So, you want S-Off on your One X/L, or Droid DNA? Done and done. Thanks to a crafty new "hack" by jcase and beaups, S-Off can easily be yours. As always, however there are a few pre-requisites, as well as some caveats to be aware of.
Firstly, you must have working adb and fastboot. If you don't know what that is, a quick Google search can answer it, and tell you how to get it. Your device must also be rooted and have SuperCID,no exceptions. This is requisite.
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Devs work hard on exploits like this, and they risk bricking their own devices (or those of testers) in order to make it happen. To say thanks for this mod – as well as provide donations to future endeavors (no pun intended) – head to this thread on XDA.
That part's simple enough – if those requirements are met, carry on. Before you get started, here's a video of the process:
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First things first – you'll need to grab
this patcher (
mirror) and put it in your working directory. Got it? Good.
Now grab the file for your device:
Time for commands:
adb reboot bootloader
Once the bootloader is up, enter the following command:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
Wait for the black HTC screen, then do this:
fastboot flash zip <appropriate zip filename from above>
After a few minutes, you'll see the following error: "FAILED (remote: 92 supercid! Please flush image again immediately)"
As soon as this error pops up, enter this:
fastboot oem boot
This part is critical. You may see some errors, but wait for the device to boot into Android. Issue the following three commands one at a time:
adb push soffbin3 /data/local/tmp/
adb shell chmod 744 /data/local/tmp/soffbin3
adb shell su -c "/data/local/tmp/soffbin3"
Wait for a few seconds, then:
adb reboot bootloader
Ensure you have S-Off, and you're done! If you hit any snags along the way, head to
this support thread on XDA.
Good luck!