so this is what i have. software is on 2.08.651.3 and i have hboot 1.50
tried doing the dev unlock but keep getting error 173. any ideas
mecksg1 said:
so this is what i have. software is on 2.08.651.3 and i have hboot 1.50
tried doing the dev unlock but keep getting error 173. any ideas
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Update software to 2.17 latest radios and everything.... Then do the unlock thing .... if you get to the unlock code bin part and apply and it says sucess but nothing happens.... Then you will have to snag the 2.17 RUU exe and run it then after that reapply the unlock code bin...
noob ? then. that is sytem update right?
Figured that out lol
Which root method should I use then
mecksg1 said:
Which root method should I use then
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Ya update software you found it then do the HTC dev method since you are hboot 1.5
If i do the HTC dev unlock, will I still be able to fully unlock someday?
detroit2hi said:
If i do the HTC dev unlock, will I still be able to fully unlock someday?
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I guess you can. You still can relock your phone I don't see why not
I have no problem using hboot 1.5 You can get a app on here or on the market called flash gui works like a champ when it comes to flashin roms and kernels without having to use a computer...
I just couldn't stand the bloatware on the stock phone now it's all gone
So after unlocking and putting Su and can on I can flash roms
Flash gui image is a must have if you are stuck with hboot 1.5
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can u put pur recovery on it. trying now but its not allowing me to. i am unslocked thou
ok so i'm unlocked but not rooted. cant flash cwm, what the hell am i not doing?
mecksg1 said:
ok so i'm unlocked but not rooted. cant flash cwm, what the hell am i not doing?
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Are you opening your cmd prompt to the appropriate folder and is your recovery image there?
At the command prompt, type: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img[2nd recovery = your recovery's name, you could also rename to "recovery"]. Good luck.
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This might help clear some of it up for you;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22054499
(Q) How To Flash A Recovery From Bootloader 1.5
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Ok so I unlocked a coworkers evo3d via the htc method only because he had updated his device to 2.08, and hboot 1.50 is not supported by revolutionary yet.
I can't figure out how to install a recovery. I've tried both TWRP and CWM. First I tried, via the PG86IMG.zip from TWRP but that didn't work saying something about it being a older version. Then I decided to try to push it via fastboot? I successfully push both TWRP and CWM recovery but when I went into recovery the phone would just reboot and boot into the OS.
Can anyone please point me to where I can get step by step instructions on how to install a recovery? This is possible right? Or how else are people suppose to install customer roms via HTC method.
I used both these threads as reference guides but I couldn't figure it out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192245
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14693680&postcount=1
Once the device has S-off (rooted) you can download the TWRP zip file from one of those links you posted and place it on the root of your SD card named as "PG86IMG" do not include the .zip in the name since it is already a .zip file. Once on your SD card and properly named pull your battery out, pop it back in and hold vol down + power button to boot into the bootloader. Once it the bootloader it should auto detect the PG86IMG file and ask you if you want to update. Select "Yes", when done and it asks you to reboot say "no" and then boot into recovery from the bootloader. You should then have TWRP installed this is how I did it and its worked everytime for my friends and I. Hope that helps.
I tried that first and it kept telling me "Main Version is Older" then error and pressing Ok would reboot the device.
When you say you tried to push via fastboot are you saying you flashed via fastboot? As in you booted into fastboot usb, opened a command prompt and entered
Code:
fastboot flash recovery TWRPorCWM.img
because otherwise all you did is push (copy) the file to the phone.
I think the version of your hboot is not correct you need to flash the Eng Hboot Zip first!
Basically rename the Eng Hboot zip as PG86IMG place it on your SD card and update it in bootloader.
When done reboot phone and then remove that file and place the twrp zip file on your sd card, rename
it to PG86IMG and go into bootlader and then update that zip file. When done reboot into revoery and you should
be okay.
Twrp doesn't work without s-off, which you don't get from HTC unlock. Use cwm version 4.014 or something like that
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USSENTERNCC1701E said:
When you say you tried to push via fastboot are you saying you flashed via fastboot? As in you booted into fastboot usb, opened a command prompt and entered
Code:
fastboot flash recovery TWRPorCWM.img
because otherwise all you did is push (copy) the file to the phone.
