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[Q] Can someone please explain RUU and PC36IMG to me?

So Ive been reading a bunch about rooting in an effort to grasp everything before actually going through with it. 2 things still have me slightly confused. RUU and PC36IMG.
As far as I can tell, these are both versions of the Stock 2.2 ROM that ships with the phone. These are necessary to help restore the phone in the event that something goes wrong during the Root process, or when flashing a custom ROM.
Am I on the right track??

Yep there both the same thing they brinv phone back to stock
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A RUU is an update utility that you run from your PC that will install stock software and firmware on your phone, including the ROM, kernel, radios and hboot. A PC36IMG.zip can literally be almost anything. That is just the file name that hboot looks for, and can be a ROM, radio update, recovery, or just about anything. So all RUUs do the same thing but PC36IMGs can vary dramatically. So before flashing a PC36IMG, you need to know exactly what that particular file does/ is meant for.
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davidc23 said:
Yep there both the same thing they brinv phone back to stock
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Watch out man, that is inaccurate information and could potentially mess up someone's phone if they just flashed any old PC36IMG without knowing exactly what it is. They can all be very different.
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davidc23 said:
Yep there both the same thing they brinv phone back to stock
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Yes and no. A PC36IMG CAN bring it back to stock, but it can also be a recovery, radio, ect. That's why you need to know what the file is supposed to do, and if you're not sure, you need to look inside on a pc or not flash it at all.

So PC36IMG.zip is a file the phone looks for, and then, whatever it finds inside, it flashes to the phone.
What command, or action, forces the phone to look for PC36IMG.zip?

Mindspin_311 said:
So PC36IMG.zip is a file the phone looks for, and then, whatever it finds inside, it flashes to the phone.
What command, or action, forces the phone to look for PC36IMG.zip?
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Correct. And no command needed, have the zip on your phone, boot into the bootloader, and it'll detect it in about 10 seconds, then you select yes to update and then to reboot to flash what is inside it.

teh roxxorz said:
Correct. And no command needed, have the zip on your phone, boot into the bootloader, and it'll detect it in about 10 seconds, then you select yes to update and then to reboot to flash what is inside it.
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Ok cool.
So it could be a kernel, ROM, radio, ANYTHING?

Mindspin_311 said:
Ok cool.
So it could be a kernel, ROM, radio, ANYTHING?
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Correct Though really no reason for it to be a rom/kernel since they're easily flashed in recovery, but it COULD be, so anytime anyone gives you a PC36IMG or you download it, check the contents of it first.

Where can I download a recovery.img?

I just did the alpharev s-off and now I want to flash the latest CWM recovery.
But, where is it? At Koush's website you can only download the .zip file,
not an .img file to permanently flashed to the phone.

apollostees said:
I just did the alpharev s-off and now I want to flash the latest CWM recovery.
But, where is it? At Koush's website you can only download the .zip file,
not an .img file to permanently flashed to the phone.
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The zip probably has the image in it. Alternatively you can just use ROM Manager to flash it. Free download in the market.
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DonJuan692006 said:
The zip probably has the image in it. Alternatively you can just use ROM Manager to flash it. Free download in the market.
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The zip doesn't have a .img file in it.
It has a file named recovery, but it doesn't have a file extension.
That's probably it, but I am unsure how to use this.
Also rom manager is not flashing the recovery to my phone.
It will let me go into cwm 2.5.0.7 via the old method.
But if I manually reboot into recovery I still have the same old version of cwm that alpharev installed
v2.5.0.1

i asked this awhile back as well.. and im still looking... Clock will not flash it cause it sees it as 3g slide and only does the update.zip method... and the zip contains what is needed but gotta make it into a img file

ilostchild said:
i asked this awhile back as well.. and im still looking... Clock will not flash it cause it sees it as 3g slide and only does the update.zip method... and the zip contains what is needed but gotta make it into a img file
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How can we make it into an .img?
I could probably figure that out easy enough, but would it work right?

Have you tried just using the update.zip from recovery and seeing if it sticks? I can't seem to dig up an actual image file either, which tells me that maybe there isn't one. More to the point, using the "apply update.zip from SD" option vice the typical select .zip from SD.

