[Q] Cannot root 3.30.651.2 stock - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Got a brand new Evo 4G today with OS 3.30.651.2. It has HBOOT-2.02.0000.
Unrevoked 3 (downloaded today) goes through several steps, but after "It was a triumph", and it reboots and asks to go into the HBOOT USB mode, the phone is booting normally, and everything stops at that point.
I've gone around on Unrevoked 3 probably 30-40 times now, and cannot get it to work. As a workaround to the not going into hboot above, I tried disconnecting the USB when Unrevoked expected to go to hboot, took it manually to hboot, and unrevoked continued briefly, but then came up with the missing misc error.
I tried downloading the "official rooted 3.30.651.2" zip, renaming it to update.zip and loading it from recovery - fails signature check.
I cannot find any way to root this.
Any suggestions?

i have the same problem, help please.

Unrevoked not working also
I bought my wie a new EVO yesterday and I have the exact same problem. I noticed that durning the first stage of the unrevoked process the part where "clockwork mod recovery" is copied to the phone, it is NOT being copied. The screen says pushing...clockwork mod" and disappears instantly. No way 25+ megabytes can be copied in about 1 second. Unrevoked reports a triumph but at the next reboot, you get the same message about cannot find misc file. Phone operates normally but not rooted and clokcwork mod recovery not installed.
looks to me that Sprint/HTC may have plugged the exploit as looking at the about screen, there are incrementl differences in all of the programs but android.
Hopefully this gets fixed soon, I don't want to pay for the hot spot for the wifes phone and Ipad.

thank god , i thouht i some how jacked it up, my phone is fine , but i can't do the restore because i can't get the root to come back on, my error is the exact same as above , and is this clockwork something we can copy to the phone manually?????

didn't know this update was ota already.... as for the rooting problem it looks like you will have to wait till someone finds a root method for the new update its shouldn't be to different from the G2 root since it was the same thing they did to try to keep people from rooting that phone but i'm not a programer so i couldn't say for sure

try flashing the misc partition with toast's modified mtd-eng.img. this should take off the varifications that unrevoked uses. HOW TO (UNTESTED): go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=769937 and download evo-root.zip. unzip it. then, using adb, push mtd-eng.img to /sdcard/, flash_image to /data/local/, and rageagainstthecage.bin to /data/local/tmp. next, open up an adb shell. then use the command
chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage.bin (don't copy and paste bcuz i dont remember the exact name for the rageagainstthecage thing. )
then do
/data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage.bin (once again, check the name of cage.bin)
a few commands should be run, and it should dump you back in the command prompt/terminal. open up a shell again, and you should see a # instead of a $. then, type
chmod 755 /data/local/flash_image
/data/local/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img
you should'nt see any confirmation. just try to run unrevoked now. if it still doesnt work, go through the full tutorial i posted a link for above. it should also work on winows, and for any version of froyo... i hope.
dk

Unrevoked will have a new version out really soon

Is there any way right now to upgrade from 3.29 to 3.30? I'm running stock sense deodexed.

Shane112358 said:
Is there any way right now to upgrade from 3.29 to 3.30? I'm running stock sense deodexed.
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I believe there is an update out, just go to your settings and find your update tab, and check for new firmware. OTA has been popping up on me when i was running Eclair rEVOlution 2.2 3.29.xx.x. Shouold have a 3.30 ota, if not, your gonna have to wait for a while.

This doesn't look good.
From the 3.30.651.2 release notes:
support 2nd Source Camera sensor (Samsung)
Fix the NAND MPU security in hboot

hboot 2.02
notread said:
This doesn't look good.
From the 3.30.651.2 release notes:
support 2nd Source Camera sensor (Samsung)
Fix the NAND MPU security in hboot
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yea looks like we are screwed for awhile the best i could do was downgrade but it DID NOT CHANGE THE HBOOT so we are [email protected]#$k

Shane112358 said:
Is there any way right now to upgrade from 3.29 to 3.30? I'm running stock sense deodexed.
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if yore rooted do NOT do the ota update look in htc supersonic /development and find a rom you like and flash away most if not all have been updated with new ota,kernels ect..

