I have noticed a lot of people asking how to unroot their 3d and return back to stock after unlocking with HTCDEV. Here's how:
Step 1: Download the RUU for your phone:
CDMA: PG86IMG.zip
GSM: GSM RUUs
(There are more GSM RUUs than CDMA, so here's all of them.)
Rogers RUU link is here.
Step 2: Place the PG86IMG.zip (CDMA- GSM will be similar) on the root of your sdcard.
Step 3: Reboot to recovery and wipe everything (Dalvik, cache, data, system, factory reset)
Step 4: Plug in your phone and reboot to bootloader via ADB
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Step 5: Boot into Hboot and allow the RUU zip to flash to the phone.
Step 6: Boot into fastboot
Step 7: Relock your bootloader
Code:
fastboot oem lock
Setp 8: Reboot.
Note: Your bootloader will say *** RELOCKED *** after you're done. That is how your carrier and HTC will know you've unlocked. There is no way to avoid this yet.
***** Make sure you put the CORRECT RUU image on you sdcard. If you have Sprint you're CDMA, if not, you're GSM. Don't mix the two up.
If you want to unlock your phone again after relocking, boot into fastboot and type:
Code:
fastboot flash Unlock_Code.bin
That's assuming you still have the Unlock_code.bin. If you don't, you'll have to re-do all the steps on HTCDEV
GSM RUUs from Football's thread here
CDMA RUU from Mr.ESP's post here
Rogers RUU link is dead from filefactory (footballs gsm ruu thread)...this has been confirmed from multiple sources
digitaljeff said:
Rogers RUU link is dead from filefactory (footballs gsm ruu thread)...this has been confirmed from multiple sources
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I would contact Football and see if he still has access to it then. Google doesn't bring anything up for Rogers. Let me know if you get it.
thanks to bebolf for having it in his dropbox and posting a link here ive gone ahead and uploaded the Rogers RUU to multiupload ... see below link, will post in footballs thread in gsm forum..
http://www.multiupload.com/7JM43LU588
Hey just to add to this. I tried doing this method, but I couldn't get hboot to update my phone. I got hboot 1.50 stock, cause I just got the phone last week. I have no idea why ur method wouldn't work.....I'm a NOOB HERE. I tried even flashing in recovery. When I also tried to "Relocked" my phone it wouldn't even boot past the HTC screen.
Well what happened to begin was I put a different kernel on my using flash image gui, and when I tried going back to stock via backup, some of the functions didn't work wifi 4g...etc. I knew it had to be the kernel. So what I did was I found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223979, and downloaded the Shooter_2.08.651.2_odexed_rooted-signed.zip complete ROM.
Thanks @xHausx for that thread you saved me
Then i flashed it. I rebooted back into the bootloader and ran the lock code.
Code:
fastboot oem lock
This time the phone booted. I used one of RUU .exe from Football's post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1334473
and completely restored the phone to stock.
Idk if this helps any one or not, but this is how I got my phone back to stock without using the PG86IMG.zip and flashing in hboot.
Again noob here, but it worked.
I followed all the steps, my phone now shows RELOCKED, but I still have the superuser app. Am I missing something? How do I get rid of superuser?
Thank you
did you run the ruu after relocking
I downloaded the file from the OP, renamed it PG86IMG.zip and copied it to my sd card. I then boot into hboot and it loads the file. This is all after I relocked the phone. Is this correct?
richsky said:
I downloaded the file from the OP, renamed it PG86IMG.zip and copied it to my sd card. I then boot into hboot and it loads the file. This is all after I relocked the phone. Is this correct?
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yep.. ......
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yep.. ......
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Well still showing the superuser app, any idea how to get rid of that?
Thanks
sounds like the flash was incomplete
try it again with the same file or try the ruu
gonna give this a shot tonight so i can update to the newest radio
I'm doing something wrong. After I relock my phone, it won't reboot...it just boots back to the bootloader....I have to unlock again to get it to boot normally. any help is appreciated. thanks.
Nevermind. I found another file and that did the trick!
sinman2224 said:
I'm doing something wrong. After I relock my phone, it won't reboot...it just boots back to the bootloader....I have to unlock again to get it to boot normally. any help is appreciated. thanks.
Nevermind. I found another file and that did the trick!
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I have the same issue. What other file did you use?
