Hello All,
I am planning to root/unlock my Tmobile G2 and have some questions. But before, below are my details.
Android version : 2.2 (Stock)
Baseband version: 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M
Kernal version: 2.6.32.17-g9ab3677 ([email protected] #1)
Build number: 1.22.531.8 CL277427 release-keys
1) I got this as a used phone so i am not sure if it is S-off or not etc but surely it is not rooted so im guessing it is S-on.
2) What precautions should i take before i go ahead with rooting. Any backups to create etc something like that. (I am going to follow gfree method for rooting / unlocking).
3) If something fails or goes wrong during the process, will factory reset fix the problem or is there a chance that my phone can be bricked while following this method?
4) Also in gfree method , the end step states that run ./gfree -f and then wait for the changes to "take". So will i get any notification that it is done or just should give it some time.? Also the final reboot should be done normally or via any command.(Or will i land up on my homescreen after ./gfree)?
5) Should i perform all the steps required with my keyboard or the onscreen keyboard? (kind of noobish question but i have seen some wierd threads to confuse me)
Any kind of help on these questions will increase my confidence to ahead and try this out as i am completely a newbie to all this and want to be real cautious for this as everyone would normally be.
Cheers.
Its always a good idea to have a nandroid backup.
Read through the ENTIRE walkthough before beginning.
There is always a chance of bricking but Gfree is pretty darn safe unless you mis-type that one command, and all the guides ive seen say warning when it talks about that line. I used the hard keyboard.
I remember waiting several minutes for the root to "take". Im certain I wait longer than necessary, I play it safe.
G2 is my first android phone, so I was a bit anxious, but it went perfectly. Best of luck!
Edit : I forgot to mention I used the rage gfree method as I believe it is the most reliable. Those who know much more than I said rage is the "cleanest" method.
Sent from my unshackled G-free'd HTC Vision
I suggest following CyanogenMod's guide to rooting the Desire Z, pretty sure it uses g-free and the instructions are very specific.
Just follow the directions. You will be fine
From my permarooted 1209mhz G2 with CM7 nightly 6
Methods im going to follow
Thanks all for the reply,
I'm going to use the rage + gfree method for rooting/unlocking mentioned at the below link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_G2
But i have one question,
1) After running rage as (/data/local/tmp/rage), and after it says "Forked #### childs" etc.
2) Then i have push gfree file and run ./gfree -f
3) The next step is to run "/data/local/tmp/root" and "sync", but the below post says not to run. Also it states a very important step that may brick ur phone if not done correctly which is missing in the above method. "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834228"
Please help me out with these two conflicting steps!
it is very easy to do. I did it with mine that i got last weekend and it is my first real android phone.
Here is the guide i used: hxxp://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=TMobile_G2:_Rooting
Theunlockr.com
Video walk throughs.. always nice to just see literally every step done.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
Sorry if this is a repeated question, but have been looking for the answers all over the forum and have failed to find any up-to-date answers.
As the title stated I have an at&t motorola atrix 4g that is running the original gingerbread 2.3.6 build 4.5.141. I have managed to finally root it but I have been finding contradicting information on whether the bootloader can be safely unlocked and exactly how to do it. Does anyone have any recent info or insight on this? If it can be done, does anyone have an opinion on what they consider to be the best ROM manager or best ROM and why? Does anyone know much about the ClockworkMod Touch Recovery? I have worked with other phones but obviously don't know diddly about this one, but I do respect the opinions of the other members on this site. I have always been impressed by the amount of knowledge this group holds, as well as the quality. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Hope this helps...
I don't know about unlocking the bootloader on .141 but I've had it unlocked since I got the phone last year. And once it's unlocked you can't re-lock it (even if you flash another ROM and the "unlocked" text disappears from the boot screen.
I'm sure there are several ways to arrive at 141 with unlocked boot loader and root with touchrecovery but this is what I did.
First, I used RSD Lite to flash the .91 sbf on my phone and return it to stock.
