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Ok mods, I know this normally isn't the place, but I think this is very important as I'm seeing more and more semi bricks, some of which are not recoverable without HTC signing keys!
So I ask you mods, please don't lock this, if anything it really needs to be a sticky!
That being said, if you are s-off, do NOT flash the signed offical PC10IMG.zip. if you don't have the correct rom on there when you do, as per the unroot thread you will get stuck.
Let me give u an example of what I've been seeing and why its happening so everyone understands. Example: you perm root/s-off your phone. You decide to do some rom playing. You end up boot looping and can't fully boot into android. So u say hey, ill reload pc10 and start over, WRONG.
What happens is s-off does no checks, sigs, version number etc. So when you load it up it starts to flash. Hboot(s-on) is first, then recovery, then radio. Thing is it has to reboot to do radio, so it reboots, at this point your s-on so it does a version check. "Main is older" then it quits before ever touching the system.img or boot.img. at this point you are locked. You have s-on, stock recovery, and can't boot android. Long story short, your screwed.
Now depending on the rom/kernel u had/have installed you may have adb access. At this point you have a small chance of recovering, which is better then some. I just spent the last 5 hours working with someone on a fix and think we got it, but the bat has died and will have to pick back up tomo. If this works or not, I also have one more idea we can try. I will update OP with any fixes we find.
*If your system was bootable when you started this, it may still boot. but you will be s-on, stock recovery, and still on whatever rom you were running. at this point you will have to hex edit to downgrade, or wpthis.ko if there is one for your kernel to get back to s-off.
*ive seen some people saying. i did it, it worked for me, but don't add any supporting info. this is bad for people new to android cause it makes them feel they will be ok. the only way this can work is if you have a version installed as old or older then the official img, or if you take hboot out of the update which then makes it no longer the official update. but my question is why are you flashing this? if you want to fully unroot, then follow the unroot guide. if you just want to go back to stock w/root, grab one of the stock w/root roms.
Long story short, do your rom flashing from recovery. Stay out of hboot unless you are following proven instructions to a T, or being walked though be a "pro". I hope this helps save some people!
* if you just read all this going DAMN, i already did that, then go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842495
Sticky this. In big bolt capital letters. I've seen this happen once already, and just saved another phone from this headache.
More people need to know about the DON'T-FLASH-PC10IMG.ZIP
dyndragon said:
Sticky this. In big bolt capital letters. I've seen this happen once already, and just saved another phone from this headache.
More people need to know about the DON'T-FLASH-PC10IMG.ZIP
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When u say u saved a phone. Do u mean u stopped someone before they did it, or you mean u have a working fix. Pls post fix if u have one. I will post mine as soon as I confirm it.
Btw- I have seen 5 happen in the last 3 days. As I haven't gave up on any yet, some are worse off then others and only 2 have a possible fix in the am, well a fix I know of.
After I permarooted, I decide to flash a Z ROM. I did, and I didn't care for Sense, so I flashed PC10 and didn't have any issues. Mind you, I didn't flash the OTA at that point either. Phone booted up without an issue, I got the OTA almost immediately, and I permarooted again.
Basically, if you applied the OTA, don't flash PC10 to get stock again.
So does that mean the instructions for how to Un-Root are no good?
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So does that mean the instructions for how to Un-Root are no good?
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I unrooted my phone, no problems.
No the instructions to unroot are correct because at the beginning you flash an alternate misc.img to change the main version number. I got stuck the other day because my phone wouldnt boot and i couldn't flash the ota because i had removed google goggles and some other system apps so i tried to downgrade using PC10IMG.zip and it cancelled during installation just as stated in the op and i was somehow able to flash the misc.img through fastboot and reflash with PC10IMG.zip
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After I permarooted, I decide to flash a Z ROM. I did, and I didn't care for Sense, so I flashed PC10 and didn't have any issues. Mind you, I didn't flash the OTA at that point either. Phone booted up without an issue, I got the OTA almost immediately, and I permarooted again.
Basically, if you applied the OTA, don't flash PC10 to get stock again.
