Hi guys,
Just to make sure, I have searched and googled but can't see the trees through the woods anymore... :screwy:
I like my 3d capabilities, I like sense 3.6 but I just want more control over my EVO and be able to flash some of the great stuff available here to improve my phone.
Do I need s off or unlocked bootloader? I have hboot 1680007 or similar, ics ..
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U need unlock to flash other roms, gain root, etc
S-off is needed for kernels with aroma and non sense (aosp, aokp, miui, etc) roms, at least to flash them that easy as sense roms, because u would have to flash the kernel with adb without s-off...
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Ok, so unlock will do fine for what I want.. with my hboot version, which is the easiest way to go and unlock?
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If its enough for u to flash sense roms unlocking should do fine for you
Htcdev is one possibility to unlock, i dont know if there is another way for ur hboot, never saw that one
You have the official 4.0 update, or?
I think in that case Htcdev is the only way...
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Yes, I have the latest update, either downgrade hboot or htcdev it is, I guess ... Thnx ! :thumbup:
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Im dumb
tclemens said:
Did you read ramjets awesome guide on unlocking and s-off http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1889438 if not start there
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Thanks for the reference but the model in his signature is a GSM version so I think he would do better following one of the guides in the stickies of the GSM development forum.
ramjet73
oops my bad sorry gotta bad hangover
This is the guide you need. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743466
I must ask, are you sure your hboot isn't 1.49 or 1.53? Those are the only two hboot versions I ever heard on gsm.
Anyway follow the unlock method through HTC dev. However the links for control bear on the guide are dead. Just go to unlimited.io website and get the control bear from the shooteru section based on os, hboot, and computer your using.
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All friends, would u mind to advise step by step to root & flash any popular custom rom my unlocked Testra EVO 3D as I'm noob & new on this device?
Thank in advance and I'm living in Cambodia using this unlocked Testra device and just bought it from my friend today.
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Seeing reviewers 20 now but still no feedback. Pls help...
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It depends on your hboot version.
Is your device S-OFF or S-ON?
Did you use revolutionary method, or HTCDev unlock?
Moonbloom said:
It depends on your hboot version.
Is your device S-OFF or S-ON?
Did you use revolutionary method, or HTCDev unlock?
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Dear, my device's current should read as follow?
***Lock***
Shooter_u PVT.SHIP S-ON RL
BOot-.1.49.0012
eMM-boot
Aug.4.2011
I have not done anything u mentioned above.
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Anybody pls.
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veasna.kelly said:
Anybody pls.
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Well let me see if I can help. First thing first you have to unlock your phone, then flash a custom recovery and then a ROM.
I'm not on my pc right now but go looking for the ROM you want to flash and i will give you the help you need in my next post.
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megabiteg said:
Well let me see if I can help. First thing first you have to unlock your phone, then flash a custom recovery and then a ROM.
I'm not on my pc right now but go looking for the ROM you want to flash and i will give you the help you need in my next post.
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Thankss you for your helpful. but I'm not sure whether my phone can be unlocked or not as I checked through HTCDEV site, Testra branded is not listed as a support device so far. Not sure anybody in this community has EVO 3D Testra unlocked, rooted and running custom roms so far?
It can't hurt to try to unlock it. Just cd to your tools/fastboot and type in fastboot oem get_unlock_code if it gives you a code your good to go if you get an error your hboot doesn't support it.
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veasna.kelly said:
Thankss you for your helpful. but I'm not sure whether my phone can be unlocked or not as I checked through HTCDEV site, Testra branded is not listed as a support device so far. Not sure anybody in this community has EVO 3D Testra unlocked, rooted and running custom roms so far?
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Does your Cell Provider sell that phone? or you just bought it and placed your SIM to it? if you bought it and it was from another network provider, just look up the original provider in the HTCDEV website and perform what our friend advised in the post before me.
Give it a try and lets see what happens, doesn't hurt.
Thank all and will try one when free.
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This is probably a stupid question, but wanted to know the answer for sure.
On a GSM EVO3D is it possible to change the radio when you phone is s-on?
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Yes, you have to run either an older ruu or an updated ruu. That's the only way "afaik"
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585839 Check that out I couldn't root till now either, then you can do whatever.
My Evo 3D is unlocked, s-off, and running hboot 1.4. I know the OTA update for ICS and Sense 3.6 was just released, but I was wondering if there was a version of that update available that would allow me to upgrade without locking my phone or turning s-on? In other words a clean upgrade (preferably something i can flash from my phone) from android version 2.3.4 to 4.X (whatever the OTA update will upgrade me to) and HTC sense from 3.0 to 3.6. I couldn't find anything when I googled it, and the only thing close to what I was looking for here (hopefully I missed it and my answer is somewhere among the threads) required the wire trick, which im not 100% comfortable with.
Are you gsm or cdma?
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flashallthetime said:
Are you gsm or cdma?
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cdma
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If you unlocked and s-off you can flash almost anything you want, the wire trick is for s-on , you need s-off the flash the new firmware that is required fir ics, go to cdma devel. Section
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You're already S-OFF, which means the wire trick doesn't apply, because the wire trick gives you S-OFF.
If you want the stock, rooted OTA, I would look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808150
beneath-a-burning-turtle said:
You're already S-OFF, which means the wire trick doesn't apply, because the wire trick gives you S-OFF.
If you want the stock, rooted OTA, I would look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808150
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ok so when I flash this I will still be s-off and unlocked right? That's my main concern; I want to make sure rom toolbox, set cpu, wifi tether and all my other rooted apps I paid for work after I do this.