I bought a phone this afternoon with 3.30.651.2. I feel fuxored.
Anybody try dkdude36's suggestion about toast?
I'm scouring the web for confirmation that something to break our version is in the works. I could find nothing.
I'm tempted to return or exchange for a new one and try to get the rep not to OTA it on the spot.

dynamicpda said:
I bought a phone this afternoon with 3.30.651.2. I feel fuxored.
Anybody try dkdude36's suggestion about toast?
I'm scouring the web for confirmation that something to break our version is in the works. I could find nothing.
I'm tempted to return or exchange for a new one and try to get the rep not to OTA it on the spot.
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So was it not on 3.30.651.2 out of the box (before OTA)?

i will try my own method later this week when i get a replacement phone (little bro cracked the screen badly) will report back. it really should work. either that or somebody will have to make a replacement hboot (probably toast)

notread said:
This doesn't look good.
From the 3.30.651.2 release notes:
support 2nd Source Camera sensor (Samsung)
Fix the NAND MPU security in hboot
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what does "support 2nd source camera sensor (samsung) mean? A hardware revision with a samsung camera? Evo version 004?
Good thing I didn't exchange my evo today, was near the sprint store and was debating to nand backup, unroot and exchange (cracked power button issue) but I wasn't sure if I would get it replaced through TEP for free or $35, since it was a common issue and they changed their TEP policy about in-store warranty repairs. I'll wait until the new unrevoked comes out to exchange my phone.

kcbedo said:
So was it not on 3.30.651.2 out of the box (before OTA)?
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I don't know the answer -- I would feel better knowing that it came out of the box that way, that I couldn't have done anything at the store to prevent it from being loaded.
The rep offered me a trade-in deal for my Hero, which I didn't expect, so I was busy trying to reboot recovery and wiping the phone while she was setting up the Evo. 3.30.651.2 can't be more than few days old, so I assume they phone is older than that from the factory and that she OTA updated it while setting it up. I could be wrong.
There was a display Evo flashing a mandatory update warning but no one in the store cared to update that one!

dkdude36 said:
i will try my own method later this week when i get a replacement phone (little bro cracked the screen badly) will report back. it really should work. either that or somebody will have to make a replacement hboot (probably toast)
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I'm still trying to get Windows 7 to recognize the new phone. Let us know how your experiments work out. Thanks.

just got mine today as well and it had 3.30 :/

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=827266
hopefully this guy fixes the issue...

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[REQ][HOW TO] Relock or Unroot EVO

