NEW Hboot with OTA update Dont root !!!! - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all I updated to the OTA 3.29 though sprint this is what I did....
I was rooted but the update unrooted which we all know we were told that.
So I ran this method 1st with the org stock 3.26... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141 that was rooted via unrEVOked 3.21: one-click root for Froyo, no downgrading...
then ran the 3.26 ruu to get the phone back to stock everything when k...
then I did the ota 3.29 update the phone now has the new radio 2.15.00.09.01, hboot 0.97 and prl 1.77. (NICE)
After that I ran this... How to Unroot the EVO in 2 STEPS http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=776477, it rooted the phone again... (NICE IT WORKS)
But then I said ok I want to start over just to see if something goes wrong with the phone I will be able to go back to unroot to bring the phone to sprint for repair or replacement and to my surprise (BIG NOPE )
When I try to run http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141 go turn S-OFF back to S-ON it FAILS...
I know the Devs will fix this soon but I just wanted to let everyone know just in case you are thinking of rooting your phone after the NEW OTA 3.29 update that once you root u cant go back.....

run s-on before flashing unrooted rom.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790342
see post #22 for what I did to fix the issue...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8290138&postcount=22
Hope this helps
ENJOY !!!!!!

wait you have been a member since 06 and you dont know you shouldn't make more than one thread for the same thing? and you posted the other identical thread in the wrong section?

here we go more bs... I tried to close one of the threads but I cant... so since uur so smart y dont u tell me how to close it or get rid of the so called extra post I made... assssswipe

awjs,
Don't pay any mind to some of these people here. I for one am glad you posted this so I don't have to ask a million questions on how to do it.
A big thanks to you,

awjs said:
here we go more bs... I tried to close one of the threads but I cant... so since uur so smart y dont u tell me how to close it or get rid of the so called extra post I made... assssswipe
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how would i get rid of it? I wouldn't need to, I read and abide by the rules, that includes not insulting other forum members
btw, my post was spurred on by your attitude in your other thread. you said, and I quote;
awjs said:
K 1st thing if you look at my join date to all the rest of you fu..k heads you can see that I have been doing this longer....
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also;
awjs said:
FOR ALL YOU HATERS I DID FIX IT AND I NOW KNOW WHAT TO DO TO FIX IT BUT YOU CAN ALL WAIT FOR UNREVOKED TO FIX THE TOOL TO WORK WITH THE NEW HBOOT AND RADIO....
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grow up

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New Evo w/pre-installed update

I just got a new Evo that had the 2nd update pre-installed. Do I have to revert back to the original ROM before attempting to root?
Sorry dude, frankly put your screwed until they figure out a way to undo the lock that HTC put on it.
I did the OTA when I got home without thinking, and BAM, no root for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714255
Doesn't that link tell you how to down grade?
oOflyeyesOo said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714255
Doesn't that link tell you how to down grade?
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That thread makes the assumption of already being rooted, this person has the 1.47 OTA installed already, so at this point there does not seem to be a way to root it.
Someone posted a tweet from unrevoked in the thread dealing with this, saying the might have something no ETA though. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7042722&postcount=148
I meant that I had the 2nd RUU, i.e. the one ending in .6, i do not have 1.47. Im trying to root using toast's method without downgrading to .1, ill let you know.
KyleMac said:
I meant that I had the 2nd RUU, i.e. the one ending in .6, i do not have 1.47. Im trying to root using toast's method without downgrading to .1, ill let you know.
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You should be fine with ending .6. I got my replacement today with .6 and I'm able to root Toast method without a problem. Enjoy!!!

