To anyone that has experience with a developer edition M7 or M8 that shipped with an unlocked bootloader:
What happens when you run 'fastboot oem lock' and then 'fastboot oem unlock'?
Will the lock even work?
Will it need an unlock token from htcdev?
Will it trip a tamper flag?
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Hello guys, I have had my htc one m8 for a while now and wanted to root the device. After looking through many websites, i realized that you had to unlock the boot-loader. However, when i went to check my fast-boot, i saw that the boot-loader was locked but instead of being S-ON it was S-OFF and i can't unlock the boot loader using htcdev. How do i unlock the boot-loader with s-off?
Kind regards,
Arbaaz
What happens when you try to unlock the bootloader by HTCDev.com? S-off shouldn't prevent you from doing so. If you are having issue with unlocking the bootloader, I have a feeling its due to other factors, not s-off.
Since you are s-off, you can use the following thread to manually change the bootloader flag to UNLOCKED: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708571
Another possibility, is if the phone was s-off by sunshine, the device would still have a valid sunshine license. Just install the sunshine app, and see if you can unlock the bootloader using the app (no HTCDev.com process required to do it this way).
http://theroot.ninja/download.html
I am trying to root my m9. I went through the steps on HTCDev.com - there is no FASTBOOT option in bootloader (download mode). Went into Settings>Power and there is no option for FASTBOOT in there either. Then went into Developer Options to enable OEM UNLOCKING - NO OPTION........ Supposedly I need to enable OEM UNLOCKING to get the FASTBOOT option in Bootloader so the I can get my Identifier token. How can I enable OEM UNLOCKING?
Verizon blocks all those methods. The only way to do it is with a java card or xtc clip to get s-off and then unlock.
Thank you, I ordered one today. hopefully this works
If i remember correctly there is another thread where the xtc2clip was used but it caused issues due to the routine the poster used. It would be worth hunting that thread down before you start.
You wont brick the phone but you can get it stuck at a certain point..
Beamed in by telepathy.
I was able to get the Bootloader unlocked using SUNSHINE. Worked great.
In my HTC Desire 820, oem unlock option is shown in developer option as i need to unlock bootloader. Please help me out with this
Hello,
I recently got my hands on a one m9 and noticed that it came s-off in box. I have done the super-cid process but I'm wondering what is the best way to achieve TWRP and subsequently root. I cannot unlock the bootloader using htcdev because it's the verizon variety and has the oem unlocking option removed(ver. 3.37.605.15).
(fastboot oem get_identifier_token gives: )
Code:
INFO[KillSwitch] : /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/frp
INFO[KillSwitch] Last Byte is 0X00, disable unlock
INFO[KillSwitch] oem unlock Turn Off!
OKAY
From my understanding, this means I can only flash another ruu and it would have to be one that will gives me oem unlocking and from there I could unlock the bootloader with htcdev and flash twrp, supersu, etc.
Is this correct? Or is there another way to go about this?
What ruu should I use? Can it be from any carrier?
Thanks in advance.
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I managed to flash TWRP via fastboot and unlocked the bootloader using info in this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/on...lock-bootloader-htcdevs-t3092036/post69028485, I used the terminal in TWRP for root.
Hi
I managed to "Relock" my Unlocked bootloader of HTC One e9 (please don't ask why ) The phone is S-OFF, rooted with fully working TWRP recovery. How can I unlock the phone again.
I've tried the following with no success :
- command "fastboot oem unlock"
-to flash the Unlock.bin again
-the method from this topic https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708571
Do you have any other ideas?
Thank you!
hmm... What about trying to unlock it in the RUU?
I just relocked my phone then unlocked it again with the same Unlock_code.bin and the same instructions from htcdev unlock instruction page 4 in download mode. So yeah, it works.
My phone is S-ON though, but I doubt that it matters.