Anyone care to help with this? i have the same problem.
fallowed the instructions step by step now im stuck, phone keeps rebooting into bootloader, please help
lol so this thread didnt help out all, use this here to fix my phone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EJyU2zQXoY
i flashed my radio and ota rom then used super tool to lock worked great from all things root android forum
Tried this method and I am stuck in bootloader... i try reboot and it just takes me back to bootloader... any ideas how to fix this?
Fastboot clockwork mod and then flash kernel first then ROM for some reason twrp won't flash correctly it left my phone in a reboot loop It's not supported anymore cm is more stable.
Id give you a link but I havnt posted enough on this forum yet
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hey i jus wanna now somethin its confusing me
in the OP it says that
Step 1: Download the RUU for your phone:
CDMA: PG86IMG.zip
GSM: GSM RUUs
i am using EVO 3D GSM do i have to download the PG86IMG.zip
and place it in the root of sdcard then i use adb to do the RUU cos
Step 2: Place the PG86IMG.zip (CDMA- GSM will be similar) on the root of your sdcard.
is it for both or jus for the CDMA m cofused
please help
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I have Looked around, and i tried to follow n-God i think it was and it didnt work, i have searched and tried different tutorials or techniques, my problem is that i have to unlock my HTC EVO 3D which i have done using the official HTC unlock website, and now i have to downgrade, to hboot 1.49.0007/8 because i am on 1.49.0018, i know what to do after i downgrade ( use revolution ) but i just cant get it to downgrade, it is a uk phone so its GSM and EMEA i think, so can someone post a step by step with links or a video thanks
I don't have an idea but take a look at the stickies in the gsm section of the EVO 3D and then if nothing look in general. And most of all read everything.
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Hi firstly I'm a complete noob too. I'm in exactly the same situation as you. A UK gsm with .018 hboot only reason I have not tried the downgrade yet is my phone is still away for repair. Anyway from what I understand from that guide is you bypass the first 3 steps as you and I don't need to change cid as we got European phones hence the correct cid. And it does day make sure you relock your bootloader if its unlocked. (step 3) and I think it has to say locked and not relocked. I hope this is of some help as I said I'm a complete novice and will be following the guide when my phone returns so let me know if it works and if someone points out anything I've said is wrong I apologise I'm just trying to help
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This is how i s-offed mine, i put together a quick guide for a different forum:
- it is for GSM european phones with the required CID already.
You can check your cid with : fastboot getvar cid
1. Follow this guide from point 4 as our CID is already as required. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1316578
2. Use this tool to s-off and install clockwork mod. http://revolutionary.io/
3. Then roms can be installed via clockwork mod and/or the stock rom can be rooted. see this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14693680
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You can check your cid with : fastboot getvar cid
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Thanks was wondering how to check that.
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Hello well lets see ok good you have completed step one now step two you need to install a custom recovery i like cwmr_Revolutionary_4.0.1.4.img custom recovery is a good one and it has the least problem's and step three you will need to flash the su -2.3.6.3-efgh-signed this is what give's you root access you will have to flash this using you pc via comand promts and after this you now have a rooted devise i would sugest flashing lee droid rom for starter's and next when your ready to down grade the Hboot you will have go to the threads and you will see file's that say ruu this is what you need to down grade and you will also want the one that say's Hboot 1.49.007 or 1.49.008 download any of the two and after you have downloaded copy and past it in root folder of sd card and may have to rename it you can do this part on the evo using es file explore make sure it says PG86IMG.zip even if says PG86IMG.zip i want you to rename it anyway why because windows hide's the file ext so it will read like this PG86IMG.zip.zip if you see this all you have do is delete that second .zip at the end now thats done your ready for the down grade copy and past the PG86IMG.zip file in the root folder of your sd card ok now battery pull now put battery back in press volume down power and dont let go until it boot's in to bootloader now let find the zip then it will say start update you press volume up for yes now sit back and let it do the update and when its done it will reboot and now you have Hboot 1.49.007 now your ready to s off head on over to alpharevolutionary.io
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Hello well lets see ok good you have completed step one now step two you need to install a custom recovery i like cwmr_Revolutionary_4.0.1.4.img custom recovery is a good one and it has the least problem's and step three you will need to flash the su -2.3.6.3-efgh-signed this is what give's you root access you will have to flash this using you pc via comand promts and after this you now have a rooted devise i would sugest flashing lee droid rom for starter's and next when your ready to down grade the Hboot you will have go to the threads and you will see file's that say ruu this is what you need to down grade and you will also want the one that say's Hboot 1.49.007 or 1.49.008 download any of the two and after you have downloaded copy and past it in root folder of sd card and may have to rename it you can do this part on the evo using es file explore make sure it says PG86IMG.zip even if says PG86IMG.zip i want you to rename it anyway why because windows hide's the file ext so it will read like this PG86IMG.zip.zip if you see this all you have do is delete that second .zip at the end now thats done your ready for the down grade copy and past the PG86IMG.zip file in the root folder of your sd card ok now battery pull now put battery back in press volume down power and dont let go until it boot's in to bootloader now let find the zip then it will say start update you press volume up for yes now sit back and let it do the update and when its done it will reboot and now you have Hboot 1.49.007 now your ready to s off head on over to alpharevolutionary.io
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was super difficult to read, and you probably need to add punctuations
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You need to flash older Stock ROM in signed PG86IMG.zip, which includes HBOOT 1.49.0007. Then you are able to root your phone using revolutionary. But i recommend you to get either CWM4 or 4EXT recovery, which don't have charge bugs.
