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[Q] HTC unlock bootloader on Desire in error state

Hi to all!
Few days ago, HTC released the unlock bootloader tool for HTC Desire also (and for other smartphone) HTCdev - Unlock Bootloader. So I tryed to follow the guide. The first step is intended to upgrade the HBOOT, so I have to connect the device to the computer, to download a RUU from a list on my computer and to execute it. But when my device automatically reboot (this is the procedure) I get and error that says "model id error"! (I have a MIUI Rom)
I write from Italy so I downloaded HTC Europe RUU (my device is not branded). Which one I have to try?
Is there anyone that tryed this procedure? Anyone can help me?
Thanks in advance.
Francesco.
P.S.: my device hboot detail
Bravo PVT1 ship s-on
HBoot-0.93.0001
Microp-031d
Touch Panel-synt0101
Radio 5.09.05.30-2

Same here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431726
Did you run APTG or CT?

Both, but without success

same here, spent a few hours with no joy

Just use revolutionary.io
With revolutionary you don't loose warranty and have full bootloader unlocked.
Sent from my HTC Desire

Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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andQlimax said:
Just use revolutionary.io
With revolutionary you don't loose warranty and have full bootloader unlocked.
Sent from my HTC Desire
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Thanks for the suggestion but I don't want just to unlock the bootloader but unlock the bootloader with HTC rules and tools.
Thanks.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21119888&postcount=5

There is no point in unlocking bootloader with HTC's tools, unless you wish to use Htc's own crappy recovery to flash a custom rom..

Droidzone said:
Excellent...what we have here are some nice fat guinea pigs!
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fat guinea pigs??? Excellent... we have an idiot! (also I add a "wink" so we are all happy, ok?).
Droidzone said:
There is no point in unlocking bootloader with HTC's tools, unless you wish to use Htc's own crappy recovery to flash a custom rom..
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The point is that I want to try, to test, I'm curious to unlock my bootloader with HTC tools! And not simply unlock the bootloader! So, now, I have a problem. Can you help me? No? So, do not offend and make your businness!
Thanks.

Guineapig was a figure of speech, no offense meant. A guineapig is the commonest lab animal subjected to scientific experiments. If you feel that was offensive, I do apologize profusely.

Droidzone said:
Guineapig was a figure of speech, no offense meant. A guineapig is the commonest lab animal subjected to scientific experiments. If you feel that was offensive, I do apologize profusely.
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Ok, apologize me too... it's difficult to understand a "figure of speech"...
So, I just tryed a new RUU from htcdev. They have upgraded the HTC EU one, but I get an error that says that I need to upgrade the ROM to 2.29.405.14.
I think that it's impossibile for me because I have a MIUI ROM, right?
Anyone tested it?

If you're bent on trying the unlocker, the first thing to do is unroot. Keep your goldcard ready, and run the RUU. After unrooting with whatever RUU you chose, select the same RUU from their choice (this is a tentative advice).
Word of caution: They're saying Hboot upgrade required. If that's true, be warned that you will never be able to run an Alpharev/Revolutionary S-off until they update their method to include this.

[Bootloader] Control your Bootloader and set Superversion for downgrade (aromazip)

Want to re-lock your bootloader for some reason?
Want to get back to the state it were before unlocking?
Want to get rid of RELOCKED and instead have LOCKED (OOW) (1.08.0099) or LOCKED (1.09.0099) again for Downgrading and get warranty back?
Want to unlock bootloader again without data wipe?
Want to downgrade to an earlier RUU?
Control your bootloader now as you wish!
* Easily switch between LOCKED (OOW), RELOCKED or UNLOCKED without losing data.
* Set Superversion
What is Superversion:
All RUUs have main software number versions. You can not downgrade to lower versions. In the forums there is a fix where you have to edit and reflash your misc partition.(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1445867)
Now you need no hex editor anymore. Just chose Superversion option and the update.zip will do anything for you.
UPDATE:
* Added option for Superversion
http://www.mediafire.com/file/a7m70dmrd0gdvav/bltool-signed.zip

Is this universal or gsm? I can see this being very helpful

Nice, can't wait to try it.

simonsimons34 said:
Is this universal or gsm? I can see this being very helpful
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Well for I never had a non GSM-phone I don't know. But there should be no great difference

this looks amazing!
thanks

i don't see why it wouldn't work with cdma. It pulls your misc partition img. Its not like it has a misc.img included and flashing that. So, I think it would work on CDMA just fine. For that matter, any device really.

jmztaylor said:
i don't see why it wouldn't work with cdma. It pulls your misc partition img. Its not like it has a misc.img included and flashing that. So, I think it would work on CDMA just fine. For that matter, any device really.
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Right. It dumps the misc partition to a file. the "bltool" looks at specific offsets and only changes what it has to change. the rest is kept as is and the partition is dumped back.
unless CDMA phones use the different offsets in the misc.img (which is highly improbable) it works with cdma, too.

