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Dear all,
First of all, this is not my work. This is just a compilation of all the information i have obtained from various threads and the members of XDA. I claim no credit but just wanted to write this for all who wishes to get back to stock ROM (like myself) either for Backup purposes or Warranty cases. Using the HTC method to unlock the bootloader has given me hell such as Wifi error and stuffs. So here it is
Special thanks to Monx for showing me the idea on how to do this.
1. Create a Goldcard (use a spare Micro SD in the phone after formatting with FAT 32) and follow the instructions below
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-make-gold-card-for-htc-desire-hd/
* Instructions may be for Desire HD but it can be used too for our EVO
* Only Procedure 3 is different as all u need to do is use the Goldcard helper
App to copy the Reverse CID to clipboard
2. RELOCK your Bootloader (STEP 14) if its unlocked using HTC method below
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/unlock-instructions/page-4
3. Download your original RUU ROM from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1208485
4. Extract the ROM.ZIP file from the RUU ROM that you downloaded
One method of doing this is here
http://lukasz.szmit.eu/2010/04/extracting-rom-files-from-htc-android.html
5. Once you have copied out the ROM.zip file, rename it to PG86IMG.zip
6. Copy this PG86IMG.ZIP file into the Root directory on your GOLDCARD
7. Power down your phone and with the Goldcard still in
8. Go into Bootloader (Hold POWER + Vol Down)
9. Phone will auto detect the PG86IMG.ZIP, extract and then ask permission to flash. Select "YES" ....or course
10. Once its done...you got your STOCK ROM back. However your bootloader will still show "RELOCKED"
Buy me a COKE or a mere THANKS if you find this useful
Thanks for the great tutorial
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Thank you m8
Do you have list of CID? I think its possible to change, lets say for example, from UK CID to GER CID to be able to get OTA updates and other things.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think goldcarding is required for this.
Maybe just a fastboot command?
fastboot oem writecid 11111111
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spectralblue said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think goldcarding is required for this.
Maybe just a fastboot command?
fastboot oem writecid 11111111
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only if u hv S-OFF
excellent!
But where is instruction for re-lock bootloader?
(10. Once it’s done...you got your STOCK ROM back. However your bootloader will still show "RELOCKED")
Still "RELOCKED" we wanted show "locked"
Thanks
Are u sure we can claim the warranty if the bootloader shows RELOCKED?
I need to send my evo back because the speaker is damaged... And I'm S-OFF, what should I do?
ANDY12001 said:
excellent!
But where is instruction for re-lock bootloader?
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The same method you unlocked it
fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
This a assuming you used the HTC Method to unlock
gigaboss said:
I need to send my evo back because the speaker is damaged... And I'm S-OFF, what should I do?
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Did you use Revolution to get S-Off ? Not sure if running it again gives you the option. Afraid I didn't get the privilege to test this method as Revolutionary did does not support my bootloader yet
Yep revolutionnary...
gigaboss said:
Yep revolutionnary...
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So did you retry Revolutionary to see if its reversible?
Another suggestion is to just run the RUU to see what happens
I think that if you flash the RUU, then you have S-ON (it shows LOCKED), but if i remember well, it shows also revolutionary in the recovery. I did that almost a month ago, so i cant remember only if it shows revolutionary or not. For the S-ON (Locked) i am sure
What if i dont have mmc2? i only have mmc0 and mmc1 =/
Just create as per default
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so is the is the shooter rom the actual original rogers rom i had when i first got my evo 3d?
my phone is on europian rom and i haven't making root , s-off (it is locked) . i wan't to change my rom with the arabian one i make the tutorial above and when i enter the bootloader menu the Phone shows the following statements :
sd cheaking .....
loading ......[PG86DIAG.zip]
no image !
loading ......[PG86DIAG.nbh]
no image or wrong image !
loading...... [PG86IMG.zip]
after that it shows:
checking ....[PG86IMG.zip]
and after that the phone return to the hboot and doesn't do any thing!
any one can find to me the Solution.
jamal.daboul said:
my phone is on europian rom and i haven't making root , s-off (it is locked) . i wan't to change my rom with the arabian one i make the tutorial above and when i enter the bootloader menu the Phone shows the following statements :
sd cheaking .....
loading ......[PG86DIAG.zip]
no image !
loading ......[PG86DIAG.nbh]
no image or wrong image !
loading...... [PG86IMG.zip]
after that it shows:
checking ....[PG86IMG.zip]
and after that the phone return to the hboot and doesn't do any thing!
any one can find to me the Solution.