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That is the command I used.
dkdude36 said:
Twrp doesn't work without s-off, which you don't get from HTC unlock. Use cwm version 4.014 or something like that
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I did try pushing that one as well and it didn't work.
Unknown_Hero said:
I think the version of your hboot is not correct you need to flash the Eng Hboot Zip first!
Basically rename the Eng Hboot zip as PG86IMG place it on your SD card and update it in bootloader.
When done reboot phone and then remove that file and place the twrp zip file on your sd card, rename
it to PG86IMG and go into bootlader and then update that zip file. When done reboot into revoery and you should
be okay.
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I'll try this.
How can they claim unlocking your bootloader and still giving u no s-off? Sounds like a half assed way of getting people to admit to voiding warranties on there brand new phones. Way to go HTC. I love your phones but ill hack em myself. Thank u very much.
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Root: revolutionary
Recovery: Twrp cwm 4
ROM: Synergy 2.3.4 ( I want aosp)
The dual core shooter. Double the bad ass.
mikedavis120 said:
How can they claim unlocking your bootloader and still giving u no s-off? Sounds like a half assed way of getting people to admit to voiding warranties on there brand new phones. Way to go HTC. I love your phones but ill hack em myself. Thank u very much.
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Root: revolutionary
Recovery: Twrp cwm 4
ROM: Synergy 2.3.4 ( I want aosp)
The dual core shooter. Double the bad ass.
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exactly...
mikedavis120 said:
How can they claim unlocking your bootloader and still giving u no s-off? Sounds like a half assed way of getting people to admit to voiding warranties on there brand new phones. Way to go HTC. I love your phones but ill hack em myself. Thank u very much.
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Root: revolutionary
Recovery: Twrp cwm 4
ROM: Synergy 2.3.4 ( I want aosp)
The dual core shooter. Double the bad ass.
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because the bootloader IS unlocked......however, the EMMC NAND Protection (s-off) is not. they didnt promise you that.
Unknown_Hero said:
I think the version of your hboot is not correct you need to flash the Eng Hboot Zip first!
Basically rename the Eng Hboot zip as PG86IMG place it on your SD card and update it in bootloader.
When done reboot phone and then remove that file and place the twrp zip file on your sd card, rename
it to PG86IMG and go into bootlader and then update that zip file. When done reboot into revoery and you should
be okay.
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Trying it right now. When I rename the Eng Boot to PG86IMG.zip and boot into bootloader, it reads it and says parsing zip but then it goes away and then im just on the bootloader screen.
zeks said:
Trying it right now. When I rename the Eng Boot to PG86IMG.zip and boot into bootloader, it reads it and says parsing zip but then it goes away and then im just on the bootloader screen.
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Edit: quoted wrong post oops. This screen is so big and shiny I get lost.
What's the point of unlocking it if you can't write to /system? I'm confused LOL. I think its a gimmick anyways. Revolutionary worked great.
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Root: revolutionary
Recovery: Twrp cwm 4
ROM: Synergy 2.3.4 ( I want aosp)
The dual core shooter. Double the bad ass.
mikedavis120 said:
Edit: quoted wrong post oops. This screen is so big and shiny I get lost.
What's the point of unlocking it if you can't write to /system? I'm confused LOL. I think its a gimmick anyways. Revolutionary worked great.
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Root: revolutionary
Recovery: Twrp cwm 4
ROM: Synergy 2.3.4 ( I want aosp)
The dual core shooter. Double the bad ass.
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yeah u can write to system, just only in the way htc allows lol. i'm pretty sure they acutally made an acception and coded it to allow a singe version of cwm to be installed.
mikedavis120 said:
Edit: quoted wrong post oops. This screen is so big and shiny I get lost.
What's the point of unlocking it if you can't write to /system? I'm confused LOL. I think its a gimmick anyways. Revolutionary worked great.
Sent from my HTC EVO 3d
Root: revolutionary
Recovery: Twrp cwm 4
ROM: Synergy 2.3.4 ( I want aosp)
The dual core shooter. Double the bad ass.
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So was your phone on software version 2.08.651.2 when you successfully used revolutionary? What recovery are you using? Ive read that cwm has some issues on evo 3g/3d
This may be totally off base, but I recall from rooting the Eris that with jcase's one click method you would get a custom recovery and permanent root and the ability to flash custom ROMs from that recovery, but still had S-ON.
