I figure since it is a DEVELOPER center for HTC phones, it deserves to be in the Dev section! Anyway, OpenSense SDK, Kernel Source code, and unlock bootloaders soon to come!(hopefully for Inc2 as well...) Who is excited??
http://htcdev.com/
(EDIT) Please go to http://htcdev.com/contact and tell them to unlock all of the inc 2s that were "graced" with gingerbread...
Yay
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..but we already have unlocked bootloaders for htc inc2
andybones said:
..but we already have unlocked bootloaders for htc inc2
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But this is OFFICIAL...
andybones said:
..but we already have unlocked bootloaders for htc inc2
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Technically, yes. If you have an XTC clip or a Froyo phone (which are harder to get as every day goes by). So, in response to your statement I'd have to say yes, but not really.
From the way they've been explaining things it's going to be device specific, and our device hasn't been mentioned. It would be nice if all HTC devices were able to just be unlocked.
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Technically, yes. If you have an XTC clip or a Froyo phone (which are harder to get as every day goes by). So, in response to your statement I'd have to say yes, but not really.
From the way they've been explaining things it's going to be device specific, and our device hasn't been mentioned. It would be nice if all HTC devices were able to just be unlocked.
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It would be extremely nice of HTC to do this for those that were not so quick to pick one of these amazing devices up as fast as some of us
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yea but you have to submit all this information. I'd get an XTC clip. all of them are unlimted now. and I'm sure raskal is going to continue to do his thing, I'd rather pay for a device that can s-off a numerous number of phones for a one time price. I'd rather not root than give my information and have them monitor to see if I am tethering and what not.
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yea but you have to submit all this information. I'd get an XTC clip. all of them are unlimted now. and I'm sure raskal is going to continue to do his thing, I'd rather pay for a device that can s-off a numerous number of phones for a one time price. I'd rather not root than give my information and have them monitor to see if I am tethering and what not.
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Its would be a hard decision to choose free vs. private/unlimited (assuming that HTC releases it for Inc2...)
Just because you unlock your bootloader doesn't mean they are gonna be out there to see if you tether.
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Just because you unlock your bootloader doesn't mean they are gonna be out there to see if you tether.
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As long as Verizon doesn't extend their hand into this it may very well be a great thing.
Damn, I hope HTC will release the unlocked bootloader for Inc2, will save me $15! I'm wishing I didn't return my S-OFF'd Inc2 for a brand new Inc2 (other one was banged up badly). Anyone in LA/San Bernadino County want to meet up so I can S-OFF my phone? I'd be extremely great full, PM me if you're in either county!
HTC is asking us what we want from this site...
I would include the link, but cannot post a link yet... but goto htcdev.com/contact
... you think we can make our presence known and that we want our Inc2 unlocked!
Well they said the Evo3d and the Sensation, but I see a picture of the desire s, hopefully this will be for all HTC devices.
bevelmatt said:
HTC is asking us what we want from this site...
I would include the link, but cannot post a link yet... but goto htcdev.com/contact
... you think we can make our presence known and that we want our Inc2 unlocked!
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How long does it usually take to get full Device unlock like on the nexus one?
How long is a piece of string mate, it happens when it happens
Dont hold your breath though fella,
JD
it will be released when someone at HTC get tired of repair Desires with broken USB in warranty....
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it will be released when someone at HTC get tired of repair Desires with broken USB in warranty....
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I lol'd... Sounds like a plan .
Man it would be like birthday and christmas together
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How long does it usually take to get full Device unlock like on the nexus one?
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Apples to Oranges comparison.
The Nexus One came with a bootloader you could unlock via fastboot - it even had a screen advising you that doing this would invalidate your warranty.
The Desires bootloader doesn't have this option, and it is unlikely that HTC will provide us with one, though I see no reason why they couldn't with the same caveat that you invalidate your warranty.
Therefore, realistically our best hope is that an engineering SPL "leaks" out for the Desire.
Regards,
Dave
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Apples to Oranges comparison.
The Nexus One came with a bootloader you could unlock via fastboot - it even had a screen advising you that doing this would invalidate your warranty.
The Desires bootloader doesn't have this option, and it is unlikely that HTC will provide us with one, though I see no reason why they couldn't with the same caveat that you invalidate your warranty.
