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
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So I will be unrooting my phone tonight so I can take it to sprint tomorrow. Before I do the unroot can someome please clear some confusion up for me? Ok so I rooted with 3.21 the other day. I have read and watched the video by djr3z regarding the unroot in 2 steps. I know he says you need to use the s-on tool only if you used UR forever... which i did not use. As I read on further, people were saying sometimes the boot loader says s-off even though it is not off which mine is s-off. So I noticed that guide was posted on the 12th prior to 3.21 being released so I'm not sure if anything changed. So my sort but sweet question is do I need to apply the s-on zip prior to actually unrooting? Sorry for so much crap but i have been searching and can't get a precise answer..Anyways anyone who can clear this up for me would be the man or woman! As always THANKS!
Maybe I should have put this in the general section.. oops.
wrapkgb said:
So I will be unrooting my phone tonight so I can take it to sprint tomorrow. Before I do the unroot can someome please clear some confusion up for me? Ok so I rooted with 3.21 the other day. I have read and watched the video by djr3z regarding the unroot in 2 steps. I know he says you need to use the s-on tool only if you used UR forever... which i did not use. As I read on further, people were saying sometimes the boot loader says s-off even though it is not off which mine is s-off. So I noticed that guide was posted on the 12th prior to 3.21 being released so I'm not sure if anything changed. So my sort but sweet question is do I need to apply the s-on zip prior to actually unrooting? Sorry for so much crap but i have been searching and can't get a precise answer..Anyways anyone who can clear this up for me would be the man or woman! As always THANKS!
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Flash the s-on file. It might still say s-off on your boot screen, but after you flash the rom it should then say s-on. So in short, yes, use the s-on file.
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Flash the s-on file. It might still say s-off on your boot screen, but after you flash the rom it should then say s-on. So in short, yes, use the s-on file.
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Thank you very much!
im confused on WHY ITS SO FREAKING HARD to post in the correct section
Sporkman said:
im confused on WHY ITS SO FREAKING HARD to post in the correct section
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Sorry man I had a brain fart and accidentally posted it here. Once I realized it was already too late. I'll pay more attention next time!
I'm afraid you might be still slightly confused. the S-off you're seeing is more likely part of the ENG Bootloader instead of the same as the unrevoked s-off
both do the same thing, but the eng bootloader needs to be replaced for the s-on to re-appear.
That's initially what I was thinking too since I installed Unrevoked 3.21 NOT Unrevoked forever. Installing the s-on just for ****s and giggles wouldn't hurt anything right? I just don't want to unroot and then realize it still has s-off, then have to re root and start over. Any thoughts?
no, it shouldnt hurt anything. Just might not solve your problem if its the bootloader that is s-off
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.
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YES! thats the thing! I unrooted, got the gingerbread update, after installation and what not it said S-ON. now it says s-off and i have no idea what i did, i been doing so much crap to my phone i dotn even remember what i did. I wanted to try the sense launcher from tommytomatoe and it froze my phone and couldnt do nothing. So i pressed power volume down and it now said s-off.
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If what you say is true, you might be able to help the rooting effort by pulling some info off your phone that could be valuable to the devs. I would explain the situation to them, and offer whatever info they need from your phone.
They'll probably call shenanigans on you-- I know I would. But maybe-- just maybe, your Evo carries the mutant X gene that we need to crack this puzzle.
Nice man! maybe just maybe your phone is the "root" of all hahahahaha
BigMatza said:
If what you say is true, you might be able to help the rooting effort by pulling some info off your phone that could be valuable to the devs. I would explain the situation to them, and offer whatever info they need from your phone.
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This!
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scoot16 said:
Ok so i know that gingerbread doesnt have root yet, but i installed the mod for the sense launcher it didnt work but my s-on isnt on its off... i dont know if this means anything to anybody ill upload a pictureee. Does this mean we might be closer to root?
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Did you have root before at all? Did you use Unrevoked3 to root before? If you did, how did you unroot?
Yes i used unrevoke 3 to root but i installed a stock froyo ruu unrooted because after i tried to unroot with unrevoked it didnt work. After i installed the froyo ruu it said S-ON, i then went on to install gingerbread, went back to check the hboot to see if everything was right and it still said S-ON, then i went thru every process to root my phone just to see if i could try soemthing but failed of course. I then wanted to try tommytomatoe sense launcher for unrooted and after my phone froze alot i went to clear data by pressing power and volume down. That is when i saw it was S-OFF. do you want to know anythingg else?
Please unroot again and post pics , you are still trying to unroot are you not. Go go.
Im cant unroot, im not even rooted, im running stock gingerbread ota 4.24.651.1
Did you flash the s-on tool when you unrooted?
complex88 said:
Did you flash the s-on tool when you unrooted?
