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Ok like many I upgraded my phone and used HTC's S-Off Tool. That means no AOSP for me
The purpose of this thread is to discuss methods of downgrading the hboot to one that allows kernel flashing, as well as keep up to date regarding development in this area.
I attempted to flash the Eng Hboot through bootloader and no dice. I also tried
Code:
C:\Android>fastboot flash hboot hboot.img
sending 'hboot' (1024 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.363s]
writing 'hboot'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.365s
I also tried RUU and it didn't work either
Now its up to you real devs to try and figure this out
EDIT:Thanks to JTNiggle we have a workaround for kernel flash
Edit:
Alright, it works. You can flash an older ROM, in my case Ava's V1, and then got to fastboot and flash the kernel for that rom. It will take, and so far everything works. Wifi, 4g, 3g, voice, bluetooth, all good.
This is pretty sweet news to me, seems like there wont be as many limitations with this as we thought.
So to do this for yourself, first, download your rom of choice.
Then use 7zip or another utility to open the archive and copy out the boot.img, put that boot.img on the root of your sdcard before you flash ur rom.
Boot into recovery and wipe as necessary, then flash ur rom. When finished, while still in recovery, go back to main menu and pick advanced menu, then reboot menu, then pick bootloader.
Once it boots to fastboot usb, you can do this from a command prompt from ur sdk tools folder,
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
it will give you an output sbout being okay, and once finished, you can do,
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fastboot reboot
And ur good to go, you should boot into your rom just as you would expect, happy as a clam. Hopefully this is something that will be able to be fixed along the way so that you don't have to do these steps. Heck, there may be an easier way now, but I'm no dev, so I'll leave it to someone who is.
For now, i've got an htc unlocked phone here running Ava's v1 with a 2.6.35.10 kernel and it's buttery smooth.
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Reserved.....
reserved as well....
and just in case also reserved.....
Just so you know you can flash kernels with hboot 1.5.
Just saying...
Here is the link on how to: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17107369&postcount=32
I used alpharev and theres no AOSP for me either!
Really..?
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Yea, u can flash everything but radios
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Thats fine and all but I think its kinda ridiculous that HTC's s-off isn't really fully unlocked... The one time I decide to go the official methods I get screwed
Won't be making that mistake again..
This method also works and the flashes take:
Have your recovery image (I have cwm in the same directory as fastboot.exe to make things easier).
Boot into bootloader, choose fasboot, connect the phone via usb (turns into fastboot usb)
Command prompt, "fastboot boot whatever your recovery image name is.img" (obviously exclude the "")
So for me I.E. it will be "fastboot boot cwm-4.0.1.4.img"
The phone will boot into recovery, now, since you called recovery from fastboot, it will flash any rom or kernel like in the OP's method (i have tried it and sticks, it appears the sole fact of launching or using fastboot removes any lock HTC has left there). The advantage is, if you have a ROM that includes a modified kernel already (like overclocking and such), you don't have to extract the kernel and flash it separately.
Thanks Brandas!.
You can flash kernels via fastboot with hboot 1.5. I can confirm this I did it a few times on ny old 3d
sent from a double barreled shooter
i have discussed how to flash kernels on hboot 1.50 on here a few weeks ago...
it can be done - did it the other day as a matter of fact
fastboot flash boot boot.img
we had to do this on synergy, cause the installer script could not flash the ramdisk from the rom. after fastbooting the ramdisk..all the issues went away.
so you with hboot 1.5 we just dont have root yet?
armonwilson888 said:
so you with hboot 1.5 we just dont have root yet?
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if you have 1.5 - what i walked someone thru on synergy's chat - (that someone else copied/pasted it on here and took credit for, spelling errors and all) is this:
they unlocked via HTCDEV.COM from a 1.40 bootloader - she did this under the advise of another forum (not xda). this process involved to updating to the latest RUU/firmware/hboot/radio package, then using htcdev.com to unlock the bootloader. after she did this, she was stuck.
we fastbooted clockwork recovery's IMG file to her phone, and flashed synergy
we noticed it wasnt working correcly, so i had her superwipe, and format w/ the ext4 optimization tool - it still wasnt working correctly.
*after the 1st flash of synergy, clockwork recovery broke and refused to work, even after being re-flashed via fastboot. we have since flashed TeamWin's recovery from a IMG file using fastboot, and have had no issues w/ the recovery tool.
after i looked in to it, i found the stock HTC kernel and ramdisk was still installed.
we fastbooted the ramdisk - and now she is 100% up and running.
i personally would wait for 1.50 to be cracked to get full S-OFF, but if u cant wait, you can still unlock, flash roms, root, and fastboot the ramdisk.
