My replacement EVO arrived today, S-OFF with Hboot 2.18.0001
What should I do next? Flash a PC36IMG.zip with amon recovery, or do i need to do something with the bootloader to downgrade/unlock it first?
thanks in advance!
It arrived s-off or you rooted it? If it came that way you need to contact them and demand a new handset!
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I wouldn't contact them, it just makes your job easier with already having s-off. You're correct, just flash a recovery and you'll be good to go.
No, you should contact them because they have now sent you a phone that had a voided warranty.
I understand the thought of cool it's already rooted, but you can't say for sure what has already been toyed with.
r2doesinc, a premiere developer, had this issue and took it to corporate and they apologized and sent him a brand new in the box device.
Unlocking is a user decision and needs to be done by the user.
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plainjane said:
I wouldn't contact them, it just makes your job easier with already having s-off. You're correct, just flash a recovery and you'll be good to go.
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Just in case anyone in a similar situation (s-off but with hboot 2.18 locked) finds this thread in a search:
I went ahead and unlocked the bootloader using the htc-dev method, flashed a recovery with a PC36IMG.zip that was still on my SD card, and everything is copacetic. No problems making a nandroid backup, flashing MikG 3.11 and then an SBC kernel
I assumed the bootloader needed to be unlocked first to flash a PC36IMG that wasn't signed by HTC's keys.
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I just unrooted my phone by running the RUU update for 3.29.xxx and at bootloader screen, it is still showing S-OFF. Shouldn't it be S-ON? I'd appreciate some feedback as I am heading back to the sprint store and want to be sure the phone is completely unrooted. I recall the other time I ran this same procedure, it went back to S-ON.
TIA
You need to flash the Unrevoked s-on tool. It can be found in several unrooting threads.
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You need to flash the Unrevoked s-on tool. It can be found in several unrooting threads.
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Thanks. I suspect it was the tool I used to root that had the Unrevoked component (never had this problem first time around); should've read the fine print...
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so you need to re-root (maybe with unrevoked even) and then flash the s-on tool through recovery. it can be found in the unrevoked wiki. after that, then run the ruu.
dkdude36 said:
so you need to re-root (maybe with unrevoked even) and then flash the s-on tool through recovery. it can be found in the unrevoked wiki. after that, then run the ruu.
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Yup.... exactly. Thanks.....highly appreciated. I guess this explains why most prefer not to use the Unrevoked method.
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glad i could help. another reason people dont like unrevoked is it is now outdated. if you run it with the new protected hboot 2.02, you will get screwed pretty bad.
it used to save people hours of struggle, now it kills ruthlessly (haha)
Just flash this as PC36IMG.zip:
http://goo-inside.me/evo/stock/RUU_...0.09.01_NV_1.77_003_release_154209_signed.zip
drmacinyasha said:
Just flash this as PC36IMG.zip:
http://goo-inside.me/evo/stock/RUU_...0.09.01_NV_1.77_003_release_154209_signed.zip
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Does this downgrade HBOOT to .76.2000? If not, please list the exact steps + files to use. I have copies of Hboot_0.76.2000.zip and Hboot_2.02.0001-Patch but not sure of the other in which to flash them.
Thanks.
EDIT: I was able to get back S-ON, although I observed that bootloader doesn't show the updated value after flashing the unrevoked-s-on zip; not until you attempt to flash the stock PC36IMG file. The above RUU allowed me complete the unrooting process (now with hboot 2.02).
I guess the other pressing question is why do I need hboot 2.02 and not .93 or .76.2000?
I tried to root my husbands htc evo phone but it was interrupted and was not able to try again. He was able to update the software when sprint sent it out but somehow when I went into his bootloader it has S-OFF. I need to return the phone to sprint. Is there any way I can turn S-ON again?
How were u trying to root? Which process?
Taking my experience into account:
Ive been rooted with unrEVOked...and unrooted using the Stock RUU zip. BUT....prior to that...S-on needs to be recovered. The process in which Ive used was following the enclosed link.
Hope it helps...good luck.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141
tgeigel said:
I tried to root my husbands htc evo phone but it was interrupted and was not able to try again. He was able to update the software when sprint sent it out but somehow when I went into his bootloader it has S-OFF. I need to return the phone to sprint. Is there any way I can turn S-ON again?