You dont need to use HTC's method since you are on .018
Get a PG86IMG.zip and use that to downgrade Hboot to .07/.08
After which use revolutionary to s-off and flash a recovery.
Make a nand backup
and get flashing
Im trying to look for the tutorial i used where all the links are, ill edit once i find it sorry
Here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1316578 ; use this to downgrade Hboot, and because its a European phone, you dont need to change CID so basically start from step 4
Hi guys I'm fairly new here and was hoping you guys could help me out.
so i got my amaze a couple months ago from this guy and he told me had rooted the phone but then he unrooted it.
So fastforward to today and i'm trying to update my phone to the new android 4.0 . it downloads the update but then when it shuts off to start installing the update a triangle pops up with an exclamation mark.
it wouldn't go away so i took the battery out to restart it, which it did.
How do i go about fixing this . Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
and this was on my bootloader screen if it helps any
Unlocked
RUBY PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT 1.90.0000
eMMC-boot
To receive ota's you must have a locked bootloader. Yours is unlocked.
Download hasoon all in one tool. Install the HTC drivers and then relock the bootloader.. Then you'll be all set to install them update
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G
i did just that and now the phone keeps rebooting into the bootloader.
njzfinest5013 said:
i did just that and now the phone keeps rebooting into the bootloader.
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I think you need to restore stock recovery, etc before yo relock the bootloader and be on stock rom.
Dark Nightmare said:
I think you need to restore stock recovery, etc before yo relock the bootloader and be on stock rom.
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I'm back to being unlocked. How do i go about restoring to stock recovery??
Just download one of the stock ruu files, place it on your sd card rename it PH85IMG.zip and reboot into HBoot mode, it should restore your phone to complete stock.
What radio is on the new OTA update? Can someone who has done the update, post?
Dark Nightmare said:
Just download one of the stock ruu files, place it on your sd card rename it PH85IMG.zip and reboot into HBoot mode, it should restore your phone to complete stock.
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i did just that but when it goes into hboot it says that the image is not found or has no image. should i try with a new SD card?
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I have the same problem. I get a Main ver is old error when attempting to load the stock ruu, PH85IMG_Ruby_TMOUS_1.36.531.6_Radio_1.07.550L.04DC_30.64.550L.07_release_219373_signed.zip .
There is no way to get it back to stock with HBOOT on the ICS RUU you cannot go back, I got screwed over too. Unless you got S-Off before you went to ICS, that's the only way you can go back to stock. I think, that's what someone else told me, so give it a try but otherwise I think you are screwed, but I don't really know what I'm talking about. Can anyone confirm this?
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I have the same problem. I get a Main ver is old error when attempting to load the stock ruu, PH85IMG_Ruby_TMOUS_1.36.531.6_Radio_1.07.550L.04DC_30.64.550L.07_release_219373_signed.zip .
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Ok, I flashed via HBOOT the same version that was on the phone, PH85IMG_Ruby_TMOUS_1.43.531.3_Radio_1.08.550L.19DC_30.66.550L.08D_release_228638_signed.zip , and it seems to have accepted it, and going through the updates now.
Now, I will boot into stock, and attempt the new OTA ICS upgrade.
Will a restore work via CWM, that I took from the stock GB ROM above?
OTA ICS Upgrade = Success
I was going to pull the file off of the phone, but I started the upgrade and forgot. I could not locate it afterwards.
How did you flash via Hboot? Did you rename the file before you put it on your SD Card? Also do you have stock recovery?
finally got it
1. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled. Go to Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB Debugging.
