Hello experts
I recently updated my unbranded evo 3D to official ICS , it has a lebanese sim card so im guessing its gsm not CDMA ?
I managed to unlock the bootloader thanks to htcdev(dot)com now its unlocked
My hboot version is 1.53.007 and i dont know how to root and i dont want to try the wire trick cz its so hard and i dont want to ruin my lovely EVO 3D htcdev said that i can install custom rom after unlocking the bootloader by installing the boot.img and installing the rom i dont know :/ can someone plz explain me how step by step
how to flash a rom to an unlocked with s on ics hboot 1.53.007 evo 3d ?
thanks in advance
You need to flash a custom recovery such as 4-ext (find it in EVO3d GSM dev section).
Once you have that, download any ICS-based ROM to your SD card and flash it via recovery menu. Then you will have root.
I m not sure if you can achieve root on the stock phone, using the superuser zip,but i hope i helped
Hi,
I'm intrested in too, but are you sure, that this is everything what he have to do, when he want to flashed new rom? Because I am in this situation too. I have unlocked my EVO via htcdev, S-ON and HBOOT 1.53.0007.
It would be great if someone has a more detailed tutorial how to do that.
Thanx and sorry for my bad english
plz we need an expert
i have managed to flash CWM using fastboot commands (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img) but everytime i flash a custom i get stuck on the custom rom animation and when i flash the custom rom boot.img in fastboot the keeps restarting plzzz help mee:crying:
I have a CDMA HTC Unlock Guide in my signature that will explain the step by step. Keep in mind that you would need to use the correct GSM versions (shooterU) of the files, but the process is exactly the same.
- HTC unlock
- install custom "gsm" recovery via fastboot commands.
(fastboot flash recovery yourRecoveryFilename.img)
- boot/enter recovery via fastboot commands.
(fastboot boot yourRecoveryfilename.img)
- install current superuser & binaries zip(3.0.7) from recovery.
- reboot & you are rooted on stock Rom.
Note: you must enter recovery via the fastboot command prompt to avoid bootloop Issues with kernel (you can install 4ext Recovery as a workaround to this later). See the stickies in the gsm section for links or start with this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24054039
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worked
yeah i know i have already flash recovery via fastboot and now i am running evolver 3D rom looks like i can flash any rom with stock kernel roms with custom kernels just dont work , is there any sense 4 rom based on stock kernel ? the kernel 3.0.16
And did you do something with firmware?
Because here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28448379&postcount=572 this user wrote me, that I need to downgrade my firmware. So, now, I don't know If I have to do that with firmware or I can only flash recovery and use rom which I want.
just flash it
some roms are booting and working some are not , i hope someone will help us and tell us which roms do work and how , i am running evolver 3D and its working fine just do a full wipe and flash it in recovery and enjoy
yea, I was looking for some advice but nothing :/ Still I don't know whitch rom would be run with S-on and whitch not.
there u go
bro evolver 3D booted fine on my phone and i am using it will work on yours and nonsense 3.1.0 worked but wifi is broken and yodas ics v4.5 works hit the thank button if i helped and if u find anything about s-off or other roms that work plz PM me
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Hi,
I traded a phone with someone and the rom they had was acting up.. the Infected Rom (cdma verizon)... When I got the phone, I told him he could keep his SD card and I could keep mine.. i guess the P something image file was on there and now Im just rooted with Teamwin recovery and not able to flash any rom or restore the Infected rom i nandroid backed up.
I have fastboot 1.50 S On but unlocked
Now imma be at work and not have a working phone. This isn't cool. PLEASE GET BACK TO ME IF YOU CAN HELP peeps. I would really appreciate it.
I also tried the unlocking method all over again but the Java SDK wont install.. it tells me to disable my virus protection (I did) and then it says unable to install it. This is just a mess man.
stepinmyworld said:
Hi,
I traded a phone with someone and the rom they had was acting up.. the Infected Rom (cdma verizon)... When I got the phone, I told him he could keep his SD card and I could keep mine.. i guess the P something image file was on there and now Im just rooted with Teamwin recovery and not able to flash any rom or restore the Infected rom i nandroid backed up.
I have fastboot 1.50 S On but unlocked
Now imma be at work and not have a working phone. This isn't cool. PLEASE GET BACK TO ME IF YOU CAN HELP peeps. I would really appreciate it.
