Database Info

[Q] Can i update my firmware to 2.20

Hi Guys
Sorry for asking the same old question again..
I just got my AT&t HTC One x from US shipped over to India by my cousin.
It is locked to AT&t and i am unable to use a local network sim in it
I know i need to root it and turn S-off in order to unlock it.
The phone is on Firmware 1.85? and i have tried the ways mentioned in xda to root it but i guess when i click "Check for updates" it doesn't work.
So my question is
Can i manually by connecting the phone to Computer,update firmware to 2.20 so that i can root it that way?
And is it possible to unlock the BOOTLOADER w/out rooting so that phone gets unlocked to other carriers?
please help me out guys i have tried everything to make it work.. thank you

Unlocking the bootloader/rooting/dancing in circles WILL NOT sim unlock the phone.
You will need to use an online sim unlocking service (usually about 20 bucks) to get the unlock code

Currently, S-Off has not been achieved for this phone. And as already mentioned, bootloader unlock will not get you SIM unlock, and no free hack/mod method currently exists. You either need to use a paid unlock service, or if your cousin is currently an AT&T account holder, he can ask AT&T for the SIM unlock code (he will need the IMEI number of the phone, and maybe other info).
If you want root and unlocked bootloader for other reasons (flashing custom ROMs and other mods) there is no reason to upgrade to 2.20. Root method exists for 1.85. You need to root, SuperCID, then unlock the bootloader. Then you can install a custom recovery and flash custom ROMs.
Upgrading to 2.20 is not recommended. The 2.20 RUU will upgrade your hboot, which plugs the holes by which kernels and radios can be flashed from recovery. You will have to flash the boot.img separately every time your flash a ROM. No benefit to updating to 2.20, and actually lose ability to do some things.
If you still want root and bootloader unlock, refer to my index for links to root methods, etc.: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
And no, bootloader unlock is not possible without root (temp root in case of 2.20) on the AT&T One X.

area51avenger said:
Unlocking the bootloader/rooting/dancing in circles WILL NOT sim unlock the phone.
You will need to use an online sim unlocking service (usually about 20 bucks) to get the unlock code
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Dancing in circles? ok got your point.
redpoint73 said:
Currently, S-Off has not been achieved for this phone. And as already mentioned, bootloader unlock will not get you SIM unlock, and no free hack/mod method currently exists. You either need to use a paid unlock service, or if your cousin is currently an AT&T account holder, he can ask AT&T for the SIM unlock code (he will need the IMEI number of the phone, and maybe other info).
If you want root and unlocked bootloader for other reasons (flashing custom ROMs and other mods) there is no reason to upgrade to 2.20. Root method exists for 1.85. You need to root, SuperCID, then unlock the bootloader. Then you can install a custom recovery and flash custom ROMs.
Upgrading to 2.20 is not recommended. The 2.20 RUU will upgrade your hboot, which plugs the holes by which kernels and radios can be flashed from recovery. You will have to flash the boot.img separately every time your flash a ROM. No benefit to updating to 2.20, and actually lose ability to do some things.
If you still want root and bootloader unlock, refer to my index for links to root methods, etc.: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
And no, bootloader unlock is not possible without root (temp root in case of 2.20) on the AT&T One X.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you for a detailed answer. The reason i though it would unlock the sim was cause i had used other htc phones earlier and when you root them the S-off was achieved so thats why.. anyhow.. thank you for enlightening my dumb bum.

You're not dumb. Just ignorant. Now you have been enlightened. You still have a great phone, you just might have to pay a little bit so you can unlock and use it
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

area51avenger said:
You're not dumb. Just ignorant.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The word "ignorant" has always sounded like a pejorative word to me. But I had to look up the definition, figuring maybe I don't really know the literal meaning of the word. Which turned out to be the case. One of the definitions of ignorant is "Lacking knowledge, information, or awareness about something in particular" which seems to exactly fit this situation. I guess I gave myself the English lesson for the day!
Every phone is different, and HTC in particular is always changing around their security measures. So the OP is not dumb in any way, but was just missing some particular pieces of information.

