I need to return my g2 for warranty reasons (part of the touchscreen doesn't respond) but I'm having alot of trouble unrooting it.
the bootloader never recognized the pc10IMG.zip on my sd card.
I'm wondering if it's an issue with my bootloader?
I have S-OFF
HBOOT-0.76.2000 (PC1010000)
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
any help will be greatly appreciated!
after having this issue for about 3 months, I've finally got it.
Formated a 2 gb sdcard and used that instead, it worked.
My rom is now stock, and so is my recovery, but the bootloader still looks the same, with fastboot and the skateboarding androids and everything.
is that the stock bootloader? I can't really remember, would like to make sure before I send it in.
Yes the bootloader is stock.
The only thing you might need to change is S-OFF back to S-ON
-Nipqer
s- on is a must *from experience*
MRguyandhis2 said:
s- on is a must *from experience*
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What experience ?
I've swapped 3 g2's on hardware defects, no issues, very smooth process. I'm about to swap my last g2 for a cracked camera lens cover, if the warrantee is still valid. Yes, I received this g2 as a warrantee replacement, and notified them of the crack on arrival.
I keep reading about people having issues with warrantte, but never specifics.
lucky I didn't send it in yet, I completely forgot to check for S-off.
I'll have to check later, looks like I'm not sending it back till Saturday anyhow, but it's not as if I can actually use it while it's on stock since I'm on at&t and it's locked
when I was rooted with gfree, it unlocked itself, but now it's locked again, anyway to unlock it without voiding warranty? if not it's hardly going to matter.
Update: I put my sim in it and it's still unlocked! Hooray!
>update (again) : I can make calls, but no data
>>update: I'm absent minded sometimes.. that was because I needed to set att's apn
Also:
How do I check exactly (sorry, noob question) I can look for it a little more thoroughly tomorrow
don't think they care about the root, sent mine in many times with rooted roms and they seem to send my replacements and I'm on t-mobile, but just to be sure I don't think they care about S-on or off they might just care if the rom is significantly different like sense roms
I'm just really trying to make sure I get it unrooted correctly.
according to the guy on the phone, If I don't qualify for the warranty, my options will be to either pay for the repair, or pay $34 for their diagnostics on it (WTF?).
and the repair is going to be $100, since they'll going to replace the whole screen, even though I'm pretty sure the only issue is with the ribbon cable.
It's not going to hurt to make sure I have S-On, and it could potentially save me a lot of cash, so I might as well do it.
I'm pretty sure I only have to type something into the terminal emulator to find out?
not sure what that was though..
Well, my boot loader says S-off, and I can't figure out how to make it S-on since I don't have a part-7[something].bin on my SDcard.
from what I can find, I think I can make it S-on by using the official RUU, but I'm having trouble finding this, and almost tried to flash an ruu from the european HTC Hero (aka G2) by mistake.
[it's quite annoying that people call that the forums label that phone the G2 even though I don't think htc or any other carrier does in any case]
any help here? can I use somebody else's backup or would that result in a brick?
any alternative methods?
Update:
well apparently I can "Use gfree to set secu_flag = 1 and CID = T-MOB010 (or your corresponding original CID)."
although I'm not sure exactly how to do that.
I pretty sure it means that I could Gfree to gain temporary root, and then use the Terminal emulator to open up and modify a particular file in the system, and change the value of the parameter "secu_flag" to 1 (I'm not a complete n00b)
as for the CID, I think I may already have it set correctly, but it never hurts to check.
Am I on the right track?
almost right track.
Use psneuter to get temp-root, then run
./gfree -s on -c TMOB_010 (or whatever the cd is meant to be)
though psneuter only works for adb shell so you can't use term emulator to unroot.
and gfree only works on the 1.19 rom.
-Nipqer
If the screen is broken I believe all they do is change the screen and flash sense back on to it. I sent mine in with the screen not working and got the phone back with sense installed again + s-off. It looks like (for mine) they didn't care that it was rooted simply because it was a hardware fault and therefore did not matter whether it was rooted or not.
It is up to you whether or not you want to risk it, but with mine it was ok
Will check back with this thread when I get back from work in case I can help further!
