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Hi admins,
Ive been using the HTC Merge for over a month now, and the phone was released in the states a week or two ago. A bunch of us merge users have been hanging around in other device threads or general threads trying to make some noise and get this thing rooted. However, a separate forum and wiki entry would help to get things organized.
PS: Any devs interested in helping us get cyanogen working on this? Its quite similar to the G2/Desire Z/HTC EVO shift. A custom bootloader+recovery is all we need.
+1
My wife got an Alltel HTC Merge the day before they were to be released. It's a great phone; just needs some love from XDA.
Forum for HTC Merge
Agreed--please create a dedicated forum for this device. It has been available with Alltel for a month now, and it will soon be released on other CDMA carriers. Since it's GSM-capable too, there's much interest in it in other parts of the world, too. And Alltel's selling it SIM-unlocked!
True, i have a US Cellular merge, and its sim unlocked too. So this phone could be big on the account of being a world phone. And yet it has no presence on the internet other than rumor posts from last year on tech blogs and the likes.
bring it on! we need perm root, roms, and kernels! Its on the verizon site now so hopefully it will be much more widespread very soon.
Get my HTC Merge/Lexikion this week in United Kingdom, London
DEVELOPMENT INSIGHT: Read post 8 & post 23 below link - "steviewevie" seems to be a Admin/moderator the the HTC Vision [Desire Z & G2].
The Merge ADR6325 falls under the Vision list apparently.
http://forum.xda-dev...ad.php?t=866991
dillalade said:
Get my HTC Merge/Lexikion this week in United Kingdom, London
DEVELOPMENT INSIGHT: Read post 8 & post 23 below link - "steviewevie" seems to be a Admin/moderator the the HTC Vision [Desire Z & G2].
The Merge ADR6325 falls under the Vision list apparently.
http://forum.xda-dev...ad.php?t=866991
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FYI, Stevie is not an Admin nor is he the mod of G2/DZ - that would be me. The Merge for the two devices was not only because they were in the Vision family, but rather because the shared the same specs and development is almost identical for both.
As far as the Wiki, Users are allowed to add into it, so why don't you try your luck at creating an entry?
We will only be adding devices if we see that they are necessary on the forum and either if a few thousand people want the device or there is existing development for it.
This is very much needed. I check this site all of the time looking to see if there are any Merge news about root and dev being done. I think now that Verizon is releasing the merge that there will be a big community. Hopefully some people that know more about developing than I do will work with the Merge. I have had mine over a month now and it is the best phone I have ever had.
mortodestructo said:
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My wife got an Alltel HTC Merge the day before they were to be released. It's a great phone; just needs some love from XDA.
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Guys I Have an ALLTEL Merge.
And the GPS is not working whatsoever.
Please see my post and someone independent confirming my experience....
http://community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/android/f/126/p/11563/49119.aspx#49119
Anyone else with ALLTEL experiencing this flaw?
What a load of crap!
From what I can see, this ALLTEL rom is only bespoke in the form that it has a few ALLTEL wallpapers and a bootscreen animation - other then that its all HTC Sence STOCK - so how the fuNk did they mash the GPS.
Very annoyed
GPS works on my Alltel Merge
dillalade said:
Guys I Have an ALLTEL Merge.
And the GPS is not working whatsoever.
Please see my post and someone independent confirming my experience....
http://community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/android/f/126/p/11563/49119.aspx#49119
Anyone else with ALLTEL experiencing this flaw?
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GPS works on my Alltel Merge with only the GPS on and the wireless location service turned off.
It does, however, take quite a while to get a lock, especially with a cloudy sky.
GPS has never worked on my Alltel Merge. I love the phone but wish GPS worked and wish I could install custom roms.
I have been looking EVERYWHERE for HTC Merge rooting and themes and haven't found a thing. There definitely needs to be a dedicated forum on here.
We definitely do need a forum, and we also need to get these phones onto custom recovery so we can start making and flashing roms. We need these guys. Ive been trying to contact them, but cant find a contact vector, and dont have the time to dig in these days. Anyone else want to try? The more noise we make, the more chances we may have to get this done.
Looking forward to a Merge Thread too.
+1 more for a Merge forum. I just got the US Cellular version yesterday. Switched from WinMo TP2. Haven't found a decent forum yet. Got my fingers crossed.
I also have the USCC Merge...love the phone so far. Would love to see some custom roms and stuff for it!
I, too, am excited to see the HTC Merge rooted!! I have the USCC Merge and really really want to get it rooted so I can run a few specific ROMS. Great phone so far after about a week of having it (upgrade from a Blackberry Curve :0 ). Thanks XDA!
