Hello guys, I was just wondering something...
We have root access through unlocking our bootloaders at htcdev.com , but if we actually do it, we will/can get in serious trouble due to it voiding the warranty. This is not that nice especially with so many faulty HOX's.
To get to the chase, my questions are simple.
Is it possible to get:
a) permanent root without unlocking the bootloader
b) temporary root without unlocking the bootloader
c) is anyone trying to achieve "a)"
d) is anyone trying to achieve "b)"
I remember an app for the Zte Blade (aka San Francisco) for instance, called z4root that would provide either temporary or permanent root access.
We would simply download it from the market, run it and afterwards root access was granted. Can something similar be done to our HOX's?
Regards
This might work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4pg9PNLfEk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I think that your warranty only begins to become an issue if you start flashing custom roms/kernels, but I could be wrong.
Will check it then. But doesn't this method need htcdev.com bootloader unlocking procedure?
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Just Me said:
I think that your warranty only begins to become an issue if you start flashing custom roms/kernels, but I could be wrong.
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From my chat with HTC technical support, you unlock it...puff... Software warranty is void and hardware will be analised to check if you damaged it by bad use.
I'm not taking the chance of a technician with a bad day denying me my warranty... A sensor for instance...
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EDIT: Thank you for moving the thread to the right place Broncogr. Sorry for any inconvenience.
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Hi all,
I have been having antenna issues with calls and wifi. These problems has caused lots of dropped calls lately. I am not sure if it is really my carrier (vodaphone Australia) or not. The only thing I have done when I got my phone is to update to Android Gingerbread. Now the baseband version I am running on "12.56.60.25_26.10.04.03". I would like to know if the stock rom be the issue or it is the radio?
If so I would like the help from here.
Thanks
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Hi,
the information that you provided is, in my opinion, not enough for some serious troubleshooting. So the best I can do, is make suggestions:
1. Do you have an old phone lying around? If so insert your sim there to find out if the problem persists, then it would be your carriers fault.
If the problem did not persist with another phone, you can at least be certain that you're phone is at fault.
2. Follow one of the extensive guides (easily to be found in the development section) on rooting and downgrading your phone. Once you've acquired root and s-off you can go ahead and flash different roms/radios to see if that fixes things for you.
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Hi,
the information that you provided is, in my opinion, not enough for some serious troubleshooting. So the best I can do, is make suggestions:
1. Do you have an old phone lying around? If so insert your sim there to find out if the problem persists, then it would be your carriers fault.
If the problem did not persist with another phone, you can at least be certain that you're phone is at fault.
2. Follow one of the extensive guides (easily to be found in the development section) on rooting and downgrading your phone. Once you've acquired root and s-off you can go ahead and flash different roms/radios to see if that fixes things for you.
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Do this pretty much ^. I used this guide to downgrade my phone from gingerbread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15851843. At first i thought that i had used a different guide but then i realised that i had actually used this guide to gain root access on my phone http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Desire_Z:_Rooting . To use that methods of gaining root though, you need to have ADB working on your computer, so here is a guide for that too http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Howto:_Install_the_Android_SDK . I hope this helps.
Well since HTC released the bootloader unlocker, I have unlocked my bootloader but I am waiting for a solution to have s off. I think it would be a good start to unroot and flash a different Rom. Do you know any Roms that have Chinese and Korean language support? I heard miui and cm7 has Chinese support? Am I correct?
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Finally I got my device which looks awesome in its white color. But it was heating up usually.
Just a small question here, Any way to have the root access on the device with out voiding the warranty. I just don't need custom roms until s-off was released.
No offense please!
Thank you all!
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There is currently no way to root it without using the htcdev method that would void some parts of your warranty. Well no sensible way... there is a method to do it but it would give all apps superuser access. Check out this topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1577671
But that does even need to unlock the bootloader, I think.
More over I read the superboot isn't working on shipping devices.
Can anyone help me to root my Europe HTC One X phone please.
Also will it void my HTC warranty ?
I am not interested in unlocking the bootloader as i know this does void the warranty.
