HTC warranty and ENG boot question - HTC Droid DNA

So if I send in my phone for warranty repair and they see that I have the leaked ENG boot that clearly says it is illegal to distribute outside of HTC, will I get in trouble for this?

You could take it back to stock if you want, just make sure you flash the stock hboot before relocking to avoid bricking.
This thread will provably be moved to the Q&A section shortly.
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Assuming the phone functions enough to flash back to stock, just do that. If it doesn't... You probably still have nothing to worry about. You're not the one distributing it. I suppose the person that leaked it could technically get in trouble though.
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The answer is that yes, if they wanted to they could tell. I have sent mine back S-Off at least though (with stock firmware) and had no issues. It really depends on the case. They probably won't care though (though a non-stock hboot is more obvious than just "s-off"). Also, don't post this here. Post any questions in Q&A forum.

That's there on every unlocked phone iirc. Don't worry about it.
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djh816 said:
The answer is that yes, if they wanted to they could tell. I have sent mine back S-Off at least though (with stock firmware) and had no issues. It really depends on the case. They probably won't care though (though a non-stock hboot is more obvious than just "s-off"). Also, don't post this here. Post any questions in Q&A forum.
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Sorry it was 6 in the morning and I thought I was in the general forum!
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Help going back to radio before new ruu update

I need a link that I can download the pg05img.zip file that my thunderbolt had before the new ruu update. I think it was .6 or .0023 or something . My phone ran so much smoother with it. Also I was running the perfect storm v1.3 and had a kernel from ziggy .(1.7) that I cannot find now from his website. I have been looking forever and finally I thought id ask you freaks. Jk . Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
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Oh and don't tell me I should have searched because I did. I typed it in Google and searched on here. Didn't find any specific info due to the fact I didn't wanna lose root. I spent literally 6 hours rooting the bad boy the old fashion way adb drivers .
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There's a radio thread in the development section. Has all the radios. Can't help you with the kernel.
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You can't tell me which one I download? What do I do ask there?
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So tell me what I paid 4 dollars 4 if I can't even post what I need help with in the correct thread. and you know what I'm talking about you could have just given me the link
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You didn't search too hard did you. It's in the development section and it's title says RADIO on it. You will have to read pass the first post to know which one came with the phone. No, I won't be providing you with a link, just go to the development section. As for the stock kernel try flashing the debloated stock rom.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045081
In here somewhere, shouldn't be too long to figure out.
As far as the kernel you'll have to ask or pm the dev since they don't have it explicitly posted.
Ok well I flashed the .6 LTE and cdma but when I check the software on my phone it says I have the .9 I am so confused
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That is because you are comparing all the wrong numbers. From Adrynalyne himself...
1.12.606.6= release software. This is what you started with.
1.12.605.9= leaked software, but same radios as .6.
1.13.605.7= leaked software, latest, new CDMA and LTE radio. These are what people flashed in the RUU thread or Das BAMF.
Thes numbers are software release numbers. Not radio numbers. The baseband number, I believe, is the radio number. So, if you flashed this file, you have the new RUU with the old radio.
If you downloaded this file from the OP of the Radio thread, then you have the stock radio.
Lastly (for now), we have the 1.12.605.6 CDMA/LTE radio combo.
http://www.multiupload.com/V2ED7Y5EU2
MD5 - A740031D09FC97D1B48FBEDFE73FDD24
To read is your best bet. I have been a "lurker" on these boards for some time. I read and read some more until I understand. Believe me, it is not fun reading through a couple hundred pages for just one thread, but you would be surprised what you would learn by doing so.
And to be quite honest, asking questions such as this only serves to solidify the reason for the responses you get from the more senior members. If you have to ask questions like this, you had no business rooting or loading a new radio in the first place.
Good luck
Whatever I am not going to spend hours on here reading about a phone. I actually have a life and it is not spent on my phone . Thanks for the help. Maybe if you would explain the answer to the question I was asking I would understand. Instead of posting someone else's written material on here for me which I obviously read before . But whatever I flashed the wrong .zip file anyway and lost root thanks freaks
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bjc1153 said:
Whatever I am not going to spend hours on here reading about a phone. I actually have a life and it is not spent on my phone . Thanks for the help. Maybe if you would explain the answer to the question I was asking I would understand. Instead of posting someone else's written material on here for me which I obviously read before . But whatever I flashed the wrong .zip file anyway and lost root thanks freaks
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If you don't want to spend the time and learn about your phone then you don't need root
We won't spoon feed you here, you have to do somethings by yourself
Besides rooting the phone again is easy, as long as u didn't use a semi one click root
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help
i have spend time to learn about this phone. I am just not familiar with the lingo. bro i have been from verizon (og droid) to at&t (aria) sprint (evo) and now back to Verizon only after having the samsung phone until the tbolt was out. I rooted every single one of those phones !!! i bricked the og droid and learned alot from that. havent bricked since. so don't tell me i don't spend time on here. you and alot of people on here spend more time complaining when you could be explaining. you would have saved a step in your last post had you just put the answer to my question. i build powerlines off helicopter skids for a living i don't have all day to spend on here "learning" the lingo. i just wanted simple help without you freaks getting your panties all bunched up because i apparently don't know what i am talking about. so if you cannot help me do not post back.
i am new to this website, as i have been finding all my information on google because i was afraid this would happen.
i rooted this phone having to install adb drivers on windows 7. do i just use shell command or whatever its called and push the files to the phone and make sure the md5sum is the same? all i was wanting to do was just go back before the leaked software. i was running the perfect storm 1.3 and ziggy mecha bfs kernel i think it was 1.7 but it was superfast. i live in los angeles and where i live i have full 4g all the time. now i lose 4g go to 3g then have to mess with it to get it back to 4g. that was until i lost root. so back to my question do i just push the files to the phone. i will have to fire up that old laptop again the only reason i used that one was because there wasnt a root guide for a mac back when the tb was released. is it easier on a mac fresh or on windows with the adb drivers and sdk already installed?
bjc1153 said:
Whatever I am not going to spend hours on here reading about a phone. I actually have a life and it is not spent on my phone .
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Do yourself a favor just get an iPhone and leave us geeks to our hours of reading and flashing since we have no lives.
I wouldn't have said that had you freaks have just got to the point and answered my question instead of complaining. I thought one of the reasons for this forum was to help people like me, but I guess not.
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No one's gonna help you with that attitude. You keep calling everyone "freaks." Yah, that's gonna get you far.
I never said you didnt have a life
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Stop being a ****, your questions were already answered.
Wow! Lol Hope you found what you needed.
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In the time it took you to insult everyone that can help you, you could have found the answer you were looking for. Just because there are people on here that have a vast knowledge about this and many other phones doesnt mean they have no life like someone who gets offended and calls the people that can help them "freaks". Next time you need assistance you might want to change your tact. Just my opinion.