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video
Zedomax has a guide on how to unroot the g2 on youtube. (not allowed to post a link)
I still can't get the S-off
Zedomax's video tutorial was pretty useless, he did the same thing I did, then booted into the bootloader and said "wierd it still says S-off..."
as for the the psneuters thing:
$ adb shell /data/local/tmp/psneuter kept getting permission denied
eventually I gave up and used vissionary to temp root.
then I pushed and did the chmod 777 step with gfree
but "# /data/local/tmp/gfree -s on -c T-MOB010" led to "/data/local/tmp/gfree: permission denied"
maybe I should try the "rage against the cage" root method?
I'm on 1.19.531 btw
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I'm having a problem with my wifi randomly turning itself off and customer care told me to just switch it out through the buyers remorse policy at a T-mobile store. I know you have to erase all signs of having rooted the phone before sending it to HTC under the limited warranty or else they charge you. Do I also have to set it back to stock before returning it directly to T-mobile through buyers remorse?
I'm asking because a) its a pain in the rear end to get it back to stock and b) I haven't found the stock recovery anywhere and have already flashed ClockworkMod Recovery so I'm not sure at this point I can get it back to stock.
Please post questions in Q&A section
Thanks for moving it.
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I remember one time sending my Touch Pro 2 to T-Mobile for a new one with the HSPL on it. HSPL allows me to flash any custom ROM basically.
But I never got a call back or charged, but I only did that one time because I was being lazy.
Good question.
I have to return mine actually due to a hardware defect which I can't put up with like I thought I could but I also rooted my phone and turned S OFF but I turned the S ON the other day so I am hoping that will be enough lol. Well plus make sure none of the files I've d/l are on the sd card but I don't think I have to worry about that seeing as I'm not using the sd card that came with the phone but my own.
However, I think I might do this once I figure out if it's needed (cause I'm kind of nervous about doing it and messing it up you know) and after I do more research on this hex editor stuff. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832642
likeitnot said:
Good question.
I have to return mine actually due to a hardware defect which I can't put up with like I thought I could but I also rooted my phone and turned S OFF but I turned the S ON the other day so I am hoping that will be enough lol. Well plus make sure none of the files I've d/l are on the sd card but I don't think I have to worry about that seeing as I'm not using the sd card that came with the phone but my own.
However, I think I might do this once I figure out if it's needed (cause I'm kind of nervous about doing it and messing it up you know) and after I do more research on this hex editor stuff. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832642
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Its very easy to do, it really is. I did it just today to switch out phones for another color. Just follow the directions carefully. They won't know because it literally puts stock right back on the phone. Just make sure that's what you want because there is no link for the 2.2.1 update right now. And people are having problems getting the updates again.
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Its very easy to do, it really is. I did it just today to switch out phones for another color. Just follow the directions carefully. They won't know because it literally puts stock right back on the phone. Just make sure that's what you want because there is no link for the 2.2.1 update right now. And people are having problems getting the updates again.
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That's the easy part but how do you get the stock recovery back on? I haven't seen a download for it, don't think HTC has released it either.
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If you are returning it to a store under buyer's remorse, then you don't need to unroot or do anything, as it is not a warranty exchange. You should be able to swap it out within a few minutes there, and never hear of it again.
When you follow the other post to downgrade it.puts the stock back on it. That is the point of it.
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^^ I finally got it to work but I did notice that after a while superuser app and a few others I had downloaded are appearing again... uhhhhh
When I got into the terminal on the phone and type su + enter it says permission denied and another $ appears...am I safe to say its not rooted and it just put the apps back cause of the google backup?
Plus S is back to SON (it was SOFF cause of the root) & Titanium Pro will not let me upgrade the busybox always comes back with an error and then when I go back in the application it says "Error" Sorry I could not acquire root priveleges. This application will *not* work!..." Not to mention the application ShootMe no longer works cause it says I don't have root access.
OKAY *phew* I take it they only appeared again because of the google backup!
I had the exact same problem. My wifi and GSM signal would disappear. I would have to reboot the phone to get it back.
Anyway I took it back to tmo and they didn't even power it up or anything. I put everything back in like it was when I go it and no questions asked.
btmec said:
I had the exact same problem. My wifi and GSM signal would disappear. I would have to reboot the phone to get it back.
Anyway I took it back to tmo and they didn't even power it up or anything. I put everything back in like it was when I go it and no questions asked.
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You bought your's from a Tmo store though right?
I ordered mine through add a line with 611..
I have dust under my sceen and am thinking about sending it back.
