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Hi everyone I have been a long time lurker here and need a bit of help please.
I was trying to unlock my GT I9505 via the service menu but I accidentally deleted my EFS folder so now my IMEI shows just /02 and nothing else.
Is there any way to restore this or can anyone log on to my PC and do something I have no problem making a Paypal donation in order to sort this.
I appreciate your help.
Mal.
truckermal said:
could i use a s3 for that or s2??
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don't do this
Any suggestions to fix this anyone?
Truckermal said:
Any suggestions to fix this anyone?
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Get it to Service Centre to repair
Joku1981 said:
Get it to Service Centre to repair
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Hi I done that but they cannot fix it as the phone was rooted, the only thing they will do is install a new board which costs nearly as much as the phone. Is there any tool available to fix it by PC?
Cheers.
Truckermal said:
Hi I done that but they cannot fix it as the phone was rooted, the only thing they will do is install a new board which costs nearly as much as the phone. Is there any tool available to fix it by PC?
Cheers.
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If the phone is rooted and they dont wanna fix it then go ahead ,flash stock rom and do reset / factory reset to make it back to official roms to get back to warranty , Im sure your phone still has warranty? . Or you can try this one
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If the phone is rooted and they dont wanna fix it then go ahead ,flash stock rom and do reset / factory reset to make it back to official roms to get back to warranty , Im sure your phone still has warranty? .
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The knox counter is 0x1 though and they have a record of the IMEI now..
Truckermal said:
The knox counter is 0x1 though and they have a record of the IMEI now..
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I really dont understand why would you send your phone rooted to the service center hehe Kiddin , try this method if its gonna work . If not Im sure alot of xda member's Willl help to continue to resolve this issue. have a nice day.
Repulsa said:
I really dont understand why would you send your phone rooted to the service center hehe Kiddin , try this method if its gonna work . If not Im sure alot of xda member's Willl help to continue to resolve this issue. have a nice day.
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OK thanks very much for your help, if it works I will send you on beer tokens!
Hey guys, so I bought a used LG G2 D800 used and wanted to unlock it, but sadly it is locked permanently...
Now I am wondering if there is any other way to unlock the phone, because otherwise I have no use for it and the money would be completely wasted
I have already searched for solutions online but I wasn't able to find a solution.
Hope you guys can help me
Regards battlemaxi
battlemaxi said:
Hey guys, so I bought a used LG G2 D800 used and wanted to unlock it, but sadly it is locked permanently...
Now I am wondering if there is any other way to unlock the phone, because otherwise I have no use for it and the money would be completely wasted
I have already searched for solutions online but I wasn't able to find a solution.
Hope you guys can help me
Regards battlemaxi
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why it cant be unlocked?
Because the number of tries to unlock it have been surpassed.. probably by the owner before me :S
battlemaxi said:
Because the number of tries to unlock it have been surpassed.. probably by the owner before me :S
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OOHHH the phone . i tought you menat carrier.. i think its posible.. if you flash stock LG firmware..
now the question is is it really a at&t d800 phone?? some phone were refurbished and used different motherboards.. so phone says is d800 all aaround it and inside phone.. the only way to know uis by looking underneath the motherboard... this is if its been refurbished.. or was bought from ebay.. ect.... but if you want to try to go back to stock use this guide .. am not responsible for brick okey. read carefully. assuming you have a d800.. if falshed and all works correctly no ghost touch or touch screen having funny behaviour then you must check for variant.. if you want to go aheas and go back use this guide. read what you dont understand just ask, this will wipe everything in phone and leave it as new.. no traces.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65643825&postcount=4
The phone was advertised as refurbished. Should I just follow the guide you linked or should I first make sure which Model/Motherboard I am working with ?
Thanks alot for the help so far
battlemaxi said:
The phone was advertised as refurbished. Should I just follow the guide you linked or should I first make sure which Model/Motherboard I am working with ?
