[HTC One X] wph:
It's almost a half year ago since the last post in this topic.

It's also many months ago since I heard anything promising about this subject. I had a few PM's that there was made big progress, but that was it, no news since then.

The threads about S-Off were closed, only the developer discussion thread is still open. But as far as I can tell, there are no major breakthroughs.

More important, the One X is almost a year old now and a lot of us already got new phones and a whole lot more will do that with the next iteration of devices coming up. So apart from losing interest for S-Off myself, also developers will switch to newer phones and dedicate their resources to these devices. The Tegra devices are a hard nut to crack, also there are no flagship phones with Tegra SoC's coming in the next few months, all flagship phones are (back) on Qualcomm now. So I think it's fairly safe to say that the chances of getting S-Off are not getting bigger.

If anybody has news about S-Off, I would be happy to hear that!

But like I said, my interest in S-Off for the One X is waning. I ordered the new HTC One and am selling my One X when I get my new phone. A lot of people pledged money, I looked at the spreadsheet for the first time in a long time and I saw the total amount is more than 2100 dollars. A lot of money, but I don't have a clue which users will pay if S-Off is found (if ever). I will pay my amount when S-Off is found, because I promised it. But I have don't have the time to chase people that also promised to pay, nor did I ever promise to do so. Back then, when I started this thread, a lot of people were under the impression that I received the money people pledged, but that's not the case. I never received a dime!

So with my new device coming in a few weeks, I inevitably will look even less at the One X forums. I know there is still a lot of activity on these forums, a lot of people are still very happy with this phone and when the price will come down further, a lot of people will still buy the device as their new phone. It's a fantastic phone, I still like it a lot. The screen still amazes me, it's (by far) the nicest screen I have seen, hopefully surpassed by the FullHD screen of the HTC One. But I got my One X very cheap, my contract ends in a few weeks. I still think it's very decadent to sell my One X, it's not even a year old, but I know from experience that the second year is always a lot harder and seems a lot longer than the first.

The Desire I owned before the One X still felt like a new phone after a year, but a few months later it suddenly felt 'old'. The magic was gone overnight. And with that phone I could do what I want, flash anything I like. Without that I would have become bored with it even earlier I think. Particularly the screen of the One X keeps the phone from becoming 'old', but you never know what I think of it in the next few months, when the latest generation of devices pop up. So like I said, it feels as utter decadence, but I bought a new phone and this one is sold to a friend.

So for all the readers that made it through the long introduction, or for those who skipped a few paragraphs:

What's the point of bringing up this (controversial) thread?

I would like your opinions about what to do with this thread. Hand it over to someone more dedicated to this device and maybe willing to actively approach users to pay up if S-Off is found? Close the thread because S-Off is unlikely to happen (ever)? Leave the S-Off bounty the way it is now, with the uncertainty that people won't pay the amount they promised because they lost interest / don't want to pay anymore / [insert reason] ? Or is there any news I should know, people actively working on this subject?