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Thanks for taking an interest in my problem and trying to help.
Here's what I've figured out. I tried doing Toast's root method for linux and the directions weren't idiot proof because I screwed them up. I've explained how far I've gotten in other threads. If that's relevant just ask and I'll explain exactly what I did.
Anyway my phone does the basics. It allows me to make phone calls, text, and look at the internet on the phone so this isn't an emergency but it I am worse off than I was before I tried to root because I can no longer use easytether.
I had no problem with easytether prior to the root attempt, and it still works when I hook it up with my wifes untampered evo. with my phone but with my wife's evo, I've never messed with that one, I have no trouble connecting with easy tether.
Some of the things I've noticed about the device since the attmept...
-I can't update to 2.2 via the OTA or any other method, my device says no updates are available.
-Simple root wasn't so simple, the phone never shut off and rebooted into boot screen like the red screen said it would in step 1.
How do I reset the device to the way it was the day it was purchased. I've got everything I need backed up. I'm ready to reset just tell me how.
Thanks.
Please?
I know it bothers people here when they think someone didn't research anything first but I really did. The problem was I'm on linux so most of the stuff I researched didn't seem to apply, not to mention I'm quite illiterate in the terminal... but working on it. I'd really like to get this phone back to stock so I can try again.
Can anyone help?
what ROM are you running? base on eclair 2.1 or froyo 2.2..
try this http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Supersonic
They are the Stock Unmodified ROMs for your EVO 4G the first 3 are Eclair (2.1) and the last 2 are Froyo (2.2)
Just know that if you use any of this you will LOSE Root..
Hope it helps..
I recomend you try 1.47.651.1 first ...
Good Luck
hortstu said:
Thanks for taking an interest in my problem and trying to help.
Here's what I've figured out. I tried doing Toast's root method for linux and the directions weren't idiot proof because I screwed them up. I've explained how far I've gotten in other threads. If that's relevant just ask and I'll explain exactly what I did.
Anyway my phone does the basics. It allows me to make phone calls, text, and look at the internet on the phone so this isn't an emergency but it I am worse off than I was before I tried to root because I can no longer use easytether.
I had no problem with easytether prior to the root attempt, and it still works when I hook it up with my wifes untampered evo. with my phone but with my wife's evo, I've never messed with that one, I have no trouble connecting with easy tether.
Some of the things I've noticed about the device since the attmept...
-I can't update to 2.2 via the OTA or any other method, my device says no updates are available.
-Simple root wasn't so simple, the phone never shut off and rebooted into boot screen like the red screen said it would in step 1.
How do I reset the device to the way it was the day it was purchased. I've got everything I need backed up. I'm ready to reset just tell me how.
Thanks.
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I bet a friend told you about root without giving you all the details, right? Haha. Ok, back to business. Rooting will make it impossible to receive ota updates. This is not a problem, because devs post rooted ota updates that you can flash manually. As far as I know, root is 100% permanent, but you don't know the goods. First of all, search wireless tether root in market it should have a green wifi icon. Second, try some custom roms and themes. I bet you will cry when you see yourself asking to go back to stock....
jadehawk said:
what ROM are you running? base on eclair 2.1 or froyo 2.2..
try this http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Supersonic
They are the Stock Unmodified ROMs for your EVO 4G the first 3 are Eclair (2.1) and the last 2 are Froyo (2.2)
Just know that if you use any of this you will LOSE Root..
Hope it helps..
I recomend you try 1.47.651.1 first ...
Good Luck
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I never got to the point where I could flash a ROM or got root. S was never off.
just in case it makes a difference.
firmware= 2.1-update1
baseband version= 1.39.00.04.26
kernel version= 2.6.29-a2443432
build#= 1.32.651.1 CL171253 test-keys
software#= 1.32.651.1
I think the rest is up to date.
I bet a friend told you about root without giving you all the details, right? Haha.
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Actually I'm a bit of a forum junkie and as soon as I got this phone I found the android forums and have spent a ton of time there trying to maximize the utility of this device. I've done the opposite.
Ok, back to business. Rooting will make it impossible to receive ota updates. This is not a problem, because devs post rooted ota updates that you can flash manually. As far as I know, root is 100% permanent, but you don't know the goods. First of all, search wireless tether root in market it should have a green wifi icon. Second, try some custom roms and themes. I bet you will cry when you see yourself asking to go back to stock....
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I only want to go back to stock so I can get rooted! I can't root because I can't get 2.2 so I can't use unrevoked 3.21. I can't use simple because of some problem I had with the toast linux method that seems to be screwing up everything since. I appreciate the input I hope I've explained myself better.
hortstu said:
Please?
