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Hello everyone,
I have HBOOT 1.18.0000 and unlocked bootloader. Now I would like to get the S-Off, but every single tutorial I find is not working for me
Why do I want S-Off?
Simply because I want to lock again the bootloader, and I do not want to see ** RE LOCKED **, I want to have the original ** LOCKED **
If anyone knows any other way the get the LOCKED message instead of RELOCKED, without the s-off, I will be glad to give it a try.
Thanks
santidoo said:
Hello everyone,
I have HBOOT 1.18.0000 and unlocked bootloader. Now I would like to get the S-Off, but every single tutorial I find is not working for me
Why do I want S-Off?
Simply because I want to lock again the bootloader, and I do not want to see ** RE LOCKED **, I want to have the original ** LOCKED **
If anyone knows any other way the get the LOCKED message instead of RELOCKED, without the s-off, I will be glad to give it a try.
Thanks
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If Your CDMA there is a thread on there board that has a bootloader with it.
mcgi5sr2 said:
If Your CDMA there is a thread on there board that has a bootloader with it.
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Nop, Im GSM. Any idea how to get the s-off?
Anyway, can you point me to the thread? I do not remember any thread about getting "s-off HBOOT 1.18"
santidoo said:
Nop, Im GSM. Any idea how to get the s-off?
Anyway, can you point me to the thread? I do not remember any thread about getting "s-off HBOOT 1.18"
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I was thinking this one,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321904
could you update your hboot?
mcgi5sr2 said:
I was thinking this one,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321904
could you update your hboot?
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Hmm, yes, I guess I could update the HBOOT. Any helpful thread about how to update it?
I will have a look to the forum/web for it. Thanks anyway
santidoo said:
Hmm, yes, I guess I could update the HBOOT. Any helpful thread about how to update it?
I will have a look to the forum/web for it. Thanks anyway
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Well, no luck in the search about how to update HBOOT 1.18, which apparently needs to be S-OFF...
So, noone in xda knows how to get s-off with hboot 1.18 in the HTC One V?
santidoo said:
Well, no luck in the search about how to update HBOOT 1.18, which apparently needs to be S-OFF...
So, noone in xda knows how to get s-off with hboot 1.18 in the HTC One V?
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Did you try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2558740 also, see more here: http://rumrunner.us/instructions/
Should work with all hboots... :fingers-crossed:
bratusm said:
Did you try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2558740 also, see more here: http://rumrunner.us/instructions/
Should work with all hboots... :fingers-crossed:
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Finally!
Thanks. I had tried the rumrunner earlier, but it did not work, so I gave up. Later I read somewhere that not all ROM/Kernels are supported, so I installed a new ROM + kernel and it worked.
For who may be interested in the future, I used ROM: "RythmicROM _1.3" & Kernel: "HELLBOY-2013-06-29-4.2"
i unlock my device with root and i flashed custom roms and its works great but the battery is bad but i read about s-off and i checked amd my is s-on
so its problem or its ok as long as its say in bootloader unlock?
bubu23 said:
i unlock my device with root and i flashed custom roms and its works great but the battery is bad but i read about s-off and i checked amd my is s-on
so its problem or its ok as long as its say in bootloader unlock?
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What exactly do you want to know?
By the looks of it it almost seems like you're asking about S-OFF/Bootloader as a means to improving battery life? Has nothing to do with it. If you're not happy with the ROM you flashed because of Battery, try some tweaks that came with the ROM or flash another ROM.
bubu23 said:
i unlock my device with root and i flashed custom roms and its works great but the battery is bad but i read about s-off and i checked amd my is s-on
so its problem or its ok as long as its say in bootloader unlock?
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S-Off has no influence on battery life.
i know it got nothing to do with battery lolll i wanted to ask if i have to have s-off or its ok that my phone root and unlock bootloader?
bubu23 said:
i know it got nothing to do with battery lolll i wanted to ask if i have to have s-off or its ok that my phone root and unlock bootloader?
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For simple things like flashing different roms, unlocked bootloader should suffice
exocetdj said:
For simple things like flashing different roms, unlocked bootloader should suffice
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thx man
bubu23 said:
i know it got nothing to do with battery lolll
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From the wording of Post #1, its not clear that you do.
bubu23 said:
or its ok that my phone root and unlock bootloader?
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Okay for what? Be more specific. I understand English is probably not your native language. But still, try to be more clear. Otherwise, its difficult for anyone to answer or help.
