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Unfortunately my friends EVO 3D's digitizer is going insane and randomly selecting things on the screen. He needs to take it in but I'm not sure how Sprint will handle it with it being S-OFF and all. I can return it to a unrooted ROM but I wouldn't want to mess with the HBOOT etc if I didn't have to.
Has anybody taken their EVO 3D in with S-OFF and got repairs done on it?
They will work on phones with s-off as long as you are on a stock rom. Actually, most of the time the techs wont even check to see if you are s-off, but just at least return to the latest stock rom
I work at a preferred service and repair store and we haven't even received parts for the 3d yet. We have been told soon. I'd assume that they will ae (advanced exchange) it for you. Just to be sure I'd unroot. But many have said they send phones back all the time rooted.
My wife just had the screen replaced on her Evo4G, which was rooted, had one of Miks roms installed, and the splash screen was changed. They didn't say anything.
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They will work on phones with s-off as long as you are on a stock rom. Actually, most of the time the techs wont even check to see if you are s-off, but just at least return to the latest stock rom
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Thanks for the reply sitlet. I will get it back to a stock rom.
I am downloading the 2.17 stock RUU now. I can run the RUU and extract the zip out. In there remove at least the hboot and recovery... will that work. Do they work on phones with custom recoveries as well?
I extracted the ROM.zip out of the 2.17 RUU. Then I extracted everything out of the ROM.zip and removed hboot 1.5. Repackaged it back into a zip. So this should be good to go on flashing from the bootloader? The phone currently has a 2.08 rooted ROM on it.
I have had phones replaced with s-off and got a 150$ trade in with my og EVO. All were stock roms. I always keep a stock ROM on my SD card just in case I have to pop into a store and have them look at something
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I took mine in rooted with stock rom. They replaced the screen no questions asked. However, it was alerting for an update which I knew would update the hboot. They gave it back saying they were sorry that they didn't update it for me since I didn't leave the sd card in it. So, if is signaling to be updated, don't give it to them with the card in it.
Don't worry about the phone being rooted when you take it in. That shouldn't matter. Just flash clean ROM or something similar. Just a stock rooted ROM and you'll be fine. They won't even know the difference all they are doing is replacing hardware.
And ditto on the SD card. Leave that out so they can't download any updates. I would probably even be straight forward with them and tell them you don't want them to update anything because you need the HBOOT unlocked in order to do dev work for qualcom. When they ask what you are doing just say your contract does not allow you to discuss details. They won't bother you about it.
We never even go into recovery, my store manager and repair tech had no idea what s-off was until I started...
Awesome. Thanks for all the replies everybody.
I downloaded the 2.17 RUU and extracted the rom.zip out of it. Then removed the hboot 1.5 and repacked the zip and flashed. Got it flashed back to stock 2.17 and he is going to take it into sprint tomorrow.
Anybody know what Sprints policy is on water damage stickers? My phone had got some water on it awhile back and the water stickers are red. The phone works fine and everything, I just hope I don't have this digitizer issue and need it repaired. I've got TEP but would sprint work on it if the water sticker is red?
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Awesome. Thanks for all the replies everybody.
I downloaded the 2.17 RUU and extracted the rom.zip out of it. Then removed the hboot 1.5 and repacked the zip and flashed. Got it flashed back to stock 2.17 and he is going to take it into sprint tomorrow.
Anybody know what Sprints policy is on water damage stickers? My phone had got some water on it awhile back and the water stickers are red. The phone works fine and everything, I just hope I don't have this digitizer issue and need it repaired. I've got TEP but would sprint work on it if the water sticker is red?
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It depends on the store. If the water stickers are red then they can reject it. Most techs will look for signs of water damage on the board. If they find water damage on the board most will send you to the insurance company. Just give a shot and see what happens.
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I'm hoping to head over there tonight but was wondering
If I flash RUU 2.17 will it also update my bootloader?
