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[HTC Desire S] spaceboy_psy:
Hi! Glad to finally be posting on this board that has already helped me so much.

I’m hoping this can be a guide for people who have the same specific aim as me, the solution to which only seems to exist in scattered and uncertain form at present across various discussions. I think it would be good to put it in one place, as it took me a lot of time and searching to work all this out with confidence! Apologies if I was just thick and the info is actually easily available. There's also an important question at the end!

The aim: sim unlocked Desire S that is safe for selling - accepts OTA updates and hopefully safe for warranty.

Ideal solution: XTC Clip. I actually have one. But it wouldn’t work. I’m asking about that in the Raskal forum...

Second solution, confirmed working for me, but with one caveat:

Unlock with revolutionary.io. Now you have sim unlock! Yay! But your hboot is now “SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL HBOOT-6.98.1002”, which I understand may brick your phone if you try an OTA update. Boo. So we need to downgrade the hboot.

I used this nice succinct guide posted by foX2delta, here.

Now the odd thing for me was that I expected this to give me hboot 0.98. So when it didn’t I was VERY confused. What it gives you in fact is “SAGA PVT ENG S-OFF RL HBOOT-6.98.2000”. Note the two subtle differences to what you had before.

Now at this point I'm not sure whether the phone will accept OTA updates. Can anyone comment? To be safe we're going to install an RUU to give a normal hboot.

I went for a 2.3.3 RUU, so that I could test the OTA update. And sure enough it worked! And now I have a Desire S still sim unlocked running 2.3.5 and sense 3.0 and ready to accept the forthcoming 4.0 update if it ever arrives. Hboot is "SAGA PVT SHIP S-OFF RL HBOOT-2.00.0002".

So the only final issue is the S-Off, and here's my question that I can't find an answer for: can we undo the S-Off and keep the sim unlock?

Cheers you knowledge wizards! And of course please correct me if I've committed any fallacies.
[HTC Desire S] helbet:
Hi!

Revolutionary will unlock SIM on Desire S?
[HTC Desire S] Eclipse_Droid:
Your s-off should be s-on if you ran the ruu. Unless.the xtc clip did actually work then you will be s-off.forever
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
If by Sim I unlock you mean network unlock then xtc does that but revolutionary doesn't and as started above cycle cannot be reversed.

What is your cid?

Sywepd form my DsereiS
[HTC Desire S] Kavrocks:
I used revolutionary.io to S-OFF my Desire S and it is still sim locked...

Are you sure your XTC Clip didn't work?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] antoniodias10:
Hello.

App MEO GO doesn't work with this ROM.

This app is streaming TV for android from Portugal Telecom.

Anyone can help?

Thanks.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] B K B:
Works on latest ICS

Upgrade yuor ICS to this & you'll find that it'll work. You find it here,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1492957
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] antoniodias10:
I tried with ICS 1.14 and 2.0.

Didn't work with any of them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Hydera5:
I've seen that there is an issue with multi touch on this phone... has anyone found a fix for this issue?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stickerbob:
A lot of people have been reporting that the issue has been resolved with the 4.04 update. Unfortunately this does not appear to be a full rollout OTA update. Because of this I have yet to install it. Here is a link to the LTE (Verizon) only version of it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1480942
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Hydera5:
thanks, but i can deal with it until my custom ROM gets updated. I cant leave my CM9 for stock...
[EVO 4G General] cubbieswin:
I'm a couple weeks away from being eligible for an upgrade with Sprint. I'm sure a lot of you guys are in the same boat as me. What phone are you looking to get next?

The EVO was as easy choice when it came out. There wasn't anything to compete with it other than the iPhone. I don't try to keep up with all the new phones until I am close to an upgrade. There is just too much out there to possibly keep up with.
[EVO 4G General] AngelofChaos:
The HTC Jewel, or what likely will be called the EVOx when it comes to Sprint
[EVO 4G General] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
I upgraded to the et4g was gonna wait for the gnex but got the et4g free without using my upgrade and after playing with both side by side found the et4g to actually be nicer than the gnex

Edit: still got my evo too its active on my second line got to double upgrade from an evo and intercept to an epic touch 4g and evo :-)

We are legion, for we are many

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[EVO 4G General] akodoreign:
Probably going HTC arrive. It will be nothing on upgrade next month and want to tinker with a windows phone 7 for a while. Evo will go to my oldest who is running a HTC hero.