Second, I used the Auto-Unlock script found on this thread. AutoUnlock Script
Third, I used the OneClickRoot script found on this thread. One Click Root Script
Fourth, I followed UncleCemka's instructions to use Moto-Fastboot to upgrade the boot, system and webtop partitions to the stock .141 versions and then reobtained root found on this thread. Upgrade from .91 to .141 Safely thread
Finally, I downloaded the ClockworkMod Touch Recovery image file from the ClockworkMod website and used moto-fastboot to erase the recovery partition and then flash the touchrecovery.img file over to my phone. You can find the touch recovery image at this website. http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
So now I have an unlocked bootloader on my rooted Atrix running stock .141 software with the ClockworkMod Touch Recovery image.
Thanks sjmoreno.
A "rollback/degrade" may be the only way, I'm just hoping that someone has done it straight from the new version. It may just be wishful thinking on my part.
Here's a thread about a guy who unlocked his boot loader on 2.3.6…theres also a guide in there. Hope you find it helpful
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1515954
For the unlocking portion I was on 4.5.141 and I used the method below successfully. Do not get alarmed because you most likely will get the "failed to boot 0x1000" error but just follow the onscreen instructions. The program does everything for you, the only command you really type in is your specific device ID. It was very easy, just read the recent posts from the thread. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1182871
I use CWM and I have had no problems with it so far. I have been running jokersax CM9 roms since I unlocked and I love it. Hope this helps.
kotchishm said:
For the unlocking portion I was on 4.5.141 and I used the method below successfully. Do not get alarmed because you most likely will get the "failed to boot 0x1000" error but just follow the onscreen instructions. The program does everything for you, the only command you really type in is your specific device ID. It was very easy, just read the recent posts from the thread. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1182871
I use CWM and I have had no problems with it so far. I have been running jokersax CM9 roms since I unlocked and I love it. Hope this helps.
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Thanks for the help but the link seems to be dead.
GatMaster45 said:
Thanks for the help but the link seems to be dead.
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Sorry here is the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871
Thanks
I just wanted to say thanks for all the help and info. There is no way I would have been able to get by without your help. I did complete the unlock and root of my phone. I guess I now get to figure out how to use CWM and install ROMs.
Thanks again.
If you want help with using cwm and installing roms pm me and ill help you out
GatMaster45 said:
I just wanted to say thanks for all the help and info. There is no way I would have been able to get by without your help. I did complete the unlock and root of my phone. I guess I now get to figure out how to use CWM and install ROMs.
Thanks again.
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I'm also doing what you did a few months ago with my atrix...I wanted to ask... Which method of the 2 shown above did you end up using when you unlocked your bootloader?
so i don't post on this site ever, and i know next to nothing about rooting a phone aside from what i read
i just hit it up this for info on rooting my atrix i aquired... long story short i found a beta program called rescue root that works
i just rooted my bell atrix 4g, gingerbread 2.3.6, build 4.5.2a-51_oll-17.8
all i did was install motorola device manager program from the moto site, installed rescue root, connected my device and ran the program and rooted in under 10 mins, confirmed by root checker app, titainium backup and other various app requiring superuser permission
also i did not have to unlock the boot loader before i ran the program
robyn402 said:
so i don't post on this site ever, and i know next to nothing about rooting a phone aside from what i read
i just hit it up this for info on rooting my atrix i aquired... long story short i found a beta program called rescue root that works
i just rooted my bell atrix 4g, gingerbread 2.3.6, build 4.5.2a-51_oll-17.8
all i did was install motorola device manager program from the moto site, installed rescue root, connected my device and ran the program and rooted in under 10 mins, confirmed by root checker app, titainium backup and other various app requiring superuser permission
also i did not have to unlock the boot loader before i ran the program
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u still have to unlock to flash custom roms. so it dosent really matter
rev.
you have to unlock the bootloader to flash roms? i must have misunderstood what i read...
i thought you had to unlock the bootloader first in order to root... not root in order to unlock the boot loader, guess i'll hit up moto's website again as theres a unlock your boot loader option there
but either way, just thought i'd share a new quick root method with the world that caters to those less technically gifted like me
i guess they only just released this beta and turns out the developer is actually just across town from me which is kinda cool
forgive the newbish excitment i only just snagged this phone off ebay since i bricked my old android by deleting things i shouldn't have without backing up first
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u still have to unlock to flash custom roms. so it dosent really matter
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I think you have it all completely mixed up.