I'll post this for kalaker
kalaker said:
Hello,
I would just like to inform you that your WFS bootloader unlock/relock tool does work on CDMA (Marvelc) phones.
I would make a contribution in the thread, however, I have not yet reached 10 posts.
Thank you for such a wonderful script.
kalaker
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Can it bypass the HTCDev procedure to unlock the bootloader the first time (with HBOOT 1.09.0099) or not yet ?

pihug12 said:
Can it bypass the HTCDev procedure to unlock the bootloader the first time (with HBOOT 1.09.0099) or not yet ?
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you need CWM recovery to use this tool, and you cant install CWM to an unlocked phone

Can this be done with a HTC Wildfire Buzz ?
Edit: It works on the Buzz but it doesn't get S-On back

hacktrix2006 said:
Can this be done with a HTC Wildfire Buzz ?
Edit: It works on the Buzz but it doesn't get S-On back
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It's not intended to.

Well i used it and it works well under the HTC Wildfire (Buzz) Although the superversion still just shows unlocked. I have tried it myself and no harm came to the Hboot at all.
With S-On though i have managed with a little bit of adb shell magic by typing this into adb shell as root i.e #
echo -e '[email protected]=7,1\r' > /dev/smd0
and then rebooting the phone.

This tool will just change the misc partition. It sets the bootloader lock state.
the superversion option changes the main version to 0.0.0.0 so that any ruu can be installed.

Thanks for info at least you know it will work on the Wildfire (buzz) the little brother to Wildfire S (marvel)

Can somebody please tell me how to update it...
I'm stuck on fastboot and I cannot use adb, so is there any way I can update this with fastboot on Wildfire S (marvel) S-ON????

can this tools works for HTC One V?
i need to get the **LOCKED** status back for warranty purpose

spiderio said:
can this tools works for HTC One V?
i need to get the **LOCKED** status back for warranty purpose
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I'm interested in whether it works for the One S, also. Don't need to get back for warranty, but this tool is invaluable.

Locked (oow = out of warranty) just in case anyone is relocking for warranty purposes only.
Sent using tapatalk 2 via an Android telephonic device.

Please do not try it on HTC One Devices or any other eMMC based devices (ALL highend devices)
It won't work because MTD drivers are not able to access eMMC

Unable to flash cwm on wildfire

i have a htc wildfire.. had unlocked my bootloader and i have super user installed on my phone. i rooted my phone to install the cyanogenmod. i used super user tool for rooting after unlocking my bootloader from htc dev website. i almost read all the stuff over xda to install cyanogenmod.
for installing the cyanogenmod i have to install the CWM.. now i tried to install it by each and every method.. each and every method is posing problems. I have my wildfire with "hBOT 1.02.000" "S ON". and it says "locked oow"...as far i am aware of this locked oow it means that i am out of warranty... is locked means that now my wildfire bootloader is again locked and i won't be able to flash the CWM.... what shoud i do .please guide me for installing CWM . i am frustrated with all the threats and i am frustrated with reading the threats all over the xda and other places..now please guide me thoroughly how to install CWM.. please don't copy and show any installation threat please...please write full method here. and please make sure that you mention each and every step clearly because i almost read each and every threat how to flash the CWM. but unable. i am ready to answer any question. treat me as new from installation point view... please do reply as soon as possible..i will wait for reply and will try anything for installing the cyanogenmd..
with regards
Sachin

