Phone pay off, will tmobile provide code for S-OFF?
G1_enthusiast said:
Phone pay off, will tmobile provide code for S-OFF?
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Don't you mean network unlock? Never heard of carrier giving a S-OFF code
dragon546 said:
Don't you mean network unlock? Never heard of carrier giving a S-OFF code
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ah **** i was hoping its the same thing....
G1_enthusiast said:
ah **** i was hoping its the same thing....
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You might want to check out what S-Off is before attempting it. Also if are TMOUK then they charge to unlock normally 20 pounds sterling
dragon546 said:
You might want to check out what S-Off is before attempting it. Also if are TMOUK then they charge to unlock normally 20 pounds sterling
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I know what S-OFF is I done it on my other HTC one, I bought another one but it was updated to 1.57. I was praying that the unlock code can actually turn off S-OFF too
If you knew what s-off was why would you even think it had anything to do with network unlock which is something entirely different? :silly:
They would be really nice if they did offer factory s-off using a HTC Java card.
Would make life much easier, since you own the device you should be able to do anything you damn please.
ashyx said:
If you knew what s-off was why would you even think it had anything to do with network unlock which is something entirely different? :silly:
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S-OFF is security off, turning everything off including network lock. Its not entirely different.
G1_enthusiast said:
S-OFF is security off, turning everything off including network lock. Its not entirely different.
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I'm afraid not my friend.
Network lock is something that is universal to almost all manufacturers and is implemented by a particular carrier.
S-off or indeed S-on is unique to HTC devices. S-off does not guarantee network unlock.
Also S-off is not required to SIM unlock.
ashyx said:
I'm afraid not my friend.
Network lock is something that is universal to almost all manufacturers and is implemented by a particular carrier.
S-off or indeed S-on is unique to HTC devices. S-off does not guarantee network unlock.
Also S-off is not required to SIM unlock.
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I'm pretty sure it does. I have two HTC one M8 and one of them is S-OFF, it works with another GSM carrier.
If you change your cid to super cid then the phone will be able to be used with any carrier. This is not the same as network unlock, the lock will reactivate if you change your cid back.
To SIM unlock permanently you need to follow this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708567
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im contemplating buying the at&t m8 tuesday on launch day but im worried since i know it will come locked down tight. rumor has it on android central that s-off will be waiting for us? is this true or no?
if not ill wait for root to buy.
Ya I'm in the same boat. Wanted the s5, but am now here considering the one for the first time because of Knox.
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mike86325 said:
Ya I'm in the same boat. Wanted the s5, but am now here considering the one for the first time because of Knox.
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The s5 was never in the cards with me.
I see no reason that we won't have an exploit available pretty quickly. If nothing else, you can do the official HTC unlock now and wait for S-OFF later so you can cover your tracks.
fix-this! said:
The s5 was never in the cards with me.
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Me neither. Until KNOX is either optional or gone altogether, Samsung will never get my business again. I refuse to support a company so openly anti-developer.
EtherealRemnant said:
I see no reason that we won't have an exploit available pretty quickly. If nothing else, you can do the official HTC unlock now and wait for S-OFF later so you can cover your tracks.
Me neither. Until KNOX is either optional or gone altogether, Samsung will never get my business again. I refuse to support a company so openly anti-developer.
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Same about sammy. I vowed id only stick to the nexus line but this m8 looks awesome if it can be rooted.
Hopefully your right and it will be htc dev unlockable from day 1. I doubt it being at&t.
fix-this! said:
Same about sammy. I vowed id only stick to the nexus line but this m8 looks awesome if it can be rooted.
Hopefully your right and it will be htc dev unlockable from day 1. I doubt it being at&t.
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With at&t its hard to tell but the One was HTC Dev unlockable on at&t at launch I thought?
This is why I'm glad I have T-Mobile. Besides the Sony phones (which T-Mobile likely doesn't even ask Sony to lock the bootloader but Sony chooses to do it themselves), T-Mobile is very cool about rooting and custom ROMs. Hell EVERY person at the T-Mobile store we go to has their **** rooted and they have no problem saying it! If an at&t employee did that, guaranteed there would be a job opening.
EtherealRemnant said:
With at&t its hard to tell but the One was HTC Dev unlockable on at&t at launch I thought?
This is why I'm glad I have T-Mobile. Besides the Sony phones (which T-Mobile likely doesn't even ask Sony to lock the bootloader but Sony chooses to do it themselves), T-Mobile is very cool about rooting and custom ROMs. Hell EVERY person at the T-Mobile store we go to has their **** rooted and they have no problem saying it! If an at&t employee did that, guaranteed there would be a job opening.
