yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC One S] Sneakyghost:
I think if it was as easy as that we would have S-OFF already. Tecardo and I think Jobo at least did play a lot with that since Tecardo has an S-Off Phone (just got lucky) and knows a thing or two about the matter.

What I do know from him is, that the phone has a checksum verification. If one of the secured partitions has a checksum error the phone dies. Well actually not sure about that but it is very likely that it would render some functions like writing to chip unusable at least. Don't know exactly what is happening then but nothing good for sure.

sent from a phone
[HTC One S] Darknites:
Has anybody tried working out where the writing is to make a box round it?
[HTC One S] touch of jobo:
Thanks Sneakyghost.

I didn't know exactly what to add, but I reworked the OP a bit and it includes everything you mentioned: The fact that the red text remains, that you haveto be one 1.0X, the link to the downgrade thread, your pic and zip, and suggested to post nice splashes in this thread. If I want to add more splashes to the OP, I have to rework it because of the 20 attachment limit. I also made the online generator a little nicer. It has a blue background and some more layout.

hboot is signed. I don't know whether this signature is only checked during 'normal' flashing or that hboot checks its own signature when booting up. If that's the case we'd have to not only edit out the text but also bypass that test or make it always succeed. Or not hboot itself, but sbl1 or 2 checks the hboot signature, then it becomes even more difficult. (I haven't tried it.)

See attachment. Use it wisely ;)
[HTC One S] Darknites:
Nice one dude just needed a guide so thanks.

Will hit thanks when I can.
[HTC One S] Darknites:
Done a quick box, Its a bit tight but if you know what you doing its easy to sort.

Dark and Light

And this how the dark one looks on one.
[HTC One S] cat2115:
Credit picture to jetset-secrets:

I just made a splash and successful flash w/twrp. If anyone interested, feel free to flash. :) A picture of Angkor Wat
[HTC One S] cat2115:
I'm on [ROM][S4] Android Sense Best Stock v3.0 | Jelly Bean | Sense 4+. I flash splash zip successfully but is this normal? First boot, I do see the mod splash then went black a few second then I see HTC One S splash w/beast sound then finally on a homescreen.

Why HTC One S still showing? Is this a different splash boot? or the time of mod splash and original splash is shorter than the original splash that is y i still see htc one s splash?

hboot 1.06, radio 1.11t build 3.16
[HTC One S] Darknites:
You have boot splash(has red writing) then boot animation then home screen.
[HTC One S] cat2115:
May I ask where can i find boot animation for the JB rom i used. I can't find it in \system\media

Thanks.

Edit:

Found it. /system/customize/resource

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1637870
[HTC One S] touch of jobo:
See this thread: Bootanimation's for the One S.

It's a bit different per ROM, but that thread explains it.
[HTC One S] touch of jobo:
Get rid of red warning text overlay

UPDATE:

SINCE IT IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED SAFE TO FLASH HBOOT IN RECOVERY,

I HAVE PACKAGED UP ALL IMAGES AS FASTBOOT FLASHABLE ZIPS

AND POSTED THOSE UP IN POST#274​

Original post:

Now that we have S-Off, (..and ONLY if you have S-Off!!) we can get rid of the red warning text overlay that has defaced our boot splashes until now.

This build is for

development purposes only

Do not distribute outside of HTC

without HTC's written permission.

Failure to comply may

lead to legal action.​

Using the same recipe as for the flashable splash zips, these are flashable hboot zips. They were

modified to edit out the warning text

; no other modifications.

Enjoy clean custom splash. A side-effect of hboot-1.14.0004 is that it clears the ** TAMPERED ** flag, even if you flash a different one afterwards.

I tested all 4 (edit: 7) of these on my own device. But as always, flash at own risk. You're writing to a

critical

part of your phone. If anything goes wrong along the way, you might be

bricked

.

-Jobo

Update: added 1.14.0005 (by cat2115).

Update: added 1.09.0000

Update: DO NOT FLASH THESE IF YOU'RE NOT S-OFF!!

Update: Also posted flashable zips with the original unmodified hboots. See post #212.

Update:

/!\

[2013-03-15] We have a

BRICK

on an

S-OFF

device!! ("flash at own risk" is no longer just a phrase..)

