I've been trying to root my EVO 4G LTE using various guides from this board, and I'm not having a lot of luck. I have HBOOT 2.09 and it's S-ON. It seems like the easiest way to root the device is to go S-OFF, but then it appears that the device needs to be rooted to get S-OFF. So I'm a little confused at this point. I've unlocked the bootloader and installed TWRP, but when I try to install the SuperSU root utility it gives me an error about mounting partitions and fails. My bootloader screen also displays "TAMPERED" which seems to be a problem but I'm not having a lot of luck finding a way to resolve it.
So... can anyone tell me what my next step is?
Thanks in advance.
Are you using Facepalm, Moonshine, or DirtyRacun? You haven't really provided enough details to help, at this point. What's your software version? I assume you're running the stock ROM?
I was running the stock ROM, I think it was 3.16. I tried using Facepalm but again it seems like it needs root to work which I haven't been able to achieve just yet. I tried installing the ROM from this thread through TWRP but it just hangs on the HTC screen so I'm not sure what's on there now. I can still get into the bootloader and recovery though.
You can't use Facepalm on 3.16 software. Use Moonshine.
Try flashing this stock rooted to get back to a working state: http://d-h.st/users/Captain_Throwback/?fld_id=10308#files
You may need to fastboot flash the boot.img to make sure it fully boots.
OK, I downloaded that ROM and extracted the boot.img. I booted the phone into the bootloader and ran "fastboot flash boot boot.img". It seems to have completed correctly, no errors at least, but now the phone just sits at the HTC screen with the red text at the bottom. Clearly I'm doing something wrong...
Did you flash the ROM too? Or did it reboot on you when you tried?
I just did the boot.img. Should I also do "fastboot flash zip 3.16.651.3_stock_rooted_odex_CPTB.zip"?
davel23 said:
I just did the boot.img. Should I also do "fastboot flash zip 3.16.651.3_stock_rooted_odex_CPTB.zip"?
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You have to flash the ROM in recovery.
Ok, so I went into recovery which is still TWRP, adb pushed that ROM to the phone then tried to install it. It gives a bunch of error messages about being unable to mount various items, says it's unable to find path for partition [name of the zip] and fails.
Thanks for your help and patience so far...
You do not extract the file, leave it as a zip and do not open it. Move it to your SD card while in fastboot (mount sd) and from there use twrp and select the correct zip to flash. But above all... DO NOT EXTRACT THE FILR
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roscoepcoltra said:
You do not extract the file, leave it as a zip and do not open it. Move it to your SD card while in fastboot (mount sd) and from there use twrp and select the correct zip to flash. But above all... DO NOT EXTRACT THE FILR
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He's S-on. He can't flash kernels from recovery with Hboot 2.09.
davel23 said:
Ok, so I went into recovery which is still TWRP, adb pushed that ROM to the phone then tried to install it. It gives a bunch of error messages about being unable to mount various items, says it's unable to find path for partition [name of the zip] and fails.
Thanks for your help and patience so far...
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I don't understand what you're doing here. Boot to recovery, mount storage, copy the ROM zip over, and then flash it.
Ok, so I mounted storage from recovery, or least I tried to, my PC said it needed to be formatted. So I did so, copied the file over and flashed it which completed successfully this time. My phone now boots properly, I'll give Moonshine a try now. Hopefully I won't need to bug you again, thanks for all the help.
Captain_Throwback said:
You can't use Facepalm on 3.16 software. Use Moonshine.
Try flashing this stock rooted to get back to a working state: http://d-h.st/users/Captain_Throwback/?fld_id=10308#files
You may need to fastboot flash the boot.img to make sure it fully boots.
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my friend wants to buy im rooted unlocked evo. it is on viper now can I flash this an it will be stock rooted ?
Tigerstown said:
my friend wants to buy im rooted unlocked evo. it is on viper now can I flash this an it will be stock rooted ?
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Yes.
Captain_Throwback said:
Yes.
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S-on Ok? Or do I need to moonshine first?
