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I was attempting to downgrade my hboot 1.50 to hboot 1.40 and followed directions here here. I intentionally bricked it and believe I did that correctly. I'm in Japan and downloaded the RUU for my phone and extracted the ROM from it. Everything was fine and I believe it was bricked according to directions, but the phone is not recognized when I connect to my linux machine or any machine. It's just totally bricked. At this point, could anyone point me to some tools or tips so I can attempt to unbrick it? It's a great phone and I'd like to revive it. Thanks!
gjash
gjash said:
I was attempting to downgrade my hboot 1.50 to hboot 1.40 and followed directions here here. I intentionally bricked it and believe I did that correctly. I'm in Japan and downloaded the RUU for my phone and extracted the ROM from it. Everything was fine and I believe it was bricked according to directions, but the phone is not recognized when I connect to my linux machine or any machine. It's just totally bricked. At this point, could anyone point me to some tools or tips so I can attempt to unbrick it? It's a great phone and I'd like to revive it. Thanks!
gjash
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Hey man the phone isn't bricked if you have a pulsating dim red power light, alot of people came across the problem of actually killing batteries trying to brick their phones. If its pulsating just leave it charging on the wall socked for a while bit if it is a very very dim constant red light it is bricked and you would have to use a compatible computer that takes the drivers for your phone. Read through the thread you linked and search for your issue, it is a common one
****'ll Buff Out
gjash said:
I was attempting to downgrade my hboot 1.50 to hboot 1.40 and followed directions here here. I intentionally bricked it and believe I did that correctly. I'm in Japan and downloaded the RUU for my phone and extracted the ROM from it. Everything was fine and I believe it was bricked according to directions, but the phone is not recognized when I connect to my linux machine or any machine. It's just totally bricked. At this point, could anyone point me to some tools or tips so I can attempt to unbrick it? It's a great phone and I'd like to revive it. Thanks!
gjash
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Hi there gjash. I'm sorry for the way some people are acting here. May I ask who your cell phone carrier is? Is it KDDI, or do you have a Sprint phone? Can you also link to the RUUs that you used for the phone?
Please let me know anything you can tell me about the phone. Don't post any numbers. Was your HBOOT version 1.50 before?
Also, if you put the battery back into the phone, does it power on at all? If it does, it's not bricked.
~co~
closeone said:
Hi there gjash. I'm sorry for the way some people are acting here. May I ask who your cell phone carrier is? Is it KDDI, or do you have a Sprint phone? Can you also link to the RUUs that you used for the phone?
Please let me know anything you can tell me about the phone. Don't post any numbers. Was your HBOOT version 1.50 before?
Also, if you put the battery back into the phone, does it power on at all? If it does, it's not bricked.
~co~
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Thanks, it's just dead as can be. I did eventually get it recognized by linux on the live cd and it successfully went through it's routine to get to hboot 1.40. The next step should be to install RUU 1.13. It's a KDDI phone. I used this
RUU_Shooter_K_S_KDDI_JP_1.11.970.2_Radio_1.02.00.0906_NV_1.39_01C_release_246058_signed.exe
for initially bricking it. I extracted the ROM first. That part went smoothly . I think I did everything right and i'm where i should be now but it just doesn't do anything... nothing. I did try to mess with emmc_recover but no luck yet. When I do the RUU I just keep getting "error 170 usb connection error." I've tried uninstalling/re-installing/different versions of HTC drivers. I keep messing with it for a bit and hopefully something gives! Oh and battery, no battery, I can't get anything. If I could get it recognized on the PC I think I'd have a shot! Thanks again,
gjash
runcool said:
The evo3d was designed for americans. We don't support the Japan people do to over population of your race. Also if you used your head you'd notice that the computer you're using likely is in the crappy Japan language no one uses. Therefore, you need to try another computer and it'll work. We can't support every computer out there. The Drivers won't work for every type of computer on the planet.
To make this racist reply short, it's your computer. you gotta try another computer. Try using an older system. I'll have to open it up to figure out which drivers they put in there, but I know for a fact it won't work on my computer. I'd have to use it on another as well.
They should put that in the instructions. hmmm But after trying another computer, get back with us.
ps again, you said you "tried it on other computers" model numbers of those and what language are they in? It does make a difference. But I'm glad you speak english or I'd just laugh. I'm really mean today. so sorry. hahaha. Let me know if I'm right.
ps again. remember drivers drivers and drivers. drivers only work with certain types of hardware.
edit, you said linux machine, BUT DID YOU EVEN INSTALL the drivers on it? lmao!?
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Your a complete douche bag! Its people like you that drag society down! If I met you in person I would ***** SLAP you so hard it would not be funny!
The last I checked we all bleed red.
@op I am glad you got it worked out unfortunately I can not help because I have no idea who your carrier is. What I do know is if you update to ruu 2.17.651.5 you will be back on Hboot 1.5 but with S-off.
Sorry that is all the info I can give you.
@gjash,
Sorry for the poor manners of some users here.
I thought the hboot 1.50 downgrade was just for EVO3D Cdma phones on Sprint USA, unless I missed something. Your phone/carrier has the same bootloader?
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mpgrimm2 said:
@gjash,
Sorry for the poor manners of some users here.
I thought the hboot 1.50 downgrade was just for EVO3D Cdma phones on Sprint USA, unless I missed something. Your phone/carrier has the same bootloader?