Odds are you all would be just fine, but honestly? Why take that chance...if you rooted it, you can unroot it. Just set it all back to stock and dont sign back in with the phone.
c_licious said:
I'm having a problem with my wifi randomly turning itself off and customer care told me to just switch it out through the buyers remorse policy at a T-mobile store. I know you have to erase all signs of having rooted the phone before sending it to HTC under the limited warranty or else they charge you. Do I also have to set it back to stock before returning it directly to T-mobile through buyers remorse?
I'm asking because a) its a pain in the rear end to get it back to stock and b) I haven't found the stock recovery anywhere and have already flashed ClockworkMod Recovery so I'm not sure at this point I can get it back to stock.
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just flash the RUU from the downgrade post since you're already rooted and s-off you shouldn't need to do any of the hex editing or anything just download the RUU and put it in /sdcard/ named PD15IMG.zip and it will take care of it... and it will restore everything including recovery... the only thing that won't go back to normal is if you ran gfree for radio s-off... if you did that follow the guide in that post for restoring radio s-on then flash the RUU... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832642
slhpss said:
just flash the RUU from the downgrade post since you're already rooted and s-off you shouldn't need to do any of the hex editing or anything just download the RUU and put it in /sdcard/ named PD15IMG.zip and it will take care of it... and it will restore everything including recovery... the only thing that won't go back to normal is if you ran gfree for radio s-off... if you did that follow the guide in that post for restoring radio s-on then flash the RUU... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832642
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Where can I get the RUU?
And the method I used was with Visionaryr11 and a download that had a script.
I just ran Visionary, used Terminal Emulator to access the script and then rebooted and I was perma rooted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHrtVzlsA_s
nguyendqh said:
Where can I get the RUU?
And the method I used was with Visionaryr11 and a download that had a script.
I just ran Visionary, used Terminal Emulator to access the script and then rebooted and I was perma rooted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHrtVzlsA_s
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the download that the link I posted says to save as PD15IMG.zip on your sdcard and reboot in the boot loader is the RUU... it will put you back to stock 2.2 everything including recovery and bootloader
I accidentally deleted my part7 .bin created by gfree and could not get s=on. I exchange anyway at the tmo for a better screen. They didn't even pretend to check if it had been rooted.
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exchanged my G1 which was rooted and had a version of android we werent supposed to have yet, I exchanged it through HTC though, my screen all out stopped working, maybe thats why they didn't notice anything, that or they just don't really care.
QUESTION - it seems that flashing PD15IMG.zip is the same process as flashing SAPPIMG.nbh for the original myTouch 3G.
1. Is the hexeditor stuff necessary or can we just copy to sdcard and flash away?
2. Can PD15IMG.zip be flashed from hboot S-OFF or do I need to turn S-ON first?
c_licious said:
That's the easy part but how do you get the stock recovery back on? I haven't seen a download for it, don't think HTC has released it either.
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The Unlockr
Has a stock ROM and a Stock Recovery Image that you can flash.
Three months ago my DZ bricked. It was supposedly an M4G2DE, since it showed the same symptoms, but I couldn't check. Now I've got a new one and alas, it has M4G2DE for sure.
Code:
C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb devices
List of devices attached
SH16VRT00681 device
C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb shell
$ cat /sys/devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/name
cat /sys/devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/name
M4G2DE
It is still untouched/unrooted: since there is a chance it will brick again and rooting voids the warranty, is there any trick to block it or fake-bricking it to ask for a replacement with valid warranty (and hopefully get one with SEM04G)?
jan_axhell said:
Three months ago my DZ bricked. It was supposedly an M4G2DE, since it showed the same symptoms, but I couldn't check. Now I've got a new one and alas, it has M4G2DE for sure.
Code:
C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb devices
List of devices attached
SH16VRT00681 device
C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb shell
$ cat /sys/devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/name
cat /sys/devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/name
M4G2DE
It is still untouched/unrooted: since there is a chance it will brick again and rooting voids the warranty, is there any trick to block it or fake-bricking it to ask for a replacement with valid warranty (and hopefully get one with SEM04G)?
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Yes there is, however you would need root/s-off first. Then you could dd your hboot partition, after that your phone won't even charge.
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Eh, but that would void warranty, which makes the trick useless .
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Eh, but that would void warranty, which makes the trick useless .
