yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC EVO 3D] shadowmike:
Go to windows folder and copy cmd.exe

Paste cmd.exe where your SDK/ fastboot,adb files are at.

Download a recovery like twrp.

Rename the twrp .IMG file to trwp.img

Copy the img file to the same folder as cmd, adb, and fastboot.

...

Now pull your battery. Re insert battery.

Connect your phone to your computer using a USB cable.

Hold vol down and turn on phone.

Your phone should be in fastboot USB

open the cmd.exe file and type

fastboot boot twrp.img

The command window will display that it sent the info to your phone and reboot your phone into a full unlocked recovery.

From here you want to wipe system, data , and cache.

Then install a 3.6 or 3.0 sense Rom to make sure everything works

Sent from my EVO One 3D using the XDA Premium App.
[HTC EVO 3D] chrisb7:
Well said...
[HTC EVO 3D] govno64:
I had the same thing happen to me. I tried to make a call out, and got a recorded voice saying "error 16. please stay on the line while your call is connected to a representative."

30 seconds later a sprint rep was on the line, just verified my personal info to make sure I was authorized to be making changes to my phone (apparently it failed some kind of security test). I told them that I just did a hard reset on my phone and they said it was the most common reason that people got that error. 3 minutes later they fixed my issue. All connectivity restored, phone working 100%.

---------- Post added at 08:04 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:30 AM ----------

LOLing so hard at the guy who is obviously way under-experienced trying to hack his phone.

Here's a link to help you:

http://bit.ly/Lc81Yh
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
That probably won't help since he didn't want to read anything.

Maybe he should stick to Apple products.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] SketchyStunts:
I'm happy I can make neato splash screens again.
[HTC EVO 3D] mulhiny:
Wow, really dude? He linked you to a video and and the proper thread to deal with the recovery YOU installed. Did you even look at them or you sitting here, in this thread, waiting for someone to hold your hand? This isn't your personal tech support. Read up. Tell us what you learned and tried. Then, ask for specific help..not, "I'm a dohdoh and messed up my phone, fix it"..Christ.
[HTC EVO 3D] dimebagdan65:
My sides hurt XD still a little wary of this but looks much simpler than bricking. Awesome work!
[HTC EVO 3D] evomike77:
It works...took me 5 mins to do
[HTC EVO 3D] ICantAffordIt:
I wonder if I should call sprint again or just go into the store. Guy gave me an eticket number for a replacement phone. If anyone is interested though, I restored to stock, then used adb to put s-on. Bootloader now shows Locked and S-On with Hboot 1.50. Doesn't appear to be any evidence of my rooting.
[HTC EVO 3D] sdwyz74:
Errorcode: 66732337

Found device...

Waiting for device to settle... Please wait...

Getting into bar.....

Raising Glass

SUCCESS - Taking a sip.

SUCCESS - Beer is tasty.

SUCCESS - Beer is tasty.

SUCCESS - Beer is tasty.

SUCCESS - Beer is tasty.

SUCCESS - Buddies and Beer

Checking alcohol level......

Let's take one more......

S-OFF Failed

Errorcode: 66732337

ErrorMsg: Still sober

Quit....

Press ENTER to exit.....
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
Yes, that just means the wire trick didn't work yet and you can restart ControlBear again.

What type of wire are you using and what ROM is loaded? Have you watched the video linked in one of my posts above?

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] sdwyz74:
ramjet73

your a real HUCKLEBERRY! you were right i did again and BOOM im S off but now it wants to know if i want to install juni modified hboot ??? PLEASE ADVISE
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
I would recommend declining the custom bootloader and staying with the 1.50 stock version. The custom version has some addtional write/erase partition functions, but most users don't need that.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] sdwyz74:
now i got bigger problem as it says Soff but now it says LOCKED ??? please advise

PS

i selected no on the custom hboot and then it said rebooting but just booted back to bootloader and i looked at it and now it says Soff LOCKED should i turn the phone off or battery pull and restart phone ??? PLEASE ADVISE
[HTC EVO 3D] Datguy_n_Disguy:
No, you're fine. If your s-off, you're fine. No unlock necessary.

The Next Sentence is TRUE.

The Previous Sentence was a LIE.
[HTC EVO 3D] sdwyz74:
The Next Sentence is TRUE.

