I decided to take a leap of faith and tried to unlock my bootloader using the HTCDev site and it worked. Would this make Firewater pointless?
Screenshots or any proof
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There is no reason to use the official HTC tool at all. I'm surprised it even works. Early tests by other users (incl myself) showed our devices being blocked on the site. Are you sure you have a Verizon HTC M8 as opposed to one for another carrier?
Anyway, with firewater, you shouldn't use it at all.
First, it voids your warranty. But most importantly of all, it does not give you S-off. Only bootloader unlock.
Firewater gives you both S-off and unlocked bootloader as well. There also have been no reports of any issues due to firewater. All it does is give you S-off. There are some legit dev phones out there that also have S-off; firewater just makes your phone equal to those dev ones.
I kinda sorta don't believe you. Oo Is yours Verizon?
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Interesting. I took my daughter's M8 and tried to unlock at HTCDev and still a no go here.
Not sure what proof to provide. Do I need to record my screen while I unlock my phone using the unlock_code.bin?
I didn't ask for proof. I simply stated that I tried to unlock my daughter's M8 at HTCDev and still received the error code.
I haven't tried mine but I read it wasn't working, which is why we have firewater. I'd love to give it a go again.
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Not sure what proof to provide. Do I need to record my screen while I unlock my phone using the unlock_code.bin?
This, the OP's signature says he is S-Off. OP, Post your CID and MID. If you are indeed already S-Off via firewater, as I suspect you are since that is the only way to gain S-Off, your bootloader was also already unlocked.Were you previously s-off? Changing mid or cid can allow a banned (read vzw) phone get a legit unlock token. This was the case on the one max too.
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It just seems like it would make sense to unlock it using official means if it is an option. Not saying that Firewater will cause issues but workarounds can pose risks that could be avoided by using tools provided by HTC itself.
?As for S-Off, what is the point when you have an unlocked bootloader?
Is there really any reason to use HTCDev since firewater can do it?
I haven't tried mine but I read it wasn't working, which is why we have firewater. I'd love to give it a go again.
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