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Yes sir. I did all that was needed to unroot my phone.
Don't think running a ruu will turn s-on. Once you are s-off, you are s-off until you run the s-on tool. Correct me if I am wrong.
Swyped from my Supersonic
i am so tempted to try this....
can you provide the link to this tommytomato mod , at this point, i dont care if i brick my evo ill just go harass sprint and get a refurb or something if i do
LCL22 said:
i am so tempted to try this....
can you provide the link to this tommytomato mod , at this point, i dont care if i brick my evo ill just go harass sprint and get a refurb or something if i do
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This didnt do nothing it was because of the mess up on my end did i go and find the s-on.
You need to write down everything you did and the order you did it. Also please provide the links that you used.
Also, was it the 4.22 or the 4.24 that you updated to?
*Edit* Nevermind I just saw your earlier post
scoot16 said:
Yes i used unrevoke 3 to root but i installed a stock froyo ruu unrooted because after i tried to unroot with unrevoked it didnt work. After i installed the froyo ruu it said S-ON, i then went on to install gingerbread, went back to check the hboot to see if everything was right and it still said S-ON, then i went thru every process to root my phone just to see if i could try soemthing but failed of course. I then wanted to try tommytomatoe sense launcher for unrooted and after my phone froze alot i went to clear data by pressing power and volume down. That is when i saw it was S-OFF. do you want to know anythingg else?
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I say somehow some way when u attempted to re-root it went thru cuz that's the only logical way s-off could've been attained. Clearing ur data won't and u were s-on before u took the OTA update so it wasn't present before hand. Have you tried flashing another rom from recovery just to see if it works? You my friend maybe the "MVD" lol!!!
Hi,
I rooted my phone with Unrevoked when it was at 2.2 froyo. When the gingerbread OTA came around I was cautious about me being rooted and accepting a OTA update. I searched all around saying it wouldn't do anything, this will happen, etc.... When I first updated it everything was fine...Until I used one of my root apps. OK fine I'm not rooted. But when i used this app called the blizzard authenticator it would say i have a rooted phone. So is my phone half rooted? If its possible, I would like to go back to the day that i first bought the phone and restart everything. I can provide further details about my phone if asked.
S-off
HBoot 2.16.0001
Thanks!
I don't quite get what you want.
But if you just want to go back like it was out of the box, hop over the development forum and grab an RUU and return to stock.
here is a link, pick one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884060
Oh ya i forgot. Im a n00b. So get the RUU and hope for the best?
Yep, it will erase everything (not SDCARD) and you will be back like the day it came out of the box.
Alright my noobness is kicking in haha. I see like 15 of them. [ROM] RUU SuperSonic EvO 3.70.651.1 OTA - Stock - Sense - Deodexed & Odexed Version originally posted by teshxx would be the one?
Nevermind i didnt even see ur link. Thanks so much ill post the results
Muffspring18 said:
Hi,
I rooted my phone with Unrevoked when it was at 2.2 froyo. When the gingerbread OTA came around I was cautious about me being rooted and accepting a OTA update. I searched all around saying it wouldn't do anything, this will happen, etc.... When I first updated it everything was fine...Until I used one of my root apps. OK fine I'm not rooted. But when i used this app called the blizzard authenticator it would say i have a rooted phone. So is my phone half rooted? If its possible, I would like to go back to the day that i first bought the phone and restart everything. I can provide further details about my phone if asked.
S-off
HBoot 2.16.0001
Thanks!
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If you used Unrevoked and got s-off, and then ran the ota update, to get your full root back you just need to flash either Amon ra or Clockworkmod recovery and make sure the superuser app is up to date.
Ok everything went well with the RUU. How do i know for sure this is stock 2.3 no root. Say i were to bring my evo into the sprint store for repair would they find out that i was rooted before?
before u run a ruu or pc36img u need to flash the s-on tool from unrevoked. since ur hboot is 2.16 now u have to run the 4.24 ruu or pc36img. if u do flash s-on tool and 4.24 ruu, u will NOT be able to root again as of now b/c no root method has been developed yet!! you have been warned
Muffspring18 said:
Ok everything went well with the RUU. How do i know for sure this is stock 2.3 no root. Say i were to bring my evo into the sprint store for repair would they find out that i was rooted before?
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when u boot into bootloader does it say S-ON or S-OFF???? s-off means it has been rooted
S-Off. I might want to root in the future when there has been a root developed tho. For right now i want to go back to being non rooted.
ok...since ur s-off u can flash a recovery (clockwork or amon) from the bootloader and then start flashing roms again at anytime now. If ur trying to take ur phone to the store i dont think being s-off will really matter. As long as u have deleted any apps or files from ur sd card that are root give aways u can just play dumb at store like "uh idk maybe it came that way".