You have to unlock the bootloader to be able to flash custom ROMs. Rooting is completely separate and has nothing to do with anything else - you don't need to unlock anything to root, and rooting won't help you get anything else (unlocking, flashing) done. It is literally completely separate.
It would probably help you to do more reading on the subject. Getting informed and educated can only ever be a good thing.
The Free Google Drive space promotion was recently increased from 65GB to 100GB. So, there is more reason than ever to get this great offer.
If however, like me, you rooted your phone and found out you couldn't redeem it... and also read some people claiming that HTC wouldn't provide a code to redeem the offer because you had unlocked the bootloader... Follow the steps below to get this offer without dealing at all with HTC.
There are two primary obstacles to redeeming this offer. Since you rooted your phone, you have unlocked the bootloader. Even if you have relocked it using fastboot oem lock, this will still prevent the Drive App from displaying the offer screeen. The problem is that when you use fastboot oem lock, you are changing the status of the bootloader to ***RELOCKED*** . What you need is a factory default bootloader lock, which displays as ***LOCKED*** on the hBoot screen.
Plus, if you attain S-Off after unlocking your bootloader following HTCDev, it is very possible you will have a
*** TAMPERED ***
banner on your hboot screen. This must be removed as well.
HUGE thanks to Scotty1223 who first shared the methods for removing the TAMPERED banner and locking the bootloader to factory default several months ago. I am just consolidating those steps plus some other minor info into a sequential series of steps in one place for convenience.
These steps presume you have ADB installed, and have not changed your CID.
STEPS to GET TO STOCK FOR PURPOSES OF THE GOOGLE DRIVE PROMO.
1. Make a Nandroid backup using TWRP or CWM.
2. Get S-Off.
Use Sunshine or some other method to get S-Off. Link to Sunshine S-Off apk
3. Remove ***TAMPERED*** Banner.
If you have a ***TAMPERED*** banner on your hboot screen, follow the steps below (thanks to Scotty1223 for sharing this method). ADB must be installed!!! You can go to the first step of this thread to install a compact version
Connect your phone to your PC. Open up a terminal (as administrator in Windows...or as root in Linux) and cd to the adb directory (which contains fastboot, etc.).
Enter the following:
adb devices
You should see your device's serial number appear on the screen... If so, you are all good. If not, please check your ADB install..... there are many many guides to getting this set up.
Now we are going into the ADB Shell, which is like a terminal emulator from the OS on your phone. Enter the following:
adb shell
to enter the shell. You will be presented with a prompt... most likely it will be
[email protected]_m8: / $
Enter the following command to get root in ADB
su
[Very important note: You need this for superuser privileges on your phone... Make sure to wait for a prompt that looks like the following:
[email protected]_m8:/ #.
(if you are getting something different, don't worry... Just make sure there is a '#' at the end of the prompt)
If it hangs and only shows the first prompt like this:
[email protected]_m8: / $ <== note the '$' at the end
Then hit return in your terminal window on your PC (whether in windows or linux). It may exit automatically from the shell.
If this happens, it is because you have not used adb shell yet and have SuperSU (or Superuser) on default settings, which is to prompt the first time an app asks for root privileges. You should see a toast/dialog box on your phone that requests superuser permissions for "ADB Shell". Grant them, and then enter adb shell again from the terminal window on your PC. Now the root prompt (in red above) should show up in the terminal window.]