I know it bothers people here when they think someone didn't research anything first but I really did. The problem was I'm on linux so most of the stuff I researched didn't seem to apply, not to mention I'm quite illiterate in the terminal... but working on it. I'd really like to get this phone back to stock so I can try again.
Can anyone help?
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Use this to go back to stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141
grouse130 said:
Use this to go back to stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141
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The problem is I don't think I'm rooted.I flashed pc36img.zip and never made it any further. Am I rooted. Do I need to undo this or can I do a hard reset?
grouse130 said:
Use this to go back to stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141
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OK so here's why I think I'm not rooted, when I follow step one of the detailed directions,
Power off the phone and reboot into the recovery by holding VOL DOWN + POWER until it boots to the white screen. Then select RECOVERY.
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I get a screen with an evo, a red triangle, and a red exclamation point.
Where do I go from here?
Any direction will be immensely appreciated.
To find out if you're rooted, simply try to run an app that requires root access. Try downloading Titanium back up, and as soon as you install it, hit the "Problem?" button on the lower right and install busybox. One of the first lines on the main screen of the app says:
Root access => OK (Busybox 1.16.0 from app)
If it does not say "root access => OK" and you cannot use the app, then you don't have root.
hortstu said:
OK so here's why I think I'm not rooted, when I follow step one of the detailed directions,
I get a screen with an evo, a red triangle, and a red exclamation point.
Where do I go from here?
Any direction will be immensely appreciated.
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From this screen, if you hold volume up and press the power key, it will take you to the hboot menu.
Have you flashed a recovery img?
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rugedraw said:
From this screen, if you hold volume up and press the power key, it will take you to the hboot menu.
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OK so I'm at the "hboot" screen.
Code:
Android system recovery <2e>
Use volume...
click power key...
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
Then in yellow, below the device picture, triangle, and exclamation I have
Code:
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command
Not sure where you're steering me rugedraw but thanks for the help...
hortstu said:
OK so I'm at the "hboot" screen.
Code:
Android system recovery <2e>
Use volume...
click power key...
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
Then in yellow, below the device picture, triangle, and exclamation I have
Code:
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command
Not sure where you're steering me rugedraw but thanks for the help...
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To check if you are rooted. Download "Terminal Emulator" on the market. If it starts up and when it is done booting, you get a # prompt, you are rooted. If you get a $ prompt. You are not rooted.
You also do not have a custom recovery installed on your phone (the recovery screen you have is the stock one). Try finishing up the process by doing Toast part II -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701835&highlight=Part-2
To find out if you're rooted, simply try to run an app that requires root access. Try downloading Titanium back up, and as soon as you install it, hit the "Problem?" button on the lower right and install busybox. One of the first lines on the main screen of the app says:
Root access => OK (Busybox 1.16.0 from app)
If it does not say "root access => OK" and you cannot use the app, then you don't have root.
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Finally went back and checked on the titanium backup download. When I first opened it I got the message that it didn't have root access. So I clicked on "problems?" and installed busy box. Now it says,
Root access v=> OK (BusyBox 1.16.0 from app
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Plus some other stuff... so I guess I have root but not S-off.
hecklbrg said:
To check if you are rooted. Download "Terminal Emulator" on the market. If it starts up and when it is done booting, you get a # prompt, you are rooted. If you get a $ prompt. You are not rooted.
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Should I still do this or is the info from titanium backup enough?
You also do not have a custom recovery installed on your phone (the recovery screen you have is the stock one). Try finishing up the process by doing Toast part II -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701835&highlight=Part-2
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Yes I tried doing that but like I said I'm on a linux computer and had some trouble with the steps. What I'd really like to do is just go back to stock and try rooting with unrevoked 3.21.
My concern is that selecting factory reset from the hboot screen won't take me back there. If it did I could probably get the 2.2 update over the air, I suppose now I have to worry about getting this other update that everyone is talking about at the same time. Can I get 2.2 and avoid the update that came out last night? How.
Will a factory reset get me back to stock? I've already got everything backed up that matters.
Thanks for all the help.
OK...I think this should work for you:
go here and download the file on the page:
WRONG FILE>>>WILL FIND THE CORRECT ONE.
rename it update.zip and put it on the root of your SD card.
Boot into HBOOT then into recovery and go to apply update.zip -- choose the file you put on there.
let it run and you should have the stock non-rooted version of the 1st software release from sprint. from there you can update it as far as you want to root it the method of your choice.
hecklbrg said:
OK...I think this should work for you:
go here and download the file on the page:
WRONG FILE>>>WILL FIND THE CORRECT ONE.
rename it update.zip and put it on the root of your SD card.
Boot into HBOOT then into recovery and go to apply update.zip -- choose the file you put on there.
let it run and you should have the stock non-rooted version of the 1st software release from sprint. from there you can update it as far as you want to root it the method of your choice.
