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So like most users, I was very excited to hear about the ICS leak by Football since I've been waiting MONTHS for some sort of development on that.
Getting impatient on waiting for CM9 and Evervolv builds for the Amaze, I really wanted to try this new leak for T-Mobile. So I figured that in order to do that, I must get S-Off.
It seemed like a tedious process so I've been holding it off for a while. Now that I've got a copper wire and everything, I wanted to do the deed once and for all.
So I accidentally flashed a stock rom (which I thought was a good thing since the instructions said I needed a stock rom), but I seem to have lost root access. Superuser runs, but battery calibration says I need to have root first and Titanium Backup doesn't work. However, my phone still says unlocked and I can still run ClockworkMod Recovery. The S-Off program tells me that there's an error. Is there anyone that can help?
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So like most users, I was very excited to hear about the ICS leak by Football since I've been waiting MONTHS for some sort of development on that.
Getting impatient on waiting for CM9 and Evervolv builds for the Amaze, I really wanted to try this new leak for T-Mobile. So I figured that in order to do that, I must get S-Off.
It seemed like a tedious process so I've been holding it off for a while. Now that I've got a copper wire and everything, I wanted to do the deed once and for all.
So I accidentally flashed a stock rom (which I thought was a good thing since the instructions said I needed a stock rom), but I seem to have lost root access. Superuser runs, but battery calibration says I need to have root first and Titanium Backup doesn't work. However, my phone still says unlocked and I can still run ClockworkMod Recovery. The S-Off program tells me that there's an error. Is there anyone that can help?
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Well you are on T-mobile so you have two choices here. you can S-off if you want to have total freedom or you can revert your phone to stock and relock your bootloader and flash it and then re-unlock again. but remember flashign this without s-off may prevent you from getting s-off later on.
Ray196 said:
Well you are on T-mobile so you have to choices here. you can S-off if you want to have total freedom or you can revert your phone to stock and relock your bootloader and flash it and then reunlock again.
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Well, I can't flash the PH85IMG without S-Off, right? Because on the HBoot screen, it would load the file but i wouldn't be asked if I wanted to install it. So I had no idea what to do. I thought I had to have S-Off to install it. Does this really mean I've lost root even though my phone says unlocked and I can run Clockworkmod?
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Well, I can't flash the PH85IMG without S-Off, right? Because on the HBoot screen, it would load the file but i wouldn't be asked if I wanted to install it. So I had no idea what to do. I thought I had to have S-Off to install it. Does this really mean I've lost root even though my phone says unlocked and I can run Clockworkmod?
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you can if you lock your boot loader and revert the phone to stock.
Ray196 said:
you can if you lock your boot loader and revert the phone to stock.
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Well, how do i revert it to stock and reroot it exactly?
bri.kwong94 said:
Well, how do i revert it to stock and reroot it exactly?
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i think you can use this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1493905
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Well, how do i revert it to stock and reroot it exactly?
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Pretty sure you just use fastboot to lock, open a command prompt with your phone attached in debugging mode, type in fastboot oem lock, then install the stock rom listed in the development section. (If I am wrong on this, someone please feel free to correct me.)
Hey guys, anyone have advice on whether or not to use HtcDev unlock method or wait for another method? I have a protection plan through Best Buy and they don't even check to see if its been "tampered" or not if I need a replacement. I am coming from EVO 3D and had hboot v1.4 so I never needed to use the HTC method. Just curious if it is harder to flash Roms and kernels with HTC method I guess. Thanks for the help in advance and its great to see such great devs working on this great phone already.
For the 3d it was a little harder, but not sure if that's the case for the LTE. I am personally gonna wait for s-off, but there is an app that let's you flash kernels without going through fastboot. Flashimage GUI I'm sure it will have to be updated to work with the LTE if It's even needed.
Sent from my EVO LTE!!
There is no s-off right now, but there are custom recoveries that work with the HTCDev unlock. Which means, custom roms and backups.
So am I correct in assuming that htcdev unlock with a custom recovery will function the same as s-off in terms of flashing roms, kernels, etc.? Also I should be able to still execute an s-off after performing the htcdev unlock, correct? I would hate to do the htc unlock method and then not be able to get s-off... Thanks again guys!
