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I bought an evo 3d from a guy today off craiglist and he gave it to me with MIUI loaded onto it. So I figured no problem I will just restore to factory and do what I want to do rooting wise from there. I did a factory restore but it is still running MIUI and I don't know how to get it uninstalled and back to factory. It is running HBOOT 1.50 so I tried to flash a new rom via fastboot-->recovery even though I know that wont leave the rom completely working right but I was just trying to get rid of this MIUI rom. It said it flashed correctly but nothing changed on reboot it is still running MIUI. He gave it to me with the HBOOT unlocked already. Is there anyone that can help me getting a different rom, preferrably one as close to sense as possible running on this thing? I never ran into problems like this with my EVO 4g. Thanks to all!
vtotheinay said:
I bought an evo 3d from a guy today off craiglist and he gave it to me with MIUI loaded onto it. So I figured no problem I will just restore to factory and do what I want to do rooting wise from there. I did a factory restore but it is still running MIUI and I don't know how to get it uninstalled and back to factory. It is running HBOOT 1.50 so I tried to flash a new rom via fastboot-->recovery even though I know that wont leave the rom completely working right but I was just trying to get rid of this MIUI rom. It said it flashed correctly but nothing changed on reboot it is still running MIUI. He gave it to me with the HBOOT unlocked already. Is there anyone that can help me getting a different rom, preferrably one as close to sense as possible running on this thing? I never ran into problems like this with my EVO 4g. Thanks to all!
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If already unlocked, using fastboot to get into recovery and flashing from there should have worked.
I would fastboot oem lock the device. Then running an ruu to get to stock. Wipe the entire sd card. Then follow htc evo hacks guide to root/unlock. Hboot 1.5.
That will unlock it again and give you your recovery. (I would probably use twrp instead of cwm if I were you).
Once done with that go ahead and flash su and make your nand backup. Should be good to go after that.
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vtotheinay said:
I bought an evo 3d from a guy today off craiglist and he gave it to me with MIUI loaded onto it. So I figured no problem I will just restore to factory and do what I want to do rooting wise from there. I did a factory restore but it is still running MIUI and I don't know how to get it uninstalled and back to factory. It is running HBOOT 1.50 so I tried to flash a new rom via fastboot-->recovery even though I know that wont leave the rom completely working right but I was just trying to get rid of this MIUI rom. It said it flashed correctly but nothing changed on reboot it is still running MIUI. He gave it to me with the HBOOT unlocked already. Is there anyone that can help me getting a different rom, preferrably one as close to sense as possible running on this thing? I never ran into problems like this with my EVO 4g. Thanks to all!
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If you relock the device, run the RUU first, then fastboot oem lock. You should try the superwipe tool located in the development thread under InfectedROM Eternity, Then try flashing a ROM. There are a few ROMs that are pretty stock, including a basic sense ROM with very few alterations. Head over to development and check them out.
thos25 said:
If already unlocked, using fastboot to get into recovery and flashing from there should have worked.
I would fastboot oem lock the device. Then running an ruu to get to stock. Wipe the entire sd card. Then follow htc evo hacks guide to root/unlock. Hboot 1.5.
That will unlock it again and give you your recovery. (I would probably use twrp instead of cwm if I were you).
Once done with that go ahead and flash su and make your nand backup. Should be good to go after that.
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I tried going to fastboot then recovery when I flashed the other rom but like I said it did nothing,. Its actually running TWRP recovery already, but I will try to relock and start over. Thanks guys.
vtotheinay said:
I tried going to fastboot then recovery when I flashed the other rom but like I said it did nothing,. Its actually running TWRP recovery already, but I will try to relock and start over. Thanks guys.
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Did you do a full wipe?
Twolazyg said:
Did you do a full wipe?
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yeah I did a factory reset by going through menu-->settings-->about phone-->factory reset and tried factory resetting through recovery mode but as soon as it boots it looks like it has been reset. Unfortunately after I do the touch android character to continue options (sign into google, etc) it just goes straight into miui rather than how a factory evo 3d should look which is running gingerbread. Its so frustrating.
vtotheinay said:
yeah I did a factory reset by going through menu-->settings-->about phone-->factory reset and tried factory resetting through recovery mode but as soon as it boots it looks like it has been reset. Unfortunately after I do the touch android character to continue options (sign into google, etc) it just goes straight into miui rather than how a factory evo 3d should look which is running gingerbread. Its so frustrating.
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Doing a factory reset is not the same as wiping.
You need to do a full wipe from recovery. Boot into the bootloader by hooking your phone up to the pc, navigate to your adb and fastboot folder and type:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Then type:
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
Once in recovery flash the superwipe.zip I mentioned before, then flash a ROM.
Check out this thread for information on how to get fastboot and adb, where to put them, and everything else you need to know about flashing with 1.5.
Then, before you do anything with your phone, look here for the superwipe.zip
Twolazyg said:
Doing a factory reset is not the same as wiping.
You need to do a full wipe from recovery. Boot into the bootloader by hooking your phone up to the pc, navigate to your adb and fastboot folder and type:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Then type:
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
Once in recovery flash the superwipe.zip I mentioned before, then flash a ROM.
