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Root [CDMA] Fastboot OEM unlock

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lpjzfan2005

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Htc has a minor update to fix a calendar bug in the software the first day the phone comes out, but I read here that it also updates the bootloader. So this goes out to the people that have them, can yall try the Fastboot unlock from adb? I have a feeling it will be overlooked because of the exploits we had had to use to root phones before! If they unlocked the bootloader this quick it would be great!
I get mine at 12 on Friday but I wanna see this attempted before I get it!
Thanks in advance guys.
 
I was able to get the phone to find the update manually. Installing now. will see if I can use fastboot to unlock.
 
novox77 said:
I was able to get the phone to find the update manually. Installing now. will see if I can use fastboot to unlock.
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Well I just looked on XDA, people are saying the bootloader is still locked and the update closes the only exploit used for gingerbreak... Might be better to stay away from this one if you want a a chance at root
 
lpjzfan2005 said:
Well I just looked on XDA, people are saying the bootloader is still locked and the update closes the only exploit used for gingerbreak... Might be better to stay away from this one if you want a a chance at root
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not too concerned at this point. gingerbreak was pretty hit or miss. we'll see better exploits soon enough.
 
So I took the OTA update and am on the HBOOT screen. This version is dated June 8. S-ON.

When I try to issue the fastboot command via my PC, it gets stuck on <waiting for device>

Steps:

1) boot into HBOOT. choose FASTBOOT. If you have drivers installed, and phone is plugged in via usb cable, it will say FASTBOOT USB.

2) from PC, issue the command "fastboot oem unlock" fastboot.exe comes with the Android SDK.

3) see if it works.

Looks like a no-go. HBOOT was updated from May 20 to June 8. Looks like whatever they did, they didn't plan to unlock it for this version...
 
novox77 said:
So I took the OTA update and am on the HBOOT screen. This version is dated June 8. S-ON.

When I try to issue the fastboot command via my PC, it gets stuck on &lt;waiting for device&gt;

Steps:

1) boot into HBOOT. choose FASTBOOT. If you have drivers installed, and phone is plugged in via usb cable, it will say FASTBOOT USB.

2) from PC, issue the command &quot;fastboot oem unlock&quot; fastboot.exe comes with the Android SDK.

3) see if it works.

Looks like a no-go. HBOOT was updated from May 20 to June 8. Looks like whatever they did, they didn't plan to unlock it for this version...
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Thanks for trying man, sucks to see they haven't unlocked it yet. I'm guessing they will go the route of an optional ruu but that is complete speculation. Once again thanks for trying and I hope we can get this phone rooted soon!
 
Or they are going to launch simultaneous unencrypted bootloaders for both the Sensation and E3D. I doubt the bootloaders are too much different between the models.
 
While we're on the subject, how would one get the drivers for a Windows 7 (HP Pavilion with an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU) so I can use the Android SDK? IT said it didn't auto-install them. :/
 
wirelessness said:
All I can say. Even if there is a Root exploit, this thing is going back unless HTC unlocks the Bootloader like they promised. Period.
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Coming from a motorola backflip I'm pretty sure that I'll be fine with stock even if it has launcher pro over it cause its a Huge upgrade. But my crappy backflip is the reason I'm into modding, honestly I don't care at this point as long as I get root. Also it officially launches tomorrow and there is a chance (albeit very small) the SMART_IO.crd will be on the root of the sd card. If it is we might be able to s-off through fastboot oem writesecureflag
Just posting all the research i've done over at xda.
 
lpjzfan2005 said:
Coming from a motorola backflip I'm pretty sure that I'll be fine with stock even if it has launcher pro over it cause its a Huge upgrade. But my crappy backflip is the reason I'm into modding, honestly I don't care at this point as long as I get root. Also it officially launches tomorrow and there is a chance (albeit very small) the SMART_IO.crd will be on the root of the sd card. If it is we might be able to s-off through fastboot oem writesecureflag
Just posting all the research i've done over at xda.
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No, it's not there. It's my belief at this point that the Smart_io.crd is either a virtual partition the system or phone reads and renames (thus conflicting with our SD card attempts).


It's been found that the CDMA workshop still works on Radio mods such as the banner name change
 
just realized that during my earlier tests with fastboot, I didn't have the proper driver. that's why I got the < waiting for device > message.

Not sure where to get the proper driver.... not that I could unlock it with the driver, but it would be nice to have it. Apparently the driver for the Evo 4G doesn't work with the 3D, but the adb driver from the 4G seems to work fine for both.
 
novox77 said:
just realized that during my earlier tests with fastboot, I didn't have the proper driver. that's why I got the < waiting for device > message.