Thanks
cjackxiii said:
I'm hoping to head over there tonight but was wondering
If I flash RUU 2.17 will it also update my bootloader?
Thanks
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Yes, if you run the 2.17 RUU it will update your bootloader. If you are already S-OFF from revolutionary you will be fine though. You can downgrade back from 1.5 to 1.4. If you want to keep hboot 1.4 and return to a stock non-rooted ROM, you'll need to extract the rom.zip out of the RUU and remove HBOOT. Or i guess I could upload what I made if you want it.
Unfortunately, if the water indicators went off, they will likely not work on it at all. That's the FIRST thing every tech will look at. And it doesn't matter if you say it only got a little wet, they wont believe you.
Well my friend took his EVO 3D out to sprint and they replaced the whole LCD/digitizer. Luckily someone had returned a pretty much brand new EVO 3D. So the tech just swapped it out.
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Yes, if you run the 2.17 RUU it will update your bootloader. If you are already S-OFF from revolutionary you will be fine though. You can downgrade back from 1.5 to 1.4. If you want to keep hboot 1.4 and return to a stock non-rooted ROM, you'll need to extract the rom.zip out of the RUU and remove HBOOT. Or i guess I could upload what I made if you want it.
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I too am a victim of an hboot 1.5 replacement... If I try to downgrade to 1.4, obviously not knowing if the previous owner was rooted... Would it cause any problems, you know, in the event it was never previously rooted?
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if you are s-off(unlikely) then ya you can downgrade. but if you are s-on even if it was s-off from the last person and you are 1.5 there is no way to get it back. htc more than likely put it back to s-on before handing it your way. oh and you can still unlock the bootloader and gain root. but you have to unlock through htc.
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I too am a victim of an hboot 1.5 replacement... If I try to downgrade to 1.4, obviously not knowing if the previous owner was rooted... Would it cause any problems, you know, in the event it was never previously rooted?
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You can't downgrade unless you have s-off, and you can't get s-ff with a 1.50 hboot.
All depends on the Sprint store. My last visit to a Sprint store the reps told me I had too many apps on my phone and most of them were bad. And I had a rooted phone because I had a Sense skin and Widget Locker running.
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So I have a possbile bad digitizer and wanted to return to stock before going to sprint. Phone shipped with 1.13 and 1.40 bootloader. I rooted s-off with revolutionary.
I downloaded the 1.13 ruu and tried to run it. It looked fine but then returned an error it couldnt complete. I assumed I had to set security to on first and ran the command "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" without quotes. When I rebooted bootloader it then said s-on. I then rebooted system and now I seem to have a paper weight. The phone will not turn on or when plugged in the charging LED does nothing.
I do notice if I pull the battery and put it back in, the charging led is very very faint.
Is this phone now hard bricked or is there anyway to fix it?
uhhh try taking the battery out for like 10 mins and then try again. And if all fails again try running another ruu
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I do notice if I pull the battery and put it back in, the charging led is very very faint.
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Could it be that the battery is dead and needs to be charge...
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So I have a possbile bad digitizer and wanted to return to stock before going to sprint. Phone shipped with 1.13 and 1.40 bootloader. I rooted s-off with revolutionary.
I downloaded the 1.13 ruu and tried to run it. It looked fine but then returned an error it couldnt complete. I assumed I had to set security to on first and ran the command "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" without quotes. When I rebooted bootloader it then said s-on. I then rebooted system and now I seem to have a paper weight. The phone will not turn on or when plugged in the charging LED does nothing.
I do notice if I pull the battery and put it back in, the charging led is very very faint.
Is this phone now hard bricked or is there anyway to fix it?
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Your bricked??? That's awesome! How many tries did it take you?
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splink7007 said:
So I have a possbile bad digitizer and wanted to return to stock before going to sprint. Phone shipped with 1.13 and 1.40 bootloader. I rooted s-off with revolutionary.