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If you did not flash the stock rom before you flashed the pc10, you got lucky. When it reboots half way though, it does a version check, and the rom version you happened to be running must have been an older base. If your phone is bootable and you flash the pc10 OUT OF ORDER it will lock you down that way, ie locked on sense. If anyone wants to go back to stock, just flash one of the stock w/root roms in recovery or via rom manager... trust me on this, there are more people screwing up there phone because of this then anything, just not posting about it. I've been up all hours of the night, helping differnt people the last few days.
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No the unroot guide is ok. If you notice, the first thing it has you flash is the stock w/root rom. Like I said if you follow proven instructions to a T, you will be ok. That is if you want to go back to non-root only though. If you just want stock with root, flash a stock with root rom via RECOVERY or ROM MANAGER.
Im not to sure how it all works and i just got up a little bit ago .
but since s-off doesnt check the sign couldnt we unpack and repack pc10img with the hboot with s-off?
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Like I said if you follow proven instructions to a T, you will be ok.
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Well he's edited his post now, and people have followed his instuctions and bricked their phones.
So just to confirm before I brick mine: The instructions in their current form will not brick my phone, right?
I had s-off when running baconbits. I tried to revert back to stock but couldn't. I then flashed pauls prerooted phone rom and tried to install the stock rom back onto the phone. I seems to have removed the s-off and now displays s-on. I am permanently rooted, but fastboot still shows s-on. Was this caused because I tried to flash the pc10img.zip? Now how do i revert back to stock? I don't have a nandroid backup for the stock rom, just paul's which after a recovery still displays s-on. It doesn't loop, I just can't install anything else on there.
I flashed pc10 and it turned S-ON. But when I booted it up I still had root acess, so it was like a temp root but where I could not write to the system. I took the ko file from the perm root and hex edited it to match the kernal on my phone.. boom rooted again and I was able to flash recovery and do a nand restore
I tested it out again by hbooting pc10.. and I was able to obtain s-off by changing the kernal number in the ko file
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So let me get this straight, in order to flash pc10 safely we MUST have an existing PreRooted STOCK ROM?
No all you have to do is run hexeditor to change build number then you can flash pc10img
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No all you have to do is run hexeditor to change build number then you can flash pc10img
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Exactly. If you actually follow the directions in the thread you will be fine. I've done it more than a few times and have not had any problems yet.
I have also updated the instruction on the unroot guide aswell.
I was running the original Sense rom that was loaded via hboot which kept me at s-off. I was able to revert back to stock using the PC10 zip from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831398 At the time I had no clockwork recovery. Was what I unsafe?
Thanks for the piece of mind. I don't want to unroot just yet, I'm running pretty much the stock rom w/ ota and bacon bits anyway, so........ Still it's nice to know that I can get back to stock should I NEED to.
Okay so I did this and I didn't brick my phone...and still have root/s-off
Did an ota update, after I found out there was perm root I perm root g2 s-off, then I went and downloaded clockwork/rom manager
Created a backup of the current g2, and did a wipe
Then hboot to sense ui (still have root). I went into clockwork create another backup. Played around with desire z rom.
After I decided to go back to stock 2.2 performed a restore with clockwork and now I am back to my original g2 stock.
So am I missing something here?
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Okay so I did this and I didn't brick my phone...and still have root/s-off
Did an ota update, after I found out there was perm root I perm root g2 s-off, then I went and downloaded clockwork/rom manager
Created a backup of the current g2, and did a wipe
Then hboot to sense ui (still have root). I went into clockwork create another backup. Played around with desire z rom.
After I decided to go back to stock 2.2 performed a restore with clockwork and now I am back to my original g2 stock.
So am I missing something here?
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These people didnt nand back before messing around with stuff
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Hey guys, I'd like to know how to uninstall clockwork recovery from my T-Mobile G2 in case I need to bring my phone in for repair.
I know this is an FAQ, but the method to do it with each phone seem to vary slightly.
My T-Mobile G2 has the following:
Persoshoot's OC kernel
Stock post-OTA ROM with permroot
S-OFF
Latest Clockwork Recovery
What would be the easiest and most straightforward way to restore clockwork recovery back to stock (without nuking everything else in the process)? I see threads saying to run flash_image and flashing the OTA_bootv2 Recovery, but IIRC that program isn't installed on the stock ROM by default.
