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[Q] Help with Unlocking Bootloader please!

Hi All
I am a relative noob but have read around the Forum a lot.
I am trying to unlock the bootloader on my Arc S. I have checked all the basic on Sony site, it is allowed etc. The problem I have is my PC does not detect my phone when in recovery. When phone is booted normally PC companion finds it no problem. I have SDK manger installed and fastboot.exe is working, it just can't see the phone. I have CWM recovery installed, not sure if this is an issue.
Does anyone have any idea how to sort this out.
Many Thanks.

Why do you connect to pc when in cwm ??
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I was trying to unlock the bootloader following Sony's instructions. You need to connect using Fastboot to issue the unlock code, but my phone is not detected. I have check drivers etc, all looks ok.

Missing drives for sure !!!
Try another usb port !!!

cobalt92 said:
I was trying to unlock the bootloader following Sony's instructions. You need to connect using Fastboot to issue the unlock code, but my phone is not detected. I have check drivers etc, all looks ok.
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You should connect in fastboot, shutdown, hold menu button (the one right to home button) while holding connect the usb. A blue led should light up
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TheHaso said:
You should connect in fastboot, shutdown, hold menu button (the one right to home button) while holding connect the usb. A blue led should light up
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I'm also trying to unlock my BL, I go into fastboot but then I get stuck when ito comes to using the command window, as I'm using Win7 Ultimate x64 & I'm unable to cd into the Program Files (x86) folder as I get the error message access denied.
Roland

Ok I managed to sort it out, I tried all sorts of ways but the phone would not load into fastboot. In the end I was having numerous problems so I flashed JJ Hybrid rom without unlocking the bootloader. Intrestingly when I had done this the phone will go into fastboot, so I have now unlocked the bootloader. I gues there must have been something wrong with the offical rom that I had installed.
Thanks for the advice.

Broken powerbutton, need to unroot and re-lock

Hey all,
My power button stopped working and I, thinking it was a software issue, pulled the battery and found out I could not restart. I need to get into recovery or at least turn on the phone to unroot and relock it before heading to verizon.
So far I have had no luck turning the phone back on. I'm sure there is a way to do this... any help is greatly appreciated.

You can use a jig to go into the download mode
And flash a rom
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Is the jig the only option? I don't currently have a jig so if that's the only thing I can do I will need to order one ASAP so I can get this thing working.
danteoo7 said:
You can use a jig to go into the download mode
And flash a rom
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evahnyird said:
Hey all,
My power button stopped working and I, thinking it was a software issue, pulled the battery and found out I could not restart. I need to get into recovery or at least turn on the phone to unroot and relock it before heading to verizon.
So far I have had no luck turning the phone back on. I'm sure there is a way to do this... any help is greatly appreciated.
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you might want to check this out..
http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/84579/Power+Button+stopped+responding.+Phone+will+not+turn+on.

Try to start it via adb, usb connect it, then type in adb devices, and then just adb reboot bootloader
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DesperadoX93 said:
Try to start it via adb, usb connect it, then type in adb devices, and then just adb reboot bootloader
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Are you talking about in command prompt? I tried
Code:
adb-windows.exe devices
which returns " list of devices attached" with none listed.

If you can't get it to turn on they won't be able to either it will probably be fine.
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Beamer9408 said:
If you can't get it to turn on they won't be able to either it will probably be fine.
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The issue is that the phone is in no way broken other than the power button. I'll have to take it in and hope for the best if I can't figure something out, but I'd really like the peace of mind knowing that all of my files and data aren't stuck on it (I'd also like to get my lastest nandroid or do another one).
I saw a timing trick on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731128 that is supposed to allow the device to boot, but I haven't gotten it to work yet.

Google wugfresh nexus root toolkit
It has a simple one click fix for flashing stock and unrooting when the device can't boot up

Or you can use something like glados cp to relock the boot loader as your rooted then delete the superuser apk in system app
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I've gotten the phone into download mode using a jig, but it still doesn't seem to be recognized by the computer. Is this an issue of re-installing the Samsung drivers/adb or a limitation of download mode? Do I need to use odin?

evahnyird said:
I've gotten the phone into download mode using a jig, but it still doesn't seem to be recognized by the computer. Is this an issue of re-installing the Samsung drivers/adb or a limitation of download mode? Do I need to use odin?
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Are you sure you have ADB configured properly for the device to be picked up via command line? USB debugging would have to of been turned on for ADB commands..

I'm almost positive USB debugging is on, especially since I think it's a default option in kang. I can get into download mode but not anything else. At this point I think I'm going to have to use ODIN and lose my data. Stupid power button...