2. Download my tool and run it. If your bootloader is unlocked (most likely it is), on my tool, press "Boot into Bootloader". After you are in bootloader, run the "Relock Bootloader" command
3. Put the Stock T-Mobile 1.43 ROM on to your SD Card. Make sure it in the root folder. Rename the file to PH85IMG. Run the command on my tool to "Boot into Bootloader" It should scan for the ROM. If it doesn't (It may be in Fastboot mode, that's why) press the power button so it switches from Fastboot into HBOOT mode.
4. It will detect it and press the Volume Up button. It will flash the Stock ROM.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619491&highlight=back+stock
THANKS TO HASOON AND EVERYONE WHO REPLIED THANKS ALOT GUYS!!!
Same here. This link provided the correct file to restore...which I did not have to relock the phone (thanks to everyone who stated that).
http://www.android-dev.us/showthread.php?414-Rom-RUU-Shipped-Ruby-ROM-Collection
Where there's a will, there's a way!
Mclovin80 said:
Same here. This link provided the correct file to restore...which I did not have to relock the phone (thanks to everyone who stated that).
http://www.android-dev.us/showthread.php?414-Rom-RUU-Shipped-Ruby-ROM-Collection
Where there's a will, there's a way!
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how do you put files on your sd card in hboot? i relocked my bootloader and now my phone is stuck in hboot
Originally Posted by Mclovin80 View Post
Same here. This link provided the correct file to restore...which I did not have to relock the phone (thanks to everyone who stated that).
http://www.android-dev.us/showthread...ROM-Collection
Where there's a will, there's a way!
how do you put files on your sd card in hboot? i relocked my bootloader and now my phone is stuck in hboot
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Unlock your amaze again. Follow the hasoon steps and you'll be able to unlock it.
once you unlock it download this file
http://d-h.st/OIC
once that is done rename it to "PH85IMG" and then put it into your sdcard
then follow these steps
"Run the command on the hasoon tool to "Boot into Bootloader" It should scan for the ROM. If it doesn't (It may be in Fastboot mode, that's why) press the power button so it switches from Fastboot into HBOOT mode.
4. It will detect it and press the Volume Up button. It will flash the Stock ROM."
once it's done flashing you'll be on stock and then you can update the phone to ICS.
TOOK ME ALL DAY! dont worry you'll figure it out.
I have one question, how do I do it if I don't have an SD card? I rooted without one...
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I am trying to get ICS on my Amaze. I am with Telus and have an S-On phone
I am trying to use this method
Originally Posted by superevilllama View Post
flash stock recovery
relock phone (fastboot oem lock)
flash rom update in bootloader (rename ruu to ph85img.zip, place on sd card and boot to bootloader)
unlock with htc tool
flash custom recovery
flash superuser package
done!
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But i do not have the stock recovery and unsure how to get it.
I tried skipping the step and just going from re-locking phone to updating from bootloader but I get a CID incorrect error.
Any help is appreciated, I have never had so much trouble updating a ROM
PS.
I wasn't aware so much was needed to upgrade from my BulletProof ROM to this ROM, I just flashed like I would have before and now I am in an HTC Boot loop
dibarreir said:
I am trying to get ICS on my Amaze. I am with Telus and have an S-On phone
I am trying to use this method
But i do not have the stock recovery and unsure how to get it.
I tried skipping the step and just going from re-locking phone to updating from bootloader but I get a CID incorrect error.
Any help is appreciated, I have never had so much trouble updating a ROM
PS.
I wasn't aware so much was needed to upgrade from my BulletProof ROM to this ROM, I just flashed like I would have before and now I am in an HTC Boot loop
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It's right in the stickies man...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575550
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I went through that, but the RUU is an exe, or do I rename the OTA zip file to PH85IMG.
When I went through this process it loaded PH85IMG, did the check and then nothing. Never asked me to update or anything. I wouldn't have posted to ask for help if I didn't need it.
dibarreir said:
I went through that, but the RUU is an exe, or do I rename the OTA zip file to PH85IMG.
When I went through this process it loaded PH85IMG, did the check and then nothing. Never asked me to update or anything. I wouldn't have posted to ask for help if I didn't need it.
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No. Connect your phone and flash the EXE. PH85IMG is ONLY for T-Mobile Users. Everyone else uses an EXE.
