yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ECEXCURSION:
It'd be easier and cheaper to rent amazon cloud services for a while... Put up a bounty to keep it running.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Nocturnal_50:
$145 an hour... just as expensive as a hooker and gets you more love.... definitely worth it
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
Wow, things going a little south in here? Maybe, just maybe if we ALL buy capes we will............:p
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Nocturnal_50:
awesome idea, I'll call batman and see if he has any spares.... in the mean time has anyone just asked HTC for a sign r/w RUU to bypass this? surely talking directly to a dev would fix that issue
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
You can install su from the market, but pushing it to /sys/app is another problem.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
Is that temp root;)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
No, it just won't work at all.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superchilpil:
He was being sarcastic
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] RobAndroid:
After reading about all the unpatched Android devices out there in the news today, I downloaded the "X-Ray" app and checked my One X for exploits. Sadly, there are none, but I expected that since they say the latest versions of Android have patched these.

The exploits it checked were:

Zimperlich

Gingerbreak (duh)

ZergRush

ASHMEM

Mempodroid

Levitator

Exploid

Wunderbar

Hope this helps a bit in the process of elimination.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
Yeah, the problem is, that android is a bit fragmented, so when speaking about exploits, they're usually talking about people who are on 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, etc. Sad to hear there aren't any exploits though, thanks for at least bringing this to my attention, I never knew about this X-Ray app.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Nocturnal_50:
if there is one for jelly bean then it might be possible to backport, but that'd be equally as difficult to find... way to f*** with open source guys, seriously not a smart idea
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
Can someone smarter than I when it comes to root ::cough::beaups::cough:: take a look at this and see it is something feasible for us?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460

It seems to exploit the built in Android Backup and Restore, and sends a fake backup.

I ran the script, and it seems to restore the fake backup, but it hangs after sending the fake backup, so I'm not sure if the fake backup needs to be tweaked, or this is just something that will not work for us.

Will continue to tinker around with this in the mean time...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
OK, we first need a backup from the hox. I don't have one so somebody make a backup and link it here....

somebody that can do a factory reset and only has one or 2 apps installed...

adb backup –apk –shared –all –f /backup/mybackup.ab

Maybe we can use this to get su into data/local and go from there
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superchilpil:
does matter which rom?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
I know what it's doing, I can read code, just looking for the reason of why not. I don't see any glaring reasons why it wouldn't, which is why I asked.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
Do you have superuser in your app drawer?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
I do, but not as a result of running the script.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
No
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superchilpil:
edit, need to stop replying
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
Your already rooted, so the batch operation will run thru. Need a readout from somebody unrooted that runs it
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superchilpil:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/-Support_Files-/SuperChilPil/.Stuff/backup.ab

here
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
OK, gonna factory reset and backup for the sake of the community. Will post in a bit.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] nhshah7:
So the purpose of this would be to "restore" a backed up system app that can write to /data/local and push su to the right directory in /bin?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
I'm going to playing with this later today, if anyone else want to jump in here's how we decrypt, uncompress the backups

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1730309
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
I'm digging through this. The exploit isn't so much the backup as it is a permissions exploit in the restore process - ln -s /data/local.prop /data/data/com.android.settings/a/file99
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
Here's a backup of a factory reset, non-rooted, 2.20.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/24759888/backup.ab
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
^0 bytes
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
Yeah, not sure what's up. Backup completes fine, but output is always 0 bytes....
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superchilpil:
do you have any user apps?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
Just did a factory restore, so only what was on the phone from the factory.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superchilpil:
Then that may be why, install an app.from the market and backup again
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] :
So if I'm understanding you correctly since this is actually based off an exploit with how android ics is handling the process. So if it works it would be almost impossible for HTC to patch this correct?

Sent from my Nocturnalized One XL using Forum Runner
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
Hard to say. I don't see where the file they are exploiting actually gets created.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
Finally got it.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/24759888/mybackup.ab
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] tokyogrape:
I may have jumped ship from my galaxy note too early. Bought my one X unknowingly and was so excited to root it. Look at the 2.2 update and about cried lol. Maybe whenever the official source for the JB update leaks or is released people will have better luck. But for now, things are looking rough
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
Can someone who is rooted post what is in their /data/data/android.com.settings folder?

