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[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
You can see what I did from downloading one of the zip files from the OP. It's not hard at all, but if you screw up, it's over. Say goodnight, there is NO way to bring the device back to life. Download HxD, it's the best program to let you modify the file. I havent looked at a 2.28 bootloader so not sure exactly what needs to be done but Im 99% sure its the same thing. You will be fine AS LONG AS you do NOT delete or add any characters to the file. If you do delete or add, you will brick. It has to be the same number of characters. So you may have to use buffers. Buffers are *. So stock it says locked. Say you want dog, for each character thats not used you need a buffer *. Its really simple once you crack open the file, simply search for (locked) then you just hex edit it. The program I mentioned will actually do the hex edit for you, you just type in the word. Remember, if you screw up, there is a 100% chance you will brick, and again, there is no coming back. I don't want to have somebody bricking their device on my conscience
[HTC Rezound] PhantasmRezound:
Already did the look through the files through a hex editor already, just was curious on any technical details and notes beyond the edits. Will get to the dirty business of flashing next few days then, as I'd always test first too.

Don't worry at all on that last part, already had to go poking and prodding at my USB wired-up Rezound with a paper clip before reaching this point - already have assumed full responsibility for my own insanity in modding at that point ;) :p
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Seriously, be careful. I bricked the first time but I was still under warranty
[HTC Rezound] manbat:
Also....the 2.27 hboot works fine with the latest software(replaced the 2.28). I've been running it for months... [edit] I am S-off
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Thats really awesome. I know all the ones in the op work
[HTC Rezound] manbat:
I forgot to mention...my Rezound is S-off.
[HTC Rezound] con247:
I couldn't let you brick yourself again in good conscience
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
LOL, thank you. Please also hit thanks button for con247.
[HTC Rezound] :
Thanks bud, guess this will help in case I need to return for a replacement!
[HTC Rezound] keolawills:
Can we get this moved to the dev thread? Amazing work!

Edit - thank'd

Sent from my ADR6425LVW using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[HTC Rezound] mikemullin6:
hex edit hboot

So, If we want to have the heading in Bootloader show exactly what a non-rooted phone would display, we should use (a) Rezound or (b) locked s-on?

Looks like a great patch!

btw, using Firefox and I don't see the "Thanks" button; only in IE9
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
locked s-on.
[HTC Rezound] Land Master:
Why did you guys move this. I freaked and thought you were two for two on bricks LOL. I was reading last night before bed and went looking for it today.

You're a DEV in my eyes apophis. I know the brick was all Con's fault anyway... :laugh:

j/k of course Con .. Nice to see you bro!

BTW .. I'm opting for the Stock "look". Especially since it has been tested :o
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Although I appreciate the kind words, I am just a pee on compared to devs. Its very easy to do a hex edit when you know exactly what you are doing. Takes maybe 5 minutes to do the hex edit and then 20 minutes making sure you did it right.
[HTC Rezound] Land Master:
Just having some fun with CON.

Actually I see this IS in the DEV section. Cool Beans !!!
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
con247 is awesome. Not many people will take time to teach a dummy new things.
[HTC Rezound] CharliesTheMan:
I'm willing to test all of the remaining untested ones. Apophis went to the trouble of editing them, so I'm willing to go to the trouble of testing whatever you need.

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CONFIRMED GOOD

I just tested Rezound Locked and Rezound Locked S-On and both worked great as described.
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
LOCKED is the only one, I will make a couple more but I am going to test them before I release them. I may do a couple request if its that important to you. I will not have my phone til tomorrow.
[HTC Rezound] platinumrims:
Sweet thanks a ton. Now to get those pesky radios ^_^
[HTC Rezound] djnikko:
Do you have to be s-off for this? Will unlocked s-on work? Thanks

Rezounded
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
I would s-off to be safe. I have another made that says BOSS, but I have to wait until my phone gets here to test it.

EDIT: figures I would get my replacement and the HTC dev unlock site would be down.
[HTC Rezound] jmichaels1982:
you are the man

flashed the s-on locked and it worked phenomenal, i no longer have to s-on my phone for warranty purposes, and i am feel safe knowing that if my screen is shot that i dont have to buy a new screen just so i can s on my phone. I dont know why that took so long to accomplish but THANK YOU !

