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[S-OFF] AlphaRevX Pre-2 Beta supports VIVOW HBOOT 0.97

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Pre Release 2 claims support for Incredible 2 HBOOT version 0.97.
Check your bootloader version before attempting.
This day has been long in the making!

seriously throw a shoe at me if this is a troll / noob question. i'm sure it is
but if my gb build is hboot .97 am i good to go for the alpha beta or is this still 2.2 only !?!!?!?!?
* crawls back under bridge of uncertainty

The very first thread on this subforum warns you not to update if you want root.

just wondering how do we get back to s-on if we need to go back

rami98 said:
just wondering how do we get back to s-on if we need to go back
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A method to get back s-on is usually released some time after. I think we can assume it'll come.

as mentioned by jcase, if you upgraded to GB using RUU OTA whatever, no alpharevX for u. XTC clip is ur only option.

ACD168 said:
as mentioned by jcase, if you upgraded to GB using RUU OTA whatever, no alpharevX for u. XTC clip is ur only option.
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ah yes. memory of a fruit fly these last few days !

You need at least temp-root to S-Off via Alpharev. If you ignored repeated warnings to not upgrade to GB, then you're out of luck for now. Sorry...spend your money on an XTC clip.

I feel sorry for people who start getting incredible 2s with GB pre installed
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That would be me...
Hoping they find an exploit..
I WANT S-OFF!!!!

xgunther said:
You need at least temp-root to S-Off via Alpharev. If you ignored repeated warnings to not upgrade to GB, then you're out of luck for now. Sorry...spend your money on an XTC clip.
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Now, just so I'm clear (not my first Android device so I'm not wholly new, but it is my first HTC), if I used alpharevx to get S-OFF, I will remain that way even if I went OTA to GB, I just would be unable to root? Is that correct?
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validoption said:
Now, just so I'm clear (not my first Android device so I'm not wholly new, but it is my first HTC), if I used alpharevx to get S-OFF, I will remain that way even if I went OTA to GB, I just would be unable to root? Is that correct?
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I think if you s-offed while on froyo then did the ota, you should still be able to root
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cloiselle said:
seriously throw a shoe at me if this is a troll / noob question. i'm sure it is
but if my gb build is hboot .97 am i good to go for the alpha beta or is this still 2.2 only !?!!?!?!?
* crawls back under bridge of uncertainty
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Once gingerbread is rooted I believe we could get soff.
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bik2101 said:
I think if you s-offed while on froyo then did the ota, you should still be able to root
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ohhh how wrong you are
why would you accept the OTA and risk it. 99% it will take you to S-ON and ur stuck on gb with no way to re-root. just use the rooted OTA ROM...

shoman24v said:
Once gingerbread is rooted I believe we could get soff.
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Other way around buddy. S-off leads to root
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how come everytime i type in the beta key it says invalid?
& what do i put in the serial number?
sorry its my first time doin this..

bik2101 said:
Other way around buddy. S-off leads to root
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right.... but the bootloader has not changed since the ota gb, so now we need an exploit for gb in order to do s-off.
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marcviado said:
how come everytime i type in the beta key it says invalid?
& what do i put in the serial number?
sorry its my first time doin this..
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You well get a key generated only after you type in your serial number from the device. Its unique and will be good for that one time. You will need to keep the internet browser window open during the process.
If you turn of the internet it will not work
I did mine using a bare bones xp home acer atom.
you need the internet on while doing this. Don't turn of the internet our the browser

kingsway8605 said:
I feel sorry for people who start getting incredible 2s with GB pre installed
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that was me!

420fan said:
that was me!
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Sucks man. Try and find an XTC clip credit!

[Q] Strange Hboot version

So I was looking to see what hboot version my phone, evo 4g, had but on the boot loader it shows my hboot as 6.16.1002.
I'm currently using CM 7.1 with the lastest tiamat kernal if that helps.
If anyone can help me figure our what version i really have, as I have checked the update thread with all the hboot version and mine is nowhere near any of these I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks,
Frostbiter

Frostbiter said:
So I was looking to see what hboot version my phone, evo 4g, had but on the boot loader it shows my hboot as 6.16.1002.
I'm currently using CM 7.1 with the lastest tiamat kernal if that helps.
If anyone can help me figure our what version i really have, as I have checked the update thread with all the hboot version and mine is nowhere near any of these I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks,
Frostbiter
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Hboot 6.16 is the hboot you get ONLY when you root with revolutionary. There's no need to downgrade you "technically" have the latest
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Oh awesome thanks a bunch.
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Help rooting after update to 2.3.5?

