Since the galaxy s and nexus s have the same specs and both made by samsung the method of a flashable.zip to root and install busybox might new possible what are your thoughts?
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Maybe you could unlock the bootloader as well?
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Yup, I'd suggest fastboot oem unlock and then go ahead and flash whatever you like...
i like that idea ^^
Yea its gotta be the same one as the nexus one same kind of software
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No the Galaxy S 2.1 .zip method will not work. It doesn't work on 2.2 Vibrant leaks. SuperOneClick / rageagainstthecage does, however.
Either way, thanks to this not being HTC, we will have it rooted the day it comes out (or sooner).
You realize that the n1, an HTC phone, has a neat fastboot command to unlock the bootloader out of box, yeah? Funnily enough that tiny convenient feature is present in the ns.
Bad HTC for making it easy at the request of Google. And bad Samsung for doing the same!!
Anderdroid said:
No the Galaxy S 2.1 .zip method will not work. It doesn't work on 2.2 Vibrant leaks. SuperOneClick / rageagainstthecage does, however.
Either way, thanks to this not being HTC, we will have it rooted the day it comes out (or sooner).
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swetland said:
Yup, I'd suggest fastboot oem unlock and then go ahead and flash whatever you like...
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quick question idk if you can answer it or if you know the answer to it but will this void the warranty like it did on the N1 and will it make a lock appear on splash1 like on the N1?
I wonder if the new method to root the nexus one without unlocking the bootloader would be able to work on the nexus S..
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quick question idk if you can answer it or if you know the answer to it but will this void the warranty like it did on the N1 and will it make a lock appear on splash1 like on the N1?
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The warranty language is slightly different this time around (uses "may" instead of "will"). The unlocked icon displays when you have it unlocked. It goes away when you run fastboot oem lock -- at which point it is not flashable until you unlock it again.
I have high hopes that Samsung will be reasonable about hardware warranty service.
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The warranty language is slightly different this time around (uses "may" instead of "will"). The unlocked icon displays when you have it unlocked. It goes away when you run fastboot oem lock -- at which point it is not flashable until you unlock it again.
I have high hopes that Samsung will be reasonable about hardware warranty service.
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So the fastboot oem lock command is available on retail Nexus S devices but not on the N1? Interesting... or did I misunderstand you? Also, what partitions do you mean are not flashable after locking it again? Just like it was before unlocking or even more locked?
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The warranty language is slightly different this time around (uses "may" instead of "will"). The unlocked icon displays when you have it unlocked. It goes away when you run fastboot oem lock -- at which point it is not flashable until you unlock it again.
I have high hopes that Samsung will be reasonable about hardware warranty service.
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thanks thats good news i dont OC my phone or anything but i was hit by the dust under the screen issue on the N1 (resolved eventually) and am paranoid about it now
I have one more question will retail phone be lockable or is that only for you special google people with a s-off spl like the N1
@blunden the N1 had oem unlock as well but it said it WILL void your warranty which HTC used that wording a number of times to decline replacing peoples phones, though i know google folks tried to and mostly succeeded in getting HTC to reverse the decision on most phones
and yes he ment when re-locked you cant flash anything because you lose root privlages to flash through fastboot (i.e. fastboot flash clockwork-recovery.img to get a custom recovery and flash update.zip ROMs)
Picking up my nexus s tomorrow will report back
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HTC fixed my phone three times with an unlocked bootloader. I hope Samsung is as generous.
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The warranty language is slightly different this time around (uses "may" instead of "will"). The unlocked icon displays when you have it unlocked. It goes away when you run fastboot oem lock -- at which point it is not flashable until you unlock it again.
I have high hopes that Samsung will be reasonable about hardware warranty service.
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You can confirm that fastboot oem lock works on retail Nexus S units? I know Google's internal Nexus Ones had that capability, but it was removed from the SPL in retail models.
Using SuperOneClick won't void your warranty (rageagainstthecage method). I heard it works. Confirm/Deny anybody?
