yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC One X] Bones2374:
Official replies from Dropbox Support on this matter (top-newest, bottom-oldest)

Ridwan - Dropbox Support, Sep 27 11:22 am (PDT):

Hi,

Unless you have an international phone, unfortunately not because it's not just a carrier block - AT&T actually removed our software from your phone. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Just for future reference, I would be careful with custom ROMS with Dropbox built-in; our system catches the unauthorized version of Dropbox after a few days and auto-blocks redeeming the promotion from then on.

Best, Ridwan

(Me), Sep 27 11:06 am (PDT):

Thank you so much for your quick response Ridwan. If my HTC phone has been unlocked/rooted/formatted with a completely different custom ROM (with HTC Sense 4.1), and I'm using WiFi instead of any cellular carrier, is there a way to circumvent said opt-out since the carrier is now completely bypassed and the customer (me) never agreed to any such opt-out? Thanks again for your help!

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Ridwan - Dropbox Support, Sep 27 10:56 am (PDT):

Hi,

I'm very sorry, select carriers have opted-out of the promotion on phones otherwise eligible. Unfortunately, AT&T and Verizon are among these carriers not currently participating.

Best, Ridwan

(Me), Sep 27 10:29 am (PDT):

My new HTC Sense 4.1 phone says I should get 25 GB bonus space after completing Getting Started, which I've done, but My Account never received the space. I can send you screenshots from my phone if necessary. Thank you for your time.
[HTC One X] netghoster:
Any update on this? I am in the same boat.
[HTC One S] paulobrien:
Introducing.... Superboot! :)

Superboot is a boot.img that when booted, will root your device the first time you boot (installing su and the superuser APK). No need to flash any partitions, no need to mess around with ADB, no messing with the contents of your data partition, no overwriting the shipped ROM on your device, just boot the boot image using the instructions below and you're done!

You will need to htcdev bootloader unlock your device to use this root solution.

APPLY THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Superboot - DOWNLOAD

The superboot image is also 'insecure', allowing you to use 'adb remount' as well as having full ADB root access to your device until such time as you reboot after running this process (it's a non permanent ADB root as it's a 'fastboot boot' and not a 'fastboot flash' but it IS a permanent root in all other regards!).

How to use Superboot - Windows, Linux and OSX

- Download the Superboot zip file above and extract to a directory

- Put your device in bootloader mode - Turn off the phone then turn on with the 'volume down' button pressed to enter the bootloader, then pressing the power button again to enter fastboot.

- WINDOWS - double click 'install-superboot-windows.bat'

- MAC - Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files, and type 'chmod +x install-superboot-mac.sh' followed by './install-superboot-mac.sh'

- LINUX - Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files, and type 'chmod +x install-superboot-linux.sh' followed by './install-superboot-linux.sh'

Enjoy! ;)

P

PS If you find this useful, details on how to donate should you wish to do so are in the download topic at MoDaCo.
[HTC One S] jammysunny:
Hi @All,

I got a problem, cause I rootet my One X with pauls great stuff...

So I wanted to do the same thing with my One S and didnt change superboot with the file r3 superbootandroot, so something happened with my OneS.....it doesnt start and shows me Warning "this is only for blabla" in red....so I went to bootloader, did it right with the right file, and goes till now, cause doing a restart, it shows me only this warning again....I always have to go to bootloader, to start my device right..what can I do?

And in Bootloadermode, the first word is tampered...I know what that means and is there a chance to change it?
[HTC One S] paulobrien:
So what did you do exactly? You flashed One X to One S? Whoops!

If you can confirm this is what you've done i'll upload what you need to fix it..

P
[HTC One S] jammysunny:
Hi Paul, yes, i did a mistake....booting r3 to OneS, not teh right superboot-file...

after that, i bootet it right with superboot, but now "tampered", and everytime i must go to bootloader and boot your file to use my device^^

big thx for Answer!!
[HTC One S] ILoveAndroid77:
I also have this **tampered** line before the **unlocked** line, but no issues with booting - everything fine.
[HTC One S] jammysunny:
You didnt do my mistake, of course, sure? to boot with a file of an One X to One S, did you?
[HTC One S] ILoveAndroid77:
Nope, just wanted to say that the **tampered** has nothing todo with your fault and current problem..
[HTC One S] jammysunny:
good to hear...but it wouldnt be normal, to boot this superboot-file everytime I restart my S^^
[HTC One S] ILoveAndroid77:
True ;)
[HTC One S] jammysunny:
Hi Paul, what or how can I do myself, cause tomorrow i leave Home to Vacance, and there I am not able to do such like this^^
[HTC One S] xkonni:
once you booted with the superboot image, it does the necessary changes on your /system partition for the phone to stay rooted even when you reboot it...
[HTC One S] arknailed7754:
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Hi is this method safe etc, anyone tried running apps with root access etc?