I have been searching the web for how to relock my EVO. This is because i am taking it back to sprint for a screen fix and I have learned from the PPCGEEKS thread all the problems and warranty stuff related to rooting as well as the odds of them discovering that I have rooted it. I just don't want to risk it and I would like to know how to relock, just for the knowledge.
Does anyone have specific instructions how??
PPCGEEKS Thread: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=126849
http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Supersonic/
Download first and last, and flash in the same sequence.
So thats all?? its done? It's unrooted? That seems simple.
Yep, that's how easy it is.
On some phones (one out 5 I "control") I had to get all 3 and flash in the same sequence, otherwise last one wouldn't flash over the first - not sure why.
redsolar said:
last one wouldn't flash over the first - not sure why.
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that surprises me. the latest RUU should flash over anything *theoretically*.
what error did it give you when you attempted?
yes, it should be easy to restore the phone to stock. think of all their service departments fixing/refurb'n phones. one simple flash and its all completely stock no matter what was loaded before.
for those more technically included, since this is the dev board, if the eng build RUU is loaded the PRI is downgraded and as of now, no currently released RUU is able to upgrade the PRI ... but thats such a small issue, can almost guarantee nobody will notice.
Damn screen... I have to do the same thing, and just one other question, besides those files I will just have to use Htc Sync to flash them right?
Yellowcard8992 said:
Damn screen... I have to do the same thing, and just one other question, besides those files I will just have to use Htc Sync to flash them right?
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Those RUUs are just exe files. So sync will provide you with drivers yes, but after downloading you just run from that download with your phone plugged in.
wow after reading that thread on ppcgeeks i dont think i ever want to leave xda! must be a young crowd over there. i ran the latest 1.47 RUU that i downloaded from HTC before I returned my phone. much to my surprise they didn't even take the phone out of the box! still, since it only takes 10 minutes might as well do it.
barnacles10 said:
Those RUUs are just exe files. So sync will provide you with drivers yes, but after downloading you just run from that download with your phone plugged in.
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are you talking about just using the volume down and power button method?
redsolar said:
Yep, that's how easy it is.
On some phones (one out 5 I "control") I had to get all 3 and flash in the same sequence, otherwise last one wouldn't flash over the first - not sure why.
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whats the point in running all 3 on a phone you are returning? just running the first one is good enough to unroot and restore to stock. i only ran the most recent one, because i had already upgraded the baseband and was unable to run the earlier ones because of it.
joeykrim said:
that surprises me. the latest RUU should flash over anything *theoretically*.
what error did it give you when you attempted?
yes, it should be easy to restore the phone to stock. think of all their service departments fixing/refurb'n phones. one simple flash and its all completely stock no matter what was loaded before.
for those more technically included, since this is the dev board, if the eng build RUU is loaded the PRI is downgraded and as of now, no currently released RUU is able to upgrade the PRI ... but thats such a small issue, can almost guarantee nobody will notice.
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I was surprised too when I tried first.
The 1.47 RUU just sat on the "waiting for bootloader" screen and timed out after ~90 seconds, "unable to find phone" (tried multiple times) and the screen would get stuck in white bootloader/RUU message (battery pull required) - so i am guessing 0.76.2 bootloader was too low for it. That was flashing from 3.2.2+ DamageControl ROM, didn't try from any other one, since the DC -> 1.36 -> 1.47 stock worked well.
And yes, the PRI caveat is there, but as joeykrim said, that's minor, plus you can always say "PRI what - huh?", right?
OneStepAhead said:
whats the point in running all 3 on a phone you are returning? just running the first one is good enough to unroot and restore to stock. i only ran the most recent one, because i had already upgraded the baseband and was unable to run the earlier ones because of it.
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Running latest OTA makes you seem more of a "dumb user" who wouldn't even know what root is?
Yellowcard8992 said:
are you talking about just using the volume down and power button method?
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No. RUUs are handled differently. You download the file. And run it on your computer with the phone plugged in. It does everything for you. You DO NOT flash these via recovery.
Update on my phone
I took it to the sprint store yesterday and against everything I have heard the guy at the store turned my phone and checked it. Thank god I used redsolar's posted method. I must have the appearance of someone who would root there phone. It passed his inspection, luckily.
Thanks for the help
I rooted with the new Simpleroot OTA Edition, with Fresh Rom 053, and RA-Rec.
I'm trying to start over from stock so I can re-root my phone, but I can't get the RUU's to work. The oldest one will actually try and put the phone in bootloader, but while its waiting for bootloader it eventually just stops and gives me the 170 error, usb connector problem.
So is there any other way to go about this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
murdercitydan said:
I rooted with the new Simpleroot OTA Edition, with Fresh Rom 053, and RA-Rec.
I'm trying to start over from stock so I can re-root my phone, but I can't get the RUU's to work. The oldest one will actually try and put the phone in bootloader, but while its waiting for bootloader it eventually just stops and gives me the 170 error, usb connector problem.
So is there any other way to go about this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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ya what I do is replug the usb coord then try ruu again while the phone is stuck on the HTC sign,then if that doesn't work I just manually go into bootloader myself (power+volume down) then use the ruu.exe, works everytime but then it tells me my current version is not valid, so if you ota'd you probably won't ever be able to go back to 1.32.651.1/.6 stock but you can just use the new 1.47.651.1 ruu to regain stock after ota.
Tundricles said:
ya what I do is replug the usb coord then try ruu again while the phone is stuck on the HTC sign,then if that doesn't work I just manually go into bootloader myself (power+volume down) then use the ruu.exe, works everytime but then it tells me my current version is not valid, so if you ota'd you probably won't ever be able to go back to 1.32.651.1/.6 stock but you can just use the new 1.47.651.1 ruu to regain stock after ota.
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Thanks a **** load Tundricles, you saved my ass.
I was getting so pissed, I'd run the RUU and once it got to opening the bootloader on my phone it was get frozen on the HTC screen, and the RUU would get the use connection error. So I unplugged my phone, and noticed it was in the bootloader, but if the usb was plugged in, it wouldn't show the bootloader screen for some reason. So I just plugged it back in and started the RUU back up, it instantly went past the "Waiting for bootloader..." message and started updating.
Thank you, and for anyone else having similar problems, READ THIS!
Flashing the RUU doesn't restore the stock recovery does it?
I ran Unrevoked 2 a while back and I have RUU'd but I'm pretty sure Clockwork Mod is still there.
Sent from my EVO 4G using the XDA App.
ViViDboarder said:
Flashing the RUU doesn't restore the stock recovery does it?
I ran Unrevoked 2 a while back and I have RUU'd but I'm pretty sure Clockwork Mod is still there.
Sent from my EVO 4G using the XDA App.
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It should. RUU replaces everything but PRI
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
murdercitydan said:
Thanks a **** load Tundricles, you saved my ass.
I was getting so pissed, I'd run the RUU and once it got to opening the bootloader on my phone it was get frozen on the HTC screen, and the RUU would get the use connection error. So I unplugged my phone, and noticed it was in the bootloader, but if the usb was plugged in, it wouldn't show the bootloader screen for some reason. So I just plugged it back in and started the RUU back up, it instantly went past the "Waiting for bootloader..." message and started updating.
Thank you, and for anyone else having similar problems, READ THIS!
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np glad I could help