Thanks alot for the help so far
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First make sure what variant you really have.. then we can proceed with flashing..
you will know by looking underneath motherboard. pay no attention to other parts.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/general/warning-to-people-bought-phones-ebay-t2991195
I am fed up with MIUI, and I want to revert back to stock Android. Usually when you root your phone you lose your warranty. But, I have heard that if you root a Xiaomi phone you don't lose your warranty. Is this correct or some hoax?
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I am fed up with MIUI, and I want to revert back to stock Android. Usually when you root your phone you lose your warranty. But, I have heard that if you root a Xiaomi phone you don't lose your warranty. Is this correct or some hoax?
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Yes its correct...
Sent from my Redmi Note 4 using Tapatalk
irfan1727 said:
Yes its correct...
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So if I Unlock the bootloader , root my phone, install a custom recovery & install a custom rom, I won't lose my warranty at all?
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So if I Unlock the bootloader , root my phone, install a custom recovery & install a custom rom, I won't lose my warranty at all?
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No u won't lose warranty...
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No u won't lose warranty...
Sent from my Redmi Note 4 using Tapatalk
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Rooting your phone and unlocking your bootloader is one thing.
When you try flashing the wrong ROM and brick your phone, it's a completely different story and no company in the world will give you warranty in that case
Just don't overclock your CPU and always keep the Stock ROM ready on your computer. And make a full nandroid backup using TWRP, before you flash any ROM, update or ZIP using the recovery
As long you get the right exact files for your model, verify the integrity before flashing, the chance to hard-brick is almost zero :fingers-crossed: Additionally, fully charge the battery before flashing anything. So you have enough time for rescue attempts, In case you turn into a heavy bootloop and cannot charge the phone
I hope that mine arrives soon, cant await to check out my new phone with Resurrection Remix :angel:
Damn that they cannot produce in enough quantities because the high demand I suggest to first use the phone for a week, check if every component is fine.
And also, If done right, you can re-flash and re-lock the bootloader, like when the camera isn't working and you want to return the phone for warranty process
MyCake said:
Just don't overclock your CPU and always keep the Stock ROM ready on your computer. And make a full nandroid backup using TWRP, before you flash any ROM, update or ZIP using the recovery
As long you get the right exact files for your model, verify the integrity before flashing, the chance to hard-brick is almost zero :fingers-crossed: Additionally, fully charge the battery before flashing anything. So you have enough time for rescue attempts, In case you turn into a heavy bootloop and cannot charge the phone
I hope that mine arrives soon, cant await to check out my new phone with Resurrection Remix :angel:
Damn that they cannot produce in enough quantities because the high demand I suggest to first use the phone for a week, check if every component is fine.
And also, If done right, you can re-flash and re-lock the bootloader, like when the camera isn't working and you want to return the phone for warranty process
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Thank you but I know these stuff. Just wasn't sure about the Xiaomi warranty policy ?
How you getting the warranty ?
I dont know where u r living but I am in Europe and would like to know how warranty works for here ?
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I am fed up with MIUI, and I want to revert back to stock Android. Usually when you root your phone you lose your warranty. But, I have heard that if you root a Xiaomi phone you don't lose your warranty. Is this correct or some hoax?
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1sin1 said:
How you getting the warranty ?
I dont know where u r living but I am in Europe and would like to know how warranty works for here ?
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what warranty? chinese promise ?? you should be aware that with this kind of phone your resources of getting your phone fixed is quite limited. other than buying a replacement part and doing it yourself that is.
endrancer said:
what warranty? chinese promise ?? you should be aware that with this kind of phone your resources of getting your phone fixed is quite limited. other than buying a replacement part and doing it yourself that is.
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I am still thinking about buying it or not but I had already prepared myself to not having warranty but then when i saw this post I thought maybe there is sth. that i dont know about chinese thrustworthy
(other option is p10 lite with a bit more money but then have warranty and stuff) (still not sure)
1sin1 said:
I am still thinking about buying it or not but I had already prepared myself to not having warranty but then when i saw this post I thought maybe there is sth. that i dont know about chinese thrustworthy
(other option is p10 lite with a bit more money but then have warranty and stuff) (still not sure)
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huawai is also chinese company, the only difference is that they have retail business expanded to other countries where there usually cooperate with retailers and have some sort of service station. basically your contact is always where you buy your device, and they will handle it for you. i recently got my redmi and it's a pretty awesome device for the money it costs. quality wise it's on par to other devices. while you pay alot of money for a chinese brand phone... i am not to sure if it's worth it. it's like they are produced next to xiaomi production site anyhow...
i mean they have quality control and stuff so getting a faulty device is pretty slim, other than that if you crack your screen service doesn't really help alot as well because they charge too much money, other than that redmi note 4 is pretty easy to repair so if there is something going on you are free to try it yourself.