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From the script author:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superchilpil:
uploading now

edit: here it is zipped up

http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/-Support_Files-/SuperChilPil/.Stuff/com.android.settings.zip
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
We shouldn't have a WP issue on system partition.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
Nevermind.

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This is what bin4ry had to say regarding the significance of fakebackup.ab

So I don't think it matters whether the backup came from our phone or a different one, as long as *something* is restored while the loop runs.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
Been playing around with this. I won't rule it dead, but it doesn't look like our backup/restore client runs with elevated priveleges to write to /data/local. Any restores I run with symlinks there fail. I'll keep farting around with it.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] samiam0295:
I think it may matter. When I was trying to restore my backup on my replacement phone (same software), it wouldn't go through. I would definitely recommend trying it with your phones backup
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
I'm 99% sure it doesn't matter.

Beaups is probably right, I'm not getting a root shell upon reboot no matter what I mess with.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
Try a symlink in /tmp? Would that allow temproot?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
We can write in tmp already. No need for symlink for that.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Glaucoma Cat:
Sort of off topic, but does anybody know the unlock_code.bin files consist of when unlocking your boatloader? Is there any way to edit them to work for at&t identifier tokens. Just a thought.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superchilpil:
well since every time you use fastboot to get the identifier token it is a different token each time it seems unlikely for anyone to find a way to create a fake one for you
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
I that I had the algotithim figured out a few weeks ago!

Needless to say I wasted a chunk of time to see that I hadn't the slightest chance of even being remotely close

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Nobody do this on purpose right now.........noting that there have been a few posts throughout that qshusb mode was reached this way....if we get this we have a good chance of getting supercid..........beaups, you wanna chime in? Probably need someone under 30 days to try it just to be safe

Remember the guy reached the tegra variant of the samething from over drained battery.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ThisWasATriumph:
We still have no idea what to to with that mode though. We still dont have any software that can use it do we?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
We can most likely get modified p4 written. We can get a signed hboot written on pre 2.2x in dload mode and p4 has no protection so it should be no issue writing p4.

I just don't want somebody with a dead phone. That's my only concern really
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] roeiboot:
some one gave me this link.. doubt it works, regardless i can not try since i only have Macs :)

http://omgdroid.com/htc-quick-root-the-universal-solution-for-rooting-any-htc-device/
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
Proven to not work with the One X.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] roeiboot:
bummer, but thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bjaxon:
I have 30 day return with Best Buy. I have 15 of those days left. I will take the hit if need be. I'm not very knowledgeable about finding root, but I can follow directions like a champ.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
Brave soul
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] rapproduca:
Can't wait to see what happens. The next few hours will determine if I get the galaxy s iii or not. I can't stand stock O.s.

P.S. Excuse the Grammer I'm drink lol

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Edit: drunk lol
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ericc191:
My fingers are crossed as well.

I currently have both the One X and S3. I honestly thought I'd like the S3 more, but damn this One X is just so beautiful and nice. Even the UI is smooth except for the task manager and sometimes delayed app drawer. Battery life is also better.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beaups:
First time I've heard of this. Either way qhusb mode isn't helpful. Its the emmc download mode that shows up first. And that mode ONLY shows up if the reason for qhusb mode is failure of hboot to load.....so I'm not real sure how to gwat this.

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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] insanecrane:
Well I picked up another HOX last week, so I'm within any return/warranty period so if it needs to be sacrificed for the good of the community then I'm in 100%.

The new guy to XDA will go "all in" for the sake of progress.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ksnax:
Amdittedly, I have skipped reading about 35 pages of this thread, but I saw it mentioned earlier the idea of spoofing an OTA. It was shut down with a one word "no", but I think that's a bit absolute for something that perhaps could actually be done given my ignorant assumptions.

My understanding (which is where I could be completely wrong) is that the OTA updates can be done via wifi or USB, giving the user both access to the entire data stream and ability to spoof and inject our own modified code. Frankly, the technicalities of doing that are beyond me with packet sniffing and reassembling/deciphering what it all means, but ultimately unless there is an issue with encrypted signing of an update (my other ignorant assumption), that should be possible.