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Thanks hecklbrg,
I assume since I'm half rooted a factory reset won't get me there?
I'll wait for the link to that file...
if you put this on your card and run it from HBOOT...you will get a rooted version of the latest sprint OTA with a custom recovery and the latest radios.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=791019
I'm still looking for a non-rooted version to run...but I would think this would work for you to get you the latest OTA in a rooted form.
Second thing is that I don't think you really screwed up your root process. You have only done part of the process and haven't installed a custom recovery. If this works for you, it will give you a custom recovery and you will have a fully rooted phone.
Hecklberg is right. I don't think you even need to rename it update.zip. If its a
pc36img.zip your hboot will automatically scan for it, find it and run it when you put it on your SD card and open hboot.
Also consider, I rooted my phone without any computer, all done from my Evo, using fastRX8 thread in here about how to root for newbies. It involves putting the files on your SD card, then installing terminal emulator from the market and typing a few commands to install flash_image, then custom recovery. You are root, just don't have flash image, custom recovery, and superuser yet. Basically toast part 2, it can be done with no computer, but same files.
Read real quick Whitslack thread on rooting, and fastrx8 thread, even just the 1st post, and it will make sense to you where you're at and what's left to do. You'll see how close you are.
Once root, and superuser installed, you won't need easy tether, Android wired tether is what I use (doesn't require installing any software on the host pc)
(Actually, if you use the threads I mentioned method, don't use the recovery amonra1.7.0.2, there's a newer one to download, its at 1.8 now, just Chang the recovery file name you type in terminal app accordingly-don't worry, it won't go thru if you do it wrong, but won't 'break' anything)
Hope any of this helps, but yeah, hecklberg is right too, just different methods. One requires no computer.
And yeah, with the devs around here, you don't need any Sprint OTAs, most of the time, they seem to have em available before Sprint releases them. These guys are good.
scottspa74 and hecklbrg,
Thanks for the help. I havent had time to look at this or act on it over the last 24 hours but I will try to get to it tonight and let you know how it works. Sounds like you've gotten me out of the woods.
Thanks again.
I think it is $ if you are rooted and# if you aren't because I know I'm rooted and it shows money signs, unless terminal emulator is messed up,i have nvr used it.
hecklbrg said:
To check if you are rooted. Download "Terminal Emulator" on the market. If it starts up and when it is done booting, you get a # prompt, you are rooted. If you get a $ prompt. You are not rooted.
You also do not have a custom recovery installed on your phone (the recovery screen you have is the stock one). Try finishing up the process by doing Toast part II -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701835&highlight=Part-2
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Sent from my netarchy_toast, froyo beast of a machine evo!
evohack99 said:
I think it is $ if you are rooted and# if you aren't because I know I'm rooted and it shows money signs, unless terminal emulator is messed up,i have nvr used it.
Sent from my netarchy_toast, froyo beast of a machine evo!
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Nope you are incorrect my friend.. try typing " su " on the terminal emulator see if you get the "#" ... # ==> Root and $ ===> User(I Think) But I know for sure "#" is root access
Hey guys,
I tried getting some help for this over at the Nook Color threads because it all started *after* i rooted my NC, but no one's been able to explain to me what Ive done wrong or whats happened...
So here's the sitch.
o I have ADB installed, but it only activates in device manager when the nook is plugged in, not the G2
o When the NC get usb'd to the PC, it fully registers and gives me access to the SD card on it
o .... where as the G2 just sits there and says "yay im getting power!"
o ,,,, BUT if i plug it into a HUB rather than directly into a usb port on the mobo or front, the PC (win7 x64 ult) seems to see it but doesnt know how to properly assign a driver to it and gives it UNKNOWN
o also i checked the usb-adb ini file, and it lists all my other devices in the hardware cues BUT the G2, which means it hasnt properly registered since then or never had a proper profile to begin with in the PC. It even has my older mt3G listed which I havent plugged in since all this started.
Ive tried multiple driver types, but literately, NOTHING has worked. Its like the G2 isnt even properly registering in the computer when connected. I tried a factory reset, but still no luck. Is there anything beyond a soft fact reset for an unrooted phone? I mean, i need COLD AS STONE back to day 1 reset.
Please help, I really want to root this :'<
and no, the only way now to access my sd card is to turn the thing off and use a reader. Like i said, it literately is NOT seeing it :<
Wrong section. Ask in the Q&A, not the DEV section.
Try installing HTC Sync, even though it doesnt work with the G2 because its sense based, it will install the proper drivers for you. This worked for me.
