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CAN NOT PUT PC36IMG.ZIP on my phone

I have been trying for 3 days now. I cant load that file on my phone. this what it says while checking my SD CARD no image or wrong image. Once it gets done checking card its says MAIN VERSION IS OLDER!!!!!!
This is my info on top of phone.
SUPERSONIC EVT2-2 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.79.000
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
Radio-2.05.00.06.10
Apr 14 2010, 15:41:34

Q&A man q&a
could be a bad SDcard have you tried another

nika1507 said:
I have been trying for 3 days now. I cant load that file on my phone. this what it says while checking my SD CARD no image or wrong image. Once it gets done checking card its says MAIN VERSION IS OLDER!!!!!!
This is my info on top of phone.
SUPERSONIC EVT2-2 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.79.000
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
Radio-2.05.00.06.10
Apr 14 2010, 15:41:34
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I BELIEVE this happened when people started installing the latest OTA. You have to use a different root method or RUU to get it to work...
Maybe this will help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=724999
And this one is old, but this is where the problem was explained.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714157

yes i have

okay thank you, i will try

nika1507 said:
I have been trying for 3 days now. I cant load that file on my phone. this what it says while checking my SD CARD no image or wrong image. Once it gets done checking card its says MAIN VERSION IS OLDER!!!!!!
This is my info on top of phone.
SUPERSONIC EVT2-2 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.79.000
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
Radio-2.05.00.06.10
Apr 14 2010, 15:41:34
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I get that same thing. and when i try to use the Newer version from Evo Full Root,
It looks like its loading then after that blue bar goes away im right back at recovery screen looking at bootloader... Any ideas?

jhouston06 said:
I get that same thing. and when i try to use the Newer version from Evo Full Root,
It looks like its loading then after that blue bar goes away im right back at recovery screen looking at bootloader... Any ideas?
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Have you guys tried SimpleRoot? Im not sure if its for the latest OTA still or not, as I have had damagecontrol since the first OTA...but im trying to help.
From what Im reading, i think this method will work on this...i could be wrong. Someone please correct me if i am.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=720565

Dredge said:
Have you guys tried SimpleRoot? Im not sure if its for the latest OTA still or not, as I have had damagecontrol since the first OTA...but im trying to help.
From what Im reading, i think this method will work on this...i could be wrong. Someone please correct me if i am.
Ive done that to and it works all the way till the last part were you have to reboot into recovery then says the PC36IMG is old.. no dice
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thanks will try!!!

hey how do i do that. i have all the files i need but how i get my phone look like that

nika1507 said:
hey how do i do that. i have all the files i need but how i get my phone look like that
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Read the forums and use the search. It's been detailed over and over and there are threads dedicated to it.

nika1507 said:
hey how do i do that. i have all the files i need but how i get my phone look like that
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Just go to the link / thread that Dredge posted for simple root. All you have to do is click and follow the instructions. Don't worry about about what files you have or don't have now. Even better delete the junk you previously loaded when trying to root. Simple root will get you Root access, unlock nand and flash the proper PC36IMG. I did it weeks ago before there was a version for gaining root post OTA. If you really really need help you can watch the steps on YouTube. Simpleroot method draws on methods used by others and makes it as automatic and hands off as possible.
-kp

I was in the same exact boat you were in, but have finally rooted it and have a custom rom and it is great.
Use simple root (it works) and follow the video steps as well, its like 20 minutes long, but it lets you know whats going on with your phone.
However I don't think you have achieved fool root status yet, because you need to NAND unlock ( i think that means full user permission)
You need to follow the steps on this page, and then you will be set to flash custom roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715915
What the "simple root" basically does is revert your phone back to 1.17.651.1 which makes the full nand unlock possible, then follow the steps on the link above after you have rooted with simple root, and you are good to go.
It is a really easy process, thanks to these guys and this website.
I have had trouble with this before but finally got it done, so if you need help message me or just post it up on here.
ROOTING PART 1 (simple root)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=720565

kperry1911 said:
Just go to the link / thread that Dredge posted for simple root. All you have to do is click and follow the instructions. Don't worry about about what files you have or don't have now. Even better delete the junk you previously loaded when trying to root. Simple root will get you Root access, unlock nand and flash the proper PC36IMG. I did it weeks ago before there was a version for gaining root post OTA. If you really really need help you can watch the steps on YouTube. Simpleroot method draws on methods used by others and makes it as automatic and hands off as possible.
-kp
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I used simple root to, and when I went into recovery it gave me an error message saying
E: cannot access cache or something like that, So if it works, and you can flash custom roms you are fine, if not use what I posted.