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Hi, yeah it's an EVO 3d Cdma. It's the same as the Sprint one. I should be able to get up and going but there really seems to be a lack of resources, a wiki or anything. I guess I just haven't found where it's hiding. I kinda put it off to the side, but I hope to revive it one day. Do you know the purpose of flashing RUU 1.13 after overwriting the hboot? I'm at that point now and I'm looking for another route to where I wanna go. Thanks!!
gjash
gjash said:
Hi, yeah it's an EVO 3d Cdma. It's the same as the Sprint one. I should be able to get up and going but there really seems to be a lack of resources, a wiki or anything. I guess I just haven't found where it's hiding. I kinda put it off to the side, but I hope to revive it one day. Do you know the purpose of flashing RUU 1.13 after overwriting the hboot? I'm at that point now and I'm looking for another route to where I wanna go. Thanks!!
gjash
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After downgrading/flashing Hboot 1.40, the goal of the RUU is to install an earlier fully working Stock Rom (S-On still) that came with the same Hboot 1.40 that is pushed to the phone with the downgrade tool/process. Hopefully you can find an early KDDI ruu with Hboot 1.40 for this part. This allows you to run " http://Revolutionary.io 's rooting/S-Off tool to gain "S-Off" and install a custom Recovery like Revolutionary CWM Recovery 4.0.1.4 (or 4Ext Recovery).
From there (make a nandroid backup) you can update the firmware/radio if needed (make sure hboot 1.50 isn't included) and flash a current rooted rom (stock or custom) that matches your radio/baseband as appropriate. Maybe there is a current rooted stock KDDI RUU (PG86IMG.zip) without the hboot 1.50 or someone (like Mr.Esp, freeza, or xhausx) can help you pull the stock rom apart for this step.
You can also flash the SuperUser zip (app & binary) from custom recovery to gain root on a currently installed stock rom once you have S-Off.
That's my LIMITED understanding, but I'm not 100% sure about your situation overseas since I thought all foreign carriers outside the U.S. used GSM devices.
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Hi there gjash. I'm sorry for the way some people are acting here. May I ask who your cell phone carrier is? Is it KDDI, or do you have a Sprint phone? Can you also link to the RUUs that you used for the phone?
Please let me know anything you can tell me about the phone. Don't post any numbers. Was your HBOOT version 1.50 before?
Also, if you put the battery back into the phone, does it power on at all? If it does, it's not bricked.
~co~
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Well, I've gotten to the step where I need need to install RUU 1.13. I'm hoping it would take that, but I keep getting an "Error 170 USB connection error" The phone is identical to the sprint one. I believe! I have no lights or anything. Seems dead. Thanks for any help!
gjash
Can't really do anything at the moment. I can't flash RUU 1.13 and I can't get it to be recognized on USB so I could use ADB and try pushing something to it. I have no idea! This is a learning thing at this point. I did root my Asus transformer before though! Thanks for any help!
gjash
gjash said:
Well, I've gotten to the step where I need need to install RUU 1.13. I'm hoping it would take that, but I keep getting an "Error 170 USB connection error" The phone is identical to the sprint one. I believe! I have no lights or anything. Seems dead. Thanks for any help!
gjash
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First, I think your phone needs to be booted to the new bootloader and in "Fastboot USB" mode displayed on it for the .exe to work.
I am also willing to bet that this is where you need to run the earlier KDDI ruu.exe file that had hboot 1.40 included...
I'm not sure, but "RUU_Shooter_K_S_KDDI_JP_1.09.970.5_Radio_1.02.00.0906_NV_1.39_01C" is an earlier version than the one you bricked with in your previous post. It's listed in Football's CDMA Stock Rom Collection thread, but I don't know which Hboot is included in it.
Closeone or Unknownforce posted in their thread recently about starting the .exe and right before the flash running %temp% in "run" command or something to find the "ROM.zip" that the exe flashes to the phone (this is what gets named to PG86IMG.zip & manually flashed in bootloader sometimes).
- once you have the .zip, you can open it up with 7zip or similar and see what Hboot version is in there (see attached example).
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closeone said:
But take the RUU .EXE that you upgraded your phone with already and grab the ROM out of there.
To get to your temp directory: press the Windows key and R on your keyboard at the same time. Type in this exactly: %temp%
Rename the rom.zip to PG86IMG.zip and put it on your SD card.
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I haven't made any progress. I'm assuming I need to use emmc_recover to overwrite the boot partition and maybe the misc partition. So can someone help me figure out identifying the partition, how I can get linux to recognize the device so I have a chance to recover? Also, at this point I settle for anything working, any Hboot, whatever... It would be nice if I could post in the original thread, hmmmm. moderator, can you help there?
thanks,
gjash
Keep an eye on Unknownforce's thread, starting at Post 1912. Looks like ZiT777 is in the same situation and able to provide info to Unknownforce about your phone's hardware.
mpgrimm2 said:
First, I think your phone needs to be booted to the new bootloader and in "Fastboot USB" mode displayed on it for the .exe to work.
I am also willing to bet that this is where you need to run the earlier KDDI ruu.exe file that had hboot 1.40 included...
I'm not sure, but "RUU_Shooter_K_S_KDDI_JP_1.09.970.5_Radio_1.02.00.0906_NV_1.39_01C" is an earlier version than the one you bricked with in your previous post. It's listed in Football's CDMA Stock Rom Collection thread, but I don't know which Hboot is included in it.
Closeone or Unknownforce posted in their thread recently about starting the .exe and right before the flash running %temp% in "run" command or something to find the "ROM.zip" that the exe flashes to the phone (this is what gets named to PG86IMG.zip & manually flashed in bootloader sometimes).
- once you have the .zip, you can open it up with 7zip or similar and see what Hboot version is in there (see attached example).
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You are right... both KDDI 1.09 and 1.11 have Hboot 1.50. I guess the trying Sprint 1.13 wouldn't be an option? That's the question and I can't really find out as the KDDI ones and the Sprint ones don't work because I always get USB 170 connection errors. So kinda stuck, but greatly appreciate the help!
gjash
mpgrimm2 said:
Keep an eye on Unknownforce's thread, starting at Post 1912. Looks like ZiT777 is in the same situation and able to provide info to Unknownforce about your phone's hardware.