Now copy the line below and paste it into the terminal window on your PC at the root prompt:
echo -ne '\x00' | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 bs=1 seek=5314564
You should get something like this in response:
ock/mmcblk0p6 bs=1 seek=5314564 <
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
1 bytes transferred in 0.007 secs (142 bytes/sec)
If not, double check that you copied the above line correctly, that there are no spaces before the 'echo', and enter it again.
Then enter:
adb reboot bootloader
This will boot into hboot. Confirm that the ***TAMPERED*** is in fact not showing on the hboot screen.
Back in your terminal on your PC, enter:
fastboot reboot
to reboot the phone.
4. Lock the bootloader.
To lock the bootloader the correct way, you must follow the steps below. As far as I have determined, it is the same for all carriers of the HTC One M8. Again, a big thanks to Scotty1223 for this very cool route to locking the bootloader.
Like step 3, above, we are going into the ADB Shell, which is like a terminal emulator from the OS on your phone. If you do not have ADB installed on your PC, there are ample resources all over the internet for getting this installed...
Enter the following:
adb shell
to enter the shell. You will be presented with a prompt... most likely it will be
[email protected]_m8: / $
Enter the following command to get root in ADB
su
[IMPORTANT NOTE: See warning under Step 3 about getting a root prompt]
Then copy and paste this into your terminal on your PC:
echo -ne '\x00\x00\x00\x00' | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 bs=1 seek=33796
And lastly:
exit
(exit a second time if you need to to get back to a normal > prompt)
adb reboot bootloader
Confirm that your bootloader shows a ***LOCKED*** banner (and not ***RELOCKED***).
Back in your terminal on your PC, enter:
fastboot reboot
to reboot the phone
5. Getting to Stock.
****If you have NOT touched the stock Rom at all, nor deleted any system apps (essentially you have merely rooted and flashed a stock recovery) you can skip this step (no need to perform either step 5a or 5b). Just Reboot and finish with step 7.
To get the Google Drive storage you need to be running near to stock.. This means you need the stock firmware, and the stock Sense Rom (including all system applications). Many people will not have to worry about firmware or system applications. However, if you switched to an AOSP/AOKP Rom or a different kernel, then you do. Depending on your situation, follow step 5a OR step 5b.
5a. If you have switched to an AOSP/AOKP Rom, and are unsure about your firmware being correct and/or stock, an easy way to get all of the components which make up full stock (stock rom, stock firmware, stock hboot) is to flash an RUU from your carrier (see M8 forum for your carrier...there should be a roll-up thread with links and instructions to flash an RUU. NOTE: For anyone reading this thread that somehow managed to lock the bootloader without S-off, It is highly recommended NOT TO FLASH AN RUU WITH BOOTLOADER LOCKED AND S-ON. You must have S-OFF to flash an RUU with a locked bootloader).
5b. If you don't have to worry about firmware, but have deleted several system apps or otherwise altered the stock Rom, then you should restore a stock nandroid or find and flash a stock Rom. You should again go to the HTC One M8 forum for your carrier to get these items. If restoring a stock nandroid backup, make sure you have made a backup (as instructed in Step 1) so you have the right folder structure (whether you are using TWRP stock nandroid or a CWM stock nandroid) on the SD in which to place the stock nandroid.
6. Reboot.
7. REDEEM OFFER!
Go to the Play Store and uninstall any and all Google Drive updates (I did not have any, but in some cases Drive may have updated while you were rooted). After uninstalling any Drive updates, you should be able to go into the Drive app, and see the promo screen immediately and redeem the promo. If you do not see any screen with the offer, select "Product Tour" from the dropdown menu and go through the various "tour" screens. At the end it will show you the offer—it will probably be for 65GB. After you accept the offer however, it will say "an extra 50GB has been added to your Google Drive storage (so 65GB + 50GB = 115GB)
Again a big thank you to Scott1223 for the methods which allow us to go back and get this offer!!!
....and also thank you to jshamlet, kabuts, rcharliesam, phil.culler for helping me in some other threads!!!!
