hi all im from the xperia fourms. my friends device has seamd to brick its self for some reason. Im not to familiar with HTC devices. I have read a few threads but some of the termanoligy is a bit confusing can someone point me to a good simple thread to explain what i need to unbrick it please. it is unrooted locked bootloader she is unsure if it is branded.
gavster26 said:
hi all im from the xperia fourms. my friends device has seamd to brick its self for some reason. Im not to familiar with HTC devices. I have read a few threads but some of the termanoligy is a bit confusing can someone point me to a good simple thread to explain what i need to unbrick it please. it is unrooted locked bootloader she is unsure if it is branded.
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Hi.
If you could give more info on the state of the phone, you can get all of the help you need right here. Does it boot up at all, or is it totally dead?
Chances are an RUU would be the easiest way to fix it, seeing as how it is an unrooted device.
xunholyx said:
Hi.
If you could give more info on the state of the phone, you can get all of the help you need right here. Does it boot up at all, or is it totally dead?
Chances are an RUU would be the easiest way to fix it, seeing as how it is an unrooted device.
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hi thanks for your quick responce it boots up to htc is upgrading then turns off after i minute or 2. i feel quite silly having to ask help to unbrick a phone as im well versed in xperia devices lol HTC seam to be a totaly different breed
gavster26 said:
hi thanks for your quick responce it boots up to htc is upgrading then turns off after i minute or 2. i feel quite silly having to ask help to unbrick a phone as im well versed in xperia devices lol HTC seam to be a totaly different breed
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HTC is a different breed for sure. Different that any other Android OEM
Boot to bootloader and tell me what it says next to "OS"
To get to bootloader, boot up the phone by holding down power + vol down.
In bootloader use the vol buttons to navigate and power to select. You'll need to know that to reboot or power off the phone after checking the OS
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Hey everyone first of all i would like to thank all of you for all the amazing info. you guys really helped me with unlocking the phone took me almost the hole day as was getting errors but now that's set......the help i need is in firstly answering certain questions .......
1).....Is it true that if I flash my Rom again I dont have to worry about it getting locked again.
2).....When BootLoader Mode shows SPL-1.0 OliPof means I am ready to flash any Rom right? Or should I go through CID unlock.
3).....If I flash my Tilt with an HTC Rom will I still see all those ATT Logo and 3G Splash screen and will I have all those useless ATT software.
4).....If something does go wrong or I dont like the new Rom can I flash back; the reason I ask is because some said that you couldnt. Are there a lot of issues using an OFFICIAL HTC ROM... or have they all been fixed.
5).....Has the Keyboard Issue been fixed yet for the HTC Rom or not.
Thanks,
any answers!!!! anyone
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any answers!!!! anyone
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I answered this over in Q+ A, This is why it is against the forum rules to post in multiple forums.
Thanks and sorry!!!
Hey guys, ive finally rooted my xperia arc, thanks alot to the Exploid Android Crew...i've also bought xda premium, setcpu and titaniumbackup. Thing is, when i go on set cpu to "overclock" my arc cpu...the max i can drag it to is 1024mhz...so i basically didnt overclock anything right? the whole rooting process was for nothing xD or am i missing something here
thanks in advance
Please search - DO NOT CREATE NEW THREADS UNTIL YOU HAVE SEARCHED - SEE LINK IN MY SIGNATURE.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043861
Oh yeah, haha my bad. I did see that after i posted D:
Btw, how did you unlock your bootloader? i've read up a bit on this and i haven't got clue. It'd be great if you could help
Thanks iceman
you can just go to the Sony Ericsson homepage or follow a tutorial on this page. It's really not hard to unlock, just remember, you will wipe your phone - so better make a backup first
hi, I just rooted my locked arc 15minutes ago using gingerbreak v1.2 and as far as I can tell so far it went well I'm not experiencing any problems.
My question might sound dumb but does rooting the phone also unlock it ? cause mine is still locked and I'd like to unlock it.
Is there another way to unlock it ?
hateyou said:
hi, I just rooted my locked arc 15minutes ago using gingerbreak v1.2 and as far as I can tell so far it went well I'm not experiencing any problems.
My question might sound dumb but does rooting the phone also unlock it ? cause mine is still locked and I'd like to unlock it.
Is there another way to unlock it ?
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Hi
As far as i know, safest way to unlock bootloader is from se site. U can only unlock bootloader once... U cant re-lock it after
hateyou said:
hi, I just rooted my locked arc 15minutes ago using gingerbreak v1.2 and as far as I can tell so far it went well I'm not experiencing any problems.