Tigerstown said:
S-on Ok? Or do I need to moonshine first?
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You need to use Flash Image GUI or fastboot flash the kernel.
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You need to use Flash Image GUI or fastboot flash the kernel.
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Ok I got that app I use that. An for my other one I'm selling is s-off so I can just flash this on that one..it's been fun on the Evo with the helpful fellow xda's on the jewel. But the wife's work now cover half your bill if you have verizon so we had no choice
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Yes.
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Omg I just moonshine(easy thing I ever did) this phone my wife didn't want s-off before. So now I'm s-off I will just flash thanks once again throwback. Hope there is someone in vzw htc one thread that breaks down firmware like you.
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I'm having a little trouble with Moonshine. It reboots the phone a couple of times, gets to step 3 then just keeps printing periods in the program window. I've been reading through the Moonshine thread and it seems other people have had the same problem, but I haven't seen a solid fix yet. Anyone know what I need to do or should I stick with the Moonshine thread?
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I rooted my phone and had Revolutionary recovery. I installed Rom Manager and installed the recovery, and now I cant get to my recovery screen no matter what I have tried. I really need help because now I cant do a factory data reset, flash new ROMs, anything. I have tried through bootloader, everything and I cant get to that screen. Has anyone had this problem or can anyone help me?
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I rooted my phone and had Revolutionary recovery. I installed Rom Manager and installed the recovery, and now I cant get to my recovery screen no matter what I have tried. I really need help because now I cant do a factory data reset, flash new ROMs, anything. I have tried through bootloader, everything and I cant get to that screen. Has anyone had this problem or can anyone help me?
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5.0.2.0 CWR?
Have you rebooted?
ROM: Warm TwoPointThree
Kernel: MegAnthraX
Software: 2.08.651.3
Baseband: 0.97.10.0808
PRI: 1.24_003
Don't use rom manager to flash recovery. Also, just my opinion, but TWRP recovery is better than clockwork. So, find the TWRP thread, grab the PG86IMG.zip and flash in hboot. Should solve all your issues.
Rebooted quite a few times, still cant get to recovery mode. I guess this is where being a noob kind of sucks, but how do I flash when I cant get into recovery, or how do I flash in hboot?
You don't have fastboot checked under power settings, do you? If so, uncheck it.
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You don't have fastboot checked under power settings, do you? If so, uncheck it.
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Nope, been unchecked since I have been trying to fix it.
I am totally at a loss, how do you flash from the hboot screen?
bslim11 said:
I am totally at a loss, how do you flash from the hboot screen?
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There are essentially three methods to flashing a custom recovery on the EVO 3D with S-OFF (revolutionary method you mentioned using above).
1) Flash from normal android mode: My application works well for this, Flash Image GUI, as well as flashing kernels, especially when being away from or not having a computer available.
2) Flash through the bootloader by putting a PG86IMG.zip file on the root of your sdcard. This file with the recovery.img loaded inside is available at the TWRP site.
3) Flash through fastboot by using the following command: fastboot flash recovery c:\downloads\twrp-recovery.img
All three of these methods will load the custom recovery image into the recovery partition on a revolutionary s-off EVO 3D.
Hope that helps!
Every time I try to flash the PG86IMG.zip in my bootloader I keep getting a error that says "Main Version is older! Update fail!" I just dont get what I am doing wrong there.
It worked! Thank you so much joey krim!
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Every time I try to flash the PG86IMG.zip in my bootloader I keep getting a error that says "Main Version is older! Update fail!" I just dont get what I am doing wrong there.
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Odd. I would only expect to see this error if you're loading a PG86IMG.zip file which contains ADDITIONAL files, other than just the recovery.img.
This error is usually only present for people who used the HTC unlock method. Those who used the revolutionary unlocked method should not see this error message.
Perhaps when you stated you loaded the revolutionary recovery, you meant the revolutionary version of cwm recovery and unlocked your device using HTC's unlock method?