Have you tried running Fre3vo to gain temp root, then flashing CWM recovery from the ROM Manager app running on your phone?
If that doesn't work, reports are from AndroidForums that this CWM.img which I could trace to XDA Recognized Developer graffixnyc but no further, can be flashed via fastboot. Personally I'd rather do it through ROM Manager if you can, then you can also get updates.
bitterevp said:
So was your phone on software version 2.08.651.2 when you successfully used revolutionary? What recovery are you using? Ive read that cwm has some issues on evo 3g/3d
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There is no support in revolutionary for 2.08 build yet (1.50 hboot). He probably used it before the update. HTC unlocked the bootloader & you can write to certain partitions, but no flashing kernels or anything else they don't want you to. If I was dumb enough to take the update or if I just got my Evo 3d and it was already updated I would wait for alpharevx and unrevoked to make revolutionary compatible with the update, which they are said to be working on.
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housry23 said:
There is no support in revolutionary for 2.08 build yet (1.50 hboot). He probably used it before the update. HTC unlocked the bootloader & you can write to certain partitions, but no flashing kernels or anything else they don't want you to. If I was dumb enough to take the update or if I just got my Evo 3d and it was already updated I would wait for alpharevx and unrevoked to make revolutionary compatible with the update, which they are said to be working on.
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I rooted prior to the updates luckily. However even on synergy I get push notifications of a software update. HTC u sneaky bastards.
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Root: revolutionary
Recovery: Twrp cwm 4
ROM: Synergy 2.3.4 ( I want aosp)
The dual core shooter. Double the bad ass.
Well, my dumb*** updated immediately when i got the phone. Hadn't ventured into the world of root yet. How do i get rid of the updates? Surely I can restore to original factory software somehow?
Running Cleanrom right now and would like to install the updates for the radios from HTC..could i just flash stock RUU or do i also have to relock?
liquidraven said:
Running Cleanrom right now and would like to install the updates for the radios from HTC..could i just flash stock RUU or do i also have to relock?
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As far as I know yes
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Yes you do have to relock.
I did not relock my phone and it updated without a problem. Just went back to stock rom and stock recovery then checked system updates and was suprised when it worked since everyone was saying that you had to relock.
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Can you get the radios from a ROM that has them baked in, or is that not how it works?
snowride20 said:
I did not relock my phone and it updated without a problem. Just went back to stock rom and stock recovery then checked system updates and was suprised when it worked since everyone was saying that you had to relock. And would be more appropriate if posted in general.
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Same for me. No relocking, just reverted to stock image & recovery.
A2Aegis said:
Can you get the radios from a ROM that has them baked in, or is that not how it works?
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I believe we would need S-OFF for that little trick.
kewl thanks, glad i can do this without re locking as i got rid of the folder with all the files;(
No worries you can find them in the dev section if you need them again.
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Caladus said:
I believe we would need S-OFF for that little trick.
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That's unfortunate. Hopefully someone can get S-OFF one of the days.
liquidraven said:
kewl thanks, glad i can do this without re locking as i got rid of the folder with all the files;(
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I've attached what you need, courtesy of MrSmith317. If you ever do need to relock you'd just need to get another unlock token from HTCdev to unlock again.
But you will most likely end up needing this for some sort of flashing at some point.
I think you only have to relock to run the ruu. You shouldn't have to with the updates since they are flashed in the stock recovery. The ruu being flashed through hboot requires relock.
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feralicious said:
I've attached what you need, courtesy of MrSmith317. If you ever do need to relock you'd just need to get another unlock token from HTCdev to unlock again.
But you will most likely end up needing this for some sort of flashing at some point.
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If you still have your unlock token from HTC you can reuse it.
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feralicious said:
I've attached what you need, courtesy of MrSmith317. If you ever do need to relock you'd just need to get another unlock token from HTCdev to unlock again.
But you will most likely end up needing this for some sort of flashing at some point.
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thanks for the tools..i have the recovery image on my desktop along with the tools..a lil confused on how to start the process as cmd promp isnt working for me?
getting this error
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Lynkdev>fastboot oem lock
< waiting for device >
...
(bootloader) Lock successfully...