And exocetdj for his awesome help!!!!!!!
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extremely well put out guide mate :good:
Maybe worth merging this with other thread so people have it all in one place?
One post for original method and then the next for this one? both brilliantly relevant
exocetdj said:
extremely well put out guide mate :good:
Maybe worth merging this with other thread so people have it all in one place?
One post for original method and then the next for this one? both brilliantly relevant
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Is there a guide to get the Google Drive offer? I only saw various threads discussing it and threads explaining how to get back to stock...or Scotty1223's method to lock the bootloader.
I wouldn't have compiled a complete guide if there was one already. I hope I didn't miss it.
I started one in the other thread...but it was just a post in the third page of a thread discussing the Drive offer and discussing ways to get it (like contacting HTC, etc. (But thank you for reminding me-- I really should link that post to this thread since the guide in that post is old).
Let me know where the other guide is and I will try to get them merged or linked or something.
syntropic said:
Is there a guide to get the Google Drive offer? I only saw various threads discussing it and threads explaining how to get back to stock...or Scotty1223's method to lock the bootloader.
I wouldn't have compiled a complete guide if there was one already. I hope I didn't miss it.
I started one in the other thread...but it was just a post in the third page of a thread discussing the Drive offer and discussing ways to get it (like contacting HTC, etc. (But thank you for reminding me-- I really should link that post to this thread since the guide in that post is old).
Let me know where the other guide is and I will try to get them merged or linked or something.
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HERE is is
They are about the same thing, may be better if everything is in the same place. have a word with the OP and see what he thinks then ask a mod, they should be able to help out
I got the 'not applicable due to tampering' error, but not going to bother with the hassle of relocking the bootloader. I probably would be interested in this offer if my BT Broadband wasn't so utterly dreadful that uploading anything takes a lifetime.
The offer's two years would be up by the time I'd finished uploading this year's holiday snaps
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HERE is is
They are about the same thing, may be better if everything is in the same place. have a word with the OP and see what he thinks then ask a mod, they should be able to help out
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That's just a thread debating ways some people were able to get it... Posts point to threads to lock the bootloader, and other posts state the tampered banner needs to be removed but no links.... It's a mess for anyone that doesn't understand what all needs to be done, nor how to do it.
That's why I compiled the thread here...it takes all the endless discussions, and just condenses it into a straightforward sequence of steps to get it.
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That's just a thread debating ways some people were able to get it... Posts point to threads to lock the bootloader, and other posts state the tampered banner needs to be removed but no links.... It's a mess for anyone that doesn't understand what all needs to be done, nor how to do it.
That's why I compiled the thread here...it takes all the endless discussions, and just condenses it into a straightforward sequence of steps to get it.
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Fair point, as u were soldier!!!! :good:
Save yourself all this time/effort. Just chat with HTC support on their website. Takes less than 5 minutes and they email you a link to activate the extra space. I did this for both my phone and my wife's phone, when they had been unlocked for months already.
I was able to redeem the offer rather quickly, followed your directions, installed a stock rom, redeemed the promotion and nandroid back to Venom within 30 minutes. Mostly because I was reading like an idiot (totally exhausted from work.)
Thanks.
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Save yourself all this time/effort. Just chat with HTC support on their website. Takes less than 5 minutes and they email you a link to activate the extra space. I did this for both my phone and my wife's phone, when they had been unlocked for months already.
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I think its luck of the draw... when this happened to me... I read everywhere, and out of everyone I spoke to who had to go to HTC because they couldn't redeem it through the Drive app, about 15% of them chatted with an HTC rep who either: (a) never asked them a single question and just sent them an email with a promo code link; (b) asked them to confirm that the caller "has not unlocked the bootloader or rooted their phone" (in which case the caller would need to lie and say "no sir! I would never do something foolish like that" and then get the email with the promo code), or (c) the rep asked them their IMEI, then said in a wry voice "I see you requested a bootloader unlock token...." (almost as if the rep was leading the caller to admit he unlocked the bootloader—and if he did...no promo).
