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Here's my problem: I need to RMA my phone and I want to set S-On before I do so. The phone is set S-OFF with stock recovery and stock 2.2. The stock recovery won't run the Unrevoked S-ON patch. What are my options? This thing has to go back ASAP so I don't get billed for the replacement phone.
--B
:::UPDATE:::
I figured this out, and it was a royal pain in the wazoo. There are no clear instructions for how to go about doing this, so as soon as I get back from FedEx Kinkos to drop off my old phone I'll put together a step-by-step write-up and post it in the Dev forum.
--B
xraystyle said:
Here's my problem: I need to RMA my phone and I want to set S-On before I do so. The phone is set S-OFF with stock recovery and stock 2.2. The stock recovery won't run the Unrevoked S-ON patch. What are my options? This thing has to go back ASAP so I don't get billed for the replacement phone.
--B
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Take a look at the Unrevoked Wiki: http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
Look at the FAQ section. Haven't done it myself but don't see any reason why it would not work.
ecltech said:
Take a look at the Unrevoked Wiki: http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
Look at the FAQ section. Haven't done it myself but don't see any reason why it would not work.
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Perfect, thanks. Got Clockwork back on there, gonna use the S-ON tool now. Anyone have a download link for the stock recovery, by any chance?
--B
ETA: I found the stock recovery here, in case anyone else needs it: http://adrynalyne.us/?p=41
Thanks to adrynalyne for hosting it.
--B
Alright, none of this is working. I've been going around in circles for hours now and I can't seem to find a solution to this.
I can't figure out how to flash the stock recovery onto the phone without S-OFF. I can't set S-ON without having a custom recovery. It seems like it's one or the other. I need to get back to either stock 2.1 or stock 2.2 with S-ON and stock recovery. I'm currently at rooted 2.1, Clockwork Recovery, S-ON.
I tried this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azwdpK400JA but the attached PB31IMG won't install on the phone, i get a "Main Version Is Older" error.
I'm at a total loss at this point and this phone really needs to go back today.
Anyone?
--B
I ran unrevoked 3 and tried a few things and decided it was not for me, I ran the Sprint RUU and it all worked fine. But under the bootloader screen it still shows S-off. Can I renable it?
venom_762 said:
I ran unrevoked 3 and tried a few things and decided it was not for me, I ran the Sprint RUU and it all worked fine. But under the bootloader screen it still shows S-off. Can I renable it?
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Sry to hear that. See if THIS helps.
oooh that sucks. you have to re-root (you can just use unrevoked 3 again), then put the unrevoked s-on tool (found in the FAQ section of this thread http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever ) on the root of your sdcard. boot into recovery, and flash it as you would a rom. then check bootloader to make sure it is s-on. if it is, run the ruu again.
just curious, why dont u like root?
I just tried to re-run Unrevoked 3 and it will not reconnect, the tool just says waiting for device.
And I don't like root because of too much power.
venom_762 said:
I just tried to re-run Unrevoked 3 and it will not reconnect, the tool just says waiting for device.
And I don't like root because of too much power.
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usb debugging is probably not on. try that.
too much power? like too much battery consumption (wtf?) or too much power over the phone?
too much stuff for me to f-with.
venom_762 said:
too much stuff for me to f-with.
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hahah ok then. so ya turn debugging on (settings, applications, development, usb debugging) and put the phone on charge only and run unrevoked.
ok I found it, I was trying to root from the hboot screen.
Can't I just wait for the OTA from sprint and that would just turn S-back on?
venom_762 said:
Can't I just wait for the OTA from sprint and that would just turn S-back on?
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no, it wouldnt turn s-on, and you might not even be able to accept it. if you are having a hard time using unrevoked, seeing as your rom no longer has root permissions, i can lead you through manually flashing amon-ra recovery to your phone and you can flash ur s-on from there.
I just got it to root again using Unrevoked 3 and restored to right after my first root. I should be able to now install the S-on tool and install it from the recovery menu?
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I just got it to root again using Unrevoked 3 and restored to right after my first root. I should be able to now install the S-on tool and install it from the recovery menu?
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That is correct. Also, I'm pretty sure that since you were still S off, you could've just flashed a pc36img of a recovery from the bootloader, flashed the s on tool, and then ran RUU.