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You can confirm that fastboot oem lock works on retail Nexus S units? I know Google's internal Nexus Ones had that capability, but it was removed from the SPL in retail models.
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Yes that is correct it does have that capability.
Hook it up to your PC then:
adb reboot-bootloader
Your bootloader will be unlocked.
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You can confirm that fastboot oem lock works on retail Nexus S units? I know Google's internal Nexus Ones had that capability, but it was removed from the SPL in retail models.
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i can confirm fastboot oem LOCK does work and it does say locked in the spl again yay
ignore....
*EDIT* NVM
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Hey guys,
With All this Warranty talk, the people who unlocked your bootloader. Do you regret it? Was the warranty worth sacrificing for custom roms? I want to unlock it but at the same time I keep getting these paranoid thoughts that I'm gonna need the warranty later on. WTF. Any help?
You can install custom roms without unlock bootloader. I have evil nxsense rom installed in my N1 without unlock my bootloader.
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HTC honors the warranty even with the bootloader unlocked; I can't say that I've needed to make a claim myself, but that's the consensus from majority of members on this board. So, my advice is just go for it.
I had the same doubts as you, but you won't regret it
habs25 said:
HTC honors the warranty even with the bootloader unlocked; I can't say that I've needed to make a claim myself, but that's the consensus from majority of members on this board. So, my advice is just go for it.
I had the same doubts as you, but you won't regret it
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Agree with this. Although I've never had to make a claim either.
I unlocked mine as soon as I pulled it from the box back in January 2010. I have had no regrets about it at all. I have never needed warranty service, though I wouldn't hesitate to call HTC for a hardware related issue. If something went horribly wrong with a ROM flash or a radio upgrade, that would be my own fault and I would look into buying a new phone. But I wouldn't try to BS HTC to make them pay for my screw-up.
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HTC honors the warranty even with the bootloader unlocked; I can't say that I've needed to make a claim myself, but that's the consensus from majority of members on this board. So, my advice is just go for it.
I had the same doubts as you, but you won't regret it
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I have made two claims with my unlocked bootloader. Each has been hassle free and quick. Oh, and cost me nothing.
First, a few months ago for dust under the screen, repaired and sent back in 4 days.
Second, which was last week for power button issues. They received, repaired, and shipped back in one day. I got it back the next.
HTC is quietly brilliant.
thanks guys! i may actually unlock the baseband than.
is unlocking the baseband more beneficial than just doing a root without unlocking?
btw, so you guys think its better to safer to send it in and get it repaired if you have a unlocked baseband than the riskier "swap" (when they send u a new one and you send your old one in) method?
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I have made two claims with my unlocked bootloader. Each has been hassle free and quick. Oh, and cost me nothing.
First, a few months ago for dust under the screen, repaired and sent back in 4 days.
Second, which was last week for power button issues. They received, repaired, and shipped back in one day. I got it back the next.
HTC is quietly brilliant.
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hey, did they send it back to you with a locked bootloader?
First time they relocked it.
Second time, they left it unlocked.
ROOT is fine
bambamboom said:
thanks guys! i may actually unlock the baseband than.
is unlocking the baseband more beneficial than just doing a root without unlocking?
btw, so you guys think its better to safer to send it in and get it repaired if you have a unlocked baseband than the riskier "swap" (when they send u a new one and you send your old one in) method?
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I don't see any point in unlocking boot loader while you can root the phone and do whatever you want. the only thing you can't directly do is to flash a partition usion bootloader commands but you still can do it if you use "flash_img" command in ClockworkMod Recovery (on the adb shell). I install different roms and I am on CM7 now.
I unlocked mine without wanting to. I flashed modaco rom and it just unlocked my boot loader. but there is supposed to be a way of locking it again. it's somewhere on xda...
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Yeah, I like posters that don't know what they post.
1) No ROM can unlock the bootloader. User has to do it and the system has to ask for permission.
2) Once unlocked, it can't be locked, only by HTC.
To the OP: I've unlocked my bootloader long before "non-unlocking" way has been found. Never cared for it since, didn't need the warranty, and it's going to expire soon anyway.