Therefore, realistically our best hope is that an engineering SPL "leaks" out for the Desire.
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Dave
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I take it, it's too much to reverse engineer it?
My hope is that some one dose it soon, then we will have a few more devs onboard too, considering they will be able to play with the hardware/software as they please.
I still think its close tho.
We have been here many times before with other devices, but im guessing they were not so Locked down
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it will be released when someone at HTC get tired of repair Desires with broken USB in warranty....
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Haha nice one
Let's root it!!
Yes please!
Any devs working on this phone?
Seems the whole dev comm is on the TB
Looks like the Inc2 won't be as robust as the original, tis a shame
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Any devs working on this phone?
Seems the whole dev comm is on the TB
Looks like the Inc2 won't be as robust as the original, tis a shame
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Worried about that myself, but I love the phone. I don't particularly need the 4G because I'm pretty much always on WIFI and the T-Bolt, Charge, etc are just to large for my daily usage. The Inc 2 is a great little phone with a good battery. Lets just hope the dev scene picks up.
Yea, Let's hope get some good devs on this.. that they didn't all hop to the thunderbolt... :/
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You guys are in the same boat the thunderbolt, desire S and incredible s are in (Except the thunderbolt has an older vulnerable radio).
If you can locate a RUU with a radio from ~ jan 7th or earlier, odds are in your favor.
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You guys are in the same boat the thunderbolt, desire S and incredible s are in (Except the thunderbolt has an older vulnerable radio).
If you can locate a RUU with a radio from ~ jan 7th or earlier, odds are in your favor.
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Is this what you mean?
Yeah, totally new and trying to figure things out haha
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1064366
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Is this what you mean?
Yeah, totally new and trying to figure things out haha
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1064366
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Htc devices use nand/emmc write protection, preventing write access to much of the phone's internal memboery
On top of that the latest HTC phones (thunderbolt, inc2, inc3, desire s) released check for a signature on the recovery and kernel images, and throw the device into a "security warning" mode if the signatures are wrong or absent. If it is the recovery that is missing the signature, the phone will still boot but deny access to recovery. If it is the kernel, then the device won't boot.
Older HTC radios had a vulnerability that is exploitable (via scotty2's wpthis), to remove the write protection. Seems to be radios dating before January ~7th.
If such firmware exists and can be found, you guys can go the same route we did with the Thunderbolt, and replace the hboot with an ENG hboot, bypassing the signature checks.
if we can find it..and get a root ( i pray to the root GODs everynight for it )
ill pull out my dev jacket and get back into the mix for sure.
this device has to be my all time fave device..and ive been using HTC devices since way back in the AT&T HTC Tilt Days (2008 for those who are wondering )
I reciveded my xtc clip today. It should work for S-OFF..
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I reciveded my xtc clip today. It should work for S-OFF..
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Let me know how it goes.
ACD168 said:
I reciveded my xtc clip today. It should work for S-OFF..
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Does the xtc have the diagnostic image for the INC2? If so, please shoot me a copy.
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Does the xtc have the diagnostic image for the INC2? If so, please shoot me a copy.
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i wish i knew what this means, i got it for free on a beta tester on xda from a guy in china.. i get 5 more clips so if anyone wants to step up let me know maybe we can work something out. Im in NY
here is the site I got it from..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13534203#post13534203
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i wish i knew what this means, i got it for free on a beta tester on xda from a guy in china.. i get 5 more clips so if anyone wants to step up let me know maybe we can work something out. Im in NY
here is the site I got it from..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13534203#post13534203
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I sent you a pm
ACD168 said:
i wish i knew what this means, i got it for free on a beta tester on xda from a guy in china.. i get 5 more clips so if anyone wants to step up let me know maybe we can work something out. Im in NY
here is the site I got it from..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13534203#post13534203
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Shoot I would love to test s-off would be great let us know how it goes
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if we can find it..and get a root ( i pray to the root GODs everynight for it )
ill pull out my dev jacket and get back into the mix for sure.
this device has to be my all time fave device..and ive been using HTC devices since way back in the AT&T HTC Tilt Days (2008 for those who are wondering )
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I have to agree. Its killing my tbolt battery wise. And spec for spec its one of the better devices out. Just gotta hope a software ninja drops something for us.
