Quick question. WARNING I AM A NEWB
But i was wondering if there was somewhere i could download zune back ups
from other peoples zune software. Im looking to downgrade my firmware and unlock and or fix a soft brick issue by restoring a previous back up
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Hi before i start hacking my HTC Mozart 7. I just have a few questions that hopefully u guys can answer for me:
Note: I am running NoDo already
1. Can WP7 be unlocked after updating NoDo? (since most ppl did it before updating)
2. Is it reversible after unlocking? (If i press reset phone, would i go back to factory setting?)
3. Would i void my warranty in any sort of way if i unlock it? (My device is unbranded)
4. Can i back up my original rom?
5. If i change to a different rom, can i still use the back up that came with each update?
6. Any other complications associated with unlocking or changing rom?
Thank you very much for answering these noobie questions!!! Really appreciate it!
1. No
2. Yes, i believe it will stay unlocked though
3. Not sure, most likely not as there are ways of doing it legit
4. Yes, through Zune before each update a restore point is made
5. No sure, i havent seen any custom roms yet so i dont know
6. Unlocking - No. Custom roms - no idea
Im not pro at this but i think this should at least give you an idea
What would happen if i unlock it now with NoDo?
I'm pretty sure the only way to unlock with NoDo is to do it legit through Microsoft and Im not even sure if they are doing it yet. I think if you had it previously unlocked then updated to NoDo it stays unlocked. Someone correct me if Im wrong
Barbbachello said:
I'm pretty sure the only way to unlock with NoDo is to do it legit through Microsoft and Im not even sure if they are doing it yet. I think if you had it previously unlocked then updated to NoDo it stays unlocked. Someone correct me if Im wrong
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It stays unlocked, it is dependent on the live id/account. If there are no changes, the dev unlock remains. I have just tested this.
Thanks for all the help...
So what if i unlock, update to NoDo then do a hard reset (factory), would i lose my unlock?
And if that happens, can i still go to my backup (with the NoDo update)? Then unlock again and update [email protected]@ Sounds like a never ending cycle
hi guys,
i dont want to have the nodo update but i updated is it possible to remove nodo after update? or downgrade or something like this... i have no unlock now and the games the market are tooooo expensive...
i need a good instruction for downgrading or how to remove the nodo. thx alot
i have a htc mozart without branding
greetings joop
try searching your device's thread on how to flash your phone with an earlier rom.
i looked in the device thread but i find nothing so i wanted so ask here
So you just have LEGALLY buy everything now then like everyone else... stop ripping app developers off. .
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HTCjoop said:
hi guys,
i dont want to have the nodo update but i updated is it possible to remove nodo after update? or downgrade or something like this... i have no unlock now and the games the market are tooooo expensive...
i need a good instruction for downgrading or how to remove the nodo. thx alot
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Step by step instructions for solving your problem:
1. Stop wasting time on this board
2. Apply for a part time job
3. Get job
4. Use cash from job to pay developers for their work
very useful posts - not.
i pay apps, but if apps have NO try version so i should pay 6 € for a app, that i dont know? not rly guys... or without unlock i cant use accent changer or something else. so please dont msg me with "get job" or something like that... very childish. u dont know me so u cant judge about me!
HTCjoop said:
very useful posts - not.
i pay apps, but if apps have NO try version so i should pay 6 € for a app, that i dont know? not rly guys... or without unlock i cant use accent changer or something else. so please dont msg me with "get job" or something like that... very childish. u dont know me so u cant judge about me!
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We don't know you, but we can judge you based off of your posts. If you are not willing to take a chance on a 6buck game, then don't.
But when you come on here advocating piracy, you will get flamed and possible banned. I wonder if you ever went back and bought any of those games after "trialing" them.... I bet not.
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I have a Italian htc mozart with nodo.
I would like to downgrade to unlock it
there is a method?
Hi,
I have a HTC Mozart from the German T-Mobile.
Because it took me to much time to wait for NoDo I flashed with a HTC debranded Rom and made the update to NoDo.
Now I would like to go back to the Build 7004 of the debranded Rom to make the unlock / jailbreak and later update to NoDo.
So I thougt I just flash the debranded Rom over my current NoDo Phone.
But everytime I flash it, there is still NoDo!!!
The Rom didn't had NoDo when I flashed it in the first place. It seems like flashing doesn't work or the Phone updates it self during the first start up.
I tried it more than one time.
Flashing back to the original T-Mobile Rom brings me back to Build 7004. But when I flash now the debrandet Rom it will be NoDo!