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Did you create the Goldcard correctly?
Btw...if your phone is not unlocked..why not just try running the RUUXXXX.exe ?
Yes , I am sure i have created the gold card correctly .
And I try to lunch the rXXX.exe directly but it is failed . Because the program for the middleast edition phones .
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HeyHou,
I'm very new to this forum ( this is my 1st post ), but i had visited this forum many times before...
now i have a problem: last week i bought a evo 3d gsm from amazon...
i unlocked the bottloader with the htc unlock methid - everything fine...
then i tried to "root" it but it didnt work... ( i'm very new and i only know how to jailbreak iphones, lol) - i followed this two toturials, bot none worked:
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1372913
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==>I have no acces to mmcblk0p31.img
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1316578
==> it simply doesn't work, lol
photo in attachment.
Can anyone help me..?
I have exactly the same problem dude...
I found a solution for my problem, maybe it can help you aswell?
My goal was to have a rooted EVO 3D with LeeDroid's Custom ROM on it.
1.) Use HTC Super Tool v3 to root your phone! (Just follow the on-screen steps)
2.) Download Rom Manager from the market and install CWM Recovery
3.) Now you can flash a custom ROM on your device
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You still have have the same Hboot version and S-on (I tried to attempt S-Off with super tool, but i got an error message)
but your phone is rooted and you have CWM on it!
Guys guys download the ruu from the stickies in dev forum for your device run it will downgrade your bootloader to 1.49.007 then root with HTC supertool then allowing you to unlock bootloader with rev rather than htcdev so you can lock it again without the relock sign means if you want to go back to stock re run ruu takes out cwm then take the ota update back to stock locked bootloader not relocked did post a thread about this but as usual I just get ingnored
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geordie 34 said:
Guys guys download the ruu from the stickies in dev forum for your device run it will downgrade your bootloader to 1.49.007 then root with HTC supertool then allowing you to unlock bootloader with rev rather than htcdev so you can lock it again without the relock sign means if you want to go back to stock re run ruu takes out cwm then take the ota update back to stock locked bootloader not relocked did post a thread about this but as usual I just get ingnored
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I downloaded this file "PG86IMG" than I put it on my sd-card and I tried to install it with hboot. No change at all, maybe I have to relock the bootloader?
Or is there another way to "install" the RUU?
phatronic said:
I downloaded this file "PG86IMG" than I put it on my sd-card and I tried to install it with hboot. No change at all, maybe I have to relock the bootloader?
Or is there another way to "install" the RUU?
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The guide is above yet again
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hy
First of all im glad that i found someone like me Hboot 1.49.0018. After of 1 week of searching something that to work my htc evo 3d, i dont find nothing.
Also i unlocked my phone but here im stuck. Itried to flash my phone but it doesnt enters in recovery
Pls post a solutian for our problems, and make it from scratch, cuz personally im noobie.
10x
Dear Team ,,
I am desperately looking for helo because i think i bricked my New EVO 3DHTC_Europe_1.20.401.8_Radio_10.59.9020.00_10.15.9020.06 Which is rooted and S-off via revolutionary method succefully .. I tried installing a newer radio though PCMG.zip method n it made me suffer a lot that i cannot access or even flash recovery... while during update process of radio i receive this error
"Partition Update Fail"
I m just stuck in bootloader cant even unlock through HTC method to install Original RUU....
PLease someone give me some clue...
My Current Hboot version is 1.49.1107 , S-OFF Revolutionary..
Do you have the ADB, fast boot and HTC drivers installed? You need it for the following:
Plug in your phone to your computer. Open CMD, and browse to your adb installation. E.g cd C:/Program Files/Android/android-sdk/platform-tools/
Then type adb getvar cid.
Remember that number. Find the appropriate radio for your CID number and flash that.
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as per the instructions... i figured out my cid num which is cidnum: HTC__001...but i wonder that i was flashing the right radio version for my mobile ..... I will really appreciate if u explain it a little more,....
mani00007 said:
Dear Team ,,
I am desperately looking for helo because i think i bricked my New EVO 3DHTC_Europe_1.20.401.8_Radio_10.59.9020.00_10.15.9020.06 Which is rooted and S-off via revolutionary method succefully .. I tried installing a newer radio though PCMG.zip method n it made me suffer a lot that i cannot access or even flash recovery... while during update process of radio i receive this error
"Partition Update Fail"
I m just stuck in bootloader cant even unlock through HTC method to install Original RUU....
