[S-Off] Facepalm S-Off for HTC Devices - Droid DNA

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inexplicability

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I have made my move to Windows 8 official... Does anyone know when, or if, the fastboot driver will ever be updated to be compatible with Windows 8? I can use Linux but can't dual boot as of yet with 8... I can use my work laptop for now.. but just wondering.. /sorry if wrong area.. didn't want to start a new discussion... maybe I should?

Use a non-USB3 port. If you have one that is. Otherwise, I have no idea :p
 

ufish2

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Thanks guys... new system works well... had to power down and cleared cache .. second time though... lol..but we are now s- off thanks to the best dev' s ever...;)

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9xnine

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I have made my move to Windows 8 official... Does anyone know when, or if, the fastboot driver will ever be updated to be compatible with Windows 8? I can use Linux but can't dual boot as of yet with 8... I can use my work laptop for now.. but just wondering.. /sorry if wrong area.. didn't want to start a new discussion... maybe I should?

I had Windows 8 issues too. I used a VMware Windows 7 machine and this worked flawlessly the first time. Literally took about 5 minutes.
 

BossMafia2

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I have made my move to Windows 8 official... Does anyone know when, or if, the fastboot driver will ever be updated to be compatible with Windows 8? I can use Linux but can't dual boot as of yet with 8... I can use my work laptop for now.. but just wondering.. /sorry if wrong area.. didn't want to start a new discussion... maybe I should?

I've been using Windows 8 for a month or so now and haven't had any issues with this process (The RUU exe is a completely different animal unfortunately). All I did was download the sdk and use those drivers and files. Worked for me no problem. If that doesn't work for you, since I remember you having the crazy dinc2 ha!, I know somebody posted somewhere pretty updated HTC drivers for Windows 7, but I know they work on 8 too. Hope this helps!

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I have made my move to Windows 8 official... Does anyone know when, or if, the fastboot driver will ever be updated to be compatible with Windows 8? I can use Linux but can't dual boot as of yet with 8... I can use my work laptop for now.. but just wondering.. /sorry if wrong area.. didn't want to start a new discussion... maybe I should?

I use Windows 8 x64 for everything I do on my DNA, just install the drivers from the HTC Sync Manager under Win7_64 if on x64 or Win7_32 if you are on x32.
 

Bigandrewgold

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What do u mean? Those who r on the ota are sol at this point n time. Because without supercid, this s-off wont work. Correct me if im wrong.

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If you are unlocked then take the ota, the s off method will still work for you, it's not the s off method that's not working for ota, its supercid.

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phydo

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What do u mean? Those who r on the ota are sol at this point n time. Because without supercid, this s-off wont work. Correct me if im wrong.

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What he's saying is that the soff process would work fine on the ota if you have supercid. This is important because that means the soff method isn't "fixed". Big difference. I'm thankful for that because a normal root exploit could still get us soff.

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What he's saying is that the soff process would work fine on the ota if you have supercid. This is important because that means the soff method isn't "fixed". Big difference. I'm thankful for that because a normal root exploit could still get us soff.

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no, not entirely true, the only reason this worked in this case is because of the SuperCID exploit... the next one might be different where it will only get you root but not s-off or vice versa (because they are two completely different processes) well if you get s-off first then it would be possible to root but not the other way around.
 
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mgault

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OK now that I have s-off what can i do with it. Seems like it was something important to have but i read the whole thread and dont know what it does.
 

Bigandrewgold

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OK now that I have s-off what can i do with it. Seems like it was something important to have but i read the whole thread and dont know what it does.

Flash radios, flash kernels in recovery, flash splash screens if you have the eng hboot, and fully return to stock.

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    Welcome to Facepalm S-Off for the HTC Droid DNA

    Credits and terms:


    Exploit by beaups, full guide, testing, and concept by jcase and beaups. Thanks to dsb9938 and dr_drache for support and testing. Thanks also to all of the regulars at teamandirc. Thanks to jcase for recently modifiying the process to make it even easier and more reliable.