Ok so besides the fact that the S-Off Im all set? Or am i still half rooted?
u should be set
I went to the development section and looked at the guide for how to unroot the evo, and I downloaded the S-ON tool and went to download the pc36img and the file isnt there anymore.
I am scared to do anything in the fear of bricking this phone. I am not even sure on how to unroot it all and stuff.
I am not trolling, and I have actually looked. I am sorry I am just new to the root world.. I have to repair my phone tomorrow and I have to unroot it...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
JonHoneycutt said:
I went to the development section and looked at the guide for how to unroot the evo, and I downloaded the S-ON tool and went to download the pc36img and the file isnt there anymore.
I am scared to do anything in the fear of bricking this phone. I am not even sure on how to unroot it all and stuff.
I am not trolling, and I have actually looked. I am sorry I am just new to the root world.. I have to repair my phone tomorrow and I have to unroot it...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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What method did you use to root?
What Hboot version do you have?
JonHoneycutt said:
I went to the development section and looked at the guide for how to unroot the evo, and I downloaded the S-ON tool and went to download the pc36img and the file isnt there anymore.
I am scared to do anything in the fear of bricking this phone. I am not even sure on how to unroot it all and stuff.
I am not trolling, and I have actually looked. I am sorry I am just new to the root world.. I have to repair my phone tomorrow and I have to unroot it...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Ok a lil more information is needed. Also why are you unrooting....
If you are returning your phone just take an OTA update and it will unroot for you, Other methods and links when you post some info on bootloader and previous root method used.. FYI - there are threads in development for both unrooting methods
Edit: Here you go my friend all I put in was unroot htc evo in google and dont be scared its not difficult at all
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141
http://www.goodandevo.net/2011/03/how-to-unroot-your-htc-evo-4g.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17028070
sorry for lack of info guys, thank you very much for your replys! I will definitely thank both of you guys!
Info when I boot into hboot is
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-2.10.0001
MICROP-041F
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
RADIO-2.15.00.0808
Oct 15 2010, 12:07:00
I wanna say I did it by unrevoked s-off tool, I just connected it to my computer and it basically did it for me.
Sorry again for being naive lol.... thanks!
and I am running AmonRA for recovery.
AND as far as the How to UNROOT in 2 steps post, the PC36img is not available anymore.
JonHoneycutt said:
sorry for lack of info guys, thank you very much for your replys! I will definitely thank both of you guys!
Info when I boot into hboot is
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-2.10.0001
MICROP-041F
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
RADIO-2.15.00.0808
Oct 15 2010, 12:07:00
I wanna say I did it by unrevoked s-off tool, I just connected it to my computer and it basically did it for me.
Sorry again for being naive lol.... thanks!
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Alright, flash the s-on.zip via your custom recovery. [ra or clockwork]
http://downloads.unrevoked.com/forever/current/unrevoked-forever-son.zip
Download this file and rename it PC36IMG [keep it a zip file].
PC36IMG.zip [not PC36IMG.zip.zip]
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MUSAURP7
Put in on the root of your SDCARD.
Load into your bootloader and accept the update.
Done.
JonHoneycutt said:
and I am running AmonRA for recovery.
AND as far as the How to UNROOT in 2 steps post, the PC36img is not available anymore.
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you can also find an RUU and it will do the same thing but go to the unrevoked site and they have info on how to unroot
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You have an easy phone to root and unroot, if you relax follow directions to the letter you will see its all pretty simple.
Try this link http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
okay thanked for all your posts guys! Thank you very much. Is there any chance to brick my phone if I do somehow mess this up or anything?
JonHoneycutt said:
I went to the development section and looked at the guide for how to unroot the evo, and I downloaded the S-ON tool and went to download the pc36img and the file isnt there anymore.
I am scared to do anything in the fear of bricking this phone. I am not even sure on how to unroot it all and stuff.
I am not trolling, and I have actually looked. I am sorry I am just new to the root world.. I have to repair my phone tomorrow and I have to unroot it...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Or like I said you can check your phone for updates. If it takes it will unroot your phone for you as well.
JonHoneycutt said:
okay thanked for all your posts guys! Thank you very much. Is there any chance to brick my phone if I do somehow mess this up or anything?
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You're not going to brick your phone when doing this as long as you allow the process to complete and power is maintained throughout the process..
with my baseband being RADIO-2.15.00.0808 will i need to downgrade radio or anything before doing all this?
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with my baseband being RADIO-2.15.00.0808 will i need to downgrade radio or anything before doing all this?
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did you check to see if an OTA is available for you. Could save you some time and worries. Also I do not believe you have to worry about your radio although I have seen some people have an issue. I would give it a try first...
