Egad, I can't believe I stumbled onto one of these developer-orientedthreads and actually had a thought: If a mac is anything like aLinux-based system, you'll have to precede everything by 'sudo ' toget commands like fastboot and adb to run. I can well imagine that a PC will require that the user have adminprivileges as well, but I've never tried it from one.I don't think a re-locked bootloader status is a problem, one just hasto re-unlock it. The unlock.bin code is unique to the device, and isindependent of the owner. However, you will have to re-fetch it fromHTC using the web process.Good luck!cheers,john
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[Guide] Unlocking, Rooting, ROM'ing, and FAQ
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You're right that you will have to sudo first command(that starts the ADB daemon), however since you don't need privilege to run ADB and fastboot after that, you shouldn't need that at this stage. I was on Ubuntu the first time I unlocked/temp rooted my Rezound and only had to sudo to start / restart ADB.
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It's actually supposed to say relocked after the phone is unlocked and then re-locked.
MrSmith317 said:
Ya I understand that. I just wasn't sure if it made a difference whether it says locked or relocked when trying to get the identifier token. Personally if I bought the phone off ebay I would flash the ruu just for mental reassurance that everything is the way it should be. But that's me.
Mr Smith, I'm sure you're right. Since I had to do it that first time with adb, and always forget to do it the next time around, I think I just got in the mode of using sudo for all of the sdk-related commands out of habit. I should've known better than hang out in a developer/troubleshooter thread. 
It's no problem to re-acquire the unlock code. I did exactly that on a phone I bought on Swappa that was unlocked and re-locked by a previous owner. It's unique and keyed only to the indentifier token you fetch from the phone and send to HTCDev.com.
Ok, I got it unlocked and rooted. Looking at the Rooting a Rezound on Mac OSX was very helpful. In the OSX terminal you have to add "./" before your enter commands. Also had to go into recovery twice after flashing Amon Ra, my phone just skipped it on the 1st attempt. Anyways I'm off to find ROMs now. I still really love my old Droid Inc setup (CM7.2, Incredikernel, Newest radio) but I'm hoping this will be a bit faster. Also excited about the better camera. Thanks for all the help guys!
That's why I wanted the separate Mac thread.. It's a lot easier to not muddle the thread with the difference between Mac and Windows. Next we'll do a Linux thread ahaha
did you already download and install software HTC SYNC ?
Please install this to get all the drivers for your HTC, and then repeat typing the command again.
If you use my drivers, you don't have to install sync. Sync just gums up the works anyway.
Which recovery do you currently have installed? FYI, no dev I've seen recommends clockwork on the Rezound. If you follow the instructions in the OP you will be in good shape.
Updated the link to the HTC drivers.