HI all! I want to know if downgrading HBOOT 1.53.007 is possible.
Before I did the OTA update I was able to downgrade my 1.49.0018 HBOOT to 1.49.007 using this method and to easily get S-OFF and unlock bootloader(http://mess-hall.co.uk/2012/04/rooting-htc-evo-3d-hboot-1-49-0018/).Also it was very easy for me to obtain S-ON and LOCKED using this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710033).
Now my question/s.If I do the same thing to this 1.53.007 HBOOT(put the PG86IMG.zip in the root of the sdcard and open phone in fastboot and let it flash):
1.will it downgrade my device to 1.49.007?
2.will it brick my device?
Can you suggest something else?I mean I want to obtain S-OFF and an unlocked bootloader BUT NOT WITH htcdev.com method.
THANKS!!!
1. No
2. No
I don't think there is a way without htcdev. I had to do it last night and searched all over for an alternative. I tried what you are suggesting as well, but it runs through the flash process in bootloader then nothing.
I bit the bullet in the end and went htc dev followed by the wire trick on io. Got hboot unlocked then soff then flashed an old stock to get hboot 1.47. Just in case I accidentally s-on at some point!
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I have my EVO HBOOt 1.53 (JopunutBear) S-off stock 4.0 rom. Now when i flash jb or ics custom roms i get a bootlop.
What can i do?
So have i to downgrade to hboot 1.49? If yes how to do this.
Yes i tried severyl things like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1906172&page=10 [ bootloader doesnt find pg86img.zip]
and other s-off guides but nothing really works
Thanks for help
Are you putting the pg file in the root of your sdcard or in a separate file folder?
( Don't ask me for help as I couldn't care if your phone explodes, eh! )
yes i put it in root. how big is the rigt pg file. i have one with about 324kb and one with about 300mb
luisniklas said:
yes i put it in root. how big is the rigt pg file. i have one with about 324kb and one with about 300mb
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That one with about 384 kB. Then, turn off your phone, turn it on in bootloader (volume down + power on). Wait a little and it will ask you to update. Press volume up, and wait. After that you have to delete that PG file from sd card. (that pg 300 MB has a rom on it..thats why it is so big)
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If the bootloader doesn't find the zip, make sure it's named PG86IMG.zip (capitalization as is) and make sure there is no double zip extension.
Here my BL. It Doesnt find the small PG file.
Does it something has to do with my JoupunutBear HBOOT 1.52.7777
Are there other ways to downgrade hboot with s-off?
Can i flash JoupunutBear HBOOT 1.49 from unlimited.io?
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If you can boot into your ROM then just check whether your phone is recognizing data on your sdcard. Sometimes after the wire trick sdcards tend to flip out. Your pc might be detecting it fine but the phone might not. Just humor me and try playing a song or something from the card just to rule out this possibility
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i will try this. is hboot downgarde the only way to get custom roms working?
EDIT:SD works
What about cid for pg file? i have htc_102. i tried fastboot oem writecid 1111111 and htc_01 but nothing changed.
Cid shouldn't be a problem with the zip from that thread. Try running an RUU and then downgrading hboot
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Cid shouldn't be a problem with the zip from that thread. Try running an RUU and then downgrading hboot
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A ics ruu? How too downgrade then?
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Solved it. Only flahed JB hb0ot 1.49 Form unlimited.io
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I have the same problem as you and I had. I need help, step by step. Do you just use HBOOT 1:49 and below = Gingerbread or you first installed the GB ruu, etc..
MeisterRoerich said:
I have my EVO HBOOt 1.53 (JopunutBear) S-off stock 4.0 rom. Now when i flash jb or ics custom roms i get a bootlop.
What can i do?
So have i to downgrade to hboot 1.49? If yes how to do this.
Yes i tried severyl things like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1906172&page=10 [ bootloader doesnt find pg86img.zip]
and other s-off guides but nothing really works
Thanks for help
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If you are still having issues let me know. I have recently had the same problem as yourself.
With hboot 1.53 you can only run ICS ROMs but if you are not able to run ICS either I would use a 4EXT recovery then enable smart flash (I know this should only matter when s-on is worth a go) Also use fastboot to flash the boot.img from what ever ROM you have chosen just incase it's an issue with that.
PG86img.zip files are CID specific and need to be for your location and carrier (from my understanding) unless you have a super CID which is 11111111 (denoting a factory unlocked device, but don't quote me)
I too have a 1.53.0007 hboot and also am having trouble finding a solution to hboot changes once you are s-off with that hboot. How I got that hboot after gaining s-off is beyond me but it seems I am not alone and if that hboot can be put in it HAS to be able to change it. The easiest way that I can think of is to gain s-on (I haven't looked hard enough for that yet though) then to s-off again and make the hboot update that way.
by the way (now I can't find it's exact meaning and am choked) I was really surprised that the beer reference had more than just a catchy ring to it. Engineering something or other, I shoulda wrote it down
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1906172
the PG86IMG in this thread is compatible with all CIDs. as long as you are s-off you can change your hboot easily using this thread
EM|NEM said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1906172
the PG86IMG in this thread is compatible with all CIDs. as long as you are s-off you can change your hboot easily using this thread
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Thank you so much. And now I'm able to flash jellybean ROMs I think I'll stick with the ICS one I am using (King Cobra, I think could be Cool though) as it is great on batteries and everything works great. And I get to freak people out with the creepy 3d camera. lol.
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If you are still having issues let me know. I have recently had the same problem as yourself.
With hboot 1.53 you can only run ICS ROMs but if you are not able to run ICS either I would use a 4EXT recovery then enable smart flash (I know this should only matter when s-on is worth a go) Also use fastboot to flash the boot.img from what ever ROM you have chosen just incase it's an issue with that.