If I don't like that then my wife's phone is due in May. I'll swap it out for something else.

Current Android family

HTC evo 4g x 2

HTC evo shift

HTC hero

Motorola Xoom

Viewsonic G-tablet

HP Touchpad (running classic nerd)

So yeah just want to tinker with something new for a while :D
[EVO 4G General] alxrock:
My upgrade is coming up next month as well. (I suppose a lot of us who got the EVO on/near launch day are)

I've put a lot of thought into it and I think I'm going for the GNex. Unless I find out the GS3 devices are coming soon.

My wife got the white Evo when that launched (about a month after the original Evo) and she's waiting for the Galaxy Journal.
[EVO 4G General] atapia984:
I would like to see Sprint carry the Xperia line, particularly the S model. Looks pretty sweet. Otherwise I would go with another HTC flagship device. I might also consider the Galaxy Nexus.
[EVO 4G General] SilverStone641:
My upgrade is also in April (another day 1 adopter) I'm waiting for either the Galaxy Journal or the S3 (depending on release date) Definitely want an LTE capable device. Not sure if the Journal is going to fall in that category or not.
[EVO 4G General] snowpunter:
I'm eligible in June but I'll wait for the first Sprint LTE phone at the end of this year, so long as the suck-factor is low for it.
[EVO 4G General] ModXMV:
Sprint is aware that a lot of the Evo owners are coming off contract. I am betting the Galaxy Nexus will be coming out before we fall off contract to entice renewal.

That's what I will be going with.
[EVO 4G General] TorxT3D:
whatever the next LTE sprint phone with huge screen+lots of features.. will be.

june, i'll be eligible for an upgrade, so hopefully we get something good by then
[EVO 4G General] SilentSummer:
Upgrade next month here as well. Currently there is nothing worth upgrading too.

I'm hoping it won't be too long until we see some LTE devices.
[EVO 4G General] scottspa74:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Couldn't agree more. The Et4g is nice, but I prefer HTC, and et4g has already been out for a bit now. I don't mind waiting to see what comes at all. Satisfied with my Evo. ;)
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Not due til the end of the year, so I'm going for the galaxy S III.
[EVO 4G General] jph1282:
Not eligible till Feb. 2013 there should be plenty of devices to choose from by then.
[EVO 4G General] ENCXBG1:
I'm in the same boat but will wait and see what comes down the line. I got two E4GT phones for my kids and they are incredible. They lay waste to my EVO. Samsung really stepped up their game. I don't know if HTC will be able to compete from here on out since Sammy has fully commited to Android. I've used the Gnex and don't like it as much as the GSII. I really want a phone that has built in image stabilization for video. Other than that the GSII camera kills! Way better than my little Canon P/S.
[EVO 4G General] pspunderground:
I'm waiting for the GNex. I don't have choice since it's my dad's lines, but I think ICS is where it's at.
[EVO 4G General] jerrykur:
I am considering moving to Verizon for better LTE coverage.
[EVO 4G General] lumbeendnking:
OG EVO

I don't think I will be upgrading next month when my time comes. There is really nothing out IMHO that can still compete with the OG EVO. Meaning the custom roms, tweeks, etc that you can do to the phone. HTC makes a good solid phone and I would definetly have to stay with a HTC line
[EVO 4G General] burnrate13:
Not due till July so ill wait it out for the EVOX/jewel haven't heard to many good things from gnex owners

Pleasantly Mad.
[EVO 4G General] SilverStone641:
I wanted to wait for the Gnex as well, but that 16gb non-expandable storage limitation is killing me. I want to be able to use my 32gb class 10 with my next phone.
[EVO 4G General] taadow1030:
I was able to upgrade last year. Waiting for the next Evo. Tbh, I would rather get an Evo 3d off contract so I don't have to renew. However, if I have to pay $200 either way, the lte Evo is too much to resist.
[EVO 4G General] Jstlouis1993:
Waiting on more news of Samsung Galaxy lll : )

Sent from Evo 4G Energy Rom
[EVO 4G General] rj88:
I picked up the Samsung Note. Makes the evo look like a toy lol. I use the evo to tether tho since i can't access 3g on t-mobile. Anyone know how to do wifi tether the 4g signal?
[EVO 4G General] Mathman85:
I had the Galaxy Nexus as a company phone, and I have to admit... it's too big.