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It worked! Thank you so much joey krim!
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Great to hear the process worked for you. Which of the three methods ended up working best for you?
I used your app and then flashed a twrp recovery, so happy that its back to normal, it has happened to me once before, and I fixed it on my own, but nothing was working this time.
Hi,
I am new here and this is my first post so forgive me if starting a new thread for this topic was wrong but I found my own situation slightly different from the others here who had the same problem.
I have a gsm unlocked rezound and was trying to get rid of the unknown sim error message at lock screen. I followed the steps mentioned on this thread --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1882355. I rooted the phone, downloaded the apk. Deleted the .odex file and replaced the existing apk with the downloaded one and rebooted. Now, I am stuck at the lock screen with no icons. But for the other people who faced similiar issue, they were able to open the home screen. I can't. I can see pop ups for sms/mail. I get ring when a call comes in but I cant pick. I tried hard reset. Tried booting without sim/sd card. Still no luck. I tried connecting the phone to my pc but now my pc wont recognise the phone when its connected. I can see icon on top of the phone which says USB connected and I also see sync icon, but it will not go any further. I dont know how to get into the phone's menu now.
I may have bitten more than I can chew, silly me :crying:
If you guys can help me in any way, I would appreciate that a lot.
OS : 4.0.3 ICS Running HTC Sense 3.6.
A quick fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2017932
Flash my debloater, choosing the Sense option(will be brought to a widget removal screen if you don' use them all) & AOSP lockscreen. Disadvantage to that though, you will have to unlock to see the caller id when it rings.
Snuzzo said:
A quick fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2017932
Flash my debloater, choosing the Sense option(will be brought to a widget removal screen if you don' use them all) & AOSP lockscreen. Disadvantage to that though, you will have to unlock to see the caller id when it rings.
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Thank you for the quick response. I have downloaded the file. I know this sounds stupid but I am a real rookie. I don't know how to do the flashing or how to get to the AOSP lock screen. If you could guide me through the process or maybe give me a link where I can learn it myself, it would be great.
Essentially since you already have rooted, you will(should) also have a custom recovery (TWRP, AmonRa, CWM). Install it as you would a regular rom but without any wipes until after flash of the zip. Dependent on which recovery you will want to look up their FAQ/QnA on how to wipe dalvik/cache.
Once you get inside the script, you will see what I meant by "Choose Sense & AOSP Lockscreen".
Snuzzo said:
Essentially since you already have rooted, you will(should) also have a custom recovery (TWRP, AmonRa, CWM). Install it as you would a regular rom but without any wipes until after flash of the zip. Dependent on which recovery you will want to look up their FAQ/QnA on how to wipe dalvik/cache.
Once you get inside the script, you will see what I meant by "Choose Sense & AOSP Lockscreen".
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Yes the phone was rooted, but I used a rooting software from google apps from the phone. After I downloaded that app, it rooted the phone and brought in an extra icon. I remember it as SU root something, but I didnt do it from the pc. So I dont have any recovery on the pc. I used to sync the phone with htc sync. Unfortunately, right now, my pc wont recognise the phone. I tried root explorer for android from pc, it wont recognise the device. HTC sync too will not. But my phone seems to know when a USB is connected, it brings the usb icon on top but thats about it. ((
Ok, best suggestion at this point is to follow the instruction in the OP for installing TWRP in the Rezound development section.
Snuzzo said:
Ok, best suggestion at this point is to follow the instruction in the OP for installing TWRP in the Rezound development section.
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Could you kindly provide me a link to the right topic. Do you think my phone is beyond repair ? Have I bricked it ?
I am running 4.0.3 ICS on Sense 3.6
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1902381
You are far FAR from being bricked. Softbricked yes, hardbricked no.
Snuzzo said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1902381
You are far FAR from being bricked. Softbricked yes, hardbricked no.
