[Q] Hboot Downgrade/RUU Downgrade Help - HTC EVO 3D

Currently I am Hboot 1.5 S-ON and trying to downgrade to HBoot 1.4 S-OFF. When trying to brick my phone on the PG86IMG.zip update it doesn't brick, at least I don't think so. I can enter HBoot, flash a rom, and all that stuff. I believe my problem is because I am presently on RUU 2.17 flashing a 2.17 update and I need to downgrade to RUU 1.13. However, when I try to run RUU 1.13 EXE with a relocked HBoot I get an error message part way through the utility.
ERROR [140]: BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR
The ROM Update Utility cannot update your Android phone.
Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again.
First of all, do I need to downgrade to RUU 1.13 to brick my phone on the PG86IMG update? And second, if that being so, how do I downgrade?

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IXKastling said:
Currently I am Hboot 1.5 S-ON and trying to downgrade to HBoot 1.4 S-OFF. When trying to brick my phone on the PG86IMG.zip update it doesn't brick, at least I don't think so. I can enter HBoot, flash a rom, and all that stuff. I believe my problem is because I am presently on RUU 2.17 flashing a 2.17 update and I need to downgrade to RUU 1.13. However, when I try to run RUU 1.13 EXE with a relocked HBoot I get an error message part way through the utility.
ERROR [140]: BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR
The ROM Update Utility cannot update your Android phone.
Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again.
First of all, do I need to downgrade to RUU 1.13 to brick my phone on the PG86IMG update? And second, if that being so, how do I downgrade?
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You need to be relocked/have 2.17 firmware on your phone.
Once you press (UP) to update does your device turn off right away?

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I am relocked and have 2.17 firmware. When I press (UP) for the update it updates with a series of purple and black updating sequences. But I am trying to brick it and I can't seem to do so cause I am pulling out the power cord with no battery but I see no dim red light on the top of the phone. Like I said, everything boots as normal and I even can run the 2.17 RUU EXE and boot up that. I saw that the "HBoot downgrade tutorial" said...
If you're already S-OFF, but on 1.50, you can do one of two things... I have attached the PG86IMG.zip with the 1.40 bootloader on it, download it copy to sd card and flash via bootloader.
The other option is to simply re-run 1.13 RUU, this will downgrade it as well, but this will also erase all data in the process.
Now I assume that means if I am 2.17 and S-ON, which I am, I need to downgrade to 1.13 to have the 2.17 PG86IMG.zip update properly so I can pull the plug and brick it. Do I need to do that or am I just needing to repeat the bricking process until it works?

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IXKastling said:
Currently I am Hboot 1.5 S-ON and trying to downgrade to HBoot 1.4 S-OFF. When trying to brick my phone on the PG86IMG.zip update it doesn't brick, at least I don't think so. I can enter HBoot, flash a rom, and all that stuff. I believe my problem is because I am presently on RUU 2.17 flashing a 2.17 update and I need to downgrade to RUU 1.13. However, when I try to run RUU 1.13 EXE with a relocked HBoot I get an error message part way through the utility.
ERROR [140]: BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR
The ROM Update Utility cannot update your Android phone.
Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again.
First of all, do I need to downgrade to RUU 1.13 to brick my phone on the PG86IMG update? And second, if that being so, how do I downgrade?
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I downgraded yesterday. This is what I did. I downloaded this hbootdowngrade217.zip along with another download zip file that contained the 1.13 ruu and I downloaded a 2.08.zip file as well. I relocked my phone and ran the 2.17 ruu thats in that hbootdowngrade217.zip file. Then I rename the 2.08.zip file to PG86IMG.zip onto the root on my sd card. Booted into bootloader let it read the file. Once it read n I had to update. I plugged in the charger from the laptop to the phone then took the battery out. let it sit for a min then hit up on sp it can begin the update n right after it said UNZIPPING n said Updating I counted to 5 n took the charger out on 5. If u did this before it went to the next step you have bricked your device correctly. You can check this by going into the control panel>view devices<manage devices n u put the battery back in hold down the down volume button then plug your phone back up n u will see something saying: Qualcomm MMC Storage but it should change to QSUSB_ (something) that means have bricked it correctly. If u didnt then its gone read unknown device. Just continue trying to brick it. Hope this works for you.