Can the bootloader on the Sprint HTC 10 be unlocked? - HTC 10 Questions & Answers

I know that the bootloader does not come unlocked for any of the US variants of the HTC 10. However, does this mean that the bootloader cannot be unlocked for these variants through HTCDev after buying it either? I googled to figure out an answer to this question but I kept getting articles that advertised how HTC will support unlocking of the bootloader of the international version with no mention of the Sprint version.
I am looking to buy a Sprint HTC 10 but will only do so if I can get the bootloader unlocked. If not, I'd rather get a GS7 if I am going to have to get a phone with a locked bootloader.

Yes, the bootloader can be unlocked.
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Mine is unlocked
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mcwups1 said:
Mine is unlocked
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Are you saying that it came unlocked, or did you unlock it yourself? Thanks.

Magnum_Enforcer said:
Yes, the bootloader can be unlocked.
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Can it be done through the HTCDev method or do you have to do it in an unofficial way? Thank you!

justinthind said:
Can it be done through the HTCDev method or do you have to do it in an unofficial way? Thank you!
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It can be done with HTC Dev, yes. I believe Sunshine will also unlock the bootloader, as well.
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Thank you very much!

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How to unroot

Is there tutorial on how to unroot HOX? Need to have mine replaced due to couple of hardware issues.
Just flash a rru, links are in the dev fourm
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Thanks are you sure about this? I thought you had to flash stock img first.
i dont want to get this wrong
Don't forget to relock the bootloader first
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riz157 said:
Is there tutorial on how to unroot HOX? Need to have mine replaced due to couple of hardware issues.
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I have made a video guide not a tutorial in my sig.
All in one....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604439
A Google search would have given you many results. Go on YouTube and search "unroot HTC One X" and you will find an excellent guide on how to do it. I have used it myself.
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Thanks all, even for google search suggestion
I'm just been very cautious don't want to brick my HOX.
I'm surprised no-one has yet done a full unroot tutorial.
riz157 said:
Thanks all, even for google search suggestion
I'm just been very cautious don't want to brick my HOX.
I'm surprised no-one has yet done a full unroot tutorial.
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Did you click on link i have posted earlier to you??????????
I thought I'm lazy in reading through the forum....
Go to that thread... Its all in one noob proof guide from start to the end.
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This helped me
Hi,
I recently had kind of the same question. Check this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25047040#post25047040
The post itself shows the steps to take, the links in the post contain the noob explanation.
Hope it helps!
Re-lock bootloader
Hi guys!
I just got my one x today, and i really want to root it and install some roms on it. I know that you lose your warranty by unlocking the warranty and rooting it. But if you re-lock the bootloader and unroot it. Will you "get back" your warranty, can HTC see that I unlocked my bootloader prior to that?
If you root your phone with htcdev you loose your warranty permanently...
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darqadius said:
If you root your phone with htcdev you loose your warranty permanently...
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Oh thx, that sucks...
flipz0r said:
Oh thx, that sucks...
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Do you have insurance on your phone?
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darqadius said:
If you root your phone with htcdev you loose your warranty permanently...
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Not sure if that's completely true, I had mine rooted but still had it replaced.
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flipz0r said:
Hi guys!
I just got my one x today, and i really want to root it and install some roms on it. I know that you lose your warranty by unlocking the warranty and rooting it. But if you re-lock the bootloader and unroot it. Will you "get back" your warranty, can HTC see that I unlocked my bootloader prior to that?
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HTC can see that it's been unlocked; the bootloader will show 'relocked' rather than 'locked'.
riz157 said:
Not sure if that's completely true, I had mine rooted but still had it replaced.
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I assume you had it replaced within the 14 days of purchase
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darqadius said:
I assume you had it replaced within the 14 days of purchase
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Yes thats right.
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Slightly different topic:
I bought my phone unlocked. Near as I can tell, the bootloader has always said *** unlocked *** at the top since I purchased it. I honestly don't remember for sure.
I did go through the process of using htcdev to 'root' it anyway to try out some ROMs. So, it definitely says unlocked now for sure.
I'm going through the process of returning it to stock now. If I relock, isn't it going to say "relocked" instead of unlocked? Is it even possible that my phone came saying unlocked?
TheAndroidSwap said:
Slightly different topic:
I bought my phone unlocked. Near as I can tell, the bootloader has always said *** unlocked *** at the top since I purchased it. I honestly don't remember for sure.
I did go through the process of using htcdev to 'root' it anyway to try out some ROMs. So, it definitely says unlocked now for sure.
I'm going through the process of returning it to stock now. If I relock, isn't it going to say "relocked" instead of unlocked? Is it even possible that my phone came saying unlocked?
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Relocked
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[Q] S-Off without HTCDev?