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I will start looking there... I was thinking that the KDDI Evo 3d is CDMA and it would have the same partition layout. I'd like to determine that and go from there. Can someone explain the sprint evo 3d partition layout? thanks!
gjash
I'm willing to mess with this phone so if any developers have something I can do, please let me know. Otherwise, I just try to get back to stock.
I extracted original hboot from latest KDDI RUU and renamed it hboot.img and then executed 'downgrade'
I got this error:
Waiting for device...
Found the Correct Device!
Writing image file!
dd: opening `/dev/sdf34': Permission denied
FAILED!!
Any ideas? Thanks!
gjash
I've got nothing on that error (may need to be named hboot_1.4.nb0 ), but if I recall correctly, the earlier version of the downgrade tool had the option in it to manually change misc_version to an earlier one so that you could flash an RUU. I think Closeone's LiveCD v3.4 had it.
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I've got nothing on that error (may need to be named hboot_1.4.nb0 ), but if I recall correctly, the earlier version of the downgrade tool had the option in it to manually change misc_version to an earlier one so that you could flash an RUU. I think Closeone's LiveCD v3.4 had it.
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Getting closer I think... I just needed to do a sudo ./downgrade and it flashed fine. Now I have a red light on which is more than I had before. I will go to windows now and try to flash the KDDI RUU. thanks for the help.
gjash
Update:
I'm back up where I started. I used Unknownforce's hboot downgrade but renamed the original hboot from the KDDI RUU to hboot.img, according to Unknownforce's direction (thanks!). After I did that, the phone just booted up normally. I thought I would have to flash the RUU but wasn't necessary. I think with some changes this whole exploit could work with the japanese cdma version of the Evo 3D. If anyone can outline what I'd need to do, it might be fun. especially that I already ordered another phone, but I won't actually need it.
gjash
Does your device happen to be the KDDI ISW12HT?
(I assume it is from what you've said)
Do you know the exact model you have?
The current CDMA models that I'm aware of are the:
X515c: CDMA800, CDMA1900, ESMR800, WiMAX 2.5-2.7GHz (the sprint one)
X515d: CDMA800, CDMA1900 (I forget)
X515e: CDMA900, CDMA2100 (the HTC rider)
The ISW12HT is listed as having CDMA800, CDMA2100, which arnt any of those 3.
Do you happen to know what submodel you have? I have no idea how to check as I've never touched one.
I'm wondering if it's the X515b or a yet unknown one (by unknown I mean with regards to the model number)
I've already listed all the common and less-common models on the wiki: HTC Evo 3D - XDA wiki.
But I have no idea what the ISW12HT's model is, and a fair amount of googling turns up little.
If you could poke around your device/box/manual and find it I'd appreciate it
Hello friends,
One of my friends has got an HTC Amaze 4G from the US. The phone is already factory sim unlocked. He's given this phone to me because he wanted it to read and write Arabic letters and RTL in general.
I got this phone, what I've already done till I had the problem was, unlocking bootloader -> installing EXT4 -> got a patch from Hasoon2000 (Link to the original thread) -> EXT4 Recovery for wiping cache, dalvik and fixing permissions -> Flashed the Arabic Patch zip -> Wooops! the phone is stuck at the HTC screen.
I've searched the forums for an RUU to get the phone back and fix the soft brick. All what I found were RUUs for different carriers from CA and US (RUU collections thread)
Later on, I relocked the bootloader, downloaded this RUU
PH85IMG_Ruby_TMOUS_1.43.531.3_Radio_1.08.550L.19DC _30.66.550L.08D_release_228638_signed.zip
Put it on an Ext SD card, went to fastboot bootloader, it started detecting the ZIP and finished showing this error "Incorrect Phone ID"
Then I downloaded this one (Asian RUU) too after some searching.
PH85IMG_Ruby_hTC_Asia_WWE_1.60.707.3_R_Radio_1.13.550L.13DC_30.69b.550L.101_release_253820_signed.zip
The fastboot detected it but ended up with going back to bootloader main menu without any prompts or errors.
Finally, I am clueless and came here to ask you for your help and suggestions to overcome this problem.
Notes:
-The phone is Factory Sim Unlocked and does not have any names of any carries burnt into it (Unbranded Phone).
-After finishing the process of unlocking bootloader, I saw the list of the languages selectable were English (Singapore), English (Pakistan), and other Asian languages and no US and EU languages were present (That's why I was trying to install the RUU of Asia)
-The phone is on Stock GB 2.3.4, stock kernel, and EXT4 Recovery.
Thanks all
Have you tried restoring a backup. Can you boot into the bootloader and recovery?. If so you just need to figure out why this device is unbranded. I never seen an amaze unbranded unless the digitizer was replaced at some point. Was this phone ics or gingerbread before it was tampered with?
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if by unbranded you mean the phone just has HTC and no other carrier lable on it then its most likely the Canadian version from Wind Mobile or Telus or Mobilicity. and as far as you downloading the RUUs have you renamed them to PH85IMG.zip before trying to flash them in bootloader? another easy way to find out what stock ruu you need is to check your HBOOT version on the boot loader so you can see what stock RUU's are compatible with it
whozilla said:
Have you tried restoring a backup. Can you boot into the bootloader and recovery?. If so you just need to figure out why this device is unbranded. I never seen an amaze unbranded unless the digitizer was replaced at some point. Was this phone ics or gingerbread before it was tampered with?
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Unfortunately, I have not taken any backup, as I assumed at first that the process is quite simpler (which is already is). I already ran at much harder work than this one with ios, symbian, bada, and android.
Yes, I can boot into the bootloader and recovery.
I neither know the reason for unbranding the device.
It was Stock Gingerbread 2.3.4
Thank you for your appreciated time and help.
Ninjistix said:
if by unbranded you mean the phone just has HTC and no other carrier lable on it then its most likely the Canadian version from Wind Mobile or Telus or Mobilicity. and as far as you downloading the RUUs have you renamed them to PH85IMG.zip before trying to flash them in bootloader? another easy way to find out what stock ruu you need is to check your HBOOT version on the boot loader so you can see what stock RUU's are compatible with it
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Yes, I have already renamed RUUs each time before copying them to the SD card.