only asking as mine is coming next week..
[HTC One S] xkonni:
it's as safe as rooting can be and works like described...
[HTC One S] Vintos:
Hi

I would like to ask what's the difference between this rooting method compared to the htc official one, especially concerning the warranty part. Is the official htc method a fastboot flash or fastboot boot?

Thanks for this a hundred times.
[HTC One S] xkonni:
There is no official rooting method, just official bootloader unlock.

Rooting is what you do afterwards.

And it just refers to being able to su to root. For this 'fastboot flash' is not necessary if the needed files are copied by a 'fastboot boot'ed image.

You could alter the ramdisk in order to create an insecure boot.img though and that needs to be flashed...

Sent from my HTC One S
[HTC One S] hah2110:
Will this work on the T-Mo US version?
[HTC One S] torxx:
It should yes..
[HTC One S] unk2009:
Good afternoon...I was wondering if it is or will it be possible to root without using HTCDEV ? The reason I'm asking is I'm not sure that I want HTC to know, what if I have to send my phone back for say, a cracked screen or something, will my warranty be voided because I rooted using HTCDEV, they would obviously be aware that I'm rooted...HTC pretty much states that if you root your phone your warranty would be invalid...i've been a long time follower/fan since my G1 days, thanks again Modaco

Thanks in advance for your help and any suggestions that you may have...

Found a great tutorial by Torxx in One S Android development, may be helpful to some...

Thanks again XDA
[HTC One S] touchhdsteo:
Hello,

I have also **Tempered** in the top of the bootloader. (HTC One S)

after that I tried to do a factory reset but the only thing it does, the phone reboot and there is no new installation. Clear Storage is the same...

How can I get my phone in the state before flashing with "install-superboot-windows.bat"

Is there an original boot.img that I can flash to restore my phone... ?:confused:
[HTC One S] xkonni:
whats the problem here? it does not boot?

you cant get rid of the ** TEMPERED ** message for now...
[HTC One S] jammysunny:
I replied my problem one week ago....the same to me, doing a reboot, it stays on white screen with some warnings like "this is only experimental....", so I must back to bootloader to do a superboot again to have a fully functional S...

My problem was, that I did this mistake, to use superboot from One X.....but aul told me to solve this problem....before solving it, I donnt wanna risk recovery or something else....
[HTC One S] Komadyret:
Unlocked and rooted.

Thanks a lot Paul.

Biggest challenge in this was to get the phone to bootloader-mode. Had to try 8-10 times both for the unlock and the rooting before successful :o

Now I'm ready to set up my phone as i like it :D
[HTC One S] jammysunny:
Hi Paul, should I unroot my Device and flash stockrom to kill this worst effect?

And how can I flash stockroom? Must I Relock Bootloader before or shall I let it unlocked?
[HTC One S] cliff0796:
How do you backup a recovery, Mine say that my recovery is CWM 5.8.2.3, when I flash this and then go to bootloader then recovery the phone just restarts, I have no nandroid backup.
[HTC One S] azzledazzle:
How do you mean back up a recovery ? You just keep the file that you downloaded and flashed through ADB - That is your recovery..
[HTC One S] suhailtheboss:
just to let everyone know, it worked on my TMO USA version flawlessly.

still have yet to flash CWM till i hear someone has got it going with no issues.
[HTC One S] Bxrxyxaxn:
Thanx gonna try asap

did the toolkit step by step...got token id nd it did the rest on its own, flashed recovery then flashed this...thanx got it now !!
[HTC One S] nickmv:
Paul, I followed your guide, followed the link to r3 superboot and got the following results:

first SU flash attempt -- didnt do anything, said downloading boot, booting, and nothing was different. No root

SECOND flash attempt - said downloading boot, booting, but this time, the HTC boot screen gave me some warning about development mode, and when I was done booting, I had root.