Will anyone please direct me to an HTC One S S4 backup.adb file

Hi all,
Again I've searched everywhere and can't find this so I must post my second in 1.5 years of lurking.
I'm usually good at breaking in to my phones but turns out I know only enough to be dangerous. I think the backup.ab file is my last option before I give up on this phone. Basically I can't re-unlock the bootloader due to an error 150 after making a mess of my phone and supercid (returned to stock values) etc. I'm hoping a full restore will help me pass the bootloader unlock however I didn't learn about it until recent so don't have one. Something is different about the RUU's maybe or possibly htcdev doesn't give out more than one unlock code.
Feel free to help if you can by offering a link to an s4 backup.ab file, another way to unlock without htcdev, or using this code...
<<<< Identifier Token Start >>>>
1700AFDC35C0F82BDA1C7D4E2DA1701C
D6CA28DD3B33DCB09D4250509789B86D
4C7BFF879A3CA0BA463E620CCEE9BE8D
A7203AB6C13F99932FD0CA9B9E2E2373
550463EFED6DF4D329000585DB278470
A753C1F674C0969BD5E3229DF526FBEC
C949BA53604319420CE0441874446C78
7B3356AB59746E140A1FD50207A45BF6
93A3F204FB111045DD77379E930FD675
667463DCCDDFA1400761799EF37144ED
1EA59F82CACA2022AD20F5342658F891
8EFFE8CAC5A619F7CA1F47CF22BD6B30
8FA33533B08831B1ECEB012B55D11955
21293A0337576353E621CCA6D5A50CE8
16353F9F2B0EEE1A66D62E6D336A790E
D4C6B64A99889BC3CF66367451564F84
<<<<< Identifier Token End >>>>>
Thanks!!!!

i've got the same problem mate, error 150, this happened after downgrading the bootloader, the phone works great, butt i can't unlock it. all the ruu's that i installed finished well butt didn't repaired what ever happened to the phone

Camboozle said:
Hi all,
Again I've searched everywhere and can't find this so I must post my second in 1.5 years of lurking.
I'm usually good at breaking in to my phones but turns out I know only enough to be dangerous. I think the backup.ab file is my last option before I give up on this phone. Basically I can't re-unlock the bootloader due to an error 150 after making a mess of my phone and supercid (returned to stock values) etc. I'm hoping a full restore will help me pass the bootloader unlock however I didn't learn about it until recent so don't have one. Something is different about the RUU's maybe or possibly htcdev doesn't give out more than one unlock code.
Feel free to help if you can by offering a link to an s4 backup.ab file, another way to unlock without htcdev, or using this code...
<<<< Identifier Token Start >>>>
1700AFDC35C0F82BDA1C7D4E2DA1701C
D6CA28DD3B33DCB09D4250509789B86D
4C7BFF879A3CA0BA463E620CCEE9BE8D
A7203AB6C13F99932FD0CA9B9E2E2373
550463EFED6DF4D329000585DB278470
A753C1F674C0969BD5E3229DF526FBEC
C949BA53604319420CE0441874446C78
7B3356AB59746E140A1FD50207A45BF6
93A3F204FB111045DD77379E930FD675
667463DCCDDFA1400761799EF37144ED
1EA59F82CACA2022AD20F5342658F891
8EFFE8CAC5A619F7CA1F47CF22BD6B30
8FA33533B08831B1ECEB012B55D11955
21293A0337576353E621CCA6D5A50CE8
16353F9F2B0EEE1A66D62E6D336A790E
D4C6B64A99889BC3CF66367451564F84
<<<<< Identifier Token End >>>>>
Thanks!!!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
alexskin said:
i've got the same problem mate, error 150, this happened after downgrading the bootloader, the phone works great, butt i can't unlock it. all the ruu's that i installed finished well butt didn't repaired what ever happened to the phone
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
look through you email archive for the original mail from htcdev & re-download the unlock_code!

rustykwak said:
look through you email archive for the original mail from htcdev & re-download the unlock_code!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
it does not work, i've tried it. although i've got a few nandroids and revoverys from when i has unlocked, and i might have one prior to unlocking, i don't know if it could help

alexskin said:
it does not work, i've tried it. although i've got a few nandroids and revoverys from when i has unlocked, and i might have one prior to unlocking, i don't know if it could help
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you have the original unlock_code? if so keep trying I have heard a few people had to try it several times before the unlock worked!

rustykwak said:
you have the original unlock_code? if so keep trying I have heard a few people had to try it several times before the unlock worked!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i't won't work since the token is based on the old cid, witch was from spain orange, and know i have the free spain cid

alexskin said:
i't won't work since the token is based on the old cid, witch was from spain orange, and know i have the free spain cid
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm in the same boat. I have the original unlock code as I thought it would always work but my token has changed 2 times noticeably in the last week so I don't think it will work. Also I have a full backup so have my original boot and recovery but can't write them. That's why I asked about the backup.adb file since I thought maybe it will bypass security and bring me back to stock and perhaps original token.

