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Should i buy ?

I am going to buy this phone. But is this a good phone ? How is the battery ? And i read on the net that the bootloader is locked so can we install custom roms root it ? how ? and the battery is not removable so if i hang the phone sometimes so how reboot if the keys doesnt work because battery is unremovable ?
Thanks (i am a noob )

Good phone, battery life is not bad, bootloader is locked but you can unlock it from HTCdev site but it may void your warranty and no S-OFF for now, how to root it, search and read and find out and on how to reboot just use the powerbutton at the top to reboot by long pressing it.
If you are going to buy this phone make your research. Do not wait for other people to do the work for you. There is a review thread exactly in the same place were you posted this thread, there is a battery stats thread were people post the battery life and talk about it so you could of jumped in there to find out more about battery. There is a thread by Hamdir regarding what to look out when going and buying your phone and checking what issues to have a look at when inspecting the phone before you buy it...Plus so many reviews over youtube you could look for. I might sound harsh but everyday it is the same freaking question with someone opening a thread and it ends up getting closed anyway. So do your research before buying something. Simple as that.
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anuraagkochar said:
I am going to buy this phone. But is this a good phone ? How is the battery ? And i read on the net that the bootloader is locked so can we install custom roms root it ? how ? and the battery is not removable so if i hang the phone sometimes so how reboot if the keys doesnt work because battery is unremovable ?
Thanks (i am a noob )
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anuraagkochar said:
I am going to buy this phone. But is this a good phone ? How is the battery ? And i read on the net that the bootloader is locked so can we install custom roms root it ? how ? and the battery is not removable so if i hang the phone sometimes so how reboot if the keys doesnt work because battery is unremovable ?
Thanks (i am a noob )
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The version of the one x that is sold in the USA is coming to Europe so you might want to wait.
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/blog/1392277/htc_one_xl_arriving_in_europe_in_june.html

anuraagkochar said:
I am going to buy this phone. But is this a good phone ? How is the battery ? And i read on the net that the bootloader is locked so can we install custom roms root it ? how ? and the battery is not removable so if i hang the phone sometimes so how reboot if the keys doesnt work because battery is unremovable ?
Thanks (i am a noob )
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Don't buy it. I regret doing this mistake. I will NEVER buy any HTC phone again. I had Desire, Desire Z and now One X. They all were plagued by problems. One X has so many problems with the software and with hardware, it's not worth to buy it. I will try to bring it back and buy Galaxy S3. Samsung never failed me

Buy it. It's a fantastic phone.

Niiceg said:
Don't buy it. I regret doing this mistake. I will NEVER buy any HTC phone again. I had Desire, Desire Z and now One X. They all were plagued by problems. One X has so many problems with the software and with hardware, it's not worth to buy it. I will try to bring it back and buy Galaxy S3. Samsung never failed me
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Don't agree with this at all, the phone had some minor bugs when it was first released but they all seem to be fixed now....at least they are for me anyway!
The only thing I don't like is the way it handles multi tasking, not the GUI implemention which is cool and works better than most reviews make out, but the way it kills apps to quickly. I'm sure we'll be able to sort this out with a custom rom later on.
All in all its a great phone with excellent battery life, so long as you dont play too many games

anuraagkochar said:
I am going to buy this phone. But is this a good phone ? How is the battery ? And i read on the net that the bootloader is locked so can we install custom roms root it ? how ? and the battery is not removable so if i hang the phone sometimes so how reboot if the keys doesnt work because battery is unremovable ?
Thanks (i am a noob )
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It's a excellent gadget
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

anuraagkochar said:
I am going to buy this phone. But is this a good phone ? How is the battery ? And i read on the net that the bootloader is locked so can we install custom roms root it ? how ? and the battery is not removable so if i hang the phone sometimes so how reboot if the keys doesnt work because battery is unremovable ?
Thanks (i am a noob )
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How many more threads are we going to get asking this
I think you shouldnt buy it
just give me the money instead

anuraagkochar said:
I am going to buy this phone. But is this a good phone ? How is the battery ? And i read on the net that the bootloader is locked so can we install custom roms root it ? how ? and the battery is not removable so if i hang the phone sometimes so how reboot if the keys doesnt work because battery is unremovable ?
Thanks (i am a noob )
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I'm just wondering how come I didn't have all these thoughts? goodphone, battery, bootloader, screen, etc etc. I just loved the phone the moment I saw it.. it's like love at first sight.. probably u'l know if that's this is the one when you actually hold it.. more like a girl, you know if she's the one for u or not
just my 2 cents bro.. honest opinion.. u won't regret it. yes, sometimes it does make u think wuts wrong, but never it will let u down thinkin it's a bad investment.
hope it helps