Lately there has been a series of TWRP recoveries that have issues flashing (some?) ROMs. It's possible that this brick is related to flashing an hboot image with it. I don't know this for a fact, but

for now I don't recommend flashing hboot images using any TWRP version higher than 2.3.3.0

(until I know more).

Update: fastboot flashable zips now available in post#274. Those are recommended over the ones from this post.
​
[HTC One S] rootrider:
Flash from recovery?

--- edit

Yep - recovery. Saw that in the script. Works fine. Thanks.
[HTC One S] Opentang:
Re: [HOW-TO] Change your Boot Splash + Flashable Splashes + Online Generator

Out of curiosity, what's the best hboot for s-off users? Thanks for sharing btw, worked like a charm!

Regards,

Opentang
[HTC One S] rootrider:
I think the best one is the one included in the respectively RUU/OTA update. Why else should htc distribute it in a single package, besides taking us for a ride? ;)
[HTC One S] touch of jobo:
I don't think it matters. We used to have the nice ones, 1.06 and 1.09; and the not nice ones, all others. But with S-Off it's all nice.

Just provided all of these in case people feel better flashing the same version they have, so as to have a minimal change. Which is what I would do too, altho I dont really believe it matters.
[HTC One S] Rampage:
Thanks :)

worked perfect with the 1.06 hboot version. Yes i still have that 'old' hboot :D
[HTC One S] diabolusmiles:
nvm
[HTC One S] Darknites:
And he strikes again with making the boot splash even better. Thanks dude.
[HTC One S] renn9420:
Re: [HOW-TO] Change your Boot Splash + Flashable Splashes + Online Generator

1.140004 would be nice. But does it actually change the hboot? Or just says the hboot changed? Flashed the one for 1.140002 even though I'm on 1.140004.

Phone HTC G1 - G2 - One S *Rooted / S-Off'd

ROM: Dark Jelly S Edition (10.1)

---------- Post added at 09:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:06 PM ----------

1.140004 would be nice. But does it actually change the hboot? Or just says the hboot changed? Flashed the one for 1.140002 even though I'm on 1.140004.

Phone HTC G1 - G2 - One S *Rooted / S-Off'd

ROM: Dark Jelly S Edition (10.1)

Phone HTC G1 - G2 - One S *Rooted / S-Off'd

ROM: Dark Jelly S Edition (10.1)
[HTC One S] Darknites:
I would wait for touch of jobo to say but he did make it sound like you can change the Hboot with this.
[HTC One S] Sneakyghost:
AW: [HOW-TO] Change your Boot Splash + Flashable Splashes + Online Generator

I thought about making this live editing thing but I didn't at the end because we never know if offsets change with new hboots coming up. I found it too dangerous for public. Now one user used a zip for 0002 on 0004 and didn't know it was working but just guessing and he was lucky there and nothing evil happened but it could have been otherwise.

It's always a bit of a game of chance.

I edited a few hboots manually yesterday and all I can say is, they change a lot in structure although the offsets for the texts remained the same. Probably we are safe. Probably. But no definite here..

[EDIT]

I totally misunderstood your Post, Jobo. I thought you had done a dynamic editing thing that takes the hex out of the current hboot, so users can edit the hboot on the system. So i was afraid that u'd use a static method (with fixed offsets) which would break stuff as soon as HTC decided to change the offsets. I have more time now, looked through the thread and saw you just offer manually edited hboots. Thats a completely different story lol. Sorry for the confusion.

---------- Post added at 07:08 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:02 AM ----------

Tecardo and I where discussing whether or not the hboot is somehow connected to the radio because there where user reports of certain radios only working right with certain hboots, but we thought that could have been very random too.

My own experience includes latest radio with hboot 1.06 and 1.14 and 2.15 and it worked just as well on any of them.
[HTC One S] kingskidd268:
BINGO

I went to the site and made one.I have 1.14 and it worked. I seen on the site only 1.06 and 1.09 If you got 1.14 It do work. Oh yeah My Hboot change to from 1.140004 to 1.140002
[HTC One S] rootrider:
yeah - 1.140004 would be worth a try as it removed the 'tampered' warning from my device coming from a lower hboot (1.140002 to be exactly, which didn't remove 'tampered', when flashed). And it remained removed also I flashed 2.15 afterwards.

So why not have both things removed with a single file?! For the interested reader here is a link on how to 'Remove the tampered warning in bootloader'.

