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[HTC Rezound] scotty1223:
no. you can simply flash the jpbear ICS patched hboot,and have fastboot boot and fastboot flash commands back,if thats how you like to flash them.

keep in mind,however,that with s-off PH98IMG files are no longer a headache. the android info document can say literally anything and it doesnt matter. so if s-on memories are haunting you,it wont be that way ;)

yes. the jpbear patched ICS hboot. if your hboot is locked before flashing the patched hboot,it will be after. think of the lock/unlock/relock status as more of a flag,similar to the radio secure flag. just like you will stay s-off,no matter what hboot you run,your lock status will stay the same as well.

depends on your train of thot. if you are part of the "my hboot has to say locked so i can warranty my phone" crowd,then there may be benefits to doing that,since we havent figure another way out of it yet :eek:

i played around with some of the other fastboot commands,but didnt have much luck. in the next few days i will keep working on it,but im not having much hope that we can be locked again without more complex means.

if you dont really care,then there isnt any benefit of it at all. i actually like that when i ruu,the hboot is automatically still unlocked so i dont need to flash something else right away to get fastboot commands.

just as it was before with s-on,relocked has no bearing or affect on the phones function.

hope that helps :)
[HTC Rezound] scotty1223:
and you wont have any prollems,thats not what this thread is about. i tried to revise the OP so hopefully it is less confusing.

the only folks that this affects are the ones that care about their hboots staying locked for warranty.

im testing simply becasue i like to know "what if",and i like a puzzle.trying to see if theres a way to get it back amuses me. :p
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
Dude it happened on mine so I took mine off my extended battery I do not feel like this is doing HTC or Verizon any bad because I have never spilled one drop of water on my phone
[HTC Rezound] El Schisne:
You have no idea. I don't say much on this forum, but reading your posts has been resoundingly helpful (c wut i did thar?) in coming to understand how all these different aspects of the system work together. Seriously, thank you.

Edit: And hey, just thought of one more question. With S-OFF, would one necessarily need to relock before flashing an RUU? What you said in response to my question--specifically "i actually like that when i ruu,the hboot is automatically still unlocked so i dont need to flash something else right away to get fastboot commands"--suggests that relocking is unneeded. Am I understanding that correctly?
[HTC Rezound] scotty1223:
your quite welcome,your comments are why i do what i do. :cool:

yes,you are understanding it correctly. :) there is no need to relock before running RUUs.

the radio and hboot are no longer doing their security checks,its just that the "unlock flag" is staying where it is across up/downgrades,much like the radio secureflag :)
[HTC Rezound] prdog1:
I have 2 rezounds. One for daily driver and one for testing purposes as I am a tester and Moderator for several devs and 2 forums. I ran leaked ICS RUU on both devices prior to s-off. Once I finished one came out locked with Eng boot. The second device did not take Eng boot and came out relocked tampered. Flashing Eng boot got rid of tampered. My OCD then kicked in. Relocked and reflashed ICS leaked RUU. Unlocked with HTC dev. Reran Control Bear and obtained s-off. Did not take Eng boot on this device again. Ended up with stock bootloader locked and no tamper. Now have two matching locked S-off Rezounds. My OCD is now happy and this should show tht you can S-on and rerun Control Bear. Final result is hit and miss but always end up with S-off.:D
[HTC Rezound] andrewp3481:
Mine says locked with s-off...used to say joupinitbear where the locked it...I ran gb ruu twice..had to re flash recovery after the second time.
[HTC Rezound] HowardZ:
The answer I got was there is no simple/easy way to change it.

I did try running the hbear program again, but it quickly said I was already S-OFF and exited.

Considering how many many hours I put into getting S-OFF, I did not want to S-ON and do it again.

As I said, it is just a cosmetic thing.

Howard
[HTC Rezound] prdog1:
They now have a GB hboot that says locked instead of joupinitbear. Haven't looked to see if they changed ICS which is the RUU I used.