sachoosaini said:
i have a htc wildfire.. had unlocked my bootloader and i have super user installed on my phone. i rooted my phone to install the cyanogenmod. i used super user tool for rooting after unlocking my bootloader from htc dev website. i almost read all the stuff over xda to install cyanogenmod.
for installing the cyanogenmod i have to install the CWM.. now i tried to install it by each and every method.. each and every method is posing problems. I have my wildfire with "hBOT 1.02.000" "S ON". and it says "locked oow"...as far i am aware of this locked oow it means that i am out of warranty... is locked means that now my wildfire bootloader is again locked and i won't be able to flash the CWM.... what shoud i do .please guide me for installing CWM . i am frustrated with all the threats and i am frustrated with reading the threats all over the xda and other places..now please guide me thoroughly how to install CWM.. please don't copy and show any installation threat please...please write full method here. and please make sure that you mention each and every step clearly because i almost read each and every threat how to flash the CWM. but unable. i am ready to answer any question. treat me as new from installation point view... please do reply as soon as possible..i will wait for reply and will try anything for installing the cyanogenmd..
with regards
Sachin
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as far as I know the unlock method of htc dev doesn't give you s-off (which seems to be confirmed by yourself saying you're still s-on). S-on means "security on" what in other words means you won't be able to flash a custom recovery (if I'm not mistaken here).
You said that you have read every thread here about this - so you should know as it's mentioned all over this forum (that htc dev isn't the best method...). For how - and if - you still could get there I''m not too sure but you probably need to do an RUU, downgrade etc to do the suggested method (of the two corresponding threads here) instead of the htc dev thing.
But as I said: I_m not sure if you still can - probably someone has experience here?

eventcom said:
as far as I know the unlock method of htc dev doesn't give you s-off (which seems to be confirmed by yourself saying you're still s-on). S-on means "security on" what in other words means you won't be able to flash a custom recovery (if I'm not mistaken here).
You said that you have read every thread here about this - so you should know as it's mentioned all over this forum (that htc dev isn't the best method...). For how - and if - you still could get there I''m not too sure but you probably need to do an RUU, downgrade etc to do the suggested method (of the two corresponding threads here) instead of the htc dev thing.
But as I said: I_m not sure if you still can - probably someone has experience here?
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No, no. He will be able to flash a custom recovery if he unlocked it using HTCDev, he won't, however, be able to modify the internal storage while the phone is booted.

Lesicnik1 said:
No, no. He will be able to flash a custom recovery if he unlocked it using HTCDev, he won't, however, be able to modify the internal storage while the phone is booted.
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ah, yes, thx for clearifying - so you can't get control over the partitions or what does it mean?

The htc dev method gives a different output to revo or alpha, if it says s-on with unlocked somewhere then fastboot is the only method that will work for flashing a custom recovery and although some things like the revovery partition are unlocked for flashing, some important things like radio aren't hence the s still being on........
I presume if it says s-on and locked then yes you have probably gone wrong somewhere and locked it again.
Theres not many people on here that have used the htc dev unlock tool i don't think so support might be a bit thin as we don't know much about it, try running through the htc dev unlock method again to hopefully get it unlocked again and then flash cwm by the fastboot method.
If it says locked then i can't think of any other way, downgrading to hboot 1.01.0001in order to use revolutionary may work but i'm not sure if you can or not as i have personally never done it.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

i replied to the origional threat below..
nothing in this section wrote it wrongly

Now what to do ??? :
Scratch0805 said:
The htc dev method gives a different output to revo or alpha, if it says s-on with unlocked somewhere then fastboot is the only method that will work for flashing a custom recovery and although some things like the revovery partition are unlocked for flashing, some important things like radio aren't hence the s still being on........
I presume if it says s-on and locked then yes you have probably gone wrong somewhere and locked it again.
Theres not many people on here that have used the htc dev unlock tool i don't think so support might be a bit thin as we don't know much about it, try running through the htc dev unlock method again to hopefully get it unlocked again and then flash cwm by the fastboot method.
If it says locked then i can't think of any other way, downgrading to hboot 1.01.0001in order to use revolutionary may work but i'm not sure if you can or not as i have personally never done it.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
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sorrie i post it in the reply section i am not aware of the reply menu just saw it..
so now what should i do ?? does i need to go back to htc dev for again unlocking the bootloader ?? the phone just does't accept any method ..
what you guys suggest??

sachoosaini said:
sorrie i post it in the reply section i am not aware of the reply menu just saw it..
so now what should i do ?? does i need to go back to htc dev for again unlocking the bootloader ?? the phone just does't accept any method ..
what you guys suggest??
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Have a look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457231
Looks like the problem is very similar to yours (and the thread starter solved it?).