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if you have 1.5 - what i walked someone thru on synergy's chat - (that someone else copied/pasted it on here and took credit for, spelling errors and all) is this:
they unlocked via HTCDEV.COM from a 1.40 bootloader - she did this under the advise of another forum (not xda). this process involved to updating to the latest RUU/firmware/hboot/radio package, then using htcdev.com to unlock the bootloader. after she did this, she was stuck.
we fastbooted clockwork recovery's IMG file to her phone, and flashed synergy
we noticed it wasnt working correcly, so i had her superwipe, and format w/ the ext4 optimization tool - it still wasnt working correctly.
*after the 1st flash of synergy, clockwork recovery broke and refused to work, even after being re-flashed via fastboot. we have since flashed TeamWin's recovery from a IMG file using fastboot, and have had no issues w/ the recovery tool.
after i looked in to it, i found the stock HTC kernel and ramdisk was still installed.
we fastbooted the ramdisk - and now she is 100% up and running.
i personally would wait for 1.50 to be cracked to get full S-OFF, but if u cant wait, you can still unlock, flash roms, root, and fastboot the ramdisk.
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Who is the op? Ill update the post with this information and give him/her credit.
chad.goodman said:
if you have 1.5 - what i walked someone thru on synergy's chat - (that someone else copied/pasted it on here and took credit for, spelling errors and all) is this:
they unlocked via HTCDEV.COM from a 1.40 bootloader - she did this under the advise of another forum (not xda). this process involved to updating to the latest RUU/firmware/hboot/radio package, then using htcdev.com to unlock the bootloader. after she did this, she was stuck.
we fastbooted clockwork recovery's IMG file to her phone, and flashed synergy
we noticed it wasnt working correcly, so i had her superwipe, and format w/ the ext4 optimization tool - it still wasnt working correctly.
*after the 1st flash of synergy, clockwork recovery broke and refused to work, even after being re-flashed via fastboot. we have since flashed TeamWin's recovery from a IMG file using fastboot, and have had no issues w/ the recovery tool.
after i looked in to it, i found the stock HTC kernel and ramdisk was still installed.
we fastbooted the ramdisk - and now she is 100% up and running.
i personally would wait for 1.50 to be cracked to get full S-OFF, but if u cant wait, you can still unlock, flash roms, root, and fastboot the ramdisk.
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Thanks, I just switched to the 3vo from the atrix and ota'ed at first boot. should have researched first. I guess I will just have to wait...
You might see if you can get some help from the devs that hang out in #Thunderbolt on the andirc.com chat to help with downgrading hboot. We had to do it for the original Thunderbolt s-off method. It involved flashing the misc partition with an "unsecure boot image" I believe is what they called it. I don't really know how it works or if the same could be done with the Evo3D but it might be worth a shot.
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JBO1018 said:
You might see if you can get some help from the devs that hang out in #Thunderbolt on the andirc.com chat to help with downgrading hboot. We had to do it for the original Thunderbolt s-off method. It involved flashing the misc partition with an "unsecure boot image" I believe is what they called it. I don't really know how it works or if the same could be done with the Evo3D but it might be worth a shot.
Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
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I tried with the misc partition hack but it still doesnt work. IEF from revolutionary also tried on my friend's phone with the misc partition. Even after you flashed the edited one, hboot still reads the new version(IEF thought maybe the misc partition was being rewritten somehow at boot). We really tried everything everything he could think of. We couldnt get the hboot to downgrade no matter what trick we used
OK I understand that a kernel can be flashed after using HTC unlock method on HBOOT 1.50. That is good news. Even though I don't have the latest HBOOT and I used the REvolutionary tool to s-off my phone, I am very interested in the development of being able to downgrade the latest HBOOT. The reason? Well, if something were to happen and I have to get a replacement phone and it came with the latest update out of the box. Or, if I have to take it to a Sprint repair center and I have to unroot and go back to stock and they update to the latest firmware. I would use HTC's method to unlock, but would prefer to downgrade and use Revolutionary. I understand that they are working on supporting the latest HBOOT in Revolutionary, but from what I understand the updates patches the fr3vo exploit and other holes. I hope that just because kernels can be flashed that no one works on finding a way to downgrade the HBOOT after using HTC's unlock method.
In advance menu, there is no REBOOT MENU to boot to bootloader. is this for CWM Recovery ?
Hi,
I have a Sprint CDMA HTC EVO 3D. I tried root and get S-OFF for it. Unfortunately I failed and now the phone fail to boot.
Below is what I did from which you might be able to diagnose it and give me suggestions.
(1) The original status of mu phone is:
Stock rom, I never root it before.
HBOOT-1.58.0000
Android Version: 4.03
HTC Sense version: 3.6
Software version: 2.95.651.6.710RD
(2) My root procedures:
I followed this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813818
I successfully unlocked phone with HTCDev, successfully Flashed 4EXT recovery, and successfully installed Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip. I also booted into sytem, everything worked well.
However I failed in next step of JuopunutBear's Wire Trick (S-OFF). When I ran ControlBear.exe, it finally hanged there.
Current status of my phone:
Unfortunately I did not make a backup to my original ROM, so there is no way to revert back by restoring backup.
