We need something like this!

[Beach_Head]

These guys managed to get S-OFF on a few HTC phones by shorting something (That's what it seems to me.) in the chipset...

S-OFF via JuopunutBear Tool

If this could be made to work for us, it'd be a slap in the face for Moto...

 

[maarawoe]

this is very hardware specific and an epic hw design fail by htc.... :-(
anyway - who will short his phone first? ;-D

 

[AutoBlogReviews]

Definitely looks pretty sketchy. Lol.

Sent from my DROID RAZR MAXX via XDA

 

[IdowhatIwant]

These guys managed to get S-OFF on a few HTC phones by shorting something (That's what it seems to me.) in the chipset...

S-OFF via JuopunutBear Tool

If this could be made to work for us, it'd be a slap in the face for Moto...

I've owned mostly HTC phones. That's a company that listens to it's customer's. Period.

If you have an HTC Phone, you've got custom Kernels period. The development community is second to none.

That's why i so surprised to come here with my Razr to find out theres..not much.

 

[sRDennyCrane]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't S-Off simply allow you root access? And can't we already do that with software? There's no way I'll be tearing apart my phone and start shorting things out just to get it rooted.

 

[spc_hicks09]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't S-Off simply allow you root access? And can't we already do that with software? There's no way I'll be tearing apart my phone and start shorting things out just to get it rooted.

S-Off means unlocked bootloader.

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[tCizler]

S-Off means unlocked bootloader.

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Not true. My Rezound has an unlocked boot loader with s-on. S-off is unrestricted access to all partitions of the phone. It's "security/signature" - off, something like that.

 

[got556]

Not true. My Rezound has an unlocked boot loader with s-on. S-off is unrestricted access to all partitions of the phone. It's "security/signature" - off, something like that.

Exactly...S-Off allows one to fall back to an older radio and flash only the radio if, for instance, HTC or the carrier pushes a new OTA that has a new radio and makes your phone get a worse signal than before. W/out S-Off you can't just flash back so easily.


ETA: Re-reading my comment makes it seem as that's only S-Off can do but like quoted above it also allows you to flash stuff not officially signed by HTC. Prior to S-Off it was virtually impossible to brick a Rezound. W/ S-Off, you can easily brick a phone permanently.

 

[romdroid.]

amazing. If I recall something similar was done to xbox 360 JTAG.

I am confident some day someone will unlock those Motorola bootloaders...

 

[Sexywacko]

amazing. If I recall something similar was done to xbox 360 JTAG.

I am confident some day someone will unlock those Motorola bootloaders...

Its a shame the bootloader cant be unlocked like on the atrix

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[romdroid.]

Its a shame the bootloader cant be unlocked like on the atrix

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Well if I remember Motorola released a leak where the update gave unlock bootloader so there is still some hope, correct me if I am wrong

 

[Sexywacko]

Well if I remember Motorola released a leak where the update gave unlock bootloader so there is still some hope, correct me if I am wrong

On the atrix there was a fuse that was burnt to bypass the bootloader. Or something along those lines. Although when i got rid of the atrix all of the development kicked off. Lol

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[romdroid.]

On the atrix there was a fuse that was burnt to bypass the bootloader. Or something along those lines. Although when i got rid of the atrix all of the development kicked off. Lol

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Haha alright that always happen, when you get rid of something then developers start support it. I can feel you