Your help would be greatly appreciated!
If you used gfree to permroot and get radio s-off, you can just flash the pc10img.zip and it will take you back to stock completely: recovery, hboot, s-on, kernel, rom, etc.
If you did permroot by way of one of the old methods (visionary, rage, etc) you can still flash over the pc10img.zip, after some modifications. Refer to this thread on how exactly to do this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831398
If you have to do the latter, make sure you follow the instructions to the T so as to not end up with a paperweight.
If you have the eng hboot and you have adb setup on your PC, then you can use fastboot to flash the stock recovery image (which you can extract from the stock PC10IMG.zip.
Sent from my HTC Desire Z
It never hurts to erase the recovery before you flash a new one... rather than flashing a new one in over top of the old one. Sometimes stuff breaks and thats one reason why.
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If you used gfree to permroot and get radio s-off, you can just flash the pc10img.zip and it will take you back to stock completely: recovery, hboot, s-on, kernel, rom, etc.
If you did permroot by way of one of the old methods (visionary, rage, etc) you can still flash over the pc10img.zip, after some modifications. Refer to this thread on how exactly to do this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831398
If you have to do the latter, make sure you follow the instructions to the T so as to not end up with a paperweight.
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To get permroot, I initially used an old method, but then unrooted. The unroot method I used is actually what's shown in the post you linked to. After unrooting, I did permrooted the "clean" way (the one that's documented on the wiki) using rage to get temproot, then using gfree to do the rest.
Because I used gfree to permroot, I can simply flash pc10img.zip without any problems right? Without needing to hex-edit the misc.img version number to the previous version number? Can I simply rename it update.zip and the HBOOT bootloader will pick it up, or will I have to flash it from within Clockwork Recovery? Why is it safe to flash pci10img.zip if you used the gfree method?
I didn't install the engineering hboot since the instructions said I didn't really need it unless I was a developer.
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Because I used gfree to permroot, I can simply flash pc10img.zip without any problems right? Without needing to hex-edit the misc.img version number to the previous version number? Can I simply rename it update.zip and the HBOOT bootloader will pick it up, or will I have to flash it from within Clockwork Recovery? Why is it safe to flash pci10img.zip if you used the gfree method?
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Yes, that's right, except it shouldn't be called "update.zip", you want to call it "PC10IMG.zip" and place it on the root (top) folder of your SD card, then go into hboot where it should find it and ask if you want to flash it (give it a few seconds to open the file and check it first).
It is safe if you have full radio S-OFF via gfree, because that bypasses a lot of these checks, e.g. the "version is older" check, and also because when it flashes the stock hboot you will still have S-OFF.
It seems as though the OP has had his question answered but I'm also wondering the same question. I have gotten full root by the rage method. What do I do in my situation to get back to stock recovery while maintaining s-off and root. I actually just want to calibrate my battery and go back to clockwork
Lithium Ion batteries cannot be calibrated. There is no need. They dont have a memory like older battery types did, for example, nickel cadiums.
If at all possible, all you would be doing is retraining your phone with that process, not the battery. It is bad for li-ion batteries to be ran completely empty and it is not recommended if you care about the longevity of the battery.
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Thanks for your reply. I was told by someone that flashing your phone while it is plugged in kinda throws the battery off. I have noticed extremely short battery life after making this mistake so I thought it was needed. Would you still recommend doing it train the phone itself tho? I mean, my battery life is ridiculously short. Like six hours and my battery always depletes while I'm asleep.
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Can anyone else confirm that the latest OTA update 4.53.651.1 is fully rootable with Revolutionary. It has been mentioned by one member (squidlymandingo) that it is fully rootable (flashes to S-OFF), but it is always better to have at least 2 confirmations.
The phone needs to be S-ON, and on Android 2.3.3 with stock Recovery to fully confirm that it works.