[Q] how does a dev figure out/find the s=off flag in a htc phone?

i was just curious, because when i get the phone i may attempt it. but i do not know how to do it.
Not like they used to, that's for sure. AFAIK HTC hid the flag in a different partition than was previously stored. I know Binary and XB56 tried comparing partitions of a s=off device with a s=on.device and after countless hours, were unsuccessful.
Good luck
There was a thread that accrued a pledge of over $1k for whoever hacks the exploit, but it went nowhere. Can't get the right people the device I guess.
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is there anyway we can just use a already s=off 'ed hboot from another amaze on a s=on device?
also, how do you look and compare? what are you looking for?
ziggy46 said:
is there anyway we can just use a already s=off 'ed hboot from another amaze on a s=on device?
also, how do you look and compare? what are you looking for?
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I would guess that XB or binary may have already thought of that. They were using some program that I can't remember (this is the prob when a dev becomes bigger than the community and pulls his work) that was compared the phones partitions... But there were so many and they weren't consistent so they hit a wall... That's my interpretation of the now removed thread
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I PM'd you the source of my findings
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1309471
Everything S-OFF - Think tank, General information, Q&A
Specifically this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23736202
Everything S-OFF - Think tank, General information, Q&A
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3VO ICS UNofficial Release Date/Release Info