(bootloader) TZ_HTC_SVC_DISABLE ret = 134086000 (0x7FDFD70)
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 0.936s
actually im guessing i was supposed to flash stock recovery before this right?
so i accidently locked my phone..now stuck at hboot..went to htcdev,com and i select my phone and click submit to start the unlock process and nothing happens?? help pls.
nvm got my device unlocked again and back at step 1 lol..
liquidraven said:
so i accidently locked my phone..now stuck at hboot..went to htcdev,com and i select my phone and click submit to start the unlock process and nothing happens?? help pls.
nvm got my device unlocked again and back at step 1 lol..
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So you have an unlocked phone and you want to get the OTA, correct? What ROM and kernel are you running?
That error you got, was that trying to run the RUU? Which one? 1.x or 2.x?
running cleanrom ICSE 2.3
kernal 3.0.13-gaf15497-dirty
i flashed stock recovery, relocked device and was stuck at hboot..couldnt get past it rebooting or anything..unlocked device and tried running the RUU exe..started up but error out saying it couldnt complete and my screen was left on HTC till i pulled battery...
liquidraven said:
running cleanrom ICSE 2.3
kernal 3.0.13-gaf15497-dirty
i flashed stock recovery, relocked device and was stuck at hboot..couldnt get past it rebooting or anything..unlocked device and tried running the RUU exe..started up but error out saying it couldnt complete and my screen was left on HTC till i pulled battery...
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What version RUU did you use? 1.x or 2.x? Did you try running it while the phone was locked? It needs to be locked when you run RUU. But you also can't go back to an older mainver and some ICS ROMs are on 3.x
Also can you check what mainver your phone is on? In fastboot type:
fastboot getvar all
running 2.0.1 and wrong RUU i guess since its 1x
Yeah, you need to run 2.x RUU. Get it from link in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22045045&postcount=58
That should fix you up. Then after you run that and get the OTA, unlock, flash Amon Ra (there's a new version posted to that thread today), go to the developer menu in Amon Ra and install su and you will be stock OTA rooted.
Ok one last time then i will shut up
I have gotten much info and help about the 2.17 update but i am still not sure of myself
I am on hboot 1.5...2.08...
I want to update to 2.17, can i get the proper steps in the simplest term/steps?..again i apologize i just dont want to screw up
Thanks much
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I am on hboot 1.5...2.08...
I want to update to 2.17, can i get the proper steps in the simplest term/steps?
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Are you already rooted? s-off or s-on? If you are rooted, just flash a 2.17 rom, nothing will happen to your root or hboot.
ONE MORE THING WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I JUST FLASH MEAN ROM, FOR EXAMPLE
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Nothing will happen, other than you will be running that rom after you flash it.
tammyjustin said:
Ok one last time then i will shut up
I have gotten much info and help about the 2.17 update but i am still not sure of myself
I am on hboot 1.5...2.08...
I want to update to 2.17, can i get the proper steps in the simplest term/steps?..again i apologize i just dont want to screw up
Thanks much
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ok... IF you are rooted and have an unlocked bootloader the first thing you need to do is download the stock rom and install it to the ROOT of your sdcard under the name PG86IMG.zip the reboot into your hboot screen, done by holding the volume down button and then the power button...it will start to load this new file... follow the prompts to allow it it to install fully... then frokm there let it boot up once.... then shut it down and reboot into your hboot again then relock your bootloader via the fastboot methid and then reboot again... from there you can update fully to HTC's roms and updates and then redo the procedure of unlocking your boot loader and then installing superuser....any other questions feel free to ask ill be up for awhile tonight....
I dont understand the prevuius user stated i could basucally just flash away still , while you gave me a whole run down of thigs of which i need to do, which i appreciate.
So i am now more confused
Yes i am s-on
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tammyjustin said:
I dont understand the prevuius user stated i could basucally just flash away still , while you gave me a whole run down of thigs of which i need to do, which i appreciate.
