[Q] how do i find out my h.boot version - HTC EVO 3D

I'm looking into rooting my virgin mobile evo v 4g and I can't find what hboot version I have. I know its probably right under my nose. I have to say that there are so many ways to (at least it seems to be) root this that compared to my ol ego its a bit confusing.

Hello sir. The answer to your question is definitely under your nose. Just power down your phone. Press and hold the power button and down volume key at the same time until a white screen boots up. Your hboot version should be near the top.

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Total Noob can't upgrade new Flyer to HC

I know you all are all super technical and I just really...am not. I want to use this thing on HC after hearing all the hype, but it doesn't update automatically. Maybe I'm insanely naive, but I thought if I put the latest upgrade it would go to HC.
Not.
And HTC support was...unsupportive.
Do I send it back and get the Galaxy tab that, for the same price, is on HC but doesn't have my lovely pen? Or can someone out there help me understand what the issue is?
I can't get it to hboot - that's a start. Press the down volume and the start button? Did it, and it just reboots the thing.
I did put a miniSD in there hoping that would fix it. It didn't.
If you all could help me, I would be forever grateful!!
Go into settings and in the Power section, make sure the Fast Boot box is not checked. Then shut the tablet down. Wait 5 sec or so. Then hold down the volume down button, after that press and hold Power button. That should get you there.
Sent from my Clean Rom'd HTC Flyer using XDA Premium.

[Q] HTC Flyer: Determine HBOOT Version

I've searched the forums and consulted Google and for the life of me cannot find anywhere how one actually figures out the HBOOT version of their HTC Flyer. I have Honeycomb, if it makes a difference.
Shut your Flyer down completely. Be sure fast Boot is turned off in the power settings from your Settings menu.
-Wait for about 10 seconds after you powered down.
-Hold the Volume Down button for about 3 seconds.
-Keep holding Volume Down and then press and hold down Power simultaneously.
-So you should be holding Volume Down and Power at the same time.
The tablet should now boot into Hboot menu.
Your Hboot should be listed near the top.
***I kinda exaggerated the wait times and time you need to hold the buttons. It really should take just a few seconds of holding the buttons. But until you get the hang of the timing, this should be fool proof.
Thanks, worked perfectly. Also, is there any sort of tutorial for using HTCdev Unlock Bootloader for the Flyer? I swear that there's no useful documentation for doing anything dev-related on this device anywhere.
what is your end goal? HTC Dev unlock is in most cases not the best solution
I'm trying to root and get S-Off on my Flyer, but revolutionary doesn't support my HBOOT. Any information I can find about doing it seems to assume that you're already an expert going in.
KalosCast said:
I'm trying to root and get S-Off on my Flyer, but revolutionary doesn't support my HBOOT. Any information I can find about doing it seems to assume that you're already an expert going in.
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Are you on honeycomb or gingerbread
Sent from my HTC Flyer P510e using xda premium
I'm on Honeycomb.
you need to downgrade to gingerbread s off then use the s off hc method. there are a couple different routes to do so, and all do require a bit of knowledge or at least solid reading comprehension to accomplish

NEED help unrooting!

I just bought a used HTC Amaze 4G for T-Mobile. After messing with it I figured out it is rooted. I know absolutely nothing about rooting, but I saw that it had a link to this forum on the Tweaks setting.
I'm sorry for being a n00b, I just really want to unroot this phone.
I have found the guides for unrooting, but I don't know what S-on or off is, or...well anything at all. Is there any way someone could help me? Should I just try to sell it and get a regular one?
The info I have:
Energy Tweaks 4.3.0
Sense 3.6 stock
Running ICS
sneakattack said:
I just bought a used HTC Amaze 4G for T-Mobile. After messing with it I figured out it is rooted. I know absolutely nothing about rooting, but I saw that it had a link to this forum on the Tweaks setting.
I'm sorry for being a n00b, I just really want to unroot this phone.
I have found the guides for unrooting, but I don't know what S-on or off is, or...well anything at all. Is there any way someone could help me? Should I just try to sell it and get a regular one?
The info I have:
Energy Tweaks 4.3.0
Sense 3.6 stock
Running ICS
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What I want you to do is take out the battery, and then put it back in. Then hold the Volume Down button first, and then press power. Keep holding the Volume Down button until a Fastboot menu appears.
Now look at the top, it should tell you, in fuschia colored highlight, if it's LOCKED or UNLOCKED, or possibly RELOCKED. Just tell us what it says on the top. Also, look for the word "S-ON" or "S-OFF" and tell us which one you have.