Well I looked around one of the posts said that HTC finished the ICS and is now sent to sprint for modifications. Aka adding bloatwares, sprint boot and etc. So if your going to complain to someone make sure its to Sprint. And once they are sent out it'll be in order by your Serial Number so that the OTA (On-The-Air) server doesn't overload. So your neighbor may get it while you don't. So don't worry. I'm going to remain locked and s-on until ICS comes out or somebody makes an ICS ROM based on the official release. So if your not rooted I recommend you do the same. Well its nice sharing all this that I know. And remember, this is all I know from twitters. Facebook, posts, sites, and everything else. Well with this I say goodbye and try to forget about the update so that time goes by faster.
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One of the reason for the thread is to express our knowledge about the ICS so that people don't have problems and they're questions are answered.
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Jimlarck said:
Well I looked around one of the posts said that HTC finished the ICS and is now sent to sprint for modifications. Aka adding bloatwares, sprint boot and etc. So if your going to complain to someone make sure its to Sprint. And once they are sent out it'll be in order by your Serial Number so that the OTA (On-The-Air) server doesn't overload. So your neighbor may get it while you don't. So don't worry. I'm going to remain locked and s-on until ICS comes out or somebody makes an ICS ROM based on the official release. So if your not rooted I recommend you do the same. Well its nice sharing all this that I know. And remember, this is all I know from twitters. Facebook, posts, sites, and everything else. Well with this I say goodbye and try to forget about the update so that time goes by faster.
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while I appreciate the info...without links to back up anything you have said this is quite pointless....
Great another useless post, about what someone knows.
Most of you clowns know absolutely nothing...
My sources tell me it will be out Dec. 23, 2012
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bloodrain954 said:
My sources tell me it will be out Dec. 23, 2012
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OF COURSE!! it would be out AFTER THE WORLD ENDS on 12/21/2012 lol waaaay to go HTC...way to go
I would say the majority of folks on this forum probably DON'T want to upgrade to ICS over-the-air.
1. You'd have to wait until an unlock method is available, so you're pretty much stuck with what ya got (which may not be a bad thing to some).
2. You may or may not be able to "downgrade" to 1.4 HBOOT if you're on 1.6, if you have any intentions of obtaining S-OFF in the future.
3. Once it's available OTA, it's not going to be long before a full working ROM will be available on the board.
Just think hard and twice before you decide to take that OTA, and don't make the same mistake I did of accepting last time around with 1.5. I have performed the downgrade recently thanks to the hard work members on here have contributed.
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I'll update the first thread with links and screenshots and highlight the text and the context. Sorry for the lack of proof
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Mmm takes Sprint 6 months to totally screw up a ROM with all its crap and it takes our great devs on xda a day or two to fix and redistribute a work of art.
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timezone12 said:
Mmm takes Sprint 6 months to totally screw up a ROM with all its crap and it takes our great devs on xda a day or two to fix and redistribute a work of art.
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Agreed, if XDA was a phone carrier I would totally be XDA for life
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Weird enough seems like I can't post pictures...
bimmer007 said:
I would say the majority of folks on this forum probably DON'T want to upgrade to ICS over-the-air.
1. You'd have to wait until an unlock method is available, so you're pretty much stuck with what ya got (which may not be a bad thing to some).
2. You may or may not be able to "downgrade" to 1.4 HBOOT if you're on 1.6, if you have any intentions of obtaining S-OFF in the future.
3. Once it's available OTA, it's not going to be long before a full working ROM will be available on the board.
Just think hard and twice before you decide to take that OTA, and don't make the same mistake I did of accepting last time around with 1.5. I have performed the downgrade recently thanks to the hard work members on here have contributed.
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Well, now that you mention it I guess I'll downgrade before updating. And yeah you're right. Once you update to 1.6 you should forget about rooting for a while. Gonna go home and downgrade and root. thanks for making me realize this
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This dude sounds legit!
Jimlarck said:
Weird enough seems like I can't post pictures...
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Well the lack of info being provided is not going to go over well for long around here and right now its pointless till you post some info backing up these claims...
We already have countless ICS threads with debates and such on when its rumored to release...
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Guys don't hate. I'm sorry for posting something with the lack of info. Once I get near my laptop I'll post links. Screenies and everything
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Jimlarck said:
Guys don't hate. I'm sorry for posting something with the lack of info. Once I get near my laptop I'll post links. Screenies and everything
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Looking forward to it....and please don't waste time posting some theory some poster on another board had as part of your reasoning in proving this...needs to be credible ppl...or else this thread might not last too long...
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I would also love to see this
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I'm really hoping OP is legit and isn't messing with us.
I'm all ears....
Well I'll get to a laptop and update the first post with more credible information
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Warranty issue

