Hi guys, I just bought my DNA last week and its running 1.15 (keep deferring update) and I had a few questions about rooting and s-off.. I'm coming from a droid X which was my first and only android phone for the past 3 years and it was a lot different. Lots of this is new to me..
I am interested in unlocking and getting s-off as well as flashing a custom kernel and rom with root. I see that 2.04/06 have no s-off yet. If i get s-ff and unlock on 1.15, and then update to 2.xx will the unlock be retained or is there a method by which i can re-unlock it?
So far from my current searching and reading, I *think* the correct procedure I'm supposed to go through is to unlock, install a custom recovery, s-off, and then custom kernel, and custom ROM flash. I suppose in this case the OTA 2.xx update would be irrelevant because I would be running a custom ROM anyway? Would I need to flash any radios or anything like that or would that be up to date with a ROM?
Thanks!
If you go through with the s-off and do an official update, you should be able to re-root the phone. ive seen alot of that been said around the forums. i'm curious why u would go with the official update after rooting though?
I guess I wouldn't really use OTA. I was thinking maybe I would keep the phone stock a while longer since I've only been using it about a day or two. I wanted to stay "up to date" in the sense that I'd be using a 2.04 based ROM rather than a 1.15 based one. I don't really know much about the changes between the versions though so maybe that doesn't really matter. I guess since I am on 1.15 I can root and unlock the phone as normal then with the various instructions around here. I should do that quickly cause Htc_dm keeps trying to push updates to my phone literally every time i turn on the screen and the phone is not gong to sleep at ALL.
I've come to see my question was kind of pointless after deciding to use a new ROM. Wasn't very well thought out at 3 in the morning
saa1993 said:
I guess I wouldn't really use OTA. I was thinking maybe I would keep the phone stock a while longer since I've only been using it about a day or two. I wanted to stay "up to date" in the sense that I'd be using a 2.04 based ROM rather than a 1.15 based one. I don't really know much about the changes between the versions though so maybe that doesn't really matter. I guess since I am on 1.15 I can root and unlock the phone as normal then with the various instructions around here. I should do that quickly cause Htc_dm keeps trying to push updates to my phone literally every time i turn on the screen and the phone is not gong to sleep at ALL.
I've come to see my question was kind of pointless after deciding to use a new ROM. Wasn't very well thought out at 3 in the morning
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Soff immediately. If you like sense try newts or viper Rom, if you like a real Android experience I recommend cm or pac.
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I unlocked the phone with supercid today and confirmed thats working. Tried doing soff with the facepalm method but am having no luck. The first time I got error 92, but after completing the process the bootloader still shows S-ON. on following tries, i always got error 99. Cleared cache did system wipe, never got error 92 again.
since some people had some luck with custom kernels and roms, I flashed NOS M7 rom and the LK kernel and still never got error 92. cleared cache/etc again and still cant get error 92. after i do boot dna-rescue.zip it hangs at the black htc screen a long time and eventually reboots. I was in the IRC channel a while but I don't think anyone else was there haha.
I'm at a loss of what to do, I've tried many times... I do not have a nandroid backup- of stock but i do have a clean backup of after i installed the new rom and kernel. I have unlock and root... no S-OFF which I would like...
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saa1993 said:
I unlocked the phone with supercid today and confirmed thats working. Tried doing soff with the facepalm method but am having no luck. The first time I got error 92, but after completing the process the bootloader still shows S-ON. on following tries, i always got error 99. Cleared cache did system wipe, never got error 92 again.
since some people had some luck with custom kernels and roms, I flashed NOS M7 rom and the LK kernel and still never got error 92. cleared cache/etc again and still cant get error 92. after i do boot dna-rescue.zip it hangs at the black htc screen a long time and eventually reboots. I was in the IRC channel a while but I don't think anyone else was there haha.
I'm at a loss of what to do, I've tried many times... I do not have a nandroid backup- of stock but i do have a clean backup of after i installed the new rom and kernel. I have unlock and root... no S-OFF which I would like...
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edit for anyone who reads this in the future: make sure fastboot is off thats what worked for me.