The other 85% (who for the most part unlocked their bootloader using HTCDev) could not get the Drive deal because HTC had it on file they requested an unlock token... and in most of these cases, HTC was resolute on the offer being ineligible for those who unlocked their BL.
Given those odds—and the fear of choking if I called/chatted with HTC and had to lie—I opted to take the above steps and create a guide for anyone who needed it. Trust me... I would not have bothered to make it if it sounded like it was simple matter of contacting HTC.
I was debating going through all of this to get the offer since I'm cheap and don't want to pay for dropbox right now.
I did the online chat, and they didn't ask me any questions. I just said I tried to do it over crappy wifi connection early and it failed and now it won't redeem.
I have a Verizon edition however, so I can't unlock with HTC dev which is likely why I didn't get asked questions. My backup was to say something stupid like "unlock....? Like with my SIM code? Or the lockscreen code? Yea, I did that."
Fortunately they didn't ask and were really nice. But thanks for this guide; i was about to switch ROMs so I had just made a nandroid and was about to try and get it to redeem the hard way.
If you have Verizon or used Sunshine (or similar) I would try their support first.
Thanks very much for taking the time to write this guide.
In my case I was also just able to get in touch with HTC via chat and give them my IMEI, no need to relock, revert to stock etc.
I lost my 65gb free storage. Is there anyway to recover it?
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I think its luck of the draw... when this happened to me... I read everywhere, and out of everyone I spoke to who had to go to HTC because they couldn't redeem it through the Drive app, about 15% of them chatted with an HTC rep who either: (a) never asked them a single question and just sent them an email with a promo code link; (b) asked them to confirm that the caller "has not unlocked the bootloader or rooted their phone" (in which case the caller would need to lie and say "no sir! I would never do something foolish like that" and then get the email with the promo code), or (c) the rep asked them their IMEI, then said in a wry voice "I see you requested a bootloader unlock token...." (almost as if the rep was leading the caller to admit he unlocked the bootloader—and if he did...no promo).
The other 85% (who for the most part unlocked their bootloader using HTCDev) could not get the Drive deal because HTC had it on file they requested an unlock token... and in most of these cases, HTC was resolute on the offer being ineligible for those who unlocked their BL.
Given those odds—and the fear of choking if I called/chatted with HTC and had to lie—I opted to take the above steps and create a guide for anyone who needed it. Trust me... I would not have bothered to make it if it sounded like it was simple matter of contacting HTC.
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Interesting. I was one of those who unlocked the bootloader through HTCDev. I called HTC, the rep asked for my IMEI number, and I got the activation email within 5 minutes. No mention of unlocked bootloaders. I guess it really depends on how laid back the rep is.
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Interesting. I was one of those who unlocked the bootloader through HTCDev. I called HTC, the rep asked for my IMEI number, and I got the activation email within 5 minutes. No mention of unlocked bootloaders. I guess it really depends on how laid back the rep is.
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Who knows too if there has been an internal policy change? HTC's website (I can't remember where) states that you are not eligible for the storage if you unlocked your bootloader. About a month ago, the threads I saw on this topic were more of a warning to get it first and then root or else you can't get it.
But since this phone has been out for 6 months and a lot of upfront costs are reduced (for me, I paid $0 to get it under TMO), a lot more people are getting this phone.
Plus Google changed the promo from 65GB to 100GB about a month ago...so it's possible that HTC has encountered higher-than-expected number of purchasers who unlocked the bootloader and also want the Google Drive storage. And maybe recently they have decided relax their restrictions... I am sure that those who were told no were angry. I know that had I ended up calling/chatting with HTC and they said "sorry, you unlocked your bootloader", I would have been very upset.
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Who knows too if there has been an internal policy change? HTC's website (I can't remember where) states that you are not eligible for the storage if you unlocked your bootloader. About a month ago, the threads I saw on this topic were more of a warning to get it first and then root or else you can't get it.