Try removing the battery then tapping the metal battery pins against the phone pins repeatedly.
A friend of mine used to have to do this to get his nexus one to boot.. it can be a bit temperamental but does work.

evahnyird said:
I've gotten the phone into download mode using a jig, but it still doesn't seem to be recognized by the computer. Is this an issue of re-installing the Samsung drivers/adb or a limitation of download mode? Do I need to use odin?
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Make sure you have the correct drivers installed. From download mode you will have to use Odin.
Note: since the device won't actually boot into Android, you don't have to worry about USB Debugging.
Note x2: the only driver that would let my device be recognized was the PDA Net driver, you may want to give it a try.
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Well guys, thanks for all the suggestions. In the end I could get nothing to work other than Download mode with a jig and Odin to restore to stock. I lost everything on the phone, including my nandroid backups (should have copied them over more recently ...), but was able to re-lock the bootloader with nexus root toolkit after using Odin to flash the stock rom. ]
Moral of the story, if you lose your power button, you are screwed.

DesperadoX93 said:
Try to start it via adb, usb connect it, then type in adb devices, and then just adb reboot bootloader
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Unfortunately you can't use adb to turn on a powered off device; not saying that wouldn't be awesome.

[Q]how to enter to recovery or download mode without side buttons?

My side buttons is not working for me.(the volume keys)
Any one know any way to boot to recovery?
i have a logo loop now.so i can't enter to the system.
help:crying:

ilia333 said:
My side buttons is not working for me.(the volume keys)
Any one know any way to boot to recovery?
i have a logo loop now.so i can't enter to the system.
help:crying:
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Use adb from bootlooping screen. The command is "adb reboot recovery". Adb is part of android SDK. There are plenty of guides on how to set up adb out there and its easy.
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Gizmoe said:
Use adb from bootlooping screen. The command is "adb reboot recovery". Adb is part of android SDK. There are plenty of guides on how to set up adb out there and its easy.
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"device not found"
i hjave to enter to fastboot mod but i can't.

ilia333 said:
My side buttons is not working for me.(the volume keys)
Any one know any way to boot to recovery?
i have a logo loop now.so i can't enter to the system.
help:crying:
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As Gizmoe told you..use adb commands to achive that. Use the guide in my signature to see how that is done. :good:
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ilia333 said:
"device not found"
i hjave to enter to fastboot mod but i can't.
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Make sure that you have usb debugging enabled and the driver is installed correctly (with the phone unplugged)

glevitan said:
Make sure that you have usb debugging enabled and the driver is installed correctly (with the phone unplugged)
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It is but i have to be in Hboot to apply the adb commands

ilia333 said:
It is but i have to be in Hboot to apply the adb commands
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You can run adb from pretty much anywhere. Even if you were stuck in the splashscreen or in the rom.
Sent from a dream.

Teichopsia said:
You can run adb from pretty much anywhere. Even if you were stuck in the splashscreen or in the rom.
Sent from a dream.
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but how can i check that usb debugging enabled?
if i cant accese the system?

ilia333 said:
but how can i check that usb debugging enabled?
if i cant accese the system?
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You don´t to have be in hboot to use adb. You have to be with the phone on normally or from the splash screen itself. If you are in hboot then choose fastboot and try from there but using fastboot devices command instead.
As long as you have not factory reseted the phone the usb debugging drivers will stay in the phone.

ilia333 said:
but how can i check that usb debugging enabled?
if i cant accese the system?
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USB debugging should always be enabled by default in any custom Rom. The thing that will disable it is doing factory reset from hboot screen. But you can't get there anyways so it should be enabled. Start the phone as normal and let it go to splash screen. Plug into pc and be sure to check that pc sees the phone. If not, unplug phone. Uninstall drivers. Re install drivers and then plug phone back in. From adb type "adb devices". You should see your device. After that run the "adb reboot recovery". If it still doesn't see it plug phone into different port. Preferably one that goes straight into mother board and remove any other USB devices that are plugged in.
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glevitan said:
You don´t to have be in hboot to use adb. You have to be with the phone on normally or from the splash screen itself. If you are in hboot then choose fastboot and try from there but using fastboot devices command instead.
As long as you have not factory reseted the phone the usb debugging drivers will stay in the phone.
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any other way to enable it ?
I did a factory reset.
i just installed a new rom.
thank you for trying to help any way/

Go to settings>Applications>development and check USB debugging.
If you're still getting device not recognized, you should reinstall HTC drivers by reinstalling HTC sync. ( if you haven't installed those in the first place, then you won't be able to use adb unless you do)

ilia333 said:
any other way to enable it ?
I did a factory reset.
i just installed a new rom.
thank you for trying to help any way/
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When you say "factory reset," do you mean that you ran a RUU? Or that you chose "factory reset" in recovery, so you still have a custom ROM installed? If the answer is the latter, you probably have USB Debugging enabled. Just give ADB a try.

bananagranola said:
When you say "factory reset," do you mean that you ran a RUU? Or that you chose "factory reset" in recovery, so you still have a custom ROM installed? If the answer is the latter, you probably have USB Debugging enabled. Just give ADB a try.
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I have a custom ROM.i did a factory reset from the recovery.
But i have message that "device not found".

ilia333 said:
I have a custom ROM.i did a factory reset from the recovery.
But i have message that "device not found".
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Do you have the HTC sync drivers installed? If not, you should be able to find guides for it, like glevitan said.

bananagranola said:
Do you have the HTC sync drivers installed? If not, you should be able to find guides for it, like glevitan said.
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Thank You guys !!!!
I did it.
From fuly turned off phone.