I previously ran Revolutionary on the 4.53 update myself, and it installed the Revolutionary patched Hboot 6.16 just like it was supposed to, however, the phone was already S-OFF from a previous unrevoked-forever flash. I also can confirm from other experiments that updating from 4.24 to 4.53 will break root, but leave an S-OFF phone S-OFF, with unrevoked-forever and Revolutionary.
If there are any other testers out there, the patched file can be downloaded from
http://www.mediafire.com/?bjxvuyc1mupcyzc
Change the name to update. Copy it to the root of your SD card. Boot into your bootloader, then go to your RECOVERY. At the triangle and exclamation point, hit volume up (not down) and the power button at the same time. Choose apply sdcard:update.zip (or whatever it says).
There is no Hboot flash in the update, so I do not expect that it will be patched so that the phone will not root, but hopefully some one else can confirm this, and do not need to experiment, so that accepting the next update will not affect those who plan to have root.
AND OF COURSE IF YOU'RE NOT A TESTER, THEN I DO NOT RECOMMEND ACCEPTING OTAS IF YOU WANT ROOT.
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Can anyone else confirm that the latest OTA update 4.53.651.1 is fully rootable with Revolutionary. It has been mentioned by one member (squidlymandingo) that it is fully rootable (flashes to S-OFF), but it is always better to have at least 2 confirmations.
The phone needs to be S-ON, and on Android 2.3.3 with stock Recovery to fully confirm that it works.
I previously ran Revolutionary on the 4.53 update myself, and it installed the Revolutionary patched Hboot 6.16 just like it was supposed to, however, the phone was already S-OFF from a previous unrevoked-forever flash. I also can confirm from other experiments that updating from 4.24 to 4.53 will break root, but leave an S-OFF phone S-OFF, with unrevoked-forever and Revolutionary.
If there are any other testers out there, the patched file can be downloaded from
http://www.mediafire.com/?bjxvuyc1mupcyzc
Change the name to update. Copy it to the root of your SD card. Boot into your bootloader, then go to your RECOVERY. At the triangle and exclamation point, hit volume up (not down) and the power button at the same time. Choose apply sdcard:update.zip (or whatever it says).
There is no Hboot flash in the update, so I do not expect that it will be patched so that the phone will not root, but hopefully some one else can confirm this, and do not need to experiment, so that accepting the next update will not affect those who plan to have root.
AND OF COURSE IF YOU'RE NOT A TESTER, THEN I DO NOT RECOMMEND ACCEPTING OTAS IF YOU WANT ROOT.
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I haven't looked into the root as I already have root, though just looking at your 'instructions' I see a problem: when you talk about booting into recovery with the triangle and ! mark, to press up - I doubt that will work because I don't believe pressing up does anything to begin with, and you'd already need to have a recovery to run the update.zip. The triangle and ! mark is stock recovery, which is no recovery, and either cwm, amon_ra, or twrp recoveries need to be flashed; unless you can provide some documentation that says otherwise.
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I haven't looked into the root as I already have root, though just looking at your 'instructions' I see a problem: when you talk about booting into recovery with the triangle and ! mark, to press up - I doubt that will work because I don't believe pressing up does anything to begin with, and you'd already need to have a recovery to run the update.zip. The triangle and ! mark is stock recovery, which is no recovery, and either cwm, amon_ra, or twrp recoveries need to be flashed; unless you can provide some documentation that says otherwise.
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I don't have documentation in front of me, but without clockwork or Amon, stock has a hidden recovery. That's why it's volume up not down at the triangle. I've used it for manually installing OTAs.
I have an old stock recovery attached, if someone wants to install and then try the RECOVERY to see what I'm talking about with the volume up + power buttons at the triangle after going to RECOVERY. I don't have the latest one, but it works the same as the old one.
Well, if you get any takers, do let me know the result of it.
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Well, if you get any takers, do let me know the result of it.
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Sure. Many of us would like to know.
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Well, if you get any takers, do let me know the result of it.
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Well, after getting a lot of confirmations, 2, to confirm that the new OTA is rootable and after doing some careful experiments, I decided to give it a go. 4.53.651.1 is rootable the exact same way as 4.24, even with S-ON. So, no one has to worry if they are thinking about updating to the latest 4.53 software build. Also as I said before, updating from 4.24 S-OFF root to 4.53 will break the root, but will leave the phone S-OFF, so that it is easily rerooted. This was tested with both unrevoked-forever and Revolutionary.
