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[One (M7) General] jotha:
Thread cleaned

There is no tolerance for abusive posting on xda!
[One (M7) General] beaups:
or "he" was referring to the date - 10/5 ;)
[One (M7) General] billa:
Response to abuse members

Thank you Jotha for being observant and fair.

I have merely described the java card quite accurately, and now it's even backed up by the video posted by MrKaon

http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f35/worlds-first-htc-s-off-card-1599539/

This other guy blatantly insulted the whole xda community with abusive and his own lack of control of the English language, including misinformation about some kind of "dummy sim" which first of all it's a contradiction to a smart card, second it's actually an SD goldcard loaded with a special diag file specific to the HTC One.

See, no insults or abuse here, just a thoughtful/intelligent response.

But it's ok, there's an old saying: He who laughs last, laughs the loudest.

Happy hacking XDA!!
[One (M7) General] Sonic2756:
(Coming from a javacard owner) A javacard is a special Micro SD with multiple layers of cryptology, contains a signature unique to that card (so no cloning), is capable of running java applets due to its microprocessor (hints the name javacard), and is loaded with diagnostic files from HTC.

A javacard is nowhere near a goldcard.
[One (M7) General] i4dbox:
hboot 1.54 s-off

htc one hboot 1.54.0000 s-off'd with rumrunner.us:laugh:
[One (M7) General] pigr8:
got s-off again sending my m7 to fonefunshop, very fast and serious business they have!
[One (M7) General] intramorph:
Hi I'm on hboot 1.55... is it possible for me to get s-off???
[One (M7) General] pigr8:
try to contact them, i dont know if it's possible for you on 1.55, it's possible for 1.54.
[One (M7) General] luongdt:
htc j one

I have a phone htc j one htl22 of Au Japan , os 4.2.2, hboot : 1.54 mainver : 2.15.970.1 , please help me s-off my phone ????
[One (M7) General] Stephen:
Thread is now closed as it is no longer needed. Please use one of the existing s-off threads for hboot 1.54. There are at least 2 on this forum alone.
[One (M7) General] gunnyman:
No. All factory reset does is format the /data partition
[One (M7) General] zaphodbeeb:
Absolutely disagree. S-off for 1.54 appears to be possible given the video, and that is of great interest to users. This thread has informed me and I hope more detail will develop. Without s-off the possibilities of the device are limited. Users want maximum value out of this expensive bit of kit, s-off helps with that.

---------- Post added at 08:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:00 PM ----------

I disagree. When I purchased the phone it was not for what it did off the shelf. I want maximum ability to use and capitalise on the tech and possibilities of the device. Android is open(ish). Manufacturers and networks like to close this down, and I appreciate why. Because they make money this way, and reduce their operating cost which is no bad thing. However they not only refuse to support if you break the rules, but make it very difficult to use the tech that's there. HTCDEV doesnt help you get s-off does it. Anyhow I think this particular debate is probably better in another thread so no more here.
[One (M7) General] I Am Marino:
With all due respect, you can't think that way, even I'm guilty of it at times, I had bought phones before with the hope they'd be cracked wide open and they never were or did months after I sold it off.

I made sure there was a sizeable dev community here before I bought this phone.
[One (M7) General] zaphodbeeb:
And even if a solution is found HTC can manipulate open(ish) android on their devices to close it off again. So we all get to play the s- off dance all over again rather that expend dev effort on using the tech.
[One (M7) General] Theshawty:
But this time around, most of us have learned to not take OTA's again so that'll minimize the number of complaints greatly ;)
[One (M7) General] Ciebiada:
All this is true but how is this relevant to what I have said? You can't expect them to let you use their device not as intended just like that. Apple does that. Samsung does that. But in contrary to them, Htc let you flash custom roms officially, in an expense of loosing warranty (or maybe just parts of it? not really sure, but this is not important). You are crying now because devs haven't found way to get s-off, yet you would stay shut if they did, which doesn't change anything in the big picture of things.
[One (M7) General] Jonny:
I have a riffbox but I already messed up 1 phone when assembling/disassembling it (it was only a cheap Samsung tocco lite though so wasn't that bothered). I'd be in for it if there was a JIG available for the One - I used a JIG to unbrick my sensation, but afaik at the moment with M7 only option is solder.
[One (M7) General] Jonny:
You never know... Sensation users on the ICS upgrade thought they were stuck for like 3 months... Then juopunutbear S-OFF comes along ;)
[One (M7) General] Edubyah:
Everybody remembers the Goldcard days don't they? If it's possible to make a Goldfile that would allow us to update to the GPE 3.06 update then you could unlock. I hope you all figure it out I don't need it I did it within minutes of taking out of the box.
[One (M7) General] Zarboz:
I've done two. Not bad at all ..IMO evo 4g lte solder pads were harder to do cause they were so crowded
[One (M7) General] g33mt4z:
Ah, I remember reading in the revone thread ages ago that you s-offed for the hell of it, was trying to work out why you were posting here lol... Stupid OTA's... Just hang in there, where there's demand for something like this, someone is chipping away at it in the background and they'll find a way ;)
[One (M7) General] sauprankul:
Today I saw a woman who somehow managed to get into the boot loader by accident. She was freaking out and was all like "Recovery? What the heck is that?"