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Well they can't tell it was rooted or s-off if the phone doesn't turn on or even charge (which it wouldn't). Trust me this is the only way to get it done, the reason we need s-off is to get rid of write protection. Then we could destroy the emmc's instuctions for everything, and it looks like the chip went bad
Ah, now I understand. Ok, thanks, I was thinking about something less destructive from which I can rollback in case of warranty problems, but I'll keep this method in mind.
jan_axhell said:
Ah, now I understand. Ok, thanks, I was thinking about something less destructive from which I can rollback in case of warranty problems, but I'll keep this method in mind.
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I understand . It makes me die a little inside to kill a G2, but I'm realistic enough to realize people have to look after their best intrests. I'll keep and eye on his thread, or you can pm me if you want the dd command.
Meh.. don't hold your breath, I'm not that brave. But ok, should I decide to do it, I'll PM you. Thanks!
Currently my phone will only go to hboot (PC10IMG flashing seems to work) and fastboot, all else leads to HTC splash screen (green htc on white background).
As I am S-Off sending it in for warranty in France will not work (according to various posts found by googling) I was wondering if it would it be possible to use PC10IMG.img to flash a hboot that is nonsense to completely kill the boot loader thereby bypassing the -off status that is visible in bootloader ?
if fastboot still allows you to write on the emmc then just completley brick your phone making it impossible to even see the bootloader screen. just make sure you are completley under warranty for they will have to give you a new phone
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So OK I've mastered using a PC10IMG.zip to flash hboot (I have a modified StockROM.zip where I switched standard hboot with engineering one and standard recovery with 4ext-touch-recovery android-info.txt is taken from a Radio.zip. I just flashed it with fastboot and it worked I'm back on engineering hboot...
So to destroy my bootloader beyond booting at all (So they can't see I was S-Off but just attribute it to a emmc total failure) I should generate a 0 filled hboot.nb0 file with the exact same size as the original one ? Or just full out write a 2000Mb 0 filled file and erase the whole emmc ?
Any indications and guides (use dd to create the file ?) on how do do this would be welcome as I'm not an expert.
Before doing this I was wondering if there is a way to see if the emmc is "for sure" the culprit and that not booting is not due to something else (say CPU or mainboard failure)...
Okay, here is the deal. I was trying to change around some stuff on my phone, the IMEI number to match the one on my prepaid tracphone. So far, before I changed the IMEI, i had it rooted and everything was slamming. But it would disconnect me after about a half hour. I am changing the IMEI to see if it fixes this, but after all this I had to revert back to a total stock flash of 2.2.1 HTC rom, it updated everything, one of those PBxx.img ones you do during the bootloader.
So now I've rooted it with visionary, and it hardly works, won't permaroot, but I get regular root. So I did another method on a wiki and have permaroot now. Updated SU, clockwork mod, ETC and everything works (well it installs and prompts me to give super user access then doesnt complain.)
HERE IS THE PROBLEM: I CANT CHANGE RECOVERY OR BOOTLOADER TO S-OFF
I have used gfree (multiple versions) to turn s off, and turn off all locks and to change the bootloader the nb0 one. BUT NOTHING gives.
>Clockworkmod from the rooted main screen, when i open the app, it won't install the clockwork mod recovery.
>When booting to recovery, the phone goes to stock recovery with the red triangle and phone. Upon where you have to push VOL UP + PWR button to see any options, and they are just the stock ones, (reboot, apply update:sdcard, etc)
I was wondering if someone had a signed image that they could link to me or send or whatever that has the s-off in a format that I can use with the BOOTLOADER; i.e.: Just put it on SD-CARD, hold "VOL UP+PWR" then it will do the update. U know, like radios are flashed.
If you can help me please, help me. I was so excited with this phone and moving along and now this.... ARG! lol. Thanks guys any and all input is appreciated no matter how irrelevant!
peace
GLACIER PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.86.0000
MICROP-0429
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Sep 27 2010,11:12:59
You don't have perm-root.
Gfree can't work without root. Since you don't have perm-root without Gfree, you need temp-root.
While not S-OFF, you can't have perm-root. Period. End of story. Temp-root and execute Gfree.
Execute the rooting guide in Wiki properly, and you'll have S-OFF.
Of course, having no perm-root makes it impossible to flash recovery, or flash anything at all.
help.. tried root explorer, astro, es file..and have had no luck flashing to better roms...help
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If you are using Visionary R14, try R11. And f*ck wiki.
Jack_R1 said:
You don't have perm-root.
Gfree can't work without perm-root.
While not S-OFF, you can't have perm-root. Period. End of story.