If you woukdnt mind since you kinda fixed/answered your own question... Click edit on the first post and then go into advanced edit and put solved in the title so people know that you are no longer asking anything thanks
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I just got the HTC EVO 3D, and like a tard I updated everything not really paying attention to updating system updates. Well I updated to Hboot 1.5...
Is there a way to flash back or RSD back to stock firmware and software? Or am I screwed until they come up with a way to root at hboot 1.50
Thanks for the info in advance.
Sprint HTC EVO 3D
2ndComing said:
Is there a way to flash back or RSD back to stock firmware and software?
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Whatever we call it for Sprint...
2ndComing said:
I just got the HTC EVO 3D, and like a tard I updated everything not really paying attention to updating system updates. Well I updated to Hboot 1.5...
Is there a way to flash back or RSD back to stock firmware and software? Or am I screwed until they come up with a way to root at hboot 1.50
Thanks for the info in advance.
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Unfortunately no, there isn't a way to downgrade. HTC makes it so you can't downgrade the bootloader (unless you were S-off). The RUU would error out at the bootloader, and tell you 'main version older' or something like that. You could use the HTC 'unlock' method and flash a recovery, but you'd still be S-on, and won't be able to flash kernels. If I were in your situation, I'd probably just hang tight for a little while and wait and see if revolutionary gets updated (because it's said that they're in the process of working on the 1.5hboot).
Yeah I just ran thru the HTC Dev unlock already. Back everything up, and flashed the recovery. I think I will try out the cleanrom for now and see if anything happens. I been up too long and I am delirious lol. Thank you for your reply. Hopefully I didn't screw anything else up hah.
2ndComing said:
I just got the HTC EVO 3D, and like a tard I updated everything not really paying attention to updating system updates. Well I updated to Hboot 1.5...
Is there a way to flash back or RSD back to stock firmware and software? Or am I screwed until they come up with a way to root at hboot 1.50
Thanks for the info in advance.
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RSD is a Motorola term. Just putting it out there. For HTC, it's called an RUU.
R S to da haahaahaa D
Product F(RED) said:
RSD is a Motorola term. Just putting it out there. For HTC, it's called an RUU.
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LOL Yeah I just traded AT&T today for Sprint. I was so tired of their dropped calls, and crappy service. My other phone is a Motorola Atrix. haahaa hence the RSD terms
I know it calls for s-off but ima try anyhow lol
Just an Update
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1224781
Here is an update on unlocked bootloader for 1.50 Hboot.
Confirmed it says unlocked, but seems to be some issues with s-on s-off. I was able to get recovery flashed. Now I am trying to flash cleanrom atm. As we speak booting to cleanrom. Booted...no issues thus far. Running great. Now I will try a different kernel and see if that works.
I am having a hard time with getting my voicemails sent to my evo3d as a notification for a new message.. this has been a prob for sometime now and I've always just thought that I never had ne voicemails or perhaps I haven't set up my voicemail account right or at all just yet when come to find out yesterday I had 33 msgs exceeding my inbox n lost em all.. never once had I got the notifications or alerts for any of em though. Can any one assist me in fixing this issue please? I've alrdy tried calling CricKet and having them reset my voicemail services n that didn't seem to werk either. So far that's as far as I got. Also, I can't seem to get the thumbnail photos of my contacts to show in the messaging app or whatever, not even as i am in the current conversation with sumone.. it just shows the blank pic. And they show in my contacts book/app just fine. How do I go about fixing this as well? Thanks in advance.. oh yea lemme give yu detail on my phones details to further help with the assistance. I am currently running "joeykrim's original 1.2.0 Odex" ROM which I had gottn off ROM Manager and flashed over using TWRP's 1.3 Recovery .. I might also add that i am with CricKet's slow ass service running on PRL #45512 in Colorado. And yes this ROM is the latest updated version of 2.3.4... If need more info or even a descent screenshot of my settings or info on device and image of the problems I'm having I can also provide upon request..