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with my baseband being RADIO-2.15.00.0808 will i need to downgrade radio or anything before doing all this?
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I believe you mean 04.08 and that radio should be fine.
Try doing an OTA like playya has said if you don't feel comfortable with our methods.
it says there is no update for my phone under HTC updates...
so do you think its okay to go ahead and try the unrooting process and flash the PC36IMG.zip through hboot after running unrevoked tool and flashing that through recovery EVEN WITH my RADIO-2.15.00.0808?
no matty i just booted into hboot to check again and its 2.15.00.0808
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it says there is no update for my phone under HTC updates...
so do you think its okay to go ahead and try the unrooting process and flash the PC36IMG.zip through hboot after running unrevoked tool and flashing that through recovery EVEN WITH my RADIO-2.15.00.0808?
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You shouldn't have an issue.
If you really want you can downgrade the radio first.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/2pjq2dhjv6ntxnh/EVO_Radio_2.15.00.11.19.zip
Flash it in your recovery.
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no matty i just booted into hboot to check again and its 2.15.00.0808
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Ah, I see that comes with the newest OTA.
I would downgrade just to make sure.
so go ahead and downgrade radio?
or should i be okay?
Just run this RUU
http://forum.smartphonejunkie.com/e...io-2-15-00-0808-nv-2-15-release-209995-a.html
It's the newest OTA.
Shouldn't have an issue with the radio.
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or should i be okay?
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Arent there two spots to check for updates on your phone...One says software update the other HTC, forgive I have not run stock since Sept of last year
I first rooted my phone using revolutionary-0.4pre4.zip file to get the s-off and then flashing SuperUser su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip. This worked just fine. I've been ok with the stock rom so I haven't changed it. I wanted the new update when it came out and some threads said I needed to UNroot in order to update. Therefore I ran PC36IMGson.zip which hasn't help me either, but now my phone is back to s-on but seems to still be rooted (since Titanium Backup, Rom Manager, and SuperUser are still working fine).
Now, I'm done with it all and would like to flash some other rom But I can't get back to s-off! revolutionary thinks it's still set to s-off each time I run it, but the bootloader screen still says s-on. Unrevoked doesn't work either since my device is unsupported.
Any ideas???
I'm pretty new to all of this and have been trying to figure this on my own with XDA and youtube videos. So clear, step-by-step instructions is best, THANKS!!
My device:
Sprint Evo 4g
supersonic evt2-3 ship S-ON
hboot-6.17.0001
Radio-2.15.00.0808
Version 2.3.3
kernel 2.6.35.10-g13578ee
You dont need to unroot and grab the OTA update. Just flash the lastest stock rooted ROM. It comes packaged with the latest updates pushed by Sprint.
Edit: This thread is exactly the reason why mods have created stickies. Try putting forth some effort in looking for an answer yourself before creating a thread. You can do this by using the search feature or checking the thread that was an inch below the button you pushed to create this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865204
Concordium said:
You dont need to unroot and grab the OTA update. Just flash the lastest stock rooted ROM. It comes packaged with the latest updates pushed by Sprint.
Edit: This thread is exactly the reason why mods have created stickies. Try putting forth some effort in looking for an answer yourself before creating a thread. You can do this by using the search feature or checking the thread that was an inch below the button you pushed to create this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865204
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Thank you Concordium, Please use the stickies to learn more about xda before you start asking questions. Also the search feature works wonders, much faster than trying to look through all 5,000+ pages in our dev section alone. Please please please use the tools already given to you.
tlp80 said:
I first rooted my phone using revolutionary-0.4pre4.zip file to get the s-off and then flashing SuperUser su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip. This worked just fine. I've been ok with the stock rom so I haven't changed it. I wanted the new update when it came out and some threads said I needed to UNroot in order to update. Therefore I ran PC36IMGson.zip which hasn't help me either, but now my phone is back to s-on but seems to still be rooted (since Titanium Backup, Rom Manager, and SuperUser are still working fine).
Now, I'm done with it all and would like to flash some other rom But I can't get back to s-off! revolutionary thinks it's still set to s-off each time I run it, but the bootloader screen still says s-on. Unrevoked doesn't work either since my device is unsupported.
Any ideas???
I'm pretty new to all of this and have been trying to figure this on my own with XDA and youtube videos. So clear, step-by-step instructions is best, THANKS!!
My device:
Sprint Evo 4g
supersonic evt2-3 ship S-ON
hboot-6.17.0001
Radio-2.15.00.0808
Version 2.3.3
kernel 2.6.35.10-g13578ee
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Thanks for coming into my store. I'm glad we could fix that for ya. Remember to condition your battery and check out shipped-roms.com for the latest RUU's
Thanks
Ryan