I downloaded the 1.13 ruu and tried to run it. It looked fine but then returned an error it couldnt complete. I assumed I had to set security to on first and ran the command "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" without quotes. When I rebooted bootloader it then said s-on. I then rebooted system and now I seem to have a paper weight. The phone will not turn on or when plugged in the charging LED does nothing.
I do notice if I pull the battery and put it back in, the charging led is very very faint.
Is this phone now hard bricked or is there anyway to fix it?
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the phone doesnt turn on at all or wont boot up?....can you boot into hboot?
if you can get to the bootloader, we can fix it. if you cant, its a wrap unfortunately.
press and hold volume down & power with the phone off to get into bootloader.
phone would not boot at all. Not even to bootloader.
Had to get a refurb from Sprint yersterday
thats not a bad thing. refurbished devices are repaired by hand and are hand tested before being sold again. your device might be better than mine.
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phone would not boot at all. Not even to bootloader.
Had to get a refurb from Sprint yersterday
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My guess is you spanked your old one dunno how tho ..
Reaper midnight blue .
Hello!
When you put it to charger,the led turn red and after a sec turn off?
Put the camera button and the power together.
I had the some problem and I solved with this trick after 2-3 times.
P.s.: sorry for my English.
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manos_23 said:
Hello!
When you put it to charger,the led turn red and after a sec turn off?
Put the camera button and the power together.
I had the some problem and I solved with this trick after 2-3 times.
P.s.: sorry for my English.
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Lol he ended up getting a refurb cause the other one was spanked.
Try starting from step 3 in unknownforce's downgrade guide. Step 3 is UNbrick so it might just save you
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It is possible to fix but first you would have to download the original ruu or close to it there floating around in here check the CDMA development section I found mine in the GSM development I'm sure you can't find it and if you do keep a copy on your desktop or laptop incase of emergency such as this good luck
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Try taking the battery for ten minutes and when you put the battery back in see if you can boot into bootloader that way.
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So, long story short, took the Phone into Sprint so they could look at my headphone jack (was cracked and left ear bud would constantly cut in and out) because its acting up.
Gave the Tech the phone without the battery in it (since he didn’t need to power up the device to clearly see the headphone jack has a huge crack in it) but I left my SD card installed. As he was walking away, I asked him if I could remove my SD card and he let me, then seen that I gave him the phone without a battery. So, I ended up giving it to him (praying he didn’t turn it on and see ViperBoys sick ass ROM booting up) and he accidently pressed the power button turning the phone on. Promptly short after, he removed the battery when the phone was on the HTC screen, didn’t even get the boot animation. I was like OHH $h!t, that gonna mess up my phone & sure as $h!t, it did… Just loops in and out of that screen resetting each time with a little vibrate then looping.
I can get into Fastboot and use ADB, I’ve flashed RUU’s, put Stock image on root of SD and let recovery restore (losing my CWM & my HBOOT 1.400), unlocked, relocked, wiped, thrown, and screamed at it with no luck.
I did do a CWM backup before even setting foot in the Store, so I do have a backup. The 1st thing I tried was restoring it through CWM recovery and that didn’t stop the looping. I can still get into fastboot via power + vol down and adb functionality is still there.
HBOOT is 1.50 and s-on is enabled..
Been reading through threads since lunch and tried many different solutions without success. It seems once a phone is this far gone, people stop responding.
Anyone have any ideas?
New phone will be here tomorrow (free of coarse courtesy of Sprint insurance) but I’ve been without a phone all day and most of yesterday. I’d like to get this one back to stock and booting before I trade it in for the replacement tomorrow
So you ran an RUU and it still didnt work? And you're sure the RUU SUCCESSFULLY ran without any parts of it failing right?
If that's true, there's no hope AFAIK. Try to get it not to show the bootanimation by bricking it further.
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So you ran an RUU and it still didnt work? And you're sure the RUU SUCCESSFULLY ran without any parts of it failing right?