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I love this phone and am interested in testing as well.
Truly want a truly open and free option as that will truly open the device for all
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EDIT got what i needed thank you
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EDIT got what i needed thank you
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little **** like this makes me smile..
it just means dude is up to something fantastical!
Not really, it failed but might of led to something else interesting.
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Hi there guys.
I was wondering if anyone had any guides for rooting and overclocking the Wildfire S (Running 2.3 (Gingerbread)), and also if anyone knew any clock speeds that should get me a nifty enough speed boost while keeping battery life relatively decent.
Thanks in advance.
The Wildfire S can be rooted with the use of GingerBreak. However before you can use that tool, you have to unlock the bootloader with an XTC Clip.
The default clockspeed of the phone is fast enough :-S
Ah. That could be a problem... I don't have the money for an XTC Clip.
The XTC PayG clips are reasonably priced.
Still don't have the money. I'm using it up on the phone...
EDIT: Modestly priced my ass! That's around £50 less than the damn phone itself!
AlpharevX team are testing a new version which works for the Wildfire S. Some hopefully some time soon you will be able to unlock it
maybe no one is working on wildfire S make some mods and root, same in symbian modding it's stagnant where did the modders go. I'm new to android forums nothing
I can see here to play with my phone, it's just on the table all the time unlike when I have the X6 keeps me busy flashing hundred times and cooking every night just need JAF and some tools to cook a CFW. no hardware needed.
There is work going on. It's just difficult because of the bootloader encryption but the Alpharev team have sorted that. I expect a few weeks before the unlock for the Wildfire S is public then there will be a lot more modding and ROM cooking happening.
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There is work going on. It's just difficult because of the bootloader encryption but the Alpharev team have sorted that. I expect a few weeks before the unlock for the Wildfire S is public then there will be a lot more modding and ROM cooking happening.
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Ah, that's good to hear. Stuff like the XTC Clip is way too expensive for me... Wish HTC would just unlock the bootloader. Save a lot of work...
I was lucky enough to get one free, HTC should be unlocking them soon hopefully.
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I was lucky enough to get one free, HTC should be unlocking them soon hopefully.
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I've asked them what's the story with bootloaders via Facebook. No response since that time. I think they just did it for marketing purposes, and now they will fool us for couple of months
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I've asked them what's the story with bootloaders via Facebook. No response since that time. I think they just did it for marketing purposes, and now they will fool us for couple of months
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I might as well ask them too. I mean, I'll be looking to root it only when the warranty is completed anyway, so I have a year...
Well I read an article on Phandroid a few weeks ago and HTC said that they are creating a new upodate which will unlock the Sensation. No word on any other phone.
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Still don't have the money. I'm using it up on the phone...
EDIT: Modestly priced my ass! That's around £50 less than the damn phone itself!
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The XTC PayG clip is 32 pound; so you're saying you bought the phone for 80 pound?! I find that hard to believe; the phone is still 259 euro in the NL.
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The XTC PayG clip is 32 pound; so you're saying you bought the phone for 80 pound?! I find that hard to believe; the phone is still 259 euro in the NL.
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+230 euro in IE
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Well I read an article on Phandroid a few weeks ago and HTC said that they are creating a new upodate which will unlock the Sensation. No word on any other phone.
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Darn it.
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The XTC PayG clip is 32 pound; so you're saying you bought the phone for 80 pound?! I find that hard to believe; the phone is still 259 euro in the NL.
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The place I saw it on my Googling was over $200, which comes down to around £120-130.
That is for the full clip which is basically the commercial version.
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Darn it.
The place I saw it on my Googling was over $200, which comes down to around £120-130.
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Try http://xtc.hk/
They ship within 2 days with FedEx High Priority.
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Try http://xtc.hk/
They ship within 2 days with FedEx High Priority.
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£50-60 is still really expensive though. I'm not really prepared to pay that much just to root something. Seems like a waste.
Could see if any local phone shops have the xtc clip. They would charge about £10
Edit: its been reported that at&t is indeed blocking the unlock for their version of this device.
