Hey everyone, having an issue. I'm back to the OG and I got the 2.18 hboot and trying to root but stuck tryin to get s-off. Now the problem must be a driver or something. When I try using adb, it's not seeing the phone. When I connect my 3D and do adb get-serialno, works fine but when I do the same with the OG, nothing. I was going with the HTCdev unlock method, got unlocked but trying to get s-off with the method shown on Evo Hacks and need adb working.
Any thoughts what could be wrong or where I can get the right driver?
Never mind, figured it out, FINALLY. If anyone is having a similar problem, uninstall all HTC drivers and then plug the new phone in and let it try installing them again.
hey i just got a droid incredible from my sister (not going to use it as a phone) and i would like to root it and flash a custom ROM, im sorta know about rooting and flashing but i keep looking for ways to root this phone and its way difficult for me. i am not about to use adb or android sdk for some reason they never work with methods for my other phones. not sure how to get to recovery just goes to a hboot screen which i see is normal. a lot of the links are broken on methods to root i see that unrevoked dosent work with 2.3.4. and im really frustrated with this phone. it has 2.3.4. S-ON and hboot 1.0.7 i don't know how to do the radio stuff please help.
Trozzul said:
hey i just got a droid incredible from my sister (not going to use it as a phone) and i would like to root it and flash a custom ROM, im sorta know about rooting and flashing but i keep looking for ways to root this phone and its way difficult for me. i am not about to use adb or android sdk for some reason they never work with methods for my other phones. not sure how to get to recovery just goes to a hboot screen which i see is normal. a lot of the links are broken on methods to root i see that unrevoked dosent work with 2.3.4. and im really frustrated with this phone. it has 2.3.4. S-ON and hboot 1.0.7 i don't know how to do the radio stuff please help.
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The only way to root 2.3.4 is to unlock your bootloader using htcdev unlock, then use fastboot (an android sdk program) to flash a custom recovery. Once you have the recovery installed, you can flash a rom of your choosing. There are no one click options available since the inc got gingerbread. It requires a bunch of steps, but isnt all that hard. Here is a working guide if you decide to take the plunge. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506258. Note that you do not need s-off to flash a rom, but you do need s-off to flash radios, hboots, and splash screens.
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Hey guys, looking for a little assistance with a problem I'm having with my dinc2. Everytime I boot the phone it gets stuck. The only way around it is to flash the boot.img for the rom I'm using. In this case it's MIUI 1.12.30. I'm S-on and HTC dev unlocked. Is this normal? Or is there a way that I can fix the phone so that it reboots all the way without having to be by my computer so I can flash the boot.img?
Any help is greatly appreciated!!
Eric
scheirere said:
Hey guys, looking for a little assistance with a problem I'm having with my dinc2. Everytime I boot the phone it gets stuck. The only way around it is to flash the boot.img for the rom I'm using. In this case it's MIUI 1.12.30. I'm S-on and HTC dev unlocked. Is this normal? Or is there a way that I can fix the phone so that it reboots all the way without having to be by my computer so I can flash the boot.img?
Any help is greatly appreciated!!
Eric
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That is normal for s-on HTC dev unlocked. If you would like to avoid it you will need to go s-off, which is not terribly difficult. Just follow the directions since I believe you will have to re-lock first.
Edit: I guess it's not normal on every boot...but going s-off is still likely to fix it.
gtdtm said:
That is normal for s-on HTC dev unlocked. If you would like to avoid it you will need to go s-off, which is not terribly difficult. Just follow the directions since I believe you will have to re-lock first.
Edit: I guess it's not normal on every boot...but going s-off is still likely to fix it.
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Hmm....I've looked at going S-off and it looks a little intimidating. I'm not really clear on the instructions. That's why I didn't go there just yet.
Interestingly, I've rooted other HTC phones including my incredible 4g and haven't had the same booting issues.
Hello all,
I have some questions about rooting my phone, the HTC One M8. If someone gets a new phone like this one, backs it up after initial setup, roots and does s-off, and then does a second backup (optional).......... is there any reason why that person should need to worry about anything going wrong? I'm replacing my phone and want to know that as long as I back it up before rooting and s-off, I should never have to worry, right?
Also, once you root a phone, you can still get new OTAs right? The rooting doesn't stop that, right? Just a simple yes or no is fine.
Kindly please answer both. I appreciate all those who can shed some light! It seems that rooting is ok as long as you do it (and S-OFF) BEFORE receiving any OTAs, or that's what I think.