Just wondering if anyone could answer this for me real quick. I had recently hard bricked my LGOG (did the most stupid, noob thing u could imagine) and had insurance on it thru ATT. Got them to send me a replacement and now I'm worried they will know that I had rooted/unlocked it and the cause of the 1st phones failure was caused by me and therefore voiding the warranty. The lady I spoke to about the warranty explained the process to me then explained to me what happens if warranty is voided, and its not pretty. Kind of nervous now. Anyone done this before or have knowledge on this subject?? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Just realized this might be in wrong forum section. Sorry. Q&A, troubleshooting may be more appropriate.
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Abu Nazir said:
Just wondering if anyone could answer this for me real quick. I had recently hard bricked my LGOG (did the most stupid, noob thing u could imagine) and had insurance on it thru ATT. Got them to send me a replacement and now I'm worried they will know that I had rooted/unlocked it and the cause of the 1st phones failure was caused by me and therefore voiding the warranty. The lady I spoke to about the warranty explained the process to me then explained to me what happens if warranty is voided, and its not pretty. Kind of nervous now. Anyone done this before or have knowledge on this subject?? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Just realized this might be in wrong forum section. Sorry. Q&A, troubleshooting may be more appropriate.
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If you have insurance... you can just say you lost the phone, which means you can't send it in. That way they have no idea the warranty was voided.
Abu Nazir said:
Just wondering if anyone could answer this for me real quick. I had recently hard bricked my LGOG (did the most stupid, noob thing u could imagine) and had insurance on it thru ATT. Got them to send me a replacement and now I'm worried they will know that I had rooted/unlocked it and the cause of the 1st phones failure was caused by me and therefore voiding the warranty. The lady I spoke to about the warranty explained the process to me then explained to me what happens if warranty is voided, and its not pretty. Kind of nervous now. Anyone done this before or have knowledge on this subject?? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Just realized this might be in wrong forum section. Sorry. Q&A, troubleshooting may be more appropriate.
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Well, you should honestly not exchange phones that you brick. You guys even have bootloader unlocked so you must have noobed hard to actually brick the phone. Why didn't you just use lgnpst?
I have no idea if they'll find out. But you said you had insurance, insurance covers basically anything with a deductible so as long as your ok paying the deductible I wouldn't worry too much.
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I have been told they don't do in-debt checks of the phones returned. Don't know if that's true though.
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Abu Nazir said:
Just wondering if anyone could answer this for me real quick. I had recently hard bricked my LGOG (did the most stupid, noob thing u could imagine) and had insurance on it thru ATT. Got them to send me a replacement and now I'm worried they will know that I had rooted/unlocked it and the cause of the 1st phones failure was caused by me and therefore voiding the warranty. The lady I spoke to about the warranty explained the process to me then explained to me what happens if warranty is voided, and its not pretty. Kind of nervous now. Anyone done this before or have knowledge on this subject?? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Just realized this might be in wrong forum section. Sorry. Q&A, troubleshooting may be more appropriate.
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I sent in my note that was rooted for a broken screen. They never said anything.
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OK. Well good info guys. And yes I noobed it beyond belief. I'm really embarrassed to say what I did but heck with it. I flashed ICS custom ROM over JB stock ROM. :banghead::banghead:
Straight up hard brick. No download mode, nothing at all. Tried unplugging the battery/plugging back in. Nothing. Fin. Was going to just say I just lost it. That was orig plan but I thought by doing that I would have to get new number. Found out that's not the case after the fact . Lol. :banghead::banghead::banghead:
U live and u learn I guess. Its funny though, I always learn something very valuable by making the biggest mistakes. Lol.
Thanks again for the great info guys.
LGOG Stock 4.1.2 w/ ME's kernel oc/uv
Umm flashing custom ICS ROM over stock JB ROM should not cause a hard brick.
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I'm pretty sure they won't find out... or if they do... they won't penalize you for it..
My buddy sent his back through insurance and it was bricked and he got his replacement phone with no issues.
Good luck
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Umm flashing custom ICS ROM over stock JB ROM should not cause a hard brick.
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Well that's what I thought too. Here's exactly what I did. I had the new stock JB 4.1.2. I had debloated it. U know, i customized it to my liking, ie, ME's super awesome B18c1 kernel, etc. ect. I had LGNPST'd it to the new JB. At&t phone BTW. Anyway when I first got this phone 1st thing I did was root/unlock and installed Snow's JB ROM. Once official JB came out along with the new 4.2.2 ROMs (vanilla root box, chaos) I wanted to try those and LGNPST'd to official like I stated earlier. Well, out of all those ROMs, and I don't know why but, Snow's JB ROM with ME's kernel worked so amazingly and I loved it. Most of all battery life was just retarded good. So, that's when i, without thinking too much about it, decided to flash back Snow's ROM over the JB ROM. Soon as I did that instant brick city. I just thought it may have had something to do with the TZ partition or something like that. I've soft bricked my phone a couple times by just not thinking clearly and never had any problems getting into download mode and LGNPST'ing back to whatever I needed. I'm just thinking now I should have LGNPST'd back to 4.0.4 or whatever it was before 4.1.2. Idk. Maybe someone can shed some light on the subject. Idk. Doesn't really matter now. I will never do that again. Anyway, thanks for the replies. I feel a little better. Thanks again. I really love the XDA community and love our little LGOG community!
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Abu Nazir said:
Just wondering if anyone could answer this for me real quick. I had recently hard bricked my LGOG (did the most stupid, noob thing u could imagine) and had insurance on it thru ATT. Got them to send me a replacement and now I'm worried they will know that I had rooted/unlocked it and the cause of the 1st phones failure was caused by me and therefore voiding the warranty. The lady I spoke to about the warranty explained the process to me then explained to me what happens if warranty is voided, and its not pretty. Kind of nervous now. Anyone done this before or have knowledge on this subject?? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Just realized this might be in wrong forum section. Sorry. Q&A, troubleshooting may be more appropriate.
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I've returned two 'bricked' phones. I unrooted and set back to stock all my root changes, and then did a full factory reset, and the phone would fail to boot (softbrick most likely) and both times I didn't hear a peep. And this was without the boot failure being the reason for the return. So, if they don't ***** about that, you shouldn't have any trouble.
You can file an insurance claim for any reason, your fault or not so long as you don't mind paying the deductible. Warranty exchanges are what sometimes get people in trouble, they're for manufacturer hardware/ software issues.
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Abu Nazir said:
Just realized this might be in wrong forum section. Sorry. Q&A, troubleshooting may be more appropriate.
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FTFY
Moved to Q&A
In the future feel free to use the report button to let the MODS know to move it.
This is my second hard bricked LGOG that I'm getting a replacement for via warranty. This last hard brick was from a teenybin which I found funny. Either way, my phone had a locked boot loader for the second round. 1st one was unlocked, rooted etc etc and no one noticed. You should be good.
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Can the new OTA be rooted / flashed custom recovery / etc?