But since this phone has been out for 6 months and a lot of upfront costs are reduced (for me, I paid $0 to get it under TMO), a lot more people are getting this phone.
Plus Google changed the promo from 65GB to 100GB about a month ago...so it's possible that HTC has encountered higher-than-expected number of purchasers who unlocked the bootloader and also want the Google Drive storage. And maybe recently they have decided relax their restrictions... I am sure that those who were told no were angry. I know that had I ended up calling/chatting with HTC and they said "sorry, you unlocked your bootloader", I would have been very upset.
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Yeah policy change could definitely happened. Then again, I was dealing with HTC Canada, so that may have been the difference. I didn't even know the offer was changed to 100GB. Htc advantage website still said 65gb when I called htc to redeem the offer several weeks ago, and when I saw they gave me 100gb, I thought the extra space was their way of saying "sorry for trouble".
Just got my 100gb free through HTC chat. Very easy just needed my name phone number and email address :good:
Congratulations!
+100GB
added for 2 years
Go to Google Drive
But this guide is very much appreciated i was just hoping I wouldn't have to go this route. Thank you very much for taking the time to share
Less work necessary for me
i followed your great guide to redeem the Drive's extra space successfully however i only had to do the:
TEMPERED OUT Removed
UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER Removed
Running Viper without many stock apps
So i avoided all the returning to stock rom and nandroid backup.
Thanks again man
Hello,
thanks for this write-up! All you need to do is remove TAMPERED flag and LOCK bootloader. There is no need to go back to stock
Thanks one more time!
I was also able to get the offer after contacting the htc support via the live chat.
I didn't bothered with getting back to stock or anything - I just pinged them, was asked for my serial etc. and got an offer email with my 100GB.
No word about the htc dev token I have requested etc. - after about 3 minutes I received email stating that:
Based on your ticket ##TicketNumber## we have increased the storage space for your Google Drive account. In order to access the additional space, please visit the website via the link listed below.
and with the activation link...
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pastynko said:
Hello,
thanks for this write-up! All you need to do is remove TAMPERED flag and LOCK bootloader. There is no need to go back to stock
Thanks one more time!
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True - on my M7, it was all about the locked bootloader....
I've been combing the forums for a couple of weeks trying to get information about upgrading my old note 4 (Verizon, MarshMellow). I wanted to use the Lineage OS 18.1 but I can't find a way to unlock the bootloader. I've tried every method without success. None of the temp root programs seem to work. Odin gets close and then fails at the end. Same for ADB. I can't seem to get a clear answer to a question: Do you have to downgrade to 5.11 before attempting any of this? If so, how is that done on this phone? It is alluded to but not clearly stated anywhere. I'm willing to do the legwork, I just need a clear starting point.
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To unlock a device's bootloader it's NOT required device's Android is got rooted.
To flash a custom ROM like LOS you have to find a suitable custom Recovery for your device and flash this as 1st thing of all things.
Thanks for the response. That's what has been confusing. Most of the procedures I've read (some of them older) state the the first step is to temp root with Kingroot or similar. These don't work on my phone so I haven't gotten very far. Others want you to unlock the bootloader first. Same problem, can't find a way to to that in this phone that works. I'm pretty OCD so I'll keep searching.
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[Official] Note 4 Verizon Bootloader Unlock
Enjoy. Don't forget to thank beaups too, he discovered the eMMC backdoor and exploited it! UPDATE: [8/2/16] I have recompiled the binary to fix issues with older ROMs like 4.4. This should fix all the issues with "This is for samsung device...
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If you are using an SM-910 with a locked bootloader, like the 910V, then the answer is an unequivocal YES you must first unlock the bootloader before you can accomplish anything substantive with it, and to do that YES you must also downgrade to 5.1.1 to root it and unlock the bootloader. And your device must have a CID 15 eMMC chip to achieve any of this.