How to unlock, root, install custom recovery - HTC Droid DNA

Can somebody please provide me with a forum on how to unlock the bootloader, root the phone, and install a custom recovery on my droid dna. My software version is 2.07.605.1 710RD. Thank you.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2437614
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Or here.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314771
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Looking for the same info...
gocool767 said:
Can somebody please provide me with a forum on how to unlock the bootloader, root the phone, and install a custom recovery on my droid dna. My software version is 2.07.605.1 710RD. Thank you.
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I'm a complete n00b to rooting and have been trying to find an answer to the same question before diving in. I have looked through tons of info, including the 2 threads posted in responses, but can't seem to get a clear answer as to whether these methods work for 2.07... There seems to be a lot of conflicting reports. Would love to know if you confirm that either of these work.

May have answered my own question
It looks like there are further reports of moonshine working on 2.07.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2510910
I'm going to give it a try tonight and will report back here.

I haven't seen anything about unlocking or rooting on 2.07, only s-off. I have a new DNA being shipped out thanks to my warranty, but I really don't want to go back to 4.1 after being on 4.3 for a few great months!

Moonshine works on recent dnas

schott12521 said:
I haven't seen anything about unlocking or rooting on 2.07, only s-off. I have a new DNA being shipped out thanks to my warranty, but I really don't want to go back to 4.1 after being on 4.3 for a few great months!
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Yep, sorry for mixing up unlocking and rooting with s-off. I just thought getting s-off would better for a n00b like me as it seems to make the custom ROM / kernel process a bit more straight forward.
thayl0 said:
Moonshine works on recent dnas
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I tried last night and ran into a few problems and then ran out of time. Got an error along the lines of [can't obtain temproot] during one of the moonshine steps... This may be due to the fact that I did not factory reset before moonshining. I will try again this evening (after factory reset).
Do you know I should go through the normal phone set-up after the factory reset? Or just reset then dive into moonshine?
Thanks!

GrzlyAdms said:
Yep, sorry for mixing up unlocking and rooting with s-off. I just thought getting s-off would better for a n00b like me as it seems to make the custom ROM / kernel process a bit more straight forward.
I tried last night and ran into a few problems and then ran out of time. Got an error along the lines of [can't obtain temproot] during one of the moonshine steps... This may be due to the fact that I did not factory reset before moonshining. I will try again this evening (after factory reset).
Do you know I should go through the normal phone set-up after the factory reset? Or just reset then dive into moonshine?
Thanks!
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I'd think factory reset everything. I believe that is what I done. There is a support page for the moonshine program but I forget where it was.
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GrzlyAdms said:
Yep, sorry for mixing up unlocking and rooting with s-off. I just thought getting s-off would better for a n00b like me as it seems to make the custom ROM / kernel process a bit more straight forward.
I tried last night and ran into a few problems and then ran out of time. Got an error along the lines of [can't obtain temproot] during one of the moonshine steps... This may be due to the fact that I did not factory reset before moonshining. I will try again this evening (after factory reset).
Do you know I should go through the normal phone set-up after the factory reset? Or just reset then dive into moonshine?
Thanks!
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I found the site..
I must had been on 2.06 when i done mine. I didn't even know there was another update.
I read on the moonshine site its only for 2.06
JUst type moonshine droid dna and you'll see it. I don't think I'm allowed to post links.

Well, I can 100% confirm that moonshine works for 2.07. It took several tries (4 to be exact, with factory reset between each), but I am now s-off! Woohoo! Now on to flashing twrp, and my first try at a custom ROM.

GrzlyAdms said:
Well, I can 100% confirm that moonshine works for 2.07. It took several tries (4 to be exact, with factory reset between each), but I am now s-off! Woohoo! Now on to flashing twrp, and my first try at a custom ROM.
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Let me know if you need help flashing and ill tell you how.

thayl0 said:
Let me know if you need help flashing and ill tell you how.
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Thanks for the offer! I was actually able to flash twrp and a custom ROM. It was much easier than I originally anticipated. My eyes are now open to a whole new world... Not sure I'll ever be able to go back to a stock Stock/manufacturer ROM.
Now running ViperDNA 2.0.1. I picked Viper as it sounds like this is one of the most stable/least buggy ROMs out there right now (plus it runs fine on the stock kernel). Do you have any other suggested ROMs for the DNA?

