Hello,
I wonder if there is such mod of Hboot on HTC One M8, which asks for user-settable password or PIN before giving access to boot options such as recovery or fastboot?
Thanks!
I've never heard of one. And a dangerous option if you ask me..... If for some strange reason you forgot it, or it had a bug, You'd be locked out of those.... That would be a disaster.
Related
My phone is an HTC Desire C, with 4.0.3 Android OS and HTC Sense 4.0. Straight to the problem - I'm following HTCdev's guide to unlock bootloader (for obvious reasons), and basically the problem is that it doesn't seem to work for my phone. I can get into HBOOT easily, that's not the problem. The problem is: I go to FASTBOOT with the power button, I select BOOTLOADER, but when I want to open it with the power button, it just goes back to the FASTBOOT menu each time I try... or is that supposed to happen?
SORRY. NEW HERE - WRONG SECTION. MODS, PLEASE DELETE.
Well after almost a week of Googling, I've given up.
My Dad's HTC One M7 seems to be soft bricked (i.e. No OS), and will only enter the fastboot menu. All options therein (factory reset, fastboot), just put the device back in fastboot mode.
I then tried to unlock the device on the HTC site. I got to the final stage (flashing with unlock code, which shows as successful on my computer), and the confirmation screen on my phone does not appear. It is still showing *LOCKED*.
Moving from here the only option seemed to be an RUU, however this only seems to work with S-OFF. My S is most definitely ON. To make it S-OFF, I think I'd need to boot onto an OS and enter debug mode.
I have an OTA file for my carrier which seems to be up to date. Is there any chance this would help?
So I'm sort of chasing my tail here, any help would be appreciated. One possible solution would be if I could possibly unlock a bricked device? (A rare request from what I gather, as most phones are bricked after custom ROMs).
I find it so frustrating that this has happened when I've never even rooted/unlocked the device. I'd never seen the bootloader menu before this.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
m7misery said:
Well after almost a week of Googling, I've given up.
My Dad's HTC One M7 seems to be soft bricked (i.e. No OS), and will only enter the fastboot menu. All options therein (factory reset, fastboot), just put the device back in fastboot mode.
I then tried to unlock the device on the HTC site. I got to the final stage (flashing with unlock code, which shows as successful on my computer), and the confirmation screen on my phone does not appear. It is still showing *LOCKED*.
Moving from here the only option seemed to be an RUU, however this only seems to work with S-OFF. My S is most definitely ON. To make it S-OFF, I think I'd need to boot onto an OS and enter debug mode.
I have an OTA file for my carrier which seems to be up to date. Is there any chance this would help?
So I'm sort of chasing my tail here, any help would be appreciated. One possible solution would be if I could possibly unlock a bricked device? (A rare request from what I gather, as most phones are bricked after custom ROMs).
I find it so frustrating that this has happened when I've never even rooted/unlocked the device. I'd never seen the bootloader menu before this.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You need to ask in the m7 sections. This is the m8 area. What rom was it running? . I have a couple things to try if it's a Verizon one.
m7misery said:
Well after almost a week of Googling, I've given up.
My Dad's HTC One M7 seems to be soft bricked (i.e. No OS), and will only enter the fastboot menu. All options therein (factory reset, fastboot), just put the device back in fastboot mode.
I then tried to unlock the device on the HTC site. I got to the final stage (flashing with unlock code, which shows as successful on my computer), and the confirmation screen on my phone does not appear. It is still showing *LOCKED*.
Moving from here the only option seemed to be an RUU, however this only seems to work with S-OFF. My S is most definitely ON. To make it S-OFF, I think I'd need to boot onto an OS and enter debug mode.
I have an OTA file for my carrier which seems to be up to date. Is there any chance this would help?
So I'm sort of chasing my tail here, any help would be appreciated. One possible solution would be if I could possibly unlock a bricked device? (A rare request from what I gather, as most phones are bricked after custom ROMs).
I find it so frustrating that this has happened when I've never even rooted/unlocked the device. I'd never seen the bootloader menu before this.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
maybe best to see if you can unlock it via HTC Dev(as u are in fastboot mode)
Then install custom recovery, full wipe and flash a new rom via adb sideload, that will give you the system back and it should boot.
m7misery said:
Moving from here the only option seemed to be an RUU, however this only seems to work with S-OFF.