Heres the link:
http://www.htc.com/www/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=1058&news_id=804
Another method would be install pdanet on you phone fron the Market, then install pdanet for your computer from here and it should install the drivers when you plug your phone in with pdanet app running:
http://www.junefabrics.com/android/
I tried the Sense link, but I couldnt find the download option for it.... anyways, heres a more precise description of the issue
When I go and install PDA Net, it loads up the drivers, but the computer literately is not even registering that a DEVICE has been plugged in via USB. I dont even get the USB connect prompt on the phone!
That's what Im saying, something is up. I need to take the cable with me and try this on another computer now that I think about it to rule out that something isnt damaged on the phone...
What ROM are you using? Gingerbread ROM's act like the (for now), at least from what I understand. I tried CM7 and sure enough - it acted just like what you're describing.
KCRic said:
What ROM are you using? Gingerbread ROM's act like the (for now), at least from what I understand. I tried CM7 and sure enough - it acted just like what you're describing.
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But thats the whole thing, im not using a ROM, its just the stock OS build. if i was using a ROM, id have tried removing it and reloading it, but this is on a phone that isnt even rooted yet... actually... should I try going temp root again and see if that fixes anything?
Whats the best way to do that now since I keep reading Vision got pulled away because it was damaging phones or something?
Okay, so i tried plugging it into a diff computer.... same result... so whatever it is, its the phone.
Any ideas XDA pplz?
Has it seen the g2 before? if so, get usbdeview, find the drivers in there that would be used for the g2, delete those. Snag PDANet and download that, plug the phone back in and see what ya get. You will get the pop ups again about the new software being loaded since it will have to find and reload drivers for the phone and PDANet will have the drivers you need.
K41N2358 said:
Okay, so i tried plugging it into a diff computer.... same result... so whatever it is, its the phone.
Any ideas XDA pplz?
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Like the guy above me said, DL or re-DL the drivers (though none should be needed if you're using it as a storage drive, the comp sees it as a usb drive). Is it charging your phone when you plug it in? It's rare, but the USB cable may be bad.
The only other thing I can think of is that something went wrong and the phone isn't releasing the mount to the sdcard, in which case you should try rooting and using a different ROM or a stock rom and it should help.
Well thats the whole thing, the computer doesnt even see the USB part of it. Thats been my whole issue. The computer doesnt see the phone or the usb drive part. It straight does not see the phone at *all*! Doesnt even show up in Dev Manager, but yet it gets power. I even went and got a new micro USB cable, fresh, and still nothing.
im getting to 86 the os and reload Win7, im like super uber pissed over all this because i cant figure it out. I dont even know whats wrong >_<!
Just for kicks (because I had this exact thing happen to another phone of mine - the slide) you're rooted, which means you have clockwork right?
Reboot into recovery and go to the 'mounts' part and select 'mount usb'. Do that with it plugged into your computer and let me know if the phone shows up then. That's the only way I could put it in mass storage mode. I flashed something other than cyanogen's rom and BAM, it worked like it was supposed to (Linux did mount cyanogen though - weird).
If you want to go back to 0 day with your G2, search 'PC10img' and download it. DO NOT FLASH IT YET, you could really screw up your phone since you have s-off. Go to the wiki and scroll to the bottom, it tells you how to get s-on. Once you can verify that you have s-on, proceed to flashing the pc10img.
Wiki
Okay, so, Im way better now. Apparently I managed to get s-off and root ability via
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837315
when i reloaded and got rooting ability, somehow, I now have a detectable sd card again.
I dont know how, I dont know why, I just know that Im going to throw CM6.1.1 onto this thing and be rocking it hard
Thanks again for all your help guys, it was awesome to know XDA really helps out its followers
EDIT:
Okay... so now Im mixed. I have a rooted phone, with CM6.1.1, but still doesnt properly recognize when plugged into the PC.
oh well, I already called TMobile and their sending me a new phone under warranty. Its gotta just be a busted port in some way for detection. I dunno. >_<
But still, thanks a lot guys. Means a lot
So my brother tried to update his Evo with the official update. For some reason his Evo is bricked. He went and decided to switch companies and get an iPhone and gave me his Evo.
When i turn it on its on an infinite reboot. Only thing i can get to is the bootloader menu (holding the power and up key or the other menu with the down key key). Im new to this and dont know if I should just tank it. Im pretty sure there is a way to make it come back to life so if someone can offer any help I would appreciate it.
Some technical notes.
1.) I installed the usb driver so my desktop recognizes it.
2.) I tried updating it in fastboot usb mode using the RUU Supersonic 1.32.651_Radio_1.39.00.04.26_release_171253.
It looked like it was working. It asked me if I wanted to update(better yet downgrade) from Image version 4.22.651.2 to Image version 1.32.651.1. It rebooted the device it said it was erasing the user data, then it said it was sending then updating signature........then it tanked and says ERROR[140]:BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR The ROM Utility cannot update your Android phone. Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again.