GrzlyAdms said:
Thanks for the offer! I was actually able to flash twrp and a custom ROM. It was much easier than I originally anticipated. My eyes are now open to a whole new world... Not sure I'll ever be able to go back to a stock Stock/manufacturer ROM.
Now running ViperDNA 2.0.1. I picked Viper as it sounds like this is one of the most stable/least buggy ROMs out there right now (plus it runs fine on the stock kernel). Do you have any other suggested ROMs for the DNA?
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Looks good.

I too just had success with Moonshine. Just literally got my DNA, previous owner took the OTA. First time failed at "temproot", second time ran flawless.

Congratulations if u need help installing. SDK. Adb. Fastboot. Recovery and or a ROM. Message me
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Well, still troubleshooting some things. Successfully had root access and using the correct settings I could run wireless tether fine. I then proceeded to backup then install viper Rom. Set everything up fine however nothing I tried would get tether going. So I restored my backup (tether is a must) and still same issue. It starts but I cnt connect which is strange as I was using it fine earier.
So now I did a factory reset and flashed superuser, now tether won't start. Says "started with errors" using the exact same settings. So I'm going to try flashing the stock ota deodedex Rom see if that solves it.
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GrzlyAdms said:
Well, I can 100% confirm that moonshine works for 2.07. It took several tries (4 to be exact, with factory reset between each), but I am now s-off! Woohoo! Now on to flashing twrp, and my first try at a custom ROM.
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Did you use the Windows or Linux version?

Little Green Robot said:
Did you use the Windows or Linux version?
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Windows (Vista believe it or not...). Make sure you have the correct device drivers installed first, and uninstall HTC Sync.
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Related

Need help ASAP

Alright i need help badly. I consider myself an advanced noob in installing roms and kernals on a phone. I have the rezound. I unlocked it about a week about and went through the step by step instructions. I installed ziggys kernal. I was getting some bootloops but not to many until this morning. My phone kept bootlooping. I would take the battery out and put it back and it would do it again. I tried wiping the date cache and dalvik. Nothing. I then formatted all to ext3. After i did that it said i need to install a rom. I try to restart my phone and it just stays on the HTC screen. I tried to do the factory restore. Nothing. I have to put my sd card in after i get into recovery because when i go to the bootloader screen the HBOOT does something and then asks me if i want to do an update. I tried and hit yes and it did it then reboots but nothing. When i hit no it just wants me to reboot my phone, which does nothing for me. As it is right now my phone wont load. it just stays on the HTC screen. HELP please
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394659
Try this, but you should really search first.
I would try that but my phone will not boot. it will not go past the HTC start up screen
Evo4gLI said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394659
Try this, but you should really search first.
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The other half of the problem is that it sounds like he formatted ext3 and wiped his ROM. So, he'd have to reboot back into recovery and restore a backup or drop a new ROM on the phone via USB.
Grab the RUU and start all fresh again.
MrSmith317 said:
The other half of the problem is that it sounds like he formatted ext3 and wiped his ROM. So, he'd have to reboot back into recovery and restore a backup or drop a new ROM on the phone via USB.
Grab the RUU and start all fresh again.
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Good point. I'm in class, so I just read it quickly. RUU sounds like the way to go.....start with a clean slate.
how do i get to the RUU
See "shipped Rom collection" sticky in dev section
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Good Luck
This is one of the reasons I have not tried to hack this device. Although I may unlock/root my Rezound I'm not in a hurry to. It's really a great device. Just too expensive for me to maybe mess up. Especially since its our own fault if we do. Can't blame the carrier/manufacturer for not paying to fix/replace either. Hopefully you get it fixed soon. I know I wouldn't want to have to go through all that either.
i just installed the CleanRom. Ill let you know if this works
installed cleanrom but now my wifi says error and wont connect
Abead84 said:
installed cleanrom but now my wifi says error and wont connect
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You need to reflash the kernel in order to get wifi to work.
Abead84 said:
installed cleanrom but now my wifi says error and wont connect
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The answer should be in the CleanRom thread but as far as I know if you flashed Ziggy's Kernel, you should reflash it and that should solve the problem.
Oops, just noticed this was already answered.
i flashed a kernel and its all good now
Abead84 said:
i flashed a kernel and its all good now
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Glad you got it all back. That would scare the sh*t out of me
WasabiWa83 said:
Glad you got it all back. That would scare the sh*t out of me
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It shouldn't. You can't brick with unlock S-On. If you can get to HBOOT, you are fine. And there is no way to overwrite HBOOT yet.
con247 said:
It shouldn't. You can't brick with unlock S-On. If you can get to HBOOT, you are fine. And there is no way to overwrite HBOOT yet.
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And does it need to be said that this phone has been out for less than a month? Maybe we should give the devs a chance to work out the kinks before we start flashing.
I *really* miss WiFi tethering that I used to do with my DInc, but I am not about to root in the first two weeks of ownership before I see good, dependable feedback from the community.
I love this phone too much.
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con247 said:
It shouldn't. You can't brick with unlock S-On. If you can get to HBOOT, you are fine. And there is no way to overwrite HBOOT yet.
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That's damn good to know
WasabiWa83 said:
That's damn good to know
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Actually you might be able to mess up the partitions or something, but HTC limits our ability to **** up the phone pretty well
WookieFan said:
And does it need to be said that this phone has been out for less than a month? Maybe we should give the devs a chance to work out the kinks before we start flashing.
I *really* miss WiFi tethering that I used to do with my DInc, but I am not about to root in the first two weeks of ownership before I see good, dependable feedback from the community.
I love this phone too much.
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Not trying to knock you but I don't see the point in waiting. Flashing a rom is fairly straightforward and even flashing kernels is for the most part. I had an Incredible prior to this and I am absolutely in love with my phone...that's why I read how to do things properly and learn from others mistakes.
Take the plunge! It's great on the otherside
WookieFan said:
I *really* miss WiFi tethering that I used to do with my DInc
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There is a wifi tether app that doesn't require root. Koush is the dev. I tried it and it worked. That was the only thing I would have needed root for also. You should be able to find it if you search for it. If not, I'll find the link.
Edit: I found the link
https://plus.google.com/u/0/103583939320326217147/posts/1Yy1jb9z4TA
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[Q] Rezound will not boot