i tried that too...
eventcom said:
Have a look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457231
Looks like the problem is very similar to yours (and the thread starter solved it?).
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i already tried buzz downgrade a long ago.i used the method as it is told on the website..:good:
but don't know why it doesn't work properly i have no idea why this don't work either. i read number of threats regarding it and i tried to google
with the errors that came with buzz downgrade. something just goes wrong with it in the first step but it just doesn't get completed. the phone does not respond when i ran the buzz downgade utility even after installing the htc driver from the buzz downgrade itself (don't remember exactly that it is explained over the internet). i did clearly everything whatever is written in the threats about how to use the buzz downgrade but in vain i stopped it trying.
i still have the setup of buzz downgrade in my laptop.:silly:
but why it doesn't work i don't know..and you know what i read that threat too in the past.
may be it is the problem of the bootloader that it is locked..

sachoosaini said:
I have my wildfire with "hBOT 1.02.000" "S ON". and it says "locked oow"...as far i am aware of this locked oow it means that i am out of warranty... is locked means that now my wildfire bootloader is again locked and i won't be able to flash the CWM.... what shoud i do .please guide me for installing CWM
Sachin
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During your procedure,did you ever achieve the S-OFF ?
You need to downgrade from 1.02.0000 to 1.01.0001 to use Revolutionary.
Try this guide.
If you want revolutionary will automatically download the recovery and install it on your phone.
After gaining S-OFF if you can't get Unrevoked working in order to gain root.
Use this or try SuperOneClick.
Good luck:good:

Try the link in my Sig, it should help. First, I recommend running an RUU and relocking your bootloader using fastboot oem lock.
Then try the debranding and rooting guide in the Sig.
Sent from pixels to more pixels

i used buzz downgrade but of no use aware of that threat a long ago
optimusodd said:
During your procedure,did you ever achieve the S-OFF ?
You need to downgrade from 1.02.0000 to 1.01.0001 to use Revolutionary.
Try this guide.
If you want revolutionary will automatically download the recovery and install it on your phone.
After gaining S-OFF if you can't get Unrevoked working in order to gain root.
Use this or try SuperOneClick.
Good luck:good:
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this is the thing i already tried a long ago. when the wildfire was updated to 2.2 version of android ,it changed into "wildfire (buzz) 2.2.1, with HBOOT 1.01.0002"..now as the threats i read there in the past, i can't run the revolutionary or any other method. because the htc has applied some sort of lock on the new bootloader. revolutionary gave some error which i don't remember as per the threats. in the mean time nobody able to find the solution of this new 1.01.0002 bootloader unlocking. then i that time i heard of htc dev website and in that time i used that website to unlock my bootloader and alas it got unlocked and my bootloader has been changed to 1.02.000.. but now i again find that my bootloader is locked may be.. how i don;t know about that.. i tried to run that method of buzz downgrade number of times thoroughly again and again as if u read in the thread above it give some sort of error and does't do anything for me. so i asked what else i do then this , again do i need go to htc dev website to unlock bootloader ??

usaff22 said:
Try the link in my Sig, it should help. First, I recommend running an RUU and relocking your bootloader using fastboot oem lock.
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Which RUU you want him to run ?If i am not wrong,he can only upgrade as he is S-ON,right ?
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What is the information on your hboot screen? tell us your hboot info first,we can help you in a better way.
sachoosaini said:
it changed into "wildfire (buzz) 2.2.1, with HBOOT 1.01.0002"..now as the threats i read there in the past, i can't run the revolutionary or any other method. because the htc has applied some sort of lock on the new bootloader.
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Let me tell you,I successfully rooted my phone after OTA 2.2 update using Revolutionary.
revolutionary gave some error which i don't remember as per the threats.
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I told you,you need to downgrade from 1.02.0000 to 1.01.0001 to use Revolutionary.
Did you make any Gold-Card thing ?
so i asked what else i do then this , again do i need go to htc dev website to unlock bootloader ??
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I never tried htcdev method so i have no idea about that.You should probably try their method once again,if that doesn't work,use the Gold card tool to downgrade the HBOOT using this guide.
Code:
Step 1: run step1.bat from the package. This will downgrade your MISC partition to allow for the RUU downgrade.
At the end, GoldCardTool will start up, to allow you to create a goldcard which you will need before starting Step 2
Step 2: run step2.bat from the package. This will downgrade your ROM version to HTC WWE Froyo for Wildfire (unbranded).
If you get a Customer ID error while doing this, your goldcard is not working!
Create a new goldcard and re-run step2
or follow usaff22's guide.
HTH