Execute the rooting guide in Wiki properly, and you'll have S-OFF.
Of course, having no perm-root makes it impossible to flash recovery, or flash anything at all.
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G-free turns s-off. If he has a bad eMMc chip, G-free is the only method he can use. And some phones have issues with the newer version of visionary.
lowandbehold said:
G-free turns s-off. If he has a bad eMMc chip, G-free is the only method he can use. And some phones have issues with the newer version of visionary.
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I guess I wasn't clear enough in my response above, and wrote "perm-root" where just "root" was in order. Edited.
In any case, when was the last time you've read the Wiki? I suggest you look at it again.
I don't know if I am explaining correctly.
I applied the root method using visionary r14 because thats the latest from the site, it temp roots, but does not perma root.
I did a su, and got root, but I have to SU before i get root, it asks for SU permissions and I allow and I have root. (all this is done in a shell). So I know I have root, i can open up the system to read write and even delete some stock .apk and other files that aren't supposed to be deleted. So its all good. I can chmod 777, i know whats up there.
I did all this madness, SU updates to the most current binary, clockwordmod both an older and the newest version open, ask for and allow SU permission, and all that appears to work fine. EVEN with the friggen flash clockworkmod recovery, it says current recovery: clockworkmod x.x.x.x (meaning whatever the version is, tried a bunch).
BUT WHEN I BOOT TO RECOVERY OR BOOTLOADER, S-ON and friggen stock recovery for me. WHAT THE heck. its like its ignoring what I do to flash the bootloader.
Does anyone have a PBxx.IMG they can send, hopefully signed, that I can just use to update? or link to one? also, and update.zip for the stock recovery would work too.
HERE's the thing, its a T-mobile phone, and my TRACPHONE Prepaid sim works on it, but that *MIGHT* just be because TRACFONE = AT&T also T-Mobile=AT&T now also.
But I think the sim is unlocked, I'm waiting on other sim to come in the mail before I can verify for sure.
MAIN thing i need is a signed (or I'll even play with an unsigned) PBXX.img file for either the bootloader or recovery, or an update.zip one. At this point, if you have a lower version of 2.2.1 that has the whole entire shebang, (the radio, bootloader, os, recovery, etc) then I'll appreciate that too.
I just can't find it on here after days of searching and I am needing a push in the right direction. And google's overloaded with the SAME article just in different spam blog formats. Thx guyz
You CAN'T.
Everything you do when you're temp-rooted, DOESN'T GO TO THE eMMC! It stays in memory (eMMC cache), and the next time you reboot - everything is GONE. All your file deletions, chmods, etc - they're NOT REALLY EXECUTED. Reboot and see for yourself.
The only thing that will make it stay - is running gfree and gaining S-OFF.
The link, as everything else you're looking for, is in Wiki. Look in the Downgrade guide, there's a link for 2.2.1 RUU for MT4G. But it won't help you - you're just being stubborn and unwilling to read. YOU DIDN'T EXECUTE PERMAROOT PROPERLY, AND UNTIL YOU DO - YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO FLASH A DAMN THING.
The Wiki links to a Gfree method guide. Read it and execute it STEP BY STEP.
Okay, i did it
Here is what I did. I went in manually and copied the .nb0 to the file several times in a row.
Visionary does not work, the only way I can root this thing, without some type of temproot visionary app that messes up, is this way:
http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/index.php/HTC_myTouch_4G
Also, I am hoping I am correct, but this is how its laid out in the /dev block...
mmcblk0p18: HBOOT DATA (bits) And....
mmcblk0p21: RECOVERY DATA (bits) data or bits, whatever you want to call it. (its not a file)
Okay. So with that being said;
/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 = hboot 'file' and this is what i did.
Using 'dd' which is a unix command that just does low level convert and copy, will take the input file if=hboot_hacked_file.nb0 and then put it to the output device converting it and whatnot, the output file of=/dev/block/device
so it looks like this in example:
Code:
# dd if=/directory/filename.xxx of=/dev/block/output_device_or_file
Oh, and another thing that might just be paranoia... The wifi was on and it wasn't doing what it was supposed to do, I noticed it also being active unusually, I should have put wireshark on and checked it out, but didn't think about it at the time. Now that wifi off, it feels as if its fine now. It was almost like another user was in it. But thats probably just paranoia..... or the t-mob trying to mess me around!!!
This IS the gfree method, and you ARE running an app to gain temp-root there.