mjz147 said:
I was in the same exact boat you were in, but have finally rooted it and have a custom rom and it is great.
Use simple root (it works) and follow the video steps as well, its like 20 minutes long, but it lets you know whats going on with your phone.
However I don't think you have achieved fool root status yet, because you need to NAND unlock ( i think that means full user permission)
What the "simple root" basically does is revert your phone back to 1.17.651.1 which makes the full nand unlock possible, then follow the steps on the link above after you have rooted with simple root, and you are good to go.
It is a really easy process, thanks to these guys and this website.
I have had trouble with this before but finally got it done, so if you need help message me or just post it up on here.
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You are a life saver!!!!! I've been having an issue with with the PC36IMG.zip file too and have been searching about 4 different sites for an answer. Thank you for this!!

No problem, I know how frustrating it is, I tried every method but finally got lucky and found that website.

thank you, im about to try now, i will let you know how it turns out.

Complete Root Fail

Ok, guys im in a bit of a pickle and I'm looking for a genius to help me fix the problem.
Firstly I just got my Evo4g yesterday, im no stranger to rooting and or unlocking but this time i'm stuck. I came straight here to get the root started. My evo is running 2.2 firmware stock. I went here and started the ball rollinghttp://www.thedroiddemos.com/2010/08/27/how-to-root-the-htc-evo-4g-with-froyo-2-2-video-walkthrough/
The first video went off without a hitch and I was feeling really good about everything, then tragedy struck. I followed the second video and during the PC36IMG.zip update I got a weird error.
First line it bypassed the bootloader and on the second line it said:
[2] Raidio_V2 FAIL-PU
everything else updated fine but after the reboot i can only access the bootloader or it goes straight to the red triangle. I've been up for 3 hours trying to correct this problem before I give up and try to get a new device.
A little more information in my bootloader it reads:
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-2.02.0000
MICROP-041F
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
RAIDIO-2.15.00.09.01
I've tried several things and none of them worked, I've even tried to flash the stock RUU.
If you've run into the same problem, please post here and maybe some of the genius's at XDA can brainstorm and keep this from happening to anyone else.

You have the new HBOOT here is a guide on how to root it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045

My computer wont communicate with the phone because im in bootloader mode. How can I fix this?

Have you tried pulling the battery and restarting?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

Surf Burger said:
Have you tried pulling the battery and restarting?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
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I did and it gave me the same error. I even tried different PC36IMG PACKAGES, still nothing.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

You should be able to access recovery from booyloader screen on your phone. Use that to mount what you need and probably get the PC36IMG you need!
Sent from my Snapified Evo

[Q] Need help FAST!

This is the jist of my problem, and im trying to get it fixed, as i have work tomorrow.
Bought an Evo 4g about a week ago. Decided i wanted to root it today, went on here, found some threads for rooting it.
Now before i say this next part, i have rooted other phones with no problems, so i didnt think this would happen to me.
Back to my point, followed the steps as thoroughly as possible, but when It was installing the PC36IMG file, it said "Radio_v2 : Fail PU or something like that. Rebooted the phone, and it sits at the HTC evo 4g screen... tried doing that same step over with the same problem. So i chose the clear storage option, restarted, same problem, then got into recovery and did the factory reset option, and now when i start my phone, it goes straight to recovery mode. Nothing more nothing less.
Anybody out there know how i can just get the factory stock rom or what ever back on this thing? ill be up all night till i get it fixed. Also maybe the update.zip? idk.
Any help would be much appreciated!

Are you in recovery or the boot loader? do you see skating androids?

wildgillis said:
Are you in recovery or the boot loader? do you see skating androids?
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I can get to both screens. If i just start it up without holding volume down, it goes to recovery and i have to take out the battery and restart it again holding volume down to get to the bootloader screen

on the bootloader screen (skating androids) what is your hboot version (second line) and is s-off or s-on (second line)
also link to instructions you used to root (different hboot versions use different instructions)

wildgillis said:
on the bootloader screen (skating androids) what is your hboot version (second line) and is s-off or s-on (second line)
also link to instructions you used to root (different hboot versions use different instructions)
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Okay check it out, here is an update of where im at, and im going to get you most of that information in just a minute..
Anyways, i found a Different pc36img.zip file and used that through bootloader and i didnt get any failure messages. Now my phone is started up and i received like 15 texts, and 3 voice mails so far..
the file was uploaded to megaupload and the descrpition was "EVO RESTORE 3.29.65.1.5"
Ill restart my phone now into bootloader mode to get you that info.