I remember a bunch of dev were attempting this a while back then they backed off the project and nothing came out of it. I am so grateful you finished this project.
[HTC Rezound] con247:
That was me and I didn't release for that reason alone. I think they should be taken down if people are gonna do this.
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
apophis, just so you know, now that this is in the dev section, the title of the thread needs to be named appropriately to the guidelines in this thread. Just letting you know ;)

Also, would it be possible to get a themed HBoot, like with a black background, and certain colored text, because I think you could do that in Hex, but I'm not 100% sure. If it was, that would be frickin amazing
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
As con was the main reason these even worked, if he feels I need to take any actions that he feels is necessary I will comply with his wishes. If it wasn't for him I wouldn't know how to do this.

UPDATED OP! PLEASE READ!

When people use these for insurance fraud, that makes service providers and phone makers want to lock the devices down so tight we cant mod them. Please remember this before you go pulling insurance fraud.
[HTC Rezound] bkhorn:
I am trying to download the Rezound one but the md5's do not match.
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
give me a minute i will check

just checked they match for me
[HTC Rezound] bkhorn:
Wonder what I am doing wrong? The other 2 matched. If there is no difference between them other than what they display I guess it doesn't matter then. I won't loose recovery or root right?
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
No, but i wouldnt flash until the download matches the md5 sum i posted
[HTC Rezound] bkhorn:
Like I said the Locked and s-on match. here is what I get on the Rezound one.
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
i used the same program and got it to match. redownload it.
[HTC Rezound] maniac2k:
Im getting get same checksum as bkhorn. It does not match for the rezound one.
[HTC Rezound] bkhorn:
I have downloaded it 5 times and still get a mismatch. I even check it using a different program. I will use one of the other ones. All I am after is the newer hboot.
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
re-uploaded check again
[HTC Rezound] bkhorn:
Now you are good. They match and I just noticed that all 3 are the same size. The Rezound was 396KB.
[HTC Rezound] maniac2k:
Checksum matches now!
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Yeah somehow the original rezound one got in there. Thats why i said dont use it til the md5 sums match. they are that important
[HTC Rezound] SynisterWolf:
thank you for this. now i want to see if the text would fool the techs. :D
[HTC Rezound] maniac2k:
Locked and s on is what a virgin rezound hboot lools like right?
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Yes
[HTC Rezound] vortmax:
Has anyone experienced overheating when updating to these (2.27) or even 2.25? I've read if you do, then do a factory reset (in stock recovery) and reload your nandroid. I ended up staying at 2.11 which kept my phone much cooler...thanks.
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Updated OP with BOSS PH98IMG. enjoy!
[HTC Rezound] cbrown245:
I have been running a lot cooler and smooth as butter no issues .
[HTC Rezound] vinylfreak89:
this will not trick all Verizon employees. There are still many ways to detect S-OFF.

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this is completely placebo. hboot has absolutely nothing to do with how your phone uses power or charges (related to heat)... that is completely radio and/or kernel related.
[HTC Rezound] maniac2k:
Nuh uh! My phone has been getting over 9 hours battery life since i flashed this hboot! You're just jealous!
[HTC Rezound] vortmax:
It's not a placebo considering the radios are different between 2.11 and 2.25 (2.27)...
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
if we wanted to make our own, could we just hex edit what ever we want? or is it more complicated?
[HTC Rezound] Squirrel1620:
Yes just hex edit but be very careful, if you have never hex edited before don't even attempt it
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
i have. dont worry lmao. just was making sure so i dont screw up lol
[HTC Rezound] Squirrel1620:
Yep just find and replace the text with the exact same number of characters and your good
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
i would have someone check it. one thing wrong and its bricked. i bricked my device the first time i tried it.
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
I am open to make a couple custom ones if anyone wants one. Will test them on my phone first.
[HTC Rezound] HowardZ:
You probably can not see how incredible it is to see people willing to trash an expensive phone in an effort to create something whose sole purpose is to hide modifications.

Its sole purpose is to help one lie to Verizon after one royally totally screws up his phone and wants Verizon to replace it for free under warranty.
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Last I checked this is the development section. Not the philosopher section. If you weren't so ignorant and read the OP, you might have saved yourself some embarrassment. Thank you have a nice day!
[HTC Rezound] HowardZ:
well you modified vinylfreak's hboot so the display will look like the stock hboot display. It shows s-on when the phone is s-off, and shows locked when the phone is unlocked.