Sorry if this ain't the place for this question but I have searched evrywhere n did my part in th research n read rule alrdy n have found nuthn what so ever related to my concerns so please don't gimme the ol look around speech please... Thanks much in advance .. KaeDee. Please email me @ [email protected] or contact me private message with helpful or useful info thanks again..
HTC EVO 3D (CricKet & S-Off)
2ndcoming if you have the 1.5 update u cant flash any other kernal yet...from what i saw there is like 2 out right now untill they get the source code and you can only flash 2.3.4 roms..and if i remember correctly if u can flash a recovery u have s off but it will still say s on
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2ndcoming if you have the 1.5 update u cant flash any other kernal yet...from what i saw there is like 2 out right now untill they get the source code and you can only flash 2.3.4 roms..and if i remember correctly if u can flash a recovery u have s off but it will still say s on
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Nah we were in this situation for awhile with the Incredible. Nand unlock or s-off lets you flash radios and hboot. . It also sticks through most updates for instance those who had s-off before the 1.5 update are able to go back if they want and are able to root without using htc unlock.
what you get with the htc unlock is a permanent root that allows custom recovery and roms. not sure about kernels as I have read conflicting posts. as always your best bet is to read up in the forums before accepting any updates from htc.
any updates fellow members security -off for the new hboot version ?
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Nah we were in this situation for awhile with the Incredible. Nand unlock or s-off lets you flash radios and hboot. . It also sticks through most updates for instance those who had s-off before the 1.5 update are able to go back if they want and are able to root without using htc unlock.
what you get with the htc unlock is a permanent root that allows custom recovery and roms. not sure about kernels as I have read conflicting posts. as always your best bet is to read up in the forums before accepting any updates from htc.
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I unlocked through the HTC unlock . Its correct that it doesnt allow you to get S-Off , but from my expierence flashing on the 3D is as follows . If you enter fastboot through CMD screen and fire up recovery through CMD it flashes everything . I have flashed several different roms in the past week . Boot animations change , Kernels change everything changes . Now I have not tried to flash radios and so forth . That may still be locked out I am not sure from personal expierence . I only went the HTC unlock way , mainly due to getting a new job and now getting a discount through verizon . I may (Keyword MAY) jump ship to Verizon only due to coverage issues and the Droid Prime . For the time being the coverage issues I can deal with . Also most of my family is on verizon . But back to the main point . Most of the functions that I had with S-Off I am still able to do as long as I start up recovery through CMD prompt . I have a feeling HTC did this intentionally . My theories on it is , by forcing users to go through the command promt . It "kinda" weeds out the users that know what they are doing from the ones that don't. Yes its easy to get around it and now isnt so much a problem to flash through cmd and most anyone will eventually find the way to do so . But that is how the internet works , information is passed even faster than before and like all information . The ones who really shouldnt mess with it will get access to it and others who know what they are doing have it . When I mean by users that shouldnt have access I mean the ones who have no clue what a Kernel is and just flash things to flash things and end up with a nice paperweight . Im by no means a hardcore hacker or power user , but I do spend several nights reading as much as I can and asking the correct questions before I proceed with anything on my phone since its my only form of communication (no home phone).
I unfortunately dropped my phone this last weekend and shattered the screen. I still have it (probably for only another day) and it still works. Is there any way to use this rooted, s-off, busted phone to get s-off on my new phone that came installed with 1.5?
bpdamas said:
I unfortunately dropped my phone this last weekend and shattered the screen. I still have it (probably for only another day) and it still works. Is there any way to use this rooted, s-off, busted phone to get s-off on my new phone that came installed with 1.5?
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i dont mean to sound like a smartass but you would be screwed in that situation like me. im stuck with hboot 1.5 lol
i would say just try to get the screen replaced lol
xadidas4lifex said:
i dont mean to sound like a smartass but you would be screwed in that situation like me. im stuck with hboot 1.5 lol
i would say just try to get the screen replaced lol
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I already have activated the new phone and the one I dropped had some scratches on the outside too. It would be too much to switch everything that was affected by the fall. Oh well. I am just going to send the phone back to asurion and move on.
bpdamas said:
I already have activated the new phone and the one I dropped had some scratches on the outside too. It would be too much to switch everything that was affected by the fall. Oh well. I am just going to send the phone back to asurion and move on.