While I can one-hand the EVO and reach any part of the screen, you can't do that with the Nexus unless you have gargantuan hands.

On that note, it really irritates me that every Android handset-maker thinks bigger phones are the way to go. The reason Apple hasn't gone bigger than 3.5" or whatever is that they know people's hands aren't that big. I f*cking hate that company with a passion, but they sell millions of 3.5" touchscreens. The EVO's 4.3" is perfect for me, and I cannot stand that the newest flagship Android phones are 4.7"+. I was excited that the One S was 4.3", but that's not coming to Sprint. :mad:

It's also a pain in the ass turning off 4G LTE on the Nexus... requires no less than 3 button presses, and that's after setting up a Tasker widget to take me to the proper menu. I trust that an HTC LTE device will have a nice simple toggle widget.

My answer to the question posed in this thread, though, is that I have no idea. I'll be waiting to see what Sprint comes up with, but my expectations are pretty low right now. I want HTC hardware, 4G LTE, and a 4.3" (or slightly smaller) screen. Simple requirements, I know, but apparently too complicated for Sprint to carry.
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
The wireless tether app allows you to tether 4G speeds. You can google the apk, as it was removed from the market.
[EVO 4G General] taadow1030:
Mathman, you echo my thoughts. These phones are becoming waaay too large. The best looking phone out imho is the EPT4G. The phone is beautiful, right sized and fast, but I'm not keen on leaving the Evo development community.
[EVO 4G General] alxrock:
Does it really make that much of a difference? The GNEX has a 4.65" screen, but that's including the on-screen buttons, so I thought the actual usable area would be very similar in size to the EVO.

I haven't gotten my hands on an actual GNex (the stores I visited have only had the dummy phones on the floor) but from what I experienced, it felt great in my hand.
[EVO 4G General] WhiteBoy997:
I still have about 5 months on my Sprint contract, then im switching over to Verizon immediately and getting the GNex. Been in love with ICS since it came out, and and the GNex is just so damn sexy! lol yeah, plus i would get a Motorola Razr Maxx but motorola phones are hard to root.

GNex FTW
[EVO 4G General] edgemaster191:
man, i hate to be "that guy" but i feel the same way. Sprint is getting so bad where i live that if i'm not on WiFi i just turn background data off, the data speeds are absolutely terrible.

When i signed up for sprint when the Pre came out, i was getting 1 - 1.5mb/s on 3G, now i'm lucky to break 200kb/s download. This is with my Photon, Evo 4G, and Nexus S 4G. So i know it's not my phone.

I also don't have 4G anywhere near me so that's not an option. With summer coming up on us i plan on being out of the house more and i can't justify paying for service that barely works.

I'm looking at the Razr Maxx. I know the dev. community isn't there (I know Moto phones are a pain in the ass to unlock the bootloader) but i love motorola hardware and the specs of the razr maxx are appealing.

I'm still in the decision process at the moment, i have a few other things to take care of before buying a new phone. Maybe Sprint will announce something, network upgrades, new devices..anything to keep my interest.

as it stands now, i'm seriously considering jumping ship to big red.
[EVO 4G General] kawaski47:
I'm really not a fan of vanilla ics. I will probably look at sense 4.0 phones like the HTC One (whichever version comes to sprint)
[EVO 4G General] TheRealNap0le0n:
I broke my evo and bought a nexus s 4g and rooted it three hrs into having it. Came from a rooted cm7 evo. The nexus kicks the evo ass in a lot of ways. Deployment of updates, after market development, and the biggest being no memory issues like my evo had.

I'm sure at the end of this year and I'll be looking deeply into what I'm getting from a bigger stand point than I usually do... i e: development, accessories, coverage. Rather than cool factor.

Although sprints coverage sucks here for 4g, I can't justify leaving the only unlimited data plan available being I avg 2-4gb a month
[EVO 4G General] TheRealNap0le0n:
Leaving gives me these options tho.

