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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
Good discussion here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1611116

From my testing:

Shorting pins 4 and 5 will put it in dock mode

Shorting pins 3 and 4 give an error saying "unable to charge device, power adapter provided can't charge this device, etc"

Shorting pins 2 and 4 give an error saying "unable to charge device, power adapter provided can't charge this device, etc"

Shorting pins 1 and 4 give an error saying "unable to charge device, power adapter provided can't charge this device, etc"

The rest show no effect (shorting two pins at a time...)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
If we can find the combo to get it to accept charge, we may be abke to go from there, but i dont think its going to accept a shorting combination, it will need a run and a ground atleast to accept the current i believe.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
Well supplying +5V to pin 5 (top pin) and grounding pin 1 seems to accomplish that.

It would basically seem as if the pogo pins are essentially an extension of the microUSB.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
I wouldnt use 5v but it should short if you run the negative off pin 1 and make contact with pin 5 then. Basically do the exact same thing jus have another wire that connects pin 5 and 1 for a brief second. I wouldnt do it unless you reduce the voltage tho. Actually, i wouldnt do it period unless your prepared to accept the worse. And accepting the worse is far worse once the worse actually occurs. Good testing.

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And by good testing, im referring to the ^^^^above test.

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Your right. I dont think shorting the pogos are going to get us anywere. If its not an acceptable current path it simply is not going to accept it. I think that is scratched off the board
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
We will need to explore doing the reset in software. hbot writes too fast to do his manually IMO. I'll do some work on it over the next few days. We can get hboot to give us real time status of the flashing process. Question is whether or not we can send USB command to reset the device. Fastboot commands will NOT work for this, as commands made during flashing get queued.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] cupps:
Apologies if this has been mentioned, but are there any files on the phone owned by root where shell has write access? Or a folder where we can add a sticky bit? If so, you could edit said file to directly copy su or call a script to do it.

Again, sorry if this is a silly question, but I finally got to poke around in advance today.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] tylerdurdin:
My apologies.... I read on Google+ and a few other places that he was responsible..... Never looked into much....

http://www.androidauthority.com/verizon-samsung-galaxy-s3-unsecure-bootloader-released-108238/
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
No worries. He's an incredibly bright guy, and if anyone could do it, he could. But he didn't ;)

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Only 2 folders on device shell can write to:

/data/local/tmp/

/data/wpstiles/

Neither of these seem to get any activity by any processes.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] cupps:
Crud. Also thought about trying to host an NFS share from the device and connect to it as root on my laptop, but I can't imagine setting up NFS without root on the phone in the first place. I'm thinking the idea of injecting code into a root-owned file somewhere on the phone is not happening. Hrm...

So I know finding a way to run su or cram it into /system/bin with give us root, is there anything else that, if accomplished, will allow root access (just making sure I'm not banging my head against the wall over one thing when I could be checking out something out).
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
Well of course cramming su into system/bin or system/xbin gives you root.

Issue is /system is mounted RO and only root can remount

And the block device is only writeable by root - so debugfs is out

We need to figure out what will cause wiper to write to /data/wpstiles.....
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] borets.boris:
Any way of exploiting system apps that access the root directories, like Personalize? Don't know how feasible it is to create/hack an HTC theme that would magically give us root.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
I've dug around there as well. You can't change the app. But you can keep an eye on what the app does, and see if it creates an exploit.

For instance, using "internet pass-through" and usb-tethering create WR/system owned files....but unfortunately they are not in WR directories.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
Really off the wall idea:

Is there a way in Linux to mount the entire phone file system and access it? Then change write protected directories to r/w?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
Absolutely, if its rooted:D
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] LesserAnimal:
delete
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bjaxon:
I can't contribute because I'm more of a follower than a leader with this. Yet, I'm learning quite a bit just reading along. I will be here patiently waiting....unless I can switch mine out at best buy tomorrow for a 1.8 since I'm still in my 14 day window and was the dumb one that updated before considering root.

Anyway I just wanted to say thanks a lot to everyone who is working hard to get us root. I'm sure it will be solved eventually. For everything built secure, there is someone smart enough to break it.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ericc191:
I apologize if this has been mentioned, but why is the phone even locked up? I thought HTC was going forward with all phones allowed to be unlocked now?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] eraste:
They are if you don't have ATT lol.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ericc191:
****ing AT&T..
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] DevinCharles:
Conversation with AT&T

I couldn't take it any more, so I went on the live chat with AT&T. Good news is it will be unlockable through HTC, bad news is not until mid November...