The Previous Sentence was a LIE.??? please advise ???

so will it really be ok ? will it say unlocked again ???
[HTC EVO 3D] evomike77:
It's supposed to say locked s-off, you are good to go, happy flashing
[HTC EVO 3D] Datguy_n_Disguy:
No. If it's unlocked, you won't be able to flash any PG86IMG.

And that other part, it's just my sig.

The Next Sentence is TRUE.

The Previous Sentence was a LIE.
[HTC EVO 3D] Astrikz:
As ramjet73 said. Their custom hboot has more commands most standard users would not really use.

But either way Its always cool to have it say Juopunutbear at the top of your bootloader.

http://db.tt/GjKo5O9s

Thanks to ckoadiyn for providing the link

1.Place the file on your SD card.

2.Go into bootloader and press up to update your bootloader.

3. You will now have Juopunutbear custom bootloader. Congrats.

Note- Anyone with S-OFF can also install this bootloader. CDMA only.
[HTC EVO 3D] sdwyz74:
BOOSTED EVO/EVO3D users BEWARE ( this wipes everthing )

if you are on boost mobile BECAREFUL AS THIS WILL WIPE EVERYTHING ( and if you dont have the DNR! YOUR SCREWED ) now im not sure if it will wipe everyones but it did mines wiped everything BUT FORTUNATELY I have all my INFO ??? thanks to all especially the DEVELOPERS
[HTC EVO 3D] jae-v:
Jumped in and went for it...got it on first try
[HTC EVO 3D] heathmcabee:
It took me many tries and attempts with my stripping some cat 5 cable and getting the sequence right. I just did like in the video and pressed my finger to ground the one side of the cable to the sd card mount and tapped twice. Of course I didn't get it the first time and it took me 10 tries, but I was always able to restart. This is the best thing since sliced bread for me. I never thought S OFF would be this easy. You guys rock!
[HTC EVO 3D] metro77279:
I just wanna say this method is so easy! Thank you. After I did it, I downgraded to 1.4 and you don't have to brick your phone, just have to flash the new image and life is good! Took me about 5 minutes to downgrade
[HTC EVO 3D] G.Newton:
Uknownforce's method is pretty easy as well, especially with CloseOne's tool.

I bricked on my first attempt.

Technically, if you're S-On, it's impossible to brick the Evo 3D. You can always bring it back to life, and it's software bricked. This method is a hardware trick, although relatively safe and simple, I've seen (read) more permabricks here than the other downgrade method.

Always good to have options though. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] wbchristmas:
Not stickied yet?

SMH
[HTC EVO 3D] StevetotheH:
Yeah and watch throwing your good SD card into your phone after first reboot. It wiped my card after the fact, don't know what that is all about. I used a 1 Gb for the trick and it didn't wipe it but then when I threw my good 16Gb in with all my back-ups and what not it cleaned it like I asked it to! Good thing I back up my back-ups.

Save you files off your good SD before swapping out your "trick" SD card!

Edit: Both pics show correct hole, I have two and no mention of that on website with blurry arrow pic! Before I forget, **** a paper clip, that **** is ghetto!

Edit 2: My wire rest where you see it until the bear says to do it's thing. If you don't hate my face hit the THANKS BUTTON!
[HTC EVO 3D] jae-v:
I'm currently unlocked and s-off 1.5 now...what would the process be if I wanted to go back Locked and s-on?
[HTC EVO 3D] StevetotheH:
Read 10-15 post back!

Edit: You should be "Locked" now.
[HTC EVO 3D] metro77279:
I'm just sharing what I did, I think if you combine the two you get there faster. (Two quick steps=faster results) if you were wanting 1.4. If not, then this is perfect! :)
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
Just curious where you've seen the permabricks. Only a few have been mentioned in this thread and it's not clear that those phones were bricked by this method. I've been trying to help some of those that claim to be bricked, and most cases have turned out to be either pre-existing hardware problems or the phone is in a state that might be recoverable but this method is so new to the Evo 3D that all the tricks for doing that aren't well known yet.

The other thing I've commented on a couple of times before is that I've seen no one mention that they have tried contacting the developers of this method via PM or the IRC channel on the web site. People like yourself and closeone are always monitoring the 1.4 downgrade threads, but the only posts from the developers on this thread were when the utility was first released for the Evo 3D.