:D
[One (M7) General] Johnny424:
Yes. I remember the juopunutbear s-off for the evo 3d. Boy that was interesting lol
[One (M7) General] Theshawty:
That was my old One that I S-OFF'd. I had a little switch-a-roo with an S4 and had that for a month and then sold it and bought a One again :p
[One (M7) General] mdiaz33685:
I hope everyone understands, when your rooted, don't install the firmware, and don't RUU ur phone, only when ur phone is efffed up.

that's the only real reason HTC updates the firmware, to stop whatever we've done, with the S-Off....
[One (M7) General] g33mt4z:
Oh, that sucks. My brother got an s4 seeing that I owned an i9300, he thought it was like cm10.1 that I was running... He was very upset to see how laggy and bloated touchwiz was. I showed him this Site and now he's flashing roms all the time but he said it himself that he wished he'd have waited to see how the one performed.

Anyways, S- off really isn't a huge thing, since I've had it all I've used it for is a new splash, to remove the red text and super cid ... But I understand the need to remove the security just because it's there lol...
[One (M7) General] Giblet-dono:
So to help a few misconceptions out of the world:

The Java card method is one of the "official" methods used by HTC to S-Off devices..

It needs a few things, the java card, loaded with a serial, a valid (encrypted) diag file and a y-cable

The serial apparently is only useable once, so you would need alot of them to s-off every device.

The One X developers tried numerous things to get these components but it has proven near impossible!

So forget the Java-card method it will only be possible for a VERY small and specific group! (as it is a hardware thing)

The second thing someone noted was the "paperclip" method.

Which for us is NOT reccomended, as it would need us to remove the casing!

There aren;t even developers looking into this because they don't want to risk their phones!

Meanwhile the develoeprs are looking for a new S-OFF method, comparable to revone or moonshine.

We should all just wait for them because they will have the most chance to work for everyone!
[One (M7) General] paul_59:
I think you will find OTA updates, which includes firmware updates bring addtional features , so can't agree that HTC only updates to disable S Off method.

Also if you were fortunate like I was to buy an earlier model that came with 1.44 hboot and took advantage of revone S Off method as soon as it appeared , then provided you remain S Off, then you may safely play with custom Rom, then revert to stock via RUU . I converted to GP e phone, then back to stock 1.28.401.6 and accepted all subsequent OTA through 1.29 up to and including 2.24.401.8 without losing S Off
[One (M7) General] daleski75:
Very tempted to use fonefunshop to s-off my phone as I have used them in the past and zero issues with their service and the price is a very reasonable £21.98 which includes next working day return so very fast.

Just need to sort out a phone to use in the meantime for a few days and if I can get that then I will probably go for it and post my thoughts here and will never run fastboot oem write secure flag 3 again.
[One (M7) General] Theshawty:
Of course we don't have anything like that in Sweden. :(
[One (M7) General] sokoko:
Yes but did you ask them if they do it in 1.54 HBOOT? Cause i think thAt they use RevOne too.
[One (M7) General] Theshawty:
I bet they're using a java card.
[One (M7) General] sokoko:
I am willing to do it but the prob is that i am in Greece right now.The soonest to be in Uk will be October.So no luck,

I will try to speak them tomorrow if the y accept an international service.As my Htc One was bought from me in Uk
[One (M7) General] daleski75:
I would be amazed if they are using revone and from their website it would seem they are using tools which are not easy to buy so as TheShawty states it would be the java card method.

Will contact them tomorrow and ask if they can s-off 1.54 hboot and will post the answer here.
[One (M7) General] sokoko:
ok

Ok be good.I will wait for your answer.And who knows ,maybe you will be our "insider" for the work.