If that's true, there's no hope AFAIK. Try to get it not to show the bootanimation by bricking it further.
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Yup, RUU ran though fine and finished without error. Thing has been rooted since Revolutionary came out with the 1st rooting scheme for the 3D.. Flashed tons of ROM's never had this problem.
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Yup, RUU ran though fine and finished without error. Thing has been rooted since Revolutionary came out with the 1st rooting scheme for the 3D.. Flashed tons of ROM's never had this problem.
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My only explanation is that while he removed the battery some of your hardware got borked. This can't possibly be a software issue.
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My only explanation is that while he removed the battery some of your hardware got borked. This can't possibly be a software issue.
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BUMMER! In case the question comes up I ran "RUU_Shooter_S_Sprint_WWE_2.17.651.5_Radio_1.06.00.1216_NV_NV_spcs_1.42_release_233304_signed" and it ran just fine.
Hmm, hardware issue. Dont see how I can check for that if it doesnt boot.
Guess I'll just have to wait for the new Phone
try to fastboot oem lock it from fastboot. Then RUU, see if that works.
Why even get this one to work if you are getting a replacement?
Sprint is just going to put the phone back to stock....
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try to fastboot oem lock it from fastboot. Then RUU, see if that works.
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The HTC unlock went as expected. Followed the directions to the "T", then relocked, checked in fastboot (not that I could check anywhere else, LOL) and the phone says "*** RELOCKED***". Ran 2.17.651.5 RUU successfully to the finish. Still looping
WEIRD!
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Why even get this one to work if you are getting a replacement?
Sprint is just going to put the phone back to stock....
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Because I just want to know WTF happened!!! Had this Phone since release, abused\used the hell out of it by flashing ROMs constantly, restoring backups, tethering like crazy, emailing, texting, FBing...
No reason for it to crap out on me from a simple mistake, not even of my responsibility, lol!
The only issue I've had with this Phone is that damn headphone jack 1/2 way failing..
Got new phone, terrified to even think about trying to flash new ROM though
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Got new phone, terrified to even think about trying to flash new ROM though
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LULZ
Same problem with me happened.. Except I had hboot 1.5 and I went one month or two without rooting because I was scared to brick it. I ended up rooting it with desperation and I found my one true love ZR3D rom.
BEAUTIFUL, FAST, plus 4.0 skins ;D. Do it man
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Threevo said:
LULZ
Same problem with me happened.. Except I had hboot 1.5 and I went one month or two without rooting because I was scared to brick it. I ended up rooting it with desperation and I found my one true love ZR3D rom.
BEAUTIFUL, FAST, plus 4.0 skins ;D. Do it man
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DONT TEMPT ME DAMMIT! lol! Just been without a phone for almost 3 days. I'm also seeing a lot of new threads about people experiencing what I've gone through.
Woops, sprint\HTC! once again rooted, and running viperROM.... SWWWWWET!
HBOOT 1.5 and s-on is a *****!
Not to mention... But in Linux, I never got revo recovery to flash... You can do it in windows just do it via fastboot.
Took my Orig cwm bsckup "recovery" & "boot" .img and threw them @ the phone via command prompt.
After cwm was restored, I restored my 4\29\2012 backup that I made before I entered the Sprint store, now my phone is back to the exact same way
It was. Pretty Damn sweet!
So much info here!! I'm truly thankful!!!
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Please help read!!