Yes mine unlocked, and I have no reason to regret it, as my phone is a freak that can be locked again.
Worth doing in my opinion, and even if I couldn't lock it again, I still wouldn't regret it.
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I don't see any point in unlocking boot loader while you can root the phone and do whatever you want. the only thing you can't directly do is to flash a partition usion bootloader commands but you still can do it if you use "flash_img" command in ClockworkMod Recovery (on the adb shell).
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Mine is locked, but there are 2 goods reasons to unlock the bootloader:
1. Once the bootloader is unlocked, you always have a rooted phone. The next ota won't relock it.
2. You have more options to fix a potentially bricked phone.
I'm thinking about doing it for these reasons, plus it seems like HTC still honour the warranty.
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I unlocked my bootloader because the warranty was gone anyway. Put the nexus into the washing mashine . Somehow it survived (Bluetooth, radio and camera gone). It actually was pretty tough. after about 10minutes in the mashine (60°C) the screen was still having fun inside the mashine.
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Mine is locked, but there are 2 goods reasons to unlock the bootloader:
1. Once the bootloader is unlocked, you always have a rooted phone. The next ota won't relock it.
2. You have more options to fix a potentially bricked phone.
I'm thinking about doing it for these reasons, plus it seems like HTC still honour the warranty.
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1. Well, if you wanna update ota, you don't have reason to root your phone in the first place.
2. what more options exactly you have? simple, do not mess with HBOOT and Recovery partitions, and ur safe.
My opinion, use oneclickroot and don't risk it, cause HTC support behave deferentially now!
bohlool said:
1. Well, if you wanna update ota, you don't have reason to root your phone in the first place.
2. what more options exactly you have? simple, do not mess with HBOOT and Recovery partitions, and ur safe.
My opinion, use oneclickroot and don't risk it, cause HTC support behave deferentially now!
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Obviously you have no idea what you are talking about.
Read my previous post, HTC has the best customer support & service I have ever received.
Wisefire said:
Obviously you have no idea what you are talking about.
Read my previous post, HTC has the best customer support & service I have ever received.
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No comment!
Don't know if this would actually work but it's better trying than doing nothing.
ReTweet this or create your own tweet asking Asus to unlock their boot loader and give us better root access to their transformer:
Edited tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/stevegaron/status/76007197145960448
We may want to speak up on their facebook page too... http://www.facebook.com/ASUS?sk=wall
It worked for HTC...
Tenny said:
It worked for HTC...
(FYI: Easier not easyier)
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Damn! I think I made it obvious that english is not my first language... I changed the tweet...
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Damn! I think I made it obvious that english is not my first language... I changed the tweet...
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Wait so we aren't going to resort to kidnappings and firebombs....man, hate this place.
I'm confused.
I thought the bootloader was unlocked...
Or are you talking about APX mode being locked? If that's the case, then I'm with you on that one. Without a functioning APX mode, I am scared to do anything to my Eee Pad. I couldn't count how many times I've soft bricked my GTab and APX saved my bum!
and why should this thread be in the development section?
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and why should this thread be in the development section?
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Just because it would help make dev easier. So I thought it belong here.
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KnightCrusader said:
I thought the bootloader was unlocked...
Or are you talking about APX mode being locked? If that's the case, then I'm with you on that one. Without a functioning APX mode, I am scared to do anything to my Eee Pad. I couldn't count how many times I've soft bricked my GTab and APX saved my bum!
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Unless I misunderstood what lock bootloader are, I beleive its locked. It requires root to flash another recovery/rom and requires an exploit to get root. That pretty locked for me
I would be much more fun if you could just do a fasboot flash recovery like the Nexus phones ;-)
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Did my part on facebook....
I posted on their wall too
hope they follow like HTC did
steve.garon said:
Unless I misunderstood what lock bootloader are, I beleive its locked. It requires root to flash another recovery/rom and requires an exploit to get root. That pretty locked for me
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Go to the Acer Iconia A500 forums, and then you'll find out what a "locked bootloader" really is.