Thank You,
RockStar2005
RockStar2005 said:
Hello all,
I have some questions about rooting my phone, the HTC One M8. If someone gets a new phone like this one, backs it up after initial setup, roots and does s-off, and then does a second backup (optional).......... is there any reason why that person should need to worry about anything going wrong? I'm replacing my phone and want to know that as long as I back it up before rooting and s-off, I should never have to worry, right?
Also, once you root a phone, you can still get new OTAs right? The rooting doesn't stop that, right? Just a simple yes or no is fine.
Kindly please answer both. I appreciate all those who can shed some light! It seems that rooting is ok as long as you do it (and S-OFF) BEFORE receiving any OTAs, or that's what I think.
Thank You,
RockStar2005
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part of rooting is a custom recovery which can block ota's from installing. sometimes the updates can manually be flashed or you can just revert to a stock recovery temporarily but changes to your system can also block the install. as far as the backups it's what ever your comfortable with - I never bother with backups of the stock software and I've never needed one.
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lampel said:
part of rooting is a custom recovery which can block ota's from installing. sometimes the updates can manually be flashed or you can just revert to a stock recovery temporarily but changes to your system can also block the install. as far as the backups it's what ever your comfortable with - I never bother with backups of the stock software and I've never needed one.
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Ok thank Lampel!
RockStar2005
I have questions pertaining to Rooting the HTC One M8 aswell.
I moved from Samsung's Galaxy line of phones and have always Rooted without hesitation. Reasons being, I have become comfortable with the way they work and am confident I can return it to Stock (no modded counters on it or whatever), if I need to bring it back to my carrier for some reason.
Now I just got my M8, and definitely want to Root it, but all the new terms for HTC phones confuse me a little. Things I need to know before going forward with Rooting are:
1) What is "S-Off"/'S-On"? And what does it mean?
2) If I Root, can I bring it back to Stock where it will look like I did nothing to it so I can return to the store if I need to?
3) I know there are risks when Rooting, but are there things that become "broken" or don't work because of Rooting? Examples would be like Sony's Xperia devices, the Bravia Engine stops working, and so does the Camera (for some models). Those things become "broken" as a security feature for Sony. Did HTC do anything similar?
4) Anything else you might think I need to know before Rooting?
Thanks in advance!
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1) What is "S-Off"/'S-On"? And what does it mean?
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I'm not 100% certain on the other questions but maybe I can help with your first question.
Security-ON / Security-OFF. These settings seem specific to HTC. When you purchase a new phone, it will be S-On. This basically means that there are specific areas of your phone that you won't be able to touch, even with root access. However, you can alter the system, boot, and recovery partitions with root access and S-On. S-Off will allow access to the radio and other partitions that you won't be able to access with S-On. S-Off also allows you to change the splash screen. You can check your S-on/S-off status by booting into fastboot (power off phone, press volume down and power until you see the white fastboot screen).
It is my understanding that in order to get S-Off on newer HTC One M8's, Sunshine (http://theroot.ninja/) can be used but it does cost $25. The htcdev.com site has more information on S-On/S-Off along with warnings of why you may not want to go with S-Off here: http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/about_unlock_process.
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I'm not 100% certain on the other questions but maybe I can help with your first question.
Security-ON / Security-OFF. These settings seem specific to HTC. When you purchase a new phone, it will be S-On. This basically means that there are specific areas of your phone that you won't be able to touch, even with root access. However, you can alter the system, boot, and recovery partitions with root access and S-On. S-Off will allow access to the radio and other partitions that you won't be able to access with S-On. S-Off also allows you to change the splash screen. You can check your S-on/S-off status by booting into fastboot (power off phone, press volume down and power until you see the white fastboot screen).
It is my understanding that in order to get S-Off on newer HTC One M8's, Sunshine (http://theroot.ninja/) can be used but it does cost $25. The htcdev.com site has more information on S-On/S-Off along with warnings of why you may not want to go with S-Off here: http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/about_unlock_process.
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thanks for your reply, took a day or two after i posted to grab the concept of S-Off/S-On. I'm used to Samsung devices where all you needed was root, and you can do anything.
I know these are old forums and old phones, but I'm hoping someone can still help me. I have a Dinc and I am trying to root it, it is stuck in the white htc incredible endless reboot and I would like to hopefully get it to work again. I was able to get the hboot unlocked but I can"t do anything more since I can't put the phone in to usb debugging. Fastboot commands work, but anything with adb will not work and is says the device is unavailable. Anyone with any info is greatly appreciated!!