My HTC One X have been rooted and unlocked, can i S-ON and Locked my bootloader?　This is because my phone get problem want to send warranty~hope got reply soon!
You can relock your bootloader, but it will say "relocked" so HTC will still know you have run custom software on it. It may or may not affect your warranty claim
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bogfather said:
You can relock your bootloader, but it will say "relocked" so HTC will still know you have run custom software on it. It may or may not affect your warranty claim
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This could be a discussion, what if .... I unlock my bootloader but leave the phone as it is ( no custom recovery, rom etc ) just to "try" the htcdev unlock method. Now I relock the bootloader and it says relocked.....but never changed anything else.
MarcelHofs said:
This could be a discussion, what if .... I unlock my bootloader but leave the phone as it is ( no custom recovery, rom etc ) just to "try" the htcdev unlock method. Now I relock the bootloader and it says relocked.....but never changed anything else.
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You are still at the mercy of your HTC support guy. As long as it says relocked, they would possibly argue that something you did messed the phone up, unless it's a hardware problem.
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I live in India and people here are arrogant for providing warranty so wanted to ask that if the bootloader is unlocked using htcdev.com method then is it possible to relock it again using Fastboot OEM lock from bootloader screen using cmd prompt??
So after flashing ruu it can be in warranty again??
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It'll still show 'RELOCKED' at the top so HTC will still know it's been unlocked at some point
Pretty sure the fastboot command works but not 100% sure
I don't think it's possible. AFAIK, unlocking it with htcdev, you have given to HTC your IMEI and device serial number so they can build a databse of unlocked devices...
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You can relock it but htc will know that has been unlocked before,
if you read on htc site it should be written somewhere.
My advice is to not relock the bootloader once you unlocked it
because if you need to flash the recovery for any reason, you
ll have to unlock it again causing a wipe which make you loose
your data.
thank you for th reply..
sumeshd said:
thank you for th reply..
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Going through HTC Dev only unlocks the bootloader - it doesnt give you S-Off.
In all honesty, HTC say it may void parts of your warranty, but if the phone is faulty they will still fix it. Other than that, dont sweat it. If you relock it it shows you are back to stock, and therefore if you have an issue it would be after relocking so they shouyld fix it.
May I know if One X is able to be S-OFF, is it mean that even the bootloader status is locked and we still can root and flash custom rom? How it different with unlock bootloader using HTCDev? sry for noob question..
No you need to be unlocked to root and flash custom roms. As of now HTCDev is the only method to allow unlocking.
Simple method. We don't know when Revolutionary will release their tool.
S-ON + LOCKED = You can only use official HTC firmware and only for the specific branded version you have.
S-ON + UNLOCKED = You unlocked it via htcdev. You're able to change the system and recovery images to allow for custom firmware. You can't alter anything regarding the baseband aka cell radio. HTC know you unlock via htcdev as they make you enter your serial number and other details to generate a phone specific unlock token. This will affect your warranty as any software caused faults are your own problem. General hardware warranty is still the same.
S-ON + RELOCKED = You relocked it after unlocking via htcdev. Same as S-ON + LOCKED except it shows you relocked.
S-OFF = No restrictions at all by the bootloader. You can alter everything. HTC don't let you do this and you need somebody else to work out a flaw in the bootloader to do it. Technically this voids your warranty as well but if you relock and don't leave any evidence that you did so then HTC won't know.
ken-ywk said:
May I know if One X is able to be S-OFF, is it mean that even the bootloader status is locked and we still can root and flash custom rom? How it different with unlock bootloader using HTCDev? sry for noob question..
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No one knows about S-off.
It doesn't mean we can root and flash custom roms even on the locked bootloader. It was a different and unofficial way of unlocking the bootloader which can be locked again when we need.
We can do the same thing even in this HTC dev method, I mean locking the bootloader, but after that the status of the bootloader will be RELOCKED not locked. That means HTC people may know that our device is already unlocked before.
One more thing (which I heard and I am not sure), we can't flash ported roms on our device unless and until we have S-off.
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Hi there,
I have a One X with S-OFF, which says ***LOCKED*** in fastboot. When I try to flash a recovery or a boot.img via fastboot command line, I get an error saying FAILED:remote not allowed. I presume this is caused by the bootloader being locked. But then, since I have S-OFF, i should be able to simply unlock and re-lock without too much hassle by using fastboot oem unlock. However, this doesn't seem to work, I get the following error:
C:\Flashing>fastboot oem unlock
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(bootloader) [ERR] Command error !!!
OKAY [ 0.017s]
finished. total time: 0.018s
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It's really locked, because when I try fastboot oem lock it says "device was already locked!"
Does anyone have an idea what is causing this, and why I can't simply unlock the bootloader?
Thanks in advance!
You need, however, unlock your bootloader with htc dev..
Why would I need to do that? That's the whole use of my S-OFF without HTCDev: so that HTC doesn't know I have it.
I always see HOX with s-off but locked, and for rooting this you have to unlock your bootloader with htcdev..
I don't know why, but htc don't know that you have s-off if you will unlock your bootloader...
Sounds weird indeed. Unlocking of the bootloader should really not be necessary when having a S-OFF phone.