.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is false. RUU is designed to run on stock devices and will run just fine with S-on or S-off as long as you are running the correct RUU for your version (and also the RUU number needs to be equal or greater than what is on the phone, you can't "downgrade" while S-on).
But as mentioned previously, this forum section is for the M8 as clearly noted in the forum title. You need to get advice in the M7 forum, as advice given here (applicable to the M8) can be incorrect or even harmful to your device.
Hi all,
After spending bunch if time seeking a solution, I found no one met this kind of issue when unlocking bootloader.
First, I wanted to unlock the bootloader as it was the only solution to fix a soft-brick on my phone. At switching-on, the phone starts with HTC green logo on white screen and stay on, and then vibrate 4 times and nothing else happens.
Recovery option through HBOOT menu does not solve it.
So under HBOOT menu, I plugged the usb cable, and proceed with the bootloader unlocking procedure according the step by step procedure on HTC Dev website & our famous forum.
Everything' goes well until i send the .bin unlock file to the phone in FASTBOOT USB mode, then it displays the unloack bootloader prompt window.
BUT it is impossible to validate the choice "YES Unlock bootloader (may void your warranty). Absolutely nothing happens when I press the power button, WHEREAS the choice "NO" works and reboot my phone the the HBOOT Menu.
So, it seems as a kind of another protection is blocking the bootloader unlocking ??
Phone information are the following :
*** LOCKED ***
***Security Warning ***
G3U PVT SHIP S-ON RH
HBOOT-1.18.0002
RADIO-14.11.36Q4.21
OS-1.10.401.4
eMMC-boot
Nov 12 2013, 11:57:38.0
If anyone has an idea to explore a solution, i'd be pleased to try it .
Thanks a lot.
On htc's unlock bootloader page, which version did you try?
I used "All other supported models" and it unlocked mine without problems.
(my device has the same hboot but a slightly different radio version)
4m8 said:
On htc's unlock bootloader page, which version did you try?
I used "All other supported models" and it unlocked mine without problems.
(my device has the same hboot but a slightly different radio version)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I chosen "All other supported models" , as the model is not listed.
Otherwise i guess it wouldn't have given me the bin file .
gitanus said:
I chosen "All other supported models" , as the model is not listed.
Otherwise i guess it wouldn't have given me the bin file .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well it's the only point in the procedure I could think off that might have been misunderstood.
(Desire * could have been misinterpreted as any desire model instead of needs hboot upgrade)
Other than that and the obvious keep trying until it works, I'm out of ideas that could be of use to you.
Sorry & Good Luck
Maybe the desire* one would work. I used the All Supported Models option also and it didn't gave me any problems unlocking it.
Sarmiento_Luise said:
Maybe the desire* one would work. I used the All Supported Models option also and it didn't gave me any problems unlocking it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ive also tried on HtcDev website (i have HTC desire 300), Desire model, all supported models, numerous times, and i have the same problem, it just wont unlock, It doesnt respond when i try to click yes to unlock it.
Does anyone know the solution ?
prestigous27 said:
Ive also tried on HtcDev website (i have HTC desire 300), Desire model, all supported models, numerous times, and i have the same problem, it just wont unlock, It doesnt respond when i try to click yes to unlock it.
Does anyone know the solution ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i have the exact same problem. can't unlock the bootloader, can't enter the recovery menu, can't reset it to factory settings. you were able to fix it after all? it's so strange, i've unlocked lots of htc's but i've never been in this situation before.
Bump!!! Please anyone solved this problem?
Andmanx said:
Bump!!! Please anyone solved this problem?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
A certain guy at a service shop told me it is probably a bricked EMMC chip where the bootloader and recovery are, so you can't do anything about it.
I'm no expert, so I don't know if this makes any sense, but that was what I was told.
I have HTC desire 300 and I unlocked bootloader with no problem when unlock bootloader screen came I just used volume key to select yes and then pressed power button and it rebooted and unlocked. I suggest you try all procedure again on another computer.
I've same problem on HTC Desire 500((
no PC problem, no .bin file problem
Power button respond only in NO position
I have same problem with a desire 300. I used both bins (all supported devices and desire *) with no success. Only No option responds.
I have same issue, power button responds on NO not on Yes.
Hi,
So ive spent at least a total of 12hours on this phone trying to unlock it. - im only posting this, in the hope to spare a lot of other peoples time by sharing my experience and hoping to get some advice.
I have submitted an unlock via IMEI to 3 different servers to retrieve the factory unlock code, and all codes ive got are not unlocking the phone.