I also now have "tampered" in my bootloader. Did I miss something here? I've got root, but I'm curious about the tampered AND the message about dev mode.
[HTC One S] puiutzuusa:
help!!!

can anyone post a mirror, no disrespect, but the download link is under maintenance.......thank you for your trouble
[HTC One S] jaedolla:
mirror

can some one please post a mirror until his link is online again. thanks!
[HTC One S] nickmv:
Works fine here, so it must be back up.
[HTC One S] maurito661:
:( im trying to do it but doesnt show anything i did the unlock already but doesnt doanything when i double click the file help :(
[HTC One S] nickmv:
You need to be more specific. What step are you at? What file are you double clicking on?
[HTC One S] Flow-Wolf:
Hello! I have some troubles :/

I have done every thing but I can't access to recovery :/

I have write tempered on my bootloader screen but When I try to go to recovery my phone just reboot.

Fastboot is uncheck and Debugging mode activate :/

Thanks for your help
[HTC One S] unk2009:
I was reading your post and wanted to know what you did for #5 (it states "place unlock code bin in the Data folder in this program" my question to you is, what data folder, I hope that it's not right in front of me...Thank you in advance for your help, it is much appreciated

OMG, it was so self explanatory...I found it...lol

I'm going to try it over from the begining(Is that possible ?)
[HTC One S] kolyan:
I have the same problem here...Cant access Recovery

SOLVED: DONT USE Official CWM of koush (HTC One S) < BOTH DONT WORK FOR ME, PAULS WORKS FINE
[HTC One S] dell4320:
I am holding one s t-mobile in my hand ready to follow this thread, all what i need is to have a permanent tethering wired and wireless, but i have one burning question:

The original thread talks about rooting not being permanent (not sure I understand the extent of that statement), would my tethering still be working after rebooting the phone?

I am not looking to modify anything else in the phone besides been able to permanently tethered.
[HTC One S] dc211:
Yes if you use this your phone will be permanently rooted and you'll tethering will work after your phone is rebooted.
[HTC One S] dashraider:
so does this also work for the us tmobile version of the one s?
[HTC One S] Tabtoub:
My htc one s in simlocked to bouygues telecom france, is this method unlocks the sim or not? If no, what should I do to unlock it?

Thanks in advance
[HTC One S] invensmaster:
Just wanted to thank you, I was able to root my tmobile htc one s, i am up and running folowed the steps worked great,

What is worth saing from what i found i dont know if it will help or know i am just stating it from my experiance, It did not work from the first time i think it worked after i enabled allow unknown sources in security and i had to reboot bootloader.

Thanks again
[HTC One S] keverline:
I also used this successfully with the T-Mobile One S. Much like the previous poster, it took two attempts to get it to stick. I also turned on "Unknown Sources" before the second attempt, but cannot verify whether or not that made a difference or was merely coincidence. Either way, T-Mo users should be safe with this tool. Thanks Paul.
[HTC One S] Reviewers:
Thanks but this didn't root my device.
[HTC One S] kmao2004:
I was going through the process and got stuck at the place some other folks are; getting root to work. In an effort to troubleshoot this myself I reflashed the different recoveries and the interim one seemed to boot up fine. When root wouldn't stick I did a master reset.

This is where it gets bad - when root still wouldn't work I went to advanced and formatted everything. I did this because it worked on the GS2 when I would have problems. Now when I reboot it gets stuck on the HTC Quietly Brilliant screen. Please help even though I brought this on myself.

tl;dr

The phone is stuck on the htc start up screen and I cannot get it to boot up or into recovery. Please help!

Update: I can get into bootloader and also into recovery. I cannot mount the sdcard to push any files to the phone through adb though.
[HTC One S] DeGon:
SD card? You have a HTC one S with a SD card? How come?
[HTC One S] buckbullstallion:
T-MOBILE 2 tries

I guess its confirmed that T-Mo may take 2 turns. also as noted and as done the phone is tampered with when you mess with the "LOCKED" files. no need to worry it just voids the warrenty.
[HTC One S] flight_guy747:
Hello Paul!

superboot does not work on my device. I got my One S from amazon last week. it is not network branded and comes as HTC device. CID is HTC__002.

I unlocked bootloader via HTCDev site and it worked OK. then I installed boot.superboot.img as instructed. that (according to the CMD window) was a success too. when booting into bootloader do get the red warning screen (which I understand is normal) and can see still S-ON and the TAMPERED sign as well.