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See my post above. You can S-on and rerun as often as you want. It is hit or miss if you end up with locked or relocked.
[HTC Rezound] prdog1:
We just went back to S-on on another Relock. Ran Control Bear and came out with Locked S-off.:cool:
[HTC Rezound] scotty1223:
i tried to ask,but asking when hyuh is not around seems to be a pointless endeavor ;) zanzibar stated that the "locked" flag is in a couple places,only one of wich was writeable,then disappeared when i asked for tips on changing or rewriting.

lookin like the only way the "i gotta be locked" crowd is gonna get back to it is to s-on,and s-off again :eek:

hopefully this info is added to the s-off/root stickys so it can prevent uninformed unlocking. :D
[HTC Rezound] prdog1:
I'm batting 1000 on changing S-off relocked to Locked by going back S-on and running the S-off procedure again.:):cool:
[HTC Rezound] HowardZ:
Last night I extracted the stock hboot from the GB RUU, made a PH98IMG.zip and went back to the stock hboot. Then I flashed the jbear hboot using

"controlbear.exe -i". However none of this changed the "relocked" to become "locked".

There is some kind of magic controlbear.exe does when it achieves S-OFF.

Howard
[HTC Rezound] Slacker101:
I locked a device and s-on'd after it was a-off and unlocked. It looks 100% legitimate stock, doesn't say relocked or anything, I'm confused by the meaning of your warning.
[HTC Rezound] scotty1223:
if you had unlocked it,and relocked it,it would say relocked,so you apparently havent done that after s-off.

the s-off procedure resets the device to locked.

if you want to keep your locked status,do not use hvcdev to unlock the bootloader. not sure how else i can explain it.
[HTC Rezound] jgkelly66:
hboot 2.21

did s off ,now got locked and s off. can you remove the tampered and what is the best way to go back to stock to take the update. i have amon recovery installed.since i got s off can i run any gb rom and ics rom. im use to the tb and just flashing a rom. can anybody help. do i need to flash another hboot or keep the 2.21. thanks
[HTC Rezound] scotty1223:
Once you run an RUU,the tampered will disappear. Best way to get ics ota is to flash the 2.01.605.11 ruu. You can reroot if you want,but you must be running the stock recovery wen the ota hits your phone.
[HTC Rezound] jgkelly66:
hboot 2.21

will flashing the ruu replace the amon recovery to the stock one. all i have to do is reroot the phone and i will still have s off. i also will have to put the amon recovery bach on. will the hboot change when i run the stock ruu. thanks for the help scotty im use to the tb and this is very different.
[HTC Rezound] scotty1223:
the thunderbolt was s-off as well,its really not any different. yes,the ruu will replace amon with the stock recovery,hboot,and everything else,and s-off will remain.

if you put amon back on,youll have to replace it with the stock recovery immediately after. amon will not install an OTA.

if you have your heart set on getting ICS via an OTA(for whatever reason) heres what you need to do,if you want to be rooted while you wait:

1)run 2.01.605.11 RUU

2)install jpbear GB patched hboot

3)temporarily launch amon into phone memory without permanently flashing it(directions here. follow 2)install recovery.

do not htcdev unlock

)

4)flash root files

5)wait for ota

6)reinstall amon and flash superuser files after ota

alternately,of course,you could:

1)flash 2.01.605.11 ruu

2)wait

3)permanently install amon and root after ota

tho IMO its not really worth it. what you recive OTA is not gonna be any different than the leak ruu we will prolly get prior. not to mention that scotts cleanrom will have more features and overall be much better than a stock rom.

my advice would be: keep enjoying your phone with custom roms. when the official OTA ruu is leaked,wait for someone to pull the firmware,and for scott to rebase his cleanrom.

1)flash firmware via hboot

2)flash cleanrom in recovery

youll have a much nicer user experience that way. i promise you wont miss out on anything to update to official ICS via an ruu or custom rom instead of an OTA.

i watched alot of TB users unroot and wait for a magical OTA and become extremely fustrated with stock phones,and disappointed when the OTA hit.

my 2 cents.
[HTC Rezound] nukeboyt:
Flash recovery without unlocking?

I began today stock unlocked GB. First I did S-OFF (for GB) which gave me the ENG Hboot. Then I did the latest RUU leak to ICS which replaced the Hboot with the one from the RUU. I'm "LOCKED" but still S-OFF....

How do I flash a recovery? The title of this thread leads me to believe that there is no reason to have to unlock, and that I should be able to flash recovery. Obviously I'm missing something (probably obvious).