HBOOT 1.92.0000
eMMC-Boot
Feb 29 2012, 17:06:37
Could you tell me how to know which stock RUUs are compatible with the phone?
Note: I ran across this thread, but I don't actually know whether S-off and SuperCid would help me in my case or not. I don't want to put water into soil
My Cid is the same as his one, HTC_044.
Thank you for your appreciated help and time.
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Yes, I have already renamed RUUs each time before copying them to the SD card.
HBOOT 1.92.0000
eMMC-Boot
Feb 29 2012, 17:06:37
Could you tell me how to know which stock RUUs are compatible with the phone?
Note: I ran across this thread, but I don't actually know whether S-off and SuperCid would help me in my case or not. I don't want to put water into soil
My Cid is the same as his one, HTC_044.
Thank you for your appreciated help and time.
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I'd wait for a 2nd opinion to be sure, but the HBOOT looks like mine did on Gingerbread which is a US T-Mobile brand.
I'd also wait to get a working RUU on it before doing S-Off and super cid. But, once you do both, you'll be able to flash any carrier's RUU.
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I'd wait for a 2nd opinion to be sure, but the HBOOT looks like mine did on Gingerbread which is a US T-Mobile brand.
I'd also wait to get a working RUU on it before doing S-Off and super cid. But, once you do both, you'll be able to flash any carrier's RUU.
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I will try flashing other RUUs till the moment I get a second opinion.
Thank you Wolf.
Just figured out why the Asian RUU did not get flashed in the bootloader, as the package contains 4 bad files (CRC errors); you can see the 4 files in the attached screenshot.
One guy also had those bad crc errors before, Thread.
Therefore, the only solution to my problem is to s-off and supercid to get another RUU from other carriers to work.
The question is, is there anyway to s-off the phone from the bootloader?
Because the JuopunutBear method requires the phone to be on (operating normally), USB Debugging on, and fast boot off from power options.
Hope someone helps me.
Thanks all
EDIT: Just finished downloading the ruu from another mirror, Winrar does not show any errors!
will transfer it to SD, and retry.
wish me luck guys.
UPDATE: The phone is back to life again! Time to backup!
wait you were on GB i would have updated to ICS before trying to flash any custom roms, most roms are designed for android 4.0+ let me see if i can find u a stock GB RUU
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ohh okay didnt see you had it up and running, this time do an official update to ICS before trying to flash anymore roms, and always remember to do a NANdroid backup before flashing any and all roms, once you update to ICS you should S-OFF your phone and superCID it so this way next time you can restore to stock with any RUU from any carrier, good luck and happy flashing and dont forget to hit that thanks button for ppl that offer help/advice ^^
plz share the link for the Custom ROM
" Just finished downloading the ruu from another mirror, Winrar does not show any errors!"
can u plz share the link where u downloaded it from,i also tried to download it 10-11 times!!every time get a corrupt file,plz i need this file.if u can upload i will be so thankful.
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abdozoon said:
Just figured out why the Asian RUU did not get flashed in the bootloader, as the package contains 4 bad files (CRC errors); you can see the 4 files in the attached screenshot.
One guy also had those bad crc errors before, Thread
Therefore, the only solution to my problem is to s-off and supercid to get another RUU from other carriers to work.
The question is, is there anyway to s-off the phone from the bootloader?
Because the JuopunutBear method requires the phone to be on (operating normally), USB Debugging on, and fast boot off from power options.
Hope someone helps me.
Thanks all
EDIT: Just finished downloading the ruu from another mirror, Winrar does not show any errors!
will transfer it to SD, and retry.
wish me luck guys.
UPDATE: The phone is back to life again! Time to backup!
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can u plz share the link where u downloaded it from,i also tried to download it 10-11 times!!every time get a corrupt file,plz i need this file.if u can upload i will be so thankful.
hey,
I bought HTC amaze 4g in Lahore, Pakistan. When I bought it, it was locked with S-ON and gingerbread v2.3.4 running on it. I waited for few days so i can get an ICS update through OTA but it never happened and there were slim chances that it would happen. Since i bought it here in Pakistan so there was no carrier attached to my phone so my stock ROM is not made for any specific carrier.
Now i have unlocked the phone (HTC BOOTLOADER METHOD) and then rooted my phone as well. So far its working fine with the stock ROM and everything. Now i want to update my amaze to ICS. i have read so much and tried to find some suitable way to achieve this but failed.
Can anyone guide me through this whole procedure with same case scenario as mine?? I have been sitting infront of the laptop for like 2 consecutive days and i have almost lost all hope to see my amaze running ICS ... so if anyone can help me out with this regard i would be very thankful ...
harisjd said:
hey,
I bought HTC amaze 4g in Lahore, Pakistan. When I bought it, it was locked with S-ON and gingerbread v2.3.4 running on it. I waited for few days so i can get an ICS update through OTA but it never happened and there were slim chances that it would happen. Since i bought it here in Pakistan so there was no carrier attached to my phone so my stock ROM is not made for any specific carrier.
Now i have unlocked the phone (HTC BOOTLOADER METHOD) and then rooted my phone as well. So far its working fine with the stock ROM and everything. Now i want to update my amaze to ICS. i have read so much and tried to find some suitable way to achieve this but failed.
Can anyone guide me through this whole procedure with same case scenario as mine?? I have been sitting infront of the laptop for like 2 consecutive days and i have almost lost all hope to see my amaze running ICS ... so if anyone can help me out with this regard i would be very thankful ...
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There's no unbranded RUU for the Amaze, so there isn't really any ICS update for you. The only thing you'll have to do is pick the T-Mobile ICS RUU and go on from there.
yo2boy said:
There's no unbranded RUU for the Amaze, so there isn't really any ICS update for you. The only thing you'll have to do is pick the T-Mobile ICS RUU and go on from there.