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If it is S-OFF, just run a stock RUU EXE file... 3.70 seems to work just fine. it will return the device to complete stock, including the bootloader for 3.70 release/ship.
The only way to get s-off to s-on is to flash the unrevoked s-on tool. You can run the RUU all you want and return the partitions to stock, s will still remain off. Well it should anyhow, strange things happen sometimes...
That link in the second post gives you both. Flash s-on then flash the RUU, dont go the other way around...
I was rooting using unrevoked but somehow it got interrupted and didn't finish the process. This was before he update his phone
Even though the phone has the updated software?
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tgeigel said:
I was rooting using unrevoked but somehow it got interrupted and didn't finish the process. This was before he update his phone
Even though the phone has the updated software?
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Is the phone stock currently? If so just flash the s-on tool, it should work (though I havent heard anyone attempting this yet). If you need to return partitions to stock or an older version of android then run the RUU.
also PM a Mod and ask them to move this to Q please, only post developed work in the DEVELOPMENT section...
tgeigel said:
I was rooting using unrevoked but somehow it got interrupted and didn't finish the process. This was before he update his phone
Even though the phone has the updated software?
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Did the update change the Hboot version from 2.10 to 2.16?
Power off the phone, hold Vol Down and Power and wait for Bootloader to run to see which version is on the device.
evomattnc said:
The only way to get s-off to s-on is to flash the unrevoked s-on tool. You can run the RUU all you want and return the partitions to stock, s will still remain off. Well it should anyhow, strange things happen sometimes...
That link in the second post gives you both. Flash s-on then flash the RUU, dont go the other way around...
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This is wrong. I was S-OFF since June of 2010 when I bought it and rooted, I just recently had to return my device and get it swapped. I simply ran the RUU Exe, I then made sure to check because I didn't want to return it with S-OFF, and it was S-ON. I didn't run any S-ON Tool or anything else other than the RUU Exe.
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This is wrong. I was S-OFF since June of 2010 when I bought it and rooted, I just recently had to return my device and get it swapped. I simply ran the RUU Exe, I then made sure to check because I didn't want to return it with S-OFF, and it was S-ON. I didn't run any S-ON Tool or anything else other than the RUU Exe.
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Thanks. Plz move this thread to QA sorry I posted in the wrong thread.
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I tried to run the s-on tool but it says unsupported radio and it aborts
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Had the same problem so i just downgraded the radio but i need help because i turned s-on before installing stock rom and now i dont have a rom at all installed and i need to get it back to stock by today :0
BLiizz said:
Had the same problem so i just downgraded the radio but i need help because i turned s-on before installing stock rom and now i dont have a rom at all installed and i need to get it back to stock by today :0
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You tried just resetting the phone? Like a data factory reset.
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Run the ruu now...
BLiizz said:
Had the same problem so i just downgraded the radio but i need help because i turned s-on before installing stock rom and now i dont have a rom at all installed and i need to get it back to stock by today :0
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You get yours fixed t geigel?
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You tried just resetting the phone? Like a data factory reset.
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Youre wrong...unless you upgraded your hboot with the ruu. We usually use the ruu for your hboot...I need you to talk less now...
Unknownforce said:
This is wrong. I was S-OFF since June of 2010 when I bought it and rooted, I just recently had to return my device and get it swapped. I simply ran the RUU Exe, I then made sure to check because I didn't want to return it with S-OFF, and it was S-ON. I didn't run any S-ON Tool or anything else other than the RUU Exe.
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You get yours fixed t geigel?
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No my computer was not reading my phone properly and it wasn't downloading the driver either. So I just decided to send the phone back to sprint with the s-off. I ran the ruu and it didn't connect to my phone
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ok so i have my s-on and i ran the pc36img and my phone is still rooted am i doing something wrong i need to take it back to the store so i can get my 3d today
I have run the stock ruu on my phone and it unrooted and was back to S-on with no problem.
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Youre wrong...unless you upgraded your hboot with the ruu. We usually use the ruu for your hboot...I need you to talk less now...
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Unknownforce said:
This is wrong. I was S-OFF since June of 2010 when I bought it and rooted, I just recently had to return my device and get it swapped. I simply ran the RUU Exe, I then made sure to check because I didn't want to return it with S-OFF, and it was S-ON. I didn't run any S-ON Tool or anything else other than the RUU Exe.
