Does anyone have the orginal like files for the evo 3d, i tried installing the new cyanogemod and it messed it up, so i was seeing if anyone had to orginal ruu files
Newby_Leader said:
Does anyone have the orginal like files for the evo 3d, i tried installing the new cyanogemod and it messed it up, so i was seeing if anyone had to orginal ruu files
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Generally, the user named Football posts RUU files in the development threads. Sometimes they are made sticky. I would suggest searching for the RUU thread by Football for the specific software version you're wanting the stock recovery image from.
An alternate mirror source is http://goo-inside.me . As they mirror many RUU files which contain the stock recovery image.
For the CDMA version, http://goo-inside.me/shooter/ruu
For the GSM version: http://goo-inside.me/shooteru/ruu
Goo-inside.me usually posts the rom.zip file located inside the RUU.exe which saves the end user a few steps of extracting the rom.zip themselves from the RUU.exe.
If the process seems convoluted, you can thank HTC!
Hope those steps help make sense of the issue!
Don't rename it afterwards?
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Hello everyone, As I can get the original recovery.img from evo 3d gsm???
Thanks,
Njoa said:
Hello everyone, As I can get the original recovery.img from evo 3d gsm???
Thanks,
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In my opinion, the best source for stock recovery image files are the original RUU leaks we're provided.
Generally, the user named Football posts them in the development threads. Sometimes they are made sticky. I would suggest searching for the RUU thread by Football for the specific software version you're wanting the stock recovery image from.
An alternate mirror source is http://goo-inside.me . As they mirror many RUU files which contain the stock recovery image.
Goo-inside.me usually posts the rom.zip file located inside the RUU.exe which saves the end user a few steps of extracting the rom.zip themselves from the RUU.exe.
Inside the rom.zip file, there will be another file called firmware.zip, this should contain a file named recovery.img, which is the original stock recovery image for that specific software version.
If the process seems convoluted, you can thank HTC! Hope those steps help make sense of the issue!
So I've read a lot about the ruu's and ph98img's being signed. I was just wondering if anyone knew how exactly they were signed. Looking in the zip there are a lot of .img files which I assume are disk images and no other files contain anything resembling a signature. Just curious how secure the ph98img's really are(how can we be sure they are from htc)? Figured maybe a dev or someone might understand it better.
I had issues so used the "official" ics ruu file to restore and hoping it doesn't mess up ota's and was in fact the official release.
esheesle said:
So I've read a lot about the ruu's and ph98img's being signed. I was just wondering if anyone knew how exactly they were signed. Looking in the zip there are a lot of .img files which I assume are disk images and no other files contain anything resembling a signature. Just curious how secure the ph98img's really are(how can we be sure they are from htc)? Figured maybe a dev or someone might understand it better.
I had issues so used the "official" ics ruu file to restore and hoping it doesn't mess up ota's and was in fact the official release.
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technically anybody can use a program like Winrar or 7zip to replace any of the files inside a PH98IMG.zip so you'll just have to trust the source.
Tachi91 said:
technically anybody can use a program like Winrar or 7zip to replace any of the files inside a PH98IMG.zip so you'll just have to trust the source.
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So the comments about them being signed is false? Thought with locked bootloader some validation was done?
esheesle said:
So the comments about them being signed is false? Thought with locked bootloader some validation was done?
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I should've been more specific.
With a Locked/S-ON bootloader .img files not signed by HTC will NOT flash and the bootloader will fall back to the options.
With a Unlocked/S-ON bootloader you have rw access with fastboot. But Kernels can only be flashed via fastboot or hboot. Before S-OFF ROMs came with their kernel in a PH98IMG file that would be flashed after recovery rebooted.
With S-OFF all checks are off hence "Security-OFF" and you can now full brick the phone if your not careful.
The actual .zip itself isn't really signed but whats in it is.
esheesle said:
So I've read a lot about the ruu's and ph98img's being signed. I was just wondering if anyone knew how exactly they were signed. Looking in the zip there are a lot of .img files which I assume are disk images and no other files contain anything resembling a signature. Just curious how secure the ph98img's really are(how can we be sure they are from htc)? Figured maybe a dev or someone might understand it better.
I had issues so used the "official" ics ruu file to restore and hoping it doesn't mess up ota's and was in fact the official release.
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A signature isn't a file you can open and look as its encrypted and somewhere in the system.img or boot.img files. Not really sure. When you use the android kitchen to make a custom ROM it has a way of signing a ROM so that you can flash it, I believe as you are using a custom recovery it doesn't require HTC's signature so the generic android one works. Or something to that effect. You can also modify the framework if you properly decompile and compile the files properly which then don't require a signature as you are just placing them back into in the framework which is already signed.
