So I held out for months to unlock my phone and decided to do so last night via HTC unlock method. All went well, unlocked, rooted and ended up flashing Myn's twopointthree. After all that trouble decided I don't care to do the whole rom thing and invest time into hacking my phones anymore.
I have tried everything to my knowledge to at least get back to stock (regardless if it is still unlocked) and no luck. I have tried running the RUU which fails (probably has to do with custom recovery), PG86IMG zips through recovery and bootloader which fails and also tried flashing stock recovery and running RUU and still no luck.
In my EVO days I had no troubles doing whatever I wanted with rooting and unrooting and everything in between because if I decided to return to stock I would run the PG36IMG zip and thats all it took.
Does anyone have any input on getting back to stock rom or do I have to use a Rooted Stock from xHausX or something equivelent?
Anything and everything is appreciated!
pnewgaard said:
So I held out for months to unlock my phone and decided to do so last night via HTC unlock method. All went well, unlocked, rooted and ended up flashing Myn's twopointthree. After all that trouble decided I don't care to do the whole rom thing and invest time into hacking my phones anymore.
I have tried everything to my knowledge to at least get back to stock (regardless if it is still unlocked) and no luck. I have tried running the RUU which fails (probably has to do with custom recovery), PG86IMG zips through recovery and bootloader which fails and also tried flashing stock recovery and running RUU and still no luck.
In my EVO days I had no troubles doing whatever I wanted with rooting and unrooting and everything in between because if I decided to return to stock I would run the PG36IMG zip and thats all it took.
Does anyone have any input on getting back to stock rom or do I have to use a Rooted Stock from xHausX or something equivelent?
Anything and everything is appreciated!
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Take a look at this post - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193540 .
pnewgaard said:
So I held out for months to unlock my phone and decided to do so last night via HTC unlock method. All went well, unlocked, rooted and ended up flashing Myn's twopointthree. After all that trouble decided I don't care to do the whole rom thing and invest time into hacking my phones anymore.
I have tried everything to my knowledge to at least get back to stock (regardless if it is still unlocked) and no luck. I have tried running the RUU which fails (probably has to do with custom recovery), PG86IMG zips through recovery and bootloader which fails and also tried flashing stock recovery and running RUU and still no luck.
In my EVO days I had no troubles doing whatever I wanted with rooting and unrooting and everything in between because if I decided to return to stock I would run the PG36IMG zip and thats all it took.
Does anyone have any input on getting back to stock rom or do I have to use a Rooted Stock from xHausX or something equivelent?
Anything and everything is appreciated!
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No details are mentioned with why RUU fails or why PG86IMG.zip fails. Both of these processes should provide some type of error.
Regardless, running an RUU through the .exe or flashing the signed PG86IMG.zip file should return all the partitions on the device to a stock state, minus perhaps the unlocked bootloader.
Best and most reliable souce for EVO 3D RUU files: http://www.goo-inside.me/shooter/ruu .
Good luck!
Im new with HTC devices and had a question. i rooted my rezound and flashed an ics rom and kernel. I tried to go back to stock by restoring my nand backup but got stuck on the htc screen. I checked around the site and saw threads dealing with ruu and mainver problems. anybody know how to go back to stock?
RUU is the best way to get it completely clean and stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23115164&postcount=12
Or you can grab one of the two stock rooted ROMs from the dev forum and flash those, if you are already updated then I think scrosler's is the way to go. If you are not updated to the OTA and you want to be RUU is best way, or else grab con247's stock rooted ROM and do this:
Put ROM on sd card
Flash in recovery
When you get to bootloader put phone in fastboot and connect to PC
Relock phone
Flash PHzip in hboot
Unlock phone
Flash Amon Ra if needed (can't recall if you'll have stock recovery now or not)
Install su
Also, there's a Q&A forum in here where this thread should really have been posted.
guitarist8482 said:
Im new with HTC devices and had a question. i rooted my rezound and flashed an ics rom and kernel. I tried to go back to stock by restoring my nand backup but got stuck on the htc screen. I checked around the site and saw threads dealing with ruu and mainver problems. anybody know how to go back to stock?
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There are like 6 threads now with your exact problem!
You didn't flash a gingerbread kernel and you cannot boot GB on ICS kernel. We also cannot flash kernels through recovery on our s-on devices.
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Yesterday I flashed to the Charmeleon rom using TWRP. Stupidly I didn't make a backup of the stock rom and part of the process is wiping the current rom completely, which I did. Now it seems like I'm stuck with no way to get back to my stock rom. If there is ANY WAY to get back to the complete, full stock rom my EVO LTE came with, PLEASE explain to me how to do it! Thanks in advance for anyone who offers their help.
Well 1 you're in general so you're in the wrong section. 2 Yes! you can go back to stock WITH OUT your stuff using a RUU
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1655733
Or flash the stock rooted rom.