[Q] Can't Root new Evo (w/out 2.2 update)

Hi, Well I'm trying to finally root my EVO before updating to 2.2 and put a custom ROM on. I can't seem to get past the first part. After entering the bootloader, it checks PC36img.zip...I'm not given the option to flash, immediately after it checks it I am prompted with the following:
Main Version is older?
Update Fail!
Do you want to reboot device?
<Vol UP> Yes
<Vol Down> No
I even tried the simplerootfull.2 and got the same error. Can anyone point me in the right direction...would really like to get this rooted and a Non-Sense 2.2 ROM on it. Thanks.
-Slevin
Your answer is in the Answer Forum.
I can't get anywhere with this damn thing....I've flashed my devices a million times before and this is just buggin the **** out of me. Heck, I got froyo on my HD2 in 30 minutes. This is just not going anywhere!!!
Tried the resolution to the Main Version is Older, and I can't even get the RUU to flash to the phone. It doesn't see it when connected to my computer and errors out, nothing happens on the phone. Tried while connected to HTC Sync, Disk Drive, Charge Only with Debug enabled. RUU won't work.
It's just irritating I can't get anywhere with this POS.
-Slevin
NVETHIS said:
I can't get anywhere with this damn thing....I've flashed my devices a million times before and this is just buggin the **** out of me. Heck, I got froyo on my HD2 in 30 minutes. This is just not going anywhere!!!
Tried the resolution to the Main Version is Older, and I can't even get the RUU to flash to the phone. It doesn't see it when connected to my computer and errors out, nothing happens on the phone. Tried while connected to HTC Sync, Disk Drive, Charge Only with Debug enabled. RUU won't work.
It's just irritating I can't get anywhere with this POS.
-Slevin
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You got main older version because the PC36IMG is a older hboot for 2.1 (hboot 0.79.000). You got now 2.2 and the hboot is 0.93.000
Try flash the 3.26.651.6 stock root posted to see if work for you
I'm still on 2.1, I haven't accepted the update to Foryo 2.2
My Software on phone:
Firmware version
2.1-update1
Baseband version
2.05.00.06.10
Kernel version
2.6.29-789bf291
[email protected]#1
Build number
1.47.651.1 CL194459 release-keys
Software number
1.47.651.1
PRL Version
60669
Does what you say still apply...I'm just lost, which I very unusual, I'm an engineer and ususally get this right off the bat, but this is just not going well. I just want to get it rooted and get a nice Froyo 2.2 without sense build on it. Thanks.
-Slevin
I have the same issue, I used the unrevoked download just the root part, I didn't do anything else and my evo is rooted but I tried other methods because I didn't know if it was rooted, my friend downloaded a few apps and we found out my evo was rooted, it was a trip, we still haven't found out how to get pass the old version stuff, just try the unrevoked download, just hit start and your done. Your evo won't be fully rooted but you will have root access. Try it
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741294
Guys if this doesn't work for you nothing will. Seriously, slow way down, read very carefully and this will take a whole 7 minutes to accomplish. If you don't want to use the computer to enter adb shell just download terminal emulator from the market and enter the commands through that. easy cheesy. OP feel free to send me a PM if you need additional help, ill try to answer back in a timely manner
I'm just gonna wait until 2.2 is rooted and all the bugs are fixed, I'm happy with this unrevoked root, but I will read it
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simple root also just came out with a one click root, i have used it on friends phones with excellent success, takes maybe 10 minutes total. Probably teither of the above methods will be MUCH easier than a froyo root ... but who knows, good luck whichever method you decide to go with
i did download that, and that took many moons to download haha, well i did try to run it but i got the old version crap,
but then i that realized i was rooted!! i just unrooted, i think i just did haha i had to run the ruu 1.47 and it was quick