Been out of the loop, now have some questions

Hey, its been a while since ive checked the forums and the progress of everything, and am really glad to see what I've come back to. Im very impressed with the progress so far. I just did the Unrevoked forever last night and now have s-off. My question or concern is...
Currently my phone has the original stock 2.1-update 1 firmware, with original stock rom. I am running the Hydra kernal v0.7 overclock with undervolt 1.113 w/n. My H-boot is 0.77.0000 and radio is at 1.00.03.04.06 with custom recovery 2.5.0.5.
I'd like to upgrade my radio to the 2.15xxxxx but im not sure if the kernal will work with it or what steps I should do first. Should I load the lastest kernal the way my phone is now, and then flash the radio? Or do I need to be running a 2.2 froyo rom first? Im not sure what exactly is compatible. I would have liked to wait for the ota but its taking forever and I want to try out froyo. Thanks.
I'd probably start off by doing some research and read all the 8 biazillion threads already open like this and then next make a note to post in the general section next time instead of development.
kthxbye
zerf said:
I'd probably start off by doing some research and read all the 8 biazillion threads already open like this and then next make a note to post in the general section next time instead of development.
kthxbye
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Way to be a jerk
To the OP I'd fill you in but I'm a bit lost too
And thats what the GENERAL SECTION is for.
Man I hope androidforums comes back online soon....
m52power said:
Way to be a jerk
To the OP I'd fill you in but I'm a bit lost too
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yup looks like I'm a jerk along with the 2 other ppl that posted above as well
OP... I had issues with the 2.15 radio, .92 hboot and .29 kernel.(landed me on the ozzeh wall of bricks ) If i remember correctly leave the Hboot alone and you'll be good. If I am wrong, someone chime in.
zerf said:
I'd probably start off by doing some research and read all the 8 biazillion threads already open like this and then next make a note to post in the general section next time instead of development.
kthxbye
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Thanks for being a useless pos ....kthxbye
m52power said:
Way to be a jerk
To the OP I'd fill you in but I'm a bit lost too
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doug piston said:
OP... I had issues with the 2.15 radio, .92 hboot and .29 kernel.(landed me on the ozzeh wall of bricks ) If i remember correctly leave the Hboot alone and you'll be good. If I am wrong, someone chime in.
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I guess we'll have to wait it out and see. I thought I was being specific and it would have been a simple answer. I guess more and more threads might just pop up on this then.
The way I went from stock to Sky Raider 2.5 was:
Install new rom, kernel, radio update.
I did this all at once, but you don't need to do the kernel update right away. Right now I've using Sky Raider 2.5.2 Sense and it's pretty awesome. Good luck to you and remember to nandroid backup. Backups never hurt anyone!

need help with downgrading from 2.3 to 2.2 stock

whats up .. sorry been a little lost on the forum , but i thnnk i found the spot .. lol .. i updated my evo to 2.3 and now i want to take it back to 2.2 ... if any 1can point me in the right direction i will owe u big time .....
stock all the way .. never rooted ... i tryed the ruu but got error code 140.. please advise thank you
john
jraz305 said:
whats up .. sorry been a little lost on the forum , but i thnnk i found the spot .. lol .. i updated my evo to 2.3 and now i want to take it back to 2.2 ... if any 1can point me in the right direction i will owe u big time .....
stock all the way .. never rooted ... i tryed the ruu but got error code 140.. please advise thank you
john
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john, as it has been posted in many threads. there IS NO WAY to go back to 2.2 if you accepted the OTA update to 2.3 this assumes that your s-on.
brad560 said:
john, as it has been posted in many threads. there IS NO WAY to go back to 2.2 if you accepted the OTA update to 2.3 this assumes that your s-on.
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Well he is s-on cuz he said he never rooted.
And also John, there's no way to root it yet, so you can't even look to downgrade. Hopefully there will be a method within the month.
Fu*k My life .. so there is no way to even go back to 2.1 or some thing ..., ok brings me to my next question .......
can some one with 2.3 scan the memory for possible meid locations... ive been having trouble or is possible for me to downgrade my radio?
To the OP, if you haven't done so, call Sprint's tech support and ask if what you seek to do can actually be done by them and if so, ask how?
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jraz305 said:
Fu*k My life .. so there is no way to even go back to 2.1 or some thing ..., ok brings me to my next question .......
can some one with 2.3 scan the memory for possible meid locations... ive been having trouble or is possible for me to downgrade my radio?
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Sorry, but you need to be rooted to downgrade the radio.