This phone belongs to a customer of mine, and had started into the venture of unlocking it alternatively as they wanted the phone unlocked some how, i had explained its possible with root and custom roms etc.
So i started my venture and have come to very little success.
I had downloaded TWRP recovery and unlocked bootloader, and once it was installed and flashed with fastboot, my phone would not turn on. - i had used HTC M8 files, and not HTC M8s files - i was stuck in M8 recovery. - i had used these files as any search for HTC M8s would fill up with just the M8 edition.
Endless playing with different combinations of buttons, just holding the power button for a long time got the phone to boot up. (if i left the phone off, and had it charging, the charging logo would show up on a "bootloop" and would not power up, back to the "bricked" mode it was in. -unplug charger and playing with combinations of buttons to get back on)
(If your in this state and panicking, dont panic, your phone is stuck in m8 recovery that i flashed and holding power should kick you out of it, make sure your usb isnt connected)
Enter fastboot mode holding volume down and power and flash htc m8s TWRP-recovery solved all issues with recovery loops and boot errors.
It took me a long time to find the M8s TWRP and recovery files, but on flashing them, my phone booted into M8s recovery and i was able to install SuperUser and root phone.
I was then at the situation of turning the S-On, to S-Off. - More problems.
The tutorial i followed was suggesting to use firewater, and after endless rebooting and downloading SDK files etc, couldnt get S-OFF as i was getting error PID file format only. - HTC has patched this method - time to move on......... FIREWATER DOES NOT WORK.
I was trying to avoid the situation of paying any more to unlock, so giving up had turned to the Sunshine S-OFF tool. This costs $25, and is a simple android app to turn rooted devices from s-On to s-OFF. - I installed and downloaded it to find HTC M8s is not compatible.
A message to all HTC M8s Owners looking to unlock there device for Free, or as a last resort if factory unlock is not available. ---> As of this date, its not possible to turn S-OFF without a "javacard" which is a device to plug into sd slot and magically turns it off.... sorry. - Thus not possible to unlock via root.
If there is a solution, please do let me know, this phone has eaten me up. I have to go to the service provider and try get the code from them.
You talking about sim unlocking ? Even with s-off you can't just sim unlock it, even with a custom rom you can't just sim unlock it.
Firewater is offline now for over a year already and if sunshine isn't compatible there is just no (affordable) way to s-off.
All those methods are not working anymore. You really need a working code or help from the carrier.
Bootloader unlocking and running custom roms or rooted stock is totally different to carrier unlocking a device. And also would like to mention that the M8s is not very supported with custom roms. There are about 2 roms i know of.
And make absolutely sure that you know what you are doing and create a pure STOCK NANDROID BACKUP (one before you pushed root) so you are able to bring the device back to stock for future ota updates.
You can not update a rooted rom (also not a stock one) once rooted the system is changed and can't be undone so you definitely need a "never rooted stock rom"
And the needed files are easily to find actually because there is a dedicated thread here for the M8s.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3114245
htc m8 remote not allowed while flashing rom ,ruu,recovery.
when i unlocking boot loader it,s ok but whenenter bootloader moder it's show locked.
nothing deleting in phone ,restore ok but nothing happen.nothing i writing nothing is deleting.
Many time i tried to flashing but cmd says remote not allowed
cid no. is 11111
If it says LOCKED in bootloader, than the bootloader is still locked.
Nothing will flash with a locked bootloader.
Try the bootloader unlock process again, and see if you get it to say UNLOCKED.
Unlock ok but show locked
i have flashed unlock.bin after this confirmation msg yes/no for unlock bootloader.i pressed yes phone restarted.when enter again bootloader mode it's showning LOCKED
Manish320843 said:
i have flashed unlock.bin after this confirmation msg yes/no for unlock bootloader.i pressed yes phone restarted.when enter again bootloader mode it's showning LOCKED
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not clear whether you mean you have only tried it once; or of you tried to unlock it again as I advised in my previous post.
I recommend going through the HTCDev process again, new bin code, and try unlock again.
If its still fails, I don't know if there is much else you can do. I've seen this issue a couple times (bootloader unlock fails repeatedly), and don't recall a resolution.
ok i shall try but thin i am reset phone but nothing happen an which i delete fro gallery that are recover after reboot.same to same happen after botloader unlock.bootloader unlocked in pc but in phone showing LOCKED