Now the phone is in unlocked status, I was able to boot to HBOOT and also enter 4Ext recovery, however I am not able to boot into Android. If I try to boot into Android, it always hang at black screen.
I am able to boot to fastboot (USB) mode, I tried to flash some stock ROM (listed at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24268786&postcount=209), but I failed. For example, I ran a RUU of 2.89.exe, it detected my phone version is 2.95, and further update RUU failed.
Looks like my partition is ruined, but I might be wrong.
ANyone can help me to restore my phone to working status? At least I need the phone to be able to boo to Android.
Here are also some tries that I ever did:
(1) I ever put the PG86IMG.zip file (downloaded from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21593454&postcount=564) to my sdcard, still failed.
(2) I ever formatted all partition from 4EXT recovery
lsdyna said:
Here are also some tries that I ever did:
(1) I ever put the PG86IMG.zip file (downloaded from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21593454&postcount=564) to my sdcard, still failed.
(2) I ever formatted all partition from 4EXT recovery
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Okay. I've got some questions.
1. You're stuck on some black screen as you said. It boots past the white HTC splash and then it's stuck on that black screen, right. Do you mean the juopunutbear "arrow screen" - juopunutbears boot.img?
2. I think if you had flashed the original boot img everything would have been fine.
3. The easiest way is to flash to stock, so lets try to figure out why it doesn't flash.
MrJyrks said:
Okay. So from what I understood, you are stuck on the black juopunutbear screen, right?
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Yes, after I was stuck with black juopunutbear screen, I took battery out, reboot again, never was able to root to Android. I am only able to boot to HBoot.
lsdyna said:
Yes, after I was stuck with black juopunutbear screen, I took battery out, reboot again, never was able to root to Android. I am only able to boot to HBoot.
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And you can boot to recovery, right?
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One more thing. Which ruu were you trying to run
Edit2:
What's your CID? Use "fastboot getvar cid" or "fastboot oem readcid" (without quotes).
Edit3:
BTW, this was on the wire trick page... http://unlimited.io/jbtroubleshooting.htm - TROUBLESHOOTING There was everything you needed to know when you failed at something. Remember that page. You may need it the next time you try to do the wiretrick.
Q: Were you using a linux distro for the wire trick and did you use the appropriate files for wire trick since GB and ICS have separate tools?
If you want I may assist you in gaining s-off if we get this thing functional again.
Yes, I am able to boot to recovery.
I tried ROM's here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24268786&postcount=209
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22519105#post22519105
I tried 2.17, 2.89, unfortunately none of them worked
My CID is SPCS_001
MrJyrks said:
And you can boot to recovery, right?
EDIT: One more thing. Which ruu were you trying to run
Edit2: What's your CID? Use "fastboot getvar cid" or "fastboot oem readcid" (without quotes).
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lsdyna said:
Yes, I am able to boot to recovery.
I tried ROM's here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24268786&postcount=209
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22519105#post22519105
I tried 2.17, 2.89, unfortunately none of them worked
My CID is SPCS_001
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Aw man, I'm completely sorry I didn't see this: Software version: 2.95.651.6.710RD
That means, no RUU for you cause htc/sprint wasn't kind enough to provide the ruu. Also FYI you can't flash a ruu lower than your current one.
So your best bet is to flash the most stock 2.95 cdma rom you could find and right after, flash the stock cdma evo 3d kernel through fastboot or 4ext (I think 4ext smartflash does the same thing). Try to find something that's COMPLETELY STOCK - with no mods whatsoever or if you couldn't find any, try something that's almost* stock. That should get you booting and you can try s off again.
Edit: This shall work. http://www.negalite.com/index.php?topic=21.0 Try it and report back!!!
Now I only want to revert my phone to stock, not considering root at present time.
I searched 2.95 ROM, unfortunately the highest version that I can find is 2.89. Does this mean I have no way to revert my phone to live? Thanks a lot.
MrJyrks said:
Aw man, I'm completely sorry I didn't see this: Software version: 2.95.651.6.710RD
That means, no RUU for you cause htc/sprint wasn't kind enough to provide the ruu. Also FYI you can't flash a ruu lower than your current one.
So your best bet is to flash the most stock 2.95 cdma rom you could find and right after, flash the stock cdma evo 3d kernel through fastboot or 4ext (I think 4ext smartflash does the same thing). Try to find something that's COMPLETELY STOCK - with no mods whatsoever or if you couldn't find any, try something that's almost* stock. That should get you booting and you can try s off again.
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I ever run a RUU 1.13...exe for mmy phone, it said my device is having 1.000, and it tried to update to 1.13. However, the update procedure always failed at some point, some at beginning, some failed at 'wring signature'...
MrJyrks said:
Aw man, I'm completely sorry I didn't see this: Software version: 2.95.651.6.710RD
That means, no RUU for you cause htc/sprint wasn't kind enough to provide the ruu. Also FYI you can't flash a ruu lower than your current one.