I have a similar question. When i use HTC dev to unlock, they will keep track. Do they notify sprint that my phone is no longer stock? Can you htc dev LOCK, so as to get it back to normal? I kinda don't even want to root if I have to let HTC know that I'm doing it by htc dev.
jirafabo said:
I have a similar question. When i use HTC dev to unlock, they will keep track. Do they notify sprint that my phone is no longer stock? Can you htc dev LOCK, so as to get it back to normal? I kinda don't even want to root if I have to let HTC know that I'm doing it by htc dev.
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When you dev unlock HTC keeps the sn of your phone on file as being unlocked, I doubt they say anything to Sprint though. Even if you relock HTC still knows. I would give it a couple weeks and see if we get s-off if not then you might want to reconsider htcs method.
Sent from my EVO LTE!!
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So am I correct in assuming that htcdev unlock with a custom recovery will function the same as s-off in terms of flashing roms, kernels, etc.? Also I should be able to still execute an s-off after performing the htcdev unlock, correct? I would hate to do the htc unlock method and then not be able to get s-off... Thanks again guys!
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Not sure about s-off after unlock though I don't see why you couldn't, but on the 3d with the HTC unlock method you had to either fastboot into recovery through adb or use flashimage GUI to flash kernels.
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First off htc dev sucks. I had it for a while on my evo 3d with hboot 1.5 and it was terrible and I was dying from being confused on how to flash roms. It worked great for some people and for others like me it didn't. So far right now i'm htcdev unlocked and it's fine I guess. Of course once we get s-off i'll totally go that way as s-off is soooooo much better than the dev unlock.
alainater said:
First off htc dev sucks. I had it for a while on my evo 3d with hboot 1.5 and it was terrible and I was dying from being confused on how to flash roms. It worked great for some people and for others like me it didn't. So far right now i'm htcdev unlocked and it's fine I guess. Of course once we get s-off i'll totally go that way as s-off is soooooo much better than the dev unlock.
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Yeah I heard it was terrible on the 3D, luckily I had hboot 1.4 so I had s-off... Is it as terrible with the LTE? It seems to me that with clockworkmod recovery and htcdev unlock you are able to flash zips the same as with s-off. Don't know if I am correct on that though...
I thought I read that somewhere too. If that's the case HTC dev unlock would be fine with me.
Sent from my EVO LTE!!
durandetto said:
I thought I read that somewhere too. If that's the case HTC dev unlock would be fine with me.
Sent from my EVO LTE!!
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Yea me too, I have already registered with the htcdev website just awaiting confirmation that I can flash zips as usual...
Use TWRP. That recovery writes to boot, the security flag dont matter with this phone like it did with the 3D. Once your unlocked (HTC way) you can always relock very easily. The first time I flashed a recovery it stuck on the first try unlike the 3D with hboot 1.5.
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Use TWRP. That recovery writes to boot, the security flag dont matter with this phone like it did with the 3D. Once your unlocked (HTC way) you can always relock very easily. The first time I flashed a recovery it stuck on the first try unlike the 3D with hboot 1.5.
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Yea thats what I seem to be reading. It seems if you just flash the ruu that it will re-lock the phone as if it was never done. Sounds great, I will try it out tonight! Thanks guys
HTC unlocked last night no problems. Also rooted first in under a min on Friday night after I picked the phone up. use Goo manager in the market to install TWRP after HTC unlocked, very easy. flashed viper ROM today, and everything is fast and sweet. Don't know what U are all waiting for, go ahead.
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HTC unlocked last night no problems. Also rooted first in under a min on Friday night after I picked the phone up. use Goo manager in the market to install TWRP after HTC unlocked, very easy. flashed viper ROM today, and everything is fast and sweet. Don't know what U are all waiting for, go ahead.
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Cool Ryan thanks for the confirmation I will be rooting and unlocking tonight!
Now if the htc unlock allows us to write to boot to flash recovery and kernels, would there even be a reason to wait for dev S-off? besides not having to register with htc?