Hi how can i extract the hboot from the rom.zip ruu? and then repack it to flash in bootloader i dont know wish files to choose to make the PG86IMG
Go back to your 1st thread not your 2nd or 3rd, the answer is there
sent on my Evil Evo with no reboots, that's because I am running the kernel that's not available on xda
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pit-pit said:
Hi how can i extract the hboot from the rom.zip ruu? and then repack it to flash in bootloader i dont know wish files to choose to make the PG86IMG
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Which one are you looking for?
Better yet, I'll tell you.
Explore the Rom zip, extract the hboot file and the android info text file to any location. now highlight both files, right click on one of them and choose add to/ compressed zip. Now change the name to PG86IMG.zip.
EDIT: I FOUND THE ISSUE: I needed to reformat my SD Card
I have the new zips for the new radios - for some reason hboot isn't recognizing the zip file, and no its not named ".zip.zip" - I'm using a Linux Machine, I checked the md5s and all, they all matched up, I haven't had an issue like this ever before, what's wrong?
And yes it's on the root of the SDcard
Klonopin said:
EDIT: I FOUND THE ISSUE: THE HBOOT IS LOOKING FOR A PG05DIAG.zip*!!
I have the new zips for the new radios - for some reason hboot isn't recognizing the zip file, and no its not named ".zip.zip" - I'm using a Linux Machine, I checked the md5s and all, they all matched up, I haven't had an issue like this ever before, what's wrong?
And yes it's on the root of the SDcard
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There's two sets of zips, one of the zips can't be read by certain versions of HBOOT because of the compression method. I don't have links to the two sets but I'm sure you can find them.
...nvm
ryanstfl said:
There's two sets of zips, one of the zips can't be read by certain versions of HBOOT because of the compression method. I don't have links to the two sets but I'm sure you can find them.
...nvm
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Nahh, he got it installed eventually.
He just needed to reformat his SD card.
Maybe he should update the OP to reflect that.
santod040 said:
Nahh, he got it installed eventually.
He just needed to reformat his SD card.
Maybe he should update the OP to reflect that.
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Fixed
A longshot
I know it's an older thread but I'm hoping someone can help. I reformatted my SD card, all the tips and tricks I've seen in this section and the development section and still no dice. Should I be doing this via recovery or HBOOT? If via HBOOT, can I do so after installing a ROM or does it still have to be done first.
Thanks
Loki
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Edit: Ah it's been so long since I've done this I forgot to rename it and update from the main hboot window. Duh.
Klonopin said:
EDIT: I FOUND THE ISSUE: I needed to reformat my SD Card
I have the new zips for the new radios - for some reason hboot isn't recognizing the zip file, and no its not named ".zip.zip" - I'm using a Linux Machine, I checked the md5s and all, they all matched up, I haven't had an issue like this ever before, what's wrong?
And yes it's on the root of the SDcard
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hey Klonopin i was wondering... is it s-off or s-on?
Also what type of hboot version do you have?
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LokiAkai said:
I know it's an older thread but I'm hoping someone can help. I reformatted my SD card, all the tips and tricks I've seen in this section and the development section and still no dice. Should I be doing this via recovery or HBOOT? If via HBOOT, can I do so after installing a ROM or does it still have to be done first.
Thanks
Loki
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Edit: Ah it's been so long since I've done this I forgot to rename it and update from the main hboot window. Duh.
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HEY LOKI
I AM "NOT" RESPONSIBLE IF YOU MESS UP YOUR DEVICE FROM FAILURE TO READ INSTRUCTIONS.
there is a fix
what you want to do is follow these instructions to downgrade your htc thunderbolt to a firmware that can be S-OFF, i should say.
the reason behind why this wont work is because you are probably s-on and HTC is rejecting your file. Kinda like Read/Write.
Basically you need to be S-OFF.
here is the link to the post:
www[dot]androidforums[dot]com/thunderbolt-all-things-root/689221-how-downgrade-root-ics[dot]html
this link contains all of the information you need to achieve your goal.
Hi Everyone
I have been trying to get the zip file from the unbranded RUU of HTC Amaze, the conventional method of running the exe and copying the zip from the temporary folder doesn't seem to work, the rom.zip file is too small and the biggest file (data1.cab) isn't extractable. I saw a post on extracting using unruu but I dont have access to ubuntu and I am not very familiar with it. Can anyone help me get the flashable zip of the Asian unbranded RUU? I have included the link to the exe file.
Link: http://d-h.st/His
Thanks in advance