As I'm not the guy combining two peoples work and saying 'Hello World' to the rest of the community I'd suggest you, touch of jobo, do that as I think it should remain in your thread!

It needs to be tested so, by people coming from a lower hboot still showing that 'tampered' message as I don't know how to turn on 'tampered' again ( and to be honest, I'm not interested in doing that as well).
[HTC One S] Sneakyghost:
Thanks man i did already manually with UltraEdit and i also changed *** RELOCKED *** to *** LOCKED *** so when locking the phone it looks like its never been unlocked.

However, i came across a minor hiccup. I also zeroed out the *** Security Warning *** from insecure kernel mods (ADB with root privileges) but in hboot, it's just in one line with all the other things. So, when the hboot decides to throw that warning, it will not be shown because its blank but there will be an empty line at the top.

I checked it it maybe just is a linebreak (0A) but it's not, the hboot dynamically generates that line from somewhere else. It will most likely be in the crypted code part. So i wonder if we ever get a chance to fix this sh!t up too? Anyone got any idea?
[HTC One S] touch of jobo:
Flashing these zips does not try to modify your existing hboot by blanking out only the bit where the warning text sits. It replaces the entire hboot with one that I modified and zipped.

I took the (four) hboots I had sitting around, modded those, and packaged them up in the same way I packaged up flashable splash zips: the installer script dd's an image file into an emmc partition. Except in this case it's mmcblk0p12 (hboot) instead of mmcblk0p14 (splash).

So if you flashed the 1.14.0002 zip I posted, you're now on 1.14.0002. Your bootloader screen should report that.

Thanks for noticing. I changed it to include "..or any hboot if you're s-off."

I don't have 1.14.0004 laying around here, but will look at it later today/tonight. (Also, I don't mind when my work/testing leads to other people creating other stuff. That's just awesome. But when it comes to modding and flashing hboot files, everyone should be aware of the risks and be extremely careful, because only one wrong bit stands between a phone and a brick. And don't let others flash stuff that you haven't flashed yourself.)

-Jobo
[HTC One S] rootrider:
You'll find one here. It's fastboot flashable and it's the one I used for untampering my device.

--- edit

... and yeah, think I'd be the guy missing the right bit, when patching this. lol

That's why I trust in you and few more out there.
[HTC One S] touch of jobo:
Added to post #148. Enjoy!

I used the 1.14.0004 hboot from that post you linked to, edited it, packaged it up, tested it. It did not brick my device but it did get rid of the ** TAMPERED ** flag.
[HTC One S] tominozh:
Re: [HOW-TO] Change your Boot Splash + Flashable Splashes + Online Generator

Thx. I flashed 2.15 over my 2.15 and red disclaimer warning is gone. Thank you very much.
[HTC One S] blackwing182:
Some bootsplash i have in my pc.

i dont have screenshots cuz i made them in my linux terminal and i deleted it.

BLINK 182 , Assassins Creed 3 (Connor Character) and one of Call Of Duty Black Ops 2 poster. enjoy
[HTC One S] tominozh:
Re: [HOW-TO] Change your Boot Splash + Flashable Splashes + Online Generator

Wow. Thx. Love the AC.
[HTC One S] blackwing182:
Stock rooted and stock one with beats on bottom enjoy
[HTC One S] blackwing182:
Re: [HOW-TO] Change your Boot Splash + Flashable ZIPs + Online Generator + Warning Go

ur welcome
[HTC One S] sponkemonke:
I was inspired by the sexy back of the Nexus 4.

Enjoy!

EDIT: Background source from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1981470
[HTC One S] blackwing182:
so these are full hboots? i dont have to be in the same hboot to flash this?
[HTC One S] blackwing182:
some with CID from Cyanogenmod
[HTC One S] blackwing182:
So, here in Puerto Rico is 5:00AM, NO sleep at all, bored.

i just made this after bed.

I dont know if im saying this becouse i made it but, it looks awesome!!!!!
[HTC One S] touch of jobo:
Correct. They are full hboots; you can flash any of them and that will be your new hboot then. All of them I extracted from RUUs except the 1.14.0004 which I took from the post that rootrider linked to in post #163.