I got the DNA about a month ago but when getting it Verizon did the update for me.. while "showing me the ropes".. even though I easily know more, but anyhow I'm stick with it. But it seems like I have to unlock the bootloader to get the recovery to root to flash Rom. But I'm unsuccessful even getting the bootloader unlocked for this ota for this phone. Is someone working on this or maybe I'm missing the current fourm? Thanks for any direction but I'd like to sometime test ubuntu on this quad core beast .. and get the bloatware off of it!
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The answer is no.
Wrong section. Doesn't belong in development .
Have you read any of the threads in the DNA general or q&a sections?
From my S-Off DNA
For the 1000th time, no, unless you want to send your phone off to be jtagged you cannot unlock/soff/root your phone.
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Send your phone to mobilevideotech.com
My phone updated as soon as I turned it on (my 3rd replacement.....I keep dropping them) and they were able to jtag my phone and s-off. Worth it for anyone who;s been updated for whatever reason.
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The above poster meant MobileTechVideos.com. Josh, the owner, is an original XDA developer.
Sorry for wrong section and yes I have tried to search before but many people saying many things. So thanks for clarifying with the extra info on where to send it too.
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people are smacking their heads because there is no sticky just for this question. that's the reason you have stickies...
I know its in the frequent questions stickie.. but this needs its own ...
for the love of gawd.

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