I dont know how to root i dont know how to hack. I just want it to work. Please let me know how to get it fixed. Im tired of my blackberry.
3.)I tried to do the PC36IMG thing and I dont know what its supposed to do. But when it goes to read it I get a PC36DIAG.zip cannot be found or missing and a PC36Diag.n something missing.
Thanks
Do you have htc sync installed? It won't work unless you have the actual htc sync suite installed. Just google it won't cost you anything. I semi bricked my phone but I fixed it. Maybe some things I done in this thread could help you. Just skim through a few of my posts'.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1100781
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lokoalex said:
So my brother tried to update his Evo with the official update. For some reason his Evo is bricked. He went and decided to switch companies and get an iPhone and gave me his Evo.
When i turn it on its on an infinite reboot. Only thing i can get to is the bootloader menu (holding the power and up key or the other menu with the down key key). Im new to this and dont know if I should just tank it. Im pretty sure there is a way to make it come back to life so if someone can offer any help I would appreciate it.
Some technical notes.
1.) I installed the usb driver so my desktop recognizes it.
2.) I tried updating it in fastboot usb mode using the RUU Supersonic 1.32.651_Radio_1.39.00.04.26_release_171253.
It looked like it was working. It asked me if I wanted to update(better yet downgrade) from Image version 4.22.651.2 to Image version 1.32.651.1. It rebooted the device it said it was erasing the user data, then it said it was sending then updating signature........then it tanked and says ERROR[140]:BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR The ROM Utility cannot update your Android phone. Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again.
I dont know how to root i dont know how to hack. I just want it to work. Please let me know how to get it fixed. Im tired of my blackberry.
3.)I tried to do the PC36IMG thing and I dont know what its supposed to do. But when it goes to read it I get a PC36DIAG.zip cannot be found or missing and a PC36Diag.n something missing.
Thanks
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My last tip would be to put the phone in fastboot and then run the 3.29 ruu exe. It worked for me, here's the link. Just make sure you have htc sync installed and it's not running when u try to run the ruu (from fastboot in bootloader).
http://goo-inside.me/supersonic/sto...0.09.01_NV_1.77_CNV_release_150224_signed.exe
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lokoalex said:
So my brother tried to update his Evo with the official update. For some reason his Evo is bricked. He went and decided to switch companies and get an iPhone and gave me his Evo.
When i turn it on its on an infinite reboot. Only thing i can get to is the bootloader menu (holding the power and up key or the other menu with the down key key). Im new to this and dont know if I should just tank it. Im pretty sure there is a way to make it come back to life so if someone can offer any help I would appreciate it.
Some technical notes.
1.) I installed the usb driver so my desktop recognizes it.
2.) I tried updating it in fastboot usb mode using the RUU Supersonic 1.32.651_Radio_1.39.00.04.26_release_171253.
It looked like it was working. It asked me if I wanted to update(better yet downgrade) from Image version 4.22.651.2 to Image version 1.32.651.1. It rebooted the device it said it was erasing the user data, then it said it was sending then updating signature........then it tanked and says ERROR[140]:BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR The ROM Utility cannot update your Android phone. Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again.
I dont know how to root i dont know how to hack. I just want it to work. Please let me know how to get it fixed. Im tired of my blackberry.
3.)I tried to do the PC36IMG thing and I dont know what its supposed to do. But when it goes to read it I get a PC36DIAG.zip cannot be found or missing and a PC36Diag.n something missing.
Thanks
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Was the phone rooted when he updated. In Hboot does it say s-off. If so try running the pc36img.zip of amon ra and see if you can get a recovery image back on the phone to work out of.
lokoalex said:
So my brother tried to update his Evo with the official update. For some reason his Evo is bricked. He went and decided to switch companies and get an iPhone and gave me his Evo.
When i turn it on its on an infinite reboot. Only thing i can get to is the bootloader menu (holding the power and up key or the other menu with the down key key). Im new to this and dont know if I should just tank it. Im pretty sure there is a way to make it come back to life so if someone can offer any help I would appreciate it.
Some technical notes.
1.) I installed the usb driver so my desktop recognizes it.
2.) I tried updating it in fastboot usb mode using the RUU Supersonic 1.32.651_Radio_1.39.00.04.26_release_171253.
It looked like it was working. It asked me if I wanted to update(better yet downgrade) from Image version 4.22.651.2 to Image version 1.32.651.1. It rebooted the device it said it was erasing the user data, then it said it was sending then updating signature........then it tanked and says ERROR[140]:BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR The ROM Utility cannot update your Android phone. Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again.
I dont know how to root i dont know how to hack. I just want it to work. Please let me know how to get it fixed. Im tired of my blackberry.