What you should really be asking for is simply official root access, without having to find an exploit. Note that HTC have only said they are ending their policy of locking the bootloaders on their phones - as far as I'm aware they've said nothing about giving official root access.
Regards,
Dave
The never ending discussion about what a locked bootloader is, is useless because it depends on your definition on "locked". If "locked" means that it checks signatures before flashing or booting, then yes, the Eee Pad bootloader is unlocked. If however "locked" means that you have no way of recovering from a system/recovery fail, then the ASUS EeePad is very well locked down. The only way around this would be fastboot and/or nvflash access which we don't have.
So as opposed to the Xoom or other Tegra devices like the G2x etc, the ASUS bootloader is locked, and the only way of flashing boot/recovery is through a (admittedly simple) reverse engineering process. That is a shame, and also could be locked down anytime by ASUS if they were sigchecking those updates in the bootloader (though I think that's unlikely to happen).
So in my opinion ASUS shouldn't announce that the bootloader is open etc, when at the same time they do not provide a documented flashing method.
Equally though, I agree that there is no practical sense in complaining or doing further work on this, because all people care about is flashing boot/recovery (unless they are bricked of course...).
stridger said:
The never ending discussion about what a locked bootloader is, is useless because it depends on your definition on "locked". If "locked" means that it checks signatures before flashing or booting, then yes, the Eee Pad bootloader is unlocked. If however "locked" means that you have no way of recovering from a system/recovery fail, then the ASUS EeePad is very well locked down. The only way around this would be fastboot and/or nvflash access which we don't have.
So as opposed to the Xoom or other Tegra devices like the G2x etc, the ASUS bootloader is locked, and the only way of flashing boot/recovery is through a (admittedly simple) reverse engineering process. That is a shame, and also could be locked down anytime by ASUS if they were sigchecking those updates in the bootloader (though I think that's unlikely to happen).
So in my opinion ASUS shouldn't announce that the bootloader is open etc, when at the same time they do not provide a documented flashing method.
Equally though, I agree that there is no practical sense in complaining or doing further work on this, because all people care about is flashing boot/recovery (unless they are bricked of course...).
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Well put. We need either fastboot or Nvflash access.. just eliminates any sort of risk we have while messing with our TFs
r34p3rex said:
Well put. We need either fastboot or Nvflash access.. just eliminates any sort of risk we have while messing with our TFs
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Then that's what should be asked of Asus, rather than "unlocked bootloader" which is open to interpretation!
Regards,
Dave
I don't think that downgrading is a viable option for installing a custom Rom. Just because we can downgrade now, doesn't mean we will be able to in the future. Beside, having to rely on an exploit is also to me not a viable option. I'd rather have the exploits fixed! It's safer that way.
The fact that the boot loader is not signed, NAND locked or encrypted is a big plus and I congratulate Asus for this. It's a good design decision. But the missing ingredient for the completely unlock bootloader is the tool the allows us to flash anything from the bootloader...
If in the end Asus give us fastboot/nvflash access to the bootloader well to me its a win for all Transformer's owners. This is even a win for Asus because most devs would go for hardware that they can easily modify which would increase sales. (Not that sales are a problem right now.. )
How's this then?
Please @Asus give us a fastboot/nvflash and official root access - like the Google Nexus phones - for your amazing #eeepadtransformer!
jerdog said:
How's this then?
Please @Asus give us a fastboot/nvflash and official root access - like the Google Nexus phones - for your amazing #eeepadtransformer!
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Works for me... Tweet it!
steve.garon said:
Works for me... Tweet it!
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http://twitter.com/#!/jerdog76/status/76296399330873346
done.
foxmeister said:
Then that's what should be asked of Asus, rather than "unlocked bootloader" which is open to interpretation!
Regards,
Dave
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Yeah, thats what I asked them for when I posted a message on their Facebook wall.