I unlocked and rooted my HTC Rezound using hasoon2000's all-in-one tookit v2.0 and was running cleanROM.
I am currently in a 'bootloop'. The phone will boot to the first white HTC screen without the red writing on the bottom and then it will turn completely black and will not go any further. I can boot in the hboot and recover AmonRa 3.15.
I factory reset the internal storage and nothing happened. I then reset the sd card and still no luck whatsoever.
I cannot get the phone to recognize on my laptop to relock the bootloader and am afraid verizon might notice..
I shaking and sweating a little bit, i don't want to be without a phone..
any help would be fantastic.
I would like to know how to get out of this bootloop and possibly reset back to factory settings.
MaydayMayday18 said:
I unlocked and rooted my HTC Rezound using hasoon2000's all-in-one tookit v2.0 and was running cleanROM.
I am currently in a 'bootloop'. The phone will boot to the first white HTC screen without the red writing on the bottom and then it will turn completely black and will not go any further. I can boot in the hboot and recover AmonRa 3.15.
I factory reset the internal storage and nothing happened. I then reset the sd card and still no luck whatsoever.
I cannot get the phone to recognize on my laptop to relock the bootloader and am afraid verizon might notice..
I shaking and sweating a little bit, i don't want to be without a phone..
any help would be fantastic.
I would like to know how to get out of this bootloop and possibly reset back to factory settings.
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going to need more info first:
1. does it say you have an unlocked bootloader?
2. you will need to take your sd card out of the phone, plug it into a pc, and download a rom, and place it on the sd card.
3. which hboot are you running at this point in time.
Will it boot if you take the sim card out? Try that
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maybe try reflashing
I seem to be having the exact same problem- I can reboot into recovery and flash recovery and/or a new rom, boot into bootloader and flash boot.img, but still get stuck at white htc screen.
I had just finished a 45 minute tech call to Verizon, put the phone down for about 15 min, picked it back up to unlock and it froze. Would not respond to adb commands, finally pulled battery to reboot and bootlooping at white htc screen. Flashed both BAMF 2.1, earlier ICS backup, and factory reset from recovery.
Anyone have a suggestion as to next step? Flash RUU (I did update to 3.xx) again?
Thanks for any thoughts
Stuck at white HTC screen
I rooted my Rezound and flashed Amon. I made the mistake of trying to flash a Cyanogen ROM and now I'm stuck at the HTC white screen. I have no idea what to do from here. I can get into reecovery and fastboot. What are my options? Thanks for any help!
It sounds like there is no kernel. Try flashing sebastians kernel if ICS, Incredikernel if GB.
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LunaticSerenade said:
It sounds like there is no kernel. Try flashing sebastians kernel if ICS, Incredikernel if GB.
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Thank you SO much! I'm going onto day 2 without my phone and it isn't fun! I flashed the kernel for Cyanogen as well as the ROM but clearly that didn't end well. Where can I find these kernels?
EDIT: Found Incredikernel. Will let you know if it works.
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LunaticSerenade said:
It sounds like there is no kernel. Try flashing sebastians kernel if ICS, Incredikernel if GB.
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Thank you SO much! I'm back up and running thanks to your help. I really can't thank you enough!!
DroidGurl said:
Thank you SO much! I'm going onto day 2 without my phone and it isn't fun! I flashed the kernel for Cyanogen as well as the ROM but clearly that didn't end well. Where can I find these kernels?
EDIT: Found Incredikernel. Will let you know if it works.
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Thank you SO much! I'm back up and running thanks to your help. I really can't thank you enough!!
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Glad it worked!
Sooner or later you should S-Off and rock some ICS. Its really not as hard as it looks, I promise.
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LunaticSerenade said:
Glad it worked!