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All that's required is that you have access to torq drivers, and have careful hands to handle ribbon cables, and youre good to go! But being 3D when u replace the screen it's not just the glass digitizer, its a whole unit and I think its even easier to replace
What is this?
Does anyone know what this is or who is developing it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yB1PG1ZNGs
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kc_exactly said:
Does anyone know what this is or who is developing it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yB1PG1ZNGs
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It's yousefAK....duh....
I will call balderdash on this, as he only made a video of the GUI, which could easily be cobbled together in about 20 min. The video was uploaded over a month ago (Oct 1), and is "in development". I'm thinking the exploit referred in the description either:
A. Never existed
B. Didn't work like the vid owner anticipated
Even the yousefAK offers this response, from 3 weeks ago (around Oct 21):
"Use HTC's unlock and flash TWRP 1.1. Then flash the SU files and you have permanent root. The only thing is that you will have to flash kernels through fastboot"
Hello,
I tried searching for a similar problem without luck so sorry if something like this has been posted already. I have an htc Rezound i just got recently after upgrading from an original rooted droid. I decided to unlock it using the HTC dev method then tried perm root using some of the stickies. I rooted the phone (or at least i think i did) and got the superuser permision. Now to the problem, every so often the phone would reboot on its own. After that reboot it goes into a eternal boot loop. the only way to stop it is if i go and remove the battery and reboot it again. This has been going on for a couple of weeks and i cannot seem to find the problem any suggestions would be great.
my phone currently is S-on and im ataching some screenshots phone info.
Thanks
I would start by doing the HTC Dev unlock to stay s-on and unlocked to root, otherwise you will have issues sooner or later like these. Stock rom rooted without htc dev is kind of pointless since you can't back anything up. Re-run the stock RUU and htc dev unlock then root it.
fenixnr said:
I would start by doing the HTC Dev unlock to stay s-on and unlocked to root, otherwise you will have issues sooner or later like these.
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I did go trough the whole process for the HTC dev unlock, and unlocked the phone and it is currently S-on, as i said.
fenixnr said:
Stock rom rooted without htc dev is kind of pointless since you can't back anything up. Re-run the stock RUU and htc dev unlock then root it.
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I see the point, now if i understand correctly you are suggesting I run back to a Stock version and redo the entire HTC dev process again? Or can i try and flash a rom and see if it solves the issues?
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I did go trough the whole process for the HTC dev unlock, and unlocked the phone and it is currently S-on, as i said.
I see the point, now if i understand correctly you are suggesting I run back to a Stock version and redo the entire HTC dev process again? Or can i try and flash a rom and see if it solves the issues?
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Sorry, I didn't read very well lol, just look for one of the stock rooted roms, and flash that in recovery.
I'm posting this because I know there have to be people out there in my same situation. I don't have much desire to install custom roms, but I want to be rooted and have a custom recovvery. That said, I went with the HTC Dev unlock (well aware of the kernel flashing limitation), rooted and flashed TWRP. This was around the release of the device so I never attempted to update until a few days ago. This is the process I went through to keep my root, still get the OTA updates.
Verified that my root was protected with OTA Rootkeeper, and SuperSU(paid)
Tried running the OTA; failure (nice little red triangle with the !) due to custom recovery and edited build.prop (source)
Flashed the stock recovery per the instructions in the clockwork mod post
Reverted my build.prop back to stock, thankfully I had the unedited saved in the system folder
Downloaded and installed the two updates successfully.
Checked with OTA and root was sill good.
Used Rom Toolbox Pro to install the latest TWRP
Great Success. Hopefully this little guide helps those in a situation similar to mine. Thanks to everyone who actually did the work figuring this stuff out, all I did was bring the pieces together. Also tried to keep it really really simple.
You had H-boot 1.12 and took an OTA??
A moment of silence please to mourn the loss of your 1.12 hboot.