So your best bet is to flash the most stock 2.95 cdma rom you could find and right after, flash the stock cdma evo 3d kernel through fastboot or 4ext (I think 4ext smartflash does the same thing). Try to find something that's COMPLETELY STOCK - with no mods whatsoever or if you couldn't find any, try something that's almost* stock. That should get you booting and you can try s off again.
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lsdyna said:
I ever run a RUU 1.13...exe for mmy phone, it said my device is having 1.000, and it tried to update to 1.13. However, the update procedure always failed at some point, some at beginning, some failed at 'wring signature'...
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This shall work. http://www.negalite.com/index.php?topic=21.0 Try it and report back!!!
Flash like a normal rom and don't forget to flash the boot img because that's what's really causing you problems right now. I'd choose the deodexed one from there.
My HBoot screen shows below:
SHOOTER XC SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.58.000
RADIO-1.09.00.0108
OpenADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0217
DO you think I still have chance to save my device? Thanks a lot.
lsdyna said:
I ever run a RUU 1.13...exe for mmy phone, it said my device is having 1.000, and it tried to update to 1.13. However, the update procedure always failed at some point, some at beginning, some failed at 'wring signature'...
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lsdyna said:
My HBoot screen shows below:
SHOOTER XC SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.58.000
RADIO-1.09.00.0108
OpenADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0217
DO you think I still have chance to save my device? Thanks a lot.
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If you have access to the recovery, most likely, yes.
Hello MrJyrks,
Thank you so much for the link! I am eager to try that. Before I do that I think I shall ask two questions to avoid further mess up the device:
Question #1: To install the deodexed rom, which is the correct way:
(1) Rename the ZIP file to PG86IMG.ZIP, put to root of sdcard, then boot, letting the Bootloader to do the update.
(2) In 4EXT recovery, enable smartflash, enable script asserts, then install the zip from the root of sdcard.
Question #2: You said I shall flash boot image, can you tell me how to do this? I mean, where shall I get the boot image file? Flash it with 4EXT? SHall I do it before or after install ROM zip file?
Thank you very much for your helps!!!
MrJyrks said:
This shall work. http://www.negalite.com/index.php?topic=21.0 Try it and report back!!!
Flash like a normal rom and don't forget to flash the boot img because that's what's really causing you problems right now. I'd choose the deodexed one from there.
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I tried install the stock ROM from your link (using 4EXT with smartflash enabled and script asserts enabled.) . Amazing that installation completed successfully (indeed this is the first ROM zip that I was able to install successfully since I mess up the device). When I exit After that, it did some further update which I guess is the boot.img that you mentioned.
4EXT it said 'a pending update for your boot partition is detected' and I think it was doing the boot image flash that you mentioned, right?
Unfortunately when I boo the device, I still got black screen.
Now I am unlocked and also rooted (since I successfully installed superuser in 4EXT). DO you think I shall lock the devioce before installing the stock ROM? If so, one possible issue is that if I relock the device, I found 4EXT is not available. In that case, how shall I install the ROM zip file?
Thanks.
MrJyrks said:
This shall work. http://www.negalite.com/index.php?topic=21.0 Try it and report back!!!
Flash like a normal rom and don't forget to flash the boot img because that's what's really causing you problems right now. I'd choose the deodexed one from there.
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Further update:
I flashed boot image by: fastboot flash boot boot.img which is included in the stock ROM zip file.
The flash went successfully. However, I am still not able to boot to Android. WHat I have is the device hang there, alternatively displaying logo with white background, and black screen.
MrJyrks said:
This shall work. http://www.negalite.com/index.php?topic=21.0 Try it and report back!!!
Flash like a normal rom and don't forget to flash the boot img because that's what's really causing you problems right now. I'd choose the deodexed one from there.
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I wiped cache and Dalvic, then re-flash the ROM, now I am able to boot as normal.
MrJyrks, you are my life save!!!
Your helps are sincerely appreciated !
lsdyna said:
I wiped cache and Dalvic, then re-flash the ROM, now I am able to boot as normal.
MrJyrks, you are my life save!!!
Your helps are sincerely appreciated !
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You're welcome! I'm glad I could help!
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Oh, and if, in the future, you do try the wire trick and get stuck at some point you can revert the changes with ControlBear -r or ControlBear -f from command line. And you may also PM me if you need any help. Cheers!
MrJyrks, thank you so much!!!
MrJyrks said:
You're welcome! I'm glad I could help!
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Oh, and if, in the future, you do try the wire trick and get stuck at some point you can revert the changes with ControlBear -r or ControlBear -f from command line. And you may also PM me if you need any help. Cheers!
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Similar problem, can't return to stock
I have a problem similar to lsdyna's, and am hoping that even though this post is old, MrJyrks or someone might be able to help me.
I am unsuccessfully trying to return my phone to stock. First a bit of history.