I even managed to downgrade the Hboot twice from 6.16, back to 2.10 and then to 2.02, but it was tricky.
Updating and re rooting
I can confirm this works, well I think I went about it alittle differently. I nandroided back to my stock rom, downloaded the ota, installed without unrooting or flashing a different hboot. the update took, the phone was still s-off, all I had to do was use revolutionary to re flash cwm, once that was done. I reflashed superuser zip just in case and flashed amon ra. stock ota rooted and making a nandroid as we speak
Hi everyone, ive been tryin to find a way to unroot my evo so i can take it into sprint. Im currently running MIUI 2.7.6, hboot version 2.18, unlocked. Would really like to put everything back to normal or as close to it as possible. Any help would be great!
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younginferlife said:
Hi everyone, ive been tryin to find a way to unroot my evo so i can take it into sprint. Im currently running MIUI 2.7.6, hboot version 2.18, unlocked. Would really like to put everything back to normal or as close to it as possible. Any help would be great!
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http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...gerbread-2-3-5-dummies-guide.html#post3847623
See the "Unrooting" section.
I was just looking at that method but was unsure if it woild work. I forgot to mention in the beginning of this, that i have tried to use 3 different pc36img files and everytime it said error, main is newer or somethimg like that. But thanks, i will give that method a shot right now and let ya kno how it goes
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I was just looking at that method but was unsure if it woild work. I forgot to mention in the beginning of this, that i have tried to use 3 different pc36img files and everytime it said error, main is newer or somethimg like that. But thanks, i will give that method a shot right now and let ya kno how it goes
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Well the first thing you have to do in the unrooting procedure is downgrade the misc partition so you don't get that message . It's all outlined there nicely, and if you have any questions, it might be easier for you to post over there - they're all very helpful .
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Well the first thing you have to do in the unrooting procedure is downgrade the misc partition so you don't get that message . It's all outlined there nicely, and if you have any questions, it might be easier for you to post over there - they're all very helpful .
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Thanks again for the help. Everything went good with achieving the "locked oow" but the only problem im presenting is being able to flash the pc36img file due to the fact that i have to press up in order to update. My volume up button is broken (second time with in a month) which is why im taking my phone into sprint. Im downloading and RUU from rootzwiki to see if im able to flash back to the stock unrooted rom from there or by recovery. Thanks again.
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Thanks again for the help. Everything went good with achieving the "locked oow" but the only problem im presenting is being able to flash the pc36img file due to the fact that i have to press up in order to update. My volume up button is broken (second time with in a month) which is why im taking my phone into sprint. Im downloading and RUU from rootzwiki to see if im able to flash back to the stock unrooted rom from there or by recovery. Thanks again.
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If you do an "adb reboot bootloader", and then run the RUU from your PC, you shouldn't have to press any buttons on the device.
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If you do an "adb reboot bootloader", and then run the RUU from your PC, you shouldn't have to press any buttons on the device.
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call me a pain or even a noob (cause i am), but i have been trying to run the ruu from pc but seem to be having issues. would you mind posting the proper commands to run?:good::silly:
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call me a pain or even a noob (cause i am), but i have been trying to run the ruu from pc but seem to be having issues. would you mind posting the proper commands to run?:good::silly:
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There are no commands to run an RUU from the PC - you just double-click it.
Thats where my problem was, the "RUU" I downloaded from the first thread you mentioned was in .zip format not .exe but all is good now, fully unrooted and back to original crappy malfunctioning 2.3.5 :thumbdown: thanks again for your help and puttin up with my noobness :thumbup:
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hey guys i had to unroot my evo with the unrooting method mentioned above, but i messed up and flashed the s-on and flashed an RUU b4 downgrading the misc partition. The phone also installed the 5.07 OTA with the stock recovery. The phone says it has "s-on" but the hboot is 6.17 and i cannot get it to update back to 2.18, everytime i try to RUU again, i get a error 140 saying bootloader version error. I tried to root again using revolutionary and i get told that the s is already off and get asked to install a custom recovery and that fails every time. i tried to install amon ra via pc36img method in bootloader and it does nothing. i tried using unrevoked since my phone says its hboot 2.16 and unrevoked fails and says my firmware is too new. I tried using htc dev to achieve root again and the cmd gives me an error every time i try to get the code from my phone. i made a booboo and i cant root nor update and i gotta return my phone to sprint since i upgraded my phone to a diff phone. Any ideas guys?