Anybody have an idea?
I have known enough of the HTC hardware architecture over the years to realize that re-imaging should be a no-brainer but also that the devil is in the partitions. However, for some unexplained reason, Mr. Watson's note/warning makes me wonder if reflashing will actually leave it just as new...
http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_...all-updated-windows-phones-are-not-alike.aspx
Are you flashing using all the nbh files (meaning, *all* partitions)? What tool are you using to flash? Maybe that scenario is what he describes in his post, where there are leftovers? {however should not apply if flashing} But, you say that using the original ROM does bring everything back to 7004. Odd indeed.
As a final note and taking a different approach, check http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=671743. He mentions that when dumping there is a bunch of unkown partitions. What if the update stored some update-related stuff, applicable only to the unbranded version (in other words, those alledged update bits being version specific)? Such a conspiracy theory would suit your scenario.
Hi fosormic,
thanks for your answer.
Maybe I can solve the problem flashing another Rom from this site. It really seems like there is a rest of the NoDo-Update on the Phone for the HTC Rom.
But even when I flash down to 7004 with the T-Mobile Rom the NoDo pieces will stay.
A friend using Android asked me if it's not possible to set an option to erase the whole phone before flashing. That could be an option but I'm not sure if it's available on Windows Phone.
OK, I will work with the T-Mobile Rom. Do you think it will work installing NoDo and later flash back to the 7004 Version?
Regards
Dennis
dennis_dieckmann said:
Hi fosormic,
thanks for your answer.
Maybe I can solve the problem flashing another Rom from this site. It really seems like there is a rest of the NoDo-Update on the Phone for the HTC Rom.
But even when I flash down to 7004 with the T-Mobile Rom the NoDo pieces will stay.
A friend using Android asked me if it's not possible to set an option to erase the whole phone before flashing. That could be an option but I'm not sure if it's available on Windows Phone.
OK, I will work with the T-Mobile Rom. Do you think it will work installing NoDo and later flash back to the 7004 Version?
Regards
Dennis
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Hi there, to be honest I have no clue. I suspect your friend is a Samsung user (I have 3 devices) and yes you can repartition a Samsung and very easily mess it up beyond almost almost any help. I have never seen a repartitionable HTC device but my knowledge at such low level is quite superficial. From the bootloader viewpoint they do seem almost identical (newer versions aside) to me.
Sorry not to be more helpful. It is more of an academic thing to me but I know it is a real deal to you
Best of luck mate,
my phone is interop locked, its an htc hd7 with mango update. im trying to backup a sms thread that has gone tooo long and can't be deleted.
is there a way to backitup while keep the phone interop unlocked?
i was able to make a complete phone backup as well from a zune like backup tool. does anyone know how to extract sms from zune backup?
This is a question, and belongs in the Q&A sub-forum.
That said, I don't know of any way to back up SMS without being interop-unlocked. The full-phone backups are encrypted and not usable for this purpose. The only other way I know of to back up SMS is to copy messages one at a time and save them somewhere, and that would be a lot of work in a thread as long as you say.
is there an easy method to get interop unlock on mango for hd7? i already tried the connection setup wizard using interop unlock as country but no luck.
i know the maxunsignedapp bit has to be changed.
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This is a development section, not Q&A
I've been curious about how the Bootloader is locked down and why it's so difficult/impossible to unlock. How does the mfg get the initial load onto the device when it's manufactured?
I read that this bootloader has some 2048 encryption and that it's impossible to crack. However, I feel like there should be a way to alter the systems firmware from a PC or some kind of connection to the device.
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I've been curious about how the Bootloader is locked down and why it's so difficult/impossible to unlock. How does the mfg get the initial load onto the device when it's manufactured?
I read that this bootloader has some 2048 encryption and that it's impossible to crack. However, I feel like there should be a way to alter the systems firmware from a PC or some kind of connection to the device.
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The way I read it somewhere is this,
There are efuses built into the processor/motherboard/memory/whatever that the new bootloader "blows" when it is installed. These efuses are necessary pathways for the older bootloaders, hence why they won't install. I don't believe the new bootloader is "locked" per say, it just prevents earlier versions from being installed. There is also a guide somewhere on these forums to recover your device from a brick if you tried to downgrade the bootloader. The new bootloader also doesn't prevent you from installing earlier roms, as long as they are flashable from recovery. Just do not try to use Odin to revert to an earlier rom. That's what causes the bricks, and although there is a procedure to recover, it doesn't sound easy and you end up back on MJB when you're done anyway. Hope that helped.