S-off is only needed to flash hboot, radio, and a few other things. For just flashing ROMs, unlocked bootloader is normally all that is required.
Although, be aware that if flashing a 2.x Sense based ROM, if your phone is on outdated firmware (hboot, radio, etc.) you will likely suffer severe issues like long boot times, broken WiFi, etc. You need to S-off to update the firmware; or alternately OTA to 2.x firmware.
Hello. I have an HTC ONE M8 CID : ORANG001. Bootloader LOCKED and S-ON. Running : Android 4.4.3
It is carrier unlocked, I can use whatever sim I like with this phone. Now, I want to get rid off ORANG001 and change it with a HTC__001 or some other CID so I can receive updates directly from HTC.
Does anyone know some safe steps to accomplish this ? Or I can change somehow the recovery with another one ? I think ORANG001 means that is orange stock recovery. It's not carrier locked, but still, I want to replace the ORANG001.
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Hello. I have an HTC ONE M8 CID : ORANG001. Bootloader LOCKED and S-ON. Running : Android 4.4.3
It is carrier unlocked, I can use whatever sim I like with this phone. Now, I want to get rid off ORANG001 and change it with a HTC__001 or some other CID so I can receive updates directly from HTC.
Does anyone know some safe steps to accomplish this ? Or I can change somehow the recovery with another one ? I think ORANG001 means that is orange stock recovery. It's not carrier locked, but still, I want to replace the ORANG001.
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You need s-off to chance your cid...
After this you can play with you phone as you wish, even convert it to GPE edition...
Sent from here
lukes91 said:
You need s-off to chance your cid...
After this you can play with you phone as you wish, even convert it to GPE edition...
Sent from here
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After S-OFF can I still receive official updates from HTC ?
PoweredTek said:
After S-OFF can I still receive official updates from HTC ?
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Yes, you can
Sent from here
PoweredTek said:
After S-OFF can I still receive official updates from HTC ?
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Only if you have stock rom and recovery. But if you go that far down, may as well download it from here and flash it yourself.
PcFish said:
Only if you have stock rom and recovery. But if you go that far down, may as well download it from here and flash it yourself.
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Yeah but to S-OFF one must be rooted first, right?
UPDATE : I just unlocked the bootloader. I want to root the device but what TWRP should I flash ?
UPDATE : Rooted the device and installed SuperSU via TWRP. Next, getting S-OFF.
UPDATE : I get this message while flashing firewater : firewater can not work on your device.
Until I manage to S-OFF can I flash through TWRP a custom ROM like CM for example ? Or S-OFF is a must for doing this ?
PoweredTek said:
Yeah but to S-OFF one must be rooted first, right?
UPDATE : I just unlocked the bootloader. I want to root the device but what TWRP should I flash ?
UPDATE : Rooted the device and installed SuperSU via TWRP. Next, getting S-OFF.
UPDATE : I get this message while flashing firewater : firewater can not work on your device.
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For firewater yes, I'm not familiar with the other methods.
If it's saying it doesn't work for your device, you're out of luck, unless you try the other methods. Which you do at your own risk obviously.
PcFish said:
For firewater yes, I'm not familiar with the other methods.
If it's saying it doesn't work for your device, you're out of luck, unless you try the other methods. Which you do at your own risk obviously.
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What are the other methods, and I cannot install a custom ROM like CM with S-ON right ?
PoweredTek said:
What are the other methods, and I cannot install a custom ROM like CM with S-ON right ?
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Sunshine? I forget the names.
You only need an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery to install custom roms.
PcFish said:
Sunshine? I forget the names.
You only need an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery to install custom roms.
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Then what is the purpose of S-OFF ?
PoweredTek said:
Then what is the purpose of S-OFF ?
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You can flash whatever rom you like without s-off...
S-off is required to write to all partitions, change cid and so on (google and xda are your friends)... You can still achieve this by flashing a stock-like rom like arhd or maximus te and paying 25 bucks to Sunshine developers...
lukes91 said:
You can flash whatever rom you like without s-off...
S-off is required to write to all partitions, change cid and so on (google and xda are your friends)... You can still achieve this by flashing a stock-like rom like arhd or maximus te and paying 25 bucks to Sunshine developers...
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I have CM11. Next step, S--OFF via SunShine.
PoweredTek said:
I have CM11. Next step, S--OFF via SunShine.