I also tried the unlocking method all over again but the Java SDK wont install.. it tells me to disable my virus protection (I did) and then it says unable to install it. This is just a mess man.
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If you're interested in reverting back to completely stock, the RUU files are available at http://www.goo-inside.me/shooter/ruu . Both the PG86IMG.zip and the .exe files are available there.
Interesting the device is flashed to verizon, at least you mention the device is on CDMA verizon. The only issues I can forsee here will be 3G data/MMS might not work via Verizon if using a stock Sprint ROM.
Of course, these *might* work and they can also be *tweaked* but I doubt, out of the box, they will work. Phone calls and SMS should work over verizon using the stock sprint ROM.
Here is my usual lecture, reading this will save you a lot of time and headache, regarding flashing a ROM and kernels on the EVO 3D with hboot 1.5 and htc's unlock method:
Essentially, if you're looking to flash a kernel or ROM (which many times also include a kernel), there are three basic methods (two seem the easier) with hboot 1.50 and htc's unlock method:
1) For Kernel Flashing: From Android mode, using my application, Flash Image GUI. Put the kernel .zip file on your sdcard, select from inside the application and flash.
For ROM Flashing: Pull out the kernel file (usually named boot.img) out of the ROM .zip and push to sdcard. Flash using Flash Image GUI.
If you're away from a computer and want to flash any kernel, this is a great tool!
2) Load the custom recovery, NOT using the traditional method (reboot recovery, bootloader -> recovery, etc), but a specific method for Hboot 1.5. From the prompt use: fastboot boot c:\downloads\cwm-recovery.img.
This will temporarily boot the custom recovery image and the HTC unlock method will grant it write access to the boot partition while in this mode.
In this temporarily booted recovery mode, when a full ROM (with kernel included) is flashed, the kernel will flash correctly.
3) Boot into recovery using the traditional methods, reboot recovery, bootloader -> recovery, etc, and after the custom recovery has loaded, flash the ROM. Reboot into fastboot mode and then separately flash the kernel from the computer: fastboot flash boot c:\boot.img.
Downside to this method would be if a zImage is included instead of the boot.img for the kernel, won't flash correctly.
Being without a phone is rough now a days! Hope that helps and points in the right direction!
so sorry.. i meant to say CDMA Sprint.. i probably was so frustrated and typed verizon. I am about to read what you post completly.
Thank you so much for the reply! I purchased the GUI App from the market a few days ago and I wasnt sure if it would work on my phone because that PG86IMG.zip wasn't on the root of my SD card (it's on the other guy's sd card) I will try your method to flash a ROM.
I was able to get the Rom restored from the nandroid backup someone last night.. I still need a new rom because this one has touch screen problems. Thanks again
I bought this 3D used but like new and wanted to flash it to Boost so I was doing some preliminary pre-flash things like rooting and loading a custom recovery and rom. I used the HTC unlock method for the bootloader and flashed Eternity and it stuck at Beats screen (boot animation). I downloaded a different rom to see if it was the rom but that one froze at the animation screen as well. I attempted to do an RUU stock reset on my PC from bootloader but it returned an error saying update failed. I'm basically locked out of this phone. I read everything it said about flashing custom kernels and how you are supposed to flash them from bootloader. I know Eternity has a stock kernel don't know about the other one. My last resort is to download a zip of a stock rom and flash that from recovery. If it freezes on me I'm not sure what I'll do next. Any help is appreciated...
xlxcrossing said:
I bought this 3D used but like new and wanted to flash it to Boost so I was doing some preliminary pre-flash things like rooting and loading a custom recovery and rom. I used the HTC unlock method for the bootloader and flashed Eternity and it stuck at Beats screen (boot animation). I downloaded a different rom to see if it was the rom but that one froze at the animation screen as well. I attempted to do an RUU stock reset on my PC from bootloader but it returned an error saying update failed. I'm basically locked out of this phone. I read everything it said about flashing custom kernels and how you are supposed to flash them from bootloader. I know Eternity has a stock kernel don't know about the other one. My last resort is to download a zip of a stock rom and flash that from recovery. If it freezes on me I'm not sure what I'll do next. Any help is appreciated...
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Did you follow the root instructions all the way through to install Superuser and the recovery? If so, did you boot into fastboot, connect usb, then do the fastboot boot recovery.img before flashing the rom?
