Hey guys, I just have a quick question I wanted to get clarified. I'm S-on and HTCDev unlocked. When flashing roms from our development section, do we need to flash the boot.img separately via fastboot? The reason I ask is this is not address specifically in the Rom threads in our section, but looking at the Droid DNA, this appears to be necessary for folks who are s-on.
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jedifire said:
Hey guys, I just have a quick question I wanted to get clarified. I'm S-on and HTCDev unlocked. When flashing roms from our development section, do we need to flash the boot.img separately via fastboot? The reason I ask is this is not address specifically in the Rom threads in our section, but looking at the Droid DNA, this appears to be necessary for folks who are s-on.
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I have been away from HTC for a bit but to the best that I can recall you can't flash kernels in recovery via S-ON, only with S-OFF.
thus, you flash ROM, then reboot to fastboot flash kernel reboot and touchdown!
andybones said:
I have been away from HTC for a bit but to the best that I can recall you can't flash kernels in recovery via S-ON, only with S-OFF.
thus, you flash ROM, then reboot to fastboot flash kernel reboot and touchdown!
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Thanks Andy, wasn't quite sure based on the info I was seeing, now back to flashing!
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You can flash boot from recovery if HTCDev unlocked, no S-off needed. An unlocked S-on is basically like a Nexus device, you can flash everything you SHOULD be flashing . See Koush's post about this https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/P1i8qzLfkTm
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xenakis said:
You can flash boot from recovery if HTCDev unlocked, no S-off needed. An unlocked S-on is basically like a Nexus device, you can flash everything you SHOULD be flashing . See Koush's post about this https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/P1i8qzLfkTm
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This is a great explanation and really shows that S-OFF is not a "necessity" as it was before. HTC seems to have listened to concerns regarding DEV Unlock on the One by allowing boot.img to be flashed from recovery.
Thank you for the feedback guys, its been very helpful!
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What can I do besides gain root with this status? Down to the technical details if you will. Thanks!
I think I found the answer. Please verify. Apparently I can root and install custom ROMs that use the stock kernel. Right?
You can flash any ROM, kernel, or recovery. What you cannot flash are the radios, Hboots, or splash screens.
Hmmm. Ok.
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And I can't find a rooting tutorial for the evo design. Is it safe to unlock the bootloader and then flash the su package once I get the custom recovery on?
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damastah said:
And I can't find a rooting tutorial for the evo design. Is it safe to unlock the bootloader and then flash the su package once I get the custom recovery on?
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This isn't the design forum, there isn't a forum for the design on xda, its a different device from the evo4g so we can't answer your questions other than a guess. I would say once you have recovery there should be no issue flashing SuperUser and the SU binaries for SuperUser
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Hello Genius developers at XDA!
I have a bit of an issue
I got my hands on a Droid Incredible running stock 2.3.4 and decided to root it. I unlocked my bootloader using HTCDev, downgraded to 2.2, rooted, flashed CWM, flashed the unrevoked forever s-off patch, flashed superuser, then began testing custom roms. I installed CyanogenMod 7.2 to the device for a while but decided to return to stock. I then flashed the unrevoked forever s-on patch and it went fine. I then tried to flash 2.2 to the device via RUU and it came up saying "ERROR 155." I figured I would try the HBOOT method but nothing appears to happen when I try this. The blue bar appears, it loads, then nothing. I tried to flash 2.3.4 to the device via RUU and got the same "ERROR 155." I don't know what else to try and I cannot find anything else. My bootloader is unlocked, according to HBOOT I have version 1.02.0000, also my radio is 2.15.00.07.28. I tried flashing HTCDev's HBOOT just to see what happens and I got the same error as mentioned above. Basically I can flash any rom I want to besides stock. I would like to return to stock rom, remove root, be on 2.3.4, and get rid of CWM. However, if i can, I'd like to retain my unlocked bootloader.
Please let someone know how to fix this or maybe we can come up with an idea.
Thanks
Atomix96
Did you make a nandroid backup of the stock rom to flash back to?
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Put it back to S-OFF and try again... It could be because of the new HBOOT
I did make a nandroid of stock but I believe its rooted.
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zachf714 said:
Put it back to S-OFF and try again... It could be because of the new HBOOT
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Ill try that
Alright I flashed soff again and the hboot installed. I then used ruu to install froyo to update to gb. Froyo installed but I still have soff and no longer have custom recovery. The device also won't install gb and it shows a failure image when in recovery. Anyone know how I can get s-on? Also I believe the recovery failure is due to having an unlocked bootloader which I plan on relocking
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Alright I flashed soff again and the hboot installed. I then used ruu to install froyo to update to gb. Froyo installed but I still have soff and no longer have custom recovery. The device also won't install gb and it shows a failure image when in recovery. Anyone know how I can get s-on? Also I believe the recovery failure is due to having an unlocked bootloader which I plan on relocking
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Either install custom recovery with ADB or use the regular UrEVOked to flash clockwork.
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Then relock your bootloader by typing into adb fastboot_oem_lock that should allow an RUU for GB to run
Alright I used unrevoked to root and flash clockwork. I installed s-on and returned to froyo. Now the bootloader won't relock. I typed in fastboot OEM lock and it says nothing after <waiting for devices>
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Alright I used unrevoked to root and flash clockwork. I installed s-on and returned to froyo. Now the bootloader won't relock. I typed in fastboot OEM lock and it says nothing after <waiting for devices>
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Boot to the bootloader and select fastboot and try again
If it says this is my bootloader relocked then?