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Now if the htc unlock allows us to write to boot to flash recovery and kernels, would there even be a reason to wait for dev S-off? besides not having to register with htc?
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Flashing different radios, I believe. Can't do that without S-OFF.
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Use TWRP. That recovery writes to boot, the security flag dont matter with this phone like it did with the 3D. Once your unlocked (HTC way) you can always relock very easily. The first time I flashed a recovery it stuck on the first try unlike the 3D with hboot 1.5.
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Just to clarify: So unlocking via the HTC method, installing this and then un-rooting with the RUU (if necessary) won't show any evidence of 'tampering', correct?
It might not show any evedence but HTC will know, they keep track of what phones are unlocked. That's why you go through the whole process with the unlock codes.
Sent from my EVO LTE!!
I dont understand what anybody cares if you register with HTC or not. I have insurance with Sprint and I have taken my phone to them to get repaired without any problems.
Hello everyone
I am new to this forum, well I have been downloading roms for about 6 months but I registered today, anyhow I took my evo 3d to the sprint repair center the other day because my lcd went out, that's what the sprint employee had told me anyway and so two days later I received a replacement evo 3d, it was hboot 1.5 obviously and I took it home and installed the 2.17.651.5 RUU because sprint puts a version of the 2.17.651.5 ruu on their evo 3d's that does not communicate well during the unlock process of HTCdev.com, so here is my problem, after flashing the ruu I unlocked my bootloader via the htcdev unlock method, and began to flash my first custom rom, and I have run into the same problem over and over, I would boot into clockwordmod recovery via fastboot and then flash the rom after performing a super-wipe and every single time I would get a boot loop, no matter which rom I used, it would boot up and get to the setup screen and boot loop constant boot loop, every single rom I tried, I have not experienced this before when flashing roms, I then looked at a few threads of the roms I tried to flash and one recommended that I extract the boot.img from the zip and flash it via fastboot, some people say that you are required to do that with hboot 1.5 but in the past when I used my old evo 3d I never had to do that and it was hboot 1.5 s-on, please if someone has an answer I would gladly appreciate it, thanks in advance
UndefinedUser said:
Hello everyone
I am new to this forum, well I have been downloading roms for about 6 months but I registered today, anyhow I took my evo 3d to the sprint repair center the other day because my lcd went out, that's what the sprint employee had told me anyway and so two days later I received a replacement evo 3d, it was hboot 1.5 obviously and I took it home and installed the 2.17.651.5 RUU because sprint puts a version of the 2.17.651.5 ruu on their evo 3d's that does not communicate well during the unlock process of HTCdev.com, so here is my problem, after flashing the ruu I unlocked my bootloader via the htcdev unlock method, and began to flash my first custom rom, and I have run into the same problem over and over, I would boot into clockwordmod recovery via fastboot and then flash the rom after performing a super-wipe and every single time I would get a boot loop, no matter which rom I used, it would boot up and get to the setup screen and boot loop constant boot loop, every single rom I tried, I have not experienced this before when flashing roms, I then looked at a few threads of the roms I tried to flash and one recommended that I extract the boot.img from the zip and flash it via fastboot, some people say that you are required to do that with hboot 1.5 but in the past when I used my old evo 3d I never had to do that and it was hboot 1.5 s-on, please if someone has an answer I would gladly appreciate it, thanks in advance
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the problem is just that.....youre s-on..you either must do the wire trick...or unknownforces downgrade method to obtain s-off and then flashing will be easier bc of permissions needed to write to the boot partition...
wloftus said:
the problem is just that.....youre s-on..you either must do the wire trick...or unknownforces downgrade method to obtain s-off and then flashing will be easier bc of permissions needed to write to the boot partition...