I just posted on their FB page
Hello
I need to return my nexus s to Samsung care since speaker is not working ..its rooted and I have miui rom currently
Plz tell me what all things I should before giving
Thank you
ancilary said:
Hello
I need to return my nexus s to Samsung care since speaker is not working ..its rooted and I have miui rom currently
Plz tell me what all things I should before giving
Thank you
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Nope, you're pretty screwed. When unlocking the bootloader, the phone tells you that your warranty is now void.
The nexus S has a oem bootloader unlock. In other words, samsung will not hold the fact that bootloader is unlocked against you. You do need to get rid of miui and get back to stock. There is a thread showing how to do this and provides the files you need. I'll see if I can find it for you.
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khartaras said:
Nope, you're pretty screwed. When unlocking the bootloader, the phone tells you that your warranty is now void.
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dude shut up if u dont know what your talking about ..
go back to stock,stock recovery isnt even neccessary to be honest i know alot of people in the customer care for samsung and google they dont even check they issue command via bootloader, lastly you go into fastboot mode and issue command fastboot oem lock
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dude shut up if u dont know what your talking about ..
go back to stock,stock recovery isnt even neccessary to be honest i know alot of people in the customer care for samsung and google they dont even check they issue command via bootloader, lastly you go into fastboot mode and issue command fastboot oem lock
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I said that because I was screwed over by Samsung.
I just use cwm to flash the latest ota rom then locked the bootloader and reboot.
no issues from samsung regarding voided warranty. Perhaps you had sent it in with the bootloader unlocked?
Just use rom managers stock 2.3.3 and flash it... then lock bootloader by the instructions provided a post up
Just a heads up... same thing happened to a guy and he sent it in.for a speaker that wasn't working ... he waited over a month to get his phone back rather then them sending him a new one or refurbished
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khartaras said:
Nope, you're pretty screwed. When unlocking the bootloader, the phone tells you that your warranty is now void.
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lol. are you trolling?
just flash the original system images found in the development forum, i think they are a sticky
good luck! make sure the bootloader says locked, and there is no super user app and no custom recovery!!!
I used Stock Odin image that will restore everything rom, recovery...ect then just lock bootloader. Funny thing is i sent mine back all stock and bootloader locked few months ago and got back with bootloader unlocked.
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demo23019 said:
I used Stock Odin image that will restore everything rom, recovery...ect then just lock bootloader. Funny thing is i sent mine back all stock and bootloader locked few months ago and got back with bootloader unlocked.
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LMAO it was probably cyanogen himself, they did hire him you know
I wanna share my experience with my locked bootloader.
I tried once to unlock and install a "just 4 unlocked" rom (2 roms actually) but the radio system didn't work (no phone, no wifi, no gps).
I got back by flashtools, i installed a rom 4 locked rom and i tried once more to unlock the BL. I installed CM10.1 and now everything is working perfect!!!
I got just a question 4 you: why does some xperia z has the BL locked while others unlocked?
e753 said:
I wanna share my experience with my locked bootloader.
I tried once to unlock and install a "just 4 unlocked" rom (2 roms actually) but the radio system didn't work (no phone, no wifi, no gps).
I got back by flashtools, i installed a rom 4 locked rom and i tried once more to unlock the BL. I installed CM10.1 and now everything is working perfect!!!
I got just a question 4 you: why does some xperia z has the BL locked while others unlocked?
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All Xperia Zs come locked from the factory. Most can be unlocked to flash custom roms. Some are permanently locked because their carriers are iffy (to put it nicely), but those are the minority.
Keep Questions in the Q/A section, not in General.
And No SONY device comes with locked Bootloader always. All are locked by default from the factory. Among which some can be unlocked and some can not because the Carrier.
auni said:
Keep Questions in the Q/A section, not in General.
And No SONY device comes with unlocked Bootloader. All are locked by default from the factory. Among which some can be unlocked and some can not because the Carrier.
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Ok, but my gadget showed "no in Service info > Configuration > Rooting Status > Bootloader unlock allowed (and in the post about unlock BL they says that if it's "no" the device cannot be unlocked).
Thank you
PS: How can i move the 3d to Q/A ?