3.)I tried to do the PC36IMG thing and I dont know what its supposed to do. But when it goes to read it I get a PC36DIAG.zip cannot be found or missing and a PC36Diag.n something missing.
Thanks
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The RUU you used is pretty old, I would try a newer one, such as the 3.70 software. What version is your hboot, and is it S on or S off? Where is it bootlooping at? (the white HTC EVO 4G screen, or the actual boot animation?)
I selected the old one because that one never gives me issues, the 3.30 and 3.70 never work for me
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k2buckley said:
The RUU you used is pretty old, I would try a newer one, such as the 3.70 software. What version is your hboot, and is it S on or S off? Where is it bootlooping at? (the white HTC EVO 4G screen, or the actual boot animation?)
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My hboot is: HBOOT-2.16.0001
S-ON
Its bootlooping at the white HTC EVO4 screen.
Any ideas.
I have tried RUU:
3.26.651.6
3.29.651.5
3.29.651.6
3.29.651.5
3.70.651.1
The only one that actually does anything is 1.32.651.1 The rest just fail giving me an ERROR [170]: USB CONNECTION ERROR. Could be because HTC sync cant install the driver. How Can I get that driver installed. Could it be my OS?
lokoalex said:
My hboot is: HBOOT-2.16.0001
S-ON
Its bootlooping at the white HTC EVO4 screen.
Any ideas.
I have tried RUU:
3.26.651.6
3.29.651.5
3.29.651.6
3.29.651.5
3.70.651.1
The only one that actually does anything is 1.32.651.1 The rest just fail giving me an ERROR [170]: USB CONNECTION ERROR. Could be because HTC sync cant install the driver. How Can I get that driver installed. Could it be my OS?
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I would try running the RUU as a PC36IMG, if you haven't already. Download PC36IMG of the RUU you wish to use, and put it on the main directory of your SD card. Then boot to the bootloader, and let it detect the PC36IMG. It should scan it, then ask you to update. Select volume up for yes, and let it run it's course. Perhaps that method will work out better for you.
Dirk, thats odd that you get errors on the new RUU's. Sometimes if the hboot and radios don't match up the RUU won't run.
EDIT: And yes, you definitely could be getting that error (most likely are) because HTC won't install the driver. You need to get that installed. I would still just try the PC36IMG though.
A1Lonestar said:
Was the phone rooted when he updated. In Hboot does it say s-off. If so try running the pc36img.zip of amon ra and see if you can get a recovery image back on the phone to work out of.
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The phone was not rooted. I dont even know how to do that. LOL. I will try that pc36img file.
lokoalex said:
The phone was not rooted. I dont even know how to do that. LOL. I will try that pc36img file.
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Just make sure that the file is named PC36IMG.zip (exactly that).
Sorry but I have to ask why your friend didn't bring it right to sprint and get them to fix it they would have replaced it in a second for a bad upgrade?
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k2buckley said:
Just make sure that the file is named PC36IMG.zip (exactly that).
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I ran it. It scanned it checked it and then nothing. Goes right back to the screen where it asks you to choose fastboot, recovery, ......
I did notice that my battery needs charging. Im gonna try again when the battery has some juice.
Also got HTC sync installed on my Windows & machine.Will give it a try too.
linsalata28 said:
Sorry but I have to ask why your friend didn't bring it right to sprint and get them to fix it they would have replaced it in a second for a bad upgrade?
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My brother is impulsive and he didnt like the fact that it bricked on him. If it was me I would have definitely taken it to sprint.
You could try this don't know if they will or not but I'm kind of cool with some guys at one of those little stands in a mall now they are sprint but not really they helped me with an old phone I was having problems with that wasn't activated they don't really care and they have the tools to fix things but the one I go to like to show me just how much they know about androids witch isn't much LOL.
Might be worth a shot you might find a guy thats into moding and would like to show off.
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linsalata28 said:
You could try this don't know if they will or not but I'm kind of cool with some guys at one of those little stands in a mall now they are sprint but not really they helped me with an old phone I was having problems with that wasn't activated they don't really care and they have the tools to fix things but the one I go to like to show me just how much they know about androids witch isn't much LOL.
Might be worth a shot you might find a guy thats into moding and would like to show off.
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Not a bad idea. Might have to find some of those guys.
k2buckley said:
I would try running the RUU as a PC36IMG, if you haven't already. Download PC36IMG of the RUU you wish to use, and put it on the main directory of your SD card. Then boot to the bootloader, and let it detect the PC36IMG. It should scan it, then ask you to update. Select volume up for yes, and let it run it's course. Perhaps that method will work out better for you.
Dirk, thats odd that you get errors on the new RUU's. Sometimes if the hboot and radios don't match up the RUU won't run.