I had 2.95.651.6.710RD s-on hboot 1.58 Android Version: 4.03 HTC Sense version: 3.6 on my phone, and wanted root. I didn't need s-off, just wanted to root so could do some tweaking (stop some apps from autostarting, stop some form getting network access, etc.) so loaded 4EXT Recovery Touch, and got root (fastboot oem get_identifier_token method), got superuser in there, and happily began tweaking. Famous last words... I didn't make a backup right away (learned my lesson!) and suddenly found a 'overtweaked' sluggish phone on my hands.
Thought best thing would be to lose the root & return to stock & start over, carefully, making backups.
So I used Fastboot (fastboot oem lock) to lock it (worked) and proceeded to try to load RUU_Shooter_ICS_35_S_Sprint_WWE_2.89.651.2_Radio_1.09.00.0706__NV_NV_SPCS_1.43_release_271101_signed.exe into it [via my computer], but didn't realize until reading MrJyrks post that a lower RUU couldn't be used.
I now am relocked (phone does boot up, but can tell the system tweaks are still slogging it), lost the recovery, and wondering what to do... do I try putting recovery back in & using the Negalite 2.95 stock deodex ROM MrJyrks mentioned? If so, how do I use that zip file method verses the exe one I tried thru my computer?
Thanks for the help
You had issues with the RUU because your main version is higher than that contained in the RUU.
Unlock, flash recovery again. Boot into recovery and flash this zip: https://copy.com/wlVvwssXXNN00Pe
That will lower your main version. Relock the bootloader, put the phone into fastboot USB mode, then run the RUU while in fastboot USB mode.
Should be back to stock after that.
To cut the story short, my EVO was working fine, it was S-off, Rooted, Unlocked with a custom rom. Two nights ago i decide to upgrade my HBOOT to 2.10 using RUU_JEWEL_CL_JB43_SENSE50_MR_Sprint_WWE_4.13.651.4 and everything went downhill from there.
This is my current situation and wondering if it's still fixable:
Phone is RELOCKED,Unrooted but S-off. Stuck in a bootloop where it stays on the Splash screen no matter what rom you install. FastBoot commands give me FAILED (remote : not allowed), tried re-using RUU but I keep getting Error 120: BATTERY under 30% while my phone battery is at 84%, I'm stuck and don't know what to do anymore.
and yes, I can still use recovery TWRP.
Any suggestions? Please and thanks for the help.
TheRedFlash said:
To cut the story short, my EVO was working fine, it was S-off, Rooted, Unlocked with a custom rom. Two nights ago i decide to upgrade my HBOOT to 2.10 using RUU_JEWEL_CL_JB43_SENSE50_MR_Sprint_WWE_4.13.651.4 and everything went downhill from there.
This is my current situation and wondering if it's still fixable:
Phone is RELOCKED,Unrooted but S-off. Stuck in a bootloop where it stays on the Splash screen no matter what rom you install. FastBoot commands give me FAILED (remote : not allowed), tried re-using RUU but I keep getting Error 120: BATTERY under 30% while my phone battery is at 84%, I'm stuck and don't know what to do anymore.
and yes, I can still use recovery TWRP.
Any suggestions? Please and thanks for the help.
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Are you installing roms for the new layout
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Also, did you unlock the bootloader again? Do this before you do anything else. Also, as stated above, make sure you're flashing ROM's based on the new format. ROM's based on the old partition format (software version 3.17 or older) will not work. Additionally, what version of TWRP are you using? You have to use TWRP that's for the new format, also.
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gstanke said:
Are you installing roms for the new layout
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Yea and I updated the HBOOT because people usually say that updating is for the better for call qualities and signal retrieval.
Magnum_Enforcer said:
Also, did you unlock the bootloader again? Do this before you do anything else. Also, as stated above, make sure you're flashing ROM's based on the new format. ROM's based on the old partition format (software version 3.17 or older) will not work. Additionally, what version of TWRP are you using? You have to use TWRP that's for the new format, also.
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No, I haven't attempted to unlock it again, but will do so now. Also, these are the two roms that i have tried and both didn't work Viper4G 4.0.0 and the Sense 5 (4.3) Y18 Version. They are both made for the new partition. Well i started with TWRP 2.7.0.0b but then downgraded it to 2.6.0.0 since i thought maybe the TWRP is failing to install my ROM's correctly.
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No, I haven't attempted to unlock it again, but will do so now. Also, these are the two roms that i have tried and both didn't work Viper4G 4.0.0 and the Sense 5 (4.3) Y18 Version. They are both made for the new partition. Well i started with TWRP 2.7.0.0b but then downgraded it to 2.6.0.0 since i thought maybe the TWRP is failing to install my ROM's correctly.
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Use TWRP from the 3rd post in the thread below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2751873
Sent from my HTC device
Magnum_Enforcer said:
Use TWRP from the 3rd post in the thread below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2751873
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So far so good, I was able to unlock bootloader again and flashed the recovery you gave me. Should I flash a ROM now to see if it worked?