[Q][RUU] extracting rom.zip file and flashing not rooted and s-on

Ok so that this is up front so that everyone understands.. I do not care about root and have no plans to root this phone for a while. (This is my primary phone and I need it working and not bricked)< I have personal reasons for not wanting root at this time so please don't ask.
Now my question is the following:
If I extract the rom.zip file from RUU that was leaked yesterday will I be able to just rename the file to PB31IMG.zip and place it in the root of my SD card. Then boot into hboot and apply the update?
From the threads I have found so far on how to do this state that the phone will do a quick reboot while applying this update. This is caused by the updating of hboot from what I have see. Then I'm suppose to just tell it again to apply the update. < Is Applying the update the second time safe?
Will this work to flash my phone to the new version of the android, hboot, radio and so forth? I just want to apply the update instead of waiting days or weeks for verizon to finally push it to my phone via OTA.
I'm currently with the following settings.
S-On
Hboot .77
Stock Android 2.1 update-1(not rooted)
radio 100
Additional Information.
I've tried just using the RUU but due to driver conflicts it keeps giving me the USB error. The most I've ever gotten was the phone into the bootloader then the RUU loses connection. Tried this on 3 machines now and it still fails. And yes I've installed HTC Sync only on 2 of those 3 machines and it still fails..
To be honest, I would say just wait for the OTA, Verizon themselves have confirmed it has been/will be released today 8/27. Then there will be no worrying, since you don't want root this would be the best way.
boomertwo said:
Ok so that this is up front so that everyone understands.. I do not care about root and have no plans to root this phone for a while. (This is my primary phone and I need it working and not bricked)< I have personal reasons for not wanting root at this time so please don't ask.
Now my question is the following:
If I extract the rom.zip file from RUU that was leaked yesterday will I be able to just rename the file to PB31IMG.zip and place it in the root of my SD card. Then boot into hboot and apply the update?
From the threads I have found so far on how to do this state that the phone will do a quick reboot while applying this update. This is caused by the updating of hboot from what I have see. Then I'm suppose to just tell it again to apply the update. < Is Applying the update the second time safe?
Will this work to flash my phone to the new version of the android, hboot, radio and so forth? I just want to apply the update instead of waiting days or weeks for verizon to finally push it to my phone via OTA.
I'm currently with the following settings.
S-On
Hboot .77
Stock Android 2.1 update-1(not rooted)
radio 100
Additional Information.
I've tried just using the RUU but due to driver conflicts it keeps giving me the USB error. The most I've ever gotten was the phone into the bootloader then the RUU loses connection. Tried this on 3 machines now and it still fails. And yes I've installed HTC Sync only on 2 of those 3 machines and it still fails..
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I'm sorry this has nothing to do with what you're asking, I've read, and don't know sorry man, but I do have a quick question for you. I see you have never rooted, or maybe or have, I thought maybe you hadn't for some reason, but anyway, I see you HBOOT it .77, how long have you had your phone since?
Yes I had rooted the phone recently for about 2 weeks then it got messed up but thanks to an unrevoked member I was able to recover the phone. It wasn't bricked or anything but some how the NAM was messed up which prevented me from using *228 to update roaming or my ability to activate the phone after a factory reset. I do remember it having hboot .79 before rooting though.
Update: I verified that the hboot in the stock restore img file I used had only hboot 77 in it and not 79. This means I downgraded to 77 without knowing it at first. (From the threads I have read it is stated that .77 and .79 are interchangeable so I don't think I need to worry about it when the ota comes I hope..)
I've had it for about 3 months now so I'm out of the return policy and I do like the phone and have no intention of returning it.
After trying root out for those 2 weeks I found that for me I didn't really gain anything that seemed worth it for my personal needs.
Also I like to tinker with stuff but since I'm in a 2 year contract I rather not take the risk of bricking it and having to pay for the next 2 years for service I can't even use due to my own fault of breaking the device.