Weird, but hey. Whatever works. Glad you got it.
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Bump Bump Bump!!!
I have the same problem with HTC Desire HD!
And guess what? It belongs to my wife!!! And I have to give it back to her or I should stay several nights
in the street.... and instead of a pillow I should put a cat or something under my head!
Problem.... Stuck at htc boot screen... not able to enter recovery
I installed 4ext recovery ages ago....
the main problem is that the volume keys ( both up and down ) are broken and neither of them work!
adb restart recovery doesn't work
no device find!
yes I installed all the drivers, and I can boot other phones into recovery
What should I do?
Please help!
tanx!

hrkh83 said:
Bump Bump Bump!!!
I have the same problem with HTC Desire HD!
And guess what? It belongs to my wife!!! And I have to give it back to her or I should stay several nights
in the street.... and instead of a pillow I should put a cat or something under my head!
Problem.... Stuck at htc boot screen... not able to enter recovery
I installed 4ext recovery ages ago....
adb restart recovery doesn't work
no device find!
yes I installed all the drivers, and I can boot other phones into recovery
What should I do?
Please help!
tanx!
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How did you end like this? can you access hboot?

glevitan said:
How did you end like this? can you access hboot?
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How?
I installed the R26.2 successfully, the JB Rom I mean..
Then installed all the tweaks in PIMP my ride successfully again ( I am not a noob.... )
That didn't triggered it...
At the end I was trying to install Int2ext+ and it happened....! I don't know why!
I had done this before on various phones.... I don't know what happened!
The only thing I was able to access so far was HTC BOOT SCREEN! :laugh: and I also
can access a choke hold from my wife soon I guess!
I don't know why these things always happen to her phone... other friends phones are fine when
I change their roms bla bla bla!

hrkh83 said:
How?
I installed the R26.2 successfully, the JB Rom I mean..
Then installed all the tweaks in PIMP my ride successfully again ( I am not a noob.... )
That didn't triggered it...
At the end I was trying to install Int2ext+ and it happened....! I don't know why!
I had done this before on various phones.... I don't know what happened!
The only thing I was able to access so far was HTC BOOT SCREEN! :laugh: and I also
can access a choke hold from my wife soon I guess!
I don't know why these things always happen to her phone... other friends phones are fine when
I change their roms bla bla bla!
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Pull the battery and then put it back. And try to boot, pressing power + volume down until you get hboot.
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[Q] One x won't recognise computer.

Hi,
I want to root my One X (international) but I get stopped straight away because my phone won't connect to my computer. When I plug the USBs to both my computer and my phone nothing happens, except charging. There are no options given and the phone doesn't show up as a drive on the computer.
I've installed HTC Synch Manager, tried 4 USB cords, tried 3 computers, I've switched on USB Debugging.
The HOX is on Android 4.1.1
Any ideas? I've scoured many forums to no avail. I'd really like to try some custom roms.
Cheers,

Hello
I have the same problem with my HOX and no solution
Gr

Are you saying there is no solution or that you don't know of one? Can someone confirm that this is a known and unresolvable problem or should I keep looking for a solution?

I will have a try then.....the bootloader is untouched (locked) and the phone has never been detected by the pc before ?
Also interesteded in what OS you are running !

Do you have the latest HTC usb drivers installed? Have you checked in device manager to see if phone is visible? Latest version of HTC sync installed?
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Thanks. I bought the phone second hand from a young lass who had broken the screen (which I have replaced) so I presume the phone is standard and been updated to 4.1.1.
Some software information:
Software number 3.14.862.27
HTC SDK API level 4.63
Kernel version:3.1.10-g5ebf4bc [email protected]#1 SMP PREEMPT
I don't know if the phone has ever been detected by a computer before. I have installed the latest HTC Sych Manager on my Vista computer and no, the phone isn't detected in the device manager.
Although I have rooted my previous phone (Defy) and had kept up to date with the latest roms I am still fairly new at this.
Thanks for any help.

And the OS on your pc ?

Mr Hofs said:
And the OS on your pc ?
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Vista

Drivers or not, when you plug it in it should be recognized as something. Or a HTC phone or a unknown device anyway....