I flashed all of them on my own device before posting, and in between rebooted into Android and then bootloader to confirm.
[HTC One S] frickinjerms:
jobo i made a guide that i posted in the main s-off thread that will give you the 1.06.0000 hboot without the tamper flag and the hex is edited to look like a totally unmodified bootloader with no red text on regular boot either, like when you first powered your one s on for the first time.. blackwing182 told me that there was a thread already regarding these kinds of mods here in this section haha oops!

heres the link to my post CLICKY MCCLICKY!
[HTC One S] Sneakyghost:
AW: [HOW-TO] Change your Boot Splash + Flashable ZIPs + Online Generator + Warning Go

Although it is very tempting to do what you did I believe it is not a good idea to wipe all traces, especially the unlocked status.

Why?

Because people like me tend to forget what they did and then run into trouble.

Making a device look like it's locked while it is not can cause trouble as well as disguising the security status.

It is much better to educate oneself to know how to reset security flag and lock status for warranty.

Security can be enabled again with a fastboot command but will immediately brick your device if performed in any modified hboot, so it is extremely dangerous if one doesn't know that and the unlock status can be set to original locked by erasing the relevant string in 0p3.

Scotty1223 has done a quick write-up on this. I think it's in the general forum but not sure.

sent from viper 2.1
[HTC One S] rootrider:
Yep - the locked/unlocked state should remain true. We can get rid of tons of nagscreens but the real locked/unlocked state should remain visible. Especially as there are a lot of 'new' people on this device.

If you read Questions or General, it's mostly having newbies problems on this device, who came in late and don't know 'historical' facts. They didn't have to undergo any process of learning.

I still remember unlocking my phone the very first time, which took me a lot of time. :eek:
[HTC One S] Darknites:
Yep I'm happy with just the red writing gone.
[HTC One S] blackwing182:
Re: [HOW-TO] Change your Boot Splash + Flashable ZIPs + Online Generator + Warning Go

tottaly agree, my tampered is gone, but ia not cuz i deleted the hboot, i just upgraded my hboot wile i was soff and it gone w/o any hack.

education and be honest it the best thing
[HTC One S] cat2115:
No hboot 1.14.0005? Would you mine sharing how u edit to remove "red warming". This is only place u remove? if so, what did u replace with? Pic is from hboot 1.09. Thx

Your edit hboot: Is that how? just a "20" which mean "blank cell"??
[Galaxy S III Accessories] es7241:
What do you guys think of the D3O case that's in the TMOBILE stores? Is it worth it? How's the protection? Does it preserve the phones slickness?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] TheChefSLC:
I have tried this case on over the weekend and I'd have to say, I'm impressed. If I were to buy a case, so far this would be it. But I need more reviews still
[Galaxy S III Accessories] es7241:
Thanks for the reply, I plan on buying it today.. I'll post my thoughts
[Galaxy S III Accessories] ronin4740:
I've had one since I bought the phone a few weeks ago. Fits tightly... If anything it's a PITA to get off if I want to/need to do a battery pull. Offers good protection to the sides and back. Not sure how much front drop protection if offers as the sides of the case are pretty much flush with the sides of the phone.

It's stiffer than the D30 case for the TMo Galaxy S II but it doesn't cover up the volume/power buttons.

I have a Trident Kraken on the way but this case is fine until it arrives.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] TorxT3D:
the evo lte has hardware good enough to support and run it,

anyone out there willing to port it over and have it running good?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1772050

anyone else like this idea?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] regalpimpin:
It's already in the themes and apps section.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1773216
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lbcoach3347:
Works great

Sent from my EVO abc
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Samip430:
It's just an APK, doesn't need any special port done I don't think. It's still in a pretty early stage but I'm using right now and most things seem to work decently.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] david279:
Once they get hardware decoding in there for video in all on it.

Sent from my EVO 4G LTE
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] EliWay:
Losing and regaining signal "bug" is causing significant battery drain on phones

Are you in an LTE area or otherwise get sporadic LTE service?

-- and --

Do you take the subway or frequently go somewhere where there's no service at all?

If you can say yes to both of these questions, you have probably noticed your phone gets hot with no use at all and your battery life takes a big hit.

This is an issue that was discovered and first outlined in this thread. I'm starting this thread so we can raise awareness and hopefully have HTC and AT&T fix it.

This happens anytime you lose service for a certain amount of time and then regain it. This only seems to happen in LTE areas. The only way to prevent this is to enter airplane mode before you know you will enter a dead spot and only disable it after you enter an area you know that has service.