The release of the One X has us all very excited, and there is much reason to be excited. Yet, I feel like many people don't really understand some of the issues we may be up against. Let's take into account some recent HTC phones that came out. Let's look at the Vivid and Rezound. Both of these devices did not have the option to unlock the bootloader until months after. In fact, HTC was not even planning on talking about releasing the unlock until 6 months or later after initial release of the device. We started petitions, spammed the twitters and facebooks of AT&T/Verizon and HTC. It was amazing how each just blamed eachother for the locked bootloaders. Keep in mind this was AFTER the CEO of HTC promised no more locked bootloaders. Samsung does not ship locked bootloaders either. After a few months of begging and pleading, we eventually got official HTC dev unlock. But by that time, most the devs and community were gone.
We had a few teams working very hard on cracking the Vivid/Rezound but to no avail. Apparently HTC upped their game compared to past devices, and to this day we still don't even have unofficial bootloader unlock, s off, sim unlock, etc. On AT&T, the Vivid was one of the best spec'd devices, if not the best, out at the time. Yet, due to the actions of HTC/AT&T, the development was absolutely screwed. At this point in time we have only three or four devs with ROMs, no doubt we would have had tons more if not for the locked bootloader issues.
We need to talk with HTC before the release of this device to make sure the One X doesn't get screwed as bad as the Vivid did. You guys don't know how much it sucks to wait months and months to even put a custom ROM on your phone. We need to hold HTC to their promise. Sure, we can rely on unofficial methods, but then there's always that "what if" factor if nothing happens there.
EDIT: Willyami found this, I'm happy to hear temp-root is already achieved. Yet the article still states we need bootloader unlock or S OFF for perm root...
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/08/htc-one-x-gets-rooted-before-retail-debut/
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/08/htc-one-x-gets-rooted-before-retail-debut/
The One X is already rooted by Modaco. So I do believe this wont be such a problem to One X.
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The release of the One X has us all very excited, and there is much reason to be excited. Yet, I feel like many people don't really understand some of the issues we may be up against. Let's take into account some recent HTC phones that came out. Let's look at the Vivid and Rezound. Both of these devices did not have the option to unlock the bootloader until months after. In fact, HTC was not even planning on talking about releasing the unlock until 6 months or later after initial release of the device. We started petitions, spammed the twitters and facebooks of AT&T/Verizon and HTC. It was amazing how each just blamed eachother for the locked bootloaders. Keep in mind this was AFTER the CEO of HTC promised no more locked bootloaders. Samsung does not ship locked bootloaders either. After a few months of begging and pleading, we eventually got official HTC dev unlock. But by that time, most the devs and community were gone.
We had a few teams working very hard on cracking the Vivid/Rezound but to no avail. Apparently HTC upped their game compared to past devices, and to this day we still don't even have unofficial bootloader unlock, s off, sim unlock, etc. On AT&T, the Vivid was one of the best spec'd devices, if not the best, out at the time. Yet, due to the actions of HTC/AT&T, the development was absolutely screwed. At this point in time we have only three or four devs with ROMs, no doubt we would have had tons more if not for the locked bootloader issues.
We need to talk with HTC before the release of this device to make sure the One X doesn't get screwed as bad as the Vivid did. You guys don't know how much it sucks to wait months and months to even put a custom ROM on your phone. We need to hold HTC to their promise. Sure, we can rely on unofficial methods, but then there's always that "what if" factor if nothing happens there.
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Absolutely agree with you dude. As a result of so few devs over there, I still haven't unlocked and rooted my Vivid.
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i think people need to enjoy the phone a bit more, than thinking about custom roms and such. That's certainly not why im buying the phone, nor is it in the discussion. Maybe months or a year i would be open to it, but right now i can see myself enjoying it stock. Especially with ICS on board.
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i think people need to enjoy the phone a bit more, than thinking about custom roms and such. That's certainly not why im buying the phone, nor is it in the discussion. Maybe months or a year i would be open to it, but right now i can see myself enjoying it stock. Especially with ICS on board.
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Yeah, maybe for you. But this is a development site. we're here to develop and make the device as badass as possible. The phone will be enjoyed for sure. but enjoyed more with it rooted Running a CoreDroid Rom
uranis said:
i think people need to enjoy the phone a bit more, than thinking about custom roms and such. That's certainly not why im buying the phone, nor is it in the discussion. Maybe months or a year i would be open to it, but right now i can see myself enjoying it stock. Especially with ICS on board.