Can someone say Clockworkmod Recovery 3???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=490785&d=1295154563
Also I have a tutorial out on how to flash recoveries straight from a terminal emulator instead of having to fastboot so...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974590
Keep in mind this is my tutorial so if you like it and you think it was helpful just thank me.
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I had it in a thread when I asked the question. MusicMan posted it up but now its gone. I will ask him if he can post it here so we can get you all ready

iDaZzLeFatHoeZz said:
Can someone say Clockworkmod Recovery 3???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=490785&d=1295154563
Also I have a tutorial out on how to flash recoveries straight from a terminal emulator instead of having to fastboot so...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974590
Keep in mind this is my tutorial so if you like it and you think it was helpful just thank me.
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Thanks a bunch dude!!
Where did you get this? Did koush make it?

It was compiled by someone in the Clockwork 3 Alpha thread but the one the OP posted was EXTREMELY UNSTABLE, so someone posted another link to a VERY STABLE version and that is the one I linked you to.
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iDaZzLeFatHoeZz said:
Can someone say Clockworkmod Recovery 3???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=490785&d=1295154563
Also I have a tutorial out on how to flash recoveries straight from a terminal emulator instead of having to fastboot so...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974590
Keep in mind this is my tutorial so if you like it and you think it was helpful just thank me.
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if I don't have S-off, how do I flash clockworkmod 3.xx?
please help.
and if you can tell me the easiest way to do s-off, because the one on here is way to complicated.
thank you

coszy said:
if I don't have S-off, how do I flash clockworkmod 3.xx?
please help.
and if you can tell me the easiest way to do s-off, because the one on here is way to complicated.
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There is no way to (permanently) flash clockworkmod without S-OFF.
There is only one way to achieve S-OFF. It's not that complicated. You download an ISO CD image, burn it to CD, follow the instructions on the screen. Just read the S-OFF thread so you know what to do with the timing of hitting the power button on your phone.
JTB

JTownBrewer said:
There is no way to (permanently) flash clockworkmod without S-OFF.
There is only one way to achieve S-OFF. It's not that complicated. You download an ISO CD image, burn it to CD, follow the instructions on the screen. Just read the S-OFF thread so you know what to do with the timing of hitting the power button on your phone.
JTB
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thank you for the response, I will give it a try and will post the result after it.

Found "recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-espresso.img" file.
Just Flashed it with Terminal Emulator.
-commands-
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-espresso.img
Should say writing files and a bunch of hex numbers and letters
about 10 lines or so.
you can't flash the recovery.zip or recovery file from inside the zip they don't work and will make your recovery not work.
Link of website:http://mirrorbrain.cyanogenmod.com/cm/recoveries/
Link of img:recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-espresso.img

Just flashed the above file and it works. I did it from fastboot though.

NIICE waiting long time for this and works great

This worked for me. My power button quit working so I'm getting a new slide in the mail an had to get the rom I was using off an unroot which was harder than normal since my power button doesn't work. But I followed this an all is good. Thank-you.
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Incredible OTA update

OK, so for the last couple of months I've been putting off updating with the ota just because when I tried to do it, it wouldn't go through because i rooted with unrevoked forever and my security is off (S-off).. So I finally get around to do it, but I can't figure out how to turn security back on (S-on). I thought I could do it by running unrevoked again but this time uncheck Disable security on phone. Well I tried it like 5 times and I still got S-off. So how do I turn it back on to get the newest update, or does anyone have it in an update.zip format?
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cmckee.cna said:
OK, so for the last couple of months I've been putting off updating with the ota just because when I tried to do it, it wouldn't go through because i rooted with unrevoked forever and my security is off (S-off).. So I finally get around to do it, but I can't figure out how to turn security back on (S-on). I thought I could do it by running unrevoked again but this time uncheck Disable security on phone. Well I tried it like 5 times and I still got S-off. So how do I turn it back on to get the newest update, or does anyone have it in an update.zip format?
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http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
Specifically: http://downloads.unrevoked.com/forever/current/unrevoked-forever-son.zip

Just flash any of the sense roms... they are all up to date. Or are you trying to unroot completely and stay unrooted?

Trying to get the stock ota from Verizon to install then re root
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Well this should help... you can do all that or just flash a stock rooted up to date rom, either way, this thread will help..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=969973

cmckee.cna said:
Trying to get the stock ota from Verizon to install then re root
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Why do you want to do that?
That said, if it's what you really want to do, then download the latest PB31IMG file from Doug Piston's Site. Rename the file to PB31IMG.zip, put it on the root of your sdcard, and reboot into HBOOT. Follow the onscreen prompts.
You'll still have S-OFF, but that's not going to prevent the ROM from installing. If you don't want to replace things like your recovery, radio, hboot, with the defaults then remove those .img files from the zip file.