Go for it. It's working perfect for one month and I didn't even apply any of three released software updates for not to miss possible s-off exploits.
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Removed my post.

well why do you think i am starting to get annoyed with the same thing everyday..read my post above. it says it all on how i feel about people opening threads like this. i do not blame the OP he just wants to know opinions but on the other hand he can get of his lazy behind and stop being spoonfed like a baby and do proper research.
Dasco68 said:
How many more threads are we going to get asking this
I think you shouldnt buy it
just give me the money instead
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.. and his signature says,
Sent from my revolutionary GALAXY S3 running triple boot with Jelly Bean (android 5.0 ), CM9 and Miui v4

ive got a one x, and i feel absolutely comfortable in telling you to forget the one x, and get the s3, especially as its out in a few days
im giving mine to the missus and getting a s3, on june the 7th when my other 3 contract is up
at best you will have to send your one x back for a swap, at worst you will send it back 4,5,6 times to find a perfect unit

gouldy26 said:
ive got a one x, and i feel absolutely comfortable in telling you to forget the one x, and get the s3, especially as its out in a few days
im giving mine to the missus and getting a s3, on june the 7th when my other 3 contract is up
at best you will have to send your one x back for a swap, at worst you will send it back 4,5,6 times to find a perfect unit
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Didn't happen to me. Great device for me. Got one and didn't need to do swaps or replacements.

shall i root or wait

so im pondering cus my fingers are twitching , do i root now or wait for s-off then root. or wait till after next ota then root???? opinions??

First thing you should do is search its been asked before. personally i am satisfied with stock so far. So its not too hard to wait for s-off. i have Desire as well so if i feel like flashing ill play with that
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tadas_max said:
First thing you should do is search its been asked before. personally i am satisfied with stock so far. So its not too hard to wait for s-off. i have Desire as well so if i feel like flashing ill play with that
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yes my friend i no i should search, but its not lke searching for a problem to fixc is it. it asking advice , but thanks for your input maybe ill fidlle with my desire to for now.

If you desperately want to root and your phone doesnt have any hardware issues do it now. But your warranty will be void by using HTCDev. If you can wait and I would, wait until we get S-OFF then you can do it without HTC knowing.

Don't think s off will ever be possible to be honest.that was the reason I went ahead and rooted.
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Phillmitchell said:
Don't think s off will ever be possible to be honest.that was the reason I went ahead and rooted.
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ahh never say never, im sure the devs or alpharev or somebody will break it somehow!!

I had the same dilemma.
Finally I've unlocked, and rooted, because I'm very impatient.
I think if/when we will have S-OFF, then we will be able, to revert it to "LOCKED" (and not RELOCKED), and we will be able, to erase any trace of hacking/moddding. Then they will have no ground to void the warranty.

To root, or not to root, that is the question.
Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer

tadas_max said:
First thing you should do is search its been asked before. personally i am satisfied with stock so far. So its not too hard to wait for s-off. i have Desire as well so if i feel like flashing ill play with that
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Same here.
I can wait, but to be honest, I'm very impatient to see new OTA from HTC.
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WiZARD7 said:
I had the same dilemma.
Finally I've unlocked, and rooted, because I'm very impatient.
I think if/when we will have S-OFF, then we will be able, to revert it to "LOCKED" (and not RELOCKED), and we will be able, to erase any trace of hacking/moddding. Then they will have no ground to void the warranty.
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I thought that once you use HTC's official process they have it logged on their system, as they give you an individual token for your device? Is this something that could be removed? I always thought that once you cross that line there's no going back as they must store it on a server somewhere.
Anyhow I'm teetering closer and closer to using htcdev.com but always end up telling myself to wait another few days......been watching that s-off development thread like a hawk.

I used htc dev to unlock it and never locked back.
It's much smoother with ROMs like ARHD which means a better user experience to me. Stock didn't really satisfy me, because Sense lacked from time to time
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think ill wait a while see if any ugly issues show up on the phone, i mean i didnt root my desire for a whole year, ( cus i did not know of its existence!!)
but hopefully with s-off we can go back to stock without htc knowing!!