LMAO some things never change
Good luck with ICS
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Thanks for your help! I have never felt like such a noob....I swear I am actually good with tech lol
So I managed to get my phone flashed, thanks for all of your help, but I thought the flash was suppose to upgrade me to ICS, but it installed a stock 2.3.4 I am so confused. After flashing the EXE am I suppose to use the OTA.zip? If so, from what I am reading I need to S-OFF.
I tried installing CM9 after the flash and I am able to boot, but once its loads and begins the initial setup it freezes on the Select Language screen and reboots. I have searched the forum and no luck.
I bought Evo which was already upgraded to ICS (OTA I assume), and it was branded I think. I've unlocked it via HTCDev, flashed '4ext touch recovery' and then rooted. Then I flashed MIUI ICS ROM, and everything is OK for now.
I want to use BootManager to flash multiple ROMs. It requires s-off. I tried it already with s-on, because I've read that SmartFlash (from 4ext recovery) makes my phone like s-off, so ROM on SD card installed, but won't boot. I had many problems going back to my Phone ROM, I restored my backup, wiped many times, installed fresh ROM and still had a bootloop. Finally I got it working again by flashing boot.img via fastboot (glad I did nandroid backup before). I didn't try again with different ROM, because after 2 hours of trying to recover my base ROM I've had enough. So I'm pretty sure BootManager will work better if my phone will be s-off.
So my question is - what to do next? We have so many guides and different comments here, sometimes the same method works for one, and doesn't work for another one, and I'm really confused.
I assume I should follow the instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743466 but I don't understand few things:
friend.evil said:
flash an ICS ROM from recovery(Method B from 10 to 14)
open ICS ROM.zip and extract boot.img to a folder which contains adb, fastboot and AdbWinApi.dll
go to fastboot and type:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
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Do I have to do this if I'm already have MIUI with root privileges? Do I still need that boot.img from MIUI, and put it together with fastboot.exe?
Or should I restore stock ICS? I'm pretty sure I did nandroid backup before flashing MIUI.
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12_Notice when you s-off the phone the hboot is corrupted i advice after s-off to follow the methods In E_(from 1 to 4)
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Do I need to fix hboot after s-off? What hboot version I have after doing steps 1 to 4 from section E? There's a big zip file (PG86IMG.zip), is it another ROM or what?
And most important question - if method D doesn't work, method F is recommended, but:
elias17 said:
Hboot s on will only flash roms that are based on ics 3.28xx and sense 4 roms using a special boot.img ! U can never flash GB roms until u go s off like i did its a tricky process but it works and now i can flash any rom in the gsm section
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2_flash Leedroid GB ROM from recovery http://leedroid.ftp.rshost.eu/Shoote....zip(Don't forget to wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache + dalvik)
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I don't get it - can I flash GB ROM or not if I have hboot 1.53.0007 s-on? Can I use method F if method D fail?
Sorry for my english, I'm from Poland.
Thanks in advance for any tip.
You're confusing yourself, What you need to do my friend is.
1. Download RUU, Run RUU
2. HTC Unlock bootloader again
3. Do the Juopunutbear Wiretrick to get s-off
4. Download the 1.04 ENG hboot (There is one of those for the GSM I think... not sure though)
5. Flash a badass Android 4.2.1 rom. They work.
There's much more detailed guides on what to do, BUT This is a summary of what you want.
Be sure to hit thanks [= I'm almost to 100
Which RUU should I search for? GB or ICS?
But isn't the 1+2 the same as restoring my ICS Stock ROM from backup?
I think hboot 1.49.0007 would be enough, I've read that BootManager works well with that version.
1. Yes you can just restore your stock ics backup BUT you will have to root it using the file provided in method B.
2. Yes the 1.49.0007 hboot is best for gsm
3. You can flash a GB rom with your hboot no problem. It just dont think it will boot. so technically you should be able to do the wire trick with a GB rom flashed(not booted into). You'll be in fastboot mode for the wiretrick. There are different files for GB and ICS when doing the wiretrick
Your best bet is to run an ICS RUU, unlock bootloader, root rom, do the wire trick, change hboot to 1.49.0007 and then flash any rom you want
Backup was made right after I made root, is it enough? I just don't want to go through the entire process from the beginning (unlocking, rooting etc).
mars28 said:
Backup was made right after I made root, is it enough? I just don't want to go through the entire process from the beginning (unlocking, rooting etc).
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That should work But unlocking again is really easy
You should still have you unlock token in the same place,
You just plug up to the computer hop into fastboot usb and type
Fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_Code.bin
to unlock and then
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
for a recovery,
Then move SU to your sd card and flash it in recovery.