That is what I said.
All the Devices are locked bootloader by default.
Bootloader unlock allowed= Yes -- This means you can unlock the bootloader by following regular method.
Bootloader unlock allowed= NO -- This means you can not unlock the bootloader. Because of the Carrier issue i believe.
auni said:
That is what I said.
All the Devices are locked bootloader by default.
Bootloader unlock allowed= Yes -- This means you can unlock the bootloader by following regular method.
Bootloader unlock allowed= NO -- This means you can not unlock the bootloader. Because of the Carrier issue i believe.
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thx i got it.
But mine showed Bootloader unlock allowed= NO but i was able to unlock it after 2 try. I think every one following my procedure might do it.
e753 said:
thx i got it.
But mine showed Bootloader unlock allowed= NO but i was able to unlock it after 2 try. I think every one following my procedure might do it.
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I think you will always have been able to unlock yours, you just didn't do it right the first time.
So are you saying you have a locked boatloader and can install. CM10????
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e753 said:
thx i got it.
But mine showed Bootloader unlock allowed= NO but i was able to unlock it after 2 try. I think every one following my procedure might do it.
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did you root it and put a different ROM on there? the status might change say no but you can still unlock it. Simply put if first time you boot up your phone and it say Unlock bootloader = NO, then dont try to unlock it. When you root and flash a different rom that status might change to yes but in reality it still a NO
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did you root it and put a different ROM on there? the status might change say no but you can still unlock it. Simply put if first time you boot up your phone and it say Unlock bootloader = NO, then dont try to unlock it. When you root and flash a different rom that status might change to yes but in reality it still a NO
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Eventually a right answer.
I was told the same. But i love to risk "playing" with my gadgets. So when i bought the xperia z through a carrier I saw the first time i boot up that the phone Unlock bootloader = NO (about 5 minutes after i bought it from the shop, so it was "original as the carrier made it).
I didn't care it and i tried to unlock. I installed a unlocked bootloader and rom and i had all that problems with the radio stuff . But the second time, after i recovered it by flashtool and a sw from sony (i don't remember the name) I was allowed to unlock it and install unlocked stuff. Now I am with Paranoid and I am so happy
e753 said:
Eventually a right answer.
I was told the same. But i love to risk "playing" with my gadgets. So when i bought the xperia z through a carrier I saw the first time i boot up that the phone Unlock bootloader = NO (about 5 minutes after i bought it from the shop, so it was "original as the carrier made it).
I didn't care it and i tried to unlock. I installed a unlocked bootloader and rom and i had all that problems with the radio stuff . But the second time, after i recovered it by flashtool and a sw from sony (i don't remember the name) I was allowed to unlock it and install unlocked stuff. Now I am with Paranoid and I am so happy
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so you were able to unlock it even though it says no?
G1_enthusiast said:
so you were able to unlock it even though it says no?
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Really interested in this cause I am in the same situation, carrier locked with bootloader locked for good.
CoolZoneAlex said:
Really interested in this cause I am in the same situation, carrier locked with bootloader locked for good.
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same here... unlock it. install all the unlocked stuff. Radio might don't work. . Get ur phone back by flashtool and sony sw (i don't rememmber the name). The sony software will say u after a while u r not able to recover the phone cuz you are using some some software that is not sony. Don't worry and install another time a rom unbranded by flashtool.
now unlock the phone again and install everything u might like
There is only a problem with the twrp recovery, so use only the other one
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same here... unlock it. install all the unlocked stuff. Radio might don't work. . Get ur phone back by flashtool and sony sw (i don't rememmber the name). The sony software will say u after a while u r not able to recover the phone cuz you are using some some software that is not sony. Don't worry and install another time a rom unbranded by flashtool.
now unlock the phone again and install everything u might like
There is only a problem with the twrp recovery, so use only the other one
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Can anyone else confirm this?
Thanks!
Very interesting... Im waiting the confirmation from sony to pick up my phone without cost to change the fastboot to yes, but if this is true and someone else could confirm this method il do it tonight!!!!