How can you obtaain a backup.adb?

cicciocant said:
How can you obtaain a backup.adb?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's what I'd like to know but you can make your own prior to unlocking and rooting or whatever you do with adb backup command and follow directions on your phone. It was pretty quick and painless with my new android phone. Do a search and you'll see more info on the subject.

[Q] [HELP] Root Questions - Unlocking Phone

I have spent hours on here reading and looking.. Everything seems to be outdated or questionable. I'm sorry if this is something I should of been able to find. I've looked.. Just send me to a link if you need to.
Questions:
If I root the phone will it be carrier unlocked?
If not.. What do I need to do to get it carrier unlocked?
What I've already done.
Unlocked the boot loader with HTCDEV.
HTC seems to be more so complicated than most. Sorry.

Neither rooting nor unlocking the bootloader will unlock the SIM card. That needs to be done separately. I've never used it, but I think AAHK2 does unlock the SIM.

Unlock With Desire HD ruu?
bananagranola said:
Neither rooting nor unlocking the bootloader will unlock the SIM card. That needs to be done separately. I've never used it, but I think AAHK2 does unlock the SIM.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My buddy kirn had a inspire 4g he stated he found an unlock method that although was rather intensive worked 100% it involved flashing a htc desire hd stock unbranded ruu WARNING I dot have details and flashing a ruu not intended for your device CAN BRICK IT
:silly:

MY HTC ONE X AT&T has this screen and wont start up

please help me. i dont know what to do with this cell... anyhow i managed to get it into this screen...
it would keep restarting after displaying htc quietly brilliant.
i have no idea what was done to this cell as i got it lying around in my closet.

What do you mean you got it lying around in my closet? You don't know what you did to it in the past?
Sent from my Evita

no actually my cousin might have screwed up my cell and kept it back...
timmaaa said:
What do you mean you got it lying around in my closet? You don't know what you did to it in the past?
Sent from my Evita
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

Well I think the first thing you should do is talk to your cousin and find out exactly what he did to the device, then you can report back here.
Sent from my Evita

is there any other way through which we can come to know what can be done??? such as an odin thing which i used to do in my samsung note 1 or 3???
timmaaa said:
Well I think the first thing you should do is talk to your cousin and find out exactly what he did to the device, then you can report back here.
Sent from my Evita
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

To know what needs to be done I need to know the history of the device. Odin is Samsung only, there is no HTC equivalent. Who got the phone to this point, you or your cousin? You need to find out what he's done.
Sent from my Evita

Well, one problem is that the screen is cracked.
Seriously though, the phone for some reason or other cannot load into the OS, and is stuck in bootloader. Other than that, not much else can be determined if you don't know the history of what was done.
pvirus86 said:
is there any other way through which we can come to know what can be done??? such as an odin thing which i used to do in my samsung note 1 or 3???
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nope. You need to know the history of the device. There is an HTC-specific recovery utility. But running it on a device with unknown history can brick the phone permanently. Particularly since the device is definitely tampered (as shown on the first line of the screen).
Also, the phone's IMEI is personal information, and should not be posted on the internet. You should edit the photo to hide the IMEI.

Unlock your bootloader. Sometimes if you have custom installed or fragments of a custom ROM on the device it will boot directly into your bootloader. After unlocking your bootloader you can install a recovery image and sideload a ROM.

yes i asked my brother and he is saying he doesnt remember what he had done to it... if anyone can show me a way to do something ill try it... or else should i take it to some shop to get it fixed.... which would cost me... but first i wanted to get my hands over d expert advise of u all

Return the phone to stock and never let your brother touch any electronic device of yours again.
Sent from my Evita

but can you let me know to revert it to stock. and will i have to do it from windows 7 or my mac os wud work???

pvirus86 said:
but can you let me know to revert it to stock. and will i have to do it from windows 7 or my mac os wud work???
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This phone is in a dangerous state.. Running the RUU in this state could brick the phone (make it permanantly unusable without a jtag). Though typically that is how one would return a phone to stock.. to be honest, the safest thing to do would be to unlock the bootloader, flash a rom, S-OFF and then return it to stock. If these seem like foreign terms to you, you have a lot of reading to do. Your phone is in a tough spot right now ESPECIALLY not knowing the history regarding what was done. You would need the bootloader unlock token to reunlock that phone if you don't have it, there's very little chance of safely returning that phone to stock.

pvirus86 said:
yes i asked my brother and he is saying he doesnt remember what he had done to it...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Brother or cousin, or both? It seems you don't even know who has been messing with your phone. And the person(s) messing with it don't have a clue what they are doing. So its no wonder the phone is in the state it is.
Agree with above that RUU is risky. Better to s-off the phone first.