PLease someone give me some clue...
My Current Hboot version is 1.49.1107 , S-OFF Revolutionary..
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You said you are stuck in bootloader and cant unlock with HTC method to use a RUU.............
Thats good for you , as far as you dont need to be unlocked to use a RUU.exe.
If you unlock your phone via htcdev.com you cannot use RUU.
My concern is not to install ruu but only to get my evo back to work... which i can not figure out how to.....and friend It was meant to be reclocked....I cant understand why i cant access my recovery..neither i m able to flash it,,, If some one please help please since my phone starts and goes in boot loader automatically n there if i try flash any thing throuigh fastboot it gives me an error in retrun ///
mani00007 said:
My concern is not to install ruu but only to get my evo back to work... which i can not figure out how to.....and friend It was meant to be reclocked....I cant understand why i cant access my recovery..neither i m able to flash it,,, If some one please help please since my phone starts and goes in boot loader automatically n there if i try flash any thing throuigh fastboot it gives me an error in retrun ///
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Thats what i wanted to tell run a RUU.exe made for your phone, it should get it to work according to me. But I m not 100% sure.
flashing radio
hello flashing radio's can be very tricky the file may have been corupt or youmay have flashed the wrong ruu and also where did you download this file i hope you flashed a PG86IMG.zip if you did go back to the thread that you downloaded from and make sure you that ruu is for your device and if it isnt that thread you downloaded from should have other ruu's that are for your device and make sure you read everything on that thread before downloading and flashing
mnomaanw said:
Thats what i wanted to tell run a RUU.exe made for your phone, it should get it to work according to me. But I m not 100% sure.
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in addition to above "FAILED (remote: image update error)" is the message when do fastboot command to write/flash any thing over the phone....
plz plz plz help me...n i think i cant run ruu since i m s off......please some solution.,....
flashing radio's
ok i see where you made your mistake dont use exe file's. you should be using PG86IMG.zip and all you had to do is copy it to the root folder of your sd card and power off and battery pull and put battery back in volume down and press power boots into bootloader and it will find the zip file and it prompt start update you press volume up for yes and set back and let it flash you new radio and when it is done delete it from the root folder of your sd card and enjoy
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218196 here it is this is what you should be using
What you have is called a soft brick. The radio you flashed was not compatible with your phone. First remove your SD from your phone. Then put it in your pc/laptop via card reader and remove whatever zip you were trying to flash. Then you have to find the correct ruu that has a compatible radio and run it from your pc.
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laie1472 said:
What you have is called a soft brick. The radio you flashed was not compatible with your phone. First remove your SD from your phone. Then put it in your pc/laptop via card reader and remove whatever zip you were trying to flash. Then you have to find the correct ruu that has a compatible radio and run it from your pc.
Root-Hack_Mod*Always\
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i have tried already the original ruu or my phone which is RUU_Shooter_U_HTC_Europe_1.20.401.8_Radio_10.59.9020.00_10.15.9020.06_M_release_219793_signed... but didnt work because i m s off n unlocked pershaps and to run ruu i need to be relocked first.....browing different forum i have come accrossed this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805612&page=4
their is some read me file .,... please tell me if i should go through that method .... to unbrick it,,,, if yes then i cant find the evo_softbrick.zip if some one can please shed some light on it,,, i will be really thankfull.,.
Please help
Here's everything that I did leading up to it: Wiped everything down using 4EXT recovery and did the new stock rom found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2206431&page=1
That went fine. Then I put this zip file( http://www.mediafire.com/?nw0qhkjhthsekji) into my external sd. Used Hasoon's tool to relock the bootloader and to use it to recognize the zip file and hopefully install the new radios. Did it according to this:
jordin1128 said:
OTA Firmware without OTA hboot, recovery, and kernel. Includes new radio!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39766165
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Bootloader did lock, and it ''checked'' the zip file. Now its just constantly booting into the bootloader and nothing else. What can be done?!
outlawtorn6806 said:
Please help
Here's everything that I did leading up to it: Wiped everything down using 4EXT recovery and did the new stock rom found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2206431&page=1
That went fine. Then I put this zip file( http://www.mediafire.com/?nw0qhkjhthsekji) into my external sd. Used Hasoon's tool to relock the bootloader and to use it to recognize the zip file and hopefully install the new radios. Did it according to this: .