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I think if you want others to try what you've done, (and it is interesting if we can unlock bootloaders this way)
then you may want to highlight which steps you did in more detail.
Which roms did you try to flash that resorted in no radio functions?
which rom did you try to flash with flashtool? which version of flashtool as well?
Did you do anything else?
I somehow doubt engineers would make an oversight as big as this one.
But fingers crossed nevertheless.
+1 for a detailed description of the steps you took. This could be huge!
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robogo1982 said:
I somehow doubt engineers would make an oversight as big as this one.
But fingers crossed nevertheless.
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Indeed, this move would make the XZ much more attractive for buyers which have the bootloader locked from the carrier.
CoolZoneAlex said:
Indeed, this move would make the XZ much more attractive for buyers which have the bootloader locked from the carrier.
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this must be the first topic on xperia z´s forum hehehe.
What happened to the rumours that HTC would release their own tablet?
I'd be tempted to wait a bit to see if they have somthing in the pipeline...
bluefoam said:
What happened to the rumours that HTC would release their own tablet?
I'd be tempted to wait a bit to see if they have somthing in the pipeline...
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Not just yet, 6 months I recon?
When HTC does release it's own version of the Nexus 9, just like they released the HTC Desire after the Nexus One, it will most likely have a locked bootloader and require S-OFF hacked firmware.
Deltadroid said:
When HTC does release it's own version of the Nexus 9, just like they released the HTC Desire after the Nexus One, it will most likely have a locked bootloader and require S-OFF hacked firmware.
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Doesnt HTC have that website where they give you an unlock code for all that though?
They didn't with the first HTC Desire in the beginning. I was merely speculating that they would do the same thing as they did in the past. What about the HTC One? Do the newer HTC devices allow the user to unlock the s-on ?
EniGmA1987 said:
Doesnt HTC have that website where they give you an unlock code for all that though?
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They do to unlock the bootloader but it's still s-on.
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Yes, it seems that HTC will allow you to unlock the bootloader with their newer devices, but you have to send in your unique device id so that your warranty will be voided. Also, it seems like the device is still s-on (which means you can't write to the system partition while the device is booted).
Deltadroid said:
Yes, it seems that HTC will allow you to unlock the bootloader with their newer devices, but you have to send in your unique device id so that your warranty will be voided. Also, it seems like the device is still s-on (which means you can't write to the system partition while the device is booted).
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Didn't mean to push the Thanks button, but enjoy the thanks anyway
It's a Nexus and the bootloader will be unlockable with "fastboot OEM unlock"
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I was referring to the HTC tablets that will be released after the nexus 9 is released. HTC will have their own tablets in a few months that are available in other sizes, but they will be s-on and you will lose warranty when unlocking the bootloader.
Edit: they will also not be stock android and have the latest version of Sense.
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Yeah, It will have sense and as always it will be s-on. Not sure about the voiding warranty part though.
Deltadroid said:
I was referring to the HTC tablets that will be released after the nexus 9 is released. HTC will have their own tablets in a few months that are available in other sizes, but they will be s-on and you will lose warranty when unlocking the bootloader.
Edit: they will also not be stock android and have the latest version of Sense.
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Sorry, misread you mate
armytricks said:
Yeah, It will have sense and as always it will be s-on. Not sure about the voiding warranty part though.
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The Tegra 3 (the HTC One X) never got s-off, no one was ever able to do it, so that might be the same with the K1
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I'm not exactly sure what HTC's bootloader unlocking policy is, but if you have to send them your specific device ID via email before unlocking your device, my guess is that they use that info to keep a database of who unlocks what for a reason. Most other manufacturers also require specific device information in order to give you that unlock code for your device and the price is the warranty.
Edit: Samsung, for example, does not require an unlock code via email. Samsung devices just set a bit in the bootloader that marks the device as being flashed with third party software. Luckily, Chainfire found a way to unset the marked bit so we could still flash the device back to stock to send it in for repairs. But, there is no way around email unlock codes. They will know then for sure what you did and void the warranty.