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Thanks alot for your reply. But that is exactly what i want to do and being not able to do ...
Actually let me put my case more appropriately.
1. I want to update my phone to ICS but then again don't want to loose my warranty (which right now is lost as the phone is un locked and rooted). So before going to update my OS i would like to make sure i can un-lock/lock and root/un-root it? un-lock and rooting part is done now its the reverse mechanism i am seeking help with. No custom or stock rom has been flashed on my bootloader so far.
i have CWM recovery installed on my phone i have made a backup of my phone through it, which i saved on my pc as well as the phone storage now that would be my stock roms image please correct me if i am wrong?
2. And then in the second step i would like to update my os to ICS for that reason i had visited this thread
[Collection] HTC Ruby/Amaze 4G Stock ROMs (RUUs & OTAs)
Thread By: krook6023
and from here i can download the RUU you are talking about right? But wouldn't the software build or kernel version difference make it un successful updation?
if not then i will download one of those RUU's but guide me through with the next steps actually required to update it currently the phone is Un-locked, rooted and S-ON.
I know i am being too naive about things but this is my first android device and i really don't want to mess it up but that doesn't mean i haven't done research i have been reading stuff but as long as i don't get it done once by my hand i think i wont be comfortable doing it, hence require guidance.
Thanks in advance.
harisjd said:
Thanks alot for your reply. But that is exactly what i want to do and being not able to do ...
Actually let me put my case more appropriately.
1. I want to update my phone to ICS but then again don't want to loose my warranty (which right now is lost as the phone is un locked and rooted). So before going to update my OS i would like to make sure i can un-lock/lock and root/un-root it? un-lock and rooting part is done now its the reverse mechanism i am seeking help with. No custom or stock rom has been flashed on my bootloader so far.
i have CWM recovery installed on my phone i have made a backup of my phone through it, which i saved on my pc as well as the phone storage now that would be my stock roms image please correct me if i am wrong?
2. And then in the second step i would like to update my os to ICS for that reason i had visited this thread
[Collection] HTC Ruby/Amaze 4G Stock ROMs (RUUs & OTAs)
Thread By: krook6023
and from here i can download the RUU you are talking about right? But wouldn't the software build or kernel version difference make it un successful updation?
if not then i will download one of those RUU's but guide me through with the next steps actually required to update it currently the phone is Un-locked, rooted and S-ON.
I know i am being too naive about things but this is my first android device and i really don't want to mess it up but that doesn't mean i haven't done research i have been reading stuff but as long as i don't get it done once by my hand i think i wont be comfortable doing it, hence require guidance.
Thanks in advance.
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put the RUU into the root of the sdcard, it must be named PH85IMG.zip to be detected so rename it if it isnt.
turn off fastboot if its on (find it yourself) power off the phone and then power it on by holding pwr and down on the volume key
OR turn off the phone and then pull the battery, replace and power on using pwr and volume down. Then you will see the menu and choose fastboot it will check the RUU and take a long time then it will say press a key to flash the update, do it. wait a while. even if it seems to take a while dont pull the battery. when the phone boots do the setup and then in google market get ES file explorer and use it to rename the PH85IMG.zip to PH85IMG_1.zip or something so it wont detect it and start the long RUU check if you just want to get into the recovery.
I leave the RUU on my sd card just renamed cause ive had some funny problems and this can save your ass
hope this helped,
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put the RUU into the root of the sdcard, it must be named PH85IMG.zip to be detected so rename it if it isnt.
turn off fastboot if its on (find it yourself) power off the phone and then power it on by holding pwr and down on the volume key
OR turn off the phone and then pull the battery, replace and power on using pwr and volume down. Then you will see the menu and choose fastboot it will check the RUU and take a long time then it will say press a key to flash the update, do it. wait a while. even if it seems to take a while dont pull the battery. when the phone boots do the setup and then in google market get ES file explorer and use it to rename the PH85IMG.zip to PH85IMG_1.zip or something so it wont detect it and start the long RUU check if you just want to get into the recovery.
I leave the RUU on my sd card just renamed cause ive had some funny problems and this can save your ass
hope this helped,
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Thanks alot for your reply. Your reply seems to be about the second part of my question which was to update the OS to ICS. But before flashing the new rom i would like to know the steps required for the first part of my question so i can safely revert back to my original stock rom if something bad happens... Just playing safe you know....
If you can help me in that regard as well that would be wonderfull...
hey haris. im also from pakistan..i also giot my amaze just few days ago.. but my amaze is ICS official updated wuth s-on and bootloader locked on T-mobile.. would u plz guide me to how to unlock my bootloader and s-off..
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and if i unlock my bootloader by htcdev.. is my phone memory format in the procedure?
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rcjohn said:
hey haris. im also from pakistan..i also giot my amaze just few days ago.. but my amaze is ICS official updated wuth s-on and bootloader locked on T-mobile.. would u plz guide me to how to unlock my bootloader and s-off..
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Hey,
Well i can help you with unlocking bootloader but i haven't done S-Off mine is still S-On. For unlocking your bootloader i am attaching this word file for you which contains all the steps that are required to unlock your bootloader.
And yes everything on your phones internal memory get wiped once you unlock the and reboot your phone. But things stored on the external memory wont be touched they will stay intact. So before unlocking do make a backup of all your applications and store it on your pc and later on put it back on your sd card and download the recovery software you used before to make backup to do restore this time... Hope that would help you.