Check out this thread for information on how to get fastboot and adb, where to put them, and everything else you need to know about flashing with 1.5.
Then, before you do anything with your phone, look here for the superwipe.zip
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OH ok I had no idea. Thanks for that. When I click your link and try to download the superwipe zip from the page, the download link just takes me back to the thread link. Do you have a link to DL the superwipe?
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OH ok I had no idea. Thanks for that. When I click your link and try to download the superwipe zip from the page, the download link just takes me back to the thread link. Do you have a link to DL the superwipe?
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Here you go.
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Here you go.
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thanks. im still having a problem cause the phone is running TWRP recovery and the bootloader is unlocked but he wiped the SD card so all the files that should be on it after the unlock and flash of the recovery are gone. Im having a huge problem trying to get this MIUI off the phone. I just want to get it back to running a stock rom so I can activate it on my line and I am not too good with this whole unrooting stuff. Is there a simple way to do it? I tried going through fastboot--recovery then flashing the superwipe but it just ended up causing the phone to be stuck on the white screen on reboot with the green HTC.
vtotheinay said:
thanks. im still having a problem cause the phone is running TWRP recovery and the bootloader is unlocked but he wiped the SD card so all the files that should be on it after the unlock and flash of the recovery are gone. Im having a huge problem trying to get this MIUI off the phone. I just want to get it back to running a stock rom so I can activate it on my line and I am not too good with this whole unrooting stuff. Is there a simple way to do it? I tried going through fastboot--recovery then flashing the superwipe but it just ended up causing the phone to be stuck on the white screen on reboot with the green HTC.
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After you wipe the hone you need to flash a ROM. When you wipe the phone it is completely blank.
Are you just doing a factory reset and rebooting? If so, that won't get you back to an HTC ROM. You need to wipe and then flash a new ROM. That will get you off of miui.
So you flashed the super wipe and then didn't flash a ROM? You have no OS loaded on your phone. Download a ROM, put it on your sd card, and flash it. Make sure it's a sense ROM since you'll need to be on a sense ROM to activate it. No need to unroot.
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k2buckley said:
Are you just doing a factory reset and rebooting? If so, that won't get you back to an HTC ROM. You need to wipe and then flash a new ROM. That will get you off of miui.
So you flashed the super wipe and then didn't flash a ROM? You have no OS loaded on your phone. Download a ROM, put it on your sd card, and flash it. Make sure it's a sense ROM since you'll need to be on a sense ROM to activate it. No need to unroot.
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No I used superwipe and then flashed clean rom 2.9.5 but it got stuck on the white screen on the reboot.
Do I have to use adb to run fastboot and then go into recovery or can I turn the phone off, boot into fastboot by holding power, vol down and going into recovery?
vtotheinay said:
No I used superwipe and then flashed clean rom 2.9.5 but it got stuck on the white screen on the reboot.
Do I have to use adb to run fastboot and then go into recovery or can I turn the phone off, boot into fastboot by holding power, vol down and going into recovery?
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Since you're on hboot 1.5, you either need to flash using joeykrim's flash image gui app, or you need to put your phone in Gaynor, plug into the computer, and from the command prompt on your computer boot your recovery image. It's something like fastboot boot recovery.img. You will need to search for the exact command. Once you boot into recovery using that method you will be fine, just use recovery like normal. If you don't use one of those two methods you won't be able to flash the boot.img, so the phone won't boot. Good luck.
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I had my wife's EVO 3D working fine on VipeRom2.1 I think and when i tried to update it to 2.5 it went into a reboot loop. I cleared everything by formatting the system and clearing the cache and data and nothing. I tried a different rom, MeanRom and same thing. Right before it seems like it is going to get me to the unlock screen, reboot. I can get into the bootloader and the recovery just fine but no matter what i install, reboot, reboot, reboot.
Evo 3D
twrp 1.03
Recovery 2e
HBOOT 1.5
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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I had my wife's EVO 3D working fine on VipeRom2.1 I think and when i tried to update it to 2.5 it went into a reboot loop. I cleared everything by formatting the system and clearing the cache and data and nothing. I tried a different rom, MeanRom and same thing. Right before it seems like it is going to get me to the unlock screen, reboot. I can get into the bootloader and the recovery just fine but no matter what i install, reboot, reboot, reboot.
Evo 3D
twrp 1.03
Recovery 2e
HBOOT 1.5
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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What software is your phone on ? The 2.08 or 2.17?
jschauf said:
I had my wife's EVO 3D working fine on VipeRom2.1 I think and when i tried to update it to 2.5 it went into a reboot loop. I cleared everything by formatting the system and clearing the cache and data and nothing. I tried a different rom, MeanRom and same thing. Right before it seems like it is going to get me to the unlock screen, reboot. I can get into the bootloader and the recovery just fine but no matter what i install, reboot, reboot, reboot.
Evo 3D
twrp 1.03
Recovery 2e
HBOOT 1.5
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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Did you change/update your radios at all?