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Original HTC One bootloader unlock was available on day 1 then vanished. I think there are other exploits. I have unlocked the bootloader of almost every Android device I've ever owned (except my Nexus 7 FHD). I *dont* intend on doing that with my M8 unless and until the promised support and updates doesn't materialize. In the best of all possible worlds, someone will come up with a temporary root method so I can at least run Titanium backup.
Every Qualcomm HTC devices has been S-OFFed, it will certainly be the same for the M8 trust me...
matt95 said:
Every Qualcomm HTC devices has been S-OFFed, it will certainly be the same for the M8 trust me...
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i can confirm s-on
fix-this! said:
rumor has it on android central that s-off will be waiting for us? is this true or no?
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Can I get a link to the rumor?
jaythenut said:
i can confirm s-on
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Are you saying that it won't be S-OFFed? Nahhh
matt95 said:
Are you saying that it won't be S-OFFed? Nahhh
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Well mine is saying s-on
jaythenut said:
Well mine is saying s-on
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Ehm, that's normal... If you don't S-OFF it will say S-ON of course
matt95 said:
Ehm, that's normal... If you don't S-OFF it will say S-ON of course
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Sorry guys, but could someone explain what S-ON and S-OFF mean?
I only have experience unlocking/rooting Nexus devices.
fil676 said:
Sorry guys, but could someone explain what S-ON and S-OFF mean?
I only have experience unlocking/rooting Nexus devices.
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S-On means you can only install "Secure" software. S-OFF, means you can install whatever you want.
If you want roms, you'll want S-OFF.
meest said:
S-On means you can only install "Secure" software. S-OFF, means you can install whatever you want.
If you want roms, you'll want S-OFF.
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Not completely correct, if you want ROMs you just need an unlocked bootloader and a recovery which you can get without S-OFF too...
S-OFF (Security-OFF) = much more control of the entire phone (you can do pretty much everything if you're able to do it)
if you have enough time to spend then read this perfect in depth explanation
matt95 said:
Not completely correct, if you want ROMs you just need an unlocked bootloader and a recovery which you can get without S-OFF too...
S-OFF (Security-OFF) = much more control of the entire phone (you can do pretty much everything if you're able to do it)
if you have enough time to spend then read this perfect in depth explanation
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Which version of hboot is the verizon m8 shipping with? Assuming we can get root (if it's not already possible), s-off should work with firewater
skaforey said:
Which version of hboot is the verizon m8 shipping with? Assuming we can get root (if it's not already possible), s-off should work with firewater
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I've never tried Firewater stuff but I would wait to do that, that method hasn't even been tested on the new one...
skaforey said:
Which version of hboot is the verizon m8 shipping with? Assuming we can get root (if it's not already possible), s-off should work with firewater
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HBOOT: 3.16.0.0000
I tried the temp-root method but it failed running temp-root so I didn't bother executing the firewater command:
error in setsockopt().
Failed to get prepare_kernel_cred address.
Failed to get commit_creds address.
Failed to get ptmx_fops address.
Failed to setup variables.
jaythenut said:
i can confirm s-on
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Alright bud
Did you swap out your N3 for this? - I pick mine up in the morning. Hoping it'll be a a quality device, miss my original One
I have a T-Mobile HTC One M8 which is bootloader unlocked and rooted with custom recovery. I also have a custom ROM (Viper One) in there. However I couldn't achieve S-OFF (tough luck! ). So my questions is, can I use the phone with other GSM carriers ? I want to start using AT&T service with this phone. Is it possible to use it without S-OFFing ?
Thanks!
abhishekk89 said:
I have a T-Mobile HTC One M8 which is bootloader unlocked and rooted with custom recovery. I also have a custom ROM (Viper One) in there. However I couldn't achieve S-OFF (tough luck! ). So my questions is, can I use the phone with other GSM carriers ? I want to start using AT&T service with this phone. Is it possible to use it without S-OFFing ?
Thanks!
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I believe so yes, can't recall seeing anything about unlocking it with S-ON. Have you tried the SunShine method to gain S-OFF?
[Android][HTC S-OFF] SunShine for modern HTC devices
Sure it's $25 but going on most responses it seems well worth the few pennies to gain that extra "freedom". Something to consider perhaps...