going to try buzz downgrade on windows xp 32 bit today.
optimusodd said:
Which RUU you want him to run ?If i am not wrong,he can only upgrade as he is S-ON,right ?
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What is the information on your hboot screen? tell us your hboot info first,we can help you in a better way.
Let me tell you,I successfully rooted my phone after OTA 2.2 update using Revolutionary.
I told you,you need to downgrade from 1.02.0000 to 1.01.0001 to use Revolutionary.
Did you make any Gold-Card thing ?
I never tried htcdev method so i have no idea about that.You should probably try their method once again,if that doesn't work,use the Gold card tool to downgrade the HBOOT using this guide.
Code:
Step 1: run step1.bat from the package. This will downgrade your MISC partition to allow for the RUU downgrade.
At the end, GoldCardTool will start up, to allow you to create a goldcard which you will need before starting Step 2
Step 2: run step2.bat from the package. This will downgrade your ROM version to HTC WWE Froyo for Wildfire (unbranded).
If you get a Customer ID error while doing this, your goldcard is not working!
Create a new goldcard and re-run step2
or follow usaff22's guide.
HTH
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i will let you know today i am going to use windows xp 32 bit to run the downgrade tool..hope this will work out for me. i will reply you with the error if any come meantime...

lost battle with an error
sachoosaini said:
i will let you know today i am going to use windows xp 32 bit to run the downgrade tool..hope this will work out for me. i will reply you with the error if any come meantime...
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i left with a error buzz downgrade didn't worked gold card was successfully created and in the end it gave a error..
"FAILED <remote: 42 custom id check fail " ...
tried to search about it on the internet but unable to find good solution...
now is it the end of my battle to get cynogen ??

stopped with an error
optimusodd said:
Which RUU you want him to run ?If i am not wrong,he can only upgrade as he is S-ON,right ?
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What is the information on your hboot screen? tell us your hboot info first,we can help you in a better way.
Let me tell you,I successfully rooted my phone after OTA 2.2 update using Revolutionary.
I told you,you need to downgrade from 1.02.0000 to 1.01.0001 to use Revolutionary.
Did you make any Gold-Card thing ?
I never tried htcdev method so i have no idea about that.You should probably try their method once again,if that doesn't work,use the Gold card tool to downgrade the HBOOT using this guide.
Code:
Step 1: run step1.bat from the package. This will downgrade your MISC partition to allow for the RUU downgrade.
At the end, GoldCardTool will start up, to allow you to create a goldcard which you will need before starting Step 2
Step 2: run step2.bat from the package. This will downgrade your ROM version to HTC WWE Froyo for Wildfire (unbranded).
If you get a Customer ID error while doing this, your goldcard is not working!
Create a new goldcard and re-run step2
or follow usaff22's guide.
HTH
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i left with a error buzz downgrade didn't worked gold card was successfully created and in the end it gave a error..
"FAILED <remote: 42 custom id check fail " ...
tried to search about it on the internet but unable to find good solution...
now is it the end of my battle to get cynogen ??

sachoosaini said:
i left with a error buzz downgrade didn't worked gold card was successfully created and in the end it gave a error..
"FAILED <remote: 42 custom id check fail "
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You didn’t answer me,What is the information on your HBOOT screen?
Power off the phone and ensure the phone is completely off. Then hold POWER + VOL-DOWN buttons together until the white HBOOT screen appears. Tell us your HBOOT info.
You are getting Customer ID error,It’s a bad Goldcard.You will have to create a new Goldcard.
>Connect it to your computer using an SD Adapter and format the card to FAT32 file system once again.
>Redownload and reextract the package.
>Follow this guide to create the Goldcard.It’s a bit more detailed.
Before doing anything download CCleaner and TFC and run them.TFC will ask you to reboot.Reboot the PC.
Now make the Goldcard.Good luck.

optimusodd said:
You didn’t answer me,What is the information on your HBOOT screen?
Power off the phone and ensure the phone is completely off. Then hold POWER + VOL-DOWN buttons together until the white HBOOT screen appears. Tell us your HBOOT info
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not really clear to me also - if I got him right he initially has been on 1.01.0002 (because of the Android update). Because there hasn't been a possibility by revolutionary yet at that time and for that bootloader he unlocked it at the htcdev site what made it 1.02.000.
But I'm a bit confused, too, so a detailed information of the fastboot screen would really help (or a pic).