At&t - no cool phones, terrible coverage

Verizon - ungodly expensive

T-Mobile - not bad but I broke contract to get my evo so I owe them $200 beans lol. And I don't even get 3g where I live
[EVO 4G General] scottspa74:
I gotta agree with mathman about size. I like that I can manage my Evo with one hand.... But just barely. If it were any bigger, it'd be impossible for me to one-hand.
[EVO 4G General] WhiteBoy997:
i know sprint 4g coverage is horrible, the only places i get 4g coverage is by my college, and in the city when i go clubbing. other than that i just use wifi, because the data will kill my battery in a matter or hours.

Although Sprint is supposed to be getting LTE by the end of this year, but the question is, which cities and or states will Sprint LTE be available for? Sprint has the worst coverage ive seen; my freinds have tmobile, verizon and at&t and theyre coverage is way better than mine like more than half the time.

When i first heard Sprint had unlimited data, i was like thats awesome im switching to them after my contract ends with verizon. Bad decision. 1. the unlimited data was awesome, but i only use like 2-3 gb of data. 2. the coverage was ok. 3. 4G coverage HORRIBLE!! now all i want to do is go back to verizon. i get a 30% discount from verizon from my job, and i did the numbers with tax and everything, when i switch to verizon i will basically payy the samething as i am now.
[EVO 4G General] Hazelfoot:
Probably iPhone. I'm not into the whole screwing around with my phone thing anymore and just want a buttery smooth UI with lots of mainstream support.
[EVO 4G General] Kill3rmonk:
That's what she said?

On another note I'm probably going to be looking at the nexus and gs3 assuming it'll be out. I get my upgrade in June. I wouldn't have a problem sticking with my evo until something else comes out either.
[EVO 4G General] taadow1030:
Random thoughts about the next phone I'm considering:

Watching a review of a TN ICS ROM on the ET4G made me weak in the knees for a sec, but then the thread about users bricking their phones brought me back.

Galaxy Nexus is getting a Touchwiz 4 and Sense 4.0 port, so that will be a very interesting development to monitor.

Lastly, I wonder how many of the current Evo 4G developers will be able to upgrade when the next Evo is announced. I know many of the past developers have already flocked to the 3d, so development for the new HTC phone might initially be a little slow. I also saw a headline today announcing a rumor that chip issues may cause HTC One delays.
[EVO 4G General] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
The et4g rocks bricking is hard to do unless you are illeterate there are literally about 50 threads of ppl bricking and how/why so others can avoid it quite simply don't use touch recovery and before going back to gb from ice use ODIN and do not just restore and nandroid and you won't have any issues the bricks happen because the data partitions are slightly different and recovery won't adjust them but ODIN will

We are legion, for we are many

Sent from my Anonymous DeathStar in the depths of GalaXy S2
[EVO 4G General] scottspa74:
hey EVIL, good info. If you find time, will you throw a link or two, or even a brief rundown, here. Sorry, but I'm always so busy just keeping up with Evo forums, yet I was considering picking up a Samsung et4g or nexus 4g for my mom, and haven't had a lot of time to check those forums.

If you can find time, it'd be much appreciated.
[EVO 4G General] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
What all u wanna know? Send me a pm with specifics and when I have a min ill write u up a lil run down

Edit: I'm swapping SD cards again with the 16gb internal in the et4g I'm going back to the 8gb external I had swapped to the evo and putting the 16gb I had in here back in the evo I had only used 1gb of the 16 and still have 12gb on internal so no need to use the 16 on here I only had 2gb left on the 8 in the evo and it wasn't even partitioned and I hadn't set boot manager up yet so going back to the 16gb for the evo so I can use a2sd and bootmanager again since i activated it on my 2nd line

We are legion, for we are many

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[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
I would love a nexus 4g they're awesome
[EVO 4G General] Keyz450:
if i had the option to upgrade now, im going with the SG3, but im also thinking of buying a used 3D evo for less $200:(.....my evo got a couple more months before she crap put
[EVO 4G General] OGPI:
Well since my evo battery is crapping out but im elegible for upgrade on 5/1/12 im in between doing a claim and crossing my fingers for a Evo or a 3VO, sticking it out till may and upgrading to the current best; the ET4g or a nexus s, or getting a galaxy nexus on sprint and hoping im not dreaming.
[EVO 4G General] taadow1030:
Amazon has a 99 cent sale on all Sprint smartphones. Jonesing for the EPT4G again. Drools... Ahh..it is sooo beautiful and fast. Lol
[EVO 4G General] kevlar3d:
Here is a weird question related to which phone I am going to replace my phone with... So plenty of phones exist with GSM & LTE on the same chip, it appears that all of the CDMA + LTE phones will have two chips since nobody makes one that combines the two. I have seen some chips that are supposedly in the works which combine GSM + LTE + CDMA one of them is being developed by Intel. In any case, the battery life on my EVO sucks when I have the 4g chip powered because I have two chips/radios that my battery is powering. Are we likely to see major battery improvements when LTE and CDMA are shoved into the same chip?