BerndM14 said:
I believe so yes, can't recall seeing anything about unlocking it with S-ON. Have you tried the SunShine method to gain S-OFF?
[Android][HTC S-OFF] SunShine for modern HTC devices
Sure it's $25 but going on most responses it seems well worth the few pennies to gain that extra "freedom". Something to consider perhaps...
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Thanks BerndM! Appreciate the response.
Turns out I need S-Off to use other carriers. Will probably buy Sunshine's application for S-Off
You only need S-OFF if your phone is SIM-locked but you can use a pay service to remove the SIM-lock. Unless you have a CDMA phone and are trying to use a GSM SIM in it, in which case probably to stop now...
EddyOS said:
You only need S-OFF if your phone is SIM-locked but you can use a pay service to remove the SIM-lock. Unless you have a CDMA phone and are trying to use a GSM SIM in it, in which case probably to stop now...
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Isn't it better to pay $25 to our devs and get S-OFF instead of paying some corporate guys just to get my SIM lock removed ? Just my thought
Depends if you have to pay or not...
In the UK, not all operators charge to SIM-unlock (that's if the phone even is to begin with, most don't bother these days)
Hello XDA.
Here's the thing. I have an HTC One M8 from AT&T which I want to unlock, but also I wanna S-OFF it because I like to play (safely) with it making it a developer edition or even a GPE. The thing is I don't wanna spend much money, so it's unlocking (~15 USD) or S-OFF it (25 USD) and then be able to simunlock it for free with two options so far:
Super CID
Universal SIM unlock
I wanna think the best idea is to purchase Sunshine, S-OFF my phone and then try one of those two options. I just need some feedback from someone who has tried them to ensure they're 100% effective and I wont need to end to purchase an unlock code.
Anyway, thanks in advance and best regards.
Nothing is ever a sure thing. And recent hboots have patched the SIM unlock exploit, as well as sunshine s-off. What hboot number?
I'm not personally SIM unlocked. But it seems from the SIM unlock thread, results were fairly positive, at least on older hboot numbers. Again, nothing is every certain; and that goes for the paid methods as well (although most services typically won't charge unless you can unlock).
redpoint73 said:
Nothing is ever a sure thing. And recent hboots have patched the SIM unlock exploit, as well as sunshine s-off. What hboot number?
I'm not personally SIM unlocked. But it seems from the SIM unlock thread, results were fairly positive, at least on older hboot numbers. Again, nothing is every certain; and that goes for the paid methods as well (although most services typically won't charge unless you can unlock).
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Thanks for answer.
My HBOOT version is 3.16.0.0000
Best regards.
alainalemany said:
My HBOOT version is 3.16.0.0000
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That's the original (phone's release) hboot version. So I'd say that sunshine s-off should work; and chances of a successful SIM unlock are very good.
redpoint73 said:
That's the original (phone's release) hboot version. So I'd say that sunshine s-off should work; and chances of a successful SIM unlock are very good.
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Thank you so much. I'll tell you how it goes.
alainalemany said:
Thank you so much. I'll tell you how it goes.
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You're quite welcome; and good luck!
redpoint73 said:
You're quite welcome; and good luck!
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I'd like to thank you again @redpoint73 everything worked just as planned and now I have my HTC unlocked and S-OFFed.
alainalemany said:
I'd like to thank you again @redpoint73 everything worked just as planned and now I have my HTC unlocked and S-OFFed.
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Great to hear. Again, you're very welcome.
I found this site, http://rumrunner.us/ Does anyone know if this is legit or just a virus waiting to happen? It looks pretty legit to me. Thanks for your input, it would be great if we could get s-off for our device!
This is an old tool or does not work
HTC Desire 816 Virgin
drummer1839 said:
This is an old tool or does not work
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I'm loading to Sunshine v3, they say me load 2 weeks more. This tool include the s-off unlock,
elcientifico said:
I'm loading to Sunshine v3, they say me load 2 weeks more. This tool include the s-off unlock,
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Wait I don't quite understand...are you saying you got S-OFF?
HTC Desire 816 Virgin
No No NO, Yesterday talk to support sunshine, and they told me to wait two weeks to the release of version 3 which will include the s-off of our model.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2792487
elcientifico said:
No No NO, Yesterday talk to support sunshine, and they told me to wait two weeks to the release of version 3 which will include the s-off of our model.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2792487
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Ohhhh, alright thats more clear thank you
Well this (semi) is good news, we went from not hearing at all of S-OFF, to apparently having it in 2 weeks.