I'll take my noob beat-down now if I am way off base. :D
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
It would be easier to just get a new phone than to spoof an update.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
EDITED......I'm going to disregard this idea for the time being....

1. If it was successful it would not be usable for the masses simply because its too risky having users intentionally over drain the battery

2. The process after qshusb mode is reached is not a simple step by step method. It requires linux setup and hit and miss instructions that would leave a forum overfilled with "not working" questions.

So PLEASE disregard for time being
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bigjohn6582:
Has anyone tried the universal root method?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] brwnohno:
Read in the thread forum that it doesn't work for the HOX/L due to possible wp.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
Have you bothered to read the last three pages of conversation?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] brwnohno:
Out of curiosity, did you not read what I posted? I've read every post on this topic since I got my one x, so ease off. Was only answering another members question.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
I was referring to the previous poster. Bad quote from the phone app. My bad.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] brwnohno:
NP
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bigjohn6582:
My bad I thought it was a newer one as I saw it listed this morning on xda facebook page. No need to get uptight just thinking is all...... As that is the name of this "think tank"
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
When are we getting jellybean? If we can get a leaked version or something maybe we could find an exploit in the OS and try and get root like that.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] TonyBoes:
Best guesses currently put us at December for JB.

Sent using Florence, my carrier pigeon.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NJGSII:
Gonna be real interested in the progress going on in here now.

I have an insurance replacement coming soon (2nd phone hard bricked while using CM10) and more than likely itll come with 2.20.

Crossing my fingers.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] SMN23:
I feel your pain, just shattered the screen on my phone :crying:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] borets.boris:
How were you "using" CM10 to make your phone hard bricked? :confused:

Just curious...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
I was very curious here too lol.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NJGSII:
While using the phone normally I turned the screen off. I go in my car after work about 30 secs later after doing that and the phone became unresponsive. Tried plugging it into the charger and once again nothing. Notification LED doesn't light up either. Tried every single method to bring it back that's on here and its still dead. Battery was 85% when this happened. I am puzzled as much as you guys.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NYConex:
That was a fairy common (sleep of death) on some of the earlier cm10 nightlies for the note. I would usually just pull the battery and all was good but you can't do that with this phone!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] simple1x:
From the HTCDEV Unlock

Error Code: 160.

Error Reason: MID Not Allowed.

As of this post that method still unavailable.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] efan0388:
Same exact thing happened here but with AOKP, had to send it into HTC and they replaced the motherboard and battery and sent it back.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mister J:
I used to get that on my inspire 4g. I would have to pull the battery to fix it, but obviously you cant do that here. And this was on CM7 btw.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NJGSII:
If the battery was removable on this phone I bet that would fix it. The hard reset which is supposed to emulate that doesn't work though.

That sucks. Like I said I'm waiting for a replacement so its all good.

I don't want to take up too much time in this thread, but there has to be a way this could fixed.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] grayfoxmg1:
lolz could you imagine that warranty claim.

"So what exactly happened?"

"I got a Sleep-of-death so I tried to pull my battery to do a hard reset, and now the phone won't come back on."

"Wait? You pulled the battery? How'd you do that?"

"Well it wasn't easy, you guys really put that case on tight."

"......"

"So when can I expect my replacement?"

"Let me get my supervisor."
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
LMAO!!! That's good
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Root-Maniac:
Lol ^^^^^
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] cuyo11:
the same happened to me just have to push the power button for 20 segs to solve it
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NJGSII:
lol awesome.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Nobody975:
I had a problem with my One X screen so I swapped it out, and they gave me a 1.85 in return so I plan on rooting it later tonight, but let me know if I can do anything to help out. I've never developed anything before or anything like that, but I have dealt with roms and flashing and stuff...anyway, lol let me know of there's anything I can do!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Its Reh:
Has anyone tried mempodroid? github(dot)com/saurik/mempodroid

Sorry, new users can't post links.

It executes fine from shell. I just haven't any idea what addresses to feed nor have any experience trying to find them.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
That exploit has already been closed.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Nocturnal_50:
with jelly bean having no known exploits it would be hard to believe this release of ICS has any sticking their head out either
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
Can someone decrypt the fakebackup.ab and post the tar please? I can't get these perl scripts to run properly on my mac....

