Former Rezound New to DNA

[unklsckness]

Peace All, I am a new DNA owner I have not fully committed to this phone but, bought the phone because it was such a good deal ($50)! Still sitting in the box......LOL Does this phone have the ability root and unlock the device (S-Off)? As a former Rezound user there were separate threads for Rooting and Development posted here as well as XDA. I choose to post here first before going to XDA. Is it true the early DNA they could be unlocked? Any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated.

 

[mclarryjr]

Rooting process IMO is pretty easy on this phone but your not able to get S-Off yet. On another note the Viper Rom that you'll find over on XDA is the best once again IMO. Welcome to the DNA club

 

[jasoraso]

The bootloader can be unlocked after running an app that changes the CID of the device to look like one that is allowed to be unlocked by HTCdev.com. There is a thread on xda under the "original development" subforum. There are some great ROMs available too.

There is currently no software solution to s-off. There are a few early devices (pre-release) that did have s-off; and before the release, htcdev.com would unlock the bootloader. That changed the day the phone was released, hence the hack mentioned above.

There is a hardware solution to s-off. It involves sending your phone to a company that opens the phone, and using a j-tag(?) device can provide s-off. The biggest downside so far to not having s-off is having to flash kernels using fastboot rather than in recovery (or an alternate method using an app).

A new update from HTC is expected to roll-out today. That update will most likely break the app that changes the CID so that the bootloader can be unlocked. For those that have rooted their phones, I don't know how easy it will be to change radios from today's update w/o s-off.

Where did you get the DNA for $50? There are rumors of a DNA+ being released soon, maybe that is why it was discounted? For that price, maybe I'll have to get another!

 

[unklsckness]

I signed up for the BestBuy Discount for $50 GC for purchasing your upgrade from them. There was a promo last week if registered by the 2/12 and they price matched Wirefly $99, so with GC it came out to $49.99