Sooner or later you should S-Off and rock some ICS. Its really not as hard as it looks, I promise.
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Tell ya what.... if you'll be around to bail me out when I screw it up, I'll do it!
DroidGurl said:
Tell ya what.... if you'll be around to bail me out when I screw it up, I'll do it!
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Thats what we are all here for. S-Off makes flashing so much easier since it actually flashes the kernel the same time you flash the rom and when you make a backup it will actually save the kernel with the backup as well. Well worth it.
Evocm7 said:
Thats what we are all here for. S-Off makes flashing so much easier since it actually flashes the kernel the same time you flash the rom and when you make a backup it will actually save the kernel with the backup as well. Well worth it.
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And that is why I love the Android community so much. I've never been left "out in the cold" when I had a problem rooting or flashing ROMs, themes, etc.
Good to know about S-Off... I'm all about making the process of flashing easier. I'll take a look at S-Off tomorrow after work. What are the best instructions in your opinion?
DroidGurl said:
And that is why I love the Android community so much. I've never been left "out in the cold" when I had a problem rooting or flashing ROMs, themes, etc.
Good to know about S-Off... I'm all about making the process of flashing easier. I'll take a look at S-Off tomorrow after work. What are the best instructions in your opinion?
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I just used the unlimited.io site. The instructions are clear, and it shows a video of the wire trick, which is neat.
If you need help, just ask. There are all kinds of knoledgable folks around. Hell, I'm usually trolling around looking for questions to answer!
My job is that boring lol.
[edit] if you have it, use a back up sdcard for S-Off. The sdcard gets wiped in the process.
Sent from my Sense 4 Rezound.
LunaticSerenade said:
I just used the unlimited.io site. The instructions are clear, and it shows a video of the wire trick, which is neat.
If you need help, just ask. There are all kinds of knoledgable folks around. Hell, I'm usually trolling around looking for questions to answer!
My job is that boring lol.
[edit] if you have it, use a back up sdcard for S-Off. The sdcard gets wiped in the process.
Sent from my Sense 4 Rezound.
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I'll try S-Off later today and I do have a backup SD card.
As a side note: I want your job. lol!
I just realised last night that I can't use Wi-Fi on my phone. How can I get that back?
DroidGurl said:
I'll try S-Off later today and I do have a backup SD card.
As a side note: I want your job. lol!
I just realised last night that I can't use Wi-Fi on my phone. How can I get that back?
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What ROM are you on? I know there are a couple issues out there with ICS ROMs on GB firmware.
Sent from my evolving Rezound.
LunaticSerenade said:
What ROM are you on? I know there are a couple issues out there with ICS ROMs on GB firmware.
Sent from my evolving Rezound.
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The only ROM I have flashed was Cyanogen.... flashed it from my SD card.
This is what I did that ended with me being bootlooped in the first place:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471408
EDIT: Let me guess, it's an ICS build and I'd need a patch to run it since I'm on GB firmware?
Flash one of the GB Sense ROMs, it should straighten everything right out.
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LunaticSerenade said:
Flash one of the GB Sense ROMs, it should straighten everything right out.
Sent from my evolving Rezound.
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Ok. What's a good one in your opinion?
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Ok. What's a good one in your opinion?
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I used CleanROM 1.7.5 for quite some time, it was a nice stock ROM.
Used with Incredikernel, its super awesome.
LunaticSerenade said:
I used CleanROM 1.7.5 for quite some time, it was a nice stock ROM.
Used with Incredikernel, its super awesome.
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Excellent. I'm looking for ti now. I'll let you know how it goes.