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Thank you for the help buddy. I am glad you said its not. I dont know what I would have done if it had. This is my first android phone and I took it a week back. I was beginning to miss my iPhone . Unfortunately the link you provided wont help me because I have no way of restarting phone other than by removing battery. Even when in fastboot, the pc does not recognise the device even when device shows fastboot usb. I doubt if I can get past step 1 in that link.
I found that I am on Vigor H Boot 2.27.000 and Radio 2.22.10.0803r with S-ON. I tried to turn S-Off after reading and educating myself on android from this forum till now. But even to S-Off, I need to be able to enable USB in debug mode which I am not able to. Any suggestions ?
Device still not fixed
hi,
I took the phone to a couple of places to check if it can be fixed, No one was able to fix it thus far, Any other advice or suggestions to fix this would be great. Any admins/mods have something to add ? Please, I am desperate to fix this phone. Anyway of doing this ?
Have you tried flashing a different rom?
If he's S-on and locked, he can simply flash the latest RUU can't he(just to get the phone working again). From there someone can help him set up adb, and s-off.
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From what they posted, somehow they don't have a custom recovery even though they are rooted?
Can you put a PH98IMG.zip file of a recovery (either Amon Ra or TWRP) on your SD card and flash it in hboot? Then flash a custom ROM the same way from recovery.
You can take the SD card out and mount it on your pc and use your pc to copy over the recovery PH98IMG.zip file.
And oh yeah, I see what Obaterista... was saying. You should be able to flash the latest RUU from hboot. Here's a link for it:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
That's global too, which seems to be what you'll need.
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Have you tried flashing a different rom?
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Yes I have vigor, tried AmonRa, that did not work mate. It starts fastboot, gets stuck @ unpacking PH98IMG.diag and then nothing happens.
Obaterista93 said:
If he's S-on and locked, he can simply flash the latest RUU can't he(just to get the phone working again). From there someone can help him set up adb, and s-off.
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The bootloader screen says S-On. On top it says ***Tampered*** and below it ***UNLOCKED***.
feralicious said:
From what they posted, somehow they don't have a custom recovery even though they are rooted?
Can you put a PH98IMG.zip file of a recovery (either Amon Ra or TWRP) on your SD card and flash it in hboot? Then flash a custom ROM the same way from recovery.
You can take the SD card out and mount it on your pc and use your pc to copy over the recovery PH98IMG.zip file.
And oh yeah, I see what Obaterista... was saying. You should be able to flash the latest RUU from hboot. Here's a link for it:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ull-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
That's global too, which seems to be what you'll need.
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Yes I rooted from a tool I found on android market. Noob me. So I do not have a recovery. I had downloaded the PH98IMG.zip and put it in my sd card and tried. The recovery starts and then shows a red exclamation and then nothing happens.
I was just trying different pages for help. Someone has mentioned that I should add the PH98IMG.zip as just PH98IMG and I shud not add the .zip. Thats the only thing left to try. I will post what happens when I do that.
lllR2-D2lll said:
Yes I have vigor, tried AmonRa, that did not work mate. It starts fastboot, gets stuck @ unpacking PH98IMG.diag and then nothing happens.
The bootloader screen says S-On. On top it says ***Tampered*** and below it ***UNLOCKED***.
Yes I rooted from a tool I found on android market. Noob me. So I do not have a recovery. I had downloaded the PH98IMG.zip and put it in my sd card and tried. The recovery starts and then shows a red exclamation and then nothing happens.
I was just trying different pages for help. Someone has mentioned that I should add the PH98IMG.zip as just PH98IMG and I shud not add the .zip. Thats the only thing left to try. I will post what happens when I do that.
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What you'll have to do is relock your boot loader, flash the RUU and then unlock again. From there you should be able to flash a recovery and flash a rom.
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My phone is also soft bricked. I relocked the phone and now it just sits in hboot and won't do anything no matter if I yet to flash the ruu zip file or use the exe ruu.
Currently
Relocked
Hboot 2.10.0000
Believe I am 4.03.605.2 main version, at least that's what the exe file said.
I'm pulling my hair out just trying to any software installed. Help please!