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I think a majority of the people here would agree, the ability to customize your phone beyond what the manufacturer intended is your right as a consumer....you bought the phone...right.... also I might add, a majority of the people on this website are here for rooting information and custom roms.... it is after all, a development based forum. I think this thread should be closed though, because its been noted above that the one x has been rooted.
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http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/08/htc-one-x-gets-rooted-before-retail-debut/
The One X is already rooted by Modaco. So I do believe this wont be such a problem to One X.
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Damn, nice find. I still wonder how HTC will do with the official unlock though. They are really laggy when it comes to releasing code too.
uranis said:
i think people need to enjoy the phone a bit more, than thinking about custom roms and such. That's certainly not why im buying the phone, nor is it in the discussion. Maybe months or a year i would be open to it, but right now i can see myself enjoying it stock. Especially with ICS on board.
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lol easier to talk the talk than walk the walk. I had the same mindset you did, but two/three months of the same old thing and same old sense really sucked. Try it if you don't believe me.
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I think a majority of the people here would agree, the ability to customize your phone beyond what the manufacturer intended is your right as a consumer....you bought the phone...right.... also I might add, a majority of the people on this website are here for rooting information and custom roms.... it is after all, a development based forum. I think this thread should be closed though, because its been noted above that the one x has been rooted.
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Yea it's your choice, but the phone isn't even out yet. I just don't understand buying a phone because of what rom you could possibly get on it. Just my opinion.
Unfortunately, that is only temp root. It is not a permanent root solution. This link is the exact method described in the article and its from this forums dev section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562470
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Yea it's your choice, but the phone isn't even out yet. I just don't understand buying a phone because of what rom you could possibly get on it. Just my opinion.
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A HUGE factor that goes into what phone I buy is how big the potential is for development. I think that's a pretty common thing to look for for most XDA'ers.
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I think a majority of the people here would agree, the ability to customize your phone beyond what the manufacturer intended is your right as a consumer....you bought the phone...right.... also I might add, a majority of the people on this website are here for rooting information and custom roms.... it is after all, a development based forum. I think this thread should be closed though, because its been noted above that the one x has been rooted.
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That's temp root, not perm root. The article states we still need S OFF or htcdev unlock for perm root.
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A HUGE factor that goes into what phone I buy is how big the potential is for development. I think that's a pretty common thing to look for for most XDA'ers.
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Yeah that's what I look for. I was lucky for getting a captivate a while back, it was my first android device and I loved doing the customization. I'll be happy with this phone but I'm really looking forward to the development.
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Damn, nice find. I still wonder how HTC will do with the official unlock though. They are really laggy when it comes to releasing code too.
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HTC have already released the source code to the Sensation ICS kernel, and it's not even properly rolled out yet. Doesn't seem laggy to me
Calm down dude!
HTC learned the hard lesson of Sensation/sgs2.
They losed 3 months of potential buyers (and that made the whole difference in sales volume) because they locked the bootloader.
sgs2 won because it was unlocked and rooted easily.
The HTC One X is already rooted thanks to Modaco, so no need to worry at all, also Mike did a custom rom already,there are many Sensation devs switching to One X...
Another pro argument might be that this will be a real flagship device. As we all know, htc released much too many phones in 2011 (close to 50 I heard in an xda-tv episode ) and they realized the problems that come with such an approach.
The vivid or the rezound might just have been skipped by most devs, some of the better are even still on the 2 year old HD2.
I really hope that this will be the next HD2, it's got all the potential to be the next best phone ever.
I believe that HTC are changing and learning. If you see the communications between them and XDA over the last year, if you see the HTCDev site, if you see the list of ICS updates, if you see the API's they are releasing, etc.
If you look at this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCXgL7MDsIc Jeff clearly says it will be unlocked.
Also I agree with their reasoning for locking the boot loader, and as long as they release the unlock tool I think its a good process to ensure only those who know and accept the consequences will use it.
PS. Also the HTC One X is not tied to a partner so it should give HTC full control of what they do with it. Were as the HTC One XL is tied to AT&T so it may mean for that device its more complicated a process to get AT&T to agree to unlock the boot loader.