Isnt your method for 2.3.6? This guy has ics. I have the same tmobile one I simply used hasoon tool to unlock bootloader install recovery and root. Havent done s=off yet. I dont see the point of s=off and supercid yet. Still confused as to if I need them or not
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And also from Pakistan
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danyal241 said:
Isnt your method for 2.3.6? This guy has ics. I have the same tmobile one I simply used hasoon tool to unlock bootloader install recovery and root. Havent done s=off yet. I dont see the point of s=off and supercid yet. Still confused as to if I need them or not
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Hi,
Well with regard to just unlocking bootloader the method i sent him would work just fine whether it is ICS or GG. But to install recovery and rooting you need extra steps which he didn't asked for and yes you can do that with the hasoon all in one tool kit.
Can you tell me how you got s-off is wire trick the only way? If so youtube is blocked how can I get that video
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danyal241 said:
Can you tell me how you got s-off is wire trick the only way? If so youtube is blocked how can I get that video
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Well daniyal i haven't done S-Off yet as i wrote in my previous posts and what i have read in the articles and discussions its a little cumbersome method to achieve that since i haven't done it myself. For youtube part if you want to use youtube you can download and use hotspot shield. Just download it and connect it and it will allow you to use youtube. I hope this helps you.
Also studying in Pakistan and a question does your phone have tmobile logo? If so then do the ph85img method mentioned earlier (don't worry it won't mess up your device) and you don't really need to s-off if you use 4ext recovery which is the best imo. Right now I am on vacation (back in us) but I come back first week of january if you still can't figure this out or feel too scared just call me up (I will pm you my number) and I can walk you through it on the phone quite simple (and if you want to s-off and I can help you with that too) would do it personally if you were in karachi...
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That will be great whenever you are back. I used titanium backup to remove most tmobile bloatware but would prefer someone to help me out soff and flashing the tmobile free rom with ics
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hatlesssandman said:
Also studying in Pakistan and a question does your phone have tmobile logo? If so then do the ph85img method mentioned earlier (don't worry it won't mess up your device) and you don't really need to s-off if you use 4ext recovery which is the best imo. Right now I am on vacation (back in us) but I come back first week of january if you still can't figure this out or feel too scared just call me up (I will pm you my number) and I can walk you through it on the phone quite simple (and if you want to s-off and I can help you with that too) would do it personally if you were in karachi...
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Well this is great to have some to talk to in person. It would be doubly great if you could help out with the original questions i posted in the start of my thread. Thanks.
If you want to update it to ICS, most likely, you will have to S-Off it, as there are probably no RUUs that will work with your phone's CID.
It would be helpful if you told us what your CID was. To obtain the CID code from your phone, use the included attachment, extract it to an accessible location, and then boot your phone in FASTBOOT mode, not the BOOTLOADER mode. After you boot in there, plug in the USB cable to the computer.
After you've done that, double click on the file, CID.bat
Let the command run, and then go in the folder where you extracted the files to, and there should be a file called CIDNUMBER.log. Copy the result and then post it here.
Keylogger_0 said:
If you want to update it to ICS, most likely, you will have to S-Off it, as there are probably no RUUs that will work with your phone's CID.
It would be helpful if you told us what your CID was. To obtain the CID code from your phone, use the included attachment, extract it to an accessible location, and then boot your phone in FASTBOOT mode, not the BOOTLOADER mode. After you boot in there, plug in the USB cable to the computer.
After you've done that, double click on the file, CID.bat
Let the command run, and then go in the folder where you extracted the files to, and there should be a file called CIDNUMBER.log. Copy the result and then post it here.
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hi,
Thanks alot for your reply. My phones CID is HTC__044
harisjd said:
hi,
Thanks alot for your reply. My phones CID is HTC__044
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Anyone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there is a RUU you can use with that CID.
It *IS* possible to have the phone update to ICS, but what is *NOT* possible (as of now, because of no RUU for your CID), is to have the phone downgrade back to GB if you need it for warranty purposes. In this scenario, it's an one way street.
You have 2 options really, to leave your phone as is, or to S-OFF the phone in order to update the phone to ICS.
Keylogger_0 said:
Anyone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there is a RUU you can use with that CID.
It *IS* possible to have the phone update to ICS, but what is *NOT* possible (as of now, because of no RUU for your CID), is to have the phone downgrade back to GB if you need it for warranty purposes. In this scenario, it's an one way street.
You have 2 options really, to leave your phone as is, or to S-OFF the phone in order to update the phone to ICS.
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In either case to update to ICS or to get the locked (not relocked) status back with S-on for warranty purposes i need to do S-off isn't that right?
Well for now my amaze is unlocked and rooted so warranty is out of the window and i cant get it back to locked status it always says relocked so i would like to move forward and then with the help of guys like you i would like to get back to original stock if possible.
so whats the next step for me to get my phone to ICS? If i have to do S-off whats the easiest way of achieving it and after achieving it what are the next steps to perform upgradation?
I have a question. I have s-on and rooted my phone and installed twrp while having unlocked bootloader. I want to install 4ext as someone told me thats better on here. Do i have to uninstall twrp or I can just use hansoon tool to install 4ext and it will over right twrp?
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I have a question. I have s-on and rooted my phone and installed twrp while having unlocked bootloader. I want to install 4ext as someone told me thats better on here. Do i have to uninstall twrp or I can just use hansoon tool to install 4ext and it will over right twrp?
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Do share your findings when you do that....
So I just cant get my EVO 3D downgraded........I followed the thread which says I can do it with xvi32 but I am on mwakious ROM and I cant find those numbers no way what I do.
HBOOT 1.53.007 is really a pain
So I would ask If you guys could help me......no I am not a noob but I need directions how to solve it.
Any Help is appreciated. thanks
Are you s-off? If not, then that's your first step.
coal686 said:
Are you s-off? If not, then that's your first step.
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No my phone is S-ON.
gesange said:
So I just cant get my EVO 3D downgraded........I followed the thread which says I can do it with xvi32 but I am on mwakious ROM and I cant find those numbers no way what I do.
HBOOT 1.53.007 is really a pain
So I would ask If you guys could help me......no I am not a noob but I need directions how to solve it.