So my HTC amaze died on me about 2 days ago I was listening to my music in my car connected through Bluetooth then a cop passed by and everything shut off haha coincidence haha anyway went home had no service like absolutely nothing thought nothing of it and went to sleep, next morning still nothing and ever since now its dead. Called HTC they said most likely its T-Mobile not the phone but they sent me a replacement back cover (which is cool) because the antennas are on the back anyway I know this isn't the problem because even without the back cover you can still get signal. So I took phone to T-Mobile put new sim tested and nothing so now I know its the phone not T-Mobile. Anyway my question is how can I prepare to send back to T-Mobile I have relocked phone put stock recovery and put leaked ics Rom. So is that bad that it sais relocked and bad if I'm using leaked ics rom I know its voids warrenty when it sais relocked but my software and phone everything works perfect its just the signal so will they fix it? And when I send in could I send phone with a eBay bought battery not HTC one so they could send me a new battery or should I send only HTC battery, phone, and back cover. And also is there any fix for this so I don't have to send in? Please help thanks
You can install official ruu and that will update and install your hboot to locked, which is what tells them if it's locked or relocked. If you don't know how to do this you need to read. Also I've been hearing that ever since s off became available they are considering as voiding warranty not sure if this has taken effect yet or if it matters but just to be sure if your s off read the section that tells you how to s on.
Now before you send have you tried toggling airplane mode on and off ? Still no signal? Flash the official ruu usually fixes these issues. If still no signal then I suggest you send it in.
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You can install official ruu and that will update and install your hboot to locked, which is what tells them if it's locked or relocked. If you don't know how to do this you need to read. Also I've been hearing that ever since s off became available they are considering as voiding warranty not sure if this has taken effect yet or if it matters but just to be sure if your s off read the section that tells you how to s on.
Now before you send have you tried toggling airplane mode on and off ? Still no signal? Flash the official ruu usually fixes these issues. If still no signal then I suggest you send it in.
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It's still gonna say relocked, the only way he can get it back to "locked", is if he s-off's the device, once s-off is successful, it automatically puts it as locked all over again, he can leave it as lock, restore a stock ruu, then using, use the command: fastboot writesecureflag 3, that will s-on the device along with everything else being complete stock.
Hmm ya I know how to ruu wich I did but I ruu the ics leak and now everything's stock accept that it sais relocked and want to know if that's gonna be a problem for warrenty when I send it in? It shouldnt since its not software problem? And ya hear how to s off just don't want to try wire trick and all that. And yep tryed turning off and on airplane mode turning off radio taking T-Mobile to change sim cards have original stock Rom tryed *#*#4636#*#* all those tricks but nothing.
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It's still gonna say relocked, the only way he can get it back to "locked", is if he s-off's the device, once s-off is successful, it automatically puts it as locked all over again, he can leave it as lock, restore a stock ruu, then using, use the command: fastboot writesecureflag 3, that will s-on the device along with everything else being complete stock.
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Yeah I wasn't sure if he was s off or not but thanks for correcting me.
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Hmm ya I know how to ruu wich I did but I ruu the ics leak and now everything's stock accept that it sais relocked and want to know if that's gonna be a problem for warrenty when I send it in? It shouldnt since its not software problem? And ya hear how to s off just don't want to try wire trick and all that. And yep tryed turning off and on airplane mode turning off radio taking T-Mobile to change sim cards have original stock Rom tryed *#*#4636#*#* all those tricks but nothing.
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When you chose to unlock boatloader you voided your warranty. So by saying relocked it tells them you unlocked it. You need to do what dark nightmare says or you run the risk of not warranting your phone. Luckily for me I "lost" my phone so I couldn't send it in.
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Yeah I wasn't sure if he was s off or not but thanks for correcting me.
When you chose to unlock boatloader you voided your warranty. So by saying relocked it tells them you unlocked it. You need to do what dark nightmare says or you run the risk of not warranting your phone. Luckily for me I "lost" my phone so I couldn't send it in.
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Just trying to help you get that under your hat, no offense meant.
Aw man well hope HTC is cool about it since its not a software problem but just gotta hope for the best!! Ha argh sucks I bought this on craigslist a couple months back for $300 ha I have pre paid
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Aw man well hope HTC is cool about it since its not a software problem but just gotta hope for the best!! Ha argh sucks I bought this on craigslist a couple months back for $300 ha I have pre paid <br />
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I've never heard of a warranty exchange get denied for this phone... even rooted. Most issues with this device are hw issues... u will be fine
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aw glacierguy thanks for the positive attitude! hope everything goes good for my phone!