*Tip for those who can't get bootloader to re-unlock again through Fastboot. Put the Unlock_code.bin in the same directory as Fastboot and just use the command fastboot flash unlocktoken unlock_code.bin*
UPDATE:
Tried flashing a ROM, everything goes well but at the end of installation or wipe I get E: unable to mount /system and I cannot mount manually neither through recovery. I am also noticing that when the phone restarts it stays on the splash screen still but my HTCSyn Manager seems to be detecting it because it pops up mentioning that it couldn't connect to my phone.
TheRedFlash said:
So far so good, I was able to unlock bootloader again and flashed the recovery you gave me. Should I flash a ROM now to see if it worked?
*Tip for those who can't get bootloader to re-unlock again through Fastboot. Put the Unlock_code.bin in the same directory as Fastboot and just use the command fastboot flash unlocktoken unlock_code.bin*
UPDATE:
Tried flashing a ROM, everything goes well but at the end of installation or wipe I get E: unable to mount /system and I cannot mount manually neither through recovery. I am also noticing that when the phone restarts it stays on the splash screen still but my HTCSyn Manager seems to be detecting it because it pops up mentioning that it couldn't connect to my phone.
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I got that error too, it sounds like you are not using the correct version of TWRP for the new partition layout.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2639180
TWRP Recovery 2.7.0.8b or 4.13.651.4 Firmware + TWRP Recovery
Should work.
RChris173 said:
I got that error too, it sounds like you are not using the correct version of TWRP for the new partition layout.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2639180
TWRP Recovery 2.7.0.8b or 4.13.651.4 Firmware + TWRP Recovery
Should work.
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Chris, I got it working this morning, by coincidence/luck. I put my phone in RUU mode using fastboot oem rebootRUU and then ran the actually RUU utility and from there on it took off. Either way, thanks for you reply man, it'll probably help someone when they encounter this situation.
Please help. I have unlocked this phone through HTC Dev. I have flashed a custom recovery. Somewhere through this process, the original installation of the factory rom from VM was deleted. That doesn't bother me because I was never going back to it anyway, but If I had it right now, I wouldn't be here. I have tried to use the RUU exe in fastboot and the RUU zip in recovery from here. Neither will install, exe throws errors and the zip returns [bad]. I have also tried the [ROM] NegaLite-BluRom-JCFunk | 2.95 | Sprint/VM | Sense/Apex/Nova | 03/25/2014. This eventually installed, but will not boot even with installing boot.img separately. I followed all directions to the best of my ability, but by no means am I saying I did correctly, but I am pretty sure I did. So to recap - I have whats in the title, but no rom whatsoever installed that can be accessed. Any takers?
Some more info please, hboot version? Which recovery. s-on makes things harder.
To flash stock need to be relocked, stock will not flash from recovery.
If you put rom.zip, stock zip, in root of sdcard and rename to PG86IMG.zip. hboot will flash automaticly.
Or if you have a copy of the custom recovery img file on your computer, you can do a fastboot command that will let you boot from it and give it full write access.
fastboot boot recovery.img, then you can retry to flash negalite
img must be in directory you use fastboot in.
Philz recovery not working well for 3d, I use 4ext or my unofficial twrp.
Before I proceed in explaining anything, please let me Thank You JCFunk for lending me a hand in my endeavors. This is my first crack at a HTC device. So I'm a newb at locks, hboots, and HTC specifics. So, Thank You!
I scanned through a lot of information and I moved to quickly, thinking I would ace this project and not particularly following a guide step by step. I know I should just wire trick this phone. I am wanting to get to hboot 1.40 and use Revolutionary to S-OFF. Once that is achieved load a kitkat rom. This is just a project, not used for daily phone use - no service.
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Some more info please, hboot version? Which recovery. s-on makes things harder.
To flash stock need to be relocked, stock will not flash from recovery.
If you put rom.zip, stock zip, in root of sdcard and rename to PG86IMG.zip. hboot will flash automaticly.
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I tried this step first and it returned:
Main Version is older.
Update Fail!
Press <POWER> to reboot.
Would I be correct to say if I flashed the SetMainVersionLOW.zip that this method would likely work?
Also, if I am overcomplicating this(other than wire-trick) and there is an easier method, please advise.
oD33z said:
Before I proceed in explaining anything, please let me Thank You JCFunk for lending me a hand in my endeavors. This is my first crack at a HTC device. So I'm a newb at locks, hboots, and HTC specifics. So, Thank You!
I scanned through a lot of information and I moved to quickly, thinking I would ace this project and not particularly following a guide step by step. I know I should just wire trick this phone. I am wanting to get to hboot 1.40 and use Revolutionary to S-OFF. Once that is achieved load a kitkat rom. This is just a project, not used for daily phone use - no service.