I tried several times as on some devices you need to do it more often. still the same results.

any ideas?? thank you very much!

device info:

hboot 1.06.0000

radio 0.15.31501S.19

CWM recovery 5.8.3.1

software 1.53.401.2

kernel 3.0.8-01050

Stefan
[HTC One S] juwls305:
I cant unlock the bootloader to root, at htcdev, click unlock bootloader and nothing happens, no popup nothing, is it down? i know what I'm doing I've done this before but does anyone have a work around?
[HTC One S] ascot17:
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/unlock-instructions/page-3
[HTC One S] kwtf:
Works perfect!
[HTC One S] brew1brew:
woohoo, Titanium now working!

Thanks for your hard work.
[HTC One S] ascot17:
This thread has a one-click root solution via PC/USB for the One X. Also reported working for the One S.
[HTC One S] KT:
Have you tried it?
[HTC One S] DownloaderZ:
I don't understand why this is getting so little traction on this board?
[HTC One S] ascot17:
No not tried it, but there is a thread on it in the 'General' section. A couple of users have reported success.
[HTC One S] hammondnav:
I can confirm that this works on the US version of the One S on T-Mobile. Tried it on stock ROM version 1.53.531.16. Device was rooted successfully, SuperSU was sideloaded and I verified root through Titanium. Removed a bunch of TMO crap.
[HTC One S] ToterPunkt:
Finally got root to work, is there anything i have to do in order to receive OTA updates? or will those work by themselves.

i've been having horrible call quality problems with this phone and was hoping the new update would fix that. otherwise is there a rom that could possibly update voice quality.
[HTC One S] greenkabbage:
I have, and it worked on my 1.53 unbranded One S (bought in Germany).
[HTC One S] Fazettit:
Yes, tried it and worked well.
[HTC One S] Bricolo_fr:
does it work on a device updated with the 1.78 OTA?
[HTC One S] SenatorIvy:
This worked great for me. No issues at all. :)
[HTC One S] ICWS:
So I can root even without unlocking bootloader first and by using this all my data won't get wiped?

P.S.: I'm referring to the one click solution.
[HTC One S] Bricolo_fr:
I'm not sure the method described in the 1st post would delete your data
[HTC One S] BTTRDYZ:
Rooted last night using the one-click method and still have everything the same on my (TMO_US) stock ROM minus the bloat of coarse. It doesn't erase any data at all, just make sure if you use the one click that you leave your USB cable plunged in until you are sure that your phone is done rebooting. The post says the phone will reboot some 3-4 times but mine rebooted something closer to six times...it seems as though the OS is fully loaded, but then mine rebooted again twice!;)
[HTC One S] snwman:
I also can confirm that the one click method worked for me, my phone also rebooted about 5 times. But all is good. Mine is also a euro version one s
[HTC One S] calming:
I just did this and it worked fine... Do I need to be unlocked to boot into CWM?
[HTC One S] greasersalley:
I tried one click

worked for me...took 4 reboots, updated the Super user...and wha-la!

rooted tethering, I too got rid of t-mo bloat!!

Thanks guys!!
[HTC One S] m1schi:
What versions are you guys on? It didn't work for my European HTC One S (from Amazon Germany) running 1.78 OTA.

Neither the Mac version (the root-mac2.sh which was followed in the thread afterwards) nor the Windows version seem to work. 4 reboots and nothing changes so far.
[HTC One S] Sneakyghost:
DroidExplorer APK install Fail One S

Got mine yesterday, updated to 1.78 OTA and then used that very Trick from the One X referenced a few posts up.

Had to enable USB Debugging, set it to Charge-Mode only, then allow unknown sources (that was the culprit for me - didn't work the first few tries until i enabled that) and then have it reboot a few times.

I am still having problems with installing apps via DroidExplorer though. It does work on my HD2 so i am rather sure its not the connection. I'd think there's still some permission crap left over that is blocking some things as i could install two smaller apps but not e.g. Swype or anything as big as that.

[EDIT]

I have the Apps install from DroidExplorer now although i could not track why it suddenly works. I suspect some Problems with my ESET Firewall rules i set up, it might have missed something. I changed around some stuff and today it works

It most likely is the drivers and connection as the htc one s seems to be perfectly accessible on my brand new work netbook, could not test adb yet though as our admin has locked me out.

-----------------------------------------------------

the first Post from Paul O'Brien states that the achieved ADB Root is non permanent.