Right now I'm just wondering if it is safe to apply the file that can be found in the ruu without root and without breaking the device since it has the same build number and radio number as the update that verizon has stated on the update page.
.77
I am on my third incredible, and all 3 shipped to me with v.77. Last one shipped was 8/9 (wow, maybe this one is a keeper).
jdmba said:
I am on my third incredible, and all 3 shipped to me with v.77. Last one shipped was 8/9 (wow, maybe this one is a keeper).
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were these all brand new phones, refurbs..?
To my understanding of this whole .77, .79 HBOOT is that these two are interchangeable and doesn't matter which one you have. I was just curious because at first I used the RUU that gave me software 1.22.605.0 and the latest is 1.22.605.2 and I never got an OTA update for the latest 2.1. but I think this is normal since the servers are doing the new thing.
and from what I think, if you had .77, and got the OTA for the latest 2.1 that came out a while ago, it kept the .77, but if you did the latest 2.1 through the RUU on ur computer instead of OTA it updated the HBOOT to .79 as well.
This is how it was with the Droid Eris with the leaks and stuff which blocked you out of root.
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BlazeD OnE said:
were these all brand new phones, refurbs..?
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Phone # 1 - New ... would get hotter and hotter (even when not in use) until it would enter a reboot cycle. It would also reboot randomly during the day.
Phone # 2 - Refurb ... got it with a bad speaker, but otherwise it worked perfectly.
Phone # 3 - Refurb ... still going.
boomertwo said:
Ok so that this is up front so that everyone understands.. I do not care about root and have no plans to root this phone for a while. (This is my primary phone and I need it working and not bricked)< I have personal reasons for not wanting root at this time so please don't ask.
Now my question is the following:
If I extract the rom.zip file from RUU that was leaked yesterday will I be able to just rename the file to PB31IMG.zip and place it in the root of my SD card. Then boot into hboot and apply the update?
From the threads I have found so far on how to do this state that the phone will do a quick reboot while applying this update. This is caused by the updating of hboot from what I have see. Then I'm suppose to just tell it again to apply the update. < Is Applying the update the second time safe?
Will this work to flash my phone to the new version of the android, hboot, radio and so forth? I just want to apply the update instead of waiting days or weeks for verizon to finally push it to my phone via OTA.
I'm currently with the following settings.
S-On
Hboot .77
Stock Android 2.1 update-1(not rooted)
radio 100
Additional Information.
I've tried just using the RUU but due to driver conflicts it keeps giving me the USB error. The most I've ever gotten was the phone into the bootloader then the RUU loses connection. Tried this on 3 machines now and it still fails. And yes I've installed HTC Sync only on 2 of those 3 machines and it still fails..
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in theory that should work.
k.electron said:
in theory that should work.
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Well I took the plunge and can confirm that the method in my original post does work and without a hitch(For me at least.)I did this after reading another question thread that had a guy basically asking the same thing and was recommended just to follow to step 6. I cannot link to anything yet so I will just give you the thread title that is located in the Q&A section of this forum for the droid incredible.
Thread Title: "[Q] Applying RUU update to stock phone"
The phone did however reboot the bootloader and put me into fastboot. I did not pull the battery but instead selected bootloader again and it continued the update on its own.
I'm successfully not root and s-on with android 2.2(HTC stock)
Hboot .92
Stock Recovery.
*Before you say it.. I know I'm now not able to get root till unrevoked or another dev team releases new tools for this version. I did this by choice*
*I in no way will recommend anyone to do this and will not take responsibility for your phone being turned into a paper weight* < You have been warned..
Sooooo.. anyone want to clarify how to extract rom.zip from the RUU please?
Just download the extracted ROM. It's on page 6 or 7 in the RUU thread.
NinjaRicky said:
Sooooo.. anyone want to clarify how to extract rom.zip from the RUU please?
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Hboot not responding to pc...zip