I am not sure of the software version. I tried going back to unrooted stock with RUU_Shooter_U_HTC_ARA_1.24.415.2_Radio_10.55.9020.00_10.13.9020.29_M_release_208706_signed and it gave me a version error.
I am running radio 0.97.10.0808 according to the relocked screen that I am getting while trying to restore to unlocked sprint stock.
And now I see the difference in radio and the version in the restore file.
Thanks for the assistance, my Epic Touch 4g has been so simple to tinker with, this thing is a pain in the rear.
The RUU you installed was for the GSM version of the phone, re-run the CDMA version. The GSM version is called Shooter_U whereas the sprint version is just called Shooter.
I'm guessing this would be a good place to start?
http://www.scottsroms.com/downloads.php?do=cat&id=4
I will try this one when I get home today. Hopefully I can get it back stock and then start over and get a functional custom ROM working.
The wife was not to happy I blew up her phone yesterday trying to update it, I am guessing she is not going to let me "fix" it again.
Yupp, install one of them, not sure which one will allow you to do the HTC unlock though.
I think I figured out what I did wrong in the first place. Someone please correct me if I am wrong. I forgot that 1.5 S-ON can't just install the ROM from the standard recovery method like I can with my Epic Touch 4G. I think I need follow the "How to Flash Any ROM or Kernel You Want" instructions from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239821. I just booted to recovery and tried to install the ROM. Does this sound about right?
jschauf said:
I think I figured out what I did wrong in the first place. Someone please correct me if I am wrong. I forgot that 1.5 S-ON can't just install the ROM from the standard recovery method like I can with my Epic Touch 4G. I think I need follow the "How to Flash Any ROM or Kernel You Want" instructions from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239821. I just booted to recovery and tried to install the ROM. Does this sound about right?
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I didn't look at the link you posted. But with hboot 1.5 you can not write to the boot partition from recovery. In order to do this you need to extract the boot img from the ROM your gonna flash and fastboot flash boot boot.img then fastboot boot recovery.img will take you to recovery and flash ROM from there
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mteezey said:
I didn't look at the link you posted. But with hboot 1.5 you can not write to the boot partition from recovery. In order to do this you need to extract the boot img from the ROM your gonna flash and fastboot flash boot boot.img then fastboot boot recovery.img will take you to recovery and flash ROM from there
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You actually dont need to do both. If you just do a fastboot boot recovery.img it will give you complete access, including flashing the kernal. So after you type that command, it will load a the custom recovery and when you flash the rom, it will flash the kernel included with the rom as well. FYI you need to do a fastboot boot recovery.img each time you want to flash a kernel. If you arent changing kernals then you can just go into recovery as you normally would and flash a rom. If you want to flash a kernal without hooking up to a computer, then read into Flash Image GUI.
JayDaKissEP said:
You actually dont need to do both. If you just do a fastboot boot recovery.img it will give you complete access, including flashing the kernal. So after you type that command, it will load a the custom recovery and when you flash the rom, it will flash the kernel included with the rom as well. FYI you need to do a fastboot boot recovery.img each time you want to flash a kernel. If you arent changing kernals then you can just go into recovery as you normally would and flash a rom. If you want to flash a kernal without hooking up to a computer, then read into Flash Image GUI.
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This is what I thought, The first one I tried was the newest version of ViperRom. I first tried to just flash over top of the existing rom with the hope I would not have to reset everything and make her start over with how she had it setup, I guess the newest version had a newer kernel. Hopefully I am able to get it back to a functional state this afternoon.
jschauf said:
This is what I thought, The first one I tried was the newest version of ViperRom. I first tried to just flash over top of the existing rom with the hope I would not have to reset everything and make her start over with how she had it setup, I guess the newest version had a newer kernel. Hopefully I am able to get it back to a functional state this afternoon.
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I believe that does have the anthrax kernel havent downloadedthe new version. However i know some people have been having problems with roms that are based off the new OTA if their phones still have the old firmware. Definatly flash teh kernel/boot via fastboot recovery that should take care of the problem.
Correction not anthrax.
I got everything back working yesterday, I guess doing it correct the first time will save me some headache. I just need to remeber to start recovery from windows instead of from the bootloader screen. Thanks for the assistance.
I have the CDMA Evo 3D
*** UNLOCKED ***
SHOOTER XC SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.50.0000
eMMC-boot
It is Rooted and running the Sprint 2.17 odex ROM 2.3.4 Gingerbread
With TWRP Recovery.
I've been reading forums for three weeks. No one has given me a clear answer.
What I want to do is get ICS. Now before you all facepalm and say "Use the wire trick noob" It's not that simple.
My phone was flashed to Boost Mobile. I didn't flash it and I have not the slightest Idea how to flash and according to support at http://www.unlimited.io The wire trick will clear my flash. So the wire trick is a no no.
Now there was a method where you flash the boot.img using fastboot
"fastboot flash boot boot.img"
It pushes it and says success.
Then I reboot into recovery (vol down and power button)
and flash the ROM. It bootloops every single time.
I've been looking for a way to S-Off safely with no luck, so now I'm determined to master the flash process. All i want is One working ICS ROM for my device.
Thanks in advance for the help, Nova.