[Q] Asked With My Apologies: Factory Default an HTC EVO 4G LTE with No OS from TWRP

Dear Whom Can Help,
My sincere apologies if this thread feels redundant, but other threads dealing with restoring this phone are starting from steps well beyond an initial, and/or are using jargon that is at opaque at best from an outsider...
To reduce to salient points:
I bought a used HTC Evo 4G LTE through Glyde.com to port it over to Ting. The previous owner must have been one of your folk, a phone modder / tinkerer / developer / what have you, because it came in an obviously altered state. (Something called Beanstalk loading, terminal apps, etc.)
I don't want any of this. I respect those that want to root and modify their phone, and as a security and a network design consultant I understand the concepts behind all of it, but I also know when and where I want to apply my time. And I don't want to spend it learning about rooting and messing with my phone. And even if I do want to root it someday, I want to root it from scratch myself, not hope that the last person to have the phone didn't put anything nefarious on it (unlikely) or just did stuff I don't understand (likelier).
So I want the phone back to a completely clean factory state. But I don't know any of the precepts and assumptions that all the "unrooting" conversations I've seen have and make. (Basically, all the unrooting stuff assumes you were the one that rooted it, and so already know the jargon.)
Here's where I'm at:
HTC Evo 4G LTE. The phone is in TMRP v2.3.1.0. There are no packages to restore. There is no external microSD card (I can certainly buy one if it's required). I cannot even reboot, as there is "No OS Installed! Are you sure you wish to reboot?"* I can connect the phone via USB to my Windows laptop, if I would need to copy files to it or something.
So, I'm looking to, whether within TWRP or copying a ROM and rebooting the phone or whatever, have the phone back to naked, like I bought it fresh and new, state.
Can someone help me do this? The other questions along these lines point to websites like shipped-roms.com that have pretty names listed like Runnymede and Puccini, but nowhere to explain that my phone is Shooter or Supersonic or what have you. And while I'm pretty computer-savvy, I don't pretend to have any idea what the referents are to statements like "Like how do I get back to fully stock? Or should I be trying to re-root to RUU again? Moonshine doesn't recognize my device in fastboot us..."
I appreciate anyone's time, so I don't have to return this phone. I have already spent a good three-plus hours trying to tackle this, and I fear when I die and my life is flashing before my eyes, this time will be the most boring of the whole lot of it.
Thanks greatly for anyone's time,
Me
* Now, I am aware that I pretty much brought the phone to a worse place, with no OS / no restore points or whatever you kids these days call them, probably while I was trying to restore it to a factory default, which I thought was going to be as simple as clicking on the factory reset option within Android. In any case, yes I made it worse. But I'm at where I'm at, and it's still the dude's fault who sold me a phone without reverting it.
Power the phone completely off. Once off, press the volume down+power button and list all the info displayed on the screen. Then we'll go from there.
If you need to get your phone up & running right now, click the last link in my sig.
Also, I've never flashed to a different carrier, but I believe your phone must be rooted to do so, so at this point you just need to get your phone up and running by flashing a ROM.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
Thanks for your insanely quick reply. Luckily, I just got this phone and haven't activated it yet or anything, so there's not a huge time pressure, though I may have to return it.
Unluckily - this is going to sound like incompetence but I swear it's not - I powered off and rebooted but it's simply hanging on the "HTC quietly brilliant" splash screen, rather than listing any system attributes. This may be because the volume down button (I've just noticed now) may not be depressing properly - up has an actual 'click' feel, but down does not.
I'll keep trying to reboot it with the volume down button depressed.
Thanks much for your response!
ACK
No problem. Click the bottom link in my sig and let's get you up and running so you actually have a working ROM on your phone.
Also, if you can get back to TWRP recovery, choose the option to reboot to bootloader, then list the info on that screen.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
FinZ28 said:
Also, I've never flashed to a different carrier, but I believe your phone must be rooted to do so, so at this point you just need to get your phone up and running by flashing a ROM.
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Ting is a Sprint MVNO, and normally doesn't require rooted phones, just a Sprint-compatible one. There's a little work you have to do on the front-end to activate it with Ting, but it's usually minor. I was worried that the rooting that was done to do this phone could actually **prevent** activation with Ting, which was one reason I was looking to restore to factory state.
It shouldn't affect you being able to flash to Ting.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