Could you post a picture of your phone in HBOOT screen?
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I don't know why, but htc don't know that you have s-off if you will unlock your bootloader...
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HTC don't know you have unlocked because when you relock the bootloader. It will change back to locked instead of relocked
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I am s off and I had to unlock my bootloader via htcdev before I could do anything.
Next time I lock it again I will check to see if it says re locked or locked. Never noticed.
If your concerned about it i will go through the locking and unlocking again to check when I get 5.
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Ok so i ran fastboot oem lock on my htcdev unlocked bootloader on my s off one x and it now says relocked.
So unless there is some other command I can run to make it say locked only then it is apparent to anyone that looks that its been re locked just like an s on device.
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For Lock and not Relock our device, we need a patch in the partition when there are the line for the write.
In a qualcomm device is simple and dev made s-off and relock with "lock" line.
In our Tegra 3 device is "impossible" at the moment, and nobody, that i know, can make s-off for all...
Nvidia suc*...
Guich said:
For Lock and not Relock our device, we need a patch in the partition when there are the line for the write.
In a qualcomm device is simple and dev made s-off and relock with "lock" line.
In our Tegra 3 device is "impossible" at the moment, and nobody, that i know, can make s-off for all...
Nvidia suc*...
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So no way to lock fully even with an s off device?
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herbie13 said:
So no way to lock fully even with an s off device?
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On our HOX, no.
In One XL i think is possible...
there is definitely a way because I have an s-off with super cid , refurbished.bought it here in China, and to tell you the truth us guys would never know till the underground Chinese shops leak it. they even have a way to s-off and lock!. not talking about relock...but I guess we would never know
Has anyone had success returning a rooted/bootloader unlocked phone? I'm wondering if HTC sees the loose volume rockers as a hardware issue and would not honor the return due to software being tampered with.
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pball52998 said:
Just run an RUU man. It'll return you to stock or at least locked and stock non rooted. If you're s-off you'll stay s-off.
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I was under the impression that an RUU wouldn't "re-lock" an unlocked bootloader.
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pball52998 said:
Complete stock. Locked. Factory recovery. No root. A RUU will erase everything.
Make a backup in recovery save it to your computer. When you get the phone back. Unlock the bootloader again, flash a recovery, then restore.
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Sweet. I appreciate the info, brother.
pball52998 said:
Complete stock. Locked. Factory recovery. No root. A RUU will erase everything.
Make a backup in recovery save it to your computer. When you get the phone back. Unlock the bootloader again, flash a recovery, then restore.
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An RUU does NOT:
- Lock the bootloader
- Remove S-OFF
It only restores the system to the factory state. That and the only RUUs available are for the American phones so unless you have an M8 from the US you're stuck
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It's relocked the bootloader on every HTC device I've done it on, it's always said "locked". I also said it keeps s-off.
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Then you've had magic HTC phones as my Sensation, One X and One (M7) have never been 'relocked' after an RUU as they RUU doesn't change any settings regarding the state of the bootloader as that isn't touched by the RUU. You have to relock the bootloader to run an RUU if S-ON
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Oh well I guess. No reason to argue, just agree to disagree. Just saying from my experiences, I've had the bootloader saying "locked" after running a RUU on my OG Incredible, OG HTC EVO 4G, Rezound, and my friend's M7. Haven't had to RUU my M8.
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You are doing something other than just running the RUU to lock the bootloader. The RUU doesn't touch the bootloader and I have had several HTC phones and the RUU will not lock the bootloader ever. It's not a case of agree to disagree, you're giving wrong information. There are plenty of guides out on returning a phone to stock and I repeat running the RUU WILL NOT LOCK THE BOOTLOADER!
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You are doing something other than just running the RUU to lock the bootloader. The RUU doesn't touch the bootloader and I have had several HTC phones and the RUU will not lock the bootloader ever. It's not a case of agree to disagree, you're giving wrong information. There are plenty of guides out on returning a phone to stock and I repeat running the RUU WILL NOT LOCK THE BOOTLOADER!
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God, I'm sorry... I said it's just me and my experiences... That's what I said in that post. I'm sorry, I gave the wrong information. Don't listen to me then. I'm human. I'm sorry I'm not god like you guys and can't do everything right. If you don't want to listen to me, then don't... Bam that simple...I'm sorry I stated a wrong fact. I'm sorry xda users. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry again.
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I hace an s-offed M8, with an unlocked bootloader.
However, it has an issue and needs to be returned to warranty.
If you're s-off you can remove all the tampered warnings and when you lock your bootloader it'll be changed to "locked" instead of relocked.
If I restore to complete stock and perform all these steps and undo the s-off, will HTC honour my warranty?
Or is your IMEI given to HTC when you unlock it through HTC DEV and they blacklist you?
Anyone with any experience regarding this would be much appreciated.
They know you unlocked. I would lock bootloader and leave it soff. Going s-on throws a tampered label. If they try to charge you just argue that you are not unlocked and they must prove that unlocking broke your phone. If you are in the US you should be good. Harder if you are in another country.
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Ya you shouldn't have problem.But you shouldn't try to go to s-on this may cause problem.Just change the label to Locked and restore nandbackup/Stock rom and you are good to go!