Hey guys,
I just received a TMobile HTC S One today to replace my Iphone. I want to use it with straight talk, but I need to root the phone to unlock it first. I've been following the instructions I was pointed to here on the site, and when I got to the following step, I got stuck:
Type this into your command prompt window fastboot oem get_identifier_token
All my CMD prompt box is saying is < waiting for device >
I'm getting no lines of info like the tutorial says I should. I'm kinda nervous because I have my phone powered on and plug into the computer on that white fastboot use screen with teh android guys on skateboards at the bottom. Can anyone help? I really hope I didn't mess up a phone I just spent over $300 on. I'll be here waiting if anyone can give me a hand. Much appreciated.
Have you enabled the device usb debugging mode? It's under the "developers" options. Use the HTC One S All In One to root it as it's so much faster
addsfsds said:
Have you enabled the device usb debugging mode? It's under the "developers" options. Use the HTC One S All In One to root it as it's so much faster
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I tried doing the all in one and I get the very same result. When it goes to do that step nothing happens.
Install HTC Drivers in fastboot.
Ok guys so here is my problem... I am new to rooting android phones as I just converted from an iPhone.
So I found Hasoon2000`s awesome All In One Toolkit for my HTC One S. I went for it... I installed the HTC Drivers, registered at HTC DEV and wanted to get my Token ID but no luck. I plug in the phone (USB Debugging enabled, fast boot disabled) and click on go. The phone goes into the bootloader (I believe the one with the white background and diff. color text) and the cmd on my PC still says waiting for device. I dont know why, I tried both fast boot on and fast boot off, but neither works and I really want to root my phone I would really appreciate , if someone could help me because I cant seem to figure out how to get past this error.
Sorry but questions go in q&a as posted in the rules
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Hey everyone. I couldn't find an answer to this that I could follow and that worked for me as I'm not very technically inclined.
My HTC One X recently died after having a low battery and now whenever I try to turn it on (even when it is fully charged), it gets to the lock screen, but I can only access everything for about 5 seconds before it restarts again. I know I have USB debugging enabled, and I can get to the screen that shows up when I hold down the power button and the volume-down button.
What I want to do, before doing a factory reset and praying that ends the bootloop, is recover my photos which I stupidly did not back up anywhere. I can connect my phone to my laptop, which runs on Windows 8, but it is not recognized as it normally would be (ie: I can't access files directly). I've gotten to the point where I can see "FASTBOOT USB" on my phone when it is connected and I've restarted my PC so that it is able to identify it in the Device Manager. I have also gone through the steps of downloading a universal naked driver and choosing the driver under the Device Manager, so when I use a command prompt my phone shows up in fastboot devices. (I used minimal fastboot and ADB)
But what can I do now? I have never tampered with my phone, so it is locked or unrooted. I'd like to keep it that way if possible, but I'm having a hard time understanding how I can retrieve my photos. Should I use ADB commands, and if so, how do I get to the point where my PC recognizes my phone under ADB devices? Or is there a better way? I'm also not very familiar with custom roms, TWRP, CWM, etc.
I'd appreciate a brief walk-through if possible as, like I said, I don't normally do this sort of thing. Thank you!
thepenrosesteps said:
Hey everyone. I couldn't find an answer to this that I could follow and that worked for me as I'm not very technically inclined.
My HTC One X recently died after having a low battery and now whenever I try to turn it on (even when it is fully charged), it gets to the lock screen, but I can only access everything for about 5 seconds before it restarts again. I know I have USB debugging enabled, and I can get to the screen that shows up when I hold down the power button and the volume-down button.
What I want to do, before doing a factory reset and praying that ends the bootloop, is recover my photos which I stupidly did not back up anywhere. I can connect my phone to my laptop, which runs on Windows 8, but it is not recognized as it normally would be (ie: I can't access files directly). I've gotten to the point where I can see "FASTBOOT USB" on my phone when it is connected and I've restarted my PC so that it is able to identify it in the Device Manager. I have also gone through the steps of downloading a universal naked driver and choosing the driver under the Device Manager, so when I use a command prompt my phone shows up in fastboot devices. (I used minimal fastboot and ADB)
But what can I do now? I have never tampered with my phone, so it is locked or unrooted. I'd like to keep it that way if possible, but I'm having a hard time understanding how I can retrieve my photos. Should I use ADB commands, and if so, how do I get to the point where my PC recognizes my phone under ADB devices? Or is there a better way? I'm also not very familiar with custom roms, TWRP, CWM, etc.