Backing up Phone using TitBackup with Hboot 1.5

Hello All,
If this has been covered before I apologize I havent been able to find the solution to my problem atm.
What I would like to do is ultimately downgrade my phone to Hboot 1.4 so that I can install a Custom Rom for the first time. However according to my research to do that you will need to wipe your phone in essence losing all my data so I would like to back it up first before I try that which I havent been able to figure out how to do that yet.
My phone build is Hboot 1.5 2.17.651.5
Based on what I have read many guide suggest that you will have to use the HTCdev Unlock to actually be able to root the phone but if my understand of what I am reading is correct you have to wipe the phone again which doesnt help me.
Ive tried so many different methods to be able to do temp-root but none of them seem to work for me so I would like a suggestion or some advice on what I can try so I can backup my phone before I try the downgrade.
Thanks guys
Zero_Shadow said:
Hello All,
If this has been covered before I apologize I havent been able to find the solution to my problem atm.
What I would like to do is ultimately downgrade my phone to Hboot 1.4 so that I can install a Custom Rom for the first time. However according to my research to do that you will need to wipe your phone in essence losing all my data so I would like to back it up first before I try that which I havent been able to figure out how to do that yet.
My phone build is Hboot 1.5 2.17.651.5
Based on what I have read many guide suggest that you will have to use the HTCdev Unlock to actually be able to root the phone but if my understand of what I am reading is correct you have to wipe the phone again which doesnt help me.
Ive tried so many different methods to be able to do temp-root but none of them seem to work for me so I would like a suggestion or some advice on what I can try so I can backup my phone before I try the downgrade.
Thanks guys
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AFAIK, there is no way since both methods (downgrade and HTC unlock) cause you to wipe. I hope someone has a good answer (and I wish I had known it before I lost all my stuff downgrading ).
What all are you trying to backup? Your apps you can reinstall, your phone number's can be exported to your sd without root via your people app, videos and pics are stored on your sd so you can just insert your sd into your laptop/pc and back it up. Your texts are a different story, but I'm sure you will receive more texts.
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\=LTE
I'm mostly trying to back up app data settings game saves etc. Sorry I didn't mention that, I'm also just trying to see how that works since I'm still learning about all of this. If that is something I shouldn't really worry about should I just go ahead with the downgrade?
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Zero_Shadow said:
I'm mostly trying to back up app data settings game saves etc. Sorry I didn't mention that, I'm also just trying to see how that works since I'm still learning about all of this. If that is something I shouldn't really worry about should I just go ahead with the downgrade?
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http://rootzwiki.com/topic/13713-tacoroot-htc-universal-root-exploit-12-30-2011/
Use Tacoroot to gain temp root on 2.17. This is HIGHLY unstable, do not touch the notification/status bar at all when it boots. just get in, get your backups, and get out.
Unknownforce said:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/13713-tacoroot-htc-universal-root-exploit-12-30-2011/
Use Tacoroot to gain temp root on 2.17. This is HIGHLY unstable, do not touch the notification/status bar at all when it boots. just get in, get your backups, and get out.
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Hey Unknown thanks for the reply im a fan of your work I have actually tried that method or one similar (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441100) and have been unsuccessful so far (I also made a post in that thread). I'm really close to giving up and just doing the downgrade as I can not figure out how to make this work.
Unknownforce said:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/13713-tacoroot-htc-universal-root-exploit-12-30-2011/
Use Tacoroot to gain temp root on 2.17. This is HIGHLY unstable, do not touch the notification/status bar at all when it boots. just get in, get your backups, and get out.
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Highly unstable is an understatement . When I followed your downgrade process, my phone started a constant bootloop after using tacoroot. Luckily, it did not have to boot, but I still lost my data (which ended up being no big deal).
EDIT: Sounds critical of Unknownforce, but did not mean to. He is the reason I have root and will forever be in my signature.
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coal686 said:
Highly unstable is an understatement. When I followed your downgrade process, my phone started a constant bootloop after using tacoroot. Luckily, it did not have to boot, but I still lost my data (which ended up being no big deal).
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Ah well it looks like I'll just lose the data ah well. I do appreciate all the help tho guys on to the downgrade.
coal686 said:
Highly unstable is an understatement . When I followed your downgrade process, my phone started a constant bootloop after using tacoroot. Luckily, it did not have to boot, but I still lost my data (which ended up being no big deal).
EDIT: Sounds critical of Unknownforce, but did not mean to. He is the reason I have root and will forever be in my signature.
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Zero_Shadow said:
Ah well it looks like I'll just lose the data ah well. I do appreciate all the help tho guys on to the downgrade.
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Unfortunately it's the only known root method to work with 2.17. I didn't develop it, it was jcase, but it's better than nothing.