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I wish you would've said something before attempting this. You could have just flashed everything from recovery and not lost your superior H-boot
You mean flashed a stock ROM based off the ota?
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ghostknyght said:
You mean flashed a stock ROM based off the ota?
Sent from my EVO
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Flashed everything in the OTA (except for the 1.19 h-boot) from recovery so you still keep your unrestricted H-boot
I was under the impression that it was impossible to install everything but a specific hboot. In any case I just posted this because out took me a bit to bring all the different parts to accomplish specifically what I wanted. I figure someone else will get some use out of it. I knew what I was sacrificing, and risking and I'm cool with that.
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Hi everyone,
I'm really hoping someone can help me with getting my E3D S-off with the wire trick. Even though I've been a member on this site for a couple years, I never really did much on here because I haven't done much with my phone until now. So, I'm hoping that being a newbie, someone can help me...
Long story short, I've been waiting patiently until the official ICS update from Sprint to be able to root my phone and finally install a custom ROM without all the Sprint bloatware and finally have a clean, stock ICS ROM on my phone. For the past two days I've been trying to do the wire trick by following this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813818
It's just that my phone will NOT let me do it! I've successfully unlocked the bootloader on hboot 1.58 and rooted the phone with superuser. When I go to do the wire trick, after running JuopunutBear's Wire Trick, all I get is to the point where it says "Seconday Backup FAILED at Beginning!!" and just exits the program.
I've literally done everything. I read that it's caused by a custom ROM or having HTC Sync installed on my PC. The ROM I have is the stock Sprint ICS 4.0 ROM that was installed by the RUU. I've wiped my SD card and even used two other cards, and it STILL won't work. I have no idea what to do anymore. After two days of having a blank phone, I've just about given up. I know there's gotta be a way to do it, but I just can't figure it out. I can't find anything regarding this problem from anyone else on this site or anywhere on Google. People say they had the problem and it fixed itself, but I can't get past it. Can someone please help? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Hi everyone,
I'm really hoping someone can help me with getting my E3D S-off with the wire trick. Even though I've been a member on this site for a couple years, I never really did much on here because I haven't done much with my phone until now. So, I'm hoping that being a newbie, someone can help me...
Long story short, I've been waiting patiently until the official ICS update from Sprint to be able to root my phone and finally install a custom ROM without all the Sprint bloatware and finally have a clean, stock ICS ROM on my phone. For the past two days I've been trying to do the wire trick by following this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813818
It's just that my phone will NOT let me do it! I've successfully unlocked the bootloader on hboot 1.58 and rooted the phone with superuser. When I go to do the wire trick, after running JuopunutBear's Wire Trick, all I get is to the point where it says "Seconday Backup FAILED at Beginning!!" and just exits the program.
I've literally done everything. I read that it's caused by a custom ROM or having HTC Sync installed on my PC. The ROM I have is the stock Sprint ICS 4.0 ROM that was installed by the RUU. I've wiped my SD card and even used two other cards, and it STILL won't work. I have no idea what to do anymore. After two days of having a blank phone, I've just about given up. I know there's gotta be a way to do it, but I just can't figure it out. I can't find anything regarding this problem from anyone else on this site or anywhere on Google. People say they had the problem and it fixed itself, but I can't get past it. Can someone please help? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Try restoring too ruu again .? Idk
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Try restoring too ruu again .? Idk
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If you don't know, why would you even post..?
TJBilyk said:
Hi everyone,
I'm really hoping someone can help me with getting my E3D S-off with the wire trick. Even though I've been a member on this site for a couple years, I never really did much on here because I haven't done much with my phone until now. So, I'm hoping that being a newbie, someone can help me...
Long story short, I've been waiting patiently until the official ICS update from Sprint to be able to root my phone and finally install a custom ROM without all the Sprint bloatware and finally have a clean, stock ICS ROM on my phone. For the past two days I've been trying to do the wire trick by following this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813818
It's just that my phone will NOT let me do it! I've successfully unlocked the bootloader on hboot 1.58 and rooted the phone with superuser. When I go to do the wire trick, after running JuopunutBear's Wire Trick, all I get is to the point where it says "Seconday Backup FAILED at Beginning!!" and just exits the program.