I'll send my ONE to do the work:o
[One (M7) General] daleski75:
Asked fonefunshop the question below so if they say yes my phone will be sent away asap.

Message:

Please can you let me know if your s-off service for the HTC One M7 works with the new hboot 1.54?

Dale
[One (M7) General] sokoko:
Me too.I will try to find a friend i UK to send there if they can't do an international service.I will wait for the answer.Many thanks
[One (M7) General] izan007:
I will try to sell my One HBOOT 1.54 to buy another One HBOOT 1.44:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
[One (M7) General] Zarboz:
i know for a fact it is a javacard as they support tegra chipsets

those chipsets dont have any known exploits
[One (M7) General] sauprankul:
Just wanted to ask. If I have a 1.54 hboot, how do I revert to 1.44 to get S-off?
[One (M7) General] criszz:
not possible atm. u must wait until an exploit is released. sorry paw
[One (M7) General] sauprankul:
So, if I have a 1.44 Hboot, and I s-off, and I update to 1.54, what happens? Do I keep it?
[One (M7) General] daleski75:
Once you are s-off you can upgrade/downgrade as much as you like and it will always remain s-off.
[One (M7) General] danlat1415:
Yes
[One (M7) General] doohdah:
1.54 s off

Just had answer from fun phone shop and they confirm they can do s-off hboot 1.54.also can you get ota with cid 11111111
[One (M7) General] daleski75:
That confirms they must be using the java card to perform s-off.
[One (M7) General] Galactus:
Image hosted by tripod :rolleyes::p
[One (M7) General] zaphodbeeb:
The bloke who does this for fonefunshop is on his hols until close next week. If I have my phone back from repair, ill try this.:good:
[One (M7) General] Gandalf Greyhelm:
£15 to s-off my 1.54 hboot M7?

I'll buy that for a dollar!

(or even £15) ;)
[One (M7) General] daleski75:
With the return it works out at £21.98 then of course you have to add in how much it costs to deliver it as well so probably in the region of £30 in total which still is not a bad price to get s-off again.
[One (M7) General] Gandalf Greyhelm:
More than happy with that!

Means I'll be able to downgrade my hboot, restore my stock nandroid & recovery, hopefully use revone to remove tampered indicator, then relock and have stock O2 - whether I'll then take the OTA which becomes available again is another matter entirely!
[One (M7) General] Zarboz:
Can t
[One (M7) General] daleski75:
To summarise

There is ONLY 1 way to s-off on 1.54 which is the java card method..... either pay or wait...
[One (M7) General] Theshawty:
Looks like I'll have to grind some bills down in some soil, water it twice a week and hope a money tree grows.
[One (M7) General] daleski75:
Quick chat session with fonefunshop sales not sure what to think but they probably had no clue what I was on about!

Alison says:

Hello, how can I help you today?

Alison says:

hi

Dale says:

I am fine thanks Alison and yourself?

Alison says:

im ok thanks, how can i help

Dale says:

Does your s-off for the HTC One M7 support the latest hboot 1.54?

Alison says:

if you want to send the handset in we can try

Dale says:

If it does not work would there be a refund or is it non-refundable?

Alison says:

if we can not do the service then we will not charge

Dale says:

Many thanks that is all I need to know

Alison says:

ok no problem, bye
[One (M7) General] doohdah:
1.54 s off

The email I received from Mick worthy at the phone fun shop said they could do s-off on 1.54 hboot.
[One (M7) General] zFayZz:
so i guess all thats left is someone to pay for the s-off on hboot 1.54 and post proof & results
[One (M7) General] Theshawty:
We already know it will work. (Given that FoneFunShop uses java cards) and we know java cards work but how is that of any relevance to us? I don't have thousands of dollars to spend on a java card, nor will I ever do that.
[One (M7) General] zFayZz:
i sent them an email to ask them if they can unlock hboot 1.54 and asked them if they use a java card... someone said they can unlock 1.54 so it must mean they have a java card
[One (M7) General] Theshawty:
Someone uploaded a video S-OFF'ing using a java card.
[One (M7) General] zFayZz:
i know s-off works with java card lol i just want to use this service but i want more info they can actually do a hboot 1.54 unlock and how they do it

http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk/cable_picker/97585_HTC_One_M7_S-OFF_Service.html
[One (M7) General] doohdah:
1.54 s off