evo lte stuck at "quietly brilliant" screen. cant get to recovery

I was rooted on MeanROM, and from TWRP I cleared the cache and delvic cache and did a factory wipe, then tried to install the cm10 nightly build, but it said failed, so I cleared and wiped again and tried installing the FreshEVO ROM that I had on it before the MeanROM, it never finished installing, just froze after a while. then TWRP restarted then went into the white HTC "quietly brilliant" screen with the red disclaimer and stuck there. When i hold the power down, it just reboots back to this screen. I cant get it into recovery or bootloader or anywhere but this. My computer isn't recognizing the phone, I tried to adb to it from cmd but its not showing up. I don't think i had the latest hboot or whatever on it, it's been probably two months since i first rooted it. any help would be great, please and thank you. I'm heading to work but i'll check this on my breaks and answer any questions i can about what ive done. I was about to trade the phone for an s3 this saturday, but im sure he wont want it like this! THANK YOU.
I'm just gonna say this and don't take it offensively... That is the risk you took rooting your phone.. if you can get into bootloader, try loading a current ruu on there and see If that works.
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thlinx said:
I'm just gonna say this and don't take it offensively... That is the risk you took rooting your phone.. if you can get into bootloader, try loading a current ruu on there and see If that works.
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No offense taken, I understood the risks, and I accept the consequences, which is why I'm fairly calm and not freaking out. I'm going to read more into RUU's on my break, as I'm not completely sure how to do that. Does the computer have to recognize my device for that? I would think so. Is there a trick to getting from this white HTC screen back to TWRP other than trying to reboot or pwr+vol down? Everything just keeps going back here. It wont even turn off without the battery draining.. I'll keep reading on my break, any other helpful comments are definitely welcome. Thanks.
Hold down the power button for 10 seconds and the lights on the capacitive buttons will blink. As soon as the screen goes black wait about half a second then hold volume down and power to get into bootloader then go into recovery.
Hope that helps you. That's how I've always gotten back into recovery when I have a bad flash.
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BrianBaker said:
Hold down the power button for 10 seconds and the lights on the capacitive buttons will blink. As soon as the screen goes black wait about half a second then hold volume down and power to get into bootloader then go into recovery.
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This is correct and works. Couldn't boot after trying to install Chainfie 3D drivers but got to recovery this way.
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Happened to me. You have to flash the boot image for cm10 if I recall correctly.
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themorningsleeve said:
I was rooted on MeanROM, and from TWRP I cleared the cache and delvic cache and did a factory wipe, then tried to install the cm10 nightly build, but it said failed, so I cleared and wiped again and tried installing the FreshEVO ROM that I had on it before the MeanROM, it never finished installing, just froze after a while. then TWRP restarted then went into the white HTC "quietly brilliant" screen with the red disclaimer and stuck there. When i hold the power down, it just reboots back to this screen. I cant get it into recovery or bootloader or anywhere but this. My computer isn't recognizing the phone, I tried to adb to it from cmd but its not showing up. I don't think i had the latest hboot or whatever on it, it's been probably two months since i first rooted it. any help would be great, please and thank you. I'm heading to work but i'll check this on my breaks and answer any questions i can about what ive done. I was about to trade the phone for an s3 this saturday, but im sure he wont want it like this! THANK YOU.
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did you ever get this going? Sounds like from what i was seeing you got into your BL finally. I would try reinstalling TWRP like the second part of the OP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1794867 and then select reboot to recovery from the bootloader ot the button method. If you get back into twrp restore the last working rom setup you had which sounds like meanrom. If it works come back and let us know.
motcher41 said:
did you ever get this going? Sounds like from what i was seeing you got into your BL finally. I would try reinstalling TWRP like the second part of the OP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1794867 and then select reboot to recovery from the bootloader ot the button method. If you get back into twrp restore the last working rom setup you had which sounds like meanrom. If it works come back and let us know.
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Hey guys, on my lunch break, i got it working! I couldn't get it to go into recovery last night for the life of me, but i tried this morning on my way to work and it worked just fine like it should. For some reason none of my roms would install though other than the jewel stock of the latest update with root that i had on here. It worked and I'm good to go. Thanks for the help though! Anyone know why the roms that i installed before are falling Everette i try to install them now? I always wipe and restore first..
themorningsleeve said:
Hey guys, on my lunch break, i got it working! I couldn't get it to go into recovery last night for the life of me, but i tried this morning on my way to work and it worked just fine like it should. For some reason none of my roms would install though other than the jewel stock of the latest update with root that i had on here. It worked and I'm good to go. Thanks for the help though! Anyone know why the roms that i installed before are falling Everette i try to install them now? I always wipe and restore first..
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I'm willing to bet that you are not S-OFF, and on Hboot 1.15 or higher, and that was the issue when you tried to install CM10. Make sure you read the instructions for flashing CM10, because you have to do something special to flash a kernel when you are S-ON. Now, as far as the old roms not being able to flash, it may be that they were based on the original 1.13 software version with the 1.13 kernel, and it won't let you flash over your current kernel because the version is older. Essentially, if you are S-ON, you can't flash a kernel unless it matches or is a newer version than the one you have. Of course, you can follow one of the many guides on how to flash boot (kernel) with S-ON to get around this.