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Sunshine requires the stock sense rom .. i hope you made a nandriod
or you can just flash this
http://www.androidrevolution.org/downloader/download.php?file=One_M8_2.22.401.4_odexed.zip
once your s-off I recommend this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/general/change-wwe-m8-to-dev-edition-ota-t2826567
PoweredTek said:
I have CM11. Next step, S--OFF via SunShine.
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Are you sure you need s-off?
From your posts, I can plainly tell you are a noob. (no offence, that just what we call the new to rooting people here.)
S-on is there to protect your device from becoming bricked when you flash something you shouldn't be.
With S-off, if you screw up, your $700 phone might be turned into a paperweight with absolutely zero chance that the warranty is still valid.
If you want my advice, don't go S-off till you know what you are doing.
xunholyx said:
Are you sure you need s-off?
From your posts, I can plainly tell you are a noob. (no offence, that just what we call the new to rooting people here.)
S-on is there to protect your device from becoming bricked when you flash something you shouldn't be.
With S-off, if you screw up, your $700 phone might be turned into a paperweight with absolutely zero chance that the warranty is still valid.
If you want my advice, don't go S-off till you know what you are doing.
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I just S-OFF. So I think you were wrong.
PoweredTek said:
I just S-OFF. So I think you were wrong.
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I didn't say you won't be able to s-off, I asked you if you needed it.
Why do you need S-off? Do you even know what s-off is for?
Or do you just want it because you think it's cool?
Anyways, happy flashing dude.
I have a feeling that in a week or two, you'll be back on this forum begging for help, and I'll say to you, "I told you so!" But I really hope not.
Have fun, and be careful what you flash now.
No joke.
EDIT: I see now where you thought I was wrong. I didn't mean you will bugger your phone while doing the S-off, I meant you may bugger it up after, because you are S-off.
xunholyx said:
I didn't say you won't be able to s-off, I asked you if you needed it.
Why do you need S-off? Do you even know what s-off is for?
Or do you just want it because you think it's cool?
Anyways, happy flashing dude.
I have a feeling that in a week or two, you'll be back on this forum begging for help, and I'll say to you, "I told you so!" But I really hope not.
Have fun, and be careful what you flash now.
No joke.
EDIT: I see now where you thought I was wrong. I didn't mean you will bugger your phone while doing the S-off, I meant you may bugger it up after, because you are S-off.
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For example the red text cannot be removed with S-ON.
PoweredTek said:
For example the red text cannot be removed with S-ON.
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I got this reply just after I PMed you.
I think you are going to be just fine.
Keep reading and learning, and don't be afraid to ask questions.
You got this buddy.
xunholyx said:
I got this reply just after I PMed you.
I think you are going to be just fine.
Keep reading and learning, and don't be afraid to ask questions.
You got this buddy.
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There is no PM.
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There is no PM.
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I sent a PM then, and have just sent a new one two minutes ago before I saw this post.
Also, I just tried to send a friend request that didn't deliver because there was no friend button for it?
The junior status maybe?
Anyways, the gist of it was this:
I was very mistaken about you. You are obviously not a noob from what I've seen on subsequent posts, you are just an M8 noob. I was in your position once, and I get it 100%
The thing is, on the Q&A, I get sick of the same questions over and over and over.
And also, people getting into soft brick trouble because of s-off.
I have no worries about you though buddy.
You will be just fine. It's not really that hard. Just different than the rest.
It's worth it though. The M8 is SOOO nice!
Hi there.
I've recently bought an HTC One M8 online and was furious to find out it has Vodafone logo on bootup.
I consider myself above Novice but just below expert when it comes to ROMs, rooting, flashing, etc. and i would like to try to debrand and remove the network logo without the complicated rooting.
Can anyone help please? Many thanks.
The only 'real' way of doing this is with S-OFF so you can flash the unbranded EU ROM to the phone
EddyOS said:
The only 'real' way of doing this is with S-OFF so you can flash the unbranded EU ROM to the phone
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Is S-off an easy process? May i ask how?
Gino76ph said:
Is S-off an easy process? May i ask how?
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The only working method is sunshine which u can get here http://theroot.ninja but I would try firewater first if that doesnt work it will need to be sunshine.
What is Sunshine or Firewater? Are they maps or apt files that i need to download? I have a Mac. Is that a problem?
And if i do the S-off process will it completely rebrand and remove the network logo so i can use the "normal" One M8 and set it up as normal?
Gino76ph said:
What is Sunshine or Firewater? Are they maps or apt files that i need to download? I have a Mac. Is that a problem?