If you don't enter airplane mode, your phone will continue to warm up and suck up battery until you restart it.

We need more people and maybe developers to look into these and report to AT&T. This is such an awesome phone and this is major problem that seems to have gone unnoticed. The other day I was on the subway and saw someone else with an ONE X and thought to myself "Man, this guy is gonna suffer from this bug and he's probably going to be clueless as to why his phone is heating up and sucking battery for no reason all day..." So I approached him and needless to say, he said he noticed the issue but thought it was an app causing it.

If you are both in an LTE area and lose service frequently, please let us know your experience.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jags_the1:
i do lose reception in LTE area but only for couple of seconds. it comes back automatically for me. it only happens when it switches from LTE/4g to 3g. now i have forced my phone to be only on 3g , not a single drop since a week. so i think when it switches bands... it losses the connection. poor coding or bad hardware or bad reception ?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] phishie:
I have noticed this on my phone when losing / regaining service and ALSO just when using my phone for an extended period (10+ minutes). My phone easily gets up to 110 degrees (as reported by GSam Battery App) when using it on LTE, LTE+wifi, 3g, or 3g+wifi. Obviously I feel the heat in the famous "under the camera" spot.

*edit* I am running completely stock with no root, custom rom, etc - have been since day 1.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] EliWay:
Yeah.. I don't think heating up is usually an issue though as long as it cools down when you're done using it. That's definitely not the case with this major bug. I have purposefully not enabled airplane mode before my subway ride over and over and over to make sure this is really what's causing it and every single time it does it. A bug can be confirmed when it can be reproduced and I could do it every day if I wanted to.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] neocryte:
Thanks for starting this up zeuzinn. Agree with this issue, I experience it daily as I commute to work in the subway in New York. I have to always use Airplane Mode, otherwise my phone will be dead in 3-4 hours just sitting there idle with the screen off.

jags_the1 - if you lose LTE signal for a short period of time, it doesn't seem to trigger the issue - for example, I can go into elevators and drive through tunnels without causing the battery drain. But a subway ride does it for me every time.

To add on to what zeuzinn said above - this is an LTE-only issue. If you force your phone to use HSPA+ only, this issue goes away. It has something to do with LTE.

Hope we get a fix for this at some point... hate this bug.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Vendetta-NY:
Neo, I do the same. LIRR every day. So no signal from the tunnel until I go topside at 34th. But I haven't experienced this issue.

So I don't think this is an all phones issue.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] _MetalHead_:
I am in an LTE area and have not experienced this issue. I do drive through non LTE areas all the time, and go in some basements where it doesn't work, but it always grabs it right away as soon as there's coverage. Noticed no excessive battery draining or heat. Running CleanROM 2.1 with 1.85 radio if it makes any difference.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] neocryte:
Vendetta - are you running stock, or a custom ROM? I tried this with stock and various CleanROMs out there, and still have the issue.

Also, what is your S/N? I am on HT25...

---------- Post added at 08:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:17 PM ----------

Metal - if you simply switch from LTE to HSPA+/3G back and forth, this issue doesn't manifest itslef - it's only when losing all signal for a while.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] _MetalHead_:
Even so. There are buildings in the city where I have no service at all and my phone still reconnects right away to both 3g/4g and LTE with no excess battery drain after. Unless I'm still not understanding the issue, I don't think it's affecting my HOX.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] EliWay:
I'd love to know what hardware you have and software, kernel and radio, you are running. Also, what is your battery life like in hours? The phone doesnt get that hot. It actually gets slightly warm to the touch , so you might not have even noticed it.. do you keep your phone plugged in at work or something?

Thanks for your input.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] john_tillman:
I have LTE in the living area and HSPA+ in rest of the house, so I constantly switch between both but, I have never had issues with battery getting warm. It definitely drains the battery faster due to constant switching but, never felt it to be hot.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] EliWay:
That's not the issue though. It happens when you lose all service including voice and not during a simple 4G - LTE handoff.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Vendetta-NY:
Neo, I'm on HT24 hardware, and here's a snap of my software.

You know, come to think of it, earlier on in my ownership there was a day or two when the battery would drain like ridiculously fast, but I did a power cycle on the phone and it seemed to stop. Nothing fancy, just power off and on. Haven't done it in more than 5 weeks though and I have no issues that rise to the WTF levels others are describing.

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