I tried this step first and it returned:
Main Version is older.
Update Fail!
Press <POWER> to reboot.
Would I be correct to say if I flashed the SetMainVersionLOW.zip that this method would likely work?
Also, if I am overcomplicating this(other than wire-trick) and there is an easier method, please advise.
D33z
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How good are you with linux, or do just use windows? Never did wire trick myself, I've always done Unknownforce hboot downgrade. Which I can now do in about 15 min.
s-off not required, there's many way to bypass unlocked limitations.
Your main var is to high because htc never released a current ruu, so the ota pushed version higher but no ruu to match.
what can I help you do?
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jcfunk said:
Philz recovery not working well for 3d, I use 4ext or my unofficial twrp.
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Does your unofficial twrp support SELinux? I am assuming it does but just checking. Is it available for download and if so where?
oD33z said:
Does your unofficial twrp support SELinux? I am assuming it does but just checking. Is it available for download and if so where?
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here's the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2831444
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jcfunk said:
How good are you with linux, or do just use windows? Never did wire trick myself, I've always done Unknownforce hboot downgrade. Which I can now do in about 15 min.
s-off not required, there's many way to bypass unlocked limitations.
Your main var is to high because htc never released a current ruu, so the ota pushed version higher but no ruu to match.
what can I help you do?
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I am great with linux, but was under the assumption it needed to be burned to cd and that USB was not an option, please advise if not the case. I have read a ton and I remember reading about Unknownforce, but cant remember if thats the case or not.
Off topic: I learned from you that it has to be locked to go stock, but does it need to be unlocked to flash your rom or locked as well?
Unlocked for custom, locked for stock.
Here is unknownforce ultimate tool,
there was a live cd version made for windows users scared of linux.
I use tiny core linux for this, Ubuntu tries to mount all the partitions and you only have a 5 second window when they are writeable. I have used Ubuntu, at first, but preferred tinycore.
But first you are going to need to get stock.zip to install.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1653777
I would do fastboot boot recovery.img
Then install negalite, so atless you can boot the phone
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here is 4ext recovery I would use this one first until you get used to things, best recovery for 3d.
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Is 4ext > TWRP unofficial? I am currently on your unofficial TWRP and installing the latest negalite.
oD33z said:
Is 4ext > TWRP unofficial? I am currently on your unofficial TWRP and installing the latest negalite.
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did you fastboot boot?
There are several custom recoveries out there.
Here is thread for 4ext
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408936
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What I meant was, in your opinion, is the 4ext a better recovery than the unofficial TWRP?
During the install of Negalite at the point of -Setting Up Kernel Over-Clock Settings
under this it reads: assert failed: write_raw_image("/tmp/newboot.img","boot")
Is this a red flag of something not going right in any way?
After this I click Next>Recovery>Wipe Dalvik>Reboot and it boots into Fastboot. Whats happening at this point?
Since I am basically starting from scratch and the end goal is to have a kitkat rom and possibly S-OFF(if its a must to do so).
What all needs to be done as far as formatting, tweaks, or anything else to achieve the best performance, space, or anything you can think of?
Thats if you dont mind sharing. I appreciate your time and if I can be of service to you in any way, I will.
I am currently on the 4ext recovery with 1GB sd-ext 0 swap and formatted Ext4.
fastboot boot recovery.img
flashrom.zip from recovery
reboot, wipe dalvik, reboot
Negalite.zip installed with no errors whatsoever.
Thank You.
Beautiful smooth running rom btw.
Does all that above sound like I did the right things as for setting up and installing?
4ext is most stable, the unofficial has new features like f2fs and selinux, but 95% stable.
fastboot boot recovery.img is an old work around, also used to flash boot.img with fastboot. That is ok with roms that include a whole boot.img but roms like mine use a dynamic boot.img. Basically the installer makes the boot.img using your choices.
From what I know about Kitty kat I think you need to downgrade hboot or be s-off. Not sure I've stayed on ics for stability because I still use this phone. Also there is a new version of negalite on svn, just takes hours for me to upload a zip version.
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Revision 7
Are you sure this is the latest?
oD33z said:
Revision 7
Are you sure this is the latest?
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Lol, yes since I updated it a few weeks ago
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I should have worded that different really, the revision numbers threw me, I honestly was just making sure I was in the right place. 48mb smaller, anything stripped?
jcfunk said:
Some more info please, hboot version? Which recovery. s-on makes things harder.
To flash stock need to be relocked, stock will not flash from recovery.
If you put rom.zip, stock zip, in root of sdcard and rename to PG86IMG.zip. hboot will flash automaticly.
Or if you have a copy of the custom recovery img file on your computer, you can do a fastboot command that will let you boot from it and give it full write access.
fastboot boot recovery.img, then you can retry to flash negalite
img must be in directory you use fastboot in.