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The reason yours switched to s-on is because the root method you used included the ENG bootloader. If the root method included unrevoked forever then the only way to achieve s-on is with the s-on tool. So no, he wasn't wrong he could have been more thorough in his explination that's all.
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ok guys I have tried just about all threads and searches,I been at this since 9 am and still no results.I need to take my phone in so I need the S-on,I was on Synergy Rom tried to use unrevoked forever which didnt work I was on amon ra recovery but switched to clockwork where I had backups and tried unrevoked forever and still no S-on, My software info is as follows : baseband:2.15.00.05.02
software #3.29.651.5 and pri version is 2.15_003 : My hboot is 0.97.0000, I unrooted actuallly a couple of times and never had this problem followed the directions before and they worked to perfection.I believe the problems exist with my radio # as this is the error that my recovery is giving me : stating unsupported radio version .Any help please thank you
Downgrade your radio to an unrevoked compatible version. Then flash unrevoked forever. Should be that simple.
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Try downgrading your radio first to the version that came with 3.29 so it matches the software. Don't worry about the S-ON. Leave it off that way when u take it in even if anyone applies some sort of update you will still be good. Also, did you use unrevoked originally to obtain s-off?
Do Flash only the radio ? Meaning I found the correct radio do I have to worry about my wimax keys or does in come with the radio I'll be flashing ?
1) You're trying to get it s-on, but you're flashing unrevoked forever. Unrevoked forever gives you s-off, you'd need the s-on tool instead.
2) Sprint will service your phone if it is s-off, so leave it off to keep the possibility of rooting open. If the store tells you otherwise, tell them to double check Sprint's policy.
3) You will however need to flash it back to stock unrooted. Run an RUU from your computer or as a PC36IMG through your bootloader to achieve this.
Bonus - Even if your phone has to be replaced, hopefully Sprint/HTC/whoever won't flash it back to s-on and someone on xda will get lucky and get your s-off refurb. Either way I wouldn't bother with the s-on tool, just run the RUU and you'll be set.
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jayo1978 said:
Do Flash only the radio ? Meaning I found the correct radio do I have to worry about my wimax keys or does in come with the radio I'll be flashing ?
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Just flash the stand alone radio. Not a combo with the wimax pri and NV. Then unrevoked forever will work.
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plainjane said:
1) You're trying to get it s-on, but you're flashing unrevoked forever. Unrevoked forever gives you s-off, you'd need the s-on tool instead.
2) Sprint will service your phone if it is s-off, so leave it off to keep the possibility of rooting open. If the store tells you otherwise, tell them to double check Sprint's policy.
3) You will however need to flash it back to stock unrooted. Run an RUU from your computer or as a PC36IMG through your bootloader to achieve this.
Bonus - Even if your phone has to be replaced, hopefully Sprint/HTC/whoever won't flash it back to s-on and someone on xda will get lucky and get your s-off refurb. Either way I wouldn't bother with the s-on tool, just run the RUU and you'll be set.
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Why did you take the time to write out a long reply when you clearly didn't read his entire post. He has the gingerbread radio. He can't use the s-on tool until he downgrades to a compatible radio.
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Rem3Dy said:
Why did you take the time to write out a long reply when you clearly didn't read his entire post. He has the gingerbread radio. He can't use the s-on tool until he downgrades to a compatible radio.
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He is saying to leave S-Off, just RUU so it will be stock unrooted. Leaving it S-Off so that if some poor chap receives the phone refurbished, he won't have to worry if it is Gingerbread unrootable, as it is S-Off.
So I finally got my replacement phone in today because my previous Evo was boot looping and the Sprint techs couldn't fix it. I was debating whether to root again or wait for a bit. I figured I would just check to see what kind of Evo I am dealing with. I was looking at the HW and it is v.003, with the 4.54 ota. I loaded in to bootloader and saw a little surprise as follows:
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT 2.16.0001
MICROP-042f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
RADIO-2.15.00.0808
Since it says S-OFF, am I already rooted? Any way I can test this?
the.emilio said:
So I finally got my replacement phone in today because my previous Evo was boot looping and the Sprint techs couldn't fix it. I was debating whether to root again or wait for a bit. I figured I would just check to see what kind of Evo I am dealing with. I was looking at the HW and it is v.003, with the 4.54 ota. I loaded in to bootloader and saw a little surprise as follows:
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT 2.16.0001
MICROP-042f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
RADIO-2.15.00.0808
Since it says S-OFF, am I already rooted? Any way I can test this?
