[S-Off] Facepalm S-Off for HTC One XL

Heisenberg · Oct 20, 2013

The first attempt looks ok. The error 99 on the other attempt is a problem, but when you get that just force a reboot to bootloader by holding volume down and power and start again and you should get error 92 again. Some folks have reported it taking a few attempts for this to work. What ROM are you on while attempting it?

Sent from my Evita

finallygreen · Oct 20, 2013

timmaaa said:
The first attempt looks ok. The error 99 on the other attempt is a problem, but when you get that just force a reboot to bootloader by holding volume down and power and start again and you should get error 92 again. Some folks have reported it taking a few attempts for this to work. What ROM are you on while attempting it?

Sent from my Evita

Stock. Per your advice, I was going to achieve the S-OFF and then go ROM hunting.

Heisenberg · Oct 20, 2013

Ok. You could try flashing a ROM to get s-off, sometimes a ROM change does a world of good. There are several ROMs you could flash without really needing to alter anything first.

Sent from my Evita

thedailyl3af · Oct 20, 2013

timmaaa said:
Ok. You could try flashing a ROM to get s-off, sometimes a ROM change does a world of good. There are several ROMs you could flash without really needing to alter anything first.

Sent from my Evita

Almost always had success with viperxl 3.2.8 and the people I've told. I'm pretty sure clean rom 4.1.1 would work as well.

edit: I ment to do a double quote but I forgot lol

Sent from my Evita

AlwaysDroid · Oct 20, 2013

Anybody else having issues with the zip file being invalid? Or is it just me

Heisenberg · Oct 20, 2013

Is the zip in your fastboot folder? Are you sure you're entering the command correctly?

Sent from my Evita

fotowca · Oct 20, 2013

timmaaa said:
Did you read the requirements for the s-off process? You should probably take another look. Hint: CID.

Sent from my Evita

Thanks for the reply. I'm looking into that now.

finallygreen · Oct 21, 2013

Well, this is getting a bit scary because I've followed every instruction to the letter and now I think I might have a brick

I went ahead and tried to install a ROM like you told me to (wiped data and installed via TWRP), and now my phone's just sitting at the white HTC screen.

What do I do now??

Heisenberg · Oct 21, 2013

finallygreen said:
Well, this is getting a bit scary because I've followed every instruction to the letter and now I think I might have a brick

I went ahead and tried to install a ROM like you told me to (wiped data and installed via TWRP), and now my phone's just sitting at the white HTC screen.

What do I do now??

You don't have a brick, your phone is powering on. A brick is when the phone won't power on and you get zero response from it. Which ROM did you flash? Did you flash the boot.img via fastboot afterwards? You're s-on do you need to do that when flashing ROMs/kernels.

Sent from my Evita

finallygreen · Oct 21, 2013

timmaaa said:
You don't have a brick, your phone is powering on. A brick is when the phone won't power on and you get zero response from it. Which ROM did you flash? Did you flash the boot.img via fastboot afterwards? You're s-on do you need to do that when flashing ROMs/kernels.

Sent from my Evita

OK, I got back up and running, and I restored the backup I made yesterday when we were unlocking in the first place.

I'm searching high and low and I can't find the correct procedure for flashing a ROM while I'm S-On. I have the zip and I get that I need to extract the img from the zip and flash it from the PC, but I can't find the proper order of steps for this anywhere. Could you point me in the right direction for that?

---------- Post added at 08:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:30 PM ----------

Scratch that...I figured that part out and seem to have successfully installed my first custom ROM. Once I've verified that, I'll go back and see if I finally have or can get S-Off.

---------- Post added at 09:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:53 PM ----------

finallygreen said:
OK, I got back up and running, and I restored the backup I made yesterday when we were unlocking in the first place.

I'm searching high and low and I can't find the correct procedure for flashing a ROM while I'm S-On. I have the zip and I get that I need to extract the img from the zip and flash it from the PC, but I can't find the proper order of steps for this anywhere. Could you point me in the right direction for that?

---------- Post added at 08:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:30 PM ----------

Scratch that...I figured that part out and seem to have successfully installed my first custom ROM. Once I've verified that, I'll go back and see if I finally have or can get S-Off.