So update for everyone i called HTC back and told them to cancel my back cover replacement for the Amaze because i know this is not the reason why i have no bars! because without that cover i still had bars and i know the amaze has some more antennas inside the device. Anyway i told them that i want to send the phone in for repairs so now everything set up and just have to send the phone on its way :crying: hope its a hardware issue and they can fix it. In the mean time got kinda intresting email from HTC saying
"After we receive the device, we will diagnose it and if there are any damages that fall outside of the limited warranty, we will contact you with a quotation to repair. If you choose not to repair, a service fee of up to $35 dollars will be charged and the device will be returned unrepaired."
Yes kinda scared me but hope i don't have to pay anything for this repair so everyone wish me luck and ill let you guys know how everything goes.
Sucks im probably not gonna have my phone for about a month
Just asking, but even if you managed to get the phone completely back to stock and say "Locked" isn't HTC able to tell if you've unlocked the bootloader via their unlock process on the website?
I was under the impression that the entire reason for the HTC unlock process (getting the key from the phone, etc) was so that they would have a database of phones that have had their bootloader unlocked? I'm kind of new to this but that was my impression.
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Just asking, but even if you managed to get the phone completely back to stock and say "Locked" isn't HTC able to tell if you've unlocked the bootloader via their unlock process on the website?
I was under the impression that the entire reason for the HTC unlock process (getting the key from the phone, etc) was so that they would have a database of phones that have had their bootloader unlocked? I'm kind of new to this but that was my impression.
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I think they do have a database, yes, but that only tells them that you requested the file, they can't know you YOU used the file, can they? Huh? Nope, if they knew you used the file, that sir would be invasion of privacy, then they'd be paying for more than just a simple device replacement with the lawsuits that would be hitting them from every mobile device owner using their product.
So once it says "Locked", they can't say you voided your warranty, then they'd have to prove it.
Yes what darknightmare said you could get token but maybe last second decided not to do it haha anywho sending it saying relocked hope they fix hardware issue if not maybe gotta spend money?
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I think they do have a database, yes, but that only tells them that you requested the file, they can't know you YOU used the file, can they? Huh? Nope, if they knew you used the file, that sir would be invasion of privacy, then they'd be paying for more than just a simple device replacement with the lawsuits that would be hitting them from every mobile device owner using their product.
So once it says "Locked", they can't say you voided your warranty, then they'd have to prove it.
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They don't need a database. There is no way I know of to get a "locked" phone once it has been unlocked. It will say "relocked". So HTC knows it has had an unlocked bootloader. That doesn't necessarily negate the warranty so far as HTC is concerned. I've read that they have fixed what are obviously hardware problems. But they won't fix anything that a ROM screwed up unless you pay.
The wildcard is T-Mobile. They may or may not be picky about these sort of things.
Ya for sure lets see what htc sais shipped out today through ups htc should get it thursday hope ups loses or breaks my packagae have 300 dollar insurance ha but yep anyone know of any prices for this fix?
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They don't need a database. There is no way I know of to get a "locked" phone once it has been unlocked. It will say "relocked". So HTC knows it has had an unlocked bootloader. That doesn't necessarily negate the warranty so far as HTC is concerned. I've read that they have fixed what are obviously hardware problems. But they won't fix anything that a ROM screwed up unless you pay.
The wildcard is T-Mobile. They may or may not be picky about these sort of things.
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Sir, when I say there is a way to get a "locked" bootloader, please don't argue with me unless you can prove my theories wrong, , I have tested and proven everything I speak of, I don't just say something because I want to.
Edit: For the record, once it says "relocked" you have voided your warranty, if you read the agreement on HTC website when unlocking your bootloader and the message on the device when unlocking, it clearly states by unlocking your bootloader you are voiding your warranty.