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I tried installing your new negalite the same way as I do the old version and at the end of the install procedure I get an error about set permissions. After that - reboot, wipe dalvik, reboot - it just reboots into recovery. I tried many times with SmartFlash enabled and disabled. I go back and install r121 with no problems.
oD33z said:
I tried installing your new negalite the same way as I do the old version and at the end of the install procedure I get an error about set permissions. After that - reboot, wipe dalvik, reboot - it just reboots into recovery. I tried many times with SmartFlash enabled and disabled. I go back and install r121 with no problems.
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Here. Try this
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23578570567720169
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Hi,
I have a Sprint HTC Evo3D
-HTCDev "Unlocked"
-Shooter XC Ship S-ON RL
-HBOOT 1.50
-TWRP Recovery 2.8.7 Loaded
I'm trying to make this phone usable, and all guides kind of shoot me in dead end. Nothing is working, and i tried flashing a bunch of random roms.
Can anyone give me directions, or point me in the right direction? I'm looking to revert this to a stock rom or something usable. Preferably the latest Andriod revision. I don't care for root, or anything special... I just need the wifi and browser, this isn't a service phone.
masterdukill said:
Hi,
I have a Sprint HTC Evo3D
-HTCDev "Unlocked"
-Shooter XC Ship S-ON RL
-HBOOT 1.50
-TWRP Recovery 2.8.7 Loaded
I'm trying to make this phone usable, and all guides kind of shoot me in dead end. Nothing is working, and i tried flashing a bunch of random roms.
Can anyone give me directions, or point me in the right direction? I'm looking to revert this to a stock rom or something usable. Preferably the latest Andriod revision. I don't care for root, or anything special... I just need the wifi and browser, this isn't a service phone.
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Try to flash boot.img from the rom.rar that you have installed. What is your radio baseband version?
Coaxs94 said:
Try to flash boot.img from the rom.rar that you have installed. What is your radio baseband version?
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How do i tell what radio baseband do i have?
When you say try to flash the boot.img, do you mean literally "fastboot flash recovery xxxx.img" to the system? I grabbed the VILLUMINATI-08152014-shooter.zip & it did flash via the TWRP, but did not boot up afterwards.
masterdukill said:
How do i tell what radio baseband do i have?
When you say try to flash the boot.img, do you mean literally "fastboot flash recovery xxxx.img" to the system? I grabbed the VILLUMINATI-08152014-shooter.zip & it did flash via the TWRP, but did not boot up afterwards.
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No, actually "fastboot flash boot boot.img" to the system. Just extract boot.img form rom.zip and put it to your ADB tools folder a hit "fastboot flash boot boot.img" command, try it. Does bootloader shows your radio version? Check that.
villuminati, liquid smooth both require s-off and specific HBOOT.
you are s-on. cm11 won't run.
try a stock-based rom, those should work.
oops, read closer, you're not finding stock roms.
this one works ok without s-off on the two 3vo's I tried it on.http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-evo-3d/cdma-development/rom-3d-anthology-12-18-2014-t2977403
bigsupersquid said:
oops, read closer, you're not finding stock roms.
this one works ok without s-off on the two 3vo's I tried it on.http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-evo-3d/cdma-development/rom-3d-anthology-12-18-2014-t2977403
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I tried flashing the base, waiting 20min, and got nothing. The phone is stuck on the white HTC boot screen logo. I then flashed the badassrom over it, and got the same result. FYI, i'm using the twrp recovery to flash both these roms.
Does anybody have a link to the stock rom? I tried the "PG86IMG_Shooter_S_Sprint_WWE_2.17.651.5_Radio_1.06.00.1216_NV_NV_spcs_1.42_release_233304-signed.zip" and it seemed to be stuck also.
Any other ideas?
you could try flashing an official RUU
they're posted in the stickies somewhere.
that'll rewrite all your firmware to something that should hopefully boot up.
bigsupersquid said:
you could try flashing an official RUU
they're posted in the stickies somewhere.
that'll rewrite all your firmware to something that should hopefully boot up.
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When you flash the RUU, is that running through the executable? I find that impossible b/c it requires you to have a working OS first to start off with? Can you flash a RUU with fastboot?
masterdukill said:
When you flash the RUU, is that running through the executable? I find that impossible b/c it requires you to have a working OS first to start off with? Can you flash a RUU with fastboot?
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there's .exe ruu's for window$ fastboot and PG86IMG.zip files for the root of your SD card in fastboot. since the phone's gotten long in the tooth a lot of links are dead so you may need to hunt a bit.
bigsupersquid said:
there's .exe ruu's for window$ fastboot and PG86IMG.zip files for the root of your SD card in fastboot. since the phone's gotten long in the tooth a lot of links are dead so you may need to hunt a bit.
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Couldn't' find much working links on this forum, but i googled & found "PG86IMG_Shooter_Sprint_WWE_2.89.651.2_Radio_1.09.00.0706_signed.zip" on other forums. Renamed it, rebooted to bootloader & this phone is alive again! Thanks for the help