Ugh..well, at least I'm not bricked....installed the latest CleanROM and all seems fine, but...I still can NOT get the dang S-Off, despite following every direction to the letter. Now for whatever reason, I'm getting "error: device not found" whenever I try this process. Why is this happening?

Heisenberg · Oct 21, 2013

You should try an earlier ROM, Android 4.0 or 4.1 should do.

Sent from my Evita

Denzkay · Oct 24, 2013

Is the procedure to get S-OFF any different for CM10.2 23/10/2013?

thedailyl3af · Oct 24, 2013

finallygreen said:
Ugh..well, at least I'm not bricked....installed the latest CleanROM and all seems fine, but...I still can NOT get the dang S-Off, despite following every direction to the letter. Now for whatever reason, I'm getting "error: device not found" whenever I try this process. Why is this happening?

Try restarting your computer. The cmd and adb like to keep the last attempts ending results lol. Who knows might even help you get s off lol

Sent from my Evita

Heisenberg · Oct 25, 2013

Denzkay said:
Is the procedure to get S-OFF any different for CM10.2 23/10/2013?

The only difference is that as well as enabling usb debugging in developer options you need to grant root access to adb in developer options too.

Sent from my Evita

Denzkay · Oct 25, 2013

timmaaa said:
The only difference is that as well as enabling usb debugging in developer options you need to grant root access to adb in developer options too.

Sent from my Evita

alright.. How do i do those two things? Do I tap the 'build number' option in 'about phone' to get developer options?

Heisenberg · Oct 25, 2013

Yes.

Sent from my Evita

sbacham · Oct 25, 2013

dont worry

guys im gonna show you some tricks for who are getting troubles in s off.(these are my experiences)

1.install htc driver(no need sync only drivers)
2.switch off phone and on with power+vol down for bootloader(remember uncheck fast boot in settings+power)(dont do adb reboot bootloader for going to bootloader i got troubles thats why m saying do it manually )
if u even dont get s off then try this
3.change usb port back to front or other ports of pc/lappy
4.be sure your phone rooted then do factory reset in settings not in recovery.(its also imp cuz ive tried 30 times without success then i did factory reset and tried voila succeed) then enable usb debug and try all above once again.
back up your data befor doing facrery reset.

try this i hope you will succeed by trying above(ofcourse they are not in particular order).
keep posting your experiences cuz that help others alot.

Heisenberg · Oct 25, 2013

You probably should have mentioned that doing a factory reset in bootloader will corrupt the sd card and will require it be formatted in order to work again. That's pretty important if you ask me because someone not knowing that would lose all of their data upon following your instructions. It isn't even necessary, it might have worked for you (possibly even a complete coincidence) but it certainly isn't a must for achieving s-off. Also, saying it will definitely work is a bit extreme, there can be many contributing factors to the s-off process not working, many of which aren't mentioned in your post.

Sent from my Evita

sbacham · Oct 26, 2013

timmaaa said:
You probably should have mentioned that doing a factory reset in bootloader will corrupt the sd card and will require it be formatted in order to work again. That's pretty important if you ask me because someone not knowing that would lose all of their data upon following your instructions. It isn't even necessary, it might have worked for you (possibly even a complete coincidence) but it certainly isn't a must for achieving s-off. Also, saying it will definitely work is a bit extreme, there can be many contributing factors to the s-off process not working, many of which aren't mentioned in your post.

Sent from my Evita

thanks ,edited.

Zehmistah · Oct 26, 2013

Whenever I type a command with fastboot, it stays at (waiting for device) forever. Ugh, any ideas? Phones running ViperXL 4.2 and when I go into fastboot it says "One of the usb devices attached to this computer malfunction and windows does not recognize it".

EDIT: FIXED THE PROBLEM, PLUGGED IT INTO ANOTHER PORT. NEW PROBLEM!! How do I get SuperCID on Rogers HOX? I tried the link provided and still have the Original CID

[S-Off] Facepalm S-Off for HTC One XL

Retired Forum Moderator

Member

Retired Forum Moderator

Senior Member

Senior Member

Retired Forum Moderator

Member

Member

Retired Forum Moderator

Member

Retired Forum Moderator

Member

Senior Member

Retired Forum Moderator

Member

Retired Forum Moderator

Senior Member

Retired Forum Moderator

Senior Member

Member

Similar threads

Top Liked Posts