PG86img.zip files are CID specific and need to be for your location and carrier (from my understanding) unless you have a super CID which is 11111111 (denoting a factory unlocked device, but don't quote me)
I too have a 1.53.0007 hboot and also am having trouble finding a solution to hboot changes once you are s-off with that hboot. How I got that hboot after gaining s-off is beyond me but it seems I am not alone and if that hboot can be put in it HAS to be able to change it. The easiest way that I can think of is to gain s-on (I haven't looked hard enough for that yet though) then to s-off again and make the hboot update that way.
by the way (now I can't find it's exact meaning and am choked) I was really surprised that the beer reference had more than just a catchy ring to it. Engineering something or other, I shoulda wrote it down
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I just flashed hboot from joupnut bear
MeisterRoerich said:
I just flashed hboot from joupnut bear
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I am assuming that your phone wasn't S-OFF at the time? I accidentally tried to S-OFF one of my EVO 3Ds (GSM) that was already S-OFF at the time and I got a "WOW!!! What are you doing. Your phone appears to be S-OFF already. Doing so again could result in impotence, and death" or words to that effect. Basically a gaudy do you want your phone to die type of a message. If your device was S-OFF to begin with I was not aware that you could use Juopunutupbear to change the HBOOT version without going through the whole S-OFF process. Can you give some more details as to your phones state (i.e., HBOOT version, S-ON or S-OFF, etc...) before you used juopunutupbear to change the HBOOT. Thanks
machv5 said:
I am assuming that your phone wasn't S-OFF at the time? I accidentally tried to S-OFF one of my EVO 3Ds (GSM) that was already S-OFF at the time and I got a "WOW!!! What are you doing. Your phone appears to be S-OFF already. Doing so again could result in impotence, and death" or words to that effect. Basically a gaudy do you want your phone to die type of a message. If your device was S-OFF to begin with I was not aware that you could use Juopunutupbear to change the HBOOT version without going through the whole S-OFF process. Can you give some more details as to your phones state (i.e., HBOOT version, S-ON or S-OFF, etc...) before you used juopunutupbear to change the HBOOT. Thanks
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I s-OFFed my phone (Hboot 1.53 or sth.) with jouponut bear and then i flashed hboot 1,49.999 fro here: http://unlimited.io/jbhboots.htm
There is a thread about how exacly you can downgrade your hboot, maybe could be better explained but study the forum a bit more... I also had that problem and after two days searching and downloading all kinds of files I did it...
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My Device is with HBOOT 1.49.0018 unlocked through HTC Dev, with 4EXT recovery and rooted LeeDrOiD_3D_V5.4-Final-GB. I want to make S-Off because ICS roms are not working (after flashing the rom and rebooting the device nothing happens). If i want to use the Revolutionary Tool i have to downgrade the HBoot to 1.49.0008, the other way is the wire trick, which I think I could not do because the device is unlocked through HTC Dev.
My question is do I have any options except downgrading the HBOOT and if not - which method would be better for me. Is it safe to downgrade or something can go wrong?
Thank you in advance!
I personally would recommend the downgrade method. Flashmaniac's tool worked flawlessly for me. You can also do the wire trick, unlocking with htcdev doesnt make a difference. As always when you are flashing something on your phone theres a risk of things going wrong. Just read through the post and get to know what you are about to do before attempting it.
If you are attempting the downgrade method do make sure you have one of the CID's in the list
Ok, so i wanted to downgrade my hboot so i can get s-off using revolutionary's method.
I followed exactly the same steps listed on this website http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-3d-hacks/how-to-downgrade-to-hboot-1-49-0007-on-htc-evo-3d-gsm/ (You might already know this guy) and it didn't went really good to be honest..
It didn't downgrade my hboot and atm my phone is Relocked and i have no clue how to unlock it as it was before. Because of that i can't exit out of bootloader nor go to recovery.
Looking forward to your suggestions (My device was rooted and unlocked before i did this and i had hboot 1.53.0007)
Thats actually flashmaniacs tool which doesnt downgrade 1.53 hboot. your only option is to do the wire trick. follow the steps on this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743466
hey guys. im trying to root my evo 3d.
i unlocked the bootloader via HTCDEV. i also changed the cid from HTC__E11 to HTC__001.
i used Flashmaniac's tool to downgrade from 1.53.0007 to 1.49.0007 but it didn't work. all it did was restarting the EVO.
i watched some videos on how to use this tool, in the video's the phone gets a black screen with HTC logo and a beam.
when this EVO gets the black screen with HTC logo, the beam doesn't show up and the phone restarts into android.
I also tried to downgrade manually, but i can't find hboot 1.49.0007 on xda.
There is one thread with the link but that one doesn't work.
can someone please help me to downgrade to 1.49.0007??
that tool will not work for you. you need to have gingerbread and hboot 1.49.x18 to downgrade using that tool. right now your only option is the wire trick.
RUU back to stock and perform the wire trick to get s-off. then you can flash any hboot you want (you cant just downgrade to 1.49.0007 w/o s-off)
all instructions about the wire trick are here
PG86IMG.zip of hboot 1.49.0007 modified to work with any cid is located here
which ecalos
EM|NEM said:
that tool will not work for you. you need to have gingerbread and hboot 1.49.x18 to downgrade using that tool. right now your only option is the wire trick.
RUU back to stock and perform the wire trick to get s-off. then you can flash any hboot you want (you cant just downgrade to 1.49.0007 w/o s-off)
all instructions about the wire trick are here
PG86IMG.zip of hboot 1.49.0007 modified to work with any cid is located here
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What he said ^^^