Copying the bootloader didn't help you at all, it was only a later step. It wouldn't stick if not for gfree.
Running gfree did.
Oh well, I guess that it's useless to explain. Glad it worked.
naw bro, its good that you explain what you mean, its not useless to explain anything. Here is what I'm saying... gfree -f is supposed to do the S-OFF right? well, it didn't. it also said failed or error or something at the end. Once I did the 'dd' command not just once, but several times and VERIFIED that it was working and different, while having # then I ran gfree again and it said SUCCESS at the bottom and THAT did it bro. SO that, in the end, turned my s-off and gfree unlocked my sim super unlock and cid unlock too.
I've cloned my IMEI because its legal, its my own phone and I'm not doing anything extra other than using it to make calls which I pay for at outrageous prepaid prices.
Does anyone know where that information is located by the way, just for information purposes... I've already done it using a hex editor and a part7.bin file... but I just am not quite sure on EXACTLY what I've done. like, the locations of what file or data that i've flashed. With CDMA, I usually enter QPST programming and all that and just just play till my heart's content... but now I'm trying to learn GSM and I want to know if there is a way to enter that kind of programming also. Or are us fellas forced to dump .bin files, hex edit, then reflash or reflex em...
Just lookin for some pushes in the right direction for programming in the GSM area.
Also if you have links to radios, all of them, previous and what not, I would appreciate it too
Flashing hboot, superuser or not, several times or not, didn't do a thing for unlocking.
For what reason gfree failed initially - I don't know, but when you ran it again and it didn't fail - that did it all. Otherwise you'd still be with S-ON, and the bootloader would still be the same.
You can't really argue against HW. That's how it works.
Radios are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=796
Look for "Glacier Radios" sticky.
Like I said before as well. There are alot of issues with R14...find and use visionary R11. You are not the first person to have issues with visionary, and with the majority of them, the downgrade solved the problem.
Not true
I have try everything and nothing work. R11, r14 from visionary and it dosent work. Please devs try to get another method for the people that nothing work. I have hboot 0.86.0000
ahernandez646 said:
I have try everything and nothing work. R11, r14 from visionary and it dosent work. Please devs try to get another method for the people that nothing work. I have hboot 0.86.0000
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Do you have Android version 2.3.4?
If so, Visionary won't work. You have to downgrade to 2.2.1 first. There is no way around this. But it's easy to do.
Skipjacks said:
Do you have Android version 2.3.4?
If so, Visionary won't work. You have to downgrade to 2.2.1 first. There is no way around this. But it's easy to do.
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No, that's the froyo bootloader.
What happened when you ran visionary? Did you have usb debugging checked? Sometimes the temp root works on the first try, sometimes on the tenth. If it doesn't work, reboot and try again. If it still doesn't work after several attempts do a factory reset and try again. Sometimes a clean slate helps.
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i do have 2.2.1 but i had a mytouch 3g slide and i root it. but for some reason i can't get the mytouch 4g to do it. i will re-try everything again.
Thanks to all that have reply.
I today got my MT4G replaced. It bricked because of that eMMC chip issue. I must carrier unlock it to use it. Now to that one of the options is to root and get the S-OFF.
But, I am worried about the same thing happening again. What will happen if it again becomes a paper weight? Should I use unlockyourphone.com or something?
Plus, it has 2.3.4 preinstalled. so is it possible to root it or do I need to downgrade?
Please check here to determine your eMMC chip type and only if you have the good chipset, will you be alright to root without fear of a brick.
Why pay for someone to unlock your phone when you can do it in 20 minutes even if u have to set-up ADB...?
You will have to downgrade first to Froyo, yes.
**********But first check the link to see what chipset you have***********
And even if you have the "bad" chipset - it'll still be better to root and unlock. Only a small percentage of "bad" chips are actually bad and prone to failure.
Ok. I have a bad chip even after the replacement. wat to do now?
sagarparmar said:
Ok. I have a bad chip even after the replacement. wat to do now?
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up to you. We cannot answer that. If you do everything correctly you shouldn't have a problem. but if you want to play it safe. get accustom to Espresso.
Don't worry too much about bad emmc chips. not all "bad" chips are bad. it simply means there is a higher chance of you getting a bad uhh phone. But most "bad" chips are able to flash perfectly fine.
Both good and bad chips have been known to brick, but the bad one is slightly more susceptible to bricking.