Thank u all for the prompt replies, I have played with Samsung but not with HTC. But I can try to unlock the bootloader n turn d s-off. Can I get an step guide for HTC. The thing was I have many cellphone that I buy and use it very rarely. Majority I use is my note 3.

pvirus86 said:
Thank u all for the prompt replies, I have played with Samsung but not with HTC. But I can try to unlock the bootloader not turn d s-off. Can I get an step guide for HTC. The thing was I have many cellphone that I buy and use it very rarely. Majority I use is my note 3.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There are detailed instructions available at htcdev for unlocking your bootloader. Once you've done that you need to flash a custom recovery, then you can flash root, then you can get s-off. Check my How-To Guide For Beginners thread, the link is in my signature.
Sent from my Evita

pvirus86 said:
Thank u all for the prompt replies, I have played with Samsung but not with HTC. But I can try to unlock the bootloader n turn d s-off. Can I get an step guide for HTC. The thing was I have many cellphone that I buy and use it very rarely. Majority I use is my note 3.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Every device manufaccturer/model has different root methods. If you want to root the phone, you have to put the time in to learn the correct process. There is no shortcut. You won't find a step-by-step guide for the entire process, because of the different carrier version and firmware updates (root method, etc. differs for each). But all the resources you need are sticky at the top of either this Q&A forum section, or General section.

hi i tried to get to unlock the bootloader from the HTCDEV site. first of all the HTC ONE X wasnt on the list so i selected other supported devices
then followed the steps and got the following error
Error Code: 160.
Error Reason: MID Not Allowed.
now what does this mean??

That means you have the original CID still, which means you should be able to run the 3.18 RUU without any problems. Check your CID by issuing this fastboot command:
Code:
fastboot oem readcid
Sent from my Evita

yes i had issued this command after finding it in one of the websites and this was the result which i got
cid: CWS__001
or cid: c??__001
i forgot the exact two letter after C. i think it was CWS

You have the original at&t CID. That means you can run the 3.18 RUU without having to unlock the bootloader and get s-off first.
Sent from my Evita

[Q] Proper way to unlock a relocked boot loader

As the title states, what's the proper way to unlock a relocked boot loader? Using Firewater again doesn't do anything. I can't flash any .zip files without them instantly failing (even if the MD5 checksum is correct) which wasn't happening before i fast boot oem locked my M8.
Any ideas?

I'm assuming you're also s-off since this is the Verizon forum so you could change to super cid and then get an unlock code from htcdev.

cntryby429 said:
I'm assuming you're also s-off since this is the Verizon forum so you could change to super cid and then get an unlock code from htcdev.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Naturally, yes, I am s-off. I can get an unlock code from htcdev just by changing my cid? Like this? That could work.

Ew, I can't give you the details cause I don't know them. I vaguely recall that super cid is all ones but I was intending to give you enough info to Google on. You obviously did with your post but again, I THINK your super cid should be all ones to then you would be able to get an unlock code from htcdev. Sorry I can't be of more help.

cntryby429 said:
Ew, I can't give you the details cause I don't know them. I vaguely recall that super cid is all ones but I was intending to give you enough info to Google on. You obviously did with your post but again, I THINK your super cid should be all ones to then you would be able to get an unlock code from htcdev. Sorry I can't be of more help.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's what that post says to do. I might as well try it, I'll write down my current cid and then test it out. Here's to not breaking anything :good:

Alright, changing the CID and unlocking using htcdev unlocked my boot loader perfectly, and now the rom I was trying to flash isn't just instantly failing! Thanks for your help!

One thing I don't know but would find out if I were you is if you should now change you cid back to what it was. I understand that some ROMs will check that and install the proper files based on it. It just might keep you from accidentally doing something you shouldn't.