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JayDaKissEP said:
Did you follow the root instructions all the way through to install Superuser and the recovery? If so, did you boot into fastboot, connect usb, then do the fastboot boot recovery.img before flashing the rom?
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I did not use that method to flash, no. I'm assuming you mean from my PC execute the command. I did follow the instructions to install TWRP which is a custom recovery and I flashed a ZIP from TWRP for Superuser and checked it to be working which it was. (I tested Root Explorer and Terminal Emulator for root)
I was operating off the assumption that custom roms with a STOCK kernel could be flashed by booting into recovery. I went to bootloader then recovery then flashed the rom. Obviously I did something wrong since both roms wouldn't load. I will use your method of PC commands from fastboot into recovery and see where that gets me....pease let me know if this is correct or anything else I need to do....thanks a bunch.
UPDATE : I tried the method of loading recovery from fastboot usb - it worked thank you. The rom loaded. I'm wondering why since it was a custom rom with a stock kernel why I couldn't flash it from recovery.
xlxcrossing said:
UPDATE : I tried the method of loading recovery from fastboot usb - it worked thank you. The rom loaded. I'm wondering why since it was a custom rom with a stock kernel why I couldn't flash it from recovery.
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While the kernel is stock, Virus has a bunch of binaries and such that will be mismatched without flashing the boot.img properly ... So while some of his builds say "stock" not always completely stock.
ifly4vamerica said:
While the kernel is stock, Virus has a bunch of binaries and such that will be mismatched without flashing the boot.img properly ... So while some of his builds say "stock" not always completely stock.
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cool cool thanks for the info. So I need to load the recovery.img file from usb fastboot EVERY time I want to flash a rom? Any way to eliminate this hassle....I just assume flash less often if not...thanks
xlxcrossing said:
cool cool thanks for the info. So I need to load the recovery.img file from usb fastboot EVERY time I want to flash a rom? Any way to eliminate this hassle....I just assume flash less often if not...thanks
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With hboot 1.5, the ONLY way to flash a ROM correctly is with fastboot>recovery.
Twolazyg said:
With hboot 1.5, the ONLY way to flash a ROM correctly is with fastboot>recovery.
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Not true. You can flash a ROM but if you don't use fastboot it won't touch the kernel. I always change roms with the stock kernel. He must have done something wrong
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JayDaKissEP said:
Not true. You can flash a ROM but if you don't use fastboot it won't touch the kernel. I always change roms with the stock kernel. He must have done something wrong
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If the kernel is pure stock with no added binaries or stuff it will work. Virus puts lots of little tweaks in that require it. Now if you can load a completely stock kernel and ramdisk then load Eternity (of course some eternity builds did have a completely stock kernel) then you may be onto something.
As far as flashing with hboot 1.50 easiest way to do that without the computer is with joeykrm's flash image gui. I don't have 1.50 but I have used his gui to do partial updates on svn builds in tandem with adb sync and it works great. His post with the apk is in development section. just read the instructions and flash away.
ifly4vamerica said:
If the kernel is pure stock with no added binaries or stuff it will work. Virus puts lots of little tweaks in that require it. Now if you can load a completely stock kernel and ramdisk then load Eternity (of course some eternity builds did have a completely stock kernel) then you may be onto something.
As far as flashing with hboot 1.50 easiest way to do that without the computer is with joeykrm's flash image gui. I don't have 1.50 but I have used his gui to do partial updates on svn builds in tandem with adb sync and it works great. His post with the apk is in development section. just read the instructions and flash away.
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Yeah I read all about it I'm still stuck on why if I had a stock kernel installed with a stock rom and I do a custom rom flash and as stated it doesn't touch the kernel why the rom wouldn't simply run off the stock kernel - that's what confuses me. I understand the issue of the kernel not being flashed which is obviously what happened with me. I just don't really know where I stand with what kernel to ALWAYS have loaded since if that's the thing with the issue I would want to for purposes of not doing tons of work stay away from flashing kernels and stick to flashing roms when I want to change it up. But if the STOCK kernel won't load with a custom rom which technically it should I guess I'll just have to flash a universal custom kernel and assume any rom I flash will simply use that kernel. Kind of a nightmare compared to my 4G....welcome to the world of the 3D I guess.
I guess going into recovery from hboot with the volume and power buttons wouldn't count - I have to stick with PC commands?
I'm writing this as these questions commonly get asked in the development threads, taking them off topic.