My question might sound dumb but does rooting the phone also unlock it ? cause mine is still locked and I'd like to unlock it.
Is there another way to unlock it ?
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if you use gingerbreak, then it is still locked. go here "http://unlockbootloader.sonyericsson.com/instructions" to safely unlock your phone. Just remember unlocking will void your warranty.
That's actually the first method I've tried but I but I couldn't manage to start the fast boot once I've turned off the phone; and I've followed the tutorial on YouTube exactly. The led just won't turn blue I've tried it several times.
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That's actually the first method I've tried but I but I couldn't manage to start the fast boot once I've turned off the phone; and I've followed the tutorial on YouTube exactly. The led just won't turn blue I've tried it several times.
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If you're following the instructions properly and its not working, then that probably means your phone is branded and the bootloader can't be unlocked. There's a thread going on here about trying to enable fastboot on sim-locked phones: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063394
I've found the code for 25€, witch I consider to be a good deal considering the 65€ I was originally asked for on my network so I'm gonna go with that. I've already ordered it.
I've read the thread you posted and It's still a work in progress, I appreciate the effort that's being done but 25€ is not much and it's risk free.
Hello everyone, I just got a problem last night. I tried to permroot my G2 using Visionary+ and once it rebooted it got stuck on the HTC loadup screen. I have done a factory reset and have gone into recovery mode but when I do go into recovery mode, I get a droid phone with an exclamation mark in the middle and it just stays there.
I don't know many details about the phone other than what I can tell you from the HBOOT menu, I'd rather avoid sending it back in for a warranty repair unless I can just get to the normal screen where I can unroot it, I don't care who you are I just need help on what to do because I have no idea :\
Thanks guys, you're my last hope >:|
First off, this is why you DO NOT use visionary. Well documented to brick phones:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1025135
You can start off trying to recover your brick by looking at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842495
You might as well have written that in chinese, I have no idea what any of this means. it's S-ON and it won't go into recovery mode.
Walk me through what I need to do..? :\
So I had a thought, if I could use a friends Android which, Idk the model to, but could I just uninstall Visionary from there? Would that do anything at all?
xTyrant said:
You might as well have written that in chinese, I have no idea what any of this means. it's S-ON and it won't go into recovery mode.
Walk me through what I need to do..? :\
So I had a thought, if I could use a friends Android which, Idk the model to, but could I just uninstall Visionary from there? Would that do anything at all?
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You cant really uninstall visionary if you cant even boot up your phone. Right now the rom is corrupted and you need to follow an unbricking guide like the one mentioned above
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
xTyrant said:
So I had a thought, if I could use a friends Android which, Idk the model to, but could I just uninstall Visionary from there? Would that do anything at all?
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What are you talking about? Connecting your phone to your friend's phone? It doesn't work that way.
Alright everyone, I called T-Mobile and I'm having a new phone by tomorrow, there's nothing I can do as, I have no idea how to fix my corrupted ROM,
I tried following the unbricking guide but I can't so much as get my phone detected by my computer to even do anything with it.
And another noob bites the dust
Sent from my SilverBullet 'HTCDesireZ running CM7'
xTyrant said:
Alright everyone, I called T-Mobile and I'm having a new phone by tomorrow, there's nothing I can do as, I have no idea how to fix my corrupted ROM,
I tried following the unbricking guide but I can't so much as get my phone detected by my computer to even do anything with it.
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You really need to research before you try to root your phone. Like a lot of research.
and when you brick it, you need to research to try and un-brick it. This stuff is easy, but its tedious, and if you're not ready to deal with hours of trying to fix your phone, you shouldn't been rushing into rooting.
All of the info is in that thread. Dozens of people have followed it and recovered their semi-brick.
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You really need to research before you try to root your phone. Like a lot of research.
and when you brick it, you need to research to try and un-brick it. This stuff is easy, but its tedious, and if you're not ready to deal with hours of trying to fix your phone, you shouldn't been rushing into rooting.
All of the info is in that thread. Dozens of people have followed it and recovered their semi-brick.
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Agree with everything you said. One click roots can be dangerous and tempting, as they lure people to an easy method, without having to learn the basics . . . and that's how the trouble starts. Especially when the one click root method is known to result in possible semi bricks.
If anybody wonders why HTC tried going to locked bootloaders, or constantly trying to increase the security against rooting, situations like this is why. People not wanting to make an effort to root by proper methods, or fix their mistakes, and claiming a "warranty issue".
Hi just wondering if anybody knows when we will see official firmware that we can play around with, and what is the process of flashing HTC phones, this being my first HTC, do they have simple programs like odin that I use with my gs2?
