Here's a quick story for you all.
I just htcdev unlocked my wives surplus HTC desire HD, on that phone when you flash a new Rom it won't work unless you manually flash the boot.img via fastboot on your pc, every time you change your Rom . (apparently AAHK IS no longer available to properly s-off the DHD)
After that experience I feel blessed to be able to do almost anything to my legend without a pc and fastboot or adb cos it is a "LEGEND". Poor DHD USERS
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When I was in Vietnam, I once had to change roms on a bus overnight.
The simplicity of the Legend is something that I take for granted.
Also, on that same vacation, I compiled the gps fix .zip all by phone with root explorer
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Is it possible.
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I'm pretty sure it is but personally I wouldn't try it.
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If I remember correctly you can't. You need to be fully rooted meaning s-off. Basically s-off means radio sercurity off,among other things turned off. If you try to flash anything through clocklworkmod recovery without s-off,either nothing will happen or your phone will be bricked an you will have to buy a complete new phone. Best thing to do is fully root(s-off). If you need help rooting your phone,send me a pm,an ill help you out.
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If I remember correctly you can't. You need to be fully rooted meaning s-off. Basically s-off means radio sercurity off,among other things turned off. If you try to flash anything through clocklworkmod recovery without s-off,either nothing will happen or your phone will be bricked an you will have to buy a complete new phone. Best thing to do is fully root(s-off). If you need help rooting your phone,send me a pm,an ill help you out.
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You're right that you must be rooted to flash in recovery, but you do not flash radios in recovery. They are flashed in the bootloader, and I'm not sure root access is required to flash a PD15IMG.zip file in the bootloader. I'm leaning towards root not being required, but I don't know for sure. Might as well go ahead and try it. The worst that could happen is you get the "access denied" message and the installation aborts.
I was thinking that about the radio, I just flashed my first one. After having my phone rooted for 6months. Only reason why I said root the phone. Is to make sure he has full control over the phone. An it takes some risks out,some but not all.
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Yea, I was about to say you don't use cwm to flash a new radio but you got it. : P lol
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Thanks for all the feedback everyone. Its my girls phone, she wanted the latest but won't let me root it. (Personally I have no idea why) girls I tell ya. Haha. Thanks again everyone.
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If you ever need anymore help,feel free to send me a message.
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Radios can be flashed in bootloader - otherwise stock firmware updates wouldn't be able to upgrade radios - but they most probably need to be signed to be flashed by S-ON bootloader. In that case, the answer to the OP would be "no".
I know HTC have said they will give updates for 2011 models to unlock boot loader but why not the desire HD, also will there be any future ota updates for the desire HD in regards to Android and sence updates?
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They probably will eventually but I don't think it's a priority just like the ota updates. I think there might be one coming soon but it's not confirmed. Guessing sense 3.0,don't expect sense 3.5 pretty sure this would never happen.
You could always root your phone its an easy process.
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We already have an engineering hboot. Aka. eng s-off aka. unlocked bootloader.
Sent out of my Free-Candy-Van. Your kids are safe in there. Trust me.
Can we not just flash that to our phones and save all this downgrading stuff? Is it stable and usable?
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Since I bought my htc desire z unlocked I wanted opinions before I mess ith it since I have no warrenty through my provider. After I updated to 2.3 my htc sense kept restarting. And that was a while ago now my entire phone keeps freezing then reboot along with the sense issue. Htc says I need to factory reset it,but I'm worried that will relock my phone and I can't afford to pay to have it unlocked again. I don't wanna risk flashing a new rom,I have done it before but this desire z is my favorite phone I've ever had. Suggestions plz?
A factory reset should not remove your root and not to mention there are very detailed guides here that will help you root your phone without having to pay for anything. Browse around the forum abit.
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"Factory reset" = wipe data and cache..have to do that anytime you change roms so no it doesn't affect root or unlock. How did you install 2.3? When your phone is rooted the ota upgrade doesn't work
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Apparently hes not rooted hes just simunlocked dont worry u can wipe it and nothing will happen
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nonione said:
Apparently hes not rooted hes just simunlocked dont worry u can wipe it and nothing will happen
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Yes Its just simunlocked, So are you sure?
100 % sure doing a factory reset will not relock your phone, it only wipes all personal data,absolutely nothing to worry about mate
Just in case I end up having to send it in for repairs or replacement does anyone know where I can get find the cheapest most reliable place to get the unlock code?
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Root super cid and all that sim unlocks the phone am I wrong?
Just checked the wiki and yea subsidy unlock will do the same and you can be rooted, rommed etc
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Just checked the wiki and yea subsidy unlock will do the same and you can be rooted, rommed etc
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I'm sorry but huh??? My phone isn't rooted nor do I want it to be,just unlocked.
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Dragonmaster0430 said:
I'm sorry but huh??? My phone isn't rooted nor do I want it to be,just unlocked.
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The easiest way to unlock it is to root it using gfree. Besides, once you root, trust me, you will never go back to stock. It really does make the phone much better.
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Hello guys i rooted my evo4g prevosuly got damaged ordered a new one i accidently updated to my lastest htc soft which was a security fix from htc. I have tried the lastest ruu gives me an error tells me to find the correct rom any help would be appericated.
If your trying to root your phone you have to use HTCdev.com to unlock your bootloader then follow captain throwbacks guide to get s-off after unlocking the bootloader http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...-18-HBOOT-with-HTCDev-com-No-More-Watermark!-)
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Well I herd you have to root it using htc bootunlocker on htc. site this well not give a full root ( s- off ) and they blacklist your phone : (
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14u2c said:
Well I herd you have to root it using htc bootunlocker on htc. site this well not give a full root ( s- off ) and they blacklist your phone : (
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Well from what has been said, there's a work around to the HTC unlock which will allow downgrading of the bootloader. Once this happens you are good to go. I honestly don't think HTC is gunna report every phone that has been unlocked, through thier unlocker, to Sprint.
Building on the Framework of my other apps, I present to you my easy, quick and efficient Rooting solution for ANY HTC Device.
Check out the link for more info and Download:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1870652
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Going to check this out. Thanks
I wonder if,this would solve my issue....
Thank u!, gonna try it later.
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Does "any HTC device" include the Incredible 4G? We are having a lot of trouble with that one... Could use some help.
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Does "any HTC device" include the Incredible 4G? We are having a lot of trouble with that one... Could use some help.
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As long as the exploit has not been patched by HTC then it will work otherwise you need to dev-unlock and flash insecure boot.img then run HTC Quick Root.
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As long as the exploit has not been patched by HTC then it will work otherwise you need to dev-unlock and flash insecure boot.img then run HTC Quick Root.
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The Incredible 4G is locked up tight. We can't get root via any exploit, and dev unlock was only available for a short time after release, then was removed. Nobody can get s-off, either. I bought mine thinking dev unlock still worked, then found out that it was revoked the very next day. Needless to say we need help rooting.
Thanks for the effort, though. If you have any ideas on the Incredible 4G, please share on the threads over there. We really need help.
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I share your pain Captain. Stuck with the Inc4G myself with no s-off. Got it locked down tight, really missing my shift right about now
Doesn't work for the latest OTA of Evo Shift 4G. =/
There is a chance I might have done something wrong, but I have continuously tried different ways so I highly doubt it.