optimusodd said:
You didn’t answer me,What is the information on your HBOOT screen?
Power off the phone and ensure the phone is completely off. Then hold POWER + VOL-DOWN buttons together until the white HBOOT screen appears. Tell us your HBOOT info.
You are getting Customer ID error,It’s a bad Goldcard.You will have to create a new Goldcard.
>Connect it to your computer using an SD Adapter and format the card to FAT32 file system once again.
>Redownload and reextract the package.
>Follow this guide to create the Goldcard.It’s a bit more detailed.
Before doing anything download CCleaner and TFC and run them.TFC will ask you to reboot.Reboot the PC.
Now make the Goldcard.Good luck.
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i will try that gold card method again in the meanwhile i am telling you the
"bootloader menu information"
*** LOCKED (OOW) ***
BUZZ PVT SHIP S-ON
]HBOOT-- 1.02.0000
TOUCH PANEL-SYN3KY_02
RADIO-3.35.20.10
Dec 13 2011, 12:08:54
thats all the information about the hbot menu..

sachoosaini said:
*** LOCKED (OOW) ***
BUZZ PVT SHIP S-ON
]HBOOT-- 1.02.0000
TOUCH PANEL-SYN3KY_02
RADIO-3.35.20.10
Dec 13 2011, 12:08:54
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As it says,your Bootloader is still LOCKED.
After using HTC dev unlock tool your HBOOT 1.01.0002 got changed to 1.02.000 while Bootloader is still locked.
i.e you probably missed some steps.

Possible S-OFF exploit within the next update?

As some of you may heard in the news, HTC is going to change its slogan from "quietly brilliant" to "bold, authentic and playful". My theory is that a future update will change the splash screen so the slogan on it to fit the devices look to the new marketing frame. Here is where the dev's and hackers can maybe start and search for an exploit. Maybe I'm wrong, but at least it's an idea since the progress in S-OFF development has literally stopped. Feel free to correct me

I won't .....
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And why is it that when an already s-off phone locks the bootloader it still says "relocked" what difference needs to be written to the phone to make it say locked. If we can't do that there is not much profit of a S-off device......in flashing and installing roms i mean.
Obtaining a "locked" bootloader would be the best, at least for warranty purposes !

Mr Hofs said:
I won't .....
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And why is it that when an already s-off phone locks the bootloader it still says "relocked" what difference needs to be written to the phone to make it say locked. If we can't do that there is not much profit of a S-off device......in flashing and installing roms i mean.
Obtaining a "locked" bootloader would be the best, at least for warranty purposes !
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Because the hboot.img needs editing, so the options are locked and locked, instead of relocked and locked. That's not difficult, don't think anyway.

Mr Hofs said:
I won't .....
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And why is it that when an already s-off phone locks the bootloader it still says "relocked" what difference needs to be written to the phone to make it say locked. If we can't do that there is not much profit of a S-off device......in flashing and installing roms i mean.
Obtaining a "locked" bootloader would be the best, at least for warranty purposes !
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Forgetting the warranty side it's handy to be able to download, install ROMs and nandroids all on the phone without requiring a pc to do fastboot commands + when a new firmware is out (like when jb was being rolled out) there is no waiting around for your cid to be supported. All minor but usefull. I'd still like to know if it's possible to get back to locked though.
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herbie13 said:
Forgetting the warranty side it's handy to be able to download, install ROMs and nandroids all on the phone without requiring a pc to do fastboot commands + when a new firmware is out (like when jb was being rolled out) there is no waiting around for your cid to be supported. All minor but usefull. I'd still like to know if it's possible to get back to locked though.
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Yeah getting it back to locked would be great. And you are right about the flashing stuff. Its just so that i got used to flash the phone with fastboot so much.....it would be strange to do it without
And where would i go as a helper on xda ? Flashing will be too easy, i could lose my job here

AW: Possible S-OFF exploit within the next update?
Mr Hofs said:
Yeah getting it back to locked would be great. And you are right about the flashing stuff. Its just so that i got used to flash the phone with fastboot so much.....it would be strange to do it without
And where would i go as a helper on xda ? Flashing will be too easy, i could lose my job here
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You may have the Job "S-OFF Guide"
Oh god I'm dreaming...again. Could we please come back to topic? That'd be great ^^
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[Q] S-OFF HTC One V

Hi everyone i googled a lot about s-off for htc one v, but there is no normal info how to do that... so there is now way to do that or i dont know something?