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I'm willing to bet that you are not S-OFF, and on Hboot 1.15 or higher, and that was the issue when you tried to install CM10. Make sure you read the instructions for flashing CM10, because you have to do something special to flash a kernel when you are S-ON. Now, as far as the old roms not being able to flash, it may be that they were based on the original 1.13 software version with the 1.13 kernel, and it won't let you flash over your current kernel because the version is older. Essentially, if you are S-ON, you can't flash a kernel unless it matches or is a newer version than the one you have. Of course, you can follow one of the many guides on how to flash boot (kernel) with S-ON to get around this.
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Wow yes this all made perfect sense! I didn't think about my old roms not being compatible, and i also didn't realize i needed s-off for cm10. I have a bad habit of thinking i can just throw a zip on my card and flash it and it will magically work perfectly lol.. This kind of thinking is what gets me into trouble! Where can i read about turning s-off for installing cm10? Are there links on the download page?
themorningsleeve said:
Wow yes this all made perfect sense! I didn't think about my old roms not being compatible, and i also didn't realize i needed s-off for cm10. I have a bad habit of thinking i can just throw a zip on my card and flash it and it will magically work perfectly lol.. This kind of thinking is what gets me into trouble! Where can i read about turning s-off for installing cm10? Are there links on the download page?
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S-OFF info is here, but because you are having this issue, you probably have HBoot 1.15 or higher, which means you can't achieve S-OFF until a new exploit is found.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737123
There are methods for flashing kernels here with S-ON here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1794867
Also, there's the newer twrp dumlock method if you install the latest version ot TWRP (2.2.1). http://teamw.in/project/htcdumlock
timtlm said:
S-OFF info is here, but because you are having this issue, you probably have HBoot 1.15 or higher, which means you can't achieve S-OFF until a new exploit is found.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737123
There are methods for flashing kernels here with S-ON here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1794867
Also, there's the newer twrp dumlock method if you install the latest version ot TWRP (2.2.1). http://teamw.in/project/htcdumlock
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Ok thanks. My main goal is to not screw this phone up before Saturday when i trade it for an S3 so i may not bother, but i will definitely give it a look!
themorningsleeve said:
Wow yes this all made perfect sense! I didn't think about my old roms not being compatible, and i also didn't realize i needed s-off for cm10. I have a bad habit of thinking i can just throw a zip on my card and flash it and it will magically work perfectly lol.. This kind of thinking is what gets me into trouble! Where can i read about turning s-off for installing cm10? Are there links on the download page?
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You dont have to have s-off though like he said for cm-10 you just need an extra step or two. I dont blame you for trading it in I did the same. Except I am going back to the Gnex.
motcher41 said:
You dont have to have s-off though like he said for cm-10 you just need an extra step or two. I dont blame you for trading it in I did the same. Except I am going back to the Gnex.
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I had the gnex before this, why did you go back to that out of the other 2?
themorningsleeve said:
I had the gnex before this, why did you go back to that out of the other 2?
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Well I'm going back cuz of the non htc clustscrew and the openess of the platform. No bs no s on or s off dev unlocks etc...its how a phone should be. Better camera functionality and I know the sammy platform. Imho it may be older but its a far superior device. Could afford any device out there and to me its hands down gnex
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motcher41 said:
Well I'm going back cuz of the non htc clustscrew and the openess of the platform. No bs no s on or s off dev unlocks etc...its how a phone should be. Better camera functionality and I know the sammy platform. Imho it may be older but its a far superior device. Could afford any device out there and to me its hands down gnex
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right on. I did enjoy that phone. I LOVE the camera on my EVO LTE though, that's the one thing ill miss about this one. I did just find out that the ass that was supposed to trade me on saturday already traded someone, so i'm stuck with the LTE for a while now, so i might venture into putting cm10 on it, but then again i might wait til a more stable version hits, just depends on how long that may take..
themorningsleeve said:
right on. I did enjoy that phone. I LOVE the camera on my EVO LTE though, that's the one thing ill miss about this one. I did just find out that the ass that was supposed to trade me on saturday already traded someone, so i'm stuck with the LTE for a while now, so i might venture into putting cm10 on it, but then again i might wait til a more stable version hits, just depends on how long that may take..
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Ruu it back to stock locked and ebay it. Should get enough for nib sealed gnex. I found one for 319.00. Saw a couple s3 on swappa for about 430-440 nib sealed. Saw a bad esn one going for 290ish so yours should be 350ish or more
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CM10 should be going completely open source with the camera very soon. Expect good things.
To the people complaining about HTC and leaving/trading for new phones.... cya.
That isnt helpful here... we dont need an announcement. Just go please.
Rxpert said:
CM10 should be going completely open source with the camera very soon. Expect good things.
To the people complaining about HTC and leaving/trading for new phones.... cya.
That isnt helpful here... we dont need an announcement. Just go please.
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Me and the op are having a good clean conversation in his thread so.... cya
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motcher41 said:
Me and the op are having a good clean conversation in his thread so.... cya
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Soft Brick, Backups stopped working, no roms will boot