What is its purpose?

Why did you want it so much that it was worth ruining your phone?

Who paid for your replacement phone?

I feel bad that perhaps my post in vinylfreak's hboot thread might have somehow inspired you to embark on this project.

I think it would have been better to have safety sticky threads about how to reduce risks of bricking phones, rather than produce a tool to help people commit fraudulent warranty claims.

But that is just my opinion.

Of course you can do as you please.

Regards,

Howard
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Yes, this is android not iphone. Its these kind of options that draw people to android. It may have not done much good but I did post in the OP that these were not to be used for insurance fraud. I just looked at the downloads, more people have downloaded the ones not consisting of locked than the ones which do say locked. So crunching these numbers I feel its safe to say that most people are not using them for insurance fraud
[HTC Rezound] SynisterWolf:
Wow really? First off it can't be fraud, it's only text he is changing. And the tech will still see if the phone is s-off when plugged into their machine. No where in the op the dev is claiming this is a way to get a warranty replacement.

Second this comment isn't needed. If you have something to say, just pm the dev.

Sent from my iPhone...
[HTC Rezound] hungsolow:
It's really simple when it comes to any mod... If u don't agree with it or don't like it, then don't use it. Fact is, development, mods, kangs, cheats, exploits, etc. will continue. I appreciate this mod because it's ONE MORE WAY TO MAKE MY PHONE MINE and customize it IF I CHOOSE TO. Only reason I'm not using it and getting a custom one made with my name on it is because I'm never in hboot long enough for it to matter. Still tight as hell tho! If it weren't for carrier bs, we wouldn't have stupid hboot to worry about anyway so to help out would be to petition against locked bootloaders to begin with and not bash this guy. I have no sympathy however for carriers.
[HTC Rezound] CharliesTheMan:
I would like a custom hboot.

I run a custom hboot that says s on and locked. And everyone who knows me knows I wouldn't commit insurance fraud and I don't believe in using modification to steal from the carriers.

Apophis I would like one that says Team BAMF
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
I have to make another one. To manbat please pm me again with what you want. I deleted the message by accident

edit, i pm'd you
[HTC Rezound] hungsolow:
Me either, but I'm not internet policing those who do.

I don't even care. Carriers eff subscribers around daily i.e. data and voice plans do again, NO SYMPATHY HERE.
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
MANBAT here is yours

MANBAT md5 sum - 1255C8055683EC5D277F455F23FCDAA5

Also I know BOSS and Team BAMF are smaller than the other 2, it just the zip compression. I have tested them on my phone and they work
[HTC Rezound] vinylfreak89:
I think people misunderstand the reason for not using tagged hboots. It increases the chance you accidentally S-ON while in a modded hboot (and therefore end up with an instabrick). Having a tag serves as a little visual reminder that hey... this isn't stock.

My goal is a dev is to do everything in my power to reduce the chance that anyone bricks.
[HTC Rezound] manbat:
Thanks!!!
[HTC Rezound] luis86dr:
You realize that HTC would still know that your hboot has been tampered with regardless of what it shows. This has no affect at all when it comes to warranty or insurance claims.

HTC Rezound
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
This is true
[HTC Rezound] hgoldner:
Gonna take a wild and crazy guess that our colleague HowardZ isn't a lawyer.

Modification of the hboot may "technically" void the warranty, as does unlocking the bootloader, getting S-OFF and flashing a custom ROM. Bur if the screen spontaneously fails to register touches, or the USB port fails to charge or connect to PC, or one of your buttons falls off without the user dropping the phone, or any of a number of physical defects arises, the warranty claim would survive.

You call Verizon, they put you through their troubleshooting script, and then they send you a warranty replacement. Been there; done that. Nobody ever knows what has gone on. Because nobody cares. You're not victimizing anybody.

Verizon makes lots more money on the services than it needs to from the phones.

And, oh, btw, last I heard, there is currently a shortage on Rezound refurbs.

So party on, Garth.

My name's Harold and I'm a flashaholic....
[HTC Rezound] izzaeroth:
Thx!
[HTC Rezound] HowardZ:
I thought of a funny one.