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Your nand unlocked already so just flash a recovery then the superuser zip and binaries located at androidsu.com or just flash a recovery and just flash a rom of your choice
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evo4gnoob said:
Your nand unlocked already so just flash a recovery then the superuser zip and binaries located at androidsu.com or just flash a recovery and just flash a rom of your choice
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SWEET! Wow. I should have loaded in to bootloader in the store so I can be like yo... I didn't do it this time.
the.emilio said:
So I finally got my replacement phone in today because my previous Evo was boot looping and the Sprint techs couldn't fix it. I was debating whether to root again or wait for a bit. I figured I would just check to see what kind of Evo I am dealing with. I was looking at the HW and it is v.003, with the 4.54 ota. I loaded in to bootloader and saw a little surprise as follows:
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT 2.16.0001
MICROP-042f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
RADIO-2.15.00.0808
Since it says S-OFF, am I already rooted? Any way I can test this?
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Wow! What kind of luck is that !!?? Sprint gave you a rooted (unlocked, rather) Evo!? Awesome. I rooted my HW 002 right after launch, so I wouldn't even know how to root these days. Lol. Awesome for you! When I rooted, there was a main version and mtd you could flash thru hboot and then a few terminal commands to install recovery and...viola. lucky you
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Just to clarify, all I need to do is flash a custom recovery and then make a nandroid backup (just in case) and flash a custom rom? So I can save the pc36img for amon on the root of my sd, load in to boot loader, let it read and update, then load recovery from there right? Just want to make sure I am not missing anything. Typically, I have to go through the trouble of unlocking it first lol.
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Just to clarify, all I need to do is flash a custom recovery and then make a nandroid backup (just in case) and flash a custom rom? So I can save the pc36img for amon on the root of my sd, load in to boot loader, let it read and update, then load recovery from there right? Just want to make sure I am not missing anything. Typically, I have to go through the trouble of unlocking it first lol.
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Correct
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Cool! Thanks again for clarifying that. Wow unlocked straight from Sprint. It is refurbished. I figured they would check that before sending them out again? Flashed Amon_RA 2.3 and got ICS p8 from drew loaded up now. I feel complete again!!!
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SWEET! Wow. I should have loaded in to bootloader in the store so I can be like yo... I didn't do it this time.
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This made me laugh
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the.emilio said:
Cool! Thanks again for clarifying that. Wow unlocked straight from Sprint. It is refurbished. I figured they would check that before sending them out again? Flashed Amon_RA 2.3 and got ICS p8 from drew loaded up now. I feel complete again!!!
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I've seen this before. Apparently, since the OG is EOL, they don't care anymore. As long as there's stock firmware on there and they fixed whatever hardware issue there was, I guess they figure if it's rooted it doesn't matter, since it's out of warranty anyway .
My brother received his refurbished EVO in November and brought it to me to root and it was already s-off. Consider it a gift I guess.
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Before I get flamed for using search, I did, and all I found were 4 threads, in which I read. I did not find a good answer. I'm trying to flash smelkus ics themed and when the zip is read, I get a parsing (PC36IMG.ZIP). And it just hangs there. Any ideas??
EVT2-3 S-on
HBoot-2.18.0001
MICROP-041f
Radio-2.15.00.12.19
Thanks,
Jasen
mrjasenr said:
Before I get flamed for using search, I did, and all I found were 4 threads, in which I read. I did not find a good answer. I'm trying to flash smelkus ics themed and when the zip is read, I get a parsing (PC36IMG.ZIP). And it just hangs there. Any ideas??
EVT2-3 S-on
HBoot-2.18.0001
MICROP-041f
Radio-2.15.00.12.19
Thanks,
Jasen
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You put it on root of SD? Also check md5 on file via hash Droid or md5 sum in market
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maybe try flashing with fastboot? flash recovery recoveryname.img thats the command to flash a recovery in fastboot. google how to do it and what you need
or flash with flash image gui
its free on xda
mrjasenr said:
Before I get flamed for using search, I did, and all I found were 4 threads, in which I read. I did not find a good answer. I'm trying to flash smelkus ics themed and when the zip is read, I get a parsing (PC36IMG.ZIP). And it just hangs there. Any ideas??
