow

Yes.
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everything you need
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one-m8/general
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2697957
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699169

Thanks a lot.........

Thank you to all who replied. This phone and and the firewater exploit may actually keep me on Verizon a bit longer. I am going to leave Verizon because of how they continue to lock their bootloaders but this is great news!
I wonder why it is that we can unlock this one but the galaxy series phones and others can not be unlocked?
Was it because this bootloader for the HTC m8 was not encrypted or is this due to htc-dev?
Still great news...I hope OmniRom makes a rom for this phone!
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I would stay away from T-Mobile, their coverage is horrible...I get full reception where people with T-Mobile have none. You may be able to buy the developer s5 if you really like the s5
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Ya I know that T-Mobile's 4G isn't the same as Verizon. I always have great coverage and speed with verizon but I pay an arm and leg. I pay for 10gb of data a month and that adds up.
I would rather have a phone that I can do whatever I want and now that T-Mobile offers unlimited data on their 4G network I think I am going to have to switch...
-droidshadow
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Anyone know what custom recovery is being used for the m8?
Any chance of TWRP or CWM recovery managers?...
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droidshadow said:
Anyone know what custom recovery is being used for the m8?
Any chance of TWRP or CWM recovery managers?...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711051