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Sir, when I say there is a way to get a "locked" bootloader, please don't argue with me unless you can prove my theories wrong, , I have tested and proven everything I speak of, I don't just say something because I want to.
Edit: For the record, once it says "relocked" you have voided your warranty, if you read the agreement on HTC website when unlocking your bootloader and the message on the device when unlocking, it clearly states by unlocking your bootloader you are voiding your warranty.
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100% on what Dark Nightmare said, i followed the procedure on the forums on how to completely restore to stock. i was s-off etc.. after it was all said and done, my phone was locked and ready to rock. I sent it back after my replacement arrived and all was good.
Just read through General, Q&A and Dev section, Trust me the answer is there. It's ALWAYS there. I used the GB juopunutbear S-off tool instead of the ICS tool cause i am retarded and didn't take my time and got stuck because of it. I did 2-3 minutes of using the search button and i was fixed in a second!
First of all! Yes Dark Nightmare is correct he knows his stuff you can put it back to locked anywho i would first like to say thank you for all the replys to this post. First post and didnt think my question would be answered but it was and its a great community we got here, i may be new member, but ive always been on xda reading up and hacking all my phones i have went from metro pcs huawei ascend, tmobile my touch 4g and now htc amaze all rooted and custom roms also have done droid and sidekick 4g. The thing is i do have experience and learned alot. Main thing is its an honor to have Dark nightmare and glacierguy here i feel like you guys are famous! ha have seen you guys in different sections and you guys know your stuff so thanks!
p.s everyone that posted i hit thanks
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That's why when dknmare comes in I don't argue with him instead I take it and learn.
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Sir, when I say there is a way to get a "locked" bootloader, please don't argue with me unless you can prove my theories wrong, , I have tested and proven everything I speak of, I don't just say something because I want to.
Edit: For the record, once it says "relocked" you have voided your warranty, if you read the agreement on HTC website when unlocking your bootloader and the message on the device when unlocking, it clearly states by unlocking your bootloader you are voiding your warranty.
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I think my post may not have been clear. Of course you can lock the bootloader; that is how one installs the original ROM. But I was under the impression that it then says ”relocked” if you have previously unlocked the device. That warning from HTC have me a lot of pause when I read it! But I think what I read said ”may” void your warranty. But I was reading fast...
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I did do a quick search, but didn't find anything
I'm s-on running ViperRez 1.0.3 I put that on after the global RUU screwed everything up horribly. I was still having issues with overheating, but the guy at the Verizon store said they weren't exchanging any rezounds because they were still working out bugs. So, I decided to wait until it was cooler out to see if I was still having the issues, and they've only been getting worse. Anyhow, I want to take it back to as stock as I can to try exchanging it. I'm just really afraid of bricking it, since after a post on another forum about the issues I've been having.
Can someone give me the right steps, in order; or even be willing to walk me through it? When I flashed ViperRez, I had somebody from here help me out on google talk, that was really helpful.
Thanx,
Justin
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I did do a quick search, but didn't find anything
I'm s-on running ViperRez 1.0.3 I put that on after the global RUU screwed everything up horribly. I was still having issues with overheating, but the guy at the Verizon store said they weren't exchanging any rezounds because they were still working out bugs. So, I decided to wait until it was cooler out to see if I was still having the issues, and they've only been getting worse. Anyhow, I want to take it back to as stock as I can to try exchanging it. I'm just really afraid of bricking it, since after a post on another forum about the issues I've been having.
Can someone give me the right steps, in order; or even be willing to walk me through it? When I flashed ViperRez, I had somebody from here help me out on google talk, that was really helpful.
Thanx,
Justin
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All you need to do is download the last factory ruu from android police or this site and run it like you did the global.
