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!
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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..
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
So I am in the last month of my Htc free screen replacement. I have read many of the posts about people dealing with HTC and the success and fail stories. I have decided it's worth the risk since my crack is pretty bad. I'm S-Off, Bootloader unlocked and was wondering if I flashed a modified h-boot to show the device as S-On and bootloader locked and restored the stock Recovery, Rom, and Kernel would they be able to tell that the device was modified? If they are able to tell and deny my replacement I'll just keep the phone and have it replaced at a shop but it would be nice if it was free. Also if they update the phone will I lose my S-On and Bootloader unlock? Thanks
I'm not sure what I flashed to cause this issue. I used sunshine months back and acquired s-off and unlocked bootloader. Now when I go to bootloader, it says locked and s-on. I ran sunshine again and it told me I was already s-off, and there was nothing to do. How do I get things back to saying s-off and unlocked?? Is there a tool to flash and toggle?? I was going to use my unlock key from HTC dev, but I don't want to wipe all my data. What is the best solution??
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I'm not sure what I flashed to cause this issue. I used sunshine months back and acquired s-off and unlocked bootloader. Now when I go to bootloader, it says locked and s-on. I ran sunshine again and it told me I was already s-off, and there was nothing to do. How do I get things back to saying s-off and unlocked?? Is there a tool to flash and toggle?? I was going to use my unlock key from HTC dev, but I don't want to wipe all my data. What is the best solution??
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I have no solution for you, and I doubt anyone here will. Post your problem on the Sunshine S-Off thread. You will probably find some help there.
Copy and paste what you posted here in the reply I am quoting. Also state that you started a thread and you are sorry for cross posting, but that is what was advised. Good luck! I hope you get your stuff fixed up right.
maybe you have custom bootloader with faked S-ON and faked LOCKED message?