Today i had trouble sending "adb reboot bootloader" from Windows Command Prompt. The command "Reboot" implemented in DroidExplorer worked though. Just not to bootloader. I verified on the device using terminal emulator and got a "not permitted return". How to interprete this?

[EDIT]

In Addition, there seems to be major issues with the path variable on Windows 7 64 bit. I noticed that some of the described problems go away when using CMD in the directory where adb is located instead of going via the path variable.

Some of the problems remain though.

ADB reboot bootloader works when accessing adb directly, fastboot flashes sometimes fail with "too many links" error, push/pull only works sometimes, mostly gets a timeout.
[HTC One S] Sneakyghost:
Moderation, please remove post. Sorry.
[HTC One S] mantiis:
guys am i screwed?

I used the AIO kit to unlock my bootloader, flashed recovery, and didnt flash root before trying to install trickdroid.

so now I cant get past the HTC screen saying the modified version blah blah blah in red text.

I can get into recovery but I guess I dont have root to properly install the trickdroid???

what can I do?

EDIT: I pushed the nandroid backup through adb.... got it back to normal.

EDIT2: After loading the nandroid backup, then running the superSU.zip, i still cant seem to flash tricktroid successfully.
[HTC One S] GoreTan:
Running a T-Mobile One S, tried the HTC One X root, let it sit and it did not work!

Also, I unlocked the bootloader use HTCDEV.com and it says ***Tampered*** and ***Unlocked*** so, what does ***Tampered*** mean?

Anyone know how to easily root? I tried running that HTC One X root method 2 times, on the cmd it says failed process.

Please help! Thanks!
[HTC One S] Closed Source Project:
Hello, sorry guys, but I'm a bit new to rooting on this device and I have two minor questions:

Will the rooting process wipe the device (data/apps/sdcard)? AND

Will rooting the device on the stock ROM stop OTAs (over the air updates)?

Thank you!
[HTC One S] Sneakyghost:
Tampered means it got marked as "somebody messed with it" like the mechanism Samsung has to determine whether or not there had been manipulation of the bootloader...

---------- Post added at 09:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:11 AM ----------

Hello

I have the feeling that answers come in very reluctant and slow on the One S forum so i'll try and jump in but i am still very basic and my answer might need addition or correction:

The Rooting Process does not wipe data/apps/sdcard (i had a factory reset, fresh device so i am unsure about this statement.)

Rooting the device on the stock ROM will not stop OTA as far as i can tell. (please correct me if i am wrong).
[HTC One S] franck2k5:
When I do volume down + power, nothing happens. Anyone had this issue ?
[HTC One S] greasersalley:
One X root method...

when I tried using the one x method "one click" I got no where fast. I tried it several times...and nothing. alot like some of you are posting. I followed the video after constant frustration...and it asked me to check and actually check for proper driver installation. even though the pc comfirmed they were, they were not. and just like in the videoafter clicking for them for confrimation, they installed and it started to zap the phone...I was kinda scared this being my first time rooting by myself...especially a brand new phone..

but after its 3-4 reboots, I saw that super user was installed, and I was good to go. its been 2 weeks, no probs or issues what so ever...

using stock rom, rooted for teathering...eliminated t-mo crap..and its all good. This is the video I watched....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4pg9PNLfEk&feature=related

Gracias!!
[HTC One S] Richy101:
Having just rooted my One S using Paul's 'Superboot' I can confirm that it does do a factory reset but does leave the SDCard partition intact.

Worked like a charm for me. Had run it twice for some reason but second time SU was installed and root access granted. Many thanks Paul.
[HTC One S] el_smurfo:
Had to run twice as well.

Regarding Vol down + power...seems finicky. I only get it about half the time...you need to hold for longer than previous phones I've owned for sure.
[HTC One S] smarti13:
How do you unlock there http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/unlock-instructions ?

No HTC One S in the list :-(

thanks
[HTC One S] D3LTA:
Does it still work?

Does it still work without unlocking the bootloader?
[HTC One S] onlinechi:
Does the latest HTC One S have something on them that prevent us from rooting? I tried to flash CWM from both sources... but when i try to enter recovery i get the red text on screen "This build is for development purposes only....etc"

it seems im not the only one... i notice a few people have this problem and the only offered solution is to reflash the recovery img but i do not think that is the issue as personally i have reflashed quite a few times and one guy even reflashed 10 times..

Anyone have a solution for this?

Thanks!
[HTC One S] Kaotika:
Pick "All other supported devices" and then follow the instructions, it works on HTC One S