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1967ls2 said:
My phone is also soft bricked. I relocked the phone and now it just sits in hboot and won't do anything no matter if I yet to flash the ruu zip file or use the exe ruu.
Currently
Relocked
Hboot 2.10.0000
Believe I am 4.03.605.2 main version, at least that's what the exe file said.
I'm pulling my hair out just trying to any software installed. Help please!
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Are you trying with the stock ROM ? If ure saving stock ROM as PH98IMG.zip, then try PH98IMG without the .zip typed in.
Obaterista93 said:
What you'll have to do is relock your boot loader, flash the RUU and then unlock again. From there you should be able to flash a recovery and flash a rom.
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Thanks a tonne. That helped. I am back in the menu now. I am so grateful for ure help. But my problems dont seem to end just yet. Now, my htc sync wont detect the phone. The phone is relocked. I will try unlocking and see if it works, but is that the cause ?
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Are you trying with the stock ROM ? If ure saving stock ROM as PH98IMG.zip, then try PH98IMG without the .zip typed in.
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I'm trying to install any Rom. I find can of it is ics or gb. Nothing will load.
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1967ls2 said:
I'm trying to install any Rom. I find can of it is ics or gb. Nothing will load.
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I am no expert to give u any suggestions but maybe if you could explain how it got bricked in the first place, someone might be able to give u a better solution mate.
A long time ago I rooted my phone, and I think I installed a new ROM on it.
Some time after that I decided I just wanted everything back to stock, so I took off root and re-locked the phone. (In hboot my phone says s-on and **relocked**)
As of late I have the need to get some kind of tethering app working so I was trying to unlock and root my phone again. The way I saw to do it was to use this link http://unlimited.io/jb_vigor.htm
I went ahead and set up my laptop to dual boot into Ubuntu, and have all the other prereqs done, but I'm not sure if I ever went back to the stock ROM on my rezound.
I followed the instructions on this page http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/08/15/exclusive-download-full-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
But received this an error saying "hboot main version is older, update failed"
I'd like to think I'm pretty capable with this stuff but I'll be honest, I'm not exactly sure where this leaves me.
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A long time ago I rooted my phone, and I think I installed a new ROM on it.
Some time after that I decided I just wanted everything back to stock, so I took off root and re-locked the phone. (In hboot my phone says s-on and **relocked**)
As of late I have the need to get some kind of tethering app working so I was trying to unlock and root my phone again. The way I saw to do it was to use this link http://unlimited.io/jb_vigor.htm
I went ahead and set up my laptop to dual boot into Ubuntu, and have all the other prereqs done, but I'm not sure if I ever went back to the stock ROM on my rezound.
I followed the instructions on this page http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/08/15/exclusive-download-full-ruu-build-4-03-605-2-for-the-htc-rezound/
But received this an error saying "hboot main version is older, update failed"
I'd like to think I'm pretty capable with this stuff but I'll be honest, I'm not exactly sure where this leaves me.
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If you have a custom recovery installed, copy this file to your sd card and flash in recovery
View attachment SetMainVersionLOW.zip
kc6wke said:
If you have a custom recovery installed, copy this file to your sd card and flash in recovery
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Ok, no need to rename it or anything? Just put it on the sdcard, boot into hboot, and select recovery?
When I do this I get a picture of a phone with a "!" inside of a red triangle next to it.
gaate said:
Ok, no need to rename it or anything? Just put it on the sdcard, boot into hboot, and select recovery?
When I do this I get a picture of a phone with a "!" inside of a red triangle next to it.
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You have the stock recovery on your phone.
You need to unlock and install a custom recovery first.
This may help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183942
kc6wke said:
You have the stock recovery on your phone.
You need to unlock and install a custom recovery first.
This may help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183942
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About to do that. Just to be sure, are you suggesting that I use his HTC One AIO kit, or the one he made for the rezound?
gaate said:
About to do that. Just to be sure, are you suggesting that I use his HTC One AIO kit, or the one he made for the rezound?