Hi,
I'm really confused.
I'm looking to get S-Off. Is it possible to do so without HTCDev's bootloader unlock, on the HTC One (M8) international GSM model?
Thanks!
No I don't believe so.
AlecRobertson said:
Hi,
I'm really confused.
I'm looking to get S-Off. Is it possible to do so without HTCDev's bootloader unlock, on the HTC One (M8) international GSM model?
Thanks!
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I believe you might be able to do it with weaksauce and firewater or the temproot method. I haven't tried it myself so can't confirm.
Also note that the s-off from firewater doesn't work for all m8 devices right now.
AlecRobertson said:
Hi,
I'm really confused.
I'm looking to get S-Off. Is it possible to do so without HTCDev's bootloader unlock, on the HTC One (M8) international GSM model?
Thanks!
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quote from website
Your device must be HTCDEV unlocked/rooted or have a working temproot. A temproot that works with many modern (not all) HTC devices is provided below.
jaythenut said:
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Your device must be HTCDEV unlocked/rooted or have a working temproot. A temproot that works with many modern (not all) HTC devices is provided below.
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I looked at that. Any ideas how I get temproot?
AlecRobertson said:
I looked at that. Any ideas how I get temproot?
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It's on firewater website
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It's on firewater website
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I tried it and when I enter 'su' into adb it says not found?!?!?
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I tried this and it says I'm out of luck and it won't work on my device...guess I'm one of the unlucky ones ?
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marcoxx626 said:
I tried this and it says I'm out of luck and it won't work on my device...guess I'm one of the unlucky ones ?
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i had the same issue as well. don't know how to find out exactly which model works and which model doesnt.
i am from australia and some other aussie guys got their ones s-off'd.
I have no idea for it.
I think in general thread or so there is also a method and zips to temproot don't know if it's the same like for Firewater temproot but someone could try getting my m8 next week -.-
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Factory unlocked and S-OFF

Noob question: I've ordered a factory unlocked M-8 from Amazon which should be arriving in a couple of days. Does HTC ship these devices with S-OFF (that is, is being factory unlocked automatically make it S-OFF), or will I have to do that in order to flash custom ROMs? The last HTC I had was the Vivid, and I had to do the wire trick to make it S-OFF. It seems the process is simpler now with Firewater, but just wondering what to expect. Thx.
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bruce7373 said:
Noob question: I've ordered a factory unlocked M-8 from Amazon which should be arriving in a couple of days. Does HTC ship these devices with S-OFF, or will I have to do that in order to flash custom ROMs? The last HTC I had was the Vivid, and I did the wire trick to make it S-OFF. It seems the process is simpler now with Firewater, but just wondering what to expect. Thx.
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"Factory unlocked" means "SIM unlocked/Carrier unlocked" i.e. You can use it on any network
The bootloader won't be unlocked and it won't be S-OFF from HTC.
donalgodon said:
"Factory unlocked" means "SIM unlocked/Carrier unlocked" i.e. You can use it on any network
The bootloader won't be unlocked and it won't be S-OFF from HTC.
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Ah, OK, gotcha. Thx.
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But even without s off, you can still flash roms you just need to unlock the bootloader via htc dev
RossMacgill said:
But even without s off, you can still flash roms you just need to unlock the bootloader via htc dev
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Right. I remember this now from having had the Vivid a few years ago. Major brain fart, lol. It's a ***** getting old (sigh)...
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Htd desire 612 unlock to gsm

Hil does anyone know the peocess to unlocm this phone to GSM? Its the verizon HTC desire 612
Thanks
Unlocked mine with sunshine app....sadly there is no development on this phone as of yet....
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HTC 612 Verizon
oldschoolbites can you share your SIM unlocking steps Im willing to buy the app if in reality is gonna help me SIM unlock customers phone
Process?
oldschoolbikes said:
Unlocked mine with sunshine app....sadly there is no development on this phone as of yet....
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How did you unlock it? could you make me a favor and send me the steps, would be helpful.
Thanks
CellTech03 said:
How did you unlock it? could you make me a favor and send me the steps, would be helpful.
Thanks
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Sunshine app. Google it..
The sunshine at will unlock the boot loader on the desire 612.
It's my understanding that "s-off" is a different story.
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Hil does anyone know the peocess to unlocm this phone to GSM? Its the verizon HTC desire 612
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Can anyone confirm that the Sunshine app works for the sim unlock mentioned by the OP?
Their website only talks about S-Off and bootloader unlock.
Also, how can you contact the dev? Is he active on xda?
Did anyone find a way to Sim unlock this phone?
Please post it!!
The SunShine app unlocks the bootloader and also unlock the GSM capability of the phone. I used the app on my Sprint HTC One M8 and it unlocked the bootloader and the SIM card as well.
LexApp said:
The SunShine app unlocks the bootloader and also unlock the GSM capability of the phone. I used the app on my Sprint HTC One M8 and it unlocked the bootloader and the SIM card as well.
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I just confirmed from the developers of SunShine via TheRootNinja Support and the response was that "I don't believe we can simunlock that device." Also, the developers of the app here says "No sorry we do not sim unlock that phone".
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help
oldschoolbikes said:
Unlocked mine with sunshine app....sadly there is no development on this phone as of yet....
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hi! can you give a lil help, im unlocking my htc desire 612 from verizon to use it on worwide GSM, i pay for the sunshine app to get the bootloader unlocked, but im lose at this point.. any help on whats next?? thanks in advance!

any owner here HTC 10 he buy it out from HTC.com have unlock boot loader

just I want to know the unlock bootloader for all devices or only from HTC.com
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The Verizon version will not be able to be bootloader unlocked via HTCdev. That I can guarantee .
NICG said:
The Verizon version will not be able to be bootloader unlocked via HTCdev. That I can guarantee .
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the Verizon version will be unlockable by other means, like sunshine pretty fast after release most likely.
afuller42 said:
the Verizon version will be unlockable by other means, like sunshine pretty fast after release most likely.
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Very well could be, but not a definite. If you tell people that I would make that clear. Sunshine took a year for the M9 without using HTCdev or a Javacard. The same method might work on the HTC 10, things have changed it might but no one knows for sure yet. On top of that sunshine is s-0ff not just root and unlocked bootloader. All 3 things are different. All I can say is do your research.

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