Instead of displaying "TAMPERED" it can say "F*CKEDUP" as it is the same number of characters.

Then some day you sell it or it goes somewhere to get refurbished in the future.

Guy says to HTC technician over the phone. "No, I didn't say the phone is f*cked up, the fastboot screen says f*cked up. Yes I did a factory reset"

And the HTC technician says "I searched the source code, and there is no f*cked up error message"

Lol
[HTC Rezound] hgoldner:
Right; that would be fun to watch them look for that in their script.... :laugh:
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Thats actually really funny. LOLZ I can see the technician now.
[HTC Rezound] pickaxe300:
So when can we expect to see this available??? I would love to have that as my hboot....lmao:good:
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
If you absolutely want one, I can make one but I wouldnt be able to post it here
[HTC Rezound] Outta:
send the link my way aswell :) haha
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Done and sent
[HTC Rezound] pickaxe300:
Sent you a pm.
[HTC Rezound] hungsolow:
Can't get this to work on Ineffabilis Deus after wiping everything. It boots into the Rom but then I just get a black screen.
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
What steps are you taking, quite a few people have used these.
[HTC Rezound] Matthenson20:
I would like one as well...:)
[HTC Rezound] Outta:
hahaha thanks hilarious love it, now i cant wait until the inc 4g gets root and i sell my phone :D
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Ok, this turned out to be too much. Give me a little while and I will add it to the OP

Added F**CKEDUP and MD5 to OP
[HTC Rezound] mikeyk101:
That is hilarious!!! I just changed mine to that one....
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
So many people have asked me the difference between the 2.25 hboot and the 2.27 hboot that I have asked around to a lot of devs with no answers. So i am on the phone with HTC and the woman on the phone doesn't even know what an hboot is. :(
[HTC Rezound] CharliesTheMan:
Apophis really? You thought whoever would answer the phone at HTC would be able to answer that?
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Had to try. Idiots all of them.
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Still making hex edited HBOOTS if anyone wants one
[HTC Rezound] CharliesTheMan:
I got another Rezound and this one's gonna be for my girl to use so she can start playing around with theming and compiling.

Could you make me an hboot that says "Angel"
[HTC Rezound] erisboxx:
Can these be used on ota update?
[HTC Rezound] CharliesTheMan:
Yes these replace either 2.25 or 2.27 hboot versions.

What's your hboot version right now?
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
OP updated to include ANGEL - Please read, has not been tested.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Could you upload an unmodified hboot? I might want to switch back.
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Use the one where it says locked and s-on
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Is that stock or is it spoofed to be s-on?
[HTC Rezound] manbat:
Do you want completely stock or stock unlocked.....I can upload both or either...you can get the stock from ROM zip .
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
I just want stock hboot so it will display the correct state of my phone.
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Ill have to find the stock hboot. I will look into this
[HTC Rezound] manbat:
Stock 2.27 HBoot

Here it is....Works on my Phone. (I'm S-off).

MD5 85A9A71C4E6B8FCC7F38EBD41D291744
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Thank you!
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Well, flashed the stock hboot from that guy, and my phone won't boot past the bootlogo.

Running the latest RUU right now.
[HTC Rezound] manbat:
Just re-flashed the zip I posted....worked fine. Posting now with the stock hBoot installed from that zip.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Figured it out. That hboot is kinda old.

I just ran the latest RUU to update everything because I was still on stuff from 4 months ago.

RUUed and restored my nandroid. I am good to go.
[HTC Rezound] manbat:
The Hboot in the zip I posted is from the latest RUU zip.
[HTC Rezound] ClockerXP:
Locked S-on worked great. Thanks!
[HTC Rezound] tnez:
Hey everyone just bought this rezound, all I know about it is that its S-off, shipped running viperez, and by look at the bootloader its also running the latest firmware. But I'm wondering why my boatloader says *relocked* my other phone is a Inc2 and even after flashing ruus my bootloader always says unlocked/revolutionary hboot. Just trying to figure out if the phone is running a custom hboot or if that's the correct display for an S-off rezound. Sorry if the post is kinda off topic but I figure I'll get better feedback in this area as posed to in the Q &A section.
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
He may have tried to relock the bootloader after s-off. I wouldnt worry about it.
[HTC Rezound] CharliesTheMan:
Can you fastboot flash a recovery to your device?
[HTC Rezound] tnez:
Haven't tried that due to the fact that it has RA 3.15 already installed. I was going to try to flash a different one but after reading several threads it sounds like all the recoveries have some bugs.