I'm sending my phone next Tuesday will post the results.
[One (M7) General] zFayZz:
cool please post results, soon i will turn my mine into a google edition :)
[One (M7) General] zFayZz:
http://gyazo.com/31ba7fa894819b80103f5bd7056ac4ef
[One (M7) General] fonefun:
yes we have java card
[One (M7) General] zFayZz:
thats great to hear we all will be using your service, prepare to be loaded lol
[One (M7) General] graffixnyc:
Too bad you guys won't do it for US customers. :(
[One (M7) General] Theshawty:
Too bad no one in Sweden offers this service.
[One (M7) General] mojolive:
No
[One (M7) General] dh2311:
Since my phone is completely buggered without being S-OFF again or a 4.2.2 RUU, I'll also be sending mine into fonefunshop to get S-OFF so I'll report back to you.

I looked into other methods though....

IR-KEY claims to be able to S-OFF, but only select models, on most it can only root and downgrade, but the downgrade in itself would be a great solution for people, doesnt actually downgrade you, just makes the RUU read your FW version as 1.0.0.00 or something, so that you can flash the RUU exe, and get back to hboot 1.44 to s-off then upgrade yourself back to 4.2.2 or 4.3. However on some, namely the google edition, it claims to be able to S-OFF, it costs about £50 though, but is an option worldwide and has unlimited usage.

IR Key compatibility

I have looked around at the java card method, and as people have said its not cheap, although I have found a supplier offering them with 500 usages for $600 and 1000 for $800, but you have to question how genuine it is, also how easy the setup is.But as you see from this thread, people would pay for S-OFF so it could be a good investment.

LGTool also claims to be able to S-OFF, however only hboot 1.44 and below, so probably the revone/ moonshine method, but if not then we may see an update and this will be the cheapest for single use.

Im inclined to get an IR-Key, but I cant find anyone reporting a success for it.
[One (M7) General] smartanks:
where can i get the ir-key? is there anyway to confirm if it will 100% downgrade from 1.54 hboot? it has to be the best thing till now if true
[One (M7) General] dh2311:
fonefunshop have it, or gsmsp if you want to order from china, its cheaper, can get in 2-3 days aswell, costing about the same as in this country.

And I dont know, it claims to be able to downgrade, but theres a real lack of evidence with regard to it working, which is the only thing that puts me off. It definitely can change the f/w version number, but whether this is just a build.prop edit, or actually edits it in the bootloader and for the RUU I dont know.

Pointless calling it downgrade if it cant downgrade though, so i presume it will, but dont take my word on it, never owned one, just researched it
[One (M7) General] smartanks:
well really itching to try this , is there anyway i can completely screw up my phone if it fails , i am currently s-on with htc-dev unlock
[One (M7) General] dh2311:
I dont see it screwing your phone up, it just mightnt work, and itll be a waste of £40 - £50

Edit: I believe it must change the build number in the hboot, as the tutorials show the software reading the fw version from the bootloader, just got to hope it works i think.
[One (M7) General] sokoko:
Call

You can always call them ans ask if

'ir-key" works for hboot downgrade.This is the clue.If yes then everything is possible.
[One (M7) General] Zarboz:
So .... What if I have a java card... Would it be OK to offer a discounted price for xda users......? Cause I do but I spent a lot of money on it and don't want to give away my investment
[One (M7) General] Zarboz:
I could cover us users... I got a toy recently from a friend...

White card (java card)
[One (M7) General] godutch:
these cards can't be copied?
[One (M7) General] Zarboz:
No
[One (M7) General] godutch:
s-off is really only needed if you are branded and have a crappy carrier that takes ages to update or if you suspect you have a warranty problem and need return but still want to run custom roms or just root but really until s-off came along I this phone was the first phone with which I was happy with stock, that was on 1.2x roms, you are on 2.2x already, which fixes most issues still needing an unlocked phone, so just enjoy the phone.
[One (M7) General] skulldreamz:
You can enjoy it a hell of a lot more with s-off...
[One (M7) General] ttoofast:
What exactly did you do with s-off that you couldn't do before? Changing your CID is the only thing that comes to mind and only if you want to run one of the official HTC roms.
[One (M7) General] g33mt4z:
To change the splash to a Metallica logo, why else? Thought that went without saying...
[One (M7) General] Mountainjew:
You can run adaway without the hosts file being reset every time you reboot.
[One (M7) General] dh2311:
Sent my phone off to fonefunshop today for S-OFF so we'll see what the result of that is, with regard to IR-Key from my communication with them, they say S-Off doesn't seem to work despite its claims, they've had complaints about it not working.