Ok so I've been wanting to root for a while now but never did, so I could read up on it more. If anyone knows how to root my Evo 4g after today's update to 2.3.5 I would be very greatful. Thanks everyone very much.
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swagnificent said:
Ok so I've been wanting to root for a while now but never did, so I could read up on it more. If anyone knows how to root my Evo 4g after today's update to 2.3.5 I would be very greatful. Thanks everyone very much.
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No way to root it sorry can only root 2.3.3 down ATM
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Actually just came to my senses if you have hboot needed for revolutionary then you should be fine I believe it was 2.16 and 2.15. To check your hboot pull battery out hold power button and volume down at the same time
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Nah h-boot version like 2.18.000. After the new upgrade.
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seems like another htc gotcha! so if your not rooted before the ota, and you updated, no root/unlocking for now i think is the consensus.

brad560 said:
seems like another htc gotcha! so if your not rooted before the ota, and you updated, no root/unlocking for now i think is the consensus.
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Its basically confirmed no root; until revolutionary [if] the update the method to include the 2.18 hboot. Also #2 thread.

U have an evo on2.3.5 stock?
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vabeachfc3s said:
U have an evo on2.3.5 stock?
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Recent ota happened and changed hboot and switched it to 2.3.5 from 2.3.3
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Sweet. Now im bout to lose money until a method is developed. Good thing theres an ass load of other phones ppl need flashed and rooted
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swagnificent said:
Ok so I've been wanting to root for a while now but never did, so I could read up on it more. If anyone knows how to root my Evo 4g after today's update to 2.3.5 I would be very greatful. Thanks everyone very much.
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if you had been reading up on rooting and really doing your research then you should have learned that you never accept an update right when it comes out because you lose the ability to root until a fix is found (and it often takes some time).

teh roxxorz said:
Its basically confirmed no root; until revolutionary [if] the update the method to include the 2.18 hboot. Also #2 thread.
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just tried htcdev method to unlock phone. phone now shows unlocked. success with booting twrp recovery, will try to flash rom utilizing same method as EVO 3D users with HBOOT 1.50, should be the same. will update.
Edit: Okay, just booted up SWAG ROM. Unlocked using HTCDEV method. Pushed the kernel via adb fastboot, boot.img from the unzipped ROM folder. Then flashed the zip which was on the root of the SD card, just as described in the EVO 3D development forums, using twrp1.1.1.

intrlude said:
just tried htcdev method to unlock phone. phone now shows unlocked. success with booting twrp recovery, will try to flash rom utilizing same method as EVO 3D users with HBOOT 1.50, should be the same. will update.
Edit: Okay, just booted up SWAG ROM. Unlocked using HTCDEV method. Pushed the kernel via adb fastboot, boot.img from the unzipped ROM folder. Then flashed the zip which was on the root of the SD card, just as described in the EVO 3D development forums, using twrp1.1.1.
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Thanks for this, you should set up a guide to help others through the process.

and speaking of revolutionary, lets focus on something more universal like an apk rooting method
thank you church.

Awesome work man. Thankyou for that.
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roids87 said:
Thanks for this, you should set up a guide to help others through the process.
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Here's what I came up with. Still may do a video. Hope it makes sense, it was very early/late when I wrote this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1458491

Slightly off this topic, but along the same lines, so I didn't want to start another thread.
I rooted back in November, prior to the latest OTA update - and had a pretty good understanding of what I was doing - I think.. heh
I NEVER flashed a new ROM, Kernel, Radio, etc. Only backedup, rooted, removed some bloatware, and that's it.
I still have superuser su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip (I think?) in my root folder of my SD Card. Nothing else.
I backed up my Nandroid to my computer, as well as all the TitaniumPro backups of bloatware.
I saw Brad560's two posts - both Barebones and Stock ROM's.
In the Stock post, he listed Deodex'ed, Odexed, and Original UnRooted ROM. This confused me, as I'm still trying to wrap my head around the flashing part. Then I saw a reply about Radios?
I think at this point, I definitely want to remain rooted, but would like the "official" release from HTC/Sprint (in root form, stable, as close to the original as possible, for now).
Which ROM should I grab?
Will I need to flash a new kernel? I don't have any desire to overclock or anything.
And will I need to update the Radios separately?
Thanks, sincerely appreciate any help.

