Got a replacement evo from Sprint after the earpiece went out on my original. I am trying to downgrade the hboot from 1.5 to 1.4 following unknownforce's guide. I have tried the 2.17 ruu he links to as well as about 3 or 4 others found through google. The problem is they all appear to be loading and then the phone just goes right back to fastboot without ever giving me the option to install the update. Very frustrating, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Delete, same issue in another post.
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That because your flashing the wrong PG86IMG file makes sure your getting it from a good sorce and stick to xda only you could end up bricking your EVO and also are you GSM or CDMA
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Hello
I made on your phone with hboot 1.49.00018 downgrade through HTCdev
I then made through the revolutionary S-OFF
I then recorded the RUU and choose FastBoot oem writesecureflag 3 gave the phone to the state S-ON
but on my screen instead LOCKED light RELOCKED
how to achieve it again to be on display LOCKED??
Not possible to change this again. Wrong section by the way...
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IF U Unlock it. then relock it.it will change to Relocked....no way to get it to Locked @NOW
I may have a way if your prepared to try it as something strange happened to mine using HTC supertool
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Don't know if it'll work across carriers, but I used revolutionary for s-off and bootloader unlock then renamed and flashed a zip from one of these threads. Bootloader changed back to locked, didn't say relocked.
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That's because you used rev to s off
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geordie 34 said:
That's because you used rev to s off
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In theory, could he use rev, to unlock again then relock via pb**img.zip? (Cant remember) to get the bootloader back to locked?
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If you follow my guide bellow using HTC supertool may work
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You guys are confusing.
Via My HTC Evo 3D On The Now Network From Sprint.
Rydah805 said:
You guys are confusing.
Via My HTC Evo 3D On The Now Network From Sprint.
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I agree..
But anyway, back on topic.
The phone came LOCKED.
once you Unlock it, you can only RELOCK it.
There's no way to completely lock it again unless you use a goofy method or you send it back to HTC for a complete flash.
I would love to know what that goofy method is so my insurance claims don't get denied.
mike827 said:
I would love to know what that goofy method is so my insurance claims don't get denied.
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Insurance can't get denied because of it. However, warranty can be denied but the chances of Sprint actually checking on this are very slim.
Basically, send it to Sprint for warranty if it isn't an actual insurance claim.
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geordie 34 said:
If you follow my guide bellow using HTC supertool may work
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what is this guide? and does it actually work? im in the same boat with the relocked thing and i need to take it to sprint
I have the Total Equipment Protection. so any advice would be awesome. thanks in advance
xcheljd said:
what is this guide? and does it actually work? im in the same boat with the relocked thing and i need to take it to sprint
I have the Total Equipment Protection. so any advice would be awesome. thanks in advance
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I haven't heard of anyone fixing that part yet.. Just a line of text maybe some code that would need to be screwed with but noone has fixed it yet.
Hallo!
Could someone help me? I'm on stock rom, no root but unlocked bootloader by HTCdev site. My phone came with s-off and i want to get it s-on. So how can i do it?
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Y would u do that
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twiztidninja said:
Y would u do that
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what he said. you're not going to have any problems by having s off. by putting s on, all you are going to end up doing is shooting yourself in the foot if you want to change it later
I apriciate your advices. But would like to know how to do it, if i ever need to do it. Also i can always s-off later back right? I'm new to Evo 3D so want to know my options...
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ill trade you and s-on fone
I am pretty sure if you s-on and you upgrade to the hboot 1.5 you are screwed. I have 1.5 and there is no way for me to get s-off. I would just stay s-off dude. you are going to screw yourself.
If your phone shipped s-off then you shouldn't have any problems, even if you have to take your phone into Sprint for repair.
If you're on 1.50 there's no way to get S-OFF at this time. But if you REALLY wanted to I guess you could just flash the current RUU to revert to S-ON.
My phone was shiped s-off. Thought it was strange, but if there is now problem about it then i'll leave it like it was...
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Im not really sure how it came to this but my 3d is i guess "semi-bricked"
I was one of the lucky few who plagued themselves with the VM firmware. I successfully downgraded per the instructions, but i wanted to unroot my phone completely. I follwed the unroot instructions and wrote the fastboot secure flag 3 at the last step and it took fine but now my radio is no longer working. By radio i mean my actual signal coming into the phone. It says no service with an x next to the signal bars. Any thoughts. Im currently on locked hboot 1.5 S-On with the latest sprint firmware from the OTA update. This is the only problem. Everything else in the OS works fine. I tried RUUs and PG86IMGs and they go thru but dont bring back radio service...
Have you checked your APN settings???
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Nathanation said:
Have you checked your APN settings???
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no..
Lol! Well enter the right one for your network and I'm guessing that might help
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My EVO LTE is s-off with hboot 1.12. I installed the latest jelly bean firmware through the bootloader and my radio is now 1.12.11.1119. I've noticed my 3g speeds are much slower and was wondering if I could flash a previous radio. I've done some searching and everything I have read says trying to downgrade my firmware will brick my EVO. Can I flash only the radio through recovery? Thanks for any help.
Yes
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Thanks.
Do not downgrade radio if you don't want a paper device.
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I think it may be possible to do but it is a very big risk. If you are going to attempt it, you better have insurance. Let us know what happens
I do it. I've never had a problem. I only use the radio from captain throwback zip files. The new radio stinks. My days as home went from900 kbs to 200. I switched to last radio and data came back.
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DO NOT DO IT. I did not read Captain's warning in red letters, at themikmik.com, and my phone got bricked. Radios could be rolled back with the OG EVO, but the LTE is a different beast.
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I was able to flash an older radio but it didn't help with my 3g speeds at all. I then reinstalled the latest firmware to get the latest radios back. I think sprint was just extra slow for a few days because my speeds are back to normal.
Are your guys who are bricks wiping dalvik and cache? I don't understand why some can and some can't. I bet it's the production date of the phone. Who knows?
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I used the Unlock Bootloader on my Evo 3D CDMA Sprint process completes 'successfully' but fastboot screen says unlocked & S-ON. I have version 1.58.0000 on ICS 4.03. Isn't this process supposed to give me S-OFF as well?
No, you need to do the wire trick for s off
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zapjb said:
I used the Unlock Bootloader on my Evo 3D CDMA Sprint process completes 'successfully' but fastboot screen says unlocked & S-ON. I have version 1.58.0000 on ICS 4.03. Isn't this process supposed to give me S-OFF as well?
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!! I will be creating a complete guide of how to, s-off (doing the wire trick), unlock boot loader, and installing a custom recovery as well as a custom ROM !! I will have a [GUIDE]video up by tonight.
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Didn't see your post. I bricked it & now I'm here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2538260
Bricked my Evo 3D CDMA Sprint. Need help.
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Didn't see your post. I bricked it & now I'm here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2538260
Bricked my Evo 3D CDMA Sprint. Need help.
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How did you brick your phone?
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TeChNoC4AzY said:
How did you brick your phone?
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Want to keep it all in one place. Thanks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2538260
Well I'm sorted. Thanks XDA.
I got a lottttttttttt of help over at AF.
If interested it's under the same title as here:
"Bricked my Evo 3D CDMA Sprint. Need help."