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Root Unroot question

zach39

Newbie
Jun 3, 2011
45
5
Chicago
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.
 
ok this might be a dumb question but im a little lost, I relocked the bootloader but as far as flashing the ruu and such I am lost I don't think I have that? what does that mean? I am trying to follow the guide but I am lost at that point.

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?
 
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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.
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.
 
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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?
 
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