I didnt see any snapdragons with CDMA + LTE on chip although there are plenty with LTE & GSM/HSPA+

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapdragon_(system_on_chip)

Im just thinking it might be worthwhile to wait for the second generation of phones... curious if anyone has any thoughts or additional insight.
[EVO 4G General] Dcmurda:
Love the Evo but its time for bigger and better, nexus here I come, I'm still keeping my EVO.:rolleyes:
[EVO 4G General] jayboogz:
i'll probley say the galaxy s2 but i wanna wait on it im deff looking forward getting one of the new htc phones that would be coming out hopefully soon =)
[EVO 4G General] Mathman85:
For me, yes, it absolutely did. One-handed typing and tapping left the phone wobbling in my hand because it was too big to palm, like the EVO. I'm a stickler about keeping my electronics in good condition, so I was always paranoid about dropping the Nexus.

And I'm surprised that nobody has pointed out how cheap Samsung phones feel. HTC and Motorola are the only companies that make solid-feeling Android phones, anymore. And you can't even say that about all Motorola models.

I do miss this, though:

Oh Sprint, when will you have an LTE EVO with LTE in my area?
[EVO 4G General] TheSocalGuy79:
I know I'll get called all sorts of names for this, but I'm switching to the iPhone when its time to reneiw with Sprint. Its a clean look and feels nice. I've had my evo for two years and its a wonderful phone. Just not a huge fan of android anymore.
[EVO 4G General] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Have fun with that small screen @ 4" and horrible call quality my boss has one and 90% of the time I have to tell him to shut up and text or email me cuz I. Can't understand a damn thing he says sounds like he's in an aquarium with a bubbler and a mouth full of rocks especially if he's near his computer it gets so distorted I can't hear **** and if any. Music is.on, the damn thing. Picks up all the lows and sounds like someone trying to bump a pair of 9.99 speakers with the bass on blast :-S talk about annoying, especially since I work remotely from him and have to get alot of info on the claims we are handling

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[EVO 4G General] ECrispy:
My contract is up in a few months and I'll see what's out there, I will probably switch to Verizon unless Sprint has some definite word on their LTE plans and a firm date.

Don't think we'll see the S3 in the US before the holidays and by that time the next Nexus speculation will start again.
[EVO 4G General] TheSocalGuy79:
Maybe its your phone with sound issues. I've talked to plenty of people who are on iPhone and never had any issues hearing them.
[EVO 4G General] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Nope my phone works just. Fine its. The piece. Of. Crap mic. Apple used. In. The. Att 4s it. Sounds like garbage everyone he talks. To. Complains Bout it

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[EVO 4G General] potusdirective13:
At this point, the epic 4g touch (GSII) is the my choice, but come summer and Christ,as I'm sure there'll be better phones. Meanwhile, my entire family is jumping on the iPhone boat
[EVO 4G General] jr71x:
I think I'm getting sick, Ralph, oh look there's chunks of apple... face palm...
[EVO 4G General] jae18708:
I see nothing I like. I want 1GHz, front facing can, 5-row QWERTY keyboard. And what's gonna happen when sprint switches to LTE? I haven't been up on phone news but isn't that suppose to be this year? My contract has been up since '08 and there hasn't been anything I feel worth me resigning another 2 year contract, phone and plan wise.
[EVO 4G General] kawaski47:
I've had the 4s and loved that phone. The os was smooth and everything just worked. I had GREAT call quality and almost never dropped a call. I especially liked the podcast setup. Using the music app with Android has been a pain since I switched back(paying off debt so sold the iphone). I will either get the iphone 5 next or maybe one of the new HTC's. Depends really.

But from personal experience the 4s stomps all over my evo plain and simple.