Please wait for a chat representative to respond.

You are now chatting with 'Paul '

Devin : Hello Paul

Paul : Hi

Paul : Thank you for contacting AT&T, how may I help you today?

Devin : I'm wondering why I can't unlock the boot loader on my phone.

Devin : HTC has allowed almost all of their phones to be unlocked, they'll even do it for you. Except for phones with AT&T. Because AT&T has locked our boot loaders

Paul : Just to clarify you are trying to get your device unlocked is that correct?

Devin : yes

Paul : Is this for wireless number _?

Devin : yes

Paul : While I am pulling up your account I want to thank you for choosing AT&T as well.

Devin : thank you

Paul : Can I get the imei Mr. and I will check this device for you.

Devin : _

Paul : Can you give me a couple minutes and I will check this device?

Devin : of course

Paul : I am sorry Mr. that device cannot be unlocked, it can be unlocked after November of this year though.

Devin : Why is that exactly?

Paul : AT&T is the exclusive carrier of the device and under the existing exclusivity agreement we are unable to provide the device unlock code. In addition, some devices for which AT&T Mobility has exclusive marketing rights are permanently excluded from unlocking obligation.

Paul : However that will expire in November.

Devin : Rogers Wireless offers the HTC One X

Paul : That is a Canadian company, and we have nothing to do with Rogers Wireless.

Devin : So what you meant was that AT&T is the only US service provider that offers the One X?

Paul : I am not sure exactly sure who carries the device but per the agreement between AT&T and HTC this device is not unlockable at this time.

Devin : okay, Thank you Paul

Devin : Do you know when exactly in November we'll be able to unlock our devices?

Paul : if you contact us back around the middle of November Mr. we will definitely be able to unlock it for you then.

Devin : Thanks again Paul

Paul : You're welcome. Would you say I have resolved your chat request to completion at this time Mr. ?

Devin : Yes, thank you

Paul : Is there anything else I can help you with for now?

Devin : No, I'm all set

Paul : Have a good day Mr. !

Devin : You too Paul.

Paul : Thank you

Paul : We realize that you have a choice in Wireless providers and thank you for giving us the opportunity to assist you today. We appreciate your business and thank you for visiting AT&T’s Support Chat.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] WTFunk:
Sounds like your talking about bootloader unlock and that representative is talking about sim unlock.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] :
that's exactly what I interpret from that chat log
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] DevinCharles:
I was afraid of that... but I mean... I said boot loader so many times...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] :
Unfortunately, chances are you are not even talking to someone from the United States, AND they are probably reading a script.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] roeiboot:
yea, reps are known to blabber about stuff they know little about... which is a shame to say the least.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] cuyo11:
yees i just bought an htc one x on ebay and it came with 1.85 :) , i will unlock the bootloader and then try to help you guys
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] matt_12tall:
Has anyone called or emailed htc about unlocking the bootloader so that we have an eta on that stuff??
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] cupps:
Just loaded up AT&T Live Chat, since the previous poster had me feeling randy (though I'm guessing his chat was about the SIM unlocking, not the bootloader). And I was told that AT&T is not the one preventing the One X from being unlocked. Uh huh... right.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Athrun88:
That's what I get from the conversation too. Right when he says "unlock code" and "exclusive carrier" makes me think the rep has no idea what he's talking about.

Manufacturers and carriers are notorious for giving the run around, pointing fingers, incorrect ETAs, lying about ETAs and just plain denying stuff. I don't think it would make a difference.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] roeiboot:
i mentioned it to HTC in an email (whilst discussing another matter) and the remark was totally ignored.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Vendetta-NY:
Guys, think. Anyone the public can speak to at AT&T is reading or typing from canned responses, a script. They do not have access to product managers, program managers and strategic alliance managers, i.e. "the suits" making the decisions. All they have is what they're told to say. And network unlocking is a common request for the reps, while bootloader is not. So when the rep searches his so-called knowledge base for the term "unlock", network unlocking is what you'll get.

In short, don't waste your time asking any rep about bootloaders. The best that could come of it is false hopes and misunderstanding. Any real news will be learned via AT&T technical bulletin or announcement from HTC.