I've literally done everything. I read that it's caused by a custom ROM or having HTC Sync installed on my PC. The ROM I have is the stock Sprint ICS 4.0 ROM that was installed by the RUU. I've wiped my SD card and even used two other cards, and it STILL won't work. I have no idea what to do anymore. After two days of having a blank phone, I've just about given up. I know there's gotta be a way to do it, but I just can't figure it out. I can't find anything regarding this problem from anyone else on this site or anywhere on Google. People say they had the problem and it fixed itself, but I can't get past it. Can someone please help? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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You should try flashing a stock GINGERBREAD ROM. The thing with JuopunutBear is that you need crucial files from GB. Unless they updated it, I may be wrong.
Instead of flashing an RUU, look for a full stock ROM for your phone.
Then it should work perfectly.
I did it on my GSM EVO 3D, but there was a better guide on here for it, however, it's gone now.
I wish you luck, comment back if it doesn't work.
I actually restored the original RUU which didn't work, and then flashed the PG86IMG.zip file for the ICS ROM and that didn't work either. I've gone through all the steps of unlocking and rooting multiple times, and it still gives me that backup message. I have no idea what else to do.
Also, the phone is new - Sprint replaced it under warranty for me because the bezel of my old one was coming loose which they said is a common problem, so they swapped it out with a fresh one for me. The only thing I can think of is maybe that daemon message I get when I start the fastboot? It says something like "Daemon not started. Starting on port 5037." Does the port have anything to do with it?
I'm gonna try flashing a stock Gingerbread ROM now. I'm downloading the 2.17.651.5 release - I think that's the official Gingerbread update from Sprint. I'll post back soon - thanks for your help.
TJBilyk said:
When I go to do the wire trick, after running JuopunutBear's Wire Trick, all I get is to the point where it says "Seconday Backup FAILED at Beginning!!" and just exits the program.
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Make sure you watch the screen on the phone until the prompts for superuser have appeared and been approved. Also, have you read through the JuopunutBear thread in the stickies of the development forum? There's a lot of information in there and a link to a good video by zedomax, and if that isn't enough to get you through it you can get some live help by logging into the IRC channel from the support page on the unlimited.io website.
ramjet73
I appreciate the help so far. I tried returning to a stock Gingerbread ROM to do the S-off trick since they thought maybe it had something to do with files from Gingerbread that weren't in the ICS ROM, but the phone won't let me do it. Running the official RUU fails and says it can't update the software, and trying to flash the PG86IMG.zip from the bootloader just ignores it - I boot the phone, it spends five minutes loading and checking, then just goes back to the menu. I read you can't flash an older firmware update over a newer one unless you have S-off, but since that's what I'm trying to get at, that obviously won't work.
So, I gave up and flashed the official RUU for ICS and it flashed fine and put me back at the stock Sprint software. Unlocked bootloader, rooted and tried the S-off again, and got the same problem. I'm giving up on it for the night but I'll research the stickies tomorrow at work and see what I can find and if anyone else might have had this problem. I don't feel like accepting the fact that there's no way to get S-off on this phone. Seems everyone else had no problems.
Thanks again for all your help so far!
TJBilyk said:
So, I gave up and flashed the official RUU for ICS and it flashed fine and put me back at the stock Sprint software. Unlocked bootloader, rooted and tried the S-off again, and got the same problem. I'm giving up on it for the night but I'll research the stickies tomorrow at work and see what I can find and if anyone else might have had this problem. I don't feel like accepting the fact that there's no way to get S-off on this phone. Seems everyone else had no problems.
Thanks again for all your help so far!
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JuopunutBear will work fine with the Sprint ICS 2.89 build installed, but make sure you use the version designed for that build.