Do you happen to know what the original version was on your phone?

wildgillis said:
on the bootloader screen (skating androids) what is your hboot version (second line) and is s-off or s-on (second line)
also link to instructions you used to root (different hboot versions use different instructions)
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Okay i took a picture of what it says, but sincei just joined today i cant post it so this is the link from imageshack where i uploaded the picture
img26.imageshack . us/ img26 /4523 / evo4g.jpg
Just delete the spaces. and if it doesnt work, ill just type out everythingi t says

wildgillis said:
Do you happen to know what the original version was on your phone?
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I just bought it last week from Radio Shack, so im assuming 2.2... But im not sure.
Current update is the phone works now and im pretty happy about that. Think maybe i should do some more research before i try to root it and flash custom roms. I do want to though, one day.
Phone says:
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-2.02.0000
MICROP-O41f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
RADIO-2.15.00.09.01
Oct 14 2010, 19:14:47

If your phone is working now after recovery use one of the following methods for root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
(make sure to follow instructions for hboot 2.02)

Glad you got it up and working the last phone I rooted was an 2.02 and it took me a few tries before I got it figured out.

wildgillis said:
If your phone is working now after recovery use one of the following methods for root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
(make sure to follow instructions for hboot 2.02)
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Thank you, i didnt see these posts before. I recently looked at the posts i was following, and they were dated back to august. So im sure these will be much better.

Another quick question...
So after all this friggen work, does this mean its rooted now?

no, if your rooted it will say S-off, and you will have a working recovery installed not just the bootloader.

cruise350 said:
no, if your rooted it will say S-off, and you will have a working recovery installed not just the bootloader.
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alright thank you. ill refer to the links posted earlier in this thread to root it properly then.

[q] help putting amon-ra recovery on my evo4g !!!!

I copied the link off the their ROM page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1425040
and when i go into bootloader..i get an error "MAIN VERSION IS OLDER".
i went ahead and tried to load this rom using CLOCKWORK MOD. AND now it gets stuck at about 80% stating their supering up the rom..or something like that.. PLEASE HELP.
[email protected]
I REALLY WANT THIS ROM.. but they said you can't use it with any other Recovery except the one above.

what versoin is your bootloader? i havent really heard of any problems loading Amon-Ra with older versions. What is the name of the file you are trying to install from zip(should be PC36IMG.ZIP) from bootloader? not treating you like a noob( i am prob more of a noob than you) but we can all overlook thigs.

I'm definitley a noob. first time ever. I just rooted my evo 2 days ago. but never flashed a rom. my rom says the right title. as soon as i go into hboot mode.. it reads the PC36IMG.ZIP. and then it says "MAIN VERSION IS OLDER...REBOOT?"
so it doesn't recognize it. i downloaded the zip from 2 different files online. I know it's the most updated one..but it still won't change my thing from clockword to AMON RA.

You are downloading the pc36img.zip file from this page?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026

as far as recovery goes... try it from this link. this is where I got it fro and it loaded fine on my rooted evo running ENERGY sense 3.5 rom w anthrax kernel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
as far as the rom not loading... did you follow instructions exactly? also if i cant help im sure someone here can, but they will want more info from yur device, like:
hardware version
bootloader version
software version
maybe more but id get this onofo posted on here. you will like Amon-Ra much better than clockworkmod. I was hestitant to switch, but i wanted to partition my sdcard and clockwork jsut didnt seem to be doing it right.
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sitlet said:
You are downloading the pc36img.zip file from this page?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
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LOL i was in the process of searching and typing my long ass reply and you beat me to it!

ACTUALLY, i just noticed something. SOMEHOW... during this whole process or wiping data clean (as per the instructions)..my phone now says S-ON. Does that mean my ROOT is now gone too?
I hope not. It took me like 3 hours to root it the other night.

alexisrivera00 said:
I copied the link off the their ROM page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1425040
and when i go into bootloader..i get an error "MAIN VERSION IS OLDER".
i went ahead and tried to load this rom using CLOCKWORK MOD. AND now it gets stuck at about 80% stating their supering up the rom..or something like that.. PLEASE HELP.
[email protected]
I REALLY WANT THIS ROM.. but they said you can't use it with any other Recovery except the one above.
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We're going to need to know what it says in your bootloader in order to help you. Have you rooted your device, or unlocked NAND using unrEVOked, Revolutionary, or the HTCDev.com method? That "Main Version" error relates to whatever the most recent update is that you've installed to your device. You wouldn't get that error if you were NAND unlocked (i.e. S-OFF). We'll need those details to be able to help you.