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That may be true but there are a lot of users on this forum who are s-on and still flash plenty of roms, most roms do not require you to be s-off and it's not a normal boot loop, the phone starts up and then gets to the setup screen and that's when it reboots, most boot loops occur at the boot animation, so why is this happening now when my old when which was hboot 1.5 s-on worked fine when flashing roms, someone please help
UndefinedUser said:
That may be true but there are a lot of users on this forum who are s-on and still flash plenty of roms, most roms do not require you to be s-off and it's not a normal boot loop, the phone starts up and then gets to the setup screen and that's when it reboots, most boot loops occur at the boot animation, so why is this happening now when my old when which was hboot 1.5 s-on worked fine when flashing roms, someone please help
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youre right they do flash...they use an app called flash gui...unless you want to manually go and flash the boot image through fastboot
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youre right they do flash...they use an app called flash gui...unless you want to manually go and flash the boot image through fastboot
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I know all of that, you are clearly not understanding me, I owned an evo 3d that was rooted and was hboot 1.5 s-on, I flashed roms for 4-5 months, I am not a noob, my replacement evo 3d that I got through sprint and unlocked the boot loader, I am flashing roms exactly the same way and I am getting boot loops at the setup screen for every rom, maybe next time you will read my entire post and not just skim through it
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I know all of that, you are clearly not understanding me, I owned an evo 3d that was rooted and was hboot 1.5 s-on, I flashed roms for 4-5 months, I am not a noob, my replacement evo 3d that I got through sprint and unlocked the boot loader, I am flashing roms exactly the same way and I am getting boot loops at the setup screen for every rom, maybe next time you will read my entire post and not just skim through it
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well then...maybe you should also try scanning the posts better... if youre upset that you have 2.17 and think thats the issue...do a downgrade...oh wait..you already knew that now if you had 2.17 before and had no problems maybe its not the phone...oh btw...my phone is a replacement from asurion as well...i had no issues doing what i needed.. now maybe...JUST maybe someone might know a bit more than you and you should try not to argue with them
UndefinedUser said:
I know all of that, you are clearly not understanding me, I owned an evo 3d that was rooted and was hboot 1.5 s-on, I flashed roms for 4-5 months, I am not a noob, my replacement evo 3d that I got through sprint and unlocked the boot loader, I am flashing roms exactly the same way and I am getting boot loops at the setup screen for every rom, maybe next time you will read my entire post and not just skim through it
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I didn't really believe that all evo 3d's act differently until I got my replacement. Now I know that their not all the same, even when they have the same hardware version. I'm sure you can see that too. You just have to figure out what works for that phone. I think a sure fire way to get a good install when you have s-on is to use fastboot to boot to recovery. Have you tried that yet? It doesn't sound like you've got a normal bootloop and I haven't encountered your issue before but fastbooting to recovery is worth a try. I'm sure you've heard this a lot but I'm gonna suggest it anyway, get s-off, you won't regret it.
Also, does the phone reboot like that after you run an ruu?
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well then...maybe you should also try scanning the posts better... if youre upset that you have 2.17 and think thats the issue...do a downgrade...oh wait..you already knew that now if you had 2.17 before and had no problems maybe its not the phone...oh btw...my phone is a replacement from asurion as well...i had no issues doing what i needed.. now maybe...JUST maybe someone might know a bit more than you and you should try not to argue with them
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I was not trying to argue, I was trying to get my point across, I know all about flashing on hboot 1.5 with s-on, like I said I owned a device that was not downgraded, all I am asking is for a simple answer to original problem, what is different about this device? if anyone could help I would appreciate it
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I was not trying to argue, I was trying to get my point across, I know all about flashing on hboot 1.5 with s-on, like I said I owned a device that was not downgraded, all I am asking is for a simple answer to original problem, what is different about this device? if anyone could help I would appreciate it
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What wikdNoob said. Some phones do fine flashing ICS ROMs with S-on, but from my reading of the forums, many phones bootloop when flashing ICS ROMs with S-on. Since you are 1.5 S-on, you should do the wire trick to get S-off.
I've read so many times how people use the same procedures to flash the same ROM with the same radios, hboot, etc where one gets bootloops and the other does not. Each phone is different.
coal686 said:
What wikdNoob said. Some phones do fine flashing ICS ROMs with S-on, but from my reading of the forums, many phones bootloop when flashing ICS ROMs with S-on. Since you are 1.5 S-on, you should do the wire trick to get S-off.