+1 more for merge development, great phone!
got my uscc merge few days ago and i love it! could be alot of potential if someone would just look into it. please please, and thanks!
It's already a great device, but it would be even better rooted. Thanks for your time.
Hey everyone,
I went ahead and emailed HTC support asking about if there is plans to have our bootloader unlocked with a future software upgrade. I received a pretty canned response. Just thought I might share for those of you that don't have the time to email them yourselves.
Direct link to HTC email support added, please email them yourself!:
http://www.htc.com/us/support/e-mail
Dear Ryan, Thank you for registering your feedback in regards to HTC’s latest statement on bootloader policy. While the statement notes that locked bootloaders will not be occurring on future devices, the official policy is still being reviewed as it pertains to existing devices. Please keep an eye on www.htc.com and www.twitter.com/htc for the latest news.
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We need more of these emails to HTC to go out. I hit their Facebook page, but now I will follow suit with you Ryan...
Question on unlocking bootloader for Droid Incredible II.
Hello HTC,
I currently own a Droid Incredible and am considering purchasing and Incredible II. I am waiting to hear if you will include a way to unlock the bootloader at some point. A statement from HTC will go a long way in helping me decide on my next phone purchase...
Sincerely,
Scott
romma1 said:
Question on unlocking bootloader for Droid Incredible II.
Hello HTC,
I currently own a Droid Incredible and am considering purchasing and Incredible II. I am waiting to hear if you will include a way to unlock the bootloader at some point. A statement from HTC will go a long way in helping me decide on my next phone purchase...
Sincerely,
Scott
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Unfortunately HTC will see you as a potential customer of a future device in this case. They will likely push you to a device that will be unlocked rather than a device that likely will not be. I'm not saying don't try it, just that you should expect that kind of response.
Sent mine, i'll post the response when i recieve it.
Let's hope we can get something started here. Here's the direct link to the email support page to make it that much easier for those of you that haven't sent one yet. If everyone that viewed this thread sent an email, it will surely make some difference...? Maybe?
http://www.htc.com/us/support/e-mail
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Why posting here in development?.
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Why posting here in development?.
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Because its the developers that need the bootloader unlocked. I thought I was making a contribution to the development of the phone.
Thanks.
They will likely push you to a device that will be unlocked rather than a device that likely will not be.
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I did specifically state that I wanted the Dinc II.. We'll see. If anything, HTC that we mean business with all of their devices.
I put in my email that i hadn't yet upgraded but i would likely switch to a different brand because thunderbolt was too big for me.
Guess what i got back? The exact same email that you did, word for word.
I think that if you send them a email with the word bootloader in it, you will get the same response. I sent one earlier today and I also have the same reply, word for word.
I think if we keep asking them to make their policy retroactive for all previously locked phones, they might give an official statement that they're releasing the update for all the phones, similar to how the fans got them to stop locking the bootloader.
i got a response from HTC that appeared to be a little more personalized:
"At this point in time, we don't have any information on if and how existing locked bootloaders will be unlocked (although I, for one, will be surprized if we just leave them as-is)."
Take that for whatever it may be worth...
asmallmammal said:
i got a response from HTC that appeared to be a little more personalized:
"At this point in time, we don't have any information on if and how existing locked bootloaders will be unlocked (although I, for one, will be surprized if we just leave them as-is)."
Take that for whatever it may be worth...
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I like your response best, mammal!
I would be surprised if they weren't working on it now. They did it for the sensation and the DInc2 was the phone that really started the natives grumbling, so... It's a race Between hackers and htc. I would love an official, safe unlock but...
~ sent from HTC DInc2 ~
Everyone that is still s-on goto this page http://htcdev.com/contact and write "Unlock my WFS bootloader" click send and repeat as many times as you can. Cant hurt to try seeing how they are taking their sweet time with the upgrade.
Done.
Now up to others. This is the only way.
Facebook page isn't a great succes.
Really hope in the end of the month cyanogenmod 7 full working (camera, ...) for free on my phone.
Been there, done that and just did it again....
It's about time that something should start happening.
Boo HTCDEV if you're reading this, booo
If there is enough driving force then maybe we have a chance. A handful of users will not be sufficient, we need enough people for HTCDEV to notice that there is a large enough userbase to warrant them developing the unlock for the phone.
At the moment there simply isn't enough people.
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If there is enough driving force then maybe we have a chance. A handful of users will not be sufficient, we need enough people for HTCDEV to notice that there is a large enough userbase to warrant them developing the unlock for the phone.
At the moment there simply isn't enough people.