1sin1 said:
How you getting the warranty ?
I dont know where u r living but I am in Europe and would like to know how warranty works for here ?
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I live in India and they sell phones officially here. We don't have to export xiaomi phones here. So if they are selling phones here so they might have service centres where we can fix our phones. I am talking about that warranty ?
1sin1 said:
I am still thinking about buying it or not but I had already prepared myself to not having warranty but then when i saw this post I thought maybe there is sth. that i dont know about chinese thrustworthy
(other option is p10 lite with a bit more money but then have warranty and stuff) (still not sure)
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I think you should buy this phone because it is worth every penny. Other than Miui (that you can change) everything is perfect imo.
Then I guess only logical upper version to think about would be LG G5 SE .. Huawei is not an option anymore while its camera also not that quality also i guess
So 180 euro or 320 euro
Thanks for answers
They Have Pick Mi Services which Is Doorstep Delivery (In India),
No need to worry about Service Centers.
Noter2017 said:
Rooting your phone and unlocking your bootloader is one thing.
When you try flashing the wrong ROM and brick your phone, it's a completely different story and no company in the world will give you warranty in that case
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Dude I had a Samsung device which hard bricks within warranty period and I said at service center that my device is not booting they just replace the motherboard for free as there is no way to detect whether I rooted the device...
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So if I Unlock the bootloader , root my phone, install a custom recovery & install a custom rom, I won't lose my warranty at all?
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Dude! Warranty does gets void when you flash a custom recovery/rom on xiaomi devices!
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Dude! Warranty does gets void when you flash a custom recovery/rom on xiaomi devices!
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But you can reinstall the stock rom and the recovery. The only question is the bootloader Unlock.
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But you can reinstall the stock rom and the recovery. The only question is the bootloader Unlock.
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You can lock it by typing
fastboot oem lock
In the fastboot mode via cmd or flash the stock rom and select lock bootloader!
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You can lock it by typing
fastboot oem lock
In the fastboot mode via cmd or flash the stock rom and select lock bootloader!
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Ya then the problem is solved
Hi guys, this is a difficult one.
I have a buddy who really shouldnt be playing around with his phone. He has a samsung galaxy S8 on EE. He decided to root it because he wanted to recover some deleted files from it. Obviously its voided the warranty.
The trouble is a few weeks after he rooted it its now showing no service. Just to make matters difficult hes now played around trying to fix it. It is no longer rooted and it has the samsung official firmware on it. Theres no files on the internal storage to give clues to what he actually did and to make matters worse he has no idea what he actually did to root it. He seems very unclear on what he did or why he needed to root it.. Not a good start.
I have put a sim in it and it does ask what network the sim is on but says no service.
The trouble here is I am not sure where is best to start and I want to review my options before fiddling too much.
So far
I have flashed the stock firmware from Sam knows.
Also factory reset before and after.
Checked Knox status. Showing warranty void.
Currently not rooted and was not when I first got it
IMEI number is still present.
Tried multiple sim cards. 2 on EE and one on giffgaff
Phone storage is blank as if phone is new.
Phones owner mentioned twrp but bootloader is currently stock
Have you checked to see if the phone still has an imei number. He may have messed that up. If he has. Unless he's backed up his efs partition, ( think that's what it's called ) then he may have an expensive small tablet Instead of a phone...
Yes it still has an IMEI
download stock firmware from Sammobile and flash stock, then see, could also be problem with sim card...
I have tried flashing a sock ROM this morning. Also tried more than one sun card. Same result.