Now, there's now way in heck I'm paying $25 for S-OFF, thats ridiculous. But I'm sure some people will. Especially if it allows our device to be carrier unlocked, which it could.
I'll pay it sucks but it is what it is cause I know its a pain in the a%# too find vulnerabilitys too make s-off possible!!
I am glad I could bring that to you guys's attention
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I am glad I could bring that to you guys's attention
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Huh?
Any people know how SIM unlock with s-off on virgin. I have s-off but no have idea how unlock the SIM.
im currently on uk branded VODAPOO1 was just wondering what roms or ruu i could use to change it to unbranded to accept any sim? im currently s-off unlocked bootloader and rooted, i would like to be able to use o2 sim in phone aswell as my vodafone sim thanks :good:
The ROM doesn't allow you to use any SIM, you need to buy a code to SIM unlock the phone
EddyOS said:
The ROM doesn't allow you to use any SIM, you need to buy a code to SIM unlock the phone
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ok no problem thank you @EddyOS :good:
Super CID
p1xel-cl0ck said:
im currently on uk branded VODAPOO1 was just wondering what roms or ruu i could use to change it to unbranded to accept any sim? im currently s-off unlocked bootloader and rooted, i would like to be able to use o2 sim in phone aswell as my vodafone sim thanks :good:
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If you are S-off, you should be able to change CID to obtain Super CID, which basically SIM unlocks it. I've successfully done it here in USA without a problem; T-mobile phone working on AT&T network without requesting SIM unlock, just Super CID. Sorry I'm still a junior member here, so can't post links, but Google it, you should find info on how to Super CID.
fastbyte27 said:
If you are S-off, you should be able to change CID to obtain Super CID, which basically SIM unlocks it. I've successfully done it here in USA without a problem; T-mobile phone working on AT&T network without requesting SIM unlock, just Super CID. Sorry I'm still a junior member here, so can't post links, but Google it, you should find info on how to Super CID.
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No. Incorrect. S-Off does not unlock SIM.
EddyOS said:
The ROM doesn't allow you to use any SIM, you need to buy a code to SIM unlock the phone
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fastbyte27 said:
If you are S-off, you should be able to change CID to obtain Super CID, which basically SIM unlocks it. I've successfully done it here in USA without a problem; T-mobile phone working on AT&T network without requesting SIM unlock, just Super CID. Sorry I'm still a junior member here, so can't post links, but Google it, you should find info on how to Super CID.
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no problem thank you :good:
xunholyx said:
No. Incorrect. S-Off does not unlock SIM.
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I believe you misread my post. I said, IF you are S-off you can change CID to a Super CID (all 1's), which will allow you to use phone on all carriers, basically same as SIM unlock.
EddyOS said:
The ROM doesn't allow you to use any SIM, you need to buy a code to SIM unlock the phone
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I believe you misread my post. I said, IF you are S-off you can change CID to a Super CID (all 1's), which will allow you to use phone on all carriers, basically same as SIM unlock.
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yes i am s-off, unlocked bootloader and rooted so if i change it to 1`s basically sim unlocked even if im vodapoo1?
p1xel-cl0ck said:
yes i am s-off, unlocked bootloader and rooted so if i change it to 1`s basically sim unlocked even if im vodapoo1?
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It worked for me.
See guide here: http://androidforums.com/threads/guide-how-to-supercid.636482/
See benefits discussion here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1548083
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I believe you misread my post. I said, IF you are S-off you can change CID to a Super CID (all 1's), which will allow you to use phone on all carriers, basically same as SIM unlock.
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Once again. no. You are incorrect. Gaining S-Off does not allow you to use your phone with any carrier. You need to SIM unlock for that, and S-Off does not do that.
xunholyx said:
Once again. no. You are incorrect. Gaining S-Off does not allow you to use your phone with any carrier. You need to SIM unlock for that, and S-Off does not do that.
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I'm sorry, sir, but you do seem to have trouble understanding my statements.
Just to set the record straight for everyone, please see this link, as it explains 3 ways to unlock SIM and explains Super CID a bit. Note, however, there is a warning out on XDA that the 3rd method listed on this site is not recommended as it caused issues on some devices.
http://androidandme.com/2014/08/devices/three-ways-to-sim-unlock-the-htc-one-m8-for-free/
We've not misunderstood your post at all. That guide is a temporary SIM-unlock method, if you ever set the phone back to S-ON it's SIM-locked again. The only permanent SIM-unlock is via a code