Have you tried to flash the kernel AFTER flashing the ROM?
It really is being s-on that is causing the issue.
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coal686 said:
Have you tried to flash the kernel AFTER flashing the ROM?
It really is being s-on that is causing the issue.
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Gonna try now will edit with updates
Wiped Cache/dalvik cache now flashing PARANOIDANDROID ICS ROm..
Flash succcessful, pulled the battery and vol down=power into bootloader
now in fastboot, flashing boot.img
Sending...
OKAY
*Random times here*
Finished
Now i've rebooted and the bootanimation is playing. I'll update to tell if it's bootlooping
Yup, still bootlooping.
ried entire process with Cool ICS ROm. NO BOOTLOOP ! YAY!
but instead it shows the homescreen for three seconds then shuts off.
The link below discusses Boost. The poster seems to know a lot about Boost so you might want to PM him about getting s-off. I really do think s-off will fix your issues.
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Why don't you just flash a stock gingerbread ROM them stock recovery and relock your bootloader then take the ota update , let it install then unlock via HTC Dev again...
from what I learned from being S-ON with 1.5 unlocked, you have to:
flash the boot.img file BEFORE flashing the ROM. extract it from the ROM push it via fastboot, enter recovery via fastboot then wipe wipe WIPE everything except your SD card 3X, flash ROM, enjoy ICS goodness
mnomaanw said:
Why don't you just flash a stock gingerbread ROM them stock recovery and relock your bootloader then take the ota update , let it install then unlock via HTC Dev again...
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Can you link me to a guide on this? And is there a guide to root the ICS update?
dgomez720 said:
from what I learned from being S-ON with 1.5 unlocked, you have to:
flash the boot.img file BEFORE flashing the ROM. extract it from the ROM push it via fastboot, enter recovery via fastboot then wipe wipe WIPE everything except your SD card 3X, flash ROM, enjoy ICS goodness
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I tried it both ways around, it always bootloops.
_xNova said:
Can you link me to a guide on this? And is there a guide to root the ICS update?
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Both are in the CDMA development stickies. I think rooting is still the same for the new ota.
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coal686 said:
Both are in the CDMA development stickies. I think rooting is still the same for the new ota.
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Found out how to go stock, but I only found bootloader locking tutorials for GSM phones. can you link to stock recovery?
Edit: Nevermind, I found all three.
_xNova said:
Found out how to go stock, but I only found bootloader locking tutorials for GSM phones. can you link to stock recovery?
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Have you try using live boot-cd by unknownforce (hope not wrong to spell his name)? That method will temp brick your phone so all partition will back to stock, i have try once and my flashed number is disappear and need to reflash carrier once again.
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dgomez720 said:
from what I learned from being S-ON with 1.5 unlocked, you have to:
flash the boot.img file BEFORE flashing the ROM. extract it from the ROM push it via fastboot, enter recovery via fastboot then wipe wipe WIPE everything except your SD card 3X, flash ROM, enjoy ICS goodness
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If you are booting recovery via fast boot and then flashing a ROM, there is no need to flash boot.img separately. The recovery will work as if you are s-off. And there is no logic in wiping partitions 3x.....
Or you can directly flash a ROM from recovery without booting recovery via fast boot, and then flash boot.img via fast boot.
Or use 4ext recovery and turn smart flash on, and flash ROMs directly without using fast boot.
mnomaanw said:
If you are booting recovery via fast boot and then flashing a ROM, there is no need to flash boot.img separately. The recovery will work as if you are s-off. And there is no logic in wiping partitions 3x.....
Or you can directly flash a ROM from recovery without booting recovery via fast boot, and then flash boot.img via fast boot.
Or use 4ext recovery and turn smart flash on, and flash ROMs directly without using fast boot.
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SO If I use 4EXT it'll let me flash ICS even though I currently run Gingerbread? I'll give it a try tonight, thanks
_xNova said:
SO If I use 4EXT it'll let me flash ICS even though I currently run Gingerbread? I'll give it a try tonight, thanks
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If you can run ics ROM, then yes you can use 4ext recovery.....if you can't run ics in any way then you can't.
mnomaanw said:
If you can run ics ROM, then yes you can use 4ext recovery.....if you can't run ics in any way then you can't.
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I can't, i'll just wait for an RUU of the OTA update, then re-root and flash ROMs then.
mnomaanw said:
Why don't you just flash a stock gingerbread ROM them stock recovery and relock your bootloader then take the ota update , let it install then unlock via HTC Dev again...
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i have an stock 3d tto boostmobile, nothing changed no root no unlock, nothing, just a stock phone on boost, i got a ota ready to install, will this delete my flash? just wondering since i would love to have ics but on boost still, thanks.
stang04 said:
i have an stock 3d tto boostmobile, nothing changed no root no unlock, nothing, just a stock phone on boost, i got a ota ready to install, will this delete my flash? just wondering since i would love to have ics but on boost still, thanks.
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It might my friend..maybe..juuust maybe it will. If it does o0u can always try and reflash back to Boost?
As far as I know, both unknownforce's, and the wire trick to downgrade the bootloader to hboot 1.4 will erase your flash to boost... Ask me how I know...lol!
