I was reading the sticky guide on unrooting and i noticed that the tampered* mark on the bootloader switches to re-locked*. is there any way to make the phone completely stock again without "re-locked"? i am wondering because i was going to trade my phone in through that sprint one up plan thing going on to get the new nexus 5 and give that a go. i talked to a friend at sprint and she said they wont take the phone if it has been unlocked.
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- Thread starter zach39
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When I got my note 3, my ltevo was relocked. They still took it in.......I just did not say it was rooted at one time......it should not be an issue.
Well the ota does not relock the bootloader. If it is still unlocked the ota most likely will not work......the bootloader needs to be relocked first, then you can take the ota.
Nope......I only got $50 credit for it though.
did you do the "One Up" program thing? or was it just an upgrade?
well I am going in today to try to get the nexus 5 I was playing with it in the store I really liked it a lot. thanks for the info.
naw just an upgrade.
A ruu stands for run utility update or something like that.......it is a way to update the phone and is usually released by htc.
#2 part of the guide at the very beginning explains what a ruu is and the instructions are there.
what part are we confused on?
Ah ok so if you go into your bootloader it should tell you what your radio or baseband is......you need to match your radio with the corresponding ruu.
It depends on your internet speed.....ruu's can be large files, so.........
Nope just what is mentioned in the guide.....make sure you have what it says and then run the ruu.exe......and you're done.
it says have htc sync installed to my phone isn't that already on there when I plug my phone in the connection type says htc sync manager or mount as disc drive I am supposed to have it on htc sync manager right?
im sorry for all of the dumb questions I really appreciate your help.
im sorry for all of the dumb questions I really appreciate your help.
These are not dumb questions do don't feel sorry.......lol
Just mount as disc drive, you might need to uninstall sync manager.......you just need the drivers that come with it.
uninstall sync manager from my computer or the phone? because idk where it is on my phone lol I looked and don't see anything about it, htc sync manager is one of my connection types that pops up on my phone. dammit now im getting confused again haha sorry trying to read your guide and see if it makes sense now that you're explaining it a bit more but idk why im not getting it. so 1. mount the phone as a disk drive, 2. run the ruu file and that's it? or should I update the drivers? or leave them alone?
This should be done on your pc and not your phone.......all you need to do is connect the phone to the pc via usb and set it to disc.......the rest is done on your computer.
If you have htc sync installed on your pc then uninstall it.......sorry not sure why I added that in in the instructions.
If you have htc sync installed on your pc then uninstall it.......sorry not sure why I added that in in the instructions.
Sorry.......set it to charge only........I'm not thinking clearly today......lol
Let's try the htc sync manager option.....I no longer have the phone and I can't remember if that is weird or not.......lol