It was S-OFF this morning before I tried to install this ROM and do the WIPE info.
Now my screen says:
**UNLOCKED**
SUPERSONIC EVT3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-2.18.0001
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.12.19
Dec 21 2011, 12:50

alexisrivera00 said:
ACTUALLY, i just noticed something. SOMEHOW... during this whole process or wiping data clean (as per the instructions)..my phone now says S-ON. Does that mean my ROOT is now gone too?
I hope not. It took me like 3 hours to root it the other night.
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looks like you are gonna have to root again. what method did you use? if your phone supports it use revolution to root. i used it flawlessly and it took no time at all. This is an excellent root tutorial.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865204

alexisrivera00 said:
It was S-OFF this morning before I tried to install this ROM and do the WIPE info.
Now my screen says:
**UNLOCKED**
SUPERSONIC EVT3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-2.18.0001
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.12.19
Dec 21 2011, 12:50
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Well looks like you accepted a OTA or ruu and managed to unlock with HTC Dev lol. Follow the guide in Captain_throwbacks signature on how to get s-off
Sent from my swiper using XDA App

I used HTCDEV version

once you are finally rooted again, make sure you dont accept any OTA updates.

alexisrivera00 said:
I used HTCDEV version
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I can help. I have a PC36IMG.zip you can flash in bootloader for Amon_RA's v2.3 recovery. See here.
You don't need to be S-OFF to flash a custom ROM since your bootloader is now unlocked.

I'll try that. THANKS GUYS FOR ALL YOUR QUICK REPLIES. I'll try this tonight when i go home. WIll it let me do this on my PC? because right now i can't even get back into my android phone. It just shows up with the screen saver for the new ROM. But nothing on the screen and it won't respond to any touch, nor go into disk drive when i connect it to the pc.
ANY SUGGESTIONS ON THIS ONE?
(told you guys i was a newbie,lol)

alexisrivera00 said:
I'll try that. THANKS GUYS FOR ALL YOUR QUICK REPLIES. I'll try this tonight when i go home. WIll it let me do this on my PC? because right now i can't even get back into my android phone. It just shows up with the screen saver for the new ROM. But nothing on the screen and it won't respond to any touch, nor go into disk drive when i connect it to the pc.
ANY SUGGESTIONS ON THIS ONE?
(told you guys i was a newbie,lol)
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You'll have to download the file from a PC, and boot into recovery and connect the device in USB Mass Storage mode. Then you can copy the previously mentioned PC36IMG.zip to the root of your sd card (meaning don't put it in any folders). Then reboot into bootloader, and it should ask you if you want to update. Choose "Yes" (Volume Up), and when it's done, choose not reboot the device. That'll take yu to the HBOOT Menu. From there, choose recovery, and you should now be running RA-supersonic-v2.3 - Haus Mod rev.A. Then you can do a FULL wipe (everything except SD card), and reflash the Express ROM.

THe phone won't let me go into USB Mass Storage mode. IT's just frozen on the blue screen that comes with this ROM. I think i need to get it back to stock first and start all over. Anyway i can do that from the bootloader menu? if not..any other suggestions?

alexisrivera00 said:
THe phone won't let me go into USB Mass Storage mode. IT's just frozen on the blue screen that comes with this ROM. I think i need to get it back to stock first and start all over. Anyway i can do that from the bootloader menu? if not..any other suggestions?
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You have to pull the battery and boot into bootloader. Then choose recovery from the HBOOT menu and mount it in recovery. There is an option for USB Mass Storage mode in every recovery.

Captain Throwback. i just read your response "You don't need to be S-OFF to flash a custom ROM since your bootloader is now unlocked."
The original reason that i tried to root the phone was to get FREE WIFI TETHERING to my Ipad. I do need S-OFF in order for that to work though right?

alexisrivera00 said:
Captain Throwback. i just read your response "You don't need to be S-OFF to flash a custom ROM since your bootloader is now unlocked."
The original reason that i tried to root the phone was to get FREE WIFI TETHERING to my Ipad. I do need S-OFF in order for that to work though right?
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No, you don't. You just need root to do that, which you can have with an unlocked bootloader (which you have). Once you flash the custom recovery I provided and the Express ROM, hotspot should work fine (as all custom ROMs have root access, the Express ROM has hotspot hacked).

THANK YOU SO MUCH..i'm on that screen. now you said "Then you can do a FULL wipe (everything except SD card). does that mean i got wo WIPE ALL USER. YES..WIPE CACHE..YES>.WIPE DATE..YES. WIPE SYSTEM? YES.. WIPE DATA: BATTERY STATS..YES...WIPE DATA: ROTATE SETTINGS..YES?
DO I SAY YES TO EVERYTHING ONE BY ONE?

