My M8 is having some touch screen problems, and I want to send it in on the warranty to receive a new unit. Will they replace it even though the bootloader has been unlocked? Even if I re-lock it and use s-off to make the device seem locked, wont they still have record from the htcdev site that I unlocked the bootloader? If they do, will they not replace the phone because of the unlocked bootloader, even if the issue has nothing to do with the bootloader being unlocked?
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May I know if One X is able to be S-OFF, is it mean that even the bootloader status is locked and we still can root and flash custom rom? How it different with unlock bootloader using HTCDev? sry for noob question..
No you need to be unlocked to root and flash custom roms. As of now HTCDev is the only method to allow unlocking.
Simple method. We don't know when Revolutionary will release their tool.
S-ON + LOCKED = You can only use official HTC firmware and only for the specific branded version you have.
S-ON + UNLOCKED = You unlocked it via htcdev. You're able to change the system and recovery images to allow for custom firmware. You can't alter anything regarding the baseband aka cell radio. HTC know you unlock via htcdev as they make you enter your serial number and other details to generate a phone specific unlock token. This will affect your warranty as any software caused faults are your own problem. General hardware warranty is still the same.
S-ON + RELOCKED = You relocked it after unlocking via htcdev. Same as S-ON + LOCKED except it shows you relocked.
S-OFF = No restrictions at all by the bootloader. You can alter everything. HTC don't let you do this and you need somebody else to work out a flaw in the bootloader to do it. Technically this voids your warranty as well but if you relock and don't leave any evidence that you did so then HTC won't know.
ken-ywk said:
May I know if One X is able to be S-OFF, is it mean that even the bootloader status is locked and we still can root and flash custom rom? How it different with unlock bootloader using HTCDev? sry for noob question..
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No one knows about S-off.
It doesn't mean we can root and flash custom roms even on the locked bootloader. It was a different and unofficial way of unlocking the bootloader which can be locked again when we need.
We can do the same thing even in this HTC dev method, I mean locking the bootloader, but after that the status of the bootloader will be RELOCKED not locked. That means HTC people may know that our device is already unlocked before.
One more thing (which I heard and I am not sure), we can't flash ported roms on our device unless and until we have S-off.
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Hey guys..
I just read a thread and it made me confused. --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1603422
As what I think I read.. it says the following thing.
- HTCDev (by HTC Officially) has given a tool to unlock your HTC one X to do anything with it you want, such as roms and tweaks.
BUT This may or even will void your warrenty.
- There is not, but coming, a tool from our XDA-Devs that also will unlock our HTC one X, But this will NOT void our warrenty.
I'm really confused right now. What's true, what's not, please make up this for me?
I want to unlock my HTC for an other Rom, but don't want to get my warrenty voided.
Thanks!
Doing it through HTCDev means HTC has a record that you unlocked your phone. What the quoted message is saying that there are or will be unofficial ways to do the same thing, and thus bypassing HTCDev and therefore not voiding your warranty, cos they don't have an official record of it.
EDIT : HTCDev doesn't give you S-Off, just an unlocked bootloader. With S-Off you can change your radios and kernels. With an unlocked bootloader you can flash roms and get root (correct me if i'm wrong, unless HTCDev unlocks bootloader and also grants access to kernel)
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I want to install a custom ROM without voiding warranty. Is there any way to unlock bootloader without htcdev?
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I want to install a custom ROM without voiding warranty. Is there any way to unlock bootloader without htcdev?
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You can do so if you have an S-OFF device
How can you have s-off without unlocking the bootloader?
You can't, unless you have a Verizon M8 as that can be done with temp-root
You can do flash a patch/truck in certain h boots that shows s on and locked h boots even though it's unlocked and have s off. But you have to be s off to do that.
like eddy said you can do it with version devices.
But for other devices it is not possible.you have to unlock bootloader which will void your warranty but if you manage to get soff you can regain back your warranty since service center checks for locked bootloader so if you have an soff device you are good to go.
Please someone help me going back to factory reset with custom rom and also i want to lock bootloader and turn s-off :crying:
I'm totally confused! its showing s-on right now, should i need to s-off it?
I don't think its possible to turn s-on to s-off right now, the phone is still too new with much to explore.
Besides...i think before you need can do any of this stuff, u definitely have to unlock your bootloader.
Anyway, the last few steps that you followed in htcdev in unlocking your bootloader explains how to relock your bootloader. Whether it relocks the factory bootloader lock, that remains to be seen.
I purchased used M8 which is locked to vodafone and is rooted with unlocked bootlaoder S-ON running GPE ROM. I requested unlock code but it dont accept it as keep saying incorrect password even i tried three times. when i contacted the seller who sent me this unlock code he said phone should be in its original factory state in order for this factory unlock code to work.. Is he right? if yes then is it easy to get back in original setting i.e to unroot or relock bootloader ..
any help would be appreciated