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For the rez, Sorry I posted wrong link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504824
kc6wke said:
For the rez, Sorry I posted wrong link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504824
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I unlocked the phone, which was a pain in the butt since I was using a windows 8 computer.
I loaded TWRP on it, but I'm not 100% sure what you mean when you say flash, there is no "recovery" option.
gaate said:
I unlocked the phone, which was a pain in the butt since I was using a windows 8 computer.
I loaded TWRP on it, but I'm not 100% sure what you mean when you say flash, there is no "recovery" option.
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boot into TWRP recovery, press install, find the file, Swipe to confirm flash.
Then You can install a rom the same way. Just remember since you are S-on, extract the Boot.img from the rom and Place in your fastboot folder,
and fastboot flash it or it will not boot.
"fastboot flash boot boot.img"
If you want a rom just to tether with, any Sense rom should work.
kc6wke said:
boot into TWRP recovery, press install, find the file, Swipe to confirm flash.
Then You can install a rom the same way. Just remember since you are S-on, extract the Boot.img from the rom and Place in your fastboot folder,
and fastboot flash it or it will not boot.
"fastboot flash boot boot.img"
If you want a rom just to tether with, any Sense rom should work.
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Looking in the stock RUU I downloaded there is no Boot.img, and there is no kernel folder (I found the directions here http://androidforums.com/rezound-all-things-root/499172-how-manually-flash-roms.html#post3933400 ) The only thing I want to do is tether. Do I need s-off for that? The only reason I'm loading up this RUU (or ROM, not sure which it is) is so I can have the stock ROM so I can use the JuopunutBear S-OFF so I can tether. I should actually google s-off vs s-on, I really don't know the difference. Does s-off just mean rooted?
Also, I really appreciate all your help. There's no way I would have been able to figure this out on my own. Thanks.
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Looking in the stock RUU I downloaded there is no Boot.img, and there is no kernel folder (I found the directions here http://androidforums.com/rezound-all-things-root/499172-how-manually-flash-roms.html#post3933400 ) The only thing I want to do is tether. Do I need s-off for that? The only reason I'm loading up this RUU (or ROM, not sure which it is) is so I can have the stock ROM so I can use the JuopunutBear S-OFF so I can tether. I should actually google s-off vs s-on, I really don't know the difference. Does s-off just mean rooted?
Also, I really appreciate all your help. There's no way I would have been able to figure this out on my own. Thanks.
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You dont Have to have s-off to tether, just a rooted rom.
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You dont Have to have s-off to tether, just a rooted rom.
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Ok, I may just flash a rooted rom then.
Since I already have the key to unlock my phone I tried re-locking it and flashing a RUU Zip, but I got the message "remote: 44 hboot version check fail
Not sure what this means, does this not work on hboot 2.28?
I may just end up doing the rooted rom, I just figured I'd go ahead and try this for ****s n giggles.
Try this
download this file, place on your sd card just like the other file and install in recovery
This will root the rom you are on
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gaate said:
Ok, I may just flash a rooted rom then.
Since I already have the key to unlock my phone I tried re-locking it and flashing a RUU Zip, but I got the message "remote: 44 hboot version check fail
Not sure what this means, does this not work on hboot 2.28?
I may just end up doing the rooted rom, I just figured I'd go ahead and try this for ****s n giggles.
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Not since you are S-on because the Ruu you have has an older Hboot. you can only go backwards with S-off
kc6wke said:
Try this
download this file, place on your sd card just like the other file and install in recovery
This will root the rom you are on
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Fantastic, Got it all working! Thanks again for your help.
EDIT: Even though I have superSU on the phone, When I try to update the su binary the installation fails. And Barnacle Wifi Tether says "Permission Denied!" and "Stopped Unexpectedly!"
I'm sure I'm close. But I'll have to finish it up in the morning.
I installed the original superuser from the market and that seemed to work. Now I'm getting other tethering errors. I'll edit if I can't figure them out.
gaate said:
I installed the original superuser from the market and that seemed to work. Now I'm getting other tethering errors. I'll edit if I can't figure them out.