S-ON users commonly run into these problems, which are quite simple to solve with the right information.
When your device is S-ON and unlocked via the HTC Method, the boot partition is mounted read-only in recovery mode, which causes these problems flashing custom kernels or custom roms.
a) Flashing a custom kernel through recovery mode breaks wifi:
Android uses the linux kernel, and the wifi drivers are compiled as kernel modules. The kernel modules are located in /system/lib/modules, and the linux kernel is located on the boot partition. When you flash the kernel zip file through recovery, the updated kernel modules get successfully written to the system partition however the linux kernel cannot get written to the boot partition. The result of this is that the kernel now cannot load the wifi kernel modules. This is what causes the WIFI error.
Solution: Download FlashImgGui from the market, and use that to install the kernel. This program can successfully write the new kernel to the boot partition eliminating the mismatch between the kernel and wifi modules.
b) Flashing a custom rom through recovery breaks wifi.
This problem is basically the same as a). The boot partition cannot be written so the kernel that came with the rom isn't written to it. This causes a mismatch between the kernel modules in the custom rom and the kernel.
Solution: You can either flash a custom kernel with FlashImgGui, or extract the boot.img file from the custom rom's zip file and copy to your computer. Then use the fastboot binary to flash the boot.img to the boot partition. This will copy the kernel that is packaged with the rom to your phone, which will fix the mismatch between the kernel and wifi modules.
C) Flashing a custom rom through recovery causes boot loops or the phone hanging at the HTC screen.
Some custom roms need a different initrd.gz file to the standard one. The initrd.gz file is located on the boot partition. When you flash the custom rom through recovery, the boot partition cannot get written and so the new initrd.gz isn't written to it. This is what causes the problems booting.
Solution: Same as above. Extract the boot.img from the zip file and flash with fastboot. This will copy the correct initrd.gz file to your phone and allow the rom to function correctly.
MODS: If you feel this is in the wrong section please move it. I'm only posting here as these questions always pop up in the development threads.
exactly what i have discovered
i can provide the testimony that the above are correct !
THANKS FOR CONFIRMING IT
actually it can be solved by
1. booting into bootloader (or via cmd :adb reboot bootloader)
2. flash boot "cwm.img" <<<name of the cwm file
3. flash via cwm
4. wifi will back on
ilovemeow said:
actually it can be solved by
1. booting into bootloader (or via cmd :adb reboot bootloader)
2. flash boot "cwm.img" <<<name of the cwm file
3. flash via cwm
4. wifi will back on
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That method is useful for avoiding the problems in the first place, but its easier to flash the boot.img than flash recovery and reinstall the ROM for users who already have the problem.
doesnt it has any thing to do with the RADIO ???
because my phone came with another radio than the widely used one
and hboot 1.18
and I had tons of problems with wifi with every single rom
so I downgraded it to hboot 1.07 by flashing the EU 1.20 rom which came with the radio used here and achieved s-off using revolutionary
and all wifi problems were gone for good
s_superman said:
doesnt it has any thing to do with the RADIO ???
because my phone came with another radio than the widely used one
and hboot 1.18
and I had tons of problems with wifi with every single rom
so I downgraded it to hboot 1.07 by flashing the EU 1.20 rom which came with the radio used here and achieved s-off using revolutionary
and all wifi problems were gone for good
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Absolutely nothing to do with the radio. Your wifi problems were solved once you got S-OFF . S-OFF means the boot partitions is mounted read-write in recovery mode so you do not have any of the problems I listed in the OP.
Where exactly do you flash the boot.img to when you need the custom rom's initrd? I.e. for 'fastboot flash xyz "boot.img"', what's the xyz?
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waltibaba said:
Where exactly do you flash the boot.img to when you need the custom rom's initrd? I.e. for 'fastboot flash xyz "boot.img"', what's the xyz?
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"fastboot flash boot boot.img"
I guessed as much, but wasnt gonna risk my phone without asking. Thank you!
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hi i have no access to market and i dont find the link to download out of market plz any one can upload the apk or zip and put the link ????
sahandv1989 said:
hi i have no access to market and i dont find the link to download out of market plz any one can upload the apk or zip and put the link ????
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Here's a link to the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192527&highlight=flash+image+gui
Please try the search button next time, it is usually the best place to start here
Two days working and the solution was under my nose!
THANK YOU!