Here's the error I get when I attempt to flash recovery from fastboot.

fastboot flash recovery recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm.img

sending 'recovery' (7078 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.397s]

writing 'recovery'...

FAILED (remote: not allowed)

finished. total time: 1.717s

Again, I'm probably overlooking something important....:eek:
[HTC Rezound] Troider:
You can't fastboot flash a recovery on the stock HBOOT. You have to use the PH98IMG.zip of the recovery, or go back to a patched HBOOT with more fastboot commands

edit: Here's the file. Credit goes to Thadrow for posting this https://www.dropbox.com/s/zoh4bb6onniqndh/PH98IMG.zip
[HTC Rezound] nukeboyt:
That did the trick. Thank you!
[HTC Rezound] PUERTO_RUK:
OK, So what does that mean and do? Currently I'm on my replacement Rezound and stock everything. No root, no nothing. Will I be able to flash this patched hboot with no problems, and will it allow me to flash rooted custom Roms? Or can I do that after I flash a recovery via renaming it to a PH98IMG zip file with the factory hboot? I know I have quite a few questions, however I'm coming from a Tbolt and this is QUITE different than what I'm used to. I've never had to jump through do many hurdles before. The last time I was flashing RUs was back in my WinMo days with Manilla3D. Also, since I'm locked, how can I S-OFF if one of the requirements of JBearis to be HTCDEV unlocked? Any help is much appreciated. This phone is truly testing my skills.
[HTC Rezound] scotty1223:
no,you cannot install a recovery,or a patched hboot on an s on phone.

if you s-off,pretty much nothing is different. the tb was s-off as well.if you stay s-on,there are some differences.

1)unlock with htcdev

2)install recovery

3)flash root files

4)do s-off procedure ( http://unlimited.io/ )

my guide to htcdev unlock: http://androidforums.com/rezound-al...ys-noob-friendly-root-guide-start-finish.html

more info on s-off: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1612035

i suggest you do some reading and research rather than just tacking questions onto the end of existing threads ;)
[HTC Rezound] PUERTO_RUK:
I get how to unlock, as I did it on the Rezound I'm sending back. As far as you suggesting I do some reading and research instead of tacking on questions to the end of an existing thread thread, how do you think I came UPON this thread to begin with?? By "reading and doing research".

Your title to this post and some of the info contained it it seemed very confusing and contradictory. You are saying if I want to stay in a locked state, then don't unlock AFTER I s-off. But you can't s-off without unlocking first. You also say I can flash recoveries by renaming to PH98IMG. By the title and content contained herein, I take it as I can flash a recovery while being s-on.

I am no stranger to flashing and the innards of Android and htc phones. So excuse me for asking questions due to the confusing nature of the content, however I won't make that mistake twice. Last liners like that are what keep users like me from posting more on this site, and like to stay in the shadows.
[HTC Rezound] scotty1223:
QUOTE=PUERTO_RUK

I get how to unlock, as I did it on the Rezound I'm sending back. As far as you suggesting I do some reading and research instead of tacking on questions to the end of an existing thread thread, how do you think I came UPON this thread to begin with?? By "reading and doing research". ok. your questions dont come across as those from someone with knowledge of unlocking/rooting.

Your title to this post and some of the info contained it it seemed very confusing and contradictory. You are saying if I want to stay in a locked state, then don't unlock AFTER I s-off. But you can't s-off without unlocking first. You also say I can flash recoveries by renaming to PH98IMG. By the title and content contained herein, I take it as I can flash a recovery while being s-on.

s-off turns your rrelockedor unlockedback to locked. as the title and OP explain,dont htcdev unlock AFTER s-off. i dont know how else to explain it.

you are correct,you can flsah recoveries on an s-on,unlocked phone. again,your questions come across as wanting to root without unlocking.