I've read so many times how people use the same procedures to flash the same ROM with the same radios, hboot, etc where one gets bootloops and the other does not. Each phone is different.
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I just decided to do the wire trick and now i'm s-off, I love being s-off, I feel so free now
UndefinedUser said:
I just decided to do the wire trick and now i'm s-off, I love being s-off, I feel so free now
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see how much easier that was now...?
wloftus said:
see how much easier that was now...?
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yes I should not have argued with your logic, thanks for the help
UndefinedUser said:
I know all of that, you are clearly not understanding me, I owned an evo 3d that was rooted and was hboot 1.5 s-on, I flashed roms for 4-5 months, I am not a noob, my replacement evo 3d that I got through sprint and unlocked the boot loader, I am flashing roms exactly the same way and I am getting boot loops at the setup screen for every rom, maybe next time you will read my entire post and not just skim through it
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Its A Problem With Certain Phones Because I Have A Replacement Right Now And I Can Flash ICS Roms With Ease But On My Purchased Phone I Would Get Bootloops.
NexusS4gFreak said:
Its A Problem With Certain Phones Because I Have A Replacement Right Now And I Can Flash ICS Roms With Ease But On My Purchased Phone I Would Get Bootloops.
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I am now s-off, I feel so free, no more boot loops ever, I am so happy that I can flash roms with ease and in my own custom recovery, I don't ever have to touch fastboot again!
UndefinedUser said:
I am now s-off, I feel so free, no more boot loops ever, I am so happy that I can flash roms with ease and in my own custom recovery, I don't ever have to touch fastboot again!
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Lol Congrats, I Was Thinking About S-OFF But With My Replacement I Dont Need To!
UndefinedUser said:
I am now s-off, I feel so free, no more boot loops ever, I am so happy that I can flash roms with ease and in my own custom recovery, I don't ever have to touch fastboot again!
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Now that you're s-off you can change your boot splash screen, a lot of choices in the the themes and apps section. You can check mine out from the link in my Sig.
NexusS4gFreak said:
Lol Congrats, I Was Thinking About S-OFF But With My Replacement I Dont Need To!
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you really should go s-off, I thought the wire trick method would be difficult it was literally the easiest thing I have ever done, I don't know if you are familiar with JTAG xboxes, I used to jtag a **** load xbox's back in the day, in high school, so all this **** is easy, no soldering involved with this ****
Ok, trying to figure out how to restore to stock. Phone was rooted last night, bootloader unlocked, S-ON. some things happened, phone got reformatted. No OS on. Cygenomod will install, but stops at the loading screen. I'm leaving from spring break tomorrow and this is my step dad's phone, so I need a quick fix. S-off is out of the question, as we do not have Ubuntu, and I'm trying to get this fixed in the next half hour or so. I've tried downloading stock RUU's and sending it through fast boot, it's a nogo. Currently I've relocked the bootloader, which has broken the TWRP recovery, so everything is going through command promp. Can anyone A) provide me with the downloads to the current RUU file, and B) give me a list of commands to (hopefully) just BOOM, recovered and fixed back to stock?
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Ok, trying to figure out how to restore to stock. Phone was rooted last night, bootloader unlocked, S-ON. some things happened, phone got reformatted. No OS on. Cygenomod will install, but stops at the loading screen. I'm leaving from spring break tomorrow and this is my step dad's phone, so I need a quick fix. S-off is out of the question, as we do not have Ubuntu, and I'm trying to get this fixed in the next half hour or so. I've tried downloading stock RUU's and sending it through fast boot, it's a nogo. Currently I've relocked the bootloader, which has broken the TWRP recovery, so everything is going through command promp. Can anyone A) provide me with the downloads to the current RUU file, and B) give me a list of commands to (hopefully) just BOOM, recovered and fixed back to stock?
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Your best bet would be to re unlock using the token they gave you and install mean bean as it has a son installer.
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Your best bet would be to re unlock using the token they gave you and install mean bean as it has a son installer.
Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2
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And then read the stickies about flashing the kernel if not S-off.
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Ok so am
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I wanted to go back to stock
I relocked via fastboot oem lock
Now I am stuck in the stock recovery and can not find a 3.16 or 3.17 ruu for the life of me to download?