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I think so too but they probably already have developed the unlock and there's a fat guy in a smelly Big Android BBQ t-shirt sitting at the HTC HQ with a small red button next to his hand. All he has to do is press it and we all get the update, but no. He's sitting there reading these forums sniggering to himself with a fat cigar in his mouth because he's enjoying watching us all suffer at 600mhz.
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I think so too but they probably already have developed the unlock and there's a fat guy in a smelly Big Android BBQ t-shirt sitting at the HTC HQ with a small red button next to his hand. All he has to do is press it and we all get the update, but no. He's sitting there reading these forums sniggering to himself with a fat cigar in his mouth because he's enjoying watching us all suffer at 600mhz.
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That's probably true, I'm just waiting for the overclock kernal haha. My WFS is already rooted so means nothing to me, but would like the scene get more popular
haha lol lets send more messagea and make him angry, then he must press that red button!!
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I think so too but they probably already have developed the unlock and there's a fat guy in a smelly Big Android BBQ t-shirt sitting at the HTC HQ with a small red button next to his hand. All he has to do is press it and we all get the update, but no. He's sitting there reading these forums sniggering to himself with a fat cigar in his mouth because he's enjoying watching us all suffer at 600mhz.
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Yep thats all I want is the o/c and get rid of crapware.... oh well back to spamming the HTCDevs site.
+1 i want to do some modifications but my sec its s-on aaaaaarrgg.... I send the all the days one mail htc requesting it
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*se-nsei. said:
I think so too but they probably already have developed the unlock and there's a fat guy in a smelly Big Android BBQ t-shirt sitting at the HTC HQ with a small red button next to his hand. All he has to do is press it and we all get the update, but no. He's sitting there reading these forums sniggering to himself with a fat cigar in his mouth because he's enjoying watching us all suffer at 600mhz.
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got to the site and sent the message. hope the fat guy hears.
We may have a chance!
Look what HTC India sent me:
Dear Pushkar Kurhekar,
Thank you for contacting our Customer Support Center. We are dedicated to providing you with the best quality service...............................................................In this regard we would like to intimate you that we are currently developing new boot loader unlocked software for your phone. HTC is still committed to allowing our customers to unlock the boot loaders if they wish, however we are still implementing the policy and many updates were already finalized prior to our change in policy. We apologize for the inconvenience, but be assured that we are working on a solution for our customers and our commitment has not changed. Please stay tuned to our official channels for ongoing updates on how we will be implementing this policy. Thank you for your patience.
/lies?
Send their reply to HTCDev
I already have a magic but today I got a wfs from work, big disapointment to see it's s-on and not much can be done about it
Even the people that are already s-off should bug htcdev with this question, the sooner our devices get the bootloader unlocked the sooner the wfs scene will grow!
SomeDudeOnTheNet said:
Look what HTC India sent me:
Dear Pushkar Kurhekar,
Thank you for contacting our Customer Support Center. We are dedicated to providing you with the best quality service...............................................................In this regard we would like to intimate you that we are currently developing new boot loader unlocked software for your phone. HTC is still committed to allowing our customers to unlock the boot loaders if they wish, however we are still implementing the policy and many updates were already finalized prior to our change in policy. We apologize for the inconvenience, but be assured that we are working on a solution for our customers and our commitment has not changed. Please stay tuned to our official channels for ongoing updates on how we will be implementing this policy. Thank you for your patience.
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Maybe we are wrong the fat guy is probably flustering away in his office trying to crack the wildfire S for HTC themselves but can't find a way. Thinking "no wonder AlphaRevX gave up". haha
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Maybe we are wrong the fat guy is probably flustering away in his office trying to crack the wildfire S for HTC themselves but can't find a way. Thinking "no wonder AlphaRevX gave up". haha
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Or he lost the remote whilst at the XDA BBQ.
Request done on htcdev ! Hope they will listen to us and update soon for our little phone to be on the frontline !
I sent HTC a complaint with customer service.
And all they replied was..
Dear -- --,
Thank you for contacting HTC
We thank you for your interest in unlocking your HTC Wildfire S but do not have information on when updates are released or which devices will be updated
We currently don’t have information regarding which phones will be unlocked beside the HTC Sensation. For this reason I would suggest you to follow our official website and social media networks for further announcements about which phones will be boot loader unlocked.
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I sent an complaint too.
Hope they will listen to us.
God this is taking too long..
EDIT: I just realized that this post belongs in the Desire Q&A forum but I can't delete or move it.. Sorry!
If a moderator reads this, please delete it rather than moving it because I made a new post in the correct section of the forums.