Ok, so this is a big problem for me. I recently got a new evo (little bro broke screen, so i got a replacement) and i instantly tried to root it. I am on hardware 0003 with hboot .79 running version 1.47. As you can see, I have gotten to 2.1 successfully. I started at 3.29 so this was pretty easy.
But now I have a huge problem. My hboot won't let me flash the pc.zips. I name them correctly, and it loads the zip, and even checks it, but just dumps me back at the menu with no error warning or anything. This is a really big problem. I can't even get back to froyo now.
So I downgraded to hb .79 software 1.47 using the rage against the cage and flashing misc method before the pc.zip. This took a few tries for the zip to update as well.
Then i used the flash exploit to try to root eclair. Everything went great. But my pc goes to checking, and then dumps me back at the menu.
Plz help me
Dk
I had the same issue hboot would search but than drop me back at main menu. This pc36 file woorked for me found it in another post let me know if it works.
View attachment PC36IMG.zip
jdh10475 said:
I had the same issue hboot would search but than drop me back at main menu. This pc36 file woorked for me found it in another post let me know if it works.
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Thanks jdh. I. Will test in the morning. Could you tell me what is in the pc36img.zip? This would be very helpful for me to know what the he'll I am flashing. Does this fox the problem for pc.zips after it, or what? Any more info?
Did you make sure you have plenty of space on your SD card and that you still have S=OFF? I would also try the eng bootloader (.76) since it comes with S=OFF by default
I do have space, but I don't have s-off. I have just run the flash exploit though, so I think that gives me a chance to flash the eng build and then turn s-off. Correct me if I am wrong. I am just trying to root. Again, s is still on
dkdude36 said:
I do have space, but I don't have s-off. I have just run the flash exploit though, so I think that gives me a chance to flash the eng build and then turn s-off. Correct me if I am wrong. I am just trying to root. Again, s is still on
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The flash exploit still works? I figured they would have fixed that by now, thats a pretty big security hole lol
ya, if you can get the # root prompt you should be able to flash the mtd-eng and then Toast's pc36img. Once you have root his part 2 guide should tell you how to do everything.
Edit: ignore that about the flash exploit, I forgot you said you downgraded lol
Hah ya I think that might be the problem. I did downgrade to the1.47, but I think something is broke. I will wipe, and do netarchy's method of deleting two files in 1.47 and then doing toasts part two (wow, fail htc. Only two files?) and report back. I will also check md5 which I have not yet done.
HBoot 76.200
not working. i am starting to get sort of annoyed. i can't even get back to froyo.
i am going to pm steelh. if he doesnt help, i am going to go to toast. unless anybody has any other suggestions of people i should ask before going straight to the root master
Invoke the OTA updates. About 3 times until you get to 3.29.
(Assuming s-off)
Then everything will work and you can flash whatever you want.
as i said before, s is not off. i am trying to get it off. it is much harder to do in 3.29, so i tried in 1.47 and i am stuck now. no otas. i am giving it another shot right now. thanks for trying
You need to downgrade farther. Go to 1.32
Make sure the s-off file is on your sdcard before you do so. You will lose USB until you upgrade back to 3.29
thanks for the suggestion. where can i find a 1.32 pc36im.zip so i can try it? i'm not even sure if it will accept it. could you post a link? i have rooted 1.32 before, so this should be a breeze

Please help with unroot, i messed up and and going crazy here.