    Both beaups and jcase will collect the applicable active bounties. Further donations are greatly appreciated and can be sent to:

    beaups - Donate to beaups
    jcase - Donate to jcase
    dsb9938 - Donate to dsb9938
    dr_drache - Donate to dr_drache

    You can also come by irc for support or just to say thanks: #FacePalm http://chat.andirc.net:8080/?channels=facepalm

    While this process shouldn’t be too risky, bricks can happen. None of us will be accountable. If you are worried, don’t do it.

    This is a pretty simple method, however, you will need to have a working adb and fastboot environment. This method will work on any operating system that supports adb and fastboot. You should understand how to use a terminal window in your O/S. If you don’t understand adb and fastboot, you probably don’t need S-off.

    Lastly, the work herein should not be stolen, repackaged, one clicked, bat’d, etc. The binary contained in DNA-rescue.img is not GPL and may not be reused, integrated into other work, reposted, or redistributed without our permission. The kernel portion of DNA-rescue.img is derived from unmodified HTC source. That source code can be obtained from htcdev.

    For this to work, you must be HTCdev unlocked and have superCID (custom recovery/root is optional), see the thread below for help and information regarding obtaining superCID, unlock, etc. If you have taken the OTA for the DNA (sw version 2.xx) without FIRST obtaining superCID, there is no superCID nor s-off method for you currently. Note this thread is provided for convenience only. Please look for support for superCID/unlock in it's proper thread, do NOT clutter this thread with support requests regarding obtaining superCID and/or unlock! If you try this process without superCID, it will not work, and you may have issues:

    SuperCID for HTC Droid DNA:
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2109862

    Download modified boot.img:
    http://d-h.st/pQy

    Download signed firmware:
    http://d-h.st/nOo 8fa1cf193559d34279d2b1c1aa8c29

    1)
    Code:
    adb reboot bootloader

    2)
    Code:
    fastboot oem rebootRUU
    (wait for black HTC Screen)

    3)
    Code:
    fastboot flash zip PL8320000-DNA.zip
    After a while, You should see the following error “FAILED (remote: 92 supercid! please flush image again immediately)

    4) Immediately issue the following command:
    Code:
    fastboot boot DNA-rescue.img

    5) After android is FULLY booted
    Code:
    adb reboot bootloader

    6) You should see what you are looking for!

    If you need help or just care to say thanks, join us on IRC: #FacePalm http://chat.andirc.net:8080/?channels=facepalm

    Enjoy.


    Getting an error 99 instead of error 92 after step 3?


    Perform a few FULL power-downs and boots. Also, others have reported clearing caches in recovery helps as well.
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    rainabba,

    This is not an OPEN DEVELOPMENT community, this is a public development community. We made decisions not to obfuscate what is going on, so the community could learn, but choose to keep the rights and source to the project. It is free for personal use, but not opensource and not free to distribute.

    Hell I remember you flipping out over someone distributing a GPL licensed binary you compiled, you have no room to talk here.

    You like to cause problems with any AndIRC related project (time and time again), you have issues with us it is very clear, but I'm going to ask you nicely to just go away. If you don't like how we handle our projects, go create your own instead of complaining.
    :cool:

    Every instance so far where someone has had this issue AND succeeded seems to require AT LEAST wiping data, but sometimes as much as an RUU flash to stock, and at worst, a complete RUU, re-lock, and start from scratch as if the phone was fresh out of the box.

    ---------- Post added at 03:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:40 PM ----------



    Why do you people keep insisting this? Because the OP "demanded" that nobody do it? That won't hold water and so far I can't see any reason a one-click can't be made. It might not be safe and since only the noobs would "need" it, it's likely a bad idea, but there are those like myself who will often create such scripts because they end up being useful for any number of reasons and I'll be damned if someone things that in an OPEN DEVELOPMENT community, that something like a SCRIPT won't be released because someone said so.

    Your reply to this person is offensive on so many levels. You could at least take time to explain yourself (or link to such an explanation).
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    YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!


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    Now that you guys have S-OFF, you can use my RegawMOD Bootloader Customizer!
    Just have someone make a plugin for the HTC One <insert model here> and then customize away!

    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1786498
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    ATTN: If you are on a DNA, PLEASE WAIT BEFORE ATTEMPTING!!

    Something is not right, the method is not working regardless of if you took the OTA or not.
    Beanups will need to look into this.

    It does work, just because you didn't get it working doesnt mean it doesnt work, please edit you post