With regard to the downgrade the C/S rep I asked said they cant guarantee anything, it claims to be able to but they dont know specifically if it can.
[One (M7) General] skulldreamz:
I flashed a engineering hboot after s-off that was made custom for me by a elite recognized developer here on xda. I payed $100 for it and let's just say when I type fastboot oem h I get 200 different commands/options that 99.99% of people never knew were possible. That's what I can do now-anything I damn please. Ex: tell my phone to go get me a beer out of the fridge and it will; $tuff like that!
[One (M7) General] daleski75:
That was my plan too but kind of over spent by ordering a brand new nexus 7 so will send my phone off when I get paid again as I am in no particular rush to get s-off again.
[One (M7) General] exocetdj:
got my one today but was 1.54 hboot out of the box!!!!! do we need to flash kernel via fastboot as with the HOX???
[One (M7) General] :
Hi,

Not at all, you can flash kernel (and radios) from recovery.

:)
[One (M7) General] leventccc:
The people are from Turkey and I contacted them to ask if they would s-off my dad's htc one since I'm in the same city with them. He said that he would do it for 30 TL (about 14 dollar). I will report back if my dad decides to do it. If you have any questions for them, I can ask for you.
[One (M7) General] brainimpact:
edit: never mind got ahead of myself without reading

Edit 2: is it possible we could achieve something like this for INT version?

https://twitter.com/RootzWiki/status/372430218251616258
[One (M7) General] ckleuser:
I have S-Off on HBoot 1.44, If I upgrade all firmware to 1.54 or 1.55, do I have to S-Off again ???
[One (M7) General] criszz:
no
[One (M7) General] skulldreamz:
no once your s-off you stay s-off:good:
[One (M7) General] ckleuser:
Thank's, that's good news, for me at least, lol....
[One (M7) General] dirtbikerr450:
i dont belive you can because the US carriers never left the hboot of 1.44
[One (M7) General] Theshawty:
Hopefully... ;)
[One (M7) General] exocetdj:
cheers buddy! HTC been listening lol!!!! :)
[One (M7) General] I Am Marino:
Yea that's all we would need if our S-OFFs could be converted back to S-ON.

Oh the horror.
[One (M7) General] skulldreamz:
You can turn security on/off on/off as much as like. I have/do it all the time to keep tweaking my bootloader I'm building

Sent from my Renovated One
[One (M7) General] I Am Marino:
I meant if updates could turn it back to ON. That'd suck.

-Sent from Marino's One-
[One (M7) General] skulldreamz:
Nah they can't do that cuz it would brick everyone's phone who is s-off if they running a eng hboot or modded hboot like me and HTC would be responsible so they would never do that. I have taken every ota and I go back to 4.1.2 all the time to try to learn new stuff with each update

Sent from my Renovated One
[One (M7) General] neilmcd:
I emailed them last night to ask if I could go into the shop to get it done rather than post it. I also asked if it works with hboot 1.54 and they said they've never tried it (see i.imgur.com/YJZrjTy.jpg), so you might be the guinea pig! Could you let me know if it works?

Neil.
[One (M7) General] dh2311:
Edited: emails were in my spam box.

It failed due to the tampered bootloader, CONFIRMED, so if you're locked without the tampered flag, it may be worth a try, but im presuming most of you have unlocked bootloaders. So this is not an option for most people unfortunately.

Someone reply quick to this, but can you reset the tamper flag with revone? is it just S-off thats dead? or the whole thing?
[One (M7) General] neilmcd:
I've just tried it. I get the 'revone successful' message, but when I reboot the device, it still says tampered :(
[One (M7) General] dh2311:
Frustrating, S-OFF on 1.54 is still not possible for most owners then! I'm still discussing this with customer support, clutching at straws to be honest trying to get it to work
[One (M7) General] daleski75:
So you sent it off and they cannot get s-off working with the java card method because it says tampered on the bootloader?
[One (M7) General] dh2311:
Correct, the config files they have from HTC do not work with tampered bootloaders, they are still unsure of whether or not it will work on untampered bootloaders, i.e. never been unlocked.
[One (M7) General] daleski75:
So basically we need to gain s-off to reset the tampered flag in order to use the java card method to gain s-off..... wth!!
[One (M7) General] dh2311:
Pretty much, unofficial java cards may work, depending on the config files on them. The issue is it sounds like fonefunshop have an official signed one from HTC themselves, as they said they'd email htc for the config files. So it's not necessarily impossible, just fonefunshop cant do it.