Ok, I rooted with unrevoked a long time ago. Broke my screen and need to unroot. I followed the unroot unrevoked guide as closely as I could, but the rom in the link was not found. So I downloaded a different ruu.zip of factory rom, don't ask me which one, because I can't find the link anymore, but currently here is where I stand. Hboot kept saying that the img was older or something, and wouldn't flash. So I did a stupid thing and pushed the zip with clockwork. So now I'm running s-on with clockwork recovery and a stock unrooted rom. So, I tried the next thing, downloaded an 3.7 ruu .exe and tried to run that from windows, but it gives me an hboot usb connection error f*ucking **** 1 thing after another.
This is the unrooting guide I used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141
I got s-on, and tried that pc36img but it wouldn't work, originally. Before I went on to screw things up.
I've been at this for hours, something that should have taken 10 minutes if I wasn't an idiot, or bad links, or what ever. Can someone tell me or point me in the right direction, of what to do here, preferably not to a 2 year old thread with outdated links? What should I do?`
A List of android stock RUU zips with radio, pri, recovery all in one would be great, but I give up on trying to find that, its buried or does not exist.
I found this list http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs but its just the rom not everything.
So here is where my phone stands
S-ON
Hboot .97
Clockwork recovery 2.5.0.7<<<<<<
Android version 2.2.2
Build number 4.54
PRI 1.90_003
Angrychair420 here is a stock RUU that I know is good you should be able to run the RUU from windows.
http://geekfor.me/evo/ruu/evo_ruu_1326511/
thanks, that says its img version 1.32.651.1, assume thats safe to use. I assume thats andoid 3.26 which is what came on my phone. Ugh I'm in over my head. Why did my screen have to break, i was totally happy with CM7 and everything the way it was.
what if I wipe my data and caches, remove SD card, put on a PC36IMG.zip and boot the phone into hboot, will it still give me the older version error?
edit: the link you gave me gives me the same error as the other ruu.exe:
The ROM Update Utility cannot update your android phone
Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again
Possibly but I did have to return mine for repair and I know that using it as a .exe file trough windows I had no problem. Not sure about making it into a PC36IMG.zip file though I have not tried it that way.
Angrychair420 said:
thanks, that says its img version 1.32.651.1, assume thats safe to use. I assume thats andoid 3.26 which is what came on my phone. Ugh I'm in over my head. Why did my screen have to break, i was totally happy with CM7 and everything the way it was.
what if I wipe my data and caches, remove SD card, put on a PC36IMG.zip and boot the phone into hboot, will it still give me the older version error?
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It might. There are 3 PC36IMG files in the first "My Links" link in my signature. You can try them in order if you'd like, if you get the "main version is older" message, but if the first two don't work, the last one definitely will.
Thanks cpt, about to give them a try. Sigh man, this is frustratingly harder than rooting :-D If it was as easy as doing the s-on and copy the pc36img.zip to the root of sd and booting into hboot and DONE, I would of been having a much better day.
Try the latest RUUs from this link man:
http://www.filefactory.com/f/acf0b850b0f70d7b/
Have you tried this?
http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-hacks/how-to-unroot-your-htc-evo-4g/
You can also try this
http://www.goodandevo.net/2011/03/how-to-unroot-your-htc-evo-4g.html
I appreciate the help guys. I will keep posted. You know how much it sucks to slide on a touchscreen thats broken? lol
partyman1971 said:
Have you tried this?
http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-hacks/how-to-unroot-your-htc-evo-4g/
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Yes, that's the first RUU.exe I tried. said this RUU can't update
ok i got a pc36img.zip installing from hboot right now.
edit:dang main version is older error. Trying a wipe then hboot then pc36img.zip
Same outcome, main version is older.
partyman1971 said:
Have you tried this?
http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-hacks/how-to-unroot-your-htc-evo-4g/
You can also try this
http://www.goodandevo.net/2011/03/how-to-unroot-your-htc-evo-4g.html
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yes, they are basically the same method I used in my OP from xda forums.
On to captain_throwbacks second ruu.
Just to make sure, this all isn't in vain, and make you all hate me, after applying one of these successfully, my recovery should go back to factory and no longer be clockwork, right? or wrong, because I'm starting to think I am. But won't taking your device in for service with clockwork be a dead giveaway that it was rooted.
I think I'm just going to go get a new phone for a $100 deductible at this point. and replace the screen my self on my old one and keep it as a backup/test device. Thanks for all the help, but I am surrendering :-D hopefully I can reroot this thing again with unrevoked, since my hboot is still .97 and fix the screen my self.
It generally doesn't matter if its rooted. I've never unrooted since launch day. And I've had 3 screen replacements, 3 speaker rwolacements , a bezel replaced, and camera lens cover replaced (last time, I dropped it off with ICS), about to go get my 4th screen (just cracked it again lol).
Sorry for your experience/frustration.
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well last stupid question i promise, since i still have clockwork isntalled, i can just restore my CM7 backup, but how do i get s-off back, re unrevoked it i assume?
If your'e worried about the warranty thing, just flash a stock rooted rom, or use a phone repair service. i see three or four repair places on craigslist (granted, that you live in a large city).
yeah no worries. Got it back to S-OFF, and CM7 back on it, just going to fix the screen my self, ordered one for $15.
thread can be locked, deleted, or what ever.
Seriously. Dude, isn't there a sprint store near you?. Just take it in. Put a stockish rom on it if you're that worried about it. They should replace it for free.
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