The "One" series must have been made for something, didn't they say they are trying to make their phones more recognisable too? In that case, it makes perfect sense to not release 50 phones a year (or one every week), as that really tarnishes the brand
i've never unlocked a phone on htcdev, but it has a generic unlock option.
you have to submit an identifier token you can query with fastboot, and you are getting a unlock binary sent by email which you can flash with fastboot to unlock the phone. if the hboot of the phone supports this.
seems very generic to me, and i guess you can already unlock a htc-one device using this method
Edit: Ops! I am wrong... please see later posts! Sorry blubbers!
vegetaleb said:
Calm down dude!
HTC learned the hard lesson of Sensation/sgs2.
They losed 3 months of potential buyers (and that made the whole difference in sales volume) because they locked the bootloader.
sgs2 won because it was unlocked and rooted easily.
The HTC One X is already rooted thanks to Modaco, so no need to worry at all, also Mike did a custom rom already,there are many Sensation devs switching to One X...
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A custom rom means nothing. Did you even read the article or my post?? It says you still need s off or bootloader unlock for permanent root. Modaco only found temp root.
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I'm loving the update to Santod's GPE+ rom. My phone is snappy again! Thank you, Santod.
I wanted to ask about what phones people are moving to after the M7. VZW has a $100 discount and so I was ready to pull the trigger on the M9 for a great deal. Before buying, I decided to check out the VZW M9 XDA forum and find it is a ghost town. A short search later, I found the VZW M9 is too difficult to s-off (you have to send it to a guy).
I mostly want to follow Santod's development but want to upgrade my device. Any recommendations? Santod, what's your next device? I've been with you from TB, DNA, now M7 and have an overdue donation to make.
Buy a used M8?
Wait for M10 later in the year?
Move to HTC's new A9 phone?
I feel very loyal to HTC and want to remain with VZW.
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I'm loving the update to Santod's GPE+ rom. My phone is snappy again! Thank you, Santod.
I wanted to ask about what phones people are moving to after the M7. VZW has a $100 discount and so I was ready to pull the trigger on the M9 for a great deal. Before buying, I decided to check out the VZW M9 XDA forum and find it is a ghost town. A short search later, I found the VZW M9 is too difficult to s-off (you have to send it to a guy).
I mostly want to follow Santod's development but want to upgrade my device. Any recommendations? Santod, what's your next device? I've been with you from TB, DNA, now M7 and have an overdue donation to make.
Buy a used M8?
Wait for M10 later in the year?
Move to HTC's new A9 phone?
I feel very loyal to HTC and want to remain with VZW.
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Did you look to see if there's someone local for you to get s-off or are you sure you'd have to ship it?
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dottat said:
Did you look to see if there's someone local for you to get s-off or are you sure you'd have to ship it?
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I didn't look too in depth at this point for alternative methods for s-off on the VZW M9. I'm always willing to pay for Sunshine, but that's about the extent to which I'll go.
I hope there is not a similar situation if I opt to wait for the M10. Seems like HTC is more liberal with providing unlocked bootloaders (A9) but VZW isn't there yet (they don't sell the A9).
cahibo said:
I didn't look too in depth at this point for alternative methods for s-off on the VZW M9. I'm always willing to pay for Sunshine, but that's about the extent to which I'll go.
I hope there is not a similar situation of I opt to wait for the M10. Seems like HTC is more liberal with providing unlocked bootloaders (A9) but VZW isn't there yet (they don't sell the A9).
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You likely will have the same problem with the m10. Since we aren't allowed to unlock bootloaders and our software version is always different from everyone else you will need a temp root solution + s-off solution. No publicly available temp root solution was ever made for public consumption on the m9 hence the need to get s-off elsewhere.
I've been considering getting my next phone directly from HTC. supposedly all new unlocked phones are compatible with Verizon's network, and I am getting tired of Verizon's device restrictions. Even AT&T allowed the HTC phones to have their bootloaders unlocked (but not their Samsungs). The thought of sitting around with an unrooted phone waiting for some hacker genius to figure out a security flaw to break it-- which gets harder and harder all the time-- does not appeal to me.
My device still works great, though, aside from the pink camera. My main motivation for wanting something new at this point is that developer support for our device is rapidly fading. Kinda sad...