Have you tried the app flash image GUI? When I was s on, I used this app to flash the kernel, then I went to recovery, and flashed the Rom, and all worked as long as the kernel was compatible with the specific Rom I was flashing, maybe you can try flashing the VM leak kernel, then an ics Rom
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mnomaanw said:
If you are booting recovery via fast boot and then flashing a ROM, there is no need to flash boot.img separately. The recovery will work as if you are s-off. And there is no logic in wiping partitions 3x.....
Or you can directly flash a ROM from recovery without booting recovery via fast boot, and then flash boot.img via fast boot.
Or use 4ext recovery and turn smart flash on, and flash ROMs directly without using fast boot.
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That's just the way its ever worked for me so I found it was worth giving out my way at least as an opinion I know once you boot into recovery via fastboot is SUPPOSED to work that way, never did for me hence my weird method. Wiping partitions may not have any logic to you sir, but to some of us it does back from the OG EVO days, that's what devs there used to post, that's what I've gone with as a routine for myself.
I've known peeps who attempt the ROM first boot then reflash boot.img after- endless powercycle. Never happened when I tried it but eh
4EXT wasn't always around so I guess I'm still trying to get used to easier flashin on this phone. I enver used smart flash on this one because when I was S-ON I did it the fastboot method, then the Unknown Force method came to be and I never had a need for it.
Evo 3D on Boost S-off but problems with ICS ROMs
Background:
EVO 3D (CDMA) flashed to Boost Mobile. Sept 2011
Rooted HTC Method Oct 2011
ROMs ROMs ROMs until about 6 months ago (currently using Eternity Infected Rom 1.4.2)
Tried to go to ICS and had problems so did S-off wire trick Aug 2012 (Lost Boost Mobile flash) Had to reflash to Boost.
Now:
****Unlocked****
Shooter XC Ship S-OFF RL
HBOOT 1.50.0000
baseband 97.10.0808
I'm in a quandry at this point of what to do next.
I'm not able to successfully load any of the new ROMs. I tried just upgrading to Infected ROM 2.0 but it also always has issues like it forces me to use skype or email won't open. I'm guessing it is because I load my old data from Titanium backup and it isn't compatible. I tried Mean ROM and it works and changes my kernel but I don't like it as it is full of Sprint Bloatware which does me no good on Boost. I've tried to load the latest Viper ICS ROM and it just stays stuck on the HTC screen.
im new to this whole rooting thing so please help a noob out.
So i unlocked the bootloader but unfortunately i tried to flash a rom while S-On; So now im stuck on the HTC screen. I tried to do the PH85IMG.zip thing but it doesnt seem to do anything. I would really appreciate any help guys (it sucks using a flip phone for over a week.)
the amaze is the tmobile version
I'm no pro but I have rooted and done all things root to 3 amazes. So you unlocked the bootloader. Did you flash a custom recovery? After that you should have perma rooted the phone by flashing the su.zip thingy. After that you should have preformed a backup. Then flashed the Rom. Take. The boot.IMG from the unpacked Rom placing it in the tools folder in androidsdk then flashing it in fastboot. This is how I do it. Always worked for me. In detail what did you do?
Edit. I also have s-on. Both on my girls amaze and my one s. I'm not sure if some roms require s off but I never had a problem flashing roms. Kernels are always easy using fastboot method.
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ventus17 said:
im new to this whole rooting thing so please help a noob out.
So i unlocked the bootloader but unfortunately i tried to flash a rom while S-On; So now im stuck on the HTC screen. I tried to do the PH85IMG.zip thing but it doesnt seem to do anything. I would really appreciate any help guys (it sucks using a flip phone for over a week.)
the amaze is the tmobile version
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the order of what you just described doing some how seems entirely wrong... let me make a few corrections to what you should do
if you haven't flashed a custom recovery place your phone into bootloader mode (by removing the battery then reinserting and holding vol down + power button)
then enter FASTboot (by using the power button in the bootloader)... use hasoon2000's toolkit found Here in the second post (don't forget to hit thanks to his post)
flash 4EXT recovery, once in 4EXT check to make sure smart flash is enabled
once in 4ext recovery do a wipe DATA/FACTORY, followed by formatting SYSTEM then wipeing CACHE then DALVIK CACHE
after doing that proceed to trying to flash your rom again, if it fails download another ROM and use the MOUNT USB feature in 4EXT to mount your phone to the pc while in recovery and place another rom on your SD card to try and flash
overall the steps to flashing a rom on a "NEW" phone is Unlock Bootloader > Flash Custom Recovery > Flash SU for ROOT > BACKUP!! > Full WIPE > Flash ROM > BACKUP! if you require more info feel free to make another post
hope this helps
ventus17 said:
im new to this whole rooting thing so please help a noob out.