Thanks for the information, but I don't think it's entirely accurate. Those with older phones (that haven't taken updates from HTC) will possibly have the old radio firmware. And if you are S-ON and HBOOT1.5, there's no way to 'get' the new firmware on the phone if you are unlocked.
So you must get the updated radio firmware (1216), put in in the root, relock the phone, and do a bootloader boot to flash the radio firmware. Unlock again, and then you are good to go. I had the 8xx version radio firmware and couldn't run any newer ROMS with working wifi until I got the updated firmware.
Be advised that lock/unlocking wipes your phone.
I followed the instructions but it doesn't work
What I did is:
1) Installed the custom ROM
2) installed the boot.img from fastboot
3) rebooted -> but stuck at htc logo
My friend's EVO 3D GSM has:
HBOOT 1.49.0018
S-ON
Unlocked
Can someone help me??
thanks in advance
Okay, so I was having a hell of a time trying to install Roms after unlocking. All the usual ways didn't work. Flat out.
What I found out:
I have to use Clockwork Mod 4.0.1.4 (TWR can't restore the nand it creates and Flash_Utility GUI doesn't work)
I have to flash a kernal within Clockwork after flashing the Rom (flashing a boot.img in fastboot doesn't work even though it says it was successful)
I have NO clue why my phone doesn't play nice with boot image like other phones. Luckily Tiamat writes good kernels
Mes3 said:
Okay, so I was having a hell of a time trying to install Roms after unlocking. All the usual ways didn't work. Flat out.
What I found out:
I have to use Clockwork Mod 4.0.1.4 (TWR can't restore the nand it creates and Flash_Utility GUI doesn't work)
I have to flash a kernal within Clockwork after flashing the Rom (flashing a boot.img in fastboot doesn't work even though it says it was successful)
I have NO clue why my phone doesn't play nice with boot image like other phones. Luckily Tiamat writes good kernels
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You have to add superuser to the ROM and give necessary permissions to Flash image GUI to flash kernels with it.
Which ROM are you trying to flash? Do you GSM or CDMA Evo 3D?
Flashing boot.img in fastboot should work.It does say not successful as you stated.
Make sure you bootloader says unlocked and flash kernels/ROMs based on 2.3.4 if your phone came with 2.3.4.
@Mes3 ,
Does this sound similar to your problem?
[help]HTC Unlocked ROM/Recovery install Problems (fastboot/FlashimageGui/RomMgr)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1450466
Please help, I've been looking for hours, I cannot install a custom rom (mySENSEdx5) I have an unlocked bootloader and have been running a custom ICS rom. the problem is I cannot update my bootloader from ICS to 1.25.0002 , is there anyway to update just the hboot?
Thank you
HairyJoe said:
Please help, I've been looking for hours, I cannot install a custom rom (mySENSEdx5) I have an unlocked bootloader and have been running a custom ICS rom. the problem is I cannot update my bootloader from ICS to 1.25.0002 , is there anyway to update just the hboot?
Thank you
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Yes there is. S-OFF your phone via rumrunner (just Google... you'll land at their site and follow the instructions there). Then have a look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50190792&postcount=47
dansou901 said:
Yes there is. S-OFF your phone via rumrunner (just Google... you'll land at their site and follow the instructions there). Then have a look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50190792&postcount=47
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Several attempts to use rum runner but it just keeps on pouring (past 10 attempts)and no S-OFF , I have now managed to put TWRP V6.3.0 recovery on my phone and did a wipe and tried to install the JB rom that failed! now I have no OS and TWRP wont install my backup.. I'm well stuck ! Is it possible to unbrick the phone in this state?
HairyJoe said:
Several attempts to use rum runner but it just keeps on pouring (past 10 attempts)and no S-OFF , I have now managed to put TWRP V6.3.0 recovery on my phone and did a wipe and tried to install the JB rom that failed! now I have no OS and TWRP wont install my backup.. I'm well stuck ! Is it possible to unbrick the phone in this state?
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First of all, u cant flash jb recovery on ics hboot, u need to flash ics recovery which is here - http://d-h.st/eCC .
And download any ics Rom & ics kernel & flash it.
- ( Ics Recovery for ics hboot)
- ( Ics Rom for ics hboot)
- ( Ics kernel for ics hboot)
Then after all that ,view all the instructions & prerequisites required for S-off & start it.
(Most important one is disable all lockscreens)