EDIT: And yes, you definitely could be getting that error (most likely are) because HTC won't install the driver. You need to get that installed. I would still just try the PC36IMG though.
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I've been trying man. Im getting nowhere with this. I tried the RUU 3.70 and it just crashed asked me if I wanted to debug. So im gonna try one of the older versions. At least its seeing these with the HTC sync working.
lokoalex said:
I ran it. It scanned it checked it and then nothing. Goes right back to the screen where it asks you to choose fastboot, recovery, ......
I did notice that my battery needs charging. Im gonna try again when the battery has some juice.
Also got HTC sync installed on my Windows & machine.Will give it a try too.
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Yea, I would either try an RUU again now that you've got HTC Sync installed, or format your SD card, and put ONLY the PC36IMG on there, then try it again. The only time I've seen a PC36IMG file not ask you to update is if the card needed to be formatted for one reason or another.
k2buckley said:
Yea, I would either try an RUU again now that you've got HTC Sync installed, or format your SD card, and put ONLY the PC36IMG on there, then try it again. The only time I've seen a PC36IMG file not ask you to update is if the card needed to be formatted for one reason or another.
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I tried the RUU again and it gotas far as the signature and then it crapped out again.
Error [140] BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR.
Have no idea what the problem could be. Gonna try reformatting the card one more time and see what happens. So frustrating!!!
Maybe try to update or downgrade your hboot version.
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*Assuming you're working on a windows machine*
Go to this site http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Supersonic
and download ruu 3.70.
Without your phone connected, run the ruu until it gets to the first dialog box (it should have a checkbox that says "I understand the caution..." blah blah).
With this dialog still open, go to start > run and type "%TEMP%" without quotes.
Inside this folder look for a file called "rom" or "rom.zip" (you are going to have to go through all subfolders) depending on your windows settings (Hide extensions for known file types).
When you find it move it to your desktop and rename it to "PC36IMG" or "PC36IMG.zip" accordingly.
Get a card reader and take your sdcard out of your phone and place it in the card reader. Place the PC36IMG file you renamed on the root of the sdcard. Install your sdcard back into the phone and boot into bootloader. This should scan the card and find the PC36IMG and reinstall a bone stock non-rooted 2.2 rom.
If this method fails, it's possible the nand may have been corrupted in the update process. I'm better at troubleshooting if I have the device with me so this is the best I can do.
lokoalex said:
I tried the RUU again and it gotas far as the signature and then it crapped out again.
Error [140] BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR.
Have no idea what the problem could be. Gonna try reformatting the card one more time and see what happens. So frustrating!!!
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That is frustrating. It sounds like there may be a problem with your current boot.img, and maybe that's why it won't let the RUU re-write the boot.img when it's trying. That would also explain you not being able to boot, because if your bootloader is corrupted somehow, then you won't be able to get anywhere at all. Unfortunately, the bootloader you're on (HBOOT-2.16)isn't downgradeable. I'm starting to suspect that you're getting the bootloader version error because when you run the older RUU, it will try to flash an older version of hboot. Since the version you're on is NOT able to be downgraded, it's probably erroring out when it tries to downgrade, but it can't. I would suspect that if the RUU for the 4.22 software was available and you were able to run that one, then it would succeed. The problem is that you're trying to downgrade, and you can't do that. I'm not sure what went wrong when the OTA was accepted, but it seems like something did, and now you're stuck. I would guess that the only way to fix it would be to reflash the OTA (which you can't because you can't boot), or run the RUU for 4.22, which isn't available yet. My speculations may not be accurate, but that's my guess!
Ok So Im A Rooted User , Ive Been Rooted For Ever Since I Received My Evo 4G. But Recently I Think I Have Some Bad Issues With It & I Dont Know What Else To Do.
First , It Started By Me Being Curious & Wanting To Get Sense 3.0 On Evo Using The Synergy Kingdom ROM. I Did Everything But Apparently Every Flash I Try Doing It Tells Me "Installation Aborted". It Frustrates Me Because I Never Failed At Any Of My Flashes.
So I Cant Flash To Sense 3.0 , But Now I Can Only Restore My Backups , I Triedd Going To CM7 , Still Another Aborted Installation.
So Today I Took Time Off To Get This Phone Flashed Again ! Yeah .. Didnt Work Out , I Tried Upgrading It To Official Non-Rooted 4.24 , & Still , Another Aborted Installation. I Try Using The RUU Method By Using The PC & My Phone Dosent Give Me The Option Pop Up That Allows you To Set "Charging Only" Or The "Disk Drive" Neither The HTC Sync Option. Im Stuck On Stock 3.70 , Please Help , Apparently I Feel Like A Newbie Noob At This Now , & Im Asking For Help , Please ?