Bootloader did lock, and it ''checked'' the zip file. Now its just constantly booting into the bootloader and nothing else. What can be done?!
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Unlock bootloader again and try booting into recovery. If recovery is gone then reflash 4ext with the aio toolkit then flash a Rom and see if it boots
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HTC Amaze 4G Stuck after Relocked Custom Rom
Hi,
I have HTC Amaze 4G Asian Version. I tried to S-Off but failed and did a CWM by a professional while mobile was in following condition a few months ago:-
UNLOCKED
RUBY PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.92.0000
EMMC-boot
Feb 29 2012, 17:06:37
It was working quite properly but I asked for troubles and RELOCK the phone with adb. Now my mobile is stuck on bootloader and neither HTCDEV unlock-token working nor any other kit is working. Any help for me????
Why would you try to lock your boot loader when it's much better being unlocked? Use HTC service to unlock or relock the boot loader it's much safer that way... proceed with the s_off using juopunut bear and flash the official ruu and then the kernel boot image, you'll be out of the loop
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dear all
i have htc legend with unlocked S-ON and hboot 1.02.0000
i need to flash this arabic rom:
RUU_Legend_Froyo_S_HTC_ARA_3.30.415.6_Radio_47.51. 35.17_7.13.35.05_release_168871_signed
but it gives an error while installing. someone told me that i should soff the phone or make super cid
can any one help me by the steps to make my htc legend soff?
mofanofa said:
dear all
i have htc legend with unlocked S-ON and hboot 1.02.0000
i need to flash this arabic rom:
RUU_Legend_Froyo_S_HTC_ARA_3.30.415.6_Radio_47.51. 35.17_7.13.35.05_release_168871_signed
but it gives an error while installing. someone told me that i should soff the phone or make super cid
can any one help me by the steps to make my htc legend soff?
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As far as I know you cant s-off hboot 1.02, besides, there is no need to, as you can pretty much do everything needed anyhow.
Your trying to install an ruu, so you need to re-lock hboot again.
From memory reboot into bootloader, connect phone to computer, select fastboot mode, in cmd mode on pc goto where fastboot.exe is and then type fastboot OEM lock.
Just double check that before doing it, the instructions were included in the unlocking email from htcdev.
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ranger4740 said:
As far as I know you cant s-off hboot 1.02, besides, there is no need to, as you can pretty much do everything needed anyhow.
Your trying to install an ruu, so you need to re-lock hboot again.
From memory reboot into bootloader, connect phone to computer, select fastboot mode, in cmd mode on pc goto where fastboot.exe is and then type fastboot OEM lock.
Just double check that before doing it, the instructions were included in the unlocking email from htcdev.
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dear i did relock but when flashing ruu it gives error 131
Ok, I searched google on your behalf
Error 131 means you are trying to install an ruu not ment for the region of your phone, the solution is to either install the correct Rom for the region of your phone or make a goldcard, however at this point the website to make goldcard is not running.
There is however a backdoor to make goldcard that might work, look in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41527043 and have a read.
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ranger4740 said:
Ok, I searched google on your behalf
Error 131 means you are trying to install an ruu not ment for the region of your phone, the solution is to either install the correct Rom for the region of your phone or make a goldcard, however at this point the website to make goldcard is not running.
There is however a backdoor to make goldcard that might work, look in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41527043 and have a read.
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thankyou
my phone is voda from outside
and i need to have arabic included for necessary
i will check for the gold card if possible..
i made the gold card and put the rom on it and rename to LEGEIMG.ZIP
in the hboot after loading zip nothing happened why?
i got now CID incorrect
What what what? Isn't that an ruu, you run it on a windows pc with phone connected, it's not a Rom you flash with recovery or legeimg.zip
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ranger4740 said:
What what what? Isn't that an ruu, you run it on a windows pc with phone connected, it's not a Rom you flash with recovery or legeimg.zip
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i didn't get u
it is rom.zip renamed to LEGEIMG and put on sd card to flash
wht is the problem?
thank you all it is done and works now )))))))
mofanofa said:
thank you all it is done and works now )))))))
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Could you have some decency and tell us how?