DrumJ86 said:
I thought that once you use HTC's official process they have it logged on their system, as they give you an individual token for your device? Is this something that could be removed? I always thought that once you cross that line there's no going back as they must store it on a server somewhere.
Anyhow I'm teetering closer and closer to using htcdev.com but always end up telling myself to wait another few days......been watching that s-off development thread like a hawk.
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yes, maybe they loggint, that you ask for the token.
but I think that doesn't mean that you used it. you can change your mind after you received it, or you can be noob, and you can't use it...
so it would be very bizarre, that they void the warranty because on some website you ask for a tool.
(if you have a gun in your hand, it doesn't mean you are a killer)

Was in the same boat as yourself. But rooted anyway and haven't looked back. Thank god I don't have to deal with Sense anymore.

i waited so much time... one week ago i said stop and i unlocked/rooted and installed cm10 much better!

Sell GN - 4.3 unrooted or 4.4 with root?

What do you think?
And what would be a fair price for each? (Heavily used but in flawless condition since it's been protected in a case and screen protector since Day 1.)

Paul22000 said:
What do you think?
And what would be a fair price for each? (Heavily used but in flawless condition since it's been protected in a case and screen protector since Day 1.)
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I should put 4.4 with root on it, and when somebody shows interest for your gnex, ask them what they want and tell him/her what consequences are. I have really no idea on price, but I'm sure it will give you at least 15 euros more money than if you sell it with 4.3.

4.3, unless you want to wait for a really stable 4.4 release. You might get an idiot buyer who files a claim that the phone is "broken" from an unstable 4.4.
If you're planning to sell via CL though, just give the buyer the option of messaging you which version he prefers

harveydent said:
4.3, unless you want to wait for a really stable 4.4 release. You might get an idiot buyer who files a claim that the phone is "broken" from an unstable 4.4.
If you're planning to sell via CL though, just give the buyer the option of messaging you which version he prefers
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That's true. I guess the issue then is, would it be possible to unroot and downgrade 4.4, or will that take *another* few weeks/months for someone to figure out how to do?

to keep things official, i am going to sell mine with stock 4.3, unrooted.

Paul22000 said:
That's true. I guess the issue then is, would it be possible to unroot and downgrade 4.4, or will that take *another* few weeks/months for someone to figure out how to do?
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To unroot/downgrade, simply flash the factory 4.3 from the stickied thread

harveydent said:
To unroot/downgrade, simply flash the factory 4.3 from the stickied thread
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Interesting, thank you. I figured unrooting would be a more complex process and separate from the downgrade.

Paul22000 said:
Interesting, thank you. I figured unrooting would be a more complex process and separate from the downgrade.
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It's actually very straight forward, from fastboot just type in the following line to unroot your device after placing the stock firmware on it and bootloader:
fastboot oem lock

lethallunatic said:
It's actually very straight forward, from fastboot just type in the following line to unroot your device after placing the stock firmware on it and bootloader:
fastboot oem lock
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Ah yes, that's what I thought. It couldn't have been as simple as flashing the stock ROM.
I just don't want to prevent someone else from receiving an OTA if Google ever releases a bug fix or something, and then cursing me for having sold a phone that can't update.

lethallunatic said:
It's actually very straight forward, from fastboot just type in the following line to unroot your device after placing the stock firmware on it and bootloader:
fastboot oem lock
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Bootloader lock state have nothing to do with root.
Beamed from my Maguro

All you do is flash factory images and relock bootloader to get it back to 100% stock

Paul22000 said:
What do you think?
And what would be a fair price for each? (Heavily used but in flawless condition since it's been protected in a case and screen protector since Day 1.)
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There will be no 4.4 für GNex, so the question is stupid.

billyx1 said:
There will be no 4.4 für GNex, so the question is stupid.
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there already is 4.4 for gnex, only buggy, but still your argument is invalid...
for op's question, if I were to sell my gnex now, I'd rather put it in totally stock condition without any whistles, to avoid complains from the buyer...

When I bought mine used I wanted it completely stock so I could learn how to unlock and root the right way as my previous phone had locked boot loader. Due to him shipping as soon as he got off work it was still modded. I had to learn how to reverse it but did manage to get it back to stock. I think most would like it stock for one you can make sure everything works knowing that a bug in aftermarket ROM is not an issue
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At this point leave it on 4.3.
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I will flash the stock factory image using the flash-all.sh...relock bootloader and i will sell it to.get a nexus5 as soon as possible

Leave it at 4.3, if a user wants to root they can. This is not an HTC where a user might want buy a rooted phone to save them the hassle. When selling on eBay I often time give the buyer the option.
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Also 4.4 way too buggy to sell. If I was a non tech guy I would be pissed to get a phone that with an alpha os
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Need help making my HTC M8 FAST please!!