Here, to get s-off the file i attached should work. Its from the get back to stock thread

So if I go get the newest pb31img.zip, that's basically the newest ota? And all I have to do is hboot install it?
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So I was just playing around with the pb31img zip from Doug, and i opened one of the files and it pulled up some Starwars stuff... just kind of odd. Then I opened another one and now it says that service is not available anymore... Lol
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cmckee.cna said:
So I was just playing around with the pb31img zip from Doug, and i opened one of the files and it pulled up some Starwars stuff... just kind of odd. Then I opened another one and now it says that service is not available anymore... Lol
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You don't open that file, you load it to your phone as is.

I know, I was just "playing" with it..
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OK, so if i decide to do this, and I delete the recovery, radio, and hboot*, this would be the new update?
What is different with the new hboot? And also, why would I not want the new radio?
ardax said:
Why do you want to do that?
That said, if it's what you really want to do, then download the latest PB31IMG file from Doug Piston's Site. Rename the file to PB31IMG.zip, put it on the root of your sdcard, and reboot into HBOOT. Follow the onscreen prompts.
You'll still have S-OFF, but that's not going to prevent the ROM from installing. If you don't want to replace things like your recovery, radio, hboot, with the defaults then remove those .img files from the zip file.
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http://solo.dc3.com/dinc/
I found this though Google, is this the correct procedure and files i need?
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Hboot?
cmckee.cna said:
So I was just playing around with the pb31img zip from Doug, and i opened one of the files and it pulled up some Starwars stuff... just kind of odd. Then I opened another one and now it says that service is not available anymore... Lol
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Lol. You use that in HBOOT. Don't flash it.

cmckee.cna said:
OK, so if i decide to do this, and I delete the recovery, radio, and hboot*, this would be the new update?
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Yes. Removing the recovery.img means that you won't lose your ClockworkMod Recovery. Alternatively, you could download CWM 3.0.0.8 for the Inc from and replace the recovery.img file in the RUU so that you're flashing the latest CWM instead of the stock recovery.
Similarly, you can grab your favorite radio version from this thread and replace the radio.img file. The one built into the RUU is 07.28, whereas 11.19 is the latest that works with our phones (even if it did come from the Evo). If you're not sure which radio works best for you, then I'd advise starting with the stock 07.28 radio, and seeing which works best for you over time. Different radio versions can have different effects for people depending on their location. For many, it can improve signal strength (and, correspondingly, battery life). For others it makes things worse.
Also, you can't flash S-ON on the Inc unless you're running the 07.28 radio.
What is different with the new hboot?
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I'll be honest, I don't know. However, some ROMs require the latest HBOOT to work, so it's worth upgrading while you're resetting everything else.
cmckee.cna said:
http://solo.dc3.com/dinc/
I found this though Google, is this the correct procedure and files i need?
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No, that's not going to work quite the same way. I've never peeked into the OTA file to see what's inside, so I don't know what kind of results you'll get.

Thank you so much, that helped a lot! So I pulled the doug pm31img.zip, put the new clockwork recovery into a new pm31img.zip then copied the contents of Doug pm31img to the new pm31img with out the recovery.img. then re-zipped it, do I need to use no compression? (I used winrar to create the new pm31img.zip)
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Compression ratio doesn't matter -- I used max with 7-zip. Just make sure you use Deflate, not Deflate64 or any other advanced compression method.
And make sure it's name is PB31IMG.zip, not PM31IMG.zip.
Oh, and make sure your SD card is FAT32 formatted, not FAT16.

[Q] Stuck At HBOOT...plz help

I have a rooted phone by unrevoked and have clockwork mod recovery 3.0.6.(Because the latest version wouldn't work with the rom i was trying to flash) and flashed the rom but the it wont boot. im stuck at the white screen and when i try to go to recovery it just crashes with 2 white vertical lines on the sides of the screen. I have no idea how to fix this. someone please help me

That's you having an incompatible CWM on an slcd screen. Update to a different one by flashing it in hboot.