So now on my evo, every rom i flash gets stuck in bootloop. Ive tried Meanrom,cm10.1,miui, and even the stock roms like JB 4.1. At first my backups would work, but that is no longer the case. Im not sure what else to include. Yes ive factory reset and wiped all cache. Yes i made sure the roms werent corrupt.
I tried using boot img flasher but that did not work.
I have no idea what else there is try.
Htc Evo 4g LTE
S-on RL
HBOOT- 1.19.0000
RADIO-1.12.11.0809
OpenDSP-v29.1.0.45.06.22
eMMC-boot
Rooted.
TWRP - 2.3.3.0
Maybe downgrade/upgrade your recovery. Some phones are having issues with newer or older twrp releases.
Good luck man
Edit....... Just saw your running 2.3.3.0
I would try upgrading to a newer version
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Try a fresh install wipe cache/dalvik cache /factory reset/system then try to install the rom
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corcgaigh said:
Maybe downgrade/upgrade your recovery. Some phones are having issues with newer or older twrp releases.
Good luck man
Edit....... Just saw your running 2.3.3.0
I would try upgrading to a newer version
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Thanks for the reply, ill try this first thing in the morning
bigdaddy619 said:
Try a fresh install wipe cache/dalvik cache /factory reset/system then try to install the rom
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Sadly , as many times as ive tried this, it hasnt worked
I no longer have any recovery at all. While following the boot loader method of updating Twrp found here. Bah, im not allowed to post links.
I just dug myself deeper into the hole it seems, Last thing in the world i want to do right now is have to pay lots of money to fix my mess
EDIT: I was able to get TWRP working again. Phew. Still have a alot of progress to make
ANOTHER EDIT: Out of some miracle, wiping everyhting for the 034612093612903126th time and then flashing worked, Superjelly booted and everything... Oh my god im relieved.
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Sukhol said:
I no longer have any recovery at all. While following the boot loader method of updating Twrp found here. Bah, im not allowed to post links.
I just dug myself deeper into the hole it seems, Last thing in the world i want to do right now is have to pay lots of money to fix my mess
EDIT: I was able to get TWRP working again. Phew. Still have a alot of progress to make
ANOTHER EDIT: Out of some miracle, wiping everyhting for the 034612093612903126th time and then flashing worked, Superjelly booted and everything... Oh my god im relieved.
Close thread/delete thread
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I'm having basically the exact same issues you had. Do you mind shedding some light my way? I've been in a soft brick for a while now. Although I almost had a rom go through, until my touchscreen was unresponsive (i think due to my bootloader showing S-ON and not S-OFF). I can access the bootloader and TWRP. I have no backups (this is my first time rooting and flashing, in case you haven't noticed). I don't know how to take the S-OFF or recover the old Sense 4 stock os. At this point i really would just like to use my phone. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!
JosephAndrew said:
I'm having basically the exact same issues you had. Do you mind shedding some light my way? I've been in a soft brick for a while now. Although I almost had a rom go through, until my touchscreen was unresponsive (i think due to my bootloader showing S-ON and not S-OFF). I can access the bootloader and TWRP. I have no backups (this is my first time rooting and flashing, in case you haven't noticed). I don't know how to take the S-OFF or recover the old Sense 4 stock os. At this point i really would just like to use my phone. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!
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