So i unlocked the bootloader but unfortunately i tried to flash a rom while S-On; So now im stuck on the HTC screen. I tried to do the PH85IMG.zip thing but it doesnt seem to do anything. I would really appreciate any help guys (it sucks using a flip phone for over a week.)
the amaze is the tmobile version
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I dont know if u have fixed it but if you havent i sudget you search for this file "Stocked_Amaze_Deodexed.zip" and flash it as if you were flashing
a custom rom... this is stock ics From tmobile and its the only stock flashable zip that works with any recoverymod...
i would give u the link but i forgot what was the name of it and dont have it on my history but im sure you can find it with the name i gave you
ventus17 said:
im new to this whole rooting thing so please help a noob out.
So i unlocked the bootloader but unfortunately i tried to flash a rom while S-On; So now im stuck on the HTC screen. I tried to do the PH85IMG.zip thing but it doesnt seem to do anything. I would really appreciate any help guys (it sucks using a flip phone for over a week.)
the amaze is the tmobile version
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Which RUU did you use? Personally, I'd suggest using THIS RUU.
Before using this RUU, make sure your battery is FULLY charged, and then make sure you have re-locked your bootloader. After that, rename the RUU to PH85IMG (usually the .zip part is already appended to the end, so if you add the .zip part, it'd actually be PH85IMG.zip.zip, which won't work)
Then add it to the root of your SDCard, boot into bootloader by taking out your phone's battery, putting it back in, then holding volume down button and power button. Keep holding those 2 buttons until the bootloader screen comes up. It will auto-detect the RUU and go from there.
After all's said and done, unlock your bootloader again, install a custom recovery - I recommend the 4EXT recovery - and then flash your ROM of choice.
Best of luck!
Hello All,
After reading a loads of treads and posts and trying a loads of thing.. I am finally posting my problem here..
My HTC amaze was working perfectly fine with the stock ROM.. Until i though about trying the Revolution HD ROM. This is where it all went wrong.
I did a clean wipe and flashed the ROM through 4ext recovery. The phone got stuck in boot animation screen for hours (I literally dozed off waiting for the screen to come back on, 3 hours i must say) Then i used my stock ROM to get back but NO go, it didn't help, As advised i did a super wipe and then tried re-installing the ROM NO go, Then I tried to go back to stock ICS ROM NO go, then I was advised to downgrade to GB stock and then try but that also didn't help me in any ways..
Now I am stuck with a phone which has the Recovery working, the Bootloader works fine the internal and external sd card show me the content perfectly but then the only thing missing is the phone powering up to an Interface the ROM DOESN'T boot up and it's stuck in the Boot animation screen..
Please help me as this is the device i have to use on a daily basis.. I really love the phone and can't see it just getting wasted for nothing...
Kindly provide your inputs on what can be done..
Did you make sure smart flash was on so that it would also flash the kernel?
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vikasraj said:
Hello All,
After reading a loads of treads and posts and trying a loads of thing.. I am finally posting my problem here..
My HTC amaze was working perfectly fine with the stock ROM.. Until i though about trying the Revolution HD ROM. This is where it all went wrong.
I did a clean wipe and flashed the ROM through 4ext recovery. The phone got stuck in boot animation screen for hours (I literally dozed off waiting for the screen to come back on, 3 hours i must say) Then i used my stock ROM to get back but NO go, it didn't help, As advised i did a super wipe and then tried re-installing the ROM NO go, Then I tried to go back to stock ICS ROM NO go, then I was advised to downgrade to GB stock and then try but that also didn't help me in any ways..
Now I am stuck with a phone which has the Recovery working, the Bootloader works fine the internal and external sd card show me the content perfectly but then the only thing missing is the phone powering up to an Interface the ROM DOESN'T boot up and it's stuck in the Boot animation screen..
Please help me as this is the device i have to use on a daily basis.. I really love the phone and can't see it just getting wasted for nothing...
Kindly provide your inputs on what can be done..
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U must be s-on still..looks like kernel didnt flash...^that guy is right..turn the smart flash on in ext4 recovery setting and reflash the rom ...
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I am S off and the smart flash is On in the 4ext recovery..
I tried to flash multiple times first the ROM then the kernel but it's jus getting stuck at boot loader.
I have waited long enough to make sure that the first boot takes it's time to start up but it isn't..
The phone is S 0ff bootloader unlocked from htc dev and also has smart flash enabled on 4ext recovery..
Do u all this i should try the unbrick thread and follow th instruction there to see if i can revive my phone..
vikasraj said:
I am S off and the smart flash is On in the 4ext recovery..
I tried to flash multiple times first the ROM then the kernel but it's jus getting stuck at boot loader.
I have waited long enough to make sure that the first boot takes it's time to start up but it isn't..
The phone is S 0ff bootloader unlocked from htc dev and also has smart flash enabled on 4ext recovery..
Do u all this i should try the unbrick thread and follow th instruction there to see if i can revive my phone..
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You don't need smart flash enabled if your S-Off. Disable smart flash and flash a kernel.
Phone back on and working on VIPER ROM...
PeterC18st said:
You don't need smart flash enabled if your S-Off. Disable smart flash and flash a kernel.
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Thanks a loads for supporting me through but it looks like the Revlution ROM was jus not made for my phone.. Will miss it but I was able to Get it working fine with the Viper ROM pretty strange i did not change anything between flashing the Revolution ROM and the Viper ROM.. The phone is back up now and running fine...