Bricked While Flashing To Metro

I bricked my evo 4g while attempting to flash to metro (on my own, couldnt find a exact guide). I had written a metro prl, donor flashed, and I was changing the NAM settings. All this went fine and then I was attempting to write the NVRAM file from whiterabbit site exactly as it told me. It wrote successfully but when I turned on my phone it was bricked.
I can access boot loader but it wont load into recovery. I get the white htc screen over and over again when I normally turn it on or when I attempt to access recovery.
Any help would be appreciated Im super frustrated .
Here are my bootloader specs
Unlocked
supersonic evt2-3 ship S-ON
HBOOT-2.16.0001
MICROP-041F
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab

tenfour1 said:
I bricked my evo 4g while attempting to flash to metro (on my own, couldnt find a exact guide). I had written a metro prl, donor flashed, and I was changing the NAM settings. All this went fine and then I was attempting to write the NVRAM file from whiterabbit site exactly as it told me. It wrote successfully but when I turned on my phone it was bricked.
I can access boot loader but it wont load into recovery. I get the white htc screen over and over again when I normally turn it on or when I attempt to access recovery.
Any help would be appreciated Im super frustrated .
Here are my bootloader specs
Unlocked
supersonic evt2-3 ship S-ON
HBOOT-2.16.0001
MICROP-041F
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
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Lol duude calm yooouur nips duude...
Now on to your thing......first your not hard brick which is good and look up how to unroot EVO 4G and reroot it where its HBOOT 2.16 S=OFF then try your method of going to metro or somthing lol
Sent from my PC36100 using xda premium

You can try and take your SD card out of the phone stick it on your computer and download a recovery place it on your of the SD card rename it to PC36IMG.zip ,place the card back on the phone and go to your bootloader and see if it finds the update
Sent from my PC36100 using xda app-developers app

Will unrooting unbrick my phone? And i have a recovery I just cant reach it because when i press recovery it boots to the white screen again. I tryed reflashing my recovery and same thing keeps happening.

A little update at where Im stuck. I reflashed my recovery in hope that it will work but nothing and now it will not let me flash using Cmd prompt anymore. I cannot flash using cmd because it says waiting for device. Putting roms or recoverys in my sd card and renaming as PC36IMG comes out the same, it stops at Parsing zip and never moves forward. I cannot reach recovery because when I click it I just get the white splash screen again.
Apparently my messed up NV items are not as simple to fix as other bricks. There was a solution posted here by cutthroat but the file is no longer downloadable. Here is the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...6&postcount=54
Any further help on how to fix my NV files or stop this bootloop/brick would be appreciated. Thanks

Well I looked through all those old links and trying to get those files now looks *really* hard.
You could try what someone did in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31931866&postcount=49
And hope that it works.
Maybe afterwards flash a stock rom like nitrous rom and ##3282# reset and ##786# reset
**edit**
This one looks interesting too:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1885208
If you could actually manage to find the nv.img file that would restore your evo, all you need to do is load the engineering hboot aka eng hboot,
then "fastboot flash nv nv.img" ( Without the quotes )
**edit #2**
Supposedly you can get a nv.img file from a PC36IMG.ZIP file, ruu maybe?
Anyways, this thread looks helpful too:
http://cdmagurus.com/archive/index.php/t-4567.html

Thanks for the advice. I'll look into these. I gave up for a few weeks cause Ive gotten too busy lately but hopefully it will be fixed soon

tenfour1 said:
Thanks for the advice. I'll look into these. I gave up for a few weeks cause Ive gotten too busy lately but hopefully it will be fixed soon
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No problem. I actually had to fix a friend's evo a week ago that had this same problem. It already had S-OFF so I found an eng hboot that was inside a PC36IMG.zip file
After it had flashed, I put it back in bootloader and executed the fastboot command in my post above with the nv.img file you can find by searching google for "mik mik evo radio"
You want the one that says: Baseband 2.15.00.12.19, PRI 2.33_003, WiMax 27243 & NV 2.15_003
After I flashed the nvitems, it worked fine afterwards. Reflashed back to the carrier and all was well.

So Ive tryed a few things and Im stumped. I tryed to fastboot flash my nv.img and it never works. I tryed to put an original signed ruu into my sd card and it never flashes. I looked at trying to s-off but i cant seem to find a guide where I can do it with a bricked phone. Dont really know what to try next.