Mr Hofs said:
Drivers or not, when you plug it in it should be recognized as something. Or a HTC phone or a unknown device anyway....
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That's what I thought but I get nothing except charge. That is why I've tried a number of cables. I'm suspecting my micro USB socket is faulty. I've cleaned it and even checked how it's mounted. Solidly soldered so I'm checking every other avenue before replacing it as I have a dead Hox for spares.
Any idea if there is a way of rooting without a computer?

Nope ...not possible without a pc

Mr Hofs said:
Nope ...not possible without a pc
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Ok. So is it your opinion that I'm stymied? Are there any other avenues I can try?
The phone is pretty good the way it is, I just like playing around with Roms etc. I'd also like to get rid of the Vodafone crap.

My guess something is broken somewhere in the usb connection....ofcourse, otherwise it would be recognized. But you figured that out already. Maybe a phone repair shop can take a quick peek at it ?
Otherwise your stuck on what you have now.

Well, it connects to the PC, but it only charges so I think this might be a software bug. Maybe you could try to root it and see if it fails at adb commands. My guess is that it will work. Just follow a rooting guide CAREFULLY and don't skip any steps.
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ViktorN said:
Well, it connects to the PC, but it only charges so I think this might be a software bug. Maybe you could try to root it and see if it fails at adb commands. My guess is that it will work. Just follow a rooting guide CAREFULLY and don't skip any steps.
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But he can't flash anything because there is no data connection, only power connection

First make sure usb debugging is on in settings. Maybe unlocking the bootloader and rooting will work. It's done from the fastboot usb screen where adb and fastboot commands should work. Give it a try before sending for repair.
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Einwod said:
First make sure usb debugging is on in settings. Maybe unlocking the bootloader and rooting will work. It's done from the fastboot usb screen where adb and fastboot commands should work. Give it a try before sending for repair.
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I definitely agree with his idea, but the first thing you should do is completely restore you're one x.
Then check in hboot, that's power volume down wether the device is locked or relocked.
After that get the latest drivers, connect your hox in fastboot and try to unlock your device via HTC devs.com
Good Luck.
P.S. tell us what happens, we might find a solution all together
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psyko93 said:
I definitely agree with his idea, but the first thing you should do is completely restore you're one x.
Then check in hboot, that's power volume down wether the device is locked or relocked.
After that get the latest drivers, connect your hox in fastboot and try to unlock your device via HTC devs.com
Good Luck.
P.S. tell us what happens, we might find a solution all together
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Thanks for this. You have given me some hope.
I've done a factory reset, checked that Debugging is on and checked in Hboot, it says *** LOCKED ***
I've connected the HOX to my Vista computer in which I've installed HTC Synch Manager. I presume this installs the latest drivers?
My Hox is still not recognised by the computer. When I request the identifier token it gets stuck on < Waiting for device >
Have I followed your instructions correctly?
Edit 1: Just to be sure I repeated the procedure on my desktop computer which is also running Vista. Same results.
Is there any way of extracting the identifier token within the phone?
Edit 2: I pulled the motherboard out and checked the micro USB port with a microscope. Pretty grotty inside so I cleaned, tightened and checked it. All clean but still no computer connection.
M

Any news/luck? Would like to know the outcome for this. :banghead:
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Okay, so far so good. What you can do next is: go to settings/apps/all apps
and search for the pc-sync app and check if its enabled.
Next thing, try this special debugging driver http://blog.gambliser.com/dl/?p=144.
Good luck
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[Q] HTC One X Power Button

Hey all. Need a bit of quick, simple help. I replaced the screen, but someone, in a genius move, managed to remove the glass button sitting on top of the flex cable where the power button is.
How do I actually boot this phone now without having the power button? There has to be a bunch of ways - tips/tricks?
Thanks!

If adb is enabled i would say to try it via adb commands, when you plug in the phone to the pc it always enters a sort of hibernate state (phone seems off)
Worth a shot....
Commands like :
adb reboot
adb reboot bootloader
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Mr Hofs said:
If adb is enabled i would say to try it via adb commands, when you plug in the phone to the pc it always enters a sort of hibernate state (phone seems off)
Worth a shot....
Commands like :
adb reboot
adb reboot bootloader
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I was thinking of that, but I don't have anything installed on this computer yet. The phone is rooted (bootloader etc), with CleanROM on it.. but I've reinstalled Windows since then. Not sure if I can still get into adb functions without being able to reset my phone. Thanks.

nudasveritas said:
I was thinking of that, but I don't have anything installed on this computer yet. The phone is rooted (bootloader etc), with CleanROM on it.. but I've reinstalled Windows since then. Not sure if I can still get into adb functions without being able to reset my phone. Thanks.
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Just put a new flex cable in they are only 4 quid.