Thanks for any replies
At present you have to unlock via HTC-Dev.
That is the only way.
The only way to root the phone is by unlocking the bootloader, so unfortunately if you do not want to do this, you cannot root your phone.
I was worried I'd mess up and brick my phone whilst rooting, but everything worked OK.
Rooting the phone by unlocking the bootloader will void the warranty.
Thanks for the answers guys.
I will have to keep it stock then.
I am with vodaphone for the next 10-11 months so need to keep it stock for warranty purposes
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Thanks for the answers guys.
I will have to keep it stock then.
I am with vodaphone for the next 10-11 months so need to keep it stock for warranty purposes
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I'd go for it.
Just read up beforehand. If anything does go wrong, you can always look here for support, it's quite hard to brick your phone now, and even if you do, there are ways to recover it.
Check out aphroditelikesme's (Cursed4Eva) video on YouTube about how to do it entitled 'Root the HTC One X - Part 1/2 - Unlocking the Bootloader' (I can't post links yet) it is very easy to follow. He also has a video on how to unroot the phone and lock the bootloader.
If you do decide to go ahead:
Watch, and re-watch the video
Prepare everything
Make sure you have about 20 minutes where you can work without being disturbed
Follow the video
I would like to install some apps that require root privileges. On my previous phone (Moto Milestone), we had 2 root procedures: Soft root, that could be achieved my an app, universal one root, and a hard root, which would require flashing various stuff. I understand that HOX has some permanent root procedures, but is there any way of achieving soft root? I do not want to void my warranty yet, and am willing to wait for S-OFF for a few more months.
Are there any soft root methods available for the One X?
none mate. you need to unlock bootloader through htcdev.com
I was having the same consern as you do, but after I received my 3rd HOX (the other two were faulty) , i decided to wait about 8-15 days, and since everything was ok, I unlocked it and rooted it. so far so good.
I spotted this. Haven't tested it myself though.
http://onexroot.com/one-x-root/root-any-htc-one-x-windowsmaclinuxattinternationalone-click-method/
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KrisPerry said:
I spotted this. Haven't tested it myself though.
http://onexroot.com/one-x-root/root-any-htc-one-x-windowsmaclinuxattinternationalone-click-method/
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It work this ?
You must have unlock your bootloader to get root access or not ?
Anyone tried that method? Personally, I am suspicious of any procedure that doesn't come out of XDA..
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Anyone tried that method? Personally, I am suspicious of any procedure that doesn't come out of XDA..
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The comments posted on the article imply that HTC have patched this method. However perhaps it would work with earlier software versions
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This only works on the S4 chipset devices.
Hi there,
I've recently learned that the only way to be able to truly customize my phone is through rooting it. However this is a process Im not so familiar with and something I've heard can end up badly. Now I've watched a couple of video's on youtube about what to do and how to do it. But I have one major question. In each video I seem to watch, none of them are the developer edition. I remember reading, before purchasing the phone, that the developer edition came with an unlocked bootloader? Of which I am not certain as to what that is. But each time, in the videos, they go to the HTCdev website to request the bootloader to be unlocked or something of the sort. I also read somewhere by doing that, they are able to cross-reference the fact you've rooted your phone and deny complete warranty replacements. That is assuming you did root your phone in the end. My main concern is losing this warranty, I do not wish to void it at all, and by registering that you have kind of puts me off rooting my device. But then I began thinking, my bootloader is already unlocked, does this mean I don't have to register with that HTCdev website? and will this mean I can root it without them knowing, so I am then able to restore it (Of which i will need to learn) and get it replaced if something is to happen to my phone?
I know there are a lot of questions involved in this post! Sorry if i'm asking ridiculous things, but I am new to this kind of stuff!
Cheers,
Exactly, you're bootloader is already unlocked . all you really need to do is push a custom recovery to be rooted.
Here is all you need for customizing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694600
Here is for rooting and other things.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699065
Here is the guide for adb and fastboot, which gonna be useful and essential for customization.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
Please, please, PLEASE read instructions so you won't mess up your m8!
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