Maybe the phone has been locked by carrier ? some carriers do that if a customer is not paying subscribtion. Where did he get his s8 ?
Have you heard of that happening in the UK. As far as I was aware these days in the UK the phone is considered your property.
If it has been blocked like that could I get it unblocked?
Are you sure, the IMEI displayed is correct? Because it sounds like an IMEI brick, my old Galaxy S3 had the same issue.
It's IMEI became a generic one, that didn't match the original one on the box.
Ok I'll check with the owner. See if he still has the box. Is there anywhere else I could find the IMEI if he has thrown the box
You can try checking the bill of his S8. I bought my S8 on contract in a local retail store and got a bill, that included the IMEI.
EDIT: I just checked, the IMEI can also be found imprinted on the rear glass on the bottom.
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Ok I'll check with the owner. See if he still has the box. Is there anywhere else I could find the IMEI if he has thrown the box
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You can check the status of an imei number online, there's a few websites that do it, it will tell you if it's been blacklisted or not.
I'm from the UK and I didn't pay my bill for 3 months once and they never blocked my phone, just deactivated my aim service until I eventually paid. So there's something dodgy going on tbh, how did this person purchase this phone?
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You can check the status of an imei number online, there's a few websites that do it, it will tell you if it's been blacklisted or not.
I'm from the UK and I didn't pay my bill for 3 months once and they never blocked my phone, just deactivated my aim service until I eventually paid. So there's something dodgy going on tbh, how did this person purchase this phone?
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I have just checked it on imeipro.info.
It is showing as clean and the IMEI number is correct.
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I have just checked it on imeipro.info.
It is showing as clean and the IMEI number is correct.
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I actually have no idea what else to suggest, if you've factory reset it, flashed firmware via odin and checked imei and all is okay then I'm unsure what else you can try. Usually issues with service is down to efs which leaves you win a corrupt imei but this is all okay for you. Can you ding out what software build was flashed? The build number.
subscription ended???
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subscription ended???
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not sure what you mean by that?
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I actually have no idea what else to suggest, if you've factory reset it, flashed firmware via odin and checked imei and all is okay then I'm unsure what else you can try. Usually issues with service is down to efs which leaves you win a corrupt imei but this is all okay for you. Can you ding out what software build was flashed? The build number.
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Sadly not. Browser history has been cleared and files have been deleted. He said it had been running fine for about a month so not sure from memory which one he used. He knows he used TWRP to root it but thats about it. Does not sound like he really understands the process, just used google and skipped through without reading.
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Sadly not. Browser history has been cleared and files have been deleted. He said it had been running fine for about a month so not sure from memory which one he used. He knows he used TWRP to root it but thats about it. Does not sound like he really understands the process, just used google and skipped through without reading.
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Hmm I mean no offense to your friend there, but the root process is so simple not sure how he managed messed it up tbh, but it is what it is. If you're able to contact him get him to go to settings-about phone-software information. In this section it will show what firmware build he has, there has to be more to this.
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Hmm I mean no offense to your friend there, but the root process is so simple not sure how he managed messed it up tbh, but it is what it is. If you're able to contact him get him to go to settings-about phone-software information. In this section it will show what firmware build he has, there has to be more to this.
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Its not so much a matter of whats on it now. Its more a matter of what was on it when it died.
Currently
Baseband version G950FXXU1AQ17
Build Number NRD90M.G950FXXU1AQ17
Anything else on there that might be useful
The one I have on it now is the one I flashed via ODIN
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Its not so much a matter of whats on it now. Its more a matter of what was on it when it died.
Currently
Baseband version G950FXXU1AQ17
Build Number NRD90M.G950FXXU1AQ17
Anything else on there that might be useful
The one I have on it now is the one I flashed via ODIN
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That's the latest firmware available, the only last thing I could suggest is to use Samsung smart switch software and do a firmware recovery. If after that it doesn't work then I am all out if ideas.
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Hmm I mean no offense to your friend there, but the root process is so simple not sure how he managed messed it up tbh, but it is what it is. If you're able to contact him get him to go to settings-about phone-software information. In this section it will show what firmware build he has, there has to be more to this.