Any suggestions on my next step?
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Ok so am
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I wanted to go back to stock
I relocked via fastboot oem lock
Now I am stuck in the stock recovery and can not find a 3.16 or 3.17 ruu for the life of me to download?
Any suggestions on my next step?
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There is no RUU for either 3.16 or 3.17. If you were S-off you could use Viperboy's VipeRUU tool, which will put you back totally stock. Captain Throwback posted a link somewhere around here regarding how to go back to stock. If I find it I'll post it up for you. In the meantime, the easiest thing for you to do would be to unlock your bootloader and install TWRP recovery so that you have a working phone.
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There is no RUU for either 3.16 or 3.17. If you were S-off you could use Viperboy's VipeRUU tool, which will put you back totally stock. Captain Throwback posted a link somewhere around here regarding how to go back to stock. If I find it I'll post it up for you. In the meantime, the easiest thing for you to do would be to unlock your bootloader and install TWRP recovery so that you have a working phone.
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Thanks I was hoping to find a RUU, but now I have unlocked it again backed up rom with TWRP and trying to get Moonshine or RumRunner to work. No luck yet getting S-off
If you're on the 3.16 OTA use Moonshine; for the 3.17 OTA use Rumrunner.
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Use stock rooted ROMs only
I am trying to do the same, and my phone is the same (Rooted, unlocked, S-on, TWRP, Mean Bean). I need to get back to stock to reactivate my phone with Sprint (long story). Can I flash a stock ROM with TWRP?
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I am trying to do the same, and my phone is the same (Rooted, unlocked, S-on, TWRP, Mean Bean). I need to get back to stock to reactivate my phone with Sprint (long story). Can I flash a stock ROM with TWRP?
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You can re-activate with MeanBean.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
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You can re-activate with MeanBean.
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I actually did, but I don't have a data connection. The manager at the Sprint Store (who is actually a good friend of mine) said it won't activate data unless I'm on a stock ROM and can use the "activate this device" function under "phone info". Not sure if he's correct on that, but I can't get data, and need to go back to stock to see if it works...
Then flash one of Captain Throwback's stock rooted ROM's. You do not have to be "stock" to get your phone working again-you just need a Sense ROM.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
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Then flash one of Captain Throwback's stock rooted ROM's. You do not have to be "stock" to get your phone working again-you just need a Sense ROM.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
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which leads me back to my original question... can I flash a stock rom using TWRP if I am S-on?
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which leads me back to my original question... can I flash a stock rom using TWRP if I am S-on?
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Yes
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Yes
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easy as pie! Once I installed the stock ROM and activated the device I had 4G right away. Did a nandroid, reinstalled Mean, then reinstalled from my Mean back up and now I'm cooking with fire. Thanks for your help, I appreciate it!
FWIW - My friend was partially right, you do have to be on a stock ROM to reactivate data service, but you DO NOT need to unroot.
To piggy back off this, I'm planning to turn in my EVO 4G and move onto the Sprint One Up program...if I'm rooted on CM10.2 (still S-ON) though...how much effort do I need to put in for Sprint to accept my phone?
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To piggy back off this, I'm planning to turn in my EVO 4G and move onto the Sprint One Up program...if I'm rooted on CM10.2 (still S-ON) though...how much effort do I need to put in for Sprint to accept my phone?
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From what I have read some people have returned phones with them being rooted/unlocked and multiple roms and there has not been a issue. I guess worst they can say is no. Then go home return it to stock and try again.
Or just return to stock and take it in.
My purpose for the Original thread was I am going to sell mine and I just wanted to sell it stock. I sold my first Android Hero way back and it had been rooted and flashed and the person I sold it to had issues getting it activated through sprint. They sent it back to me for refund and I returned it to stock and sold it like that and the person who bought it was a ex sprint employee and he was upset I flashed it back to stock saying the person should have and zero issues activating it. Now he had to root and flash it himself. I just find it easier to return it to stock myself and sell it,
Then I know no matter if a basic or advanced user buys it they can activate it.
Hope that helps