Or, most likely, from an XDA dev.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] JuannTwo3:
I called HTC North America and the first guy I talked to seemed to not know anything about it. He just kept referring me to htcdev.com. The second person I talked to said he couldn't release anymore information other than referring me to htcdev. I love this phone but having no root method is terrible to live with :( I have considered exchanging to an S3.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bjaxon:
Guys I know it sucks, but it will get root. Nothing is full proof. Verizon locked the bootloader on the S3 and it was broken as well....rather quickly. I don't know how many of you are "old school" but this has been going on for years. Long before company's allowed you to root your phones. I'd bet 80% of the phones in the forums list, and archive were rooted, blocked, and rooted again before it was "allowed." I go back to the HTC Hero, and my big development friendly device was the EVO4G. I can't tell you how many times they have broke the lock on that phone. It's always a waiting game. There's no sense in returning your phone. Buy the one you like for specs and design because eventually you will get root. XDA isn't the only development forum out there and I'm sure there are a ton of Devs working on this as we speak (in their free time) that we don't even know about. If not, you can be sure that the moment a big name developer breaks his phone and his replacement comes with 2.20 root WILL be found....haha!

Seriously sorry for the long speech, but we have some amazing devs here in XDA and other forums. It's just a matter of time. Be patient and enjoy this awesome phone.

"Somebody hold my drink while I get off my soapbox" :beer:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] dryspuri:
I love my at&t HOX, but god I hate HTC for making it such difficult to root, Half of galaxy s3 users will switch over to HTC if bootloader is unlocked same as in samsung, even I will make a jump to samsung note 2 when it comes!!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
S3 locked bootloader was never "broken".
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
It was a software leak right?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bjaxon:
Minor details. I wasn't sure how it was unlocked. I'm just saying all in due time.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
Its not minor at all. Basically the smartest people on xda couldn't beat it, and they got lucky.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bjaxon:
I wasn't trying to start a knowledge debate or a who's right who's wrong argument. I was just trying to give people some hope, and confidence in the forum. I wasn't aware how or why the S3 got root, because I don't own one or follow it. Was just stating that the phone had no intentions of being allowed root, and it was achieved. I also don't think that the phone was out long enough to say that they couldn't beat it. Computers are built, and programmed by humans. Which means they are not completely secure. If they were than a lot of people would be out of jobs. Yet that's just my opinion, doesn't make it right, and doesn't make it wrong. I was simply trying to place some good thoughts out there for people to hold on too.

I know who you are from these forums, and I also know that my knowledge of development doesn't stem as deep as yours. Some people are the brains and some people are the voice that keeps the mobs at bay while they are impatiently waiting. I was trying to be more of the voice.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Kole_Ackerson:
I'm pretty sure I heard HTC a year or so back that you could root your phone and unlocked your downloader at will... Sooo why this gay update patching all the exploits. That's all I want to know..
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
Sorry I'm not trying to come across as argumentative either.

Sgs3 root was easy. The permissions structure on the device is flawed and was easily exploitable.

Hox on 2.2 is rock solid.

Sgs3 boot loader unlock was a huge undertaking and nobody could crack it. They got lucky with a leak.

I like hope, but not false hope :)

I'm not saying it won't happen, but the hox on 2.2 is pretty darn secure.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bjaxon:
I didn't think you were at all. I just put that out there so that no one took it the wrong way. That's why I wanted to clearly state that I didn't know as much about it before hand.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
There hasn't been an unrootable android phone yet, I doubt this one will turn into one.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
Yes there has.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
Sorry, I didn't find anything on google. Which one?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
The current Motorola atrix. Not sure if its the atrix 2 or atrix HD.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] tylerdurdin:
Looks like they are even closer than we are.... Atrix HD has only been out since july and one of the Devs said he managed to achieve temp root. This phone may be the unbreakable.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
Linky? I'd like to look at what he did
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] tylerdurdin:
Discussion is here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1806349
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
looks like some sort of boot.img exploit. Interesting.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
Well all we need is temp root, right? With that we can spoof the cid and unlock bootloader do get permaroot right?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] rohan32:
We have already had root twice before. They have not.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] tylerdurdin:
Yes, I am aware of that. I was speaking in terms of the length of time their device has been out, compared to the release of the OneX software update that essentially makes this a new device.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
Does anyone know the significance of making a bootable CD for rooting purposes? It would seem like a waste of time, unless I am completely misunderstanding its purpose.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] wlmeng11:
You mean a Linux cd?