So i am now more confused
Yes i am s-on
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Since you are s-on just lock your bootloader If you are unlocked , and use the latest 2.17 RUU.exe....then unlock again...and root it.
the reason i gave a list of thiungs to do is bc i dont have my hands on your phone... you stated you have s-on... you should if you have 1.5 bc you cant turn that off... above that though your phone should say *unlocked* you need to set it back to say *relocked*
and you mus also make sure the recovery you have is the factory one... if you have twrp or clockmod for a recovery you will end up erroring out when the phone reboots and tries to install it... and if that happens youll end up having to flash the rest to get it to boot again
wloftus said:
ok... IF you are rooted and have an unlocked bootloader the first thing you need to do is download the stock rom and install it to the ROOT of your sdcard under the name PG86IMG.zip the reboot into your hboot screen, done by holding the volume down button and then the power button...it will start to load this new file... follow the prompts to allow it it to install fully... then frokm there let it boot up once.... then shut it down and reboot into your hboot again then relock your bootloader via the fastboot methid and then reboot again... from there you can update fully to HTC's roms and updates and then redo the procedure of unlocking your boot loader and then installing superuser....any other questions feel free to ask ill be up for awhile tonight....
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thanks
wloftus said:
and you mus also make sure the recovery you have is the factory one... if you have twrp or clockmod for a recovery you will end up erroring out when the phone reboots and tries to install it... and if that happens youll end up having to flash the rest to get it to boot again
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but where does this recovery step fall into place? after i have successfully done everything in the first quote?
do i put the custom recovery on first? or is that what running the stock ruu does?
and just so i dont download the wrong one can you provide me a link for the correct ruu?
THANKS SO MUCH FOR HELPING AND NOT GIVING ME CRAP
Are you Rooted, and are you wanting to maintain root?
Yes i am rooted and want to maintain root...i am in the process of looking for the stock ruu zip and i have come across a 2.08.651.2 and 2.08.651.3
which do i use?
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So once i find the proper ruu run it, relock, take the ota then htc dev relock again....correct steps?
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tammyjustin said:
So once i find the proper ruu run it, relock, take the ota then htc dev relock again....correct steps?
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Relock first. Run ruu. Take ota. Unlock. Flash happy
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tammyjustin said:
So once i find the proper ruu run it, relock, take the ota then htc dev relock again....correct steps?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19111415&postcount=8
This has them all, but These are STOCK roms without root, they do not contain super user or busybox or anything, so you will lose root, you shouldn't have to re-lock to update though... it should just let you update it, this is going to wipe out whatever your current rom is.
You probably want something more like an already rooted rom though...
Thanks! So can you link me to a stock rooted rom i can flash....and after i flash it i can just update?
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tammyjustin said:
Yes i am rooted and want to maintain root...i am in the process of looking for the stock ruu zip and i have come across a 2.08.651.2 and 2.08.651.3
which do i use?
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Which one of these do i use?
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tammyjustin said:
Which one of these do i use?
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id use the one thats 2.08.651.3 .... have to take into account that the most recent one that *I* have for the evo 3d through sprint is version 2.17.651.5
Is there a command to unlock the bootloader with s-off without having to wipe all of my data and everything?
There is no need to unlock. S-off is all that you need. It can do anything.
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cdexsw said:
There is no need to unlock. S-off is all that you need. It can do anything.
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It actually would not let me flash recovery without having the bootloader unlocked again. It was disappointing and erased my data... grrr
cdexsw said:
There is no need to unlock. S-off is all that you need. It can do anything.
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You need root to get s-off. The only people who had root were people on the shipped rom when the phone came out. Every OTA since has not had root, let alone temp root that the shipped rom had. So you absolutely need HTC Dev unlock to get s-off, and yes if you havent done it yet, it will wipe the phone. Thems the breaks.
quepaso said:
You need root to get s-off. The only people who had root were people on the shipped rom when the phone came out. Every OTA since has not had root, let alone temp root that the shipped rom had. So you absolutely need HTC Dev unlock to get s-off, and yes if you havent done it yet, it will wipe the phone. Thems the breaks.
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Not what I meant. I already had s-off and it relocked. It then would not allow me to install amon ra. I was asking if there was a different fastboot command to just change it to unlock now since we have soff.
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I had to unlock too but reused my token.
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code. is the command
Edit: My bad this probably isn't what you were looking for.
I didn't have to re-unlock.
I asked about this in the discussion thread but was never answered.
I just fastboot flash recovery .zip
and HBOOT flashed my roms boot.img and I was back with the addition of S-OFF
I've flashed several Roms since, while my HBOOT still says Tampered, Locked, S-OFF.