To whoever wrote the original post I referred to above, my apologies for not giving credit.
Thanks for the reply.
I'm pretty solid with flashing ROM's and such. I have been wondering if it would be possible to use a regular PC and some cool software to reset or reformat the firmware on the system.
Here is a link to the article I was reading:
http://rootzwiki.com/news/att-locks-down-its-galaxy-s-iv-bootloader/
Say I have brand new S3 hardware right off the factory floor. How does that system get injected with the software? When the factories get damaged or "Bricked" units back and refurb them, how do they do that. I know that you can use the SD card trick to jump your phone back to life, but there has to be some master way to do this
Buchez said:
Thanks for the reply.
I'm pretty solid with flashing ROM's and such. I have been wondering if it would be possible to use a regular PC and some cool software to reset or reformat the firmware on the system.
Here is a link to the article I was reading:
http://rootzwiki.com/news/att-locks-down-its-galaxy-s-iv-bootloader/
Say I have brand new S3 hardware right off the factory floor. How does that system get injected with the software? When the factories get damaged or "Bricked" units back and refurb them, how do they do that. I know that you can use the SD card trick to jump your phone back to life, but there has to be some master way to do this
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I don't have an S3, I'm on the S3 section because my mom broke her phone, so this is speculation based on when I owned an Optimus G:
There are qualcomm tools that can fix a lot more than Odin and Fastboot can, apparently, and manufacturers have access to those. When I had an Atrix 4G someone told me they replace the entire board when eFuses are burned incorrectly, but that sounds really expensive. Anyway, just my 2 cents, i'm out~
I am very close to pulling the trigger on buying an M9. I have searched and searched both on here and with google on how to do a stock backup of a newly purchased M9, but everything posted is how to recover from a downloaded image.
Does anyone know a link or can give me a nudge as to where to find out how to make a stock nandroid backup of a newly purchased M9? Is it even possible? I would like to take an image that does not have root and will allow me to revert back to my original stock image and get OTA updates.
I am new to the android scene in the sense of flashing roms and tinkering. I usually just use stock settings, but android it getting way too bloated and way too invasive, especially with permissions. I really would like to tinker with some custom roms and some root software that strips bloat and controls network access and the like.
I have read tons on twrp and cwm and how to root this phone. I have the general gist, but I have not seen anthing on making a nandroid backup after initial purchase.
Thank you, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Galeleo said:
I am very close to pulling the trigger on buying an M9. I have searched and searched both on here and with google on how to do a stock backup of a newly purchased M9, but everything posted is how to recover from a downloaded image.
Does anyone know a link or can give me a nudge as to where to find out how to make a stock nandroid backup of a newly purchased M9? Is it even possible? I would like to take an image that does not have root and will allow me to revert back to my original stock image and get OTA updates.
I am new to the android scene in the sense of flashing roms and tinkering. I usually just use stock settings, but android it getting way too bloated and way too invasive, especially with permissions. I really would like to tinker with some custom roms and some root software that strips bloat and controls network access and the like.
I have read tons on twrp and cwm and how to root this phone. I have the general gist, but I have not seen anthing on making a nandroid backup after initial purchase.
Thank you, any help would be greatly appreciated.
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READ the TWRP thread, will tell you how to do it all, read it carefully and fully.
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Galeleo said:
I am very close to pulling the trigger on buying an M9. I have searched and searched both on here and with google on how to do a stock backup of a newly purchased M9, but everything posted is how to recover from a downloaded image.
Does anyone know a link or can give me a nudge as to where to find out how to make a stock nandroid backup of a newly purchased M9? Is it even possible? I would like to take an image that does not have root and will allow me to revert back to my original stock image and get OTA updates.
I am new to the android scene in the sense of flashing roms and tinkering. I usually just use stock settings, but android it getting way too bloated and way too invasive, especially with permissions. I really would like to tinker with some custom roms and some root software that strips bloat and controls network access and the like.
I have read tons on twrp and cwm and how to root this phone. I have the general gist, but I have not seen anthing on making a nandroid backup after initial purchase.
Thank you, any help would be greatly appreciated.
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READ the TWRP thread, will tell you how to do it all, read it carefully and fully. the one by Captain_Throwback
+1, it's possible to return back to being able to take official OTAs, but you HAVE to nail it the first time The twrp thread will give you more information.
Kind Regards
TwinAdk