FinZ28 said:
No problem. Click the bottom link in my sig and let's get you up and running so you actually have a working ROM on your phone.
Also, if you can get back to TWRP recovery, choose the option to reboot to bootloader, then list the info on that screen.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
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Audible sigh. No luck on the reboot - I hold power for ten seconds, screen goes black, then a vibration and the "HTC quietly brilliant" splash screen, but it stays there. Holding the Volume Down button before, during, or after seems to have no effect; again, it may be because the volume down button is bad - I can feel volume up click, but volume down is mushy. (Since it wasn't my phone until today, I don't actually know if the button was working or not.)
ACK
Once the screen goes black hold the volume down button in. If nothing happens, well, there are obviously other issues.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
FinZ28 said:
Once the screen goes black hold the volume down button in. If nothing happens, well, there are obviously other issues.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
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The phone simply reboots to the splash screen.
I guess I'll just return the phone to the seller. Thanks for your time!
softyelectric said:
The phone simply reboots to the splash screen.
I guess I'll just return the phone to the seller. Thanks for your time!
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Make sure fastboot is UNchecked in setting->power then try again.
If fastboot is checked it won't go to bootloader
bigdaddy619 said:
Make sure fastboot is UNchecked in setting->power then try again.
If fastboot is checked it won't go to bootloader
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I appreciate that, but with all due respect I don't know what that means... there's nothing to check or uncheck. I was once in TWRP, if that's where the 'fastboot' option was, but after FinZ28's recommendation to "Power the phone completely off. Once off, press the volume down+power button and list all the info displayed on the screen", the phone simply boots to the "HTC quietly brilliant" splash screen and does nothing else. I can't re-access TWRP, or anything else, for that matter.
Thanks for your time!
Ok try this, power down let it go completely off then press the power button and vol down button release the power button after 3 seconds while still holding the vol down and see if it will boot to bootloader
bigdaddy619 said:
Make sure fastboot is UNchecked in setting->power then try again.
If fastboot is checked it won't go to bootloader
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The phone doesn't have a ROM installed, it seems.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
FinZ28 said:
The phone doesn't have a ROM installed, it seems.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
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yeah i figured that out after reading the Op lol
bigdaddy619 said:
Ok try this, power down let it go completely off then press the power button and vol down button release the power button after 3 seconds while still holding the vol down and see if it will boot to bootloader
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Thanks. I tried that / trying right right no, to no avail. I hold "power" and "volume down", let go of "power" while still holding "volume down", and it simply goes to the "htc quietly brilliant" splash screen. It stays there until the battery dies.
When the phone's battery died, and I plugged it in again, the three 'hard' buttons at the bottom did flash, but then again the phone goes to the splash screen and stays there, seemingly no bootloader / other information.
Originally Posted by FinZ28 View Post
"The phone doesn't have a ROM installed, it seems."
No ROM, I wouldn't think; there was one when I first got the phone yesterday, but clearly I inadvertently deleted it when trying to revert the phone back to a clean slate. My bad on that, though the seller should never have sold me a rooted phone with a bunch of unknown apps on it in the first place (at least without indicating it was a rooted phone, which I wouldn't have chosen to purchase in the first place).
Thanks for your time!

[Q] Could this be done? Ultra Power Saving Mode on htc M7?

I know the hardware for the m7 and m8 are different but would it be possible on a rooted device to use just one underclocked core of the M7 to allow the wake on double tap of the screen? If there was such an app, here's my money. It's just an easier way of turning on the original One because the power button is hard to reach on the top without shifting your grip while using one hand. Someone please say yes.
The latest update actually does give the M7 the Yuka power saving mode. I have it on mine right now. I'm not rooted or even unlocked.
bloodymurderlive said:
The latest update actually does give the M7 the Yuka power saving mode. I have it on mine right now. I'm not rooted or even unlocked.
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Yes. best used with 5% battery as the Apps are severely limited to but a few when Activated..

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