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I realized after I posted the root file you are on latest firmware and that wont work on Hboot 2.28.
I was misled by your thread title, thought you were on older firmware
Download/Flash this in recovery
http://download.chainfire.eu/333/Sup...erSU-v1.34.zip
Then install Busybox from playstore using this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....busybox&hl=en
Inside the app choose /system/bin at the top checkmark replace all symlinks choose install then choose smart install.
you can get root checker from the playstore to verify root
For tether app use this one
View attachment wireless_tether_3_2.apk
go into settings
change device-profile = samsung galaxy nexus(cmda/lte)
scroll down check routing fix box
kc6wke said:
I realized after I posted the root file you are on latest firmware and that wont work on Hboot 2.28.
I was misled by your thread title, thought you were on older firmware
Download/Flash this in recovery
http://download.chainfire.eu/333/Sup...erSU-v1.34.zip
Then install Busybox from playstore using this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....busybox&hl=en
Inside the app choose /system/bin at the top checkmark replace all symlinks choose install then choose smart install.
you can get root checker from the playstore to verify root
For tether app use this one
View attachment 2103534
go into settings
change device-profile = samsung galaxy nexus(cmda/lte)
scroll down check routing fix box
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Wow, you literally have all the answers. Wifi Tethering is working, getting 33Mbps, was only getting 0.15Mbps. Huge props to you.
gaate said:
Wow, you literally have all the answers. Wifi Tethering is working, getting 33Mbps, was only getting 0.15Mbps. Huge props to you.
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Glad to see bou got it solved
Question to anyone, I have a Inc 4g phone that is s-Off, I ran a stock RUU and lost root. I'm still s-off HBoot 1.15, I tried to fastboot flash a recovery and also a unsecured boot.img. I get a error when trying this "failed remote not allowed. Can any help with this?
NAU420 said:
Question to anyone, I have a Inc 4g phone that is s-Off, I ran a stock RUU and lost root. I'm still s-off HBoot 1.15, I tried to fastboot flash a recovery and also a unsecured boot.img. I get a error when trying this "failed remote not allowed. Can any help with this?
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If you are sure that you are s-off, then follow the manual instruction very carefully to install recovery (twrp for example). If it fails, report back with the recovery image used and exact command typed to try and flash it.
And for verification. does your HBOOT screen give you any indication that you actually are S-OFF? Or are you taking someone's word for it?
mdmower said:
If you are sure that you are s-off, then follow the manual instruction very carefully to install recovery (twrp for example). If it fails, report back with the recovery image used and exact command typed to try and flash it.
And for verification. does your HBOOT screen give you any indication that you actually are S-OFF? Or are you taking someone's word for it?
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Yes the screen says S-Off, the phone was my bothers phone and it was a test phone. I had to run a stock RUU to remove all the HTC test software. I'm going to make the phone a google voice only phone for one of my kids.
The only thing I don't get is, I'm s-off and should be able to flash a unsecure boot.img. after that I should then flash a recovery. But for some reason I can't flash a boot.
Command: fastboot flash boot boot.img
Boot.img is in my Android file and I do see the device using: fastboot device.
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NAU420 said:
The only thing I don't get is, I'm s-off and should be able to flash a unsecure boot.img. after that I should then flash a recovery. But for some reason I can't flash a boot.
Command: fastboot flash boot boot.img
Boot.img is in my Android file and I do see the device using: fastboot device.
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Not a lot of this made sense. You don't need to flash a boot image to be able to flash recovery and I don't understand "Boot.img is in my Android file" at all. Like I mentioned previously, follow the manual instruction to flash recovery. If it doesn't work, either you're not S-OFF or you're not using an HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE. If, after successfully installing a custom recovery, you want to flash boot images through recovery, you'll need the engineered HBOOT by team unlimited.