EVT2-3 S-on
HBoot-2.18.0001
MICROP-041f
Radio-2.15.00.12.19
Thanks,
Jasen
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Well you did root / unlock the device correct? Additionally, make sure you don't have a bad download of the file.
Must be "s-off"
Just spent the better part of a week on this one. I also could not get past "parsing". I know how frustrating it is! I wasn't having a problem with Amon RA 2.3, I just wanted the new one!
I am using Nitrous 1.5.3 and posted to that board and got some great support as always. raafeall informed me that I needed to make sure I didn't need "s-off". I did. I had rooted using htcDEV so I was watermarked and "s-on". I followed Captian_Throwback's thread to rool back and rooted through Revolutionary to get "s-off". As soon as it was done I updated to smelkus Amon Ra 4.3!
Thread at click-dev:
http://www.click-dev.com/htc-evo-4g-qa/ra-supersonic-v4-3/msg218/?topicseen#new
Captian_Throwback's thread:
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...-18-HBOOT-with-HTCDev-com-No-More-Watermark!-)
"New" option for achieving "s-off" after watermark (I did not use this one):
http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-hacks/root-for-htc-evo-4g-gingerbread-is-here/
teh roxxorz said:
Well you did root / unlock the device correct? Additionally, make sure you don't have a bad download of the file.
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I have a recovery already installed along with the fact I've flashed atleast 50
different times, from my LG Optimus, and now my Evo 4g.
I was just looking to try something new.
Do I have to unroot in order to change to a different root method. Since I used HTCDev method should I un do it to go back and do Revolution??
traceli said:
Just spent the better part of a week on this one. I also could not get past "parsing". I know how frustrating it is! I wasn't having a problem with Amon RA 2.3, I just wanted the new one!
I am using Nitrous 1.5.3 and posted to that board and got some great support as always. raafeall informed me that I needed to make sure I didn't need "s-off". I did. I had rooted using htcDEV so I was watermarked and "s-on". I followed Captian_Throwback's thread to rool back and rooted through Revolutionary to get "s-off". As soon as it was done I updated to smelkus Amon Ra 4.3!
Thread at click-dev:
http://www.click-dev.com/htc-evo-4g-qa/ra-supersonic-v4-3/msg218/?topicseen#new
Captian_Throwback's thread:
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...-18-HBOOT-with-HTCDev-com-No-More-Watermark!-)
"New" option for achieving "s-off" after watermark (I did not use this one):
http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-hacks/root-for-htc-evo-4g-gingerbread-is-here/
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I believe that he explained it perfectly for you. Just read and follow the instructions. Good luck
mrjasenr said:
Do I have to unroot in order to change to a different root method. Since I used HTCDev method should I un do it to go back and do Revolution??
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Flashing ROM and Recovery not the same
mrjasenr said:
I have a recovery already installed along with the fact I've flashed atleast 50
different times, from my LG Optimus, and now my Evo 4g.
I was just looking to try something new.
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Yes, you would be able to flash ROMS, Kernels, and 'some' Recoveries with the bootloader unlocked by htc, that is why they did it. You cannot flash different Baseband, Radio, Wimax, etc. unless you are "s-off". And for some reason (I am curious why, now I get something to research!), smelkus' recovery requires that level of permissions.
mrjasenr said:
Do I have to unroot in order to change to a different root method. Since I used HTCDev method should I un do it to go back and do Revolution??
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Yes, if you use Captian_Throwback's thread. It un-roots to a "s-on", "locked", un-watermarked state. Then, you will roll back your radio and baseband, otherwise Revolutionary won't work.
Good luck. The whole process only took me a hour, hour and a half maybe, and I was tip toeing through the whole thing.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21842484&postcount=19
Here is the Captian's method on xda.
sha4000 said:
I believe that he explained it perfectly for you. Just read and follow the instructions. Good luck
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Ok, I was unsure if I had to unroot first, but I did not. I followed
Captian_Throwback method to the T and it went flawlessly. Thanks alot!!
Now to install a newer recovery!
I had trouble flashing the zip (it just hung there) and was able to load the .img via fastboot.
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mrjasenr said:
Ok, I was unsure if I had to unroot first, but I did not. I followed
Captian_Throwback method to the T and it went flawlessly. Thanks alot!!
Now to install a newer recovery!
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I'm glad that you got that sorted out. Now on to flashing.
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