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That's kinda what I was thinking but never seen an hboot display that before. Could the global update ruu have done that?

Anyhow the main reason I wanted some insight on this is because I want to flash some kernels and wanted to make sure there would be no adverse outcomes. But I'm guessing because it's S-off that I just flash kernels in recovery after wiping D cache, correct?
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
If that were the case it would say tampered.
[HTC Rezound] tnez:
So I should be good to flash kernels in recovery right?
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
If you are s-off then flash kernels in recovery
[HTC Rezound] CharliesTheMan:
You can flash the same recovery you already to have via fastboot to see if it throws up an error.
[HTC Rezound] tnez:
Ah true that. Now to find it lol there seams to be a lot of threads for the same recovery. Revamped Ra I think is what I have.

I was able to flash a kernel today, bamf kernel onto vipeRez. I flashed in recovery but then it sent me to hboot which was weird but I think that's just how that kernel is set up to install.
[HTC Rezound] CharliesTheMan:
That's how the kernel is designed, its supposed to do that
[HTC Rezound] tnez:
Is HTC dev the only way to reunlock the bootloader? Even after S-off? I just finished researching and it looks like I'll have to flash jb hboot to flash Ra through fastboot.

My main goal I guess is to have the bootloader unlocked again, its just weird seeing S-off and *relocked* in the bootloader lol. Probably not necessary but eh.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
fastboot oem relock
[HTC Rezound] CharliesTheMan:
Flashing one of these custom hboots is all you need to do, here's a thread on the unlocked hboot, which you would flash instead of doing the HTC dev unlock process. These are customized versions of the custom hboot that vinylfreak built. But just decide what you want yours to say, and then download that, making sure to check the MD5 before flashing.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1843030
[HTC Rezound] tnez:
Thanks just what I was looking for!
[HTC Rezound] NilayS:
Can this be used to bring a soft bricked fone to life?

I have a soft bricked rezound with latest global hboots and radios. It has a re-locked bootloader with S-ON. It goes to the download mode everytime after showing htc logo.

Now the bootloader doesn't get locked-relocked thru htcdev method. It doesn't give any error in the process just doesnt get unlocked.

Is there any way i can unlock the bootloader with flashing an unlocked boot image so i can flash a recovery?
[HTC Rezound] TheBr0ken:
Have you tried flashing a recovery via fastboot?
[HTC Rezound] btpd449:
Thanks s-on locked works like a champ!
[HTC Rezound] mike7728:
everytime i flash back to the global ruu from a rom it never shows relocked or s-on,it always shows as unlocked s-off
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
An RUU puts the original hboot on there. So, it will say exactly what is going on.
[HTC Rezound] beatified:
Busted my phone

I tried applying the rezound version of this hboot and now I cant get past the boot animation???

Really bummed this is the first time i've gotten myself in this much trouble with rooting.

Is it possible to RUU when I'm S-On?

I think what caused my phone to get messed up was when I sent Fastboot erase cache

I was never able to fastboot the hboot at all it always failed

Please help!!!
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
For s-on. Relock bootloader, flash RUU, reunlock.... profit.

Sent from my Gnex running the most awesome AOKP build
[HTC Rezound] beatified:
So I take it I should just have to place the Zip on my sdcard and boot into hboot and the zip should automatically install?
[HTC Rezound] apophis9283:
Youll have to hit power once. Its been awhile. Dont have my Rez anymore but yeah pretty much.

Sent from my Gnex running the most awesome AOKP build
[HTC Rezound] beatified:
I seemed to have had a problem in the past with the text file having the wrong version number in other zips that I tried to flash via hboot. could this possibly be a problem for me with the RUU?

Also do you know where I can find an RUU. I want to be able to keep the possibility of S-Off in the future. But I was having issues with My sdcard showing as damaged in CM10. I heard updating hboot would fix this which is why I was trying to update it first of all.

Thanks again for all your help. I was actually looking into new phones but was honestly kind of bummed because I love CM10 and CM10.1 and am perfectly happy with the Rezound when its running CM10.X