The one V can't get s-off indeed.
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So without setting up s-off i cant change cid?
lars1216 said:
The one V can't get s-off indeed.
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nutonas said:
So without setting up s-off i cant change cid?
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no u can't
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s-off
nutonas said:
Hi everyone i googled a lot about s-off for htc one v, but there is no normal info how to do that... so there is now way to do that or i dont know something?
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There are only hardware solutions [which don't make a lot of sense for a common end user]. lg(e) tool & riff box both offer methods for s-off on gsm one v. A local repair shop might have one of these tools. I have a riff box, but that doesn't do many ppl very good. No soft-unlock; I agree with previous posters there.

Can you post the pic sir? Cuz i dont hear any of that b4
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danishaznita said:
Can you post the pic sir? Cuz i dont hear any of that b4
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Sure, as soon as I get cdma support for same.. I carry a Virgin Mobile [as of today].
The sticky part is you have to have a jtag tool.. found out medusa box also supports htc one v. Then, possibly even more sticky, you have to disassemble your phone and use testpoint to disable your emmc. Lots of people have totally screwed their phones not following that hairy step.. The rest is quite easy should you have and read your respective jtag support literature.
Rob

I don't think people will be willing to dissemble their phones for s-off
What i mean to say that its too risky
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aashukmehta said:
I don't think people will be willing to dissemble their phones for s-off
What i mean to say that its too risky
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I totally agree with you. S-OFF really is not needed unless you're a true developer. And by that I mean, unless you are wanting to look at and tweak your bootloader and/or radio.. why does one even need S-OFF? The HTC unlock should work just fine for 95% or more of the people out there. Those that dare to need more... they'll just have to pay to play [or take that risk].
Regards,
Rob

insink71 said:
I totally agree with you. S-OFF really is not needed unless you're a true developer. And by that I mean, unless you are wanting to look at and tweak your bootloader and/or radio.. why does one even need S-OFF? The HTC unlock should work just fine for 95% or more of the people out there. Those that dare to need more... they'll just have to pay to play [or take that risk].
Regards,
Rob
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CDMA ver should got S-OFF , GSM yet no S-Off yet.
S-OFF is super useful for who want to do custom rom/kernel without breaking the warranty because you can unlock BL without via HTC unlock and lock BL again at anytime when you want to send it back to HTC service centre.

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TheEndHK said:
CDMA ver should got S-OFF , GSM yet no S-Off yet.
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1) GSM is supported T320e PK7610000 by riff box, lg(e) tool, medusa, and possibly others; CDMA is not PK7630000.
S-OFF is super useful for who want to do custom rom/kernel without breaking the warranty because you can unlock BL without via HTC unlock and lock BL again at anytime when you want to send it back to HTC service centre.
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2) S-Off voids your warranty the same as HTC unlock. Talk to anyone who ever used the xtc-clip, and see how easy it is to S-On after S-Off.
You can customize both roms and kernels with HTC unlock. The only restraints are as I mentioned before: your stuck on latest bootloader and radio cannot be tampered with [or switched to another carrier]. That's pretty much it. The differences in a nutshell.
Rob

insink71 said:
1) GSM is supported T320e PK7610000 by riff box, lg(e) tool, medusa, and possibly others; CDMA is not PK7630000.
2) S-Off voids your warranty the same as HTC unlock. Talk to anyone who ever used the xtc-clip, and see how easy it is to S-On after S-Off.
You can customize both roms and kernels with HTC unlock. The only restraints are as I mentioned before: your stuck on latest bootloader and radio cannot be tampered with [or switched to another carrier]. That's pretty much it. The differences in a nutshell.
Rob
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There have been some One Vs that shipped with S-OFF

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MameTozhio said:
There have been some One Vs that shipped with S-OFF
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Companies, including HTC, do make a limited number of S-off devices [typically for qualcomm developers or the carrier development teams]. These have occasionally been shipped out in error to regular customers. It is like finding a golden easter egg though, not typical. In those rare cases HTC might take phone back [to save face since ultimately was a shipping error] but typically s-off will void a warranty. Truthfully though, if you have a s-off device, one would rarely need to utilize warranty. 99% of issues out there can be fixed with software [patches, replacing binaries, kernels, etc.] Only time warranty is needed is when hardware fails; which, hasn't happened to me ever i the many devices I've owned.
Rob
Only hardware faults I've seen with this particular model [HTC One V] are bad/fried emmc chips and/or bad resistor from emmc. These typically come from people that have tried to defeat the emmc write protection [purposefully or unwittingly]. Unfortunately, this is why with these devices test point must be used [which shorts the emmc disabling the write protection] or indeed hardware damage could occur to your device [if your determined to try but attempt to write w/o disabling the write protection]. Do I believe many will actually partially disassemble their phone for s-off? Nope. Will I still work on and publish [safe] method if I can? Yep. Hardware failures on this device are denoted by dropping into qhsusb_dload mode [w/o invoking it properly through test point].