Then your all ready for the wire trick, The more you do these things the more experience you get at them and the better you get with fastboot. I suggest you go through the process opposed to just restoring (First off it's much much safer) and you'll know the ropes if you (or anyone else) has this problem.
Maybe you're right. I'll try with RUU. But I see it's hard to find the correct one these days, some old links died. I have a file called "RUU_SHOOTER_U_ICS_35_S_HTC_Europe_3.28.401.1_Radio_11.77.3504.00U_11.25.3504.06_M_release_262714_signed" which I have downloaded right before I started unlocking my Evo, could it be the correct one?
I didn't know I can use old "unlock_code.bin", I saw that everytime I read the token from the device, it was different. So I assumed that I have to flash bin that match the token.
mars28 said:
Maybe you're right. I'll try with RUU. But I see it's hard to find the correct one these days, some old links died. I have a file called "RUU_SHOOTER_U_ICS_35_S_HTC_Europe_3.28.401.1_Radio_11.77.3504.00U_11.25.3504.06_M_release_262714_signed" which I have downloaded right before I started unlocking my Evo, could it be the correct one?
I didn't know I can use old "unlock_code.bin", I saw that everytime I read the token from the device, it was different. So I assumed that I have to flash bin that match the token.
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The token and the unlock code are specific to the phone, And doesn't change until you get a new phone.
And that seems to be the right one, Do you live in Europe? lol Shooter u means GSM and ICS means it's the latest RUU.
mars28 said:
Maybe you're right. I'll try with RUU. But I see it's hard to find the correct one these days, some old links died. I have a file called "RUU_SHOOTER_U_ICS_35_S_HTC_Europe_3.28.401.1_Radio_11.77.3504.00U_11.25.3504.06_M_release_262714_signed" which I have downloaded right before I started unlocking my Evo, could it be the correct one?
I didn't know I can use old "unlock_code.bin", I saw that everytime I read the token from the device, it was different. So I assumed that I have to flash bin that match the token.
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you can easily get a new token from htc dev web site
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Can't_Live_Without_My_Evo said:
And that seems to be the right one, Do you live in Europe? lol Shooter u means GSM and ICS means it's the latest RUU.
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I know I use shooter_u, I asked because I've found another RUU which have "Rogers_WWE" in name of the file, and the rest of the file name is identical, and I remember that I had to choose "rogers" when I was unlocking via htcdev. That's why I wasn't 100% sure if I had to choose "HTC_Europe" or "Rogers_WWE".
Another thing which confuses me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1495358
mpgrimm2 said:
Note 3: If you previously did the HTC Unlock, you'd have to "RELOCK" BEFORE running the RUU.
To do this from fastboot type: fastboot oem lock
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Should I do this or start directly with RUU.exe? My phone is currently "UNLOCKED, hboot 1.53.0007, s-on".
And what about CID? I've read somewhere that I have to change to supercid or something, to be able to flash zips via fastboot. How to check my current CID?
Search for cid getter on play store to get your cid
You certainly need to relock you hboot before running RUU. For the correct ruu you should check the box that your phone came in. It should have the details (atleast i think so)
P.S. you probably don't need to change cid. Infact i'd recommend you not to do that just yet
Got the CID, it's HTC__032. I want to be prepared, who knows what might come up during the whole process.
friend.evil said:
12_Notice when you s-off the phone the hboot is corrupted i advice after s-off to follow the methods In E_(from 1 to 4)
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What means "corrupted"? Phone won't boot or what?
Eeh, if I knew that hboot 1.53.x is so problematic, I would buy Evo with GB on-board.
mars28 said:
Got the CID, it's HTC__032. I want to be prepared, who knows what might come up during the whole process.
What means "corrupted"? Phone won't boot or what?
Eeh, if I knew that hboot 1.53.x is so problematic, I would buy Evo with GB on-board.
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I think yours might be an european model. i had the exact same cid as yours.
when you get to that step of corrupted hboot just follow the steps on this thread and flash hboot 1.49.0007
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1906172
Cant kive without my evis comments about the wire trick are bang on. It will fix everything. Having s-off is just much easier so do the wire trick. It will work. My wife and I both have an evo. I had to do the wire trick twice on hers for it to work and four times on mine for it to work. Be patient if it fails the first few times. And if the screen gets stuck on the jounuo whatever screen you can fix that.