I am no stranger to flashing and the innards of Android and htc phones. So excuse me for asking questions due to the confusing nature of the content, however I won't make that mistake twice. Last liners like that are what keep users like me from posting more on this site, and like to stay in the shadows.

sorry if i offedned you. but i do stand behing the statement that you need to keep doing your research. these questions have been addressed in this,and several other threads.

also,i did answer your questions in a manner that answered what i thot you were asking. sorry if you did not like the answer.
[HTC Rezound] PUERTO_RUK:
Ok. That wasn't explained. "s-off turns your rrelockedor unlockedback to locked. as the title and OP explain,dont htcdev unlock AFTER s-off. i dont know how else to explain it".

I won't continue to beat a dead horse. It appears that a misunderstanding is the culprit on both parts. I do agree that ppl in general need to do more research, it becomes very frustrating when info is not explained clearly and in a concise manner. It's not all about the answer that was given, but rather the way it was DELIVERED. Your help and assistance is really appreciated. I chalk this up to no harm, no foul.
[HTC Rezound] scotty1223:
sounds good :)
[HTC Rezound] Thermionics:
Thanks for this post..

Thanks for the heads-up. Glad I came across your post. It'd be nice if this was part of a sticky for s-off.
[HTC Rezound] scotty1223:
send some PMs. dmeadows has included it in his current root status thread.

maybe if you pm our fearless new mod,he could add it to his sticky roll up thread :)
[HTC Rezound] in_retrospekt:
Is this Amon Ra in a img? Or a patched Hboot?

Just want to know before I go flashing
[T-Mobile LG G2x] shank15217:
Will upgrading to the new V21Y fw require me to re-unlock the phone because of the baseband update? I have the unlock code for the phone but I'm about to take a business trip to another country where I want to use another sim. Im afraid that the V21Y firmware update would sim lock the phone again and require a new unlock code.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nycelitemaster:
No it will not.

Sent via G2X-SINGH-UI
[T-Mobile LG G2x] shank15217:
Thanks, gonna try it this weekend :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jboxer:
The unlock is stored in a special partition of NVRAM which is never touched by a firmware update. Once unlocked the phone remains unlocked unless your carrier relocks it by OTA, which they never do.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Sharkeyd:
My girlfriend just bought a refurbished A100. It arrived with ICS 2 days before the OTA was due. At first I was like GREAT! but upon further investigation I found it had the camera and speaker bugs reported in earlier leaked versions. So I looked at the build number and sure enough its an old build (.002).

Now my dilemma is do I wait for the OTA in a couple of days or do I use the stock ICS (.014) downloaded in the Dev section.

Now my girlfriend has watched me live through the agony and ecstasy of flashing roms and kernels on my Galaxy Tab and Revolution and does not want me to root her Acer.

I have searched the A100 forums and it appears you can flash this w/out root through stock recovery. Please correct me if I am wrong.

I can't seem to find very clear cut directions but here is what I think I need to do someone please tell me if I understand correctly.

1.rename downloaded zip to update.zip

2. put on root of external sd card (anywhere in particular)

3. turn tab off

4. turn tab back on by holding power and volume down

5. let go of power button and continue to hold volume down

6. let go of volume down when Android w/ gears icon appears

7. let it do it's thing

8.profit!

I'm a noob to Acer but not Android in general. Please any advice would be appreciated as I REALLY don't want to F-Up my Girlfriends new baby.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] toyface:
I know you feel buddy, my girlfriend inherited my old HTC Desire, which she loves but, doesn't love it when I say "I have a new ROM for you!" She loves having ICS though so go figure!

Yeah you've got it all right, it might take a few times to get into the stock recovery, it drove me mad ha ha, no harm done though just a bit fiddly to get the button combo every time.

the .014 release is the ICS to flash as it has full touch support with games.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Sharkeyd:
Thank you for your quick reply toyface. Just another quick couple of questions.

Does the screen lock button need to be in any particular position when doing the stock recovery flash?

Is there any particular folder or place on the sdcard that I have to put the update.zip?

If I decide to wait on the OTA, will it go right over the old ICS build or will having the old ICS interfere with that?

Thanks again.:D
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Jaygo7:
The stock rom in the development section is the same as the ota update, so your tab won't find a new update as it will already be installed. As for flashing, your steps are correct, but make sure you hold the volume button closest to the power button and you should be good. Hope this helps!
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] Sharkeyd:
Everything went smooth as silk. I have now have a happy girlfriend with a happy tablet, therefore I am a happy man. Thanks for the help! :D
[HTC One S] hpsauce37:
is it me or has the deskclock option been removed? On my previous devices i have had the option to select this so that when it is on charge at night it also acts as as a bedside clock.