"We're coming from a pure power source"
Ok quick question, I found RUU files here - http://stockroms.net/file/HTCEvo4GLTE/RUU, and the link you gave me has 3 new ones... can anyone tell me which one is current?
cg121792 said:
Ok quick question, I found RUU files here - http://stockroms.net/file/HTCEvo4GLTE/RUU, and the link you gave me has 3 new ones... can anyone tell me which one is current?
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your supposed to flash the same one that on your phone now... go into menu in about.. software info.. more.. build number.. mines is 1.13651.1 so thats the ruu that i would run... check to see what build u got and run that ruu and u golden!
Well that's my problem, none of those are on my phone, the Charmeleon rom is. I completely wiped the stock rom away which is what I'm trying to get back. Am I not able to do so?
An ruu is run from your pc, a rom is flashed through your recovery. Not to be a ****, but I think you should have read
a lot more about all of this before you started. So download the stock rooted rom from the dev section, boot into recovery, wipe everything but your sd card, and flash the rom just like you did before.
"We're coming from a pure power source"
Yeah sorry man, I'm just getting ahead of myself a bit because I've been searching this for the last (literally) 8 hours freaked out that I've done permanent damage to my phone. There's so many variations and believe it or not, there isn't a lot on this for this particular phone. Thanks to all you guys though, you all helped me a lot. Appreciate it.
The most recent build is 1.13, so you want to flash the stock rom of that build. It's always good to have the current ruu on your computer as a precaution, it can bring your phone back from the dead most of the time. Other than than its pretty easy, i'm on my phone so I can't post a link, but all you need should be in the stickies in the development section.
"We're coming from a pure power source"
Okay guys ran into antother quick problem. My bootloader was unlocked and in order to install the RUU it has to be locked. So I re-locked it and my phone will only start into the bootloader, with a 'security warning' on the screen. I now found out that if you have a custom rom installed when you re-lock the bootloader, you can only start into the bootloader until you run the RUU. So now I'm basically trying to find out how to run the RUU without actually being into my phone.
cg121792 said:
Yeah sorry man, I'm just getting ahead of myself a bit because I've been searching this for the last (literally) 8 hours freaked out that I've done permanent damage to my phone. There's so many variations and believe it or not, there isn't a lot on this for this particular phone. Thanks to all you guys though, you all helped me a lot. Appreciate it.
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Like thwese guys said, if u want to take your phone into Sprint for any reason, just flash the Stock Rooted ROM. The RUU will take your phone back to it Original state, but u need to relock your Bootloader before u run that. But dont run the RUU and all that, just to have a Bacjup of a stock ROM. That would just be silly. flash the Stock Rooted ROM, and make a backup of that. It will be no different from having the Original Stock ROM. Only differnce is, is that it has SU and Busybox installed with it. SO your fine. No worries
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Okay guys ran into antother quick problem. My bootloader was unlocked and in order to install the RUU it has to be locked. So I re-locked it and my phone will only start into the bootloader, with a 'security warning' on the screen. I now found out that if you have a custom rom installed when you re-lock the bootloader, you can only start into the bootloader until you run the RUU. So now I'm basically trying to find out how to run the RUU without actually being into my phone.
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You should b able to run the RUU while the phone is in fastboot.
Everything worked. So now I'm completely back to the stock rom as if I had just taken the phone out of the box?
cg121792 said:
Everything worked. So now I'm completely back to the stock rom as if I had just taken the phone out of the box?
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I did the same thing you did but with CM10 rom. Where can I find the most current stock ROM that is rooted? I want to stay rooted but also have the stock ROM available to flash? Your input is extremely appreciated.
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?
Sent from my EVO
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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I just got this evo 4g lte the other day in a really good trade (straight from an 8gb iPhone 4, I know right!) Anyway the phone had a codename android rom on it (CM10 based) and I wanted to flash it back to something close to stock as my intension was to sell the phone since i don't have sprint. So the first thing i did was go into TWRP 2.2.1 and factory reset. I then installed Mean ROM ICS. When i rebooted the phone would not pull past the boot animation for the rom. I tried flashing a couple other roms with no success and last one i flashed was mean rom again. I also tried to use the 2.13 RUU to get back to stock but it wont work because i can't boot in to android . Next i had the bright idea that if the phone was relocked that it would start the RUU for the bootloader that i can still access. Well guess what, that didnt work! (duh)
As of now, the phone has a relocked bootloader (I know how to unlock again if i need to), is S-ON and using HBOOT 1.19. I would just really like to flash it back to stock but i am now very frustrated and lost and i am supposed to sell the phone to someone for $275 today.
Any help is much appreciated!
When you flash the Rom you flash the kernel separate since your S-on. Follow the directions on how to flash in the OP for the Rom and you'll be good to go
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