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Not a lot of this made sense. You don't need to flash a boot image to be able to flash recovery and I don't understand "Boot.img is in my Android file" at all. Like I mentioned previously, follow the manual instruction to flash recovery. If it doesn't work, either you're not S-OFF or you're not using an HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE. If, after successfully installing a custom recovery, you want to flash boot images through recovery, you'll need the engineered HBOOT by team unlimited.
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Got it, I flash a Hboot and then I was able to flash recovery. Thanks for your help!!!
Lemme get this straight
NAU420 said:
Got it, I flash a Hboot and then I was able to flash recovery. Thanks for your help!!!
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SO.......If I have a HTC VZN Incredible 4G LTE I can not root this phone ? Or did I loose something in the thread?
DaWolf2010 said:
SO.......If I have a HTC VZN Incredible 4G LTE I can not root this phone ? Or did I loose something in the thread?
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No you can root it, I had a test device from my brother and it was alittle hard for me to root it. My Hboot was not the same as everyone else.
My friend made the mistake of following a youtube video and really messed up his phone. He has TWRP installed but he's S-On and deleted his restore image. The only thing that functions on this phone is HBOOT. The bootloader was relocked, and now I can't even access recovery. I need some help here. He was trying to get a custom rom installed, but he never went S-Off. Running the RUU provided in DirtyRacun wouldn't work even though it was for the correct HBOOT version. I have no idea where to start on fixing this thing. It is running HBOOT-2.09. I am very comfortable using adb and fastboot - I use it frequently with my HTC One. This almost seems beyond repair - but I'm pretty sure it is fixable. Please help. I have access to both a Linux and a Windows machine, so a solution involving either isn't out of the question. Since recovery isn't accessable, it has to be a fix involving fastboot and adb almost exclusively.
Have you tried to unlock the bootloader again? Once you unlock you can push a recovery to the phone and then flash a ROM. Remember, since he's S-on you'll have to install the kernel separately from the ROM (or use a ROM that has a S-on kernel installer). Hit the top link in my sig for more info.
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I unlocked the bootloader again and got back in to TWRP. Because I am S-On I pushed MeanBean v284 onto the phone but the installation fails every time. I've tried wiping everything, formatting the partitions again, and I can't get past this point.
EDIT: My error says:
"E-Mount: Unable to find partition for path '/MeanBean-v284-jewel-ltevo.zip'
Error flashing zip '/MeanBean-v284-jewel-ltevo.zip'
Updating partition details..."
What version of TWRP and where did you get it?
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What version of TWRP and where did you get it?
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2.7.0.0. He said it was linked from the xda forums. Also, I am going to try the rumrunner s off that was recommended on your guide right now. I can't enable USB debugging because there is no OS on the device right now.
You'll need to install a ROM before you can S-off.
Also, once you get recovery working again you may find the guide in the link below useful.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2443108
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Magnum_Enforcer said:
You'll need to install a ROM before you can S-off.
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According to the MeanBean guide, it will work S-On. I'm not sure if you have to flash the kernel seperately, and on top of that I'm not sure how to do that. I haven't been able to find specific instructions other than using fastboot with a boot.img file. I haven't tried this yet with MeanBean, but it didn't work with the Viper Rom.
EDIT: I made it to the step where you flash the ROM (further than I've gotten so far today...). It says the kernel was not installed when installing MeanBean.
Just follow the directions in the ROM thread and you'll be fine. You essentially have to flash the zip file twice. If you want further info, click the top link in my sig.
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Magnum_Enforcer said:
Just follow the directions in the ROM thread and you'll be fine. You essentially have to flash the zip file twice. If you want further info, click the top link in my sig.
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After installing the second time, I am still getting the same: "ERROR: Kernel Not Installed!
Copying flashable ZIPs. to /sdcard/Meanbean
Please reboot now!
Updating partition details..."
I am gradually looking through all 949 pages to try to find a solution
EDIT 2: I tried flashing the boot.img file using fastboot as it said in your post to install the kernel. I am still getting that installation error.