Just read in brads thread and all your answers will be there.
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I had to go to htc update 3 x first was a security patch, phone rebooted, then back to htc update little larger file this time, phone rebooted, went back to htc update and finally got the 35mb 2.3.5 update, phone rebooted. I have new hboot now to as well. If my usb port dont work at all is there a way to root just from the sd card and is it even possible?
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{ParanoiA} said:
Just read in brads thread and all your answers will be there.
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Thanks for replying.
I have read it. That's the first time I had heard of those things, which is why I asked here.
I think some folks forget what's it like to learn this stuff.. and while many here have been around for awhile and have absorbed over time, there are people like me (a military pilot btw lol) who has a tough time grasping some of the verbiage. I had the rooting thing down. Flashing a ROM seemed easy enough, though hadn't done it. Then someone throws up 3 versions in that post and 2 in the other. I get his barebones stuff - for the most part - he stripped stuff out.
Anyway, I suppose I will take the plunge and pick one of the ROMs, then suppose flash the latest radios.
Thanks!

No4g4Me said:
I had to go to htc update 3 x first was a security patch, phone rebooted, then back to htc update little larger file this time, phone rebooted, went back to htc update and finally got the 35mb 2.3.5 update, phone rebooted. I have new hboot now to as well. If my usb port dont work at all is there a way to root just from the sd card and is it even possible?
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For the time being, only way to "root"/unlock is via HTCDEV method which requires you be connected to your computer via USB sync cable.

[Q] The latest R&R methods...

Hi guys,
I'm helping a friend root his EVO 4G. I asked for some help doing this on another friends phone a while back as it was shortly after 2.3.3 was released OTA. Well that worked well, and so I run into this issue.
This EVO, the one I'm helping my friend with now, is also running 2.3.3. There are a number of new ROMS out there now and I was looking towards maybe flashing a Sense 3.0 ROM.
But I'm unsure as to which rooting method to use. It was a bit more complex the first time as 2.3.3 was new and you could not S-OFF then. But if I can I would like to S-OFF this EVO.
Can you guys post some links to the threads where I can find the help that I need? Does UnrEVOked support 2.3.3 now???
Any help would be much appreciated...
Regards,
PAinguINx

Revolutionary.io is the only way to root the phone
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Thanks evo4gnoob. I've never heard of that but I'll check into it. Thank you for the post!

If the phone has 2.18 hboot, then just give revolutionary.io some time to update...
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PAingulNx, that would be dependent on what Hboot the phone has, to what method of rooting you would use. As {ParanoiA} stated, you can wait for revolutionary.io to update for Hboot 2.18 (if that's what the phone is on) or try unlocking the bootloader via HTCDEV method. Which I try to explain here, not sure if I did a good job, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21680991&postcount=1.

HBOOT Version
Thanks guys...
It's been a minute since I've rooted an EVO. Can I check the HBOOT version in "Software Information" or do I need to boot in to Recovery?
In software information I have two numbers that resemble the HBOOT version.
The first is "Baseband Version" which is 2.15.00.0808. The other is the PRI Version which is 2.15_003.
Are either of these the HBOOT version?
Thanks again and sorry for the newb question...
Regards,
PAinguINx

PAinguINx said:
Thanks guys...
It's been a minute since I've rooted an EVO. Can I check the HBOOT version in "Software Information" or do I need to boot in to Recovery?
In software information I have two numbers that resemble the HBOOT version.
The first is "Baseband Version" which is 2.15.00.0808. The other is the PRI Version which is 2.15_003.
Are either of these the HBOOT version?
Thanks again and sorry for the newb question...
Regards,
PAinguINx
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Neither of those are the hboot. To check hboot pull battery out power button+ volume down at the same time
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Ok, it's 2.16.0001.