Finally, since I'm on ICS, I flashed the Juopunutbear modified HBOOT.
Everything seems to be open and working fine without re-unlocking.
Slacker101 said:
Is there a command to unlock the bootloader with s-off without having to wipe all of my data and everything?
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Not sure if you still need this but i just used the rezound AIO to flash amon again right after and worked fine no unlock. Tho I still have my bin file if I need it.
afaik if you did s-off and you're on GB firmware, you need the ENG Hboot to flash recoveries using fastboot commands, otherwise you have to use PH98IMG.zip's... but that's just what i see, i'm not 100%.
Hello.
I have a friend's Thunderbolt that's called HTC Cobalt in Open Mobile. I unlocked it via HTC dev and it all ran successfully. Now I'm trying to install a recovery (CWM). And all I get is an error.
I tried installing it via Revolutionary, but no go. I also tried the All in One Thunderbolt tool and still no go. Here's a pic of the bootloader:
Is there a way to root this thing properly to add a recovery?
Can u flash 4ext in hboot?
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HolloWX said:
Hello.
I have a friend's Thunderbolt that's called HTC Cobalt in Open Mobile. I unlocked it via HTC dev and it all ran successfully. Now I'm trying to install a recovery (CWM). And all I get is an error.
I tried installing it via Revolutionary, but no go. I also tried the All in One Thunderbolt tool and still no go. Here's a pic of the bootloader:
Is there a way to root this thing properly to add a recovery?
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Did you use the root option in the thunderbolt tool?
trter10 said:
Did you use the root option in the thunderbolt tool?
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Yes, and it said something about the phone's software being old.
And later attempted to use Zergrush, but it failed.
donnyp1 said:
Can u flash 4ext in hboot?
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Haven't tried that, just tried to flash clockwork via ADB
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How come your bootloader doesnt show unlocked?
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HolloWX said:
Yes, and it said something about the phone's software being old.
And later attempted to use Zergrush, but it failed.
Haven't tried that, just tried to flash clockwork via ADB
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What's the software version?
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disconnecktie said:
How come your bootloader doesnt show unlocked?
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Well, I had to do an OEM lock just in case cuz he returns it. I told him not to though. Open mobile employees are kind of dumb so it would look better as relocked than unlocked.
trter10 said:
What's the software version?
I think its the very lastest. He got the phone this past week, and I tried to do a firmware update and it said up to date.
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You need to unlock it again in order to put the recovery on it. That will be the only way to get superuser installed.
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well, i tried installing it via adb. I guess I'll try 4Ext next time. I'll keep this thread updated. thank you all
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What does ROM version say in the tbolt tool?
trter10 said:
What does ROM version say in the tbolt tool?
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since youve allready unlocked,heres what id do:
-reunlock(use original token)
-fastboot flash recovery( fastboot flash recovery <recoveryname>.img
you can use any recovery,it doesnt have to be ext 4. i personally refer twrp or amon,but thats up to you.
-flash a rooted stock rom,2.11.605.5 or older
-run revolutionary
despite calling the open mobile modle "cobalt" the hboot screen clearly displays mecha,so theres really no reason revolutionary shouldnt work.
if it is getting some sort of CID error,might try making a gold card and putting it into the phone when running revolutionary.
in a worse case,you can always make a gold card and downgrade to exploitable vzw firmware,and manually write shadowmites permanent patched hboot. after that,you should be able to fastboot oem write cid 11111111 to superCID the TB and then run the open mobile ruu to get back to that firmware.
just holler if you need a download and/or help with the commands
Great post. I will try that. Thanks a TON!!!
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check out this thread:
http://androidforums.com/thunderbol...591-help-root-htc-cobalt-aka-thunderbolt.html (i actually found yours while searching for info for the other one )
all he did was run fre3vo and then revolutionary. you can stay relocked and do that(directions here: http://androidforums.com/thunderbolt-all-things-root/418539-thunderbolt-root-unroot-thread.html )
or you can re-unlock,flash recovery,then prolly flash superuser 3.0.7 instead of flashing a stock rom. all that really matters is root acess for revolutionary to work. shouldnt matter if its temp root from fre3vo,or permanent root from htcdev
the main thing is that it worked for him without the use of a gold card.