Your phone is already running "official firmware". As for flashing HTC phones, it's all done through the recovery menu. Things may be different for the One X as it's running Tegra 3 but as for now HTC phones do not have anything equivalent to ODIN.
Ok I see that method is fine, what I meant with “official firmware realises” is when will they be released so we can try different country’s/carriers firmware, for example on gs2’s you can get everything from the first realises of gingerbread to the latest ICS realises from all different country’s/carriers.
Not at present, no. We need S-OFF for that (the equivalent of fully unlocking the bootloader on a Samsung device)
At the moment we can go custom or use the ROM your phone came with
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Not at present, no. We need S-OFF for that (the equivalent of fully unlocking the bootloader on a Samsung device)
At the moment we can go custom or use the ROM your phone came with
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Thanks thats the answer I was looking for, so do you know if htc plan on allowing it or do you know of anyone working to get around this issue.
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Thanks thats the answer I was looking for, so do you know if htc plan on allowing it or do you know of anyone working to get around this issue.
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they are working on it as we speaking. there is a thread in the general forum. Hopefully it will not be that long till we have the s-off.
Here you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604300
awesome can't wait! and thanks guys for explaining it as I am a noob with htc devices.
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awesome can't wait! and thanks guys for explaining it as I am a noob with htc devices.
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haha no worries same here mate. still trying to get to grips with the whole rooting process and flashing stuff here..my advice is best to read the guides on each rom thread. and also the tutorials that are available...trust me they do come in handly
Fastboot Mode
PRODUCT NAME - tuna
VARIANT - maguro 16gb
HV VERSION - 9
BOOTLOADER VERSION - PRIMELC03
BASEBAND VERSION - I9230XXLH1
CARRIER INFO - NONE
SERIAL NUMBER - XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
SIGNING - production
LOCK STATE - unlocked
When it says unlocked, is it talking about my SIM or my bootloader?
Do Nexus's come bootloader unlocked, I mean; they are dev friendly.
Don't make fun of me, I'm only curious and trying to start learning about android and maybe even develop things considering I do know alot about graphics.
Thanks in advance.
Edit: I forgot it meant bootloader (blonde moment?), but is this regular for nexus devices?
I'm almost certain it's talking about your bootloader but to be certain reboot your device. If you see an unlocked padlock under Google when you turn on your device your bootloader is unlocked.
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I'm almost certain it's talking about your bootloader but to be certain reboot your device. If you see an unlocked padlock under Google when you turn on your device your bootloader is unlocked.
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Yeah it is, I know that; i edited my post after realizing that.
But what I'm asking is; Is it typical for nexus devices to come with unlocked bootloaders or not?
I got my from i wireless and I believe it is a imported device.
It's not. Probably was returned/refurbished.
Haaah.
What are the chances that it's rooted and how can I check?
I traded in my One S and got this phone as a replacement.
Strange that it came in the original boxing with everything.
Thanks man.
If it doesn't have superuser then it isn't rooted.
Thanks.
I'm gonna be a noob and ask one more question.
Is it easy to brick your phone from rooting?
Or SuperSU. Try rootchecker. "Is it easy to brick your phone from rooting?" Not from rooting but perhaps flashing if you tend to jump into things..
brainfart moments can give you a softbrick pretty easily, but with fastboot and (we arent quite fans of this like the fascinate people were) ODIN you would have to realllllly screw up and probably try to completely brick it. make sure you have fastboot set up and working correctly before doing anything questionable. it will save your ass lol
edit: speaking of fastboot, i would probably use it to format and reflash all partitions with the latest stock image before messing around since it sounds like your phone has been screwed with before you got it (you never know what other people did to it). theres a really good guide about resetting to stock in either the general or q/a section here. dont worry about relocking the bootloader, there isnt really a way to unlock it wrong... it either works or doesnt. since you sound pretty tech savvy, please dont use toolkits, learn fastboot. it seems like toolkits are a one click problem, not a one click fix lol.
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Thanks.
I'm gonna be a noob and ask one more question.
Is it easy to brick your phone from rooting?
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Practically impossible. You'd have to not read anything and then willfully do something to ruin your device. And even then it's almost certainly recoverable so not bricked.
It seems nearly impossible to brick your device. x.x
I installed ParanoidAndroid last nigh but for some reason I tried installing a mod and I lost the status bar and home buttons.
I was so pissed off, I had to unroot my device and reflash the stock rom.
I'm going to try using CyanogenMod 10.1 and see where it gets me. It will probably be better considering you can make alot more customizations to your device ui and such.
Thanks 063_XOBX.