Use the pc36img.zip way of running ruu, then flash amon ra recovery. Before that, you should back up your sd card, then reformat it.
After you get recovery, position your card, and flash synergy.
Sorry this isn't more detailed. Hard to swype it all out
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Lainez94 said:
Ok So Im A Rooted User , Ive Been Rooted For Ever Since I Received My Evo 4G. But Recently I Think I Have Some Bad Issues With It & I Dont Know What Else To Do.
First , It Started By Me Being Curious & Wanting To Get Sense 3.0 On Evo Using The Synergy Kingdom ROM. I Did Everything But Apparently Every Flash I Try Doing It Tells Me "Installation Aborted". It Frustrates Me Because I Never Failed At Any Of My Flashes.
So I Cant Flash To Sense 3.0 , But Now I Can Only Restore My Backups , I Triedd Going To CM7 , Still Another Aborted Installation.
So Today I Took Time Off To Get This Phone Flashed Again ! Yeah .. Didnt Work Out , I Tried Upgrading It To Official Non-Rooted 4.24 , & Still , Another Aborted Installation. I Try Using The RUU Method By Using The PC & My Phone Dosent Give Me The Option Pop Up That Allows you To Set "Charging Only" Or The "Disk Drive" Neither The HTC Sync Option. Im Stuck On Stock 3.70 , Please Help , Apparently I Feel Like A Newbie Noob At This Now , & Im Asking For Help , Please ?
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Which recovery and version are you using?
xNotta - Ive Used The Latest Clockwork For The CM7 But With the Synergy I Used The Latest AMON-RA ?
Hipcat - Can I Get More Info On Your Procedure , Sounds Like It Would Work , How Do I Run The RUU ?
I can't believe noone stepped in to answer this.
Anyhow, here's a thread on running RUU's
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...U2Mi1hNWU0LTRlNjEtYWMyOC1lZmU4ODg1ODc1ODI&ifq
Okay This Sounds Like Rescue , Thanks ! I Will Try It As Quick As Possible ! I'll Send you Some feed back
HipKat said:
I can't believe noone stepped in to answer this.
Anyhow, here's a thread on running RUU's
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...U2Mi1hNWU0LTRlNjEtYWMyOC1lZmU4ODg1ODc1ODI&ifq
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So I Tried It & Another FAIL -____- , I Felt It Was Working But During The Installation Of The Unrevoked Forever.zip , It Was Automatically Aborted
is your recovery broken? try and older recovery .
I'll Try That , Older Clockworkmod ?
Ok i rooted the phone when it was on 2.1 & it worked just fine, after the root it said system update, so i said ok to froyo, now i can't for the life of me seem to be able to root this phone the Samsung one click root dosen't work, & my PC won't recognize the phone so i can't use Odin, It's really pissing me off, if anybody can help me i'd sure be greatfull.
jaaydogg said:
Ok i rooted the phone when it was on 2.1 & it worked just fine, after the root it said system update, so i said ok to froyo, now i can't for the life of me seem to be able to root this phone the Samsung one click root dosen't work, & my PC won't recognize the phone so i can't use Odin, It's really pissing me off, if anybody can help me i'd sure be greatfull.
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Make sure you have the latest drivers from Samsung installed on your PC. Reboot the phone, reboot the PC, start as fresh as you can. Best way to go about it is to Odin EC05, One Click root with CM3 (purple version) and go from there.
Check the stickied thread with the old stickies in it, you'll find everything you need in there. And last but not least, for the love of everything holy, don't use the stock cord. Get something decent, blackberry cables seem to work the best for me. Make sure the port you're plugged into on your PC is on the back (so it's direct into the board) not one of the front ones.
Well first off, having the thread title as "???" does not help anyone with searching for answers.
I'm trying to understand your situation: So you say you were on Eclair and rooted, and then was able to upgrade to Froyo while rooted? That's not possible. The update would have failed after seeing a file system mismatch.
For Eclair and Froyo, the 1-click root method works. However, for Gingerbread you have to Odin a custom kernel and recovery, then install the Superuser app. Once you have CWM installed you can flash any EL30 rom you wish. The modem is upgraded manually. Look in the dev section for the sticky thread that has the thread link in it.
Video 1: http://youtu.be/kwFRzzIqouE
Video 2: http://youtu.be/jWOLEXqAeCc
To follow up on your Odin woes: use a different USB port that is directly on the motherboard; and a different cable.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009997
Go to that thread, and it will tell u everything u need to know
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2.1? Froyo? You know the Epic has official Gingerbread right? And stable ICS?
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Well i know that but the site wouldn't let me name it anything, I mean like 15 different titles that i wasan't allowed to use. Anyway I was able to fix the phone up, i was having a driver issue & that's what was stopping Odin from detecting the phone in downloader mode.