[Q] S-OFF!! im running stock gingerbread too!!

Ok so i know that gingerbread doesnt have root yet, but i installed the mod for the sense launcher it didnt work but my s-on isnt on its off... i dont know if this means anything to anybody ill upload a pictureee. Does this mean we might be closer to root?
i think i uploaded the picture ?
Yup. U r a lucky Guy. Put a copy of amon RA onto the root of ur SD card. Boot onto the bootloader and when it asks if u want to update say yes. U will then be able to flash whatever u like
If you were s-off before, you should still be s-off after. I have two s-off EVOs that I was going to sell, so I restored them to latest OTA (yea I'm a jerk!) but they stayed s-off (lucky for those when I do decide to sell).
I don't get the point of this, unless you had an S-ON phone and somehow got it S-OFF after the 2.16 hboot and 2.3.3 android upgrade.
YES! thats the thing! I unrooted, got the gingerbread update, after installation and what not it said S-ON. now it says s-off and i have no idea what i did, i been doing so much crap to my phone i dotn even remember what i did. I wanted to try the sense launcher from tommytomatoe and it froze my phone and couldnt do nothing. So i pressed power volume down and it now said s-off.
scoot16 said:
YES! thats the thing! I unrooted, got the gingerbread update, after installation and what not it said S-ON. now it says s-off and i have no idea what i did, i been doing so much crap to my phone i dotn even remember what i did. I wanted to try the sense launcher from tommytomatoe and it froze my phone and couldnt do nothing. So i pressed power volume down and it now said s-off.
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If what you say is true, you might be able to help the rooting effort by pulling some info off your phone that could be valuable to the devs. I would explain the situation to them, and offer whatever info they need from your phone.
They'll probably call shenanigans on you-- I know I would. But maybe-- just maybe, your Evo carries the mutant X gene that we need to crack this puzzle.
Nice man! maybe just maybe your phone is the "root" of all hahahahaha
BigMatza said:
If what you say is true, you might be able to help the rooting effort by pulling some info off your phone that could be valuable to the devs. I would explain the situation to them, and offer whatever info they need from your phone.
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This!
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scoot16 said:
Ok so i know that gingerbread doesnt have root yet, but i installed the mod for the sense launcher it didnt work but my s-on isnt on its off... i dont know if this means anything to anybody ill upload a pictureee. Does this mean we might be closer to root?
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Did you have root before at all? Did you use Unrevoked3 to root before? If you did, how did you unroot?
Yes i used unrevoke 3 to root but i installed a stock froyo ruu unrooted because after i tried to unroot with unrevoked it didnt work. After i installed the froyo ruu it said S-ON, i then went on to install gingerbread, went back to check the hboot to see if everything was right and it still said S-ON, then i went thru every process to root my phone just to see if i could try soemthing but failed of course. I then wanted to try tommytomatoe sense launcher for unrooted and after my phone froze alot i went to clear data by pressing power and volume down. That is when i saw it was S-OFF. do you want to know anythingg else?
Please unroot again and post pics , you are still trying to unroot are you not. Go go.
Im cant unroot, im not even rooted, im running stock gingerbread ota 4.24.651.1
Did you flash the s-on tool when you unrooted?
complex88 said:
Did you flash the s-on tool when you unrooted?
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Yes sir. I did all that was needed to unroot my phone.
Don't think running a ruu will turn s-on. Once you are s-off, you are s-off until you run the s-on tool. Correct me if I am wrong.
Swyped from my Supersonic
i am so tempted to try this....
can you provide the link to this tommytomato mod , at this point, i dont care if i brick my evo ill just go harass sprint and get a refurb or something if i do
LCL22 said:
i am so tempted to try this....
can you provide the link to this tommytomato mod , at this point, i dont care if i brick my evo ill just go harass sprint and get a refurb or something if i do
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This didnt do nothing it was because of the mess up on my end did i go and find the s-on.
You need to write down everything you did and the order you did it. Also please provide the links that you used.
Also, was it the 4.22 or the 4.24 that you updated to?
*Edit* Nevermind I just saw your earlier post
scoot16 said:
Yes i used unrevoke 3 to root but i installed a stock froyo ruu unrooted because after i tried to unroot with unrevoked it didnt work. After i installed the froyo ruu it said S-ON, i then went on to install gingerbread, went back to check the hboot to see if everything was right and it still said S-ON, then i went thru every process to root my phone just to see if i could try soemthing but failed of course. I then wanted to try tommytomatoe sense launcher for unrooted and after my phone froze alot i went to clear data by pressing power and volume down. That is when i saw it was S-OFF. do you want to know anythingg else?
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I say somehow some way when u attempted to re-root it went thru cuz that's the only logical way s-off could've been attained. Clearing ur data won't and u were s-on before u took the OTA update so it wasn't present before hand. Have you tried flashing another rom from recovery just to see if it works? You my friend maybe the "MVD" lol!!!