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If it says this is my bootloader relocked then?
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Yeah do you still want s-off if not just reflash the s-on patch .... now you can flash the GB RUU
WHY IS THIS IN DEVELOPMENT?
DID YOU NOT SEE THE Q&A FORUM?
DID YOU NOT READ FORUM RULES BEFORE POSTING?
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FNM
I got back to gb. Ill post a guide on it in the next few daysdays
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So, i just bought this one X from a tech reviewer, it's s-off and cid is like 111111111111, now how do i flash a custom recovery? Can i simply use the one x toolkit and jump straight to recovery flashing?
R: [Q] S-OFF, then how to flash recovery without unlocking the bootloader?
I think you still have to unlock the bootloader and flash with fastboot the recovery
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elmerendeiro said:
So, i just bought this one X from a tech reviewer, it's s-off and cid is like 111111111111, now how do i flash a custom recovery? Can i simply use the one x toolkit and jump straight to recovery flashing?
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As i know, u still have to unlockbootloader, install the custom recovery like CWM through fastboot
R: [Q] S-OFF, then how to flash recovery without unlocking the bootloader?
As recovery, I recommend TWRP, is better than CWM
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i don't think it's possible
I have the same. Unlock bootloader as normal. Use the hassoon toolkit if you like. Enjoy s-off and flash any hboot. I use cwm for recovery. Flash your Rom as usual, you don't need to worry about flashing the boot.img separately when you have s-off.
Enjoy
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R: [Q] S-OFF, then how to flash recovery without unlocking the bootloader?
Ok guys, thanks
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elmerendeiro said:
Ok guys, thanks
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DONT UNLOCK BOOTLOADER. It's not needed at all, all it will do is destroy your waranty!
M4Kval said:
DONT UNLOCK BOOTLOADER. It's not needed at all, all it will do is destroy your waranty!
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oh come on i just finshed unlocking, are you kidding me?
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DONT UNLOCK BOOTLOADER. It's not needed at all, all it will do is destroy your waranty!
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If you have only the s-off and if the bootloader is locked, you can't do anything...
Sorry afaik you need a unlocked bootloader at least to flash the custom recovery....its not possible without unlocking it even if you have s-off. You will get errors while flashing it with fastboot.....
Yep, I needed mine unlocked to flash custom recovery.
Assume you read the HTC disclaimer when doing it. If you want to flash then we take the risks.
Technically your warranty is not completely void however if HTC think they can blame a fault on the use of a custom Rom then they probably will. For example if the hw buttons break this obviously is not a Rom problem.
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herbie13 said:
Yep, I needed mine unlocked to flash custom recovery.
Assume you read the HTC disclaimer when doing it. If you want to flash then we take the risks.
Technically your warranty is not completely void however if HTC think they can blame a fault on the use of a custom Rom then they probably will. For example if the hw buttons break this obviously is not a Rom problem.
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OK, it's alright then, thanks for the info
Hi all,
couple time ago I bought DHD, after few days I have rooted and unlocked bootloader. After that I have tested few custom roms and now I have simple question. Do I have to make my device s-off, because it is still s-on. When I read few instalation instructions I can see that: s-off is required. Or 4ext is required. How can I replace CWM 5.x to 4ext?
Regards, MaPa.
You don't need S-Off. You probably don't need 4ext. It's only that if you're SOn, you need to flash the boot.img from fastboot each time you flash a ROM.
So, s-off and 4ext are needed only for flashing boot.img with out cable ?
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So, s-off and 4ext are needed only for flashing boot.img with out cable ?
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No that's not quite right, with s-off you can flash rom direct, no need to flash boot.img at all its done while flashing rom...
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Ok, but which method is the most secure to get s-off?
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Ok, but which method is the most secure to get s-off?
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You can try aahk2 thread in the general section.
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So I am about to sunshine the phone and get S-OFF, I've never owned an HTC before this and am used to samsung methods, IE odin. What do I need to do once I get s-off? I read here and there about downgrading firmware so I can actually install roms and such, but what do I do if I am on sense 6 with 4.4.2?
Use sunshine to s-off unlock then you can flash a custom recovery from the hboot (bootloader). Then flash a custom Rom or flash super su zip if you want stock Rom through custom recovery.
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Uzephi said:
Use sunshine to s-off unlock then you can flash a custom recovery from the hboot (bootloader). Then flash a custom Rom or flash super su zip if you want stock Rom through custom recovery.
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Will I need to downgrade anything since I am on the latest OTA?
asacado said:
Will I need to downgrade anything since I am on the latest OTA?
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nope sunshine was updated to work with the latest OTA.
An incredibly easy way to do it is to just use the WinDroid tool somebody posted in the development section. It does everything with one click.
BABABANG said:
An incredibly easy way to do it is to just use the WinDroid tool somebody posted in the development section. It does everything with one click.
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It will not unlock the Verizon HTC one bootloader. Verizon ordered HTC to not allow our cid be unlocked via htcdev. We have to use the s-off exploits to unlock also.
This means WinDroid will not do everything.
Although it will aid in installing custom recovery and flashing Rom.
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