Any Help is appreciated. thanks
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I am assuming you are trying to gain s-off correct? If that's the case perhaps I can offer you a different solution. With this solution you won't have to downgrade your hboot. Here's a link to this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743466
Now before you attempt it you must have the prerequisites met:
Unlocked via HTC Dev method
On stock ROM
Have superuser root
A PC windows or Linux
Insulated wire (speaker wire, or a paperclip wrapped with electrical tape is good enough)
Make sure HTC sync and or iTunes are uninstalled so they won't interfere
You will follow method D on the guide for those who are on 1.53
Follow the directions step by step. Make sure you download the appropriate control bear based on what os, phone, and computer you are using.
Make sure you know what contact areas you need to touch. This is the wire trick BTW.
When you have everything set up run the exe file and when it prompts you. Touch both contacts at the same time.
It might take a few tries but it should work.
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I am assuming you are trying to gain s-off correct? If that's the case perhaps I can offer you a different solution. With this solution you won't have to downgrade your hboot. Here's a link to this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743466
Now before you attempt it you must have the prerequisites met:
Unlocked via HTC Dev method
On stock ROM
Have superuser root
A PC windows or Linux
Insulated wire (speaker wire, or a paperclip wrapped with electrical tape is good enough)
Make sure HTC sync and or iTunes are uninstalled so they won't interfere
You will follow method D on the guide for those who are on 1.53
Follow the directions step by step. Make sure you download the appropriate control bear based on what os, phone, and computer you are using.
Make sure you know what contact areas you need to touch. This is the wire trick BTW.
When you have everything set up run the exe file and when it prompts you. Touch both contacts at the same time.
It might take a few tries but it should work.
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Yes I am tryin to gain S-OFF on my EVO 3D.
Unlocked via HTC Dev method: unlocked
On stock ROM: I would need a RUU correct? I downloaded one but the image version was lower than mine ( mine image version: 3.28.401.1 )
Have superuser root: i have
A PC windows or Linux : windows 7
Insulated wire (speaker wire, or a paperclip wrapped with electrical tape is good enough): sorii my englisch aint that good a picture would help
Make sure HTC sync and or iTunes are uninstalled so they won't interfere: never had HTC sync or Itunes
No you don't need a ruu if your already on stock. Your all good to go. There should be a picture of where to touch the contacts and a video if I'm not mistaken in unlimited.io's page where you find the evo 3d.
Jsparta26 said:
No you don't need a ruu if your already on stock. Your all good to go. There should be a picture of where to touch the contacts and a video if I'm not mistaken in unlimited.io's page where you find the evo 3d.
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No I am not on stock.......I am on mwakious ICS ROM thats the point.
Ahaaa ok will check it out and btw the link for controlbear is dead.....removed I mean :S
gesange said:
No I am not on stock.......I am on mwakious ICS ROM thats the point.
Ahaaa ok will check it out and btw the link for controlbear is dead.....removed I mean :S
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OK grab that ruu you were talking about and let's find out if we can get another link. I'll try pm the devs behind juopunut bear and see if they can post a link.
Edit: my mistake, you were referring about media fire. That's OK we can get the file from their website (hopefully) brb
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OK grab that ruu you were talking about and let's find out if we can get another link. I'll try pm the devs behind juopunut bear and see if they can post a link.
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Okay I got it on the site unlimited.IO
So I got the image version but cant determine which of the RUUs on our site is the correct one....because a lower one wont do nothing
Ok I found the link. http://unlimited.io/jb_shooteru.htm hopefully this will be it.
Edit: OK you got the control bear file. Are you branded? If so which carrier, if not just use the European ruu.
Here's how to downgrade your hboot for gsm after you s-off successfully http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32032629
(Don't ask me for help as I couldn't care if your phone explodes, eh!
Jsparta26 said:
Ok I found the link. http://unlimited.io/jb_shooteru.htm hopefully this will be it.
Edit: OK you got the control bear file. Are you branded? If so which carrier, if not just use the European ruu.
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No I am not branded so I will grab just an RUU European version
gesange said:
No I am not branded so I will grab just an RUU European version
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OK once you get the file. Remember to relock your boot loader first before flashing your ruu.
1. Power down you phone and put it in fast boot
2. Make sure USB debugging is enabled
3. Hook your phone up to your PC
4. Run cmd and type fastboot oem lock.
5. If the file is an exe you can run it on your PC after relocking.
6. If not place it on root of sdcard and rename it too PG86IMG in all caps
7. Boot into boot loader and let your phone pick up the update
8. Start and let the update finish
9. Unlock bootloader again
10. Flash recovery
11. Flash super user
Presto!! Now your ready to run wire trick. Good luck.
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OK once you get the file. Remember to relock your boot loader first before flashing your ruu.
1. Power down you phone and put it in fast boot
2. Make sure USB debugging is enabled
3. Hook your phone up to your PC
4. Run cmd and type fastboot oem lock.
5. If the file is an exe you can run it on your PC after relocking.
6. If not place it on root of sdcard and rename it too PG86IMG in all caps
7. Boot into boot loader and let your phone pick up the update
8. Start and let the update finish
9. Unlock bootloader again
10. Flash recovery
11. Flash super user
Presto!! Now your ready to run wire trick. Good luck.
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Okay this will take up to 1h cause my internet is slow and informate the others that I found this latest RUU Europe version because I see many folks are looking for it ) I posted in the wrong section but I think mods can move it to general...little mistake )
Okay I will get back when download is done and the whole process you described too )
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Okay this will take up to 1h cause my internet is slow and informate the others that I found this latest RUU Europe version because I see many folks are looking for it ) I posted in the wrong section but I think mods can move it to general...little mistake )
Okay I will get back when download is done and the whole process you described too )
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I will create a mirror on dev-host and add it to your thread when it's ready since that should be faster and not have the advertising and such that hotfile uses. I have a CDMA model myself but I know a lot of people have the European version of the GSM model.