Edit : just saw that dk already suggested that. Sorry.
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Update I figured it out and ran the S-on tool, booted into the bootloaded and verified it was back on. I then ran the RUU and it should be fully stock and ready to install the OTA?
I just don't want to be that guy does not or has a failed update when the official OTA is out.
Anyone? I dying to know if I can install the next ota.
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Anyone? I dying to know if I can install the next ota.
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If you're back to stock, s on, and aren't on the latest OTA, then yes, you can take the OTA if you'd like to. That will bring you up to the latest software update.
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Great I am relieved, I just wondered if when its pushed out if I have problems seeing it. Thank you guys for all of your help.
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Great I am relieved, I just wondered if when its pushed out if I have problems seeing it. Thank you guys for all of your help.
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sorry for leaving you in the dark for a while. that was one crazy day. but i'm at my comp now so i can help (not that there's anything left to do).
if i were you, i'd double check you are fully unrooted. boot into bootloader, and make sure you are s-on. then boot into recovery and make sure you have no custom recovery, just the stock htc one. also make sure your rom has no superuser app installed. if not, you are all good.
No prob man, I booted into the bootloader and S-On is back on and then tried to boot into recovery, a black screen with a red triangle came up so I assume there's no recovery installed. There is also no superuser Icon in the app draw.
The main reason I returned to stock is,is that this is my primary and only phone. I plan on getting the Nexus S when it come to sprint so I will see you guys again. That way if I bork the NS I got my trusty evo to activate.
Again thank you all for the help.
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No prob man, I booted into the bootloader and S-On is back on and then tried to boot into recovery, a black screen with a red triangle came up so I assume there's no recovery installed. There is also no superuser Icon in the app draw.
The main reason I returned to stock is,is that this is my primary and only phone. I plan on getting the Nexus S when it come to sprint so I will see you guys again. That way if I bork the NS I got my trusty evo to activate.
Again thank you all for the help.
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ok ya ur totally unrooted. enjoy the cage some prefer it there.
just saying, the evo is freaking hard to brick.
Hello,
I am extremely new to this process and recently just rooted my EVO and would like to know the proper procedures to return my phone to stock if there is an issue eventually with my phone. I rooted using UnrEVOked3 and have the custom recovery installed when it was rooted. I did run a back up recovery right after I rooted.
I tried to figure it out on my own by flashing the RUU that was on theunlockr's site and it worked but was hesitant to run the OTA software update with "S-OFF" still activated. So I rerooted my phone and tried their "S-ON utility but now can’t run the RUU due to a bootloader error. I tried searching but there is so many threads about it that it gets confusing so I figured I would ask directly what my steps should be.
A couple questions:
Should my next step be rerooting the phone and then running the RUU?
Will running a RUU and then running an OTA update be ok if “S-OFF” is still activated?
Will running an OTA update turn “S-OFF” back to “S-ON”?
After I return complete stock can I reroot in the future if I want?
My Bootloader at this time looks like this:
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-2.10.0001
MICROP-04if
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.05.00.06.10
Oct 15 2010, 10:07:00
Sorry for being so new about this but any help will be appreciated. Thanks.
(EDIT: I just read the first post in this thread topic and I'm going to try that since it seems like I'm halfway there. Sorry for killing a kitten lol)
Lol its all good man did you get all your answers or you need help?
~ d3rk
The real only question is can I reroot after I return to stock from unrevoked?
b2project said:
The real only question is can I reroot after I return to stock from unrevoked?
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Yes you can! Many people unroot when they drop by sprint for whatever reasons, then they root all over again. Me, I'm a rebel, I give the reps my phone with cm7 on it lol.
~ d3rk
b2project said:
The real only question is can I reroot after I return to stock from unrevoked?
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Yea you can. Just re-run unrevoked.
Thanks, if I run into any issues when I run the PC36IMG I'll be back
I am trying to unroot. I used the 2-step method guide but didn't know that using Unrevoked3 actually also used Unrevoked Forever so I skipped step 1 and just flashed the pc36img.zip in step 2. Everything ran perfect except I did more research and realized I should've ran the s-on tool because I am still s-on.
Is it still possible to apply the unrevoked_forever_son.zip using the stock recovery?