Hello people~
I live in Sweden (if that's relevant...) and a friend of mine gave me a HTC Desire yesterday. I have no idea if the phone is bought in Sweden or somewhere else, but I can't seem to use my simcard on it. I have tele2 and a screen keeps popping up after a minute or so with the title "Network Operators", and a list with;
IQ
Telenor SE
TELIA S
Sweden3G
3 SE.
This makes me think that the phone's somehow locked to these network operators, but I don't know, and I pretty much know nothing about phones except how to call/text and take photos
I apologize in advance if this issue has been dealt with and a solution has been reached somewhere else on the forums, but since I don't really know what I'm doing, I wasn't even sure what I should search for- even though I tried searching for a few things and came to threads where I understood nothing.
So, the question...
Are there any kind souls out there who can help me use my HTC Desire with Tele2? I'd be immensely grateful!
Thanks,
Jerry.
Looks like mobiletechvideos has an s-off method that works.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/htc-one-m7-jtag-s-off-modification-service/
Worth a look, I am stuck on 4.4.2 S-On myself.
What are your thoughts?
epersons said:
Looks like mobiletechvideos has an s-off method that works.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/htc-one-m7-jtag-s-off-modification-service/
Worth a look, I am stuck on 4.4.2 S-On myself.
What are your thoughts?
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If it's just a Java card S-OFF it's a rip-off... Wasn't sonic doing it for like 20?
Chilidog said:
If it's just a Java card S-OFF it's a rip-off... Wasn't sonic doing it for like 20?
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I was chatting with Josh from the site and the phone is actually taken apart and the JTAG method is used. Not sure if I will be able to do this, however, another member on here says he had success with this method from them.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51402490
epersons said:
Looks like mobiletechvideos has an s-off method that works.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/htc-one-m7-jtag-s-off-modification-service/
Worth a look, I am stuck on 4.4.2 S-On myself.
What are your thoughts?
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I would use this with cation, taking apart the M7 is really difficult unless you have the HTC tool they use. ( haven't heard of anyone that really has this tool yet.)
if they do it the current method, the screen will break and they might be replacing it with a knock off if they have to get to the insides.
my $.02
Edit: quick google search yielded this:
http://www.bbb.org/bryan/business-r...techvideoscom-in-bryan-tx-90005750/complaints
epersons said:
I was chatting with Josh from the site and the phone is actually taken apart and the JTAG method is used. Not sure if I will be able to do this, however, another member on here says he had success with this method from them.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51402490
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That sounds hella sketch don't do it lol
Don't have my phone back from MTV yet, but Josh says he was successful. Will know for sure in a few days... Didn't want to wait until Aug for root and with the M8 out this week, figured a broken M7 would be a good excuse to upgrade ?. Hope this works tho. Will post as soon as I know more.
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tomglass said:
Don't have my phone back from MTV yet, but Josh says he was successful. Will know for sure in a few days... Didn't want to wait until Aug for root and with the M8 out this week, figured a broken M7 would be a good excuse to upgrade ?. Hope this works tho. Will post as soon as I know more.
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Keep us posted. I hope it works.
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@synisterwolf
No hard feelings at all for your cautious searching which is always encouraged when checking feedback on companies and people you may not know of! As for your edit with the BBB, we have been in business for around 4 years now. It's virtually impossible to not have something show up in the over 20,000 orders that we have done since that time. I'd urge people to see the literally thousands of positive references all over the WWW. Those 2 resolved scenarios were false positives where a customer could not reach us by phone on a weekend and quickly panicked. Just making a case for how it's impossible to keep a fingerprint free record especially online as we operate. It would almost be very odd to NOT have something show up with our amount of time in this business.
Now on to the fun stuff!
First off, I'd support a group buy of this as we did for the HTC Droid DNA about 1 year ago if someone heads up the original post for that as I will not be in charge of organizing such a thread due to conflicts of interest with this site and my business. If you are interested in that, the pricing will be better for all so please call me at 657-444-5824. The process is being done via JTAG and we have gotten very good at disassembling the phone. Contrary to the statement above your lcd is in no way compromised or broken as suggested. The device can be disassembled by skilled hands with virtually none to very little signs of entry. In most cases a user may not even be able to tell we opened the unit or the device will have some micro-entries near the volume button area which can only be seen within a 6 inch or less range. We even keep housings (new OEM) in stock just in case. The method is proven to work 100% for any HTC One with any OTA/RUU installed (yes even the 4.4.2 version). The video will easily display why this is currently not a DIY method. Don't worry you guys have some great devs that never stop cooking and I'm sure something will follow via USB. It could be weeks or it could be months. Until then, please don't shoot the messenger that is offering an S-OFF service as I work hard to even be able to produce these for the community!