insink71 said:
1) GSM is supported T320e PK7610000 by riff box, lg(e) tool, medusa, and possibly others; CDMA is not PK7630000.
2) S-Off voids your warranty the same as HTC unlock. Talk to anyone who ever used the xtc-clip, and see how easy it is to S-On after S-Off.
You can customize both roms and kernels with HTC unlock. The only restraints are as I mentioned before: your stuck on latest bootloader and radio cannot be tampered with [or switched to another carrier]. That's pretty much it. The differences in a nutshell.
Rob
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I don't know GSM got S-OFF now. Can you give me the link?
However, I don't fully agree S-OFF voids warranty as HTC said the only way to loss warranty is via HTC Lock Website and they can have an official record about you agree to loss the warranty. There are little devices ship with S-OFF. HTC doesn't willing to repair them?
One more stuff about S-OFF. You can flash the rom with kernel together in recovery mode and don't need to flash the kernel via fastboot separately.

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TheEndHK said:
I don't know GSM got S-OFF now. Can you give me the link?
However, I don't fully agree S-OFF voids warranty as HTC said the only way to loss warranty is via HTC Lock Website and they can have an official record about you agree to loss the warranty. There are little devices ship with S-OFF. HTC doesn't willing to repair them?
One more stuff about S-OFF. You can flash the rom with kernel together in recovery mode and don't need to flash the kernel via fastboot separately.
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S-Off used to void warranty.. there used to be [probably still is] a checksum in bootloader.. you call a htc repair shop for rma and they will request you boot the phone to bootloader, run the test, and read them the numbers. That test tells if a device has been tampered with, and in my experience, s-off devices couldn't get RMAs ::shrug::
Ok links are to hardware tools [which cost money] but can s-off gsm devices:
http://www.jtagbox.com/jtag-news/riff-jtag-htc-t320e-htc-primo-unbrick-unlock-supercid-imei-repair-supported/
http://www.lgtool.net/phones/htc.html
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f664/medusa-box-v1-7-5-htc-repair-via-usb-added-1639081/
There may be others..
Regards
Rob

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S-Off used to void warranty.. there used to be [probably still is] a checksum in bootloader.. you call a htc repair shop for rma and they will request you boot the phone to bootloader, run the test, and read them the numbers. That test tells if a device has been tampered with, and in my experience, s-off devices couldn't get RMAs ::shrug::
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Thanks for your links.
But with S-OFF, you can remove the tampered status in bootloader.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357624
I read it here from HTC One. You can even change it back to S-ON before you send it to HTC service center.

tampered flag not the same as checksum test, but yep [once s-off] should be able to remove tampered flag.
Some S-off solutions can S-on; Some cannot. For hope in the matter, always run a full dump [preferably on a clean, factory reset device] before you s-off.
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insink71 said:
tampered flag not the same as checksum test, but yep [once s-off] should be able to remove tampered flag. checksums called image crc in bootloader.
Some S-off solutions can S-on; Some cannot. For hope in the matter, always run a full dump [preferably on a clean, factory reset device] before you s-off.
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so what's the benefits of s-off?
and what''s the difference from s-on and s-off devices?
i just begin to learn all these things

jasperlin1996 said:
so what's the benefits of s-off?
and what''s the difference from s-on and s-off devices?
i just begin to learn all these things
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google is your friend mate.....
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insink71 said:
S-Off used to void warranty.. there used to be [probably still is] a checksum in bootloader.. you call a htc repair shop for rma and they will request you boot the phone to bootloader, run the test, and read them the numbers. That test tells if a device has been tampered with, and in my experience, s-off devices couldn't get RMAs ::shrug::
Ok links are to hardware tools [which cost money] but can s-off gsm devices:
http://www.jtagbox.com/jtag-news/riff-jtag-htc-t320e-htc-primo-unbrick-unlock-supercid-imei-repair-supported/
http://www.lgtool.net/phones/htc.html
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f664/medusa-box-v1-7-5-htc-repair-via-usb-added-1639081/
There may be others..
Regards
Rob
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I was told that s-off can easily brick the phone.