Thanks
No....you will need to root all over then flash the s-on tool again and then flash the pc36img.zip. shouldn't take much time.
Thanks for your reply!
Okay I know how to do that but I think I have another problem...because I panicked, I updated to the latest OTA thinking that would automatically unroot me but still says "s-on"
FYI - I did thus because I'm trading in my EVO for the 3D.
The guy at Target told me the phone just needs to be in excellent condition and working to be able to trade my phone in...
Should I even worry at this point?
aagbulos said:
Thanks for your reply!
Okay I know how to do that but I think I have another problem...because I panicked, I updated to the latest OTA thinking that would automatically unroot me but still says "s-on"
FYI - I did thus because I'm trading in my EVO for the 3D.
The guy at Target told me the phone just needs to be in excellent condition and working to be able to trade my phone in...
Should I even worry at this point?
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Ouch. If you took the ota there's no going back. Check bootloader to see if its s-on, if its still s-off you might be in luck to flash another recovery and s-on again!!! Check!!
Id say yes give it to them with s-on at least you don't want something getting traced back to your account.
S-ON is unrooted / locked bootloader. I'm a bit confused here. Isn't that what you want it to be on.
Oh oops...I meant to say it's still "s-off"
Darn keyboard autocorrect!
I'm trying to get it BACK to "s-on" because it's currently "s-off"
Sorry for the confusion.
Do I have any options at all? Thanks for helping out guys!
If it's still s-off just flash amon RA in bootloader and then boot to recovery to flash s-on. You are lucky! Flash the pc36img.zip version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
Make sure you don't get it confused with the other pc36img.zip that's already on your sdcard.
OMG! Thank you so much! That is why this is the best Android forum out there! I will definitely take your advice and I will let you know how it goes. Again...many thanks!
aagbulos said:
OMG! Thank you so much! That is why this is the best Android forum out there! I will definitely take your advice and I will let you know how it goes. Again...many thanks!
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I hope it works dude! Enjoy your 3D if you get it!
If it doesn't work its because you have the ota gb radio and you will need to downgrade it to the 11.19 radio from froyo then s-on should flash.
Remember you need the 11.19 radio to flash s-on. Its also flashed from recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
Ok thanks for the tips!
One last thing before I give it a go...I'm only flashing the pc36img.zip file via bootloader. The other zip file is if I was pushing the file using adb, correct? Please correct me if I'm wrong. I don't want to mess up any further lol
aagbulos said:
Ok thanks for the tips!
One last thing before I give it a go...I'm only flashing the pc36img.zip file via bootloader. The other zip file is if I was pushing the file using adb, correct? Please correct me if I'm wrong. I don't want to mess up any further lol
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Yes that's the recovery. Just flash in bootloader no need for adb. Once you get recovery up delete that pc36img from your sdcard. You will need to grab that 11.19 radio and flash that in recovery then reboot. Once you're back to bootloader go back in recovery then flash the s-on (after the radio).
It should be very easy and wont take that much time.
Cool. I will do that. Glad you were so helpful! I sure hope the 3D phone lives up to its billing...I came from MikG 2.1 and that was a killer Rom. I do know that the developer aamikam is getting that phone too and is going to cook up a Rom once HTC release the unlocked bootloader update.
aagbulos said:
Cool. I will do that. Glad you were so helpful! I sure hope the 3D phone lives up to its billing...I came from MikG 2.1 and that was a killer Rom. I do know that the developer aamikam is getting that phone too and is going to cook up a Rom once HTC release the unlocked bootloader update.
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Im jealous. My upgrade is in September not that far away. I also liked miks roms he's a great dev. My evo is doing pretty good plus my better half has her Nexus S so I can always play with that if I get bored lol.
It worked! I am so happy but sad at the same time lol. Happy it worked and sad that I will be trading in my EVO. I appreciate the help dude! You saved my a** hehe.
And now the waiting game begins for the 3D update...
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It worked! I am so happy but sad at the same time lol. Happy it worked and sad that I will be trading in my EVO. I appreciate the help dude! You saved my a** hehe.
And now the waiting game begins for the 3D update...
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Glad you got it going man. Enjoy your 3D! See you on the other side dude lol
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
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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.
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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
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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!!!