Here is the link to the official
https://rapidshare.com/files/2153199604/rezound_AndroidPolice_3.14.605.12_PH98IMG.zip
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Guess, I am not sure if you ran the Ruu successfully.. download file from previous post . Place on your Sd card. Make sure you relock phone if unlocked, if you HTC dev unlocked you should know how to relock.
Rename file on Sd card to PH98IMG.zip, just delete the androidpolice heading is the easiest. Boot to bootloader and press power button, it will start parsing the Ruu and ask if you want to update.
Press volume up to say yes ,then let it run. It will take awhile and run twice. It should then reboot and your back to factory
Just thought of something...if you did upgrade to the global Ruu..can't downgrade unless S-off...
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Thank you for that link. I thought I read somewhere about making sure to relock the bootloader or the phone will brick.
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Thank you for that link. I thought I read somewhere about making sure to relock the bootloader or the phone will brick.
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Won't brick it just won't run the Ruu, hope it works for you !
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This may be kind of pathetic, but I've been racking my brain, and can not remember how to relock it. I'll have to search around.
My phone isn't charged enough to try it right now anyway. Needed to use it to record a school project for my wife. I plugged it in, turned on the camcorder and after about 2 hours, it went from being fully charged to 19% Awesome!!
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This may be kind of pathetic, but I've been racking my brain, and can not remember how to relock it. I'll have to search around.
My phone isn't charged enough to try it right now anyway. Needed to use it to record a school project for my wife. I plugged it in, turned on the camcorder and after about 2 hours, it went from being fully charged to 19% Awesome!!
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First off bro.. you won't be able to brick that phone s-off. I assume its possible but I haven't heard of it happening. So don't worry about that.
The command for relocking is
fastboot oem lock
Granted.. you must have the android SDK installed and have a basic understanding of fastboot
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I think I messed up somewhere along the line. Who wants to save me. I assumed the link provided a few posts back was the same file as what I had already downloaded sometime back. Which I have saved on my computer in a folder I labeled .2 RUU so...
I copied that to the sd card
relocked the bootloader
let it do it's thing
hit <VOL UP> to start the update
It went through everything and booted to the bootloader again, so I'm trying the update one more time.
PLEASE HELP
EDIT: Just had to flash it a couple of times
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I think I messed up somewhere along the line. Who wants to save me. I assumed the link provided a few posts back was the same file as what I had already downloaded sometime back. Which I have saved on my computer in a folder I labeled .2 RUU so...
I copied that to the sd card
relocked the bootloader
let it do it's thing
hit <VOL UP> to start the update
It went through everything and booted to the bootloader again, so I'm trying the update one more time.
PLEASE HELP
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Pull battery and then put it back in and see if it boots, otherwise use the link I provided and run that Ruu . No reason that a proper Ruu shouldn't run .
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Felt like updating this...
Got it back to stock, went to Verizon, got a replacement phone shipped out. That phone got here today, still having all the old problems, plus more. The really awesome thing is, the screen isn't even solid on this one. It's raised on all sides and I can press it down, slowly comes back up over about 2 minutes. Going to Verizon again tomorrow to see what to do this time. I haven't shipped my old one back yet, as it just came in today.
Did they send you a new battery with the phone?
Have you rooted the replacement yet?
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VooDooCC said:
Felt like updating this...
Got it back to stock, went to Verizon, got a replacement phone shipped out. That phone got here today, still having all the old problems, plus more. The really awesome thing is, the screen isn't even solid on this one. It's raised on all sides and I can press it down, slowly comes back up over about 2 minutes. Going to Verizon again tomorrow to see what to do this time. I haven't shipped my old one back yet, as it just came in today.
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Had the screen lift issue on my first replacement. My second replacement was better...the screen wasn't lifting, but it wasn't solid feeling either. The USB port on that one died, and on this one, the screen is great.
No battery, they said to come back in if I'm still having the heat issues. Haven't rooted the new one yet, as I'm wanting to get it replaced because of the screen issue.