[Q] revert back to 2.2

got my htc evo 4g and came with gngrbd 2.3 I have s-on can someone please give me a detailed description on how to revert to 2.2 or throw me a link.
thank you!
You can't the new hboot won't allow downgrading and ps put in Q and A nexttime
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you have to download hboot, nv, pri, wimax flash them one at a time. than install a 2.2 rom
enigma7820 said:
you have to download hboot, nv, pri, wimax flash them one at a time. than install a 2.2 rom
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Wrong. You can't flash back from 2.3.3 & S-ON at this time. Don't spread false information.
OP: Please search next time. Wrong forum, and question has been answered numerous numerous times.
Flame on.
HTC EVO: The new budget device.
github said:
Wrong. You can't flash back from 2.3.3 & S-ON at this time. Don't spread false information.
OP: Please search next time. Wrong forum, and question has been answered numerous numerous times.
Flame on.
HTC EVO: The new budget device.
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You called the hell out of it git. I'm leaving this forum in two weeks. Thank god.
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evo with s-off
I have been able to get my evo with gingerbread and s-off below are the pics for any non-believers. yes I am new to this but willing to assist however possible even if I need to ship off my phone to get everyone a working root.
ry8785 said:
I have been able to get my evo with gingerbread and s-off below are the pics for any non-believers. yes I am new to this but willing to assist however possible even if I need to ship off my phone to get everyone a working root.
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How did you do it?
I had it rooted and had problems with a rom so I flashed a factory rom back on it and it updated to the GB OTA but I never turned the s-on. Of course that was before I knew we couldn't get a working root. I have tried everything possible I can think of to get it rooted again. This is why I said if need be I would send to a dev to see what they can do with it since it does have s-off.
thats cool. From what i've read today they are super close
1ShEiTaN1 said:
thats cool. From what i've read today they are super close
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Where did you read this info?
a couple threads on xda and a couple twitter feeds-something about achieving a temp root (dont know too much about that)
ry8785 said:
I have been able to get my evo with gingerbread and s-off below are the pics for any non-believers. yes I am new to this but willing to assist however possible even if I need to ship off my phone to get everyone a working root.
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No one is going to argue you on this one. There are countless threads of people being s-off. So long as they rooted at some point.
ry8785 said:
I have been able to get my evo with gingerbread and s-off below are the pics for any non-believers. yes I am new to this but willing to assist however possible even if I need to ship off my phone to get everyone a working root.
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That's like bragging that I can get into my apartment. Sure, I have a key to the door, which helps.
If you were S-OFF before GB, there's no problem. If you weren't S-OFF and you updated, there's no solution yet.

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