Good luck!
ramjet73
TJBilyk said:
I appreciate the help so far. I tried returning to a stock Gingerbread ROM to do the S-off trick since they thought maybe it had something to do with files from Gingerbread that weren't in the ICS ROM, but the phone won't let me do it. Running the official RUU fails and says it can't update the software, and trying to flash the PG86IMG.zip from the bootloader just ignores it - I boot the phone, it spends five minutes loading and checking, then just goes back to the menu. I read you can't flash an older firmware update over a newer one unless you have S-off, but since that's what I'm trying to get at, that obviously won't work.
So, I gave up and flashed the official RUU for ICS and it flashed fine and put me back at the stock Sprint software. Unlocked bootloader, rooted and tried the S-off again, and got the same problem. I'm giving up on it for the night but I'll research the stickies tomorrow at work and see what I can find and if anyone else might have had this problem. I don't feel like accepting the fact that there's no way to get S-off on this phone. Seems everyone else had no problems.
Thanks again for all your help so far!
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Idk dude u might be screwed here. I'll do some research and get back to you later
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Idk dude u might be screwed here. I'll do some research and get back to you later
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Okay cool, just let me know. Thanks.
So I figured I would update on this but I'm sure no one really cares.
I FINALLY got S-off using the wire trick by installing a quick custom ROM and trying the process again. For some reason the guide I used said to use the stock untouched ROM but it didn't work for me, even though everyone else seems to have had luck.
So, after flashing a ROM quick through ext4 worked for me, and I flashed CoolROM with Sense 4.1. Looks good, but there's no 4G. I get full 4G coverage where I live, so I'm gonna kind of miss that. I was originally looking for a clean stock ICS ROM without Sense, but when I said this with Sense 4.1 I figured I'd give it a shot. Does anyone know of a stable ROM with working 4G and everything else? The whole reason I decided to root and get S-off was to finally remove all the Sprint bloatware, so I want a clean ROM. If anyone knows of a good ROM, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks!
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TJBilyk said:
Does anyone know of a stable ROM with working 4G and everything else? The whole reason I decided to root and get S-off was to finally remove all the Sprint bloatware, so I want a clean ROM. If anyone knows of a good ROM, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks!
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Try SOS M if you want a de-Sensed ROM with everything working.
ramjet73
ramjet73 said:
Try SOS M if you want a de-Sensed ROM with everything working.
ramjet73
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Sounds perfect! Thanks!!
So while in process of s-off once I got to the part when you "fastboot oem rebootRUU" that went through. But right after trying to flash a zip im stuck looking at the blk HTC screen. I was given a "<Failed <remote: 99 unknown fail>". Now its just stuck.
I've been trying to figure out what happened but just have no where else to turn. Please lend a hand.
I think I already know the answer to this question, but what version is your firmware? Just for your knowledge, there hasn't been an RUU since ICS, or maybe the first release of JB. So, odds are, you flashed the wrong RUU.
But good news, you *might* not be bricked. Have you tried rebooting? This really your only option, anyway. Try to get into the bootloader. Flash a new recovery if the RUU has already wiped it, and flash a compatible rom.
Please also list your bootloader info.
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Phone: HTC EVO 4G LTE
Sense 5, S-Off
Tablet: ASUS Nexus 7.2
Rooted, Custom Rom & Kernel
aarsyl said:
I think I already know the answer to this question, but what version is your firmware? Just for your knowledge, there hasn't been an RUU since ICS, or maybe the first release of JB. So, odds are, you flashed the wrong RUU.
But good news, you *might* not be bricked. Have you tried rebooting? This really your only option, anyway. Try to get into the bootloader. Flash a new recovery if the RUU has already wiped it, and flash a compatible rom.
Please also list your bootloader info.
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Phone: HTC EVO 4G LTE
Sense 5, S-Off
Tablet: ASUS Nexus 7.2
Rooted, Custom Rom & Kernel
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It's not a full RUU in the normal sense. It's the one for Facepalm.
To the OP, did you gain SuperCID prior to running those commands? If not, then the process will fail. You should simply be able to hold the power button down & reboot your phone. Also, as stated above, list your device info so we can make sure you're using the right S-off exploit.