I don't know, maybe because some things require Linux?

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
I didn't see any mention of a livecd in that thread, but I guess linux is a bit more easier to root on. I use gentoo myself and I rooted my inspire on here, but I had to use a VM to root my old xperia x10.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] wlmeng11:
Android development on Windows is like using dial up internet.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] :
I think most types of development are like that on win-doze
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
Well the technique that kobos311 said he was using to obtain temp root uses a bootable CDROM. It looks like it's just a live linux cd with all files/drivers/etc all in one place essentially making it idiot proof. I just don't see the point, or what kobos311 is actually doing to get root.

I sent kobos311 a PM to try and get some more info, we'll see if he responds...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] wlmeng11:
Lol yeah except like .NET and Microsoft stuff.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
It's probably because he's most comfortable doing it that way, and the permissions are a lot easier on linux.

Curious to see what he says though.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
So I guess this is what it's doing:

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/29930-new-root-method-for-stock-234-621622-found-droid2-r2d2/

Any thoughts on if that can apply here?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
In order to do that, you would first need permissions to write to /app/ and /data/. I'm guessing the exploit made it so you don't need special permissions to write, you could do it as a normal user. There was actually a kernel exploit like that a little while back. No idea how android handles permissions though, so everything I said could be wrong.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
Eh. We can't boot to a custom boot.img without an unlocked bootloader.....
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
Well then I wonder what kobos311 is doing to get temp root since the atrix HD has a locked boot loader as well.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
I know that but that wasn't the question. :D If we get Temp Root, we can unlock the bootloader then make it permanent.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
Probably found a partition that wasn't write protected.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] eraste:
If that wouldn't that produce perm root instead of temp, seems his root is removed after reboot etc? Dunno just popping thoughts
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Nocturnal_50:
think build 1.89.841.9 would be a decent client for a root test? its a telstra variant of the HOX so not overly sure if any root process would work, however I have the money to blow on a new one be it the case
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] nhshah7:
off topic troll, love your sig :)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Nocturnal_50:
I believe its still on topic (just), its still an AT&T/rogers variant (just with 16gb more of storage capacity) however the build ver may have a possible exploit that can carry over to 2.20

the sig was as a result of people pestering me about MIUI for the streak 7
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
Atrix has a much more open hboot (it aboot in their case).
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] samiam0295:
Just a crazy idea that probably wont work:

Can we create some kind of executable and write it to a temp folder in /data/temp to change file permissions from within the directory? It seems far-fetched, but hey, ThinkTank. :good:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
Yes. Assuming you had root privileges to run the app with ;)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] samiam0295:
Im assuming it would be the same situation even if using a shell script somehow?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
Yes.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] samiam0295:
Have you been able to make any headway with this, beaups?:fingers-crossed:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
What about kernel exploits? Can we do a buffer overflow? I know android uses linux, but I don't know how much they harden it. My 2.20 phone uses the 3.0 kernel.

just throwing some idea out
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Nocturnal_50:
would probably have more luck with signing a modded RUU after all you would probably just have to spoof the md5 hash
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
You mean RSA 2048 and that ain't gonna happen.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] samiam0295:
This was discussed earlier somewhere in here. HTC is using a private key that would take years to crack to resign modded RUUs :(
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
Well then, If we take everyone's computer on XDA and start a nice cluster, we should have the key in a couple years or so.

In all seriousness I'm guessing linux exploits are a no go? Well, what about that recovery? How could we prolong it? Maybe while the phone is in recovery mode we inject a script that delays the timeout ? Kinda like grub and "set timeout=3" command.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Nocturnal_50:
how many intel xeon e7 8870s do you think would bring that back to a month?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] samiam0295:
I'm thinking about a warehouse full would be sufficient. :D
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
Well considering you need parallel processing, which CPUs are poor at, I would guess somewhere in the ~100 million range.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Nocturnal_50:
alternatively there are the pogo pins on the back which could probably used in some form of exploit, after all they are a direct connection to the board itself
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sproutd:
Lets just set up a time and date and do a mass email to AT&T from every XDA user and try to crash their server. That might get the point across that we want an unlocked boot loader.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superchilpil:
Let's just say you get all of the one x xda users, it probably wouldn't even make a dent
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] wlmeng11:
I can help, just tell me what to write to them.