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hey guys i had to unroot my evo with the unrooting method mentioned above, but i messed up and flashed the s-on and flashed an RUU b4 downgrading the misc partition. The phone also installed the 5.07 OTA with the stock recovery. The phone says it has "s-on" but the hboot is 6.17 and i cannot get it to update back to 2.18, everytime i try to RUU again, i get a error 140 saying bootloader version error. I tried to root again using revolutionary and i get told that the s is already off and get asked to install a custom recovery and that fails every time. i tried to install amon ra via pc36img method in bootloader and it does nothing. i tried using unrevoked since my phone says its hboot 2.16 and unrevoked fails and says my firmware is too new. I tried using htc dev to achieve root again and the cmd gives me an error every time i try to get the code from my phone. i made a booboo and i cant root nor update and i gotta return my phone to sprint since i upgraded my phone to a diff phone. Any ideas guys?
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WHAT?? I'm lost. First you said your Hboot is 6.17, then you said your phone says it has Hboot 2.16.
Sounds like your misc partition is screwed up from the different Hboots that your phone had, especially from the 5.07 OTA. If that's the case, there is no current RUU that will work for that (the 5.07 misc). It's there to prevent you from downgrading. You will need the Tacoroot method in order to downgrade your misc partition so that you can run your RUU again. It will give you a temp root so that you can run adb commands to downgrade that misc partition. It's in the rooting method guide from Captain Throwback's link above.
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WHAT?? I'm lost. First you said your Hboot is 6.17, then you said your phone says it has Hboot 2.16.
Sounds like your misc partition is screwed up from the different Hboots that your phone had, especially from the 5.07 OTA. If that's the case, there is no current RUU that will work for that (the 5.07 misc). It's there to prevent you from downgrading. You will need the Tacoroot method in order to downgrade your misc partition so that you can run your RUU again. It will give you a temp root so that you can run adb commands to downgrade that misc partition. It's in the rooting method guide from Captain Throwback's link above.
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My apologies, i was in a rush earlier. My hboot is 6.17, not 2.16. I tried unrooting and did for the most part except getting hboot back to 2.18. In this process, the phone forced itself to update to the new 5.07 OTA that there is no RUU for so im screwed to that end. I am currently trying Tacoroot method but am having issues being stuck at the sprint screen bootloop so i cant run the flash_image command from the sdcard (since the phone isnt starting fully for it to be in "charge only mode"). Seems alot of ppl have that same issue but havent found a solution yet. Not sure if i just start over if it bootloops or not. I've tried 3 complete times now and still get stuck on the bootloop.
Ouch, that sucks. If you cannot boot into the operating system, then there might not be anything that you can do.
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Ouch, that sucks. If you cannot boot into the operating system, then there might not be anything that you can do.
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i can boot into the phone, its just when doing the tacoroot method, i cannot get past the step where the phone goes into the loop and you have to enter 3 commands.
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i can boot into the phone, its just when doing the tacoroot method, i cannot get past the step where the phone goes into the loop and you have to enter 3 commands.
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The looping doesn't matter - you should still have adb access, unless you didn't follow the instructions exactly.
2 steps.. rooted/s-off to perfect stock sprint evo 4g unrooted/s-on
younginferlife said:
Hi everyone, ive been tryin to find a way to unroot my evo so i can take it into sprint. Im currently running MIUI 2.7.6, hboot version 2.18, unlocked. Would really like to put everything back to normal or as close to it as possible. Any help would be great!
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i just stumbled over this method.. unrevoked web site has a s-on tool, go to there site ://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever you will see the blah blah blah tutorial.. scroll down until you get down to:
How can this be removed or undone if I need to take my phone in for service?