Proof of concept video. By the way, @tomglass this is your device. Your phone is a star haha!
http://youtu.be/24axFOPLmRI
I'll be back in a week or two. Currently working out stuff for the M8, but I'll dig up my old VZW M7 files ;P.
For what it is worth, I removed my back cover last week to replace a faulty microphone, which is on the little board along with the charger port. Took me about 20 minutes, and as mentioned above, there is almost zero signs of disassembly. Proper tools are a must...
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MODS: I come in peace. I work with and for the community for various projects, especially here on XDA. I have connection with many elite recognized developers and moderators on these forums and often work as a behind the scenes debugger for repairing bricked devices that are in BETA testing for free public solutions to benefit the community. This post is meant to be educational and to resolve questions about this service that has been raised. There are no DIY methods at this time or I'd be posting about that if so. Please contact me if you need references of such said developers before assuming I am a random bystander with bad intention.
@synisterwolf
No hard feelings at all for your cautious searching which is always encouraged when checking feedback on companies and people you may not know of! As for your edit with the BBB, we have been in business for around 4 years now. It's virtually impossible to not have something show up in the over 20,000 orders that we have done since that time. I'd urge people to see the literally thousands of positive references all over the WWW. Those 2 resolved scenarios were false positives where a customer could not reach us by phone on a weekend and quickly panicked. Just making a case for how it's impossible to keep a fingerprint free record especially online as we operate. It would almost be very odd to NOT have something show up with our amount of time in this business.
Now on to the fun stuff!
First off, I'd support a group buy of this as we did for the HTC Droid DNA about 1 year ago if someone heads up the original post for that as I will not be in charge of organizing such a thread due to conflicts of interest with this site and my business. If you are interested in that, the pricing will be better for all so please call me at 657-444-5824. The process is being done via JTAG and we have gotten very good at disassembling the phone. Contrary to the statement above your lcd is in no way compromised or broken as suggested. The device can be disassembled by skilled hands with virtually none to very little signs of entry. In most cases a user may not even be able to tell we opened the unit or the device will have some micro-entries near the volume button area which can only be seen within a 6 inch or less range. We even keep housings (new OEM) in stock just in case. The method is proven to work 100% for any HTC One with any OTA/RUU installed (yes even the 4.4.2 version). The video will easily display why this is currently not a DIY method. Don't worry you guys have some great devs that never stop cooking and I'm sure something will follow via USB. It could be weeks or it could be months. Until then, please don't shoot the messenger that is offering an S-OFF service as I work hard to even be able to produce these for the community!
Proof of concept video. By the way, @tomglass this is your device. Your phone is a star haha!
http://youtu.be/24axFOPLmRI
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This is the first time hearing that the phone can be dismantled without the screen being destroyed. Kuttos to you guys. Its a hard process for sure. I retract my statement and apologize.
Second, I'm sorry for my overly cautious ways, I've seen to many members get duped into a good deal I tend to error on the side of caution. This is a great thing if you can successfully JTAG the One. I'm interested in the process and have worked with JTAG in the past.
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This thread is extremely informative. Probably one of the most informative posts since the verizon 4.4.2 OTA came out. It sums up that there are services available to s-off. Pricey they may be, but to each their own. I love seeing developers and business owners come into the threads and explain in details. Hats off to mobile tech videos!
Sonic - it's good to see you back on the boards as well. Looking forward to an update from you regarding your services being renewed for the vzw HTC One :good:
And I'm looking forward to getting my youtube star HTC One (s-off'd ) back in my hands!
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Keep us posted. I hope it works.
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And I'm looking forward to getting my youtube star HTC One (s-off'd ) back in my hands!
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It is shipping today with root and your requested TWRP recovery pre-installed!
Interesting video, and it makes me question why the One was rated almost impossible to repair by ifixit. I still wouldn't want to try, but for someone who knows what he's doing it doesn't seem too outrageous.
Maybe the video makes it look too easy.
I'm coming out of my hole to do this tomorrow. I see no bounty, so i hope everyone is generous enough to help beaups and I get the HTC M8.
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I'm coming out of my hole to do this tomorrow. I see no bounty, so i hope everyone is generous enough to help beaups and I get the HTC M8.
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If you/beatups release an exploit, I would be willing to donate to the fund for m8s.
The root exploit has been released.
Use weaksauce for temp root and firewater for s-off for htc one m7 on 4.4.2. Jcase just released it. Look up weaksauce.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51483701