How do I flash a different version on HBOOT? And thanks so much for the help

korydak1lla said:
How do I flash a different version on HBOOT? And thanks so much for the help
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put the new cwm find it here at d o u g p i s t o n . c o m on your sd card

www.dougpiston.com and go to the Inc recoveries tab.
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what is the location on the sd card to put the zip file?

korydak1lla said:
what is the location on the sd card to put the zip file?
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Directly on the root of the card. Aka, not in any folders. Otherwise hboot won't see it.
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how do i get hboot to use the zip file instead of the other cwm recovery because its not working. Also do i have to name the zip anything?

You put it on the root of your SD card and boot into hboot by booting while holding power and volume down. It will automatically find the file and ask you if you want to flash it. It has to be name PB31IMG.zip
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My phone did not automatically reconize the file in hboot when I named it PB31IMG.zip. So I went to the Verizon store. They're sending me a new phone but i would still like to get this one to work because they let me keep it. I'm probably going to send it to a guy that can rewrite the software. However since Im running low on money I probably wont send it in for a while so if anyone notices anything i didnt or thinks they know the problem, please let me know. Thank you

cvbcbcmv said:
it's probably PB31IMG.zip.zip. Try getting rid of the .zip and see if your extracting program will still recognize it, if yes, it has a hidden .zip, and keep it like that, if no, then you need the zip there. Can you do that for me? That's probably your problem.
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Yes, this happened to me early on. You ususally don't see the extension (the .zip) part of the file name, so when you add it you are creating a file named PB31IMG.zip.zip. So like the good person above says, just make it say PB31IMG and it will likely be fixed. If not, THEN make it say PB31IMG.zip
Good luck!

Yes got it. Wow that was frustrating. Thank you so much everyone who helped me

Bricked EVO?

So I installed unrevoked [Followed step by step everything was fine]
Here's where I think I messed up (ROYALLY) I went into recovery and installed the freshEVO ROM from .zip and it installed but was stuck on the HTCEVO 4G screen, I waited like 15+min see if the install was slow, then I rebooted (took out battery) and cleared cache just did everything I think I could do to remove and now my phone is like bleh :[
Help please and thanks.

Questions belong here man:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=652
A RUU to reset to factory go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884060
*If you RUU the top two you will not be able to root.

Thanks, so lemme see if I understand this... the only way to reset my phone is to install what you linked to, and I won't be able to root ever again?

So does ur EVO go to recovery?
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Icehawk_RA said:
Thanks, so lemme see if I understand this... the only way to reset my phone is to install what you linked to, and I won't be able to root ever again?
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You can reroot if you want once you ruu'd your phone. Its entirely up to you.
It also could have just been a bad flash or a bad file
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Icehawk_RA said:
Thanks, so lemme see if I understand this... the only way to reset my phone is to install what you linked to, and I won't be able to root ever again?
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Just use the 3.70 RUU and you can reroot.

Yeah I press volume down and power then I go to recovery and it runs clockwork recovery, and that's about it

Icehawk_RA said:
Yeah I press volume down and power then I go to recovery and it runs clockwork recovery, and that's about it
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Then you can use caulkin's format all and then flash whatever ROM and kernel you want.
I would just run a RUU, 3.70, and then reroot.

Cool, can/should I root with unrevoked? Opinions?

Icehawk_RA said:
Cool, can/should I root with unrevoked? Opinions?
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Unrevoked is the best and easiest way to root in my opinion.
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Cool, can/should I root with unrevoked? Opinions?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448

Sorry one more question, so when I try to install the 3.70 RUU since it stays stuck on the htcEVO 4G screen.
On the part where is says to plug it in and power on I tried to run it normal and I also tried to run it VIA the HBOOT USB or whatever its called and it still wouldn't let me proceed

Icehawk_RA said:
Sorry one more question, so when I try to install the 3.70 RUU since it stays stuck on the htcEVO 4G screen.
On the part where is says to plug it in and power on I tried to run it normal and I also tried to run it VIA the HBOOT USB or whatever its called and it still wouldn't let me proceed
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Rename the zip file PC36IMG and put it on the root of your sdcard and then boot into the bootloader and accept the update.

He has root if he has clockwork. Dude just install a rom.
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I agree with riley you have clockwork no need to go back to square one. I had the same problem with fresh ROM. Get Sprint lovers its simple to use.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830153 and like every thing else put it on the root of you're SD card (or out side of the folders).