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Oh and lets face it offence is deserved right now.
If you intend to do basically anything with this phone I highly recommend unlocking the bootloader and leaving it in that state always. Especially do this before accepting any kind of beta ota because you might not be able to roll back without bootloader unlock. Do not for any reason try locking your bootloader again unless a rom you are using specifically says to do so like Copperhead or you may end up semi or hardbricking your device. Having and leaving your bootloader unlocked also makes it possible to recover from almost every single possible problem that can arise with the device on a firmware/os level.
Yes,
Recent Non Beta OTA Update also Ruined the Phone. Since the Device was Locked it turned into a Useless Brick Now.
So its Strongly advisable to keep the Developer Mode on with USB Debugging ON and Allow Boot-loader Unlock Option ON at-least.
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Yes,
Recent Non Beta OTA Update also Ruined the Phone. Since the Device was Locked it turned into a Useless Brick Now.
So its Strongly advisable to keep the Developer Mode on with USB Debugging ON and Allow Boot-loader Unlock Option ON at-least.
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This is mostly the problem I'm referring to as I've now seen like 5 people who are stuck with a broken ota or are stuck on beta with no way off
I bought a second hand Pixel phone(small version) this summer and it came with locked bootloader. But i live in Russia now, so i dont use verizon. Is there any way to unlock bootloader on verizon phone? Android 8.1 last release
Karolei said:
I bought a second hand Pixel phone(small version) this summer and it came with locked bootloader. But i live in Russia now, so i dont use verizon. Is there any way to unlock bootloader on verizon phone? Android 8.1 last release
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Doesn't matter where you are, but there is a post or two on here talking about a guy who can unlock it using remote access and installing flexihub on your machine. If you wanna try it make a windows VM real quick and wipe ur phone after you back everything up that you need
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Doesn't matter where you are, but there is a post or two on here talking about a guy who can unlock it using remote access and installing flexihub on your machine. If you wanna try it make a windows VM real quick and wipe ur phone after you back everything up that you need
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Can you give me a link to this thread or to this guy?
Karolei said:
Can you give me a link to this thread or to this guy?
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Literally first non-stickied thread in q&a
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Literally first non-stickied thread in q&a
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Oh, you are right, sorry. Thank you!
Karolei said:
Oh, you are right, sorry. Thank you!
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No problem my dude. Make sure to do this in a sandbox environment please. Have fun
Karolei said:
I bought a second hand Pixel phone(small version) this summer and it came with locked bootloader. But i live in Russia now, so i dont use verizon. Is there any way to unlock bootloader on verizon phone? Android 8.1 last release
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today，i spand 150￥ on chinese Taobao.he let my 8.1 verzon pixel unlock,its amazing,i found all bbs ,only fine one way to unlock，our phone need S-OFF S-OFF S-OFF（importance say third）s-off need our chinese is king-card，i dont know what speak in english（Key words：S-ON S-OFF htc） through it to return android 7.1 （sorry my english is pool，but i think you can understand，wish you an early unlock）
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today，i spand 150￥ on chinese Taobao.he let my 8.1 verzon pixel unlock,its amazing,i found all bbs ,only fine one way to unlock，our phone need S-OFF S-OFF S-OFF（importance say third）s-off need our chinese is king-card，i dont know what speak in english（Key words：S-ON S-OFF htc） through it to return android 7.1 （sorry my english is pool，but i think you can understand，wish you an early unlock）
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Do You have bootloader unlocked now?
And how you did it? remote over internet?
can you post link no this service?
KittyRgnarok said:
This is mostly the problem I'm referring to as I've now seen like 5 people who are stuck with a broken ota or are stuck on beta with no way off
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Can you explain this further please, are you saying regular update can brick the phone?
invisibles said:
Can you explain this further please, are you saying regular update can brick the phone?
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A misparsed or improperly fetched OTA can semi-brick a phone yes. It can also happen when the manufacturer or carrier push a broken update. Both scenarios have happened many times with lg and Samsung phones for example