If you are stuck at Juopunutbear screen and if you can go to bootloader you need to connect the phone to pc, go to fastboot ( should say fastboot usb)*Go to controlbear folder (from where you ran controlbear to begin withon you pc then open command window in it (hold shift and right click, that willopen command window rigjt there and then*when you get into it you need to enter:
"ControlBear.exe -f" no quotes or "ControlBear f" notice the space after the exe !
Lots of peopke forget to put it in and say it didnt work.
I presume this will fix the problem
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My phone is now s-off. I didn't flash RUU, just restored stock rooted ROM from backup, did the wire trick (just one time, surprisingly) and everything went nice and smooth. Then I flashed hboot 1.49.0007 with no problems at all. Thanks guys for the tips.
One more thing - my phone state is now "LOCKED" - should I bother?
So I got what I wanted - I've installed ROM in BootManager (the one which doesn't boot before, while phone was 's-on') and this time it booted from SD. Today I'll try more ROMs in BootManager.
Locked doesn't matter as long as you are s-off. It only creates problems if you ever plan on using fastboot commands. Trust me, you dont need to bother with it
But if you really want to know heres a quote from ramjet where he explains it a bit.
ramjet73 said:
Once the RUU.exe is run and the stock bootloader is installed, the phone will be bootloader S-ON regardless of the radio S-OFF status. To run fastboot commands like "flash" and "erase" the stock bootloader needs to be unlocked by the htcdev method or a custom bootloader modified to support those commands needs to be flashed, which requires radio S-OFF.
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I was given a phone to try to resurrect from the dead. It powers on directly to the bootloader screen and does no more. I really know nothing about this phone model. Before I start, I want to know if it is even possible. The screen says the following:
*** LOCKED ***
SHOOTER XC SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.57.0000
eMMC-boot
Apr 20 2012, 17:39:22
And then there are the normal bootloader options. Can this thing be saved?
silenthatred said:
I was given a phone to try to resurrect from the dead. It powers on directly to the bootloader screen and does no more. I really know nothing about this phone model. Before I start, I want to know if it is even possible. The screen says the following:
*** LOCKED ***
SHOOTER XC SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.57.0000
eMMC-boot
Apr 20 2012, 17:39:22
And then there are the normal bootloader options. Can this thing be saved?
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if you can get to the bootloader screen and access the fastboot selection,plug it into a computer and get it to read fastbootusb then its fixable,first find your token and unlock the bootloader, then from there install a custom recovery , next copy the stock ROM over to your sdcard and boot into recovery... select install zip from sdcard and guide yourself to where the file is located ,select it and let it install... from there it should be able to reboot and boot up into the ROM
wloftus said:
if you can get to the bootloader screen and access the fastboot selection,plug it into a computer and get it to read fastbootusb then its fixable,first find your token and unlock the bootloader, then from there install a custom recovery , next copy the stock ROM over to your sdcard and boot into recovery... select install zip from sdcard and guide yourself to where the file is located ,select it and let it install... from there it should be able to reboot and boot up into the ROM
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Thanks, it does show fastboot usb...find your token? Not sure what that means. I'll search around a bit when I get home. My original Evo 4G I did root, but don't remember that part.
silenthatred said:
Thanks, it does show fastboot usb...find your token? Not sure what that means. I'll search around a bit when I get home. My original Evo 4G I did root, but don't remember that part.
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You don't need to unlock the bootloader to fix it, and you shouldn't unlock it anyways, until you have it fully booted properly.
Run the RUU EXE from a PC for the 3.28 update (or whatever the later version is) while the phone is connected via fastboot USB mode, it will re-flash the ROM and should boot properly then.
Unknownforce said:
You don't need to unlock the bootloader to fix it, and you shouldn't unlock it anyways, until you have it fully booted properly.
Run the RUU EXE from a PC for the 3.28 update (or whatever the later version is) while the phone is connected via fastboot USB mode, it will re-flash the ROM and should boot properly then.
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RUU.EXE finds it and then gets to the restarting into bootloader step and the phone restarts. Then it just saying waiting for bootloader until it times out, but the bootloader is up on the phone.
silenthatred said:
RUU.EXE finds it and then gets to the restarting into bootloader step and the phone restarts. Then it just saying waiting for bootloader until it times out, but the bootloader is up on the phone.