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So I did get the phone into the bootloader. I was trying to do the rumrunner s-off but being I was so damn tired lastnight I ended up forgetting a step. I am currently unlocked and rooted. I also somehow deleted my backup like a idiot and wiped the os. So I'm stuck from this point where I need to go.
So where we stand as of now:
bootloader unlocked
rooted
twrp 2.6.3.0
firmware 3.17.651.4
hboot 2.09
radio 1.13.11.0830
z3r0t0l0rEnCe said:
So I did get the phone into the bootloader. I was trying to do the rumrunner s-off but being I was so damn tired lastnight I ended up forgetting a step. I am currently unlocked and rooted. I also somehow deleted my backup like a idiot and wiped the os. So I'm stuck from this point where I need to go.
So where we stand as of now:
bootloader unlocked
rooted
twrp 2.6.3.0
firmware 3.17.651.4
hboot 2.09
radio 1.13.11.0830
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Happens to all of us. Don't worry about wiping the OS. Look for Captain Throwback's stock rooted rom, and flash a custom kernel along with it, like the Dirty MAC kernel or Arc reactor. Doesn't matter which one...rumrunner just needs a custom kernel.
Captain Throwback's stock 3.17 base
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468418
Dirty MAC kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2178307
Arc Reactor
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1873824
After you flash these, then reboot into Android, set your phone to stay awake during charge Settings-->Display and Buttons, and also set SuperSU to automatically grant root access (open the app, swipe right twice, and scroll down a little). This way, you don't have to touch your phone. If you touch it, the process will fail....even to unlock the phone to grant root access. And of course, turn on USB debugging in Developer Options.
After you do all of these, then run the exploit.
aarsyl said:
Happens to all of us. Don't worry about wiping the OS. Look for Captain Throwback's stock rooted rom, and flash a custom kernel along with it, like the Dirty MAC kernel or Arc reactor. Doesn't matter which one...rumrunner just needs a custom kernel.
Captain Throwback's stock 3.17 base
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468418
Dirty MAC kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2178307
Arc Reactor
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1873824
After you flash these, then reboot into Android, set your phone to stay awake during charge Settings-->Display and Buttons, and also set SuperSU to automatically grant root access (open the app, swipe right twice, and scroll down a little). This way, you don't have to touch your phone. If you touch it, the process will fail....even to unlock the phone to grant root access. And of course, turn on USB debugging in Developer Options.
After you do all of these, then run the exploit.
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This is odd to me, because I ran rumrunner at least 3 times using just my stock ROM (no custom kernel or anything), and it worked fine every time. I guess the new version of rumrunner added some limitations to make it more generic.
whats bothering me is that even after i check the MD5, it keeps failing to install capt zip. think maybe i can just use adb to push the zip file? just not sure how to word the command right to get it to load
z3r0t0l0rEnCe said:
whats bothering me is that even after i check the MD5, it keeps failing to install capt zip. think maybe i can just use adb to push the zip file? just not sure how to word the command right to get it to load
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No, don't. If it fails, don't force it. Reflash TWRP 2.6.3 (not the kit kat version), and try to flash again.
@Captain_Throwback: Yes, I didn't remember needing a custom kernel when I used Dirty Racun, but rumrunner needs it now. Keep in mind that rumrunner isn't for this device exclusively. Maybe that's the purpose of the custom kernel.
i'd wager you're trying to flash files that aren't recovery flashable, then lying to the people who are trying to help you.
i got it running again using capt stock rooted rom. attempting rumrunners s-off again now that i got this part working.
Are you using a custom kernel?
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Phone: HTC EVO 4G LTE
Sense 5, S-Off
Tablet: ASUS Nexus 7.2
Rooted, Custom Rom & Kernel
now s-off and updated rumrunners hboot. now onto flashing roms finally.
Thank you all that helped me with my stupidness and not reading directions.
Last post. I can't say it enough that you must read read read when it comes to directions. If I would of followed directions as directed I would of never ran into the issues I did. It was a learning experience.
One thing for sure that I took from this experience is adb and directions. I've learned a lot in the last 24hrs alone.
I'd like to thank Capain_throwback and everyone in the irc for the help and you all here that assisted me.
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