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ok so when I flash this I will still be s-off and unlocked right? That's my main concern; I want to make sure rom toolbox, set cpu, wifi tether and all my other rooted apps I paid for work after I do this.
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Yep, you'll still be s-off and unlocked. Roms don't take root, I don't even think they can
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alpha2zulu said:
ok so when I flash this I will still be s-off and unlocked right? That's my main concern; I want to make sure rom toolbox, set cpu, wifi tether and all my other rooted apps I paid for work after I do this.
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You better back up all your apps before you flash, otherwise good bye data, good bye apps!!!
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beneath-a-burning-turtle said:
Yep, you'll still be s-off and unlocked. Roms don't take root, I don't even think they can
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so far I Flash Stock Firmware and it says i'm relocked, however I still have s-off. I'm about to install the super wipe and see what that does.
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You better back up all your apps before you flash, otherwise good bye data, good bye apps!!!
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first thing i did lol
alpha2zulu said:
so far I Flash Stock Firmware and it says i'm relocked, however I still have s-off. I'm about to install the super wipe and see what that does.
first thing i did lol
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As long as you have s-off you're fine, the relocked thing doesn't matter, that happens to pretty much everyone who flashes the new fw s-off, don't worry about it.
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I unlocked my bootloader with HTC dev, and have S-ON. Apparently, it is okay to flash roms in this state, having used this method. I don't want to try flashing, as I don't want to risk bricking my phone and I am waiting for either cyanogen mod for my GSM version of the Evo 3d, or a decent, working jellybean ROM. So, do I need to get S-OFF, or am I okay as it is? If I do need S-OFF, what would be the best way to do it?
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Oh yes, and I have superuser, Google Now, CWM recovery and HBOOT 1.53.0007.
U don't need it but it makes things easier. My bootloader is locked but I have s-off. That's the way I prefer it. U really only need one or the other to flash roms.
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If you want to flash new firmware you do. If you want to flash a kernel, depending on your recovery, you need to be s-off or use a computer to boot recovery. If you want a custom splash screen, you need s-off.
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I just installed the 4ext recovery and flashed a few roms. It can accommodate S-on to some degree. And its a lot easier than using the volume butttons to do anything in recovery.
You should give that a shot if you haven't already.
Is there much risk in using the wire method to gain s-off? I don't want to break any part of my phone and that sounds like it might... Im fine with the splash screen, and I don't want to mess with kernels. Would s-on restrict the usage of roms such as cyanogen mod, and is that rom likely to be released for the gsm evo 3d?
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HuckleberryWill said:
Is there much risk in using the wire method to gain s-off? I don't want to break any part of my phone and that sounds like it might... Im fine with the splash screen, and I don't want to mess with kernels. Would s-on restrict the usage of roms such as cyanogen mod, and is that rom likely to be released for the gsm evo 3d?
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A lot of the ics roms that have true 3.x kernels that work better with updated firmware. You would have to s-on to update them. Unless you relock take all the otas the unlock again, but some roms based on the new OTA need the 1.58 hboot and all the aosp roms can't use it so it necessitates going back and forth with hboots. That also requires s-off.
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raptoro07 said:
A lot of the ics roms that have true 3.x kernels that work better with updated firmware. You would have to s-on to update them. Unless you relock take all the otas the unlock again, but some roms based on the new OTA need the 1.58 hboot and all the aosp roms can't use it so it necessitates going back and forth with hboots. That also requires s-off.
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Sorry, I am a bit of a noob, can you explain that a bit better? And am i right in thinking that if I update my phone, I will then have to re-unlock?
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go with s-off it makes life easier for u no problems alot less stress
vegeto999 said:
go with s-off it makes life easier for u no problems alot less stress
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Ok, thank you
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it honestly doesn't hurt too much to do it, especially if you don't intend to fiddle around/flash ROMs with your phone too much.
Yeh man I was a bit skeptical to do it too, but after doing the research and finding out it was recommended to do S-off I was glad i did, and its fairly easy to do.
Hello! Everytime I have trouble with my phone or other devices, I come to these forums because everybody is always so helpful. Thank you for that!
Anyways,
Recently, weird white blemishes have been appearing on my HTC Evo V from Virgin Mobile, and I think it's because I dropped it. I was planning on returning it to get a replacement, but then remembered that I have an unlocked Bootloader and I'm rooted. I know this means my warranty is probably voided, but is there any way I could lock the Bootloader and restore it so I can, in a way, "Un-void" my warranty? I heard there are some ways to do this but I'm not sure. Help is needed, thank you everybody!
Specs:
HTC Evo V 4G
Virgin Mobile
Rooted
S-ON
**UNLOCKED**
Currently running Midnight ROM
Since you have status s-on there is no way to change unlocked to locked..
First u must make wiretrick or revolutionary to gain status s-off then u can change yor bootloder to locked.
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Dadovvv said:
Since you have status s-on there is no way to change unlocked to locked..
First u must make wiretrick or revolutionary to gain status s-off then u can change yor bootloder to locked.
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Alright, is there a guide anywhere on how I could change the bootloader back to locked? I already found a guide on the Jupontobear wire trick, but I don't know what to do past there. Anways, thanks for the reply!
When u done with wire trick just simply folow these simple steps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2136964
And hit the thanks button for ramjet73 for great tutorial and for help
EDIT: btw for question use Q&A section
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