I would sincerely want to thank PeterC18st for all the help and instruction you provided during the time of crisis :good:
Anytime. Sorry things didn't work out man.
You know, you may have just gotten a bad download of the rom and just need to redownload it. Happens more often than one would think
Back to the desk again..
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You don't need smart flash enabled if your S-Off. Disable smart flash and flash a kernel.
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Hey that's fine Peter.. Got a new issue now with this phone.. i swear i am having a roller coaster ride with it..
aj_2423 said:
You know, you may have just gotten a bad download of the rom and just need to redownload it. Happens more often than one would think
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This might sound funny but The phone loads on to an interface of the ROM with only Viper ROM and no other ROM i mean no other ROM..
I tried moving it back to the Stock didn't happen.. Energy -- no ways it moves agead of the boot animation, Speed Rom it does the same thing..
Now what do u think i should Do with this phone.. Viper Rom also starts to crash after like 2 hours of using..
What could possible be wrong with this Phone...
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Hey that's fine Peter.. Got a new issue now with this phone.. i swear i am having a roller coaster ride with it..
This might sound funny but The phone loads on to an interface of the ROM with only Viper ROM and no other ROM i mean no other ROM..
I tried moving it back to the Stock didn't happen.. Energy -- no ways it moves agead of the boot animation, Speed Rom it does the same thing..
Now what do u think i should Do with this phone.. Viper Rom also starts to crash after like 2 hours of using..
What could possible be wrong with this Phone...
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before flashing any rom do a full wipe (format everything except sd card) maybe your missing that :/
Viper comes with a kernel.. That's why it worked
Otherwise
Flash a rom then flash kernel THEN reboot. Unless the room will work with your current kernel.
Or do an ruu that you have renamed PH85IMG.zip (search proper naming as it's caSe SENSItivE) and have it placed on the root of the external Sd. (bootloader must be relocked before too)
.. Reboot to bootloader it will start automatically...
If you don't want to flash ruu please remember
... You must disable smart flash in 4ext (also update 4ext from within the app.. Not recovery ) to flash roms if you are s-off
A lot of people have not updated 4ext and the newest version had some important information and fixes.!!
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ravike14 said:
before flashing any rom do a full wipe (format everything except sd card) maybe your missing that :/
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I do it religiously every time before flashing a ROM... OKie... i got to know something which happened to my phone.. my cousin was playing game on it.. and she saw some upgrade waiting and pressed it but it never went through.. (This is when i was having a stock ROM on it) and then i thought the stock ROM had issues and i tried flashing the Revolution ROM... Well I guess my cousin triggered the update and she said it didn't go through so she switched off the phone and never told me about it.. Under my current situation the only Rom that boots up is Viper Rom and no other ROM has been able to boot up.. And in Viper Rom the phone process gets a Force close... Acore process get force close and many more like that..
kazzxtrismus said:
Viper comes with a kernel.. That's why it worked
Otherwise
Flash a rom then flash kernel THEN reboot. Unless the room will work with your current kernel.
Or do an ruu that you have renamed PH85IMG.zip (search proper naming as it's caSe SENSItivE) and have it placed on the root of the external Sd. (bootloader must be relocked before too)
.. Reboot to bootloader it will start automatically...
If you don't want to flash ruu please remember
... You must disable smart flash in 4ext (also update 4ext from within the app.. Not recovery ) to flash roms if you are s-off
A lot of people have not updated 4ext and the newest version had some important information and fixes.!!
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Thanks for the info... Let me give this also a try.. and will let you know...
Jus a question though Well we jus need to re-lock the boot loader right and not S-On the phone again ?? (Though i don't know how to S -ON it)
I tried to re-lock the boot loader and i guess it was successful with the following error:
C:\Amaze\data>fastboot oem lock
...
(bootloader) Lock successfully...
(bootloader) TZ_HTC_SVC_DISABLE ret = -131073 (0xFFFDFFFF)
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 0.950s
C:\Amaze\data>
**Also every time i flash the stock my internal storage needs to be formatted when i flash recovery and toggle USB device.
***I disabled the Smart flash, cleared the storage except sd card and then flashed the Revolution ROM and Faux kernel V29 ... Still no Go..
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vikasraj said:
Thanks for the info... Let me give this also a try.. and will let you know...
Jus a question though Well we jus need to re-lock the boot loader right and not S-On the phone again ?? (Though i don't know how to S -ON it)
I tried to re-lock the boot loader and i guess it was successful with the following error:
C:\Amaze\data>fastboot oem lock
...
(bootloader) Lock successfully...
(bootloader) TZ_HTC_SVC_DISABLE ret = -131073 (0xFFFDFFFF)
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 0.950s
C:\Amaze\data>
**Also every time i flash the stock my internal storage needs to be formatted when i flash recovery and toggle USB device.
***I disabled the Smart flash, cleared the storage except sd card and then flashed the Revolution ROM and Faux kernel V29 ... Still no Go..
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There is a link in the ARHD thread for the ICS upgrade. It might be worth your while to start with a complete wipe. Falsh ICS firmware update. Flash new radio and hboot update (I didn't have to relock my bootloader either). Flash rom of your choice (I personaaly prefer viper LOL) then reboot and see what you get!