Hi guys, new to the forum, trying to learn how to make my HTC One M8 Faster and cleaner.
I had the M7 first, which I bought rooted and unlocked. The seller told me to join this forum, so here I am.
I recently rooted the M8 but I dont know where to go from here. I unstalled Super User, now what?
Why was my M7 soooo much faster than my M8?
Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Return it back to stock. Whoever had it before you has messed something up if it's noticeably slow. This phone is rapid and should be noticeably so.

ashyx said:
Return it back to stock. Whoever had it before you has messed something up if it's noticeably slow. This phone is rapid and should be noticeably so.
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Out of the box, from AT&T it was much slower to load browsers, etc, then my HTC One M7 which was tooted / unlocked. When I asked the person who I originally bought the M7 from about this, he said it was much "leaner" and that I should do the same to the M8... I just don't know what to do to make it faster...

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Out of the box, from AT&T it was much slower to load browsers, etc, then my HTC One M7 which was tooted / unlocked. When I asked the person who I originally bought the M7 from about this, he said it was much "leaner" and that I should do the same to the M8... I just don't know what to do to make it faster...
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I don't know what you are thinking of but this device is very very fast.But if you want to make it even faster(Which I recommend you shouldn't do)you can try to overclock it.But remember this will cause heating issues and your battery will drain faster.Simple and best way is install mike's arhd.This is the bloat free version of the stock rom and it is very fast indeed!.

Jyotirdeb said:
I don't know what you are thinking of but this device is very very fast.But if you want to make it even faster(Which I recommend you shouldn't do)you can try to overclock it.But remember this will cause heating issues and your battery will drain faster.Simple and best way is install mike's arhd.This is the bloat free version of the stock rom and it is very fast indeed!.
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Thanks, but my rooted HTC One M7 was much faster. Where can I find the Mikes arhd for my device?

Setttings-->Developer Options.
Turn animations off or down to .5. Just about the first thing I always do. The slowness is just perception I suspect.

jrhunkler said:
Thanks, but my rooted HTC One M7 was much faster. Where can I find the Mikes arhd for my device?
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You can find it in the development section http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694917
Also if you want go to developer options->advanced->scroll to apps and check dont keep activities.This will clear all apps/process running in background but each app you open ti will run fast but it will restart every time!(I dont recommend this)

jrhunkler said:
Thanks, but my rooted HTC One M7 was much faster. Where can I find the Mikes arhd for my device?
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Faster in bull..... benchmark apps or faster in real life?

animaleyes76 said:
Faster in bull..... benchmark apps or faster in real life?
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If you know both please share both.We will see what OP desires.

Bought a used M9 and its really messed up

I bought a used HTC One M9, and everything seems to work fine until I try to update it (Its on Android 5.0.2) it looks normal but then goes to this screen (See attached photo). I guess the phone has S-off? I'm not really very good with any of this stuff, if anyone can help me get back to stock so I can get OTA's that'd be great. I tried doing all the research I could but have gotten nowhere. The phone is an unlocked model, I was told it's a developers edition but IDK how to tell the difference. There is no carrier branding so I'm assuming he didn't lie, and that the phone actually is unlocked. If anyone can help it'd be very greatly appreciated, I planned to use this phone as my main phone but I cant use it on almost 3 year old software.

Apollonit said:
I bought a used HTC One M9, and everything seems to work fine until I try to update it (Its on Android 5.0.2) it looks normal but then goes to this screen (See attached photo). I guess the phone has S-off? I'm not really very good with any of this stuff, if anyone can help me get back to stock so I can get OTA's that'd be great. I tried doing all the research I could but have gotten nowhere. The phone is an unlocked model, I was told it's a developers edition but IDK how to tell the difference. There is no carrier branding so I'm assuming he didn't lie, and that the phone actually is unlocked. If anyone can help it'd be very greatly appreciated, I planned to use this phone as my main phone but I cant use it on almost 3 year old software.
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I strongly suggest you to read this thread. There's more you can find in helping you're situation
Greetings

Marko Indaco said:
I strongly suggest you to read this thread. There's more you can find in helping you're situation
Greetings
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MAN THAT WAS ALOT OF GUESSWORK AND CLINKING LINKS BUT I THINK I DID IT HAHA! Thanks so much man it wasn't actually that hard I just needed to get pointed in the right direction, I'll let you know if it all goes through well. Thanks again.

Marko Indaco said:
I strongly suggest you to read this thread. There's more you can find in helping you're situation
Greetings
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Damn nevermind, its still screwed up. Gonna try some new stuff

Apollonit said:
Damn nevermind, its still screwed up. Gonna try some new stuff
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Not to be polemic but, writing: "its still screwed up" don't help at all. Too much links and redirects? Well, write it about. Suggest some own ideas, if you have one.
Maybe you lost THIS.
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