Here is the file if you need it: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/24759888/fakebackup.ab
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] josepr0218:
root progress

I found this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1894977 check if help or something
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
This is from the other thread:

I am running stock, unrooted 2.20, and there is no /uid/10221 folder, so....

I do, however, have a cgroup.event_control in the uid folder that is writeable
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] wlmeng11:
It's supposed to be:

/acct/uid/10221

not

/uid/10221

(Or did you make a typo?)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] dafunk60:
I have the folder on a stock unrooted 2.20
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
Sorry, I obviously mean acct/uid/10221. Regardless, doesn't exist my my phone
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] josepr0218:
I don't have in stock 2.20
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] pengueen:
So does anyone know what this file does? If not can someone with 2.20 rooted post the file online so we can check for potential exploits? :D

Edit: referring to the writable cgroup.event_control found in /acct/uid by GuyIncognito
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superchilpil:
In the directory /acct/uid/

Every folder within contains this file
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] wlmeng11:
I don't think anyone has mentioned this yet, but if it has, excuse my ignorance.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460

Any chance this exploit is unblocked?

EDIT:

DOESN'T WORK
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] GuyIncognito721:
Please excuse the rudeness, but to answer the question for like the fifth time, the script as it stands will not work on our phone.

I've been messing around with it and have been tinkering without success. My previous request for a decrypted fakebackup.ab still stands, however.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] robstunner:
Yep. I'll root the first day I can, but life is fine until then. Love the phone and glad to be back to it :)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] drummaniac83:
No doubt. Beaups is the savior of this device.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sproutd:
I stopped at a store. They had 1.85 phones in stock. Time to complain about battery life and reception on this one and swap it out :D
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
Don't blame you one bit.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] :
Now I don't know much about exploiting the android os, but I still have hope. I remember my aria. When the new hboot was released we lost our root if we updated. The good thing though Is that revolutionary found an exploit in that hboot and turned s-off. Unfortunately now the phone is dead,but that leads me to believe moreso in software that every time you fix one thing,you break another.

But how exactly did the last exploit work? Doesn't each process of rooting basically end with pushing the SU binary into PATH and then doing a chmod?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Skizzy034:
Let us know if it works.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] roeiboot:
total newbie here... but if i can help let me know.

ps. i have only Macs (okay, my 8yr old has a XP Windows PC not even connected to the Internet --even he prefer my iPad ;) in my house.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sproutd:
Will do. I work all weekend so Monday I'll give it a go.

Ended up with 2.20 again. I'm gonna give up and wait.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Qortez1:
I'm on 2.20 (received this way in a trade) never had been rooted or anything...if I run the 1.85 RUU will I be able to go back to 1.85?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] wlmeng11:
To my knowledge, the answer is no while S-ON.

I think this is because the mainver of the RUU has to be the same or higher than the mainver currently on your phone.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Qortez1:
So with 2.20 installed I can't even get S-Off? I'm now a sad panda :/
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] wlmeng11:
No one has figured out how to get S-OFF on both the international One X and North American version.

S-OFF is total freedom, you can flash anything you want (although this also means you can flash something that can brick your phone).

HTCDev Bootloader unlock allows you to flash ROMs, but not hboot, radios, etc.

Most of the 2011 HTC phones could get S-OFF by performing a wire trick.

I don't know what the 2012 phones will require for S-OFF.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superchilpil:
For this phone slightly wrong

Before the 2.20 firmware we had the freedom to flash everything but the hboot(radios, kernels )
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Qortez1:
I logged into my htcdev account and saw that the One X isn't even listed Smh I wish HTC would stop dragging their feet...I mean no one really cares about the 2011 HTC phones you'd think they'd put forth a greater amount of support to their Flagship.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] wlmeng11:
Thanks for the info.

I wasn't familiar with what SuperCID allowed.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Skizzy034:
Why can't we change the mainver like we did on the Rezound. That would allow us to downgrade.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] wlmeng11:
Well we can't change the mainver on the phone.

I don't know if it's possible to change the mainver of the RUU and not have it rejected in the bootloader.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] :
Well, maybe if you were able to change the version in the RUU, and somehow sign it or keep the signature..

Sent from the hardware layer