**Also I would recommend using 4ext recovery!
chevycowboyusa said:
There is a link in the ARHD thread for the ICS upgrade. It might be worth your while to start with a complete wipe. Falsh ICS firmware update. Flash new radio and hboot update (I didn't have to relock my bootloader either). Flash rom of your choice (I personaaly prefer viper LOL) then reboot and see what you get!
**Also I would recommend using 4ext recovery!
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I agree...
Also.. Pls boot to bootloader and see what it says... Relocked or not..
Flash a fresh ruu.. (PH85IMG.zip)
Go to the stock roms sticky thread
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chevycowboyusa said:
There is a link in the ARHD thread for the ICS upgrade. It might be worth your while to start with a complete wipe. Falsh ICS firmware update. Flash new radio and hboot update (I didn't have to relock my bootloader either). Flash rom of your choice (I personaaly prefer viper LOL) then reboot and see what you get!
**Also I would recommend using 4ext recovery!
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I shall try the steps you mentioned and follow the link in the ROM thread and update u on what happens...
kazzxtrismus said:
I agree...
Also.. Pls boot to bootloader and see what it says... Relocked or not..
Flash a fresh ruu.. (PH85IMG.zip)
Go to the stock roms sticky thread
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I was relocked when i tried to apply the Stock zip file (PH85IMG.zip) ... let me give it a few more tries after the steps Chevy mentioned..
chevycowboyusa said:
There is a link in the ARHD thread for the ICS upgrade. It might be worth your while to start with a complete wipe. Falsh ICS firmware update. Flash new radio and hboot update (I didn't have to relock my bootloader either). Flash rom of your choice (I personaaly prefer viper LOL) then reboot and see what you get!
**Also I would recommend using 4ext recovery!
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Chevy Could you provide me the link you told about in your post all i could get was the one for kernel upgrade and nothing else..
This is the link i got: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=852357
kazzxtrismus said:
I agree...
Also.. Pls boot to bootloader and see what it says... Relocked or not..
Flash a fresh ruu.. (PH85IMG.zip)
Go to the stock roms sticky thread
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I relocked the bootloader and tried again with the zip file i have which used to work perfect before but it didn;t help me and was stuck in boot animantion screen sayin ANDROID 4G didn't move ahead for 1 hour. I had to unlock the bootloader again.. But there looks like no way i would get back to the stock ROM. So after unlocking it now it back to UNlocked... but again I have to start from scratch..
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In my pursuit for finding a ROM that works fully with my Amaze i landed up in MIMU ROM it works in every way but i really got my HTC amaze to enjoy the HTC sense..
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vikasraj said:
Chevy Could you provide me the link you told about in your post all i could get was the one for kernel upgrade and nothing else..
This is the link i got: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=852357
I relocked the bootloader and tried again with the zip file i have which used to work perfect before but it didn;t help me and was stuck in boot animantion screen sayin ANDROID 4G didn't move ahead for 1 hour. I had to unlock the bootloader again.. But there looks like no way i would get back to the stock ROM. So after unlocking it now it back to UNlocked... but again I have to start from scratch..
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In my pursuit for finding a ROM that works fully with my Amaze i landed up in MIMU ROM it works in every way but i really got my HTC amaze to enjoy the HTC sense..
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--- With 4.x ROMs I strongly recommend flashing above firmware ---
--- Place PH85IMG.zip on the root of your SD card and boot into bootloader mode ---
--- This package contains newest radio and rcdata ---
--- MD5 Checksum: FD324E130464245C84275902377527F8 ---
--- Using a "non matched" radio could have a negative effect on performance, battery life & signal strength ---
--- You don't have to flash RIL files for recommended radio. It's already in the ROM ---
after you do that one, do this one. Place on external sdcard, boot into bootloader and follow instructions on screen from there. I did not relock my bootloader to do this...
http://tinyw.in/vJdU
chevycowboyusa said:
Firmware
--- With 4.x ROMs I strongly recommend flashing above firmware ---
--- Place PH85IMG.zip on the root of your SD card and boot into bootloader mode ---
--- This package contains newest radio and rcdata ---
--- MD5 Checksum: FD324E130464245C84275902377527F8 ---
--- Using a "non matched" radio could have a negative effect on performance, battery life & signal strength ---
--- You don't have to flash RIL files for recommended radio. It's already in the ROM ---
after you do that one, do this one. Place on external sdcard, boot into bootloader and follow instructions on screen from there. I did not relock my bootloader to do this...
http://tinyw.in/vJdU
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Thanks for the info.. i am downloading it now and will update you after following the instructions given by you.. :good:
I am also attaching the log from Revolution ROM, Coz this one only makes a log.. Kindly let me know if the \system filesystem is fine looked like something wrong there..
**I flashed the zip file following your instructions and then installed Energy ROM.. It didn't work but you can see the logs attached for your reference..
realitysconcierge said:
Did you make sure smart flash was on so that it would also flash the kernel?
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hey cant figure how to get my htcamaze out of a bootloop