PAinguINx said:
Ok, it's 2.16.0001.
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So that means revolutionary.io is your only way
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{ParanoiA} said:
If the phone has 2.18 hboot, then just give revolutionary.io some time to update...
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Rumor has it HTCdev and the super tool can unlock 2.18 idk for sure I'm on 0.97 I think haven't looked in a while I know its either 0.97 or 0.76 and I'm unr3voked forever no s-on for me without my own intervention oh how do I hate when something changes and I didn't do it myself lol

Success!
Hey guys,
Revolutionary worked beautifully! My friend's EVO now has S-OFF and ROOT...
All I need to do now is determine which ROM to use. I still have Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo and I see now that 3.5 is out. So I will be flashing that soon. But for my friend's EVO I'm still not sure.
Any suggestions?

PAinguINx said:
Hey guys,
Revolutionary worked beautifully! My friend's EVO now has S-OFF and ROOT...
All I need to do now is determine which ROM to use. I still have Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo and I see now that 3.5 is out. So I will be flashing that soon. But for my friend's EVO I'm still not sure.
Any suggestions?
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For a starter rom I recommend classic and mikg
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[Q] Can I safely flash roms to my rooted (but s-on) phone?

I half-rooted my htc evo 4g. Android 2.3.5 build 4.67.651.3. I unlocked the bootloader and flashed superuser. I have root access but never proceeded past that point as I felt in over my head. I read somewhere that I can flash Sense roms but not others. I'd like to know what I can do. I guess HTC evo runs sense 1.0. I would like to flash the AlterROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1550526) which is Sense 1.0 or the Energy Rom (Sense 3.5). I just want to know what I can and can't do without gaining s-off. Thanks!

jtfulmer3 said:
I half-rooted my htc evo 4g. Android 2.3.5 build 4.67.651.3. I unlocked the bootloader and flashed superuser. I have root access but never proceeded past that point as I felt in over my head. I read somewhere that I can flash Sense roms but not others. I'd like to know what I can do. I guess HTC evo runs sense 1.0. I would like to flash the AlterROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1550526) which is Sense 1.0 or the Energy Rom (Sense 3.5). I just want to know what I can and can't do without gaining s-off. Thanks!
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You can safely flash any and all roms for the evo 4g.
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The only problems with s-on for the "EVO 4G", specifically, is that you can't flash radios
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CNexus said:
The only problems with s-on for the "EVO 4G", specifically, is that you can't flash radios
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You are 100% correct oh yeah and splash screens lol
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CRIME INC. said:
You are 100% correct oh yeah and splash screens lol
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I meant to add thats this doesnt hold true across the board for all HTC devices
For example, on the EVO shift S-ON means you have to flash the boot.img separately from the rest of the rom
But splashscreens too, yeah
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I'm in the same boat, but I'm somewhat confused and just need clarification. I've rooted my moment and two evo's in the past, but this one is diiferent.
I achieved simple root with s-on with a coworkers EVO last night with hboot 2.18. All he wants is wifi tether and that's it. He's still on the stock rom.
I searched for hours and hours and can't find a definitive answer. Can I flash a new ROM from the sd card, or do I have to do it from a command prompt?
I have to be careful as I'm doing it at work and it's not my phone. I can't mess it up and send him on his way.

matty moo said:
I'm in the same boat, but I'm somewhat confused and just need clarification. I've rooted my moment and two evo's in the past, but this one is diiferent.
I achieved simple root with s-on with a coworkers EVO last night with hboot 2.18. All he wants is wifi tether and that's it. He's still on the stock rom.
I searched for hours and hours and can't find a definitive answer. Can I flash a new ROM from the sd card, or do I have to do it from a command prompt?
I have to be careful as I'm doing it at work and it's not my phone. I can't mess it up and send him on his way.
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The evo can be safely flashed from the sd card
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CRIME INC. said:
The evo can be safely flashed from the sd card
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Thanks brother. I was under the impression that with s-on I had to go through the command prompt to do it. This will make it tons easier as all I have to do is take an sd card in tonight instead of dragging my laptop in again.

matty moo said:
Thanks brother. I was under the impression that with s-on I had to go through the command prompt to do it. This will make it tons easier as all I have to do is take an sd card in tonight instead of dragging my laptop in again.
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Nope even with s on you're good to go
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I did it a couple of hours ago, it was cake.
My coworker is happy, he was wifi tether now and a fresh rom to keep him busy.