Mine is bad and I've been flashing non stop since Michael Jackson was still bad
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Haha
And one more thing, are there any cases where non-rooted phones also got bricked?
Let's say, I get PIN for unlocking and then it bricks. Is it safe to even own MT4G? I am more worried because I am using it outside the states. If I were a tmo customer, I could always get a replacement.
Bricking should be very rare for stock phones. The only way I can think to brick would be to pull the battery during an OTA update.
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I only want Sim unlock. I can do it via gfree. So here is what I am thinking.
First gain temp root with visionary and then push gfree (Follow 9 steps as per guide.) Any idea if ./gfree -f is required? Because I only want sim unlock(without root / s-off), I want to run ./gfree -S directly. Is this possible?
I am currently on 2.3.4 stock image. I will have to downgrade to 2.2 and follow the guide. But will I be able to again update to 2.3.4? Will lose the sim unlock?
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sagarparmar said:
I only want Sim unlock. I can do it via gfree. So here is what I am thinking.
First gain temp root with visionary and then push gfree (Follow 9 steps as per guide.) Any idea if ./gfree -f is required? Because I only want sim unlock(without root / s-off), I want to run ./gfree -S directly. Is this possible?
I am currently on 2.3.4 stock image. I will have to downgrade to 2.2 and follow the guide. But will I be able to again update to 2.3.4? Will lose the sim unlock?
THANKS IN ADV
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I do believe that that is possible. When I first did got root I used the root.sh method not the gfree method. Afterward I wanted to be able to Sim Unlock too. So a few months ago I did the gfree -S and my phone was fine. Granted I already had root, but I don't think that should be an issue. Also, back up your sd card first. Not sure why, but when I did the gfree it borked my sd card. I wasn't able to restore to my previous backup. I had to start over and reformat my sd.
Lol! Just realized I thanked your post while my computer was being a slow PoS!
I thanked your post and my PC was working fine
My replacement phone that I received from Verizon after my HTC 10 went belly up in June has a broken vibration motor. It was an intermittent issue since day 1, but now it's constant. So I need to go S-ON before taking it to the corporate retail store to verify there's no physical damage before it's approved for replacement. Will the command from my old M7 work with the HTC 10?
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fastboot oem writesecureflag 3
pastorbennett said:
My replacement phone that I received from Verizon after my HTC 10 went belly up in June has a broken vibration motor. It was an intermittent issue since day 1, but now it's constant. So I need to go S-ON before taking it to the corporate retail store to verify there's no physical damage before it's approved for replacement. Will the command from my old M7 work with the HTC 10?
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Correct. If there is any chance they repair the device rather than replacing it, I would downgrade the software to pre-nougat before sending it in so that you can s-off again easily once you get it back.
Tarima said:
Correct. If there is any chance they repair the device rather than replacing it, I would downgrade the software to pre-nougat before sending it in so that you can s-off again easily once you get it back.
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Thanks, I wanted some verification before I did anything that could potentially screw the phone. It's all good, Sunshine works with Nougat, and I have the correct RUU to get S-OFF. I doubt they'll repair it, they'll just authorize a replacement device since it's under the 1 year manufacturer warranty.
Once the replacement bites the dust, I'm done buying Verizon branded phones. I'm sick of the headache of finding a phone that can be rooted. From here on out, I'm going with a Moto G5, or whatever new models come out in the future. $250 for a fully functioning, carrier unlocked phone is a steal.
hi I have the same problem I need to go to Verizon to use my warranty but before that I need to make sure the bootloader says son locked untampered I used sunshine to soff and unlock my bootloader yes I did not stick to the simpler soff locked method so I need to relock my bootloader go son and make sure there is no tamper counter I don't know if the 10 has that I just remembered my m8 or rezound did I'm not sure which but if I just run that command you mentioned in fastboot will I be all set?
power950 said:
hi I have the same problem I need to go to Verizon to use my warranty but before that I need to make sure the bootloader says son locked untampered I used sunshine to soff and unlock my bootloader yes I did not stick to the simpler soff locked method so I need to relock my bootloader go son and make sure there is no tamper counter I don't know if the 10 has that I just remembered my m8 or rezound did I'm not sure which but if I just run that command you mentioned in fastboot will I be all set?
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Step 1) Use punctuation in your posts, make it a lot easier to read
2) If you issue the command, you will be s-on but unlocked. So do that, then use sunshine again while choosing the s-off/Locked option this time.
3) Issue the command again