I'd appreciate a brief walk-through if possible as, like I said, I don't normally do this sort of thing. Thank you!
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Try Power the Device Up in Safe Mode - HTC One®
Do you know the model number? Is it the AT&T or Rogers? s720e, G23, 720, 325...
sd_shadow said:
Try Power the Device Up in Safe Mode[/URL] - HTC One®
Do you know the model number? Is it the AT&T or Rogers? s720e, G23, 720, 325...
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I tried going into safe mode and nothing changed! It didn't break the bootloop, so I guess it isn't an app that's causing the problem. It's with Rogers, but I don't know the model number... I got it in North America if that helps.
thepenrosesteps said:
I tried going into safe mode and nothing changed! It didn't break the bootloop, so I guess it isn't an app that's causing the problem. It's with Rogers, but I don't know the model number... I got it in North America if that helps.
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It's likely a s720e then, but
I will request that this thread be moved to AT&T One X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Where you should be able to find out for sure.
Next step is likely flashing a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM then you could, mount sd card/storage and copy photos.
see AT&T One X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting Frequently Asked Questions by Heisenberg
[INDEX] AT&T/ROGERS One X Resources Compilation Roll-Up (Updated 5/8/14) by redpoint73
I recently got locked out of my phone with debugging off,no wifi and no root.
Since i see lots of the same question i'm posting another tool i found for all those in need.
If you are also locked out with none of these options there are a few steps you will have to take first
I followed lots of helpful tutorials here on xda which led me to:
1- CF Root phone through Odin,doesn't require debugging on. (CWM included)
2-When in CWM recovery use ADB to activate USB Debugging.
(You can also try to turn on wifi etc and see if that solves it for you)
Unfortunately i was not able to unlock my phone in ADB although maybe for some different models the adb methods might work. Allthough i was able to remove the lock screen in setting,in my case i still got the email lock screen even after the pattern was removed.
But with Debugging on i was now able to use this wonderful tool created by GSM EXTREME.
It really is a one click unlocker.
I was not able to find version information but this is the latest one i found.
You can download it here
http://www.mediafire.com/file/3vldm3ql9gk0mmr/Samsung+Google+%26+Android+Pattern+Unlock+v3.2.exe
Hi ...
Only root
akjfhdk said:
I recently got locked out of my phone with debugging off,no wifi and no root.
Since i see lots of the same question i'm posting another tool i found for all those in need.
If you are also locked out with none of these options there are a few steps you will have to take first
I followed lots of helpful tutorials here on xda which led me to:
1- CF Root phone through Odin,doesn't require debugging on. (CWM included)
2-When in CWM recovery use ADB to activate USB Debugging.
(You can also try to turn on wifi etc and see if that solves it for you)
Unfortunately i was not able to unlock my phone in ADB although maybe for some different models the adb methods might work. Allthough i was able to remove the lock screen in setting,in my case i still got the email lock screen even after the pattern was removed.
But with Debugging on i was now able to use this wonderful tool created by GSM EXTREME.
It really is a one click unlocker.
I was not able to find version information but this is the latest one i found.
You can download it here
http://www.mediafire.com/file/3vldm3ql9gk0mmr/Samsung+Google+&+Android+Pattern+Unlock+v3.2.exe
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If you have a custom recovery installed, you can use this zip to bypass the screenlock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2437946
I'm using HTC desire 816 dual sim running on android 4.4.2. I can't find the fastboot option in my power settings. I searched for it in whole of the settings but I'm unable to find the fastboot option. similarly, there is no OEM unlock option in my developer's options. besides these things my phone won't connect to htc sync manager even though I installed htc_sync.apk in my device. What can I do? I'm from India and I bought this device in singapore.
Please do some favor.