Download the latest ''S-ON'' tool to a temporary location and follow the installation instructions above to run it. Once your phone is S-ON, you may lose root permanently if you install an official update.. download it to your phone.. recovery mode.. flash from zip.. poof.. S-ON
now head over to htcevohacks, ://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-hacks/how-to-unroot-your-htc-evo-4g/ get htc update rom utility for your phone.. that erases entire phone and and places sprints latest stock factory rom and everything back on your phone.. do all sprint updates.. and return to sprint and recieve your refurbished motorola photon.. sprint htc evo 4g has been dissed-continued.. oh yeah if you dont do it in that order.. you will loose your root with update utility.. which means you will have to use unrevoked3 to reroot and flash s-on tool .. done the right way its only two steps.. peace out
Looks like tiredness has got the better of me and I screwed up my bootloader (I think).
I purchased a pre-rooted DHD, it was rooted through Advance Ace Hack Kit. I have 4ext installed as the recovery and have Ice cold sandwich flashed. I do have a nandroid backup of the rom.
Unfortunately I was running Advance Ace Hack Kit just to see what the options were as I was looking for installing an eng bootloader, unfortunately I selected option 1 by mistake and the software started running, phone rebooted a few times and now it's just stuck at the splash screen. I was in two minds to stop it mid-process but thought that might make things worse.
I also cannot access my 4ext recover, instead I get the red triangle and the htc recovery.
Damn, I'm annoyed with myself. I am tired and got momentarily distracted. I know one thing, if this can be fixed I won't be doing this again:crying:
Can this be brought back to life?
Ok, I have got myself out of this predicament by installing the stock wwe rom. Thankfully the phone rebooted, started up and the phone is back in business.
Of course I am still s-off, however I assume I am now unrooted.
Is there an easy option to root the device bearing in mind the phone is s-off? I want to root and flash cwm or 4ext.
Thanks.
Wht version of the Rom did u flash
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maritimesbob said:
Ok, I have got myself out of this predicament by installing the stock wwe rom. Thankfully the phone rebooted, started up and the phone is back in business.
Of course I am still s-off, however I assume I am now unrooted.
Is there an easy option to root the device bearing in mind the phone is s-off? I want to root and flash cwm or 4ext.
Thanks.
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In the "Ace Think Tank" thread (linked in my signature), post #7, there is a PDF that includes instructions on flashing a custom recovery from an S-OFF phone. Start from the bottom of page 9, the section labeled "S-OFF no custom recovery." After that, just flash a rooted ROM from the recovery.
Or, assuming you have a working ROM, you could look into SuperOneClick. I think it roots a ROM if the phone is S-OFF (however, I have never used it and can't speak to its reliability). Then you can just flash a recovery from an app like ROM Manager or 4ext Updater.
Finally, again assuming you have a working ROM, you could try flashing SuperSU from the zip here. Again, untested, but it has restored root on at least one occasion that I know of to an unrooted ROM.
Please note that I'm just throwing ideas around. If anyone knows that any of these methods doesn't work please say so.
Hello all,
Thanks for the replies.
I have the phone working, I installed the wwe htc sense rom that comes with 2.3.5 and sense 3.0. Pretty much my phone is factory reset, but at least it works now.
I lost root but do have s-off.
Use superoneclick. 2.3.3 it can easy root stock sense 3.0 when you are S-OFF which you are already.
1.First press temp root and wait for it to finish.
2.second root and wait for it to finish.
3.enjoy.
Got it sorted. I flashed a cwm recovery zip from an sdcard in bootloader. With cwm flashed, I could restore a nandroid backup. Back in business again.
If you want to unbrick your phone, you need to download an official RRU, or RUU or whatever it is that it is called. It is an EXE file that you download on your computer and run it. You can get it from HTC website, or google it. It's a stock setup of your phone. So you put the phone in red triangle mode, connect it to PC, and run the RRU file. It starts its magic and the phone will be back to stock with the sense and GB and everything. Use the Ace Hack Kit again to get it rooted and S-OFF if it isnt already and then install RoM as you want to.