Not sure where to get the proper driver.... not that I could unlock it with the driver, but it would be nice to have it. Apparently the driver for the Evo 4G doesn't work with the 3D, but the adb driver from the 4G seems to work fine for both.
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I haven't found the driver either.. haven't looked hard enough I guess
 
Now, it could be my imagination or lack of sleep over the last few days, but after downloading HTC Sync for my HP Pavilion, I got all the drivers for the Evo 3D. When I first plugged in the E3D via USB to it, it said drivers couldn't be found. So, I removed what it DID have, DL'd HTC Sync, and BAM. Drivers.
 
latest HTC Sync drivers did the trick. Note that you don't actually have to install HTC Sync; the installer puts the drivers on first. Once that's done, you can just cancel the HTC Sync part of the install.

fastboot now works with my Evo 3D. No luck unlocking it though.

Code: 
C:\android\platform-tools>[B]fastboot oem writesecureflag[/B]
...
(bootloader) writesecureflag: Parameter error
OKAY [  0.009s]
finished. total time: 0.009s


Code: 
C:\android\platform-tools>[B]fastboot oem readsecureflag[/B]
...
(bootloader) secure_flag: 3
OKAY [  0.007s]
finished. total time: 0.008s

C:\android\platform-tools>[B]fastboot oem writesecureflag 0[/B]
...
(bootloader)  shooter_init_sd, SD card already power on
(bootloader) sdcc_init_memory_device done
(bootloader) [FAT_ERROR] fat_open_file: can not find SMART_IO.CRD
(bootloader) [JAVACARD_ERR] SMART_IO.CRD cann't find
(bootloader) writesecureflag: Permission denied, value 1
OKAY [  0.164s]
finished. total time: 0.165s
 
novox77 said:
latest HTC Sync drivers did the trick. Note that you don't actually have to install HTC Sync; the installer puts the drivers on first. Once that's done, you can just cancel the HTC Sync part of the install.

fastboot now works with my Evo 3D. No luck unlocking it though.

Code: 
C:\android\platform-tools>[B]fastboot oem writesecureflag[/B]
...
(bootloader) writesecureflag: Parameter error
OKAY [  0.009s]
finished. total time: 0.009s


Code: 
C:\android\platform-tools>[B]fastboot oem readsecureflag[/B]
...
(bootloader) secure_flag: 3
OKAY [  0.007s]
finished. total time: 0.008s

C:\android\platform-tools>[B]fastboot oem writesecureflag 0[/B]
...
(bootloader)  shooter_init_sd, SD card already power on
(bootloader) sdcc_init_memory_device done
(bootloader) [FAT_ERROR] fat_open_file: can not find SMART_IO.CRD
(bootloader) [JAVACARD_ERR] SMART_IO.CRD cann't find
(bootloader) writesecureflag: Permission denied, value 1
OKAY [  0.164s]
finished. total time: 0.165s
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Glad I could help, novox! :D
 
My computer told me it was an HTC Sensation when I originally plugged it in, I chose not to install those drivers, do you think that would work?

If not can someone link to the proper drivers? Thanks
 
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lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 df -> toolbox
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lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 getevent -> toolbox
lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 getprop -> toolbox
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lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 id -> toolbox
lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 ifconfig -> toolbox
lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 iftop -> toolbox
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 194 2011-05-13 13:40 ime
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lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 insmod -> toolbox
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lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 ioctl -> toolbox
lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 ionice -> toolbox
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lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 ln -> toolbox
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 115 2011-05-13 13:28 load-modem.sh
lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 log -> toolbox
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lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 ls -> toolbox
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lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 lsmod -> toolbox
lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 lsof -> toolbox
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nt
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nt-awb
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lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 newfs_msdos -> toolbox
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lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 ps -> toolbox
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lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 rmdir -> toolbox
lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 rmmod -> toolbox
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lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 route -> toolbox
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lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 setconsole -> toolbox
lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 setprop -> toolbox
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lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 smd -> toolbox
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lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 stop -> toolbox
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lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 umount -> toolbox
lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 uptime -> toolbox
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 408 2011-05-13 13:28 usbnet
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lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 vmstat -> toolbox
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 55860 2011-05-20 05:25 vold
lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 watchprops -> toolbox
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 5504 2011-05-20 05:24 wimaxAddRoute
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 5520 2011-05-20 05:25 wimaxConfigInterface
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 22144 2011-05-20 05:25 wimaxDaemon
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 5520 2011-05-20 05:24 wimaxDhcpRelease
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 5424 2011-05-20 05:24 wimaxDhcpRenew
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 5536 2011-05-20 05:25 wimaxDumpKmsg
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 5536 2011-05-20 05:25 wimaxDumpLastKmsg
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 5536 2011-05-20 05:25 wimaxDumpLogcat
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 30368 2011-05-20 05:26 wimax_mtd
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 5424 2011-05-20 05:24 wimax_uart
lrwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-05-20 05:24 wipe -> toolbox
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 249648 2011-05-13 13:28 wl
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 304228 2011-05-20 05:24 wpa_supplicant


-rwxr-xr-x root shell 60276 2011-05-20 05:24 dexdump
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 22256 2011-05-20 05:25 wireless_modem
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