[Q] Here's an interesting one...

[Crossvxm]

Does the T-Mobile HTC One S always come S-Off or was I lucky on my trade today? I traded my mint Sony Xperia Play (AT&T) this morning for a HTC One S, also mint. I've traded, bought and sold to the guy before and I know he gets his devices new by special means and knows nothing about rooting, bootloaders or S-Off.

Anyways I got curious in snooping around the bootloader menu and to my surprise found it to be S-Off...
Was this luck or do all/most/many come this way?

 

[Crossvxm]

...nobody knows??? Just curious...

 

[tivofool]

...nobody knows??? Just curious...

Most come with S-ON, although some are sold S-off and Supercid (International use, I'm pretty sure)

 

[Crossvxm]

Most come with S-ON, although some are sold S-off and Supercid (International use, I'm pretty sure)

Oh okay. I was surprised to find it S-Off when I got this thing. I couldn't believe my eyes. That will save me a load full of work, especially the part were some of the tools require a Linux OS instead of Windows. Now ofcourse Linux is a download and installation away, but my "temporary" (now permanent) laptop is so old it only packs 128mb of ram (max can ONLY reach 512mb) and any type of Linux installation just hangs and never installs no matter how many hours you leave it running.

Not to mention some of these devices require the "hotwire" trick, and every time i need something (such as a paper clip) it is nowhere to be found.

 

[real187]

...nobody knows??? Just curious...

htc wil never ever give you a s-off device for free.

you have several situations. here are a few.

1: the previous owner of the device,
A was so kind to leave the device s-off, sold it
B he wasnt able/willing to get the s-on back properly, sold it.
C he ****ed up the device, was able to get it running again, left it as is, sold it.
D...

when i sell my devices i always ask you gonna customize it, if yes i leave it s-off. if not full stock

Most come with S-ON, although some are sold S-off and Supercid (International use, I'm pretty sure)

all the devices come with s-on.

 

[Crossvxm]

htc wil never ever give you a s-off device for free.

you have several situations. here are a few.

1: the previous owner of the device,
A was so kind to leave the device s-off, sold it
B he wasnt able/willing to get the s-on back properly, sold it.
C he ****ed up the device, was able to get it running again, left it as is, sold it.
D...

when i sell my devices i always ask you gonna customize it, if yes i leave it s-off. if not full stock



all the devices come with s-on.

Nah trust me his knowledge on rooting and so on is VERY LOW. It once took me nearly an hour to show him how to flash a rom on a device I sold him and in a day or two he already messed things up since the rom would wipe many key apps when given an old fashion factory reset. ANOTHER good hour wasted explaining to him the process over phone. If he were to buy these devices used already then sell them to me I would believe that perhaps that person did it instead of him. He gets them brand new in a store he works in, instead of commissions/bonuses for his many sales his boss lets him pick a free phone of his choice as long as its not 100% modern (e.g. a Nexus 5. wish I had that type of boss) in which he gets the opportunity to make more money off of that but remember, his boss doesn't have to pay cash, and he's basically stuck with selling it himself.

If he cant flash a simple rom, or even use a simple app to root a device, I doubt he will ever be able to S-Off an HTC. Also if he were younger (lol) I'd consider the possibility. I honestly believe that this thing may have mistakingly been left S-Off or something by the factory. Or maybe it served a purpose back at HTC.

Whatever the case, it was a big surprise to me.

 

[tivofool]

htc wil never ever give you a s-off device for free.

you have several situations. here are a few.

1: the previous owner of the device,
A was so kind to leave the device s-off, sold it
B he wasnt able/willing to get the s-on back properly, sold it.
C he ****ed up the device, was able to get it running again, left it as is, sold it.
D...

when i sell my devices i always ask you gonna customize it, if yes i leave it s-off. if not full stock



all the devices come with s-on.

I would have to dig through old posts to find it, but I was talking to one guy who had just bought one from a store and they were S-off supercid. He said there were about 3-4 more there. Now this guy was from the middle east, I cannot remember which country he said.

I just assumed they had to sell them to that area that way so they could be used with their particular carrier.

I'll search and post it if I can find it.

Edit: found it, he was from Pakistan
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483636

 

[Crossvxm]

I would have to dig through old posts to find it, but I was talking to one guy who had just bought one from a store and they were S-off supercid. He said there were about 3-4 more there. Now this guy was from the middle east, I cannot remember which country he said.

I just assumed they had to sell them to that area that way so they could be used with their particular carrier.

I'll search and post it if I can find it.

Edit: found it, he was from Pakistan
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483636

Hey now that you mention it I think thats the race his bosses are. But whats a supercid? Never heard of that before?

 

[Crossvxm]

Nah definitely not as lucky to have a supercid. I assume CID = Carrier Identification seeing mine is T-Mobile related.



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