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This happens sometimes if you have a custom bootloader installed when you flash the RUU. Just cancel the Windows task and restart it and you should be fine.
ramjet73
wloftus said:
if you can get to the bootloader screen and access the fastboot selection,plug it into a computer and get it to read fastbootusb then its fixable,first find your token and unlock the bootloader, then from there install a custom recovery , next copy the stock ROM over to your sdcard and boot into recovery... select install zip from sdcard and guide yourself to where the file is located ,select it and let it install... from there it should be able to reboot and boot up into the ROM
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Unknownforce said:
You don't need to unlock the bootloader to fix it, and you shouldn't unlock it anyways, until you have it fully booted properly.
Run the RUU EXE from a PC for the 3.28 update (or whatever the later version is) while the phone is connected via fastboot USB mode, it will re-flash the ROM and should boot properly then.
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Couple things since I have looked into this a little more. Despite it saying Sprint on the front, it is a Virgin Mobile phone. It has the OTA that came down on it, so I can't flash the older RUU. It says it is an older version. So it looks like unlocking the bootloader is my only option? Question is, how do I do that from the bootloader? I was able to get the token and have the unlock_code.bin file, but the instructions to flash it seem to rely on having a working ROM to complete it, which I don't have. The phone is stuck in a bootloader loop. S-OFF, I have the answer. But it is S-ON, so not sure what to do.
silenthatred said:
Couple things since I have looked into this a little more. Despite it saying Sprint on the front, it is a Virgin Mobile phone. It has the OTA that came down on it, so I can't flash the older RUU. It says it is an older version. So it looks like unlocking the bootloader is my only option? Question is, how do I do that from the bootloader? I was able to get the token and have the unlock_code.bin file, but the instructions to flash it seem to rely on having a working ROM to complete it, which I don't have. The phone is stuck in a bootloader loop. S-OFF, I have the answer. But it is S-ON, so not sure what to do.
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You are right that the Virgin Mobile RUU can't be flashed when S-ON and the OTA has been installed unless you can flash a zip to downgrade your main version (mainver) and you have to be unlocked and rooted to do that.
The unlock_code.bin file is flashed via fastboot USB mode so it might work, but if you've tried that and it doesn't you may be able to use unknownforce's hboot downgrade method to get straight to S-OFF. I don't know of anyone that's done it on an Evo V 4G but it might work if you use the RUU zip file for that model.
ramjet73
ramjet73 said:
You are right that the Virgin Mobile RUU can't be flashed when S-ON and the OTA has been installed unless you can flash a zip to downgrade your main version (mainver) and you have to be unlocked and rooted to do that.
The unlock_code.bin file is flashed via fastboot USB mode so it might work, but if you've tried that and it doesn't you may be able to use unknownforce's hboot downgrade method to get straight to S-OFF. I don't know of anyone that's done it on an Evo V 4G but it might work if you use the RUU zip file for that model.
ramjet73
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It flashes unlock_code.bin to the phone successfully, but the next steps say to click yes on the screen to unlock on the phone. Can't access that without a working ROM. I'll try unknownforce's method when I get home, thanks for the help!
ramjet73 said:
You are right that the Virgin Mobile RUU can't be flashed when S-ON and the OTA has been installed unless you can flash a zip to downgrade your main version (mainver) and you have to be unlocked and rooted to do that.
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Why is this? Is there not a full RUU for the latest version?
ramjet73 said:
The unlock_code.bin file is flashed via fastboot USB mode so it might work, but if you've tried that and it doesn't you may be able to use unknownforce's hboot downgrade method to get straight to S-OFF. I don't know of anyone that's done it on an Evo V 4G but it might work if you use the RUU zip file for that model.
ramjet73
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You still have to brick the device for this and I haven't been able to brick it without using a full RUU flash, which he apparently can't do?
silenthatred said:
It flashes unlock_code.bin to the phone successfully, but the next steps say to click yes on the screen to unlock on the phone. Can't access that without a working ROM. I'll try unknownforce's method when I get home, thanks for the help!
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Does it still say ** LOCKED ** Or does it say ** UNLOCKED ** now?
Unknownforce said:
Why is this? Is there not a full RUU for the latest version?
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No. Virgin Mobile released an OTA update in November but there's no RUU that corresponds to it available yet. Fortunately, the bootloader version didn't change so the original RUU can be flashed with S-ON if the mainver is set low, but you need to be unlocked and rooted already to flash the zip file that does that.
You still have to brick the device for this and I haven't been able to brick it without using a full RUU flash, which he apparently can't do?
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That would be a problem for him then. I don't know of anyway to flash the RUU with S-ON after the OTA has been installed if the bootloader is actually locked and he can't unlock it.
ramjet73
Yeah, not looking good. Thanks for the help though!