On the One s the only think i can see is under 'clock' it says world clock and there is a picture of a planet with different time zones but not actually a digital clock showing the time.

Am i missing something somewhere?

Basically i want a digital clock that can double as an alarm clock to have when the phone is on charge at night....would be great if it could also turn off the home and back button also as these seem to stay on at night when charging with the ones i have tried from the market.

thanks
[HTC One S] nightang3l:
According to my knowledge they HTC has removed the Desktop clock feature.
[HTC One S] hpsauce37:
Very annoying, why can't they give you an option to switch from 'world clock' ( the planet showing) to a clock like on the older version, at least it would have a real use.
[HTC One S] niagaraview:
The lack of alarm clock is annoying. I've tried out some clock apps, and those work well enough except the bottom buttons stay lit. Haven't found a good solution yet.
[HTC One S] rootrider:
Alarm Clock Plus works best for me. It should not be moved to sdcard, as it breaks like any other app using alarms and/or widgets.

Customizing it the first time may take some time but it can do almost everything so.
[HTC One S] DigitalMonk:
There is an alarms section in the Clock app. Nothing special but it works fine.

Sent from my HTC One S
[HTC One S] niagaraview:
I know, what I meant was what the OP stated, the desktop clock was missing. I did try Alarm Clock Plus, it worked great except that the bottom buttons remain lit which was distracting.

Interestingly, having now gone a few nights without a bedside clock, I find I'm sleeping a bit better without knowing what time it is.
[HTC One S] hpsauce37:
im using night clock donate at the moment and its a very clean and simple clock which i want however i too have the problem with the three buttons staying lit when its on :(

If anyone knows of one i want a simple digital clock with the ability to turn off the button lights and also if possible mute notifications when its activated (like email and twitter etc)
[HTC One S] Big Smooth:
Lightning Bug is an app that I use for white noise that also has a fairly customizable clock that goes with it. It has an option to turn off device lights, although that does not seem to be working correctly on the One S (could be something the devs need to fix for Ice Cream Sandwich).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aussiesausage:
Hey guys.

My girlfriends Galaxy S 2 won't even recognize it's plugged into my laptop, yet it will charge.

Now it's no deal at all as she never plugs it into a PC anyway, I just transfer stuff bluetooth.

But I want to put a custom ROM on it to get rid of all the carrier bull****, but being un-able to connect to a PC, how can I root it and install one using just the handset itself?

Please help me?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Not possible imho without pc, uninstall and reinstall Kies or the usb drivers for connection. Disable usb debugging.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aussiesausage:
Oh ok, bugger. And I've tried doing that, doesn't seem to work.

The phone doesn't even come up that it's plugged in. Nothing.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluefa1con:
search in the development section

there was a method to root ics without flashing anything from pc
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aussiesausage:
I have but can't find anything.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Yoy usb drivers are not working, reinstall them again in Kies and reboot the pc. than connect again.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coversnail:
Is the S2 already running ICS firmware? If so you can easily root using the method here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1501719

Just put the two linked files on your internal sd (either transfer then via bluetooth or directly download from your phone through the browser) and follow the instructions, literally a 2 minute job.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aussiesausage:
Yeah seen that, but it's not ICS :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aussiesausage:
Nope no go, just did that. KIES just says please connect a device :(

My galaxy Nexus connects up fine, just not her Galaxy S 2 yet it will charge fine. Dunno why.

EDIT: I take that back, left it plugged in and now it's making weird noises and sayings installing device driver software.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dj_sploits:
Sorry somebody else had posted my way of doing it :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coversnail:
Just to eliminate another option have you tried cleaning the USB port on the phone, I have seen quite a few posts here and there saying that it has helped
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Not possible, you have no cwm to flash it with, sammy`s 3rd recovery doesn`t allow flashing custom software. You need to have cwm.

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You could try another usb port
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aussiesausage:
Now WTF.

I rooted it, used Rom Manager to flash CWM and it's still the stock one.

Why isn't my phone this ***** hard.