Edit: NVM. There are already good mirrors here and here.
ramjet73
Jsparta26 thanks for all your afford I have done it after 20 failed attempts my EVO 3D is S-OFF )
So whats the next what I should do now?
EDIT: I tooked the downgrade to 1.49.0007 HBOOT and now I should unlock it again via HTC DEV correct?
gesange said:
Jsparta26 thanks for all your afford I have done it after 20 failed attempts my EVO 3D is S-OFF )
So whats the next what I should do now?
EDIT: I tooked the downgrade to 1.49.0007 HBOOT and now I should unlock it again via HTC DEV correct?
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Nope. Its not necessary anymore. You've been set free kinda like the matrix lol. You can upgrade and downgrade your hboot with no hassles. Flash any gsm evo 3d rom you want. With the exception of cool sense you can be whatever hboot you want and on any sense or aosp ROM you want. Just remember to be on 1.49 to flash aosp roms.
Please don't forget to abuse my thank you button. I'm glad you got s-off. Happy flashing sir.
Edit: viper 3d is the only ROM I know that can be on any hboot. However I am not sure about the other ROMs. I'm CDMA so have no clue about gsm roms. I would make sure to know what hboots are compatible with whatever ROM your interested in before flashing. Sorry about yje confusion.
You should be ok to flash any rom in the gsm threads without any issues with hboot 1.49, I'm gsm with hboot 1.49, unlocked through revolutionary and s-off, I have yet to find a rom that will not boot ics 3.6,ics 4,ics 4.1, and jb
(Don't ask me for help as I couldn't care if your phone explodes, eh!
Hello everyone Im hoping someone can help me with a problem I'm having :/ . I want to go back to stock but I can't find the right ruu. I got a refurbished phone from VM and it came with 1.58 and radio 1.09 and flashed the nega rom but I want to go back to stock but everytime it says error when trying to ruu the phone. Can someone help me find the right ruu or tell me what I'm doing wrong? Ohh and I'm s-on.
Anyone? im almost crying of how fed up trying to find the problem ! :/ i cant find the fastboot drivers for the phone either
fabyprado123 said:
Hello everyone Im hoping someone can help me with a problem I'm having :/ . I want to go back to stock but I can't find the right ruu. I got a refurbished phone from VM and it came with 1.58 and radio 1.09 and flashed the nega rom but I want to go back to stock but everytime it says error when trying to ruu the phone. Can someone help me find the right ruu or tell me what I'm doing wrong? Ohh and I'm s-on.
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There is no RUU available yet that will work with the 2.95 update installed which is apparently how you go the phone. You can either get S-OFF and then flash the original RUU and take the two OTA updates, or try flashing one of the stock ROM's in this post. If you want to go back to almost 100% stock and unrooted you will need to flash the unrooted version of the stock ROM and then flash the stock recovery.
The one thing that won't be stock in that scenario is the bootloader since if you lock it the status will show "relocked" rhater than "locked".
ramjet73
I want to thank you for replying !!! ive seen many posts and you are like a god of the Htc evo 3d ! Im trying to get s off with jbear but i get the error message " connect device and install drivers" i think it might be the fastboot but not sure can you help me with that?
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I want to thank you for replying !!! ive seen many posts and you are like a god of the Htc evo 3d ! Im trying to get s off with jbear but i get the error message " connect device and install drivers" i think it might be the fastboot but not sure can you help me with that?
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You need to install the HTC drivers. Which version of Windows are you using?
Getting S-OFF with hboot 1.58 installed is still uncharted territory for VM users. I suggest you check out the related threads in this forum and post there for help since there are a lot of Evo V 4G users there that can help. They are actually looking for someone in your situation who is willing to try getting S-OFF so I'm sure you will get lots of help.
ramjet73
will do ive tried installing random drivers i find for the evo 3d but dont work :/ do you know where to put the folder for the drivers? thank you so much for your help btw
Dude !! I finally got s-off !!!
fabyprado123 said:
Dude !! I finally got s-off !!!
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Great!
How did you do it?
ramjet73
I flashed viper Rom (don't remember which one) and that gave me stock kernel. Then, I downloaded a .zip file with the drivers to the phone and used the jbear program to s-off. Then , I put 1.04.200 hboot and used the ruu to bring me back to stock. Updated my phone and I am all good. If I get all the folders together might make a tutorial on how to get s-off even after taking the OTS updates on s-on. Or prob. You can hel0 me ramjet73?
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I flashed viper Rom (don't remember which one) and that gave me stock kernel. Then, I downloaded a .zip file with the drivers to the phone and used the jbear program to s-off. Then , I put 1.04.200 hboot and used the ruu to bring me back to stock. Updated my phone and I am all good. If I get all the folders together might make a tutorial on how to get s-off even after taking the OTS updates on s-on. Or prob. You can hel0 me ramjet73?
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Well, we already have guides on both XDA and androidforums.com and the unlimited.io developers that created JuopunutBear have gotten very sensitive about having instructions posted in other places.
I'm curious how you did the wire trick since the Windows downloads are no longer on the unlimited.io website. Did you use an existing guide? At this point we are just trying to figure out what is the best version of JBear to use after VM users have installed the March OTA and have hboot 1.58.
ramjet73
I'm not sure ? I have the folder though , I can send it to you and you can take a look at it?
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I'm not sure ? I have the folder though , I can send it to you and you can take a look at it?
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Yea, just for the jbear portion. I'd appreciate it if you can zip it up and upload it to dropbox or similar and PM the link to me.
As I said, at this point we are just trying to determine which jbear version works best with the Evo V updated to the March OTA and hboot 1.58. If the most effective process warrants a new guide I will be happy to work with you on that.
ramjet73
Program I used to S-OFF
I dont think its letting me send the link to the program i used. Can I post it here?