And if i do the S-off process will it completely rebrand and remove the network logo so i can use the "normal" One M8 and set it up as normal?
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If you don't know a lot about android development I wouldn't bother s-off as you can hard brick your phone if you don't know what you are doing. You need to flash stock firmware which will have the hboot.
So, how do i flash a stock ROM on my One M8? Is it easy? Will having a Mac be a factor?
And will flashing be able to debrand it?
Gino76ph said:
So, how do i flash a stock ROM on my One M8? Is it easy? Will having a Mac be a factor?
And will flashing be able to debrand it?
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Having a Mac shouldn't be a problem as you can get fastboot and adb for Mac. Search on Google on how to do it as there is a lot of articles. It depends where the branding is, if its after the green HTC logo then yes as that will be the ROM.
I see.
So, what is the process usually? What do i need to download first? And then after downloading what do i need to do next?
All i want is to remove the Vodafone network branding that's all. Please advice.
Thank you.
Gino76ph said:
I see.
So, what is the process usually? What do i need to download first? And then after downloading what do i need to do next?
All i want is to remove the Vodafone network branding that's all. Please advice.
Thank you.
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Well first of all you will need to unlock your bootloader at http://htcdev.com or you can s-off using either firewater or sunshine. Then you need to flash a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM. Always make a back up! Then flash a custom ROM. But I'm not sure if that will remove the branding as the branding could be in the hboot which u will need s-off to modify it.
Gino76ph said:
I consider myself above Novice but just below expert
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All the people on here are being very nice, you consider yourself just below expert but your questions certainly aren't. The point of this site is to help, not necessarily to teach. I suggest you go do some Google searches and learn about the things that people mentioned here rather than just continuously asking questions. To be honest all you have to do is install a new splash screen and/or boot image. That alone is not difficult but you need to do some learning first because there are some prerequisites you'll need to have done in order to flash it.
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I appreciate all the help. I will Google some stuff and will ask again if there are any more issues.
Many thanks
For reference, Firewater no longer works so Sunshine is the ONLY method for S-OFF at this time
It's running a custom lollipop Rom...if I want to reset this whole thing back to complete stock to get a fresh start...which ruu do I run? It's an Att phone and I know that lollipop isn't official for att yet. The bootloader unlocked and it has s-off. I just didn't want to do anything and risk a brick due to firmware incompatibility or whatever.
Do I need to lock bootloader prior to running ruu?
Thanks...any and all help is appreciated.
Not be a bad guy but check and ready the general section, there are loads of guides that contain the info you need, read up and get familiar with terms and commands, learn fastboot. Then start fiddling with the device.
There are awesome guides but you need to take the time to read them !
And the forum is flooded with the same basic question, there are loads of threads that contain the info too
Thank you but I am very familiar with fast boot and commands and flashing, etc...
I just want to know if I can run the latest ruu for att. It's ruuing backwards and I know I'm some certain situations going backwards can cause firmware issues...I don't want to brick my phone.
Typically with s-off on htc devices I know most things are safe. I will definitely look. Ack at old threads but I'd just appreciate if someone could answer this particular question.
Thanks
And even with s-off its easy to run a at&t ruu, even an older one. Run it and update via official ota again if needed.
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And as additional advice i can recommend you to look at the AT&T M8 subforum instead of browsing through the international M8 forum. Think you will find some more specific and detailed info there
Mr Hofs said:
And even with s-off its easy to run a at&t ruu, even an older one. Run it and update via official ota again if needed.
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And as additional advice i can recommend you to look at the AT&T M8 subforum instead of browsing through the international M8 forum. Think you will find some more specific and detailed info there
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appreciate it! Hey one more question and Ill leave you alone...with s-off, do I need to lock bootloader prior to running ruu? Seems like when I had the m7, I had to lock bootloader for ruu to work properly.
thanks
joho5 said:
appreciate it! Hey one more question and Ill leave you alone...with s-off, do I need to lock bootloader prior to running ruu? Seems like when I had the m7, I had to lock bootloader for ruu to work properly.
thanks
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Ah no with s-off you do not need to lock/relock the bootloader to run a ruu with success
joho5 said:
appreciate it! Hey one more question and Ill leave you alone...with s-off, do I need to lock bootloader prior to running ruu? Seems like when I had the m7, I had to lock bootloader for ruu to work properly.
thanks
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If you want i can fix the phone over teamviewer