Given the relatively low amount of help that has been provided for this method and that this thread hasn't even been stickied yet, I think the developers deserve a lot of credit for coming up with a method that is easy to use and works pretty much the same on all phones so videos and advice can be shared amongst forums for multiple devices.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] jae-v:
yea i've read that...after i completed the procedure i noticed it was set to locked so i unlocked it again...maybe that was a bad idea? :rolleyes: lol i'd like it to say locked and not relocked
[HTC EVO 3D] evomike77:
I was just wondering why you would want to downgrade to 1.4, after you gain s-off? In my opinion 1.5 is a better hboot after it is s-offed....
[HTC EVO 3D] G.Newton:
When this thread first started, I just breezed through and read a few people permabricking their 3D's. This thread is included in Lufc's all-in-one sticky thread for this forum. The reason why I advise the software/brick method as opposed to this method, well you said it yourself.. some people have existing hardware issues/other factors. Another thread in this forum, the Unbrickable one, reinforces the idea that software bricking is damn near impossible. I'd rather deal with something that I can bring back to life, then risk my faulty circuit elements true colors showing while trying this method. But I also said before, this is a relatively simple, safe, and effective method and no one should stray from downgrading their hboot by any means.

But once you're S-off, permabricking is quite possible.
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
Since your bootloader is unlocked again, as long as you said "no" to the JuopunutBear bootloader and show *** Unlocked *** and HBoot 1.50 when you are in the bootloader, you should be able to use the fastboot writesecureflag command covered earlier in this thread to set S-ON and redo the wire trick. I would contact the OP via PM to confirm that as I haven't seen anyone try it yet, and you need to make 100% sure that you are on the stock signed bootloader or you will brick your phone and have to try the method in the unbricking thread to get it back.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] StevetotheH:
If you look at some of these guys previous post you would see that they had little business opening up the back of their phone, much less sticking a paper clip in a pin in the back of it!(edit 2: Not to offend) I don't think any reported bricked phone on this thread where actually "bricked". I think their phone was Panicbricked and not Permabricked! Reading is so painful sometimes.:eek: I read through the entire thread before proceeding.

Edit: I actually read through it three or four times. Me likey information that helps me not jack my **** up!
[HTC EVO 3D] evomike77:
I refused to do the downgrade simply because bricking a device on purpose is never a good idea. What do you think that does to your hardware? Also the ill effects of data problems, and no one knows as of yet about long term issues.
[HTC EVO 3D] metro77279:
Honestly.... I couldn't flash kernels until I downgraded, I might just have 1 in 100 cases ? I don't know. I mean no disrespect by posting what worked for me, I am not suggesting that I came up with a better solution :thumbup:
[HTC EVO 3D] evomike77:
Yea I was just wondering if there was an advantage, I am down to do whatever if it makes my phone better, just curious is all
[HTC EVO 3D] metro77279:
I read..... Somewhere that the only way to truely unlock the hboot is with unrevocked. That's why I didn't brick my phone. I got s off here first, and then picted it up from there. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
According to Unknownforce, the OP for the 1.4 downgrade thread, there should be little or no difference between HBoot 1.40 and 1.50, or even the 1.57 version included in the ICS leak RUU. He made this post over on the MeanROM ICS thread if you are interested in more detail about the various bootloaders for the E3D.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] StevetotheH:
See that's the **** of it. With Flash Image I never had a problem with any Rom. I've heard of things sticking partially when you flash, so maybe it was the order of which I started flashing. IDK!? I only did this for something to do while those d3rp fools straightened out their Rom ( which I love!).

I know others have had a hell of a time flashing ICS with S-on. As a matter of could-be-fact I think that 80%-plus of people with 1.50 where having problems. I was always getting people asking me how I flashed this or that. I hypothesize by deduction that there where different versions of 1.50 if that makes sense. For me this saved about two clicks before flashing Rom's. Still it's always fun to jump pins on anything. I love that feeling when I'm about to do some stupid **** with my prized pony!:cool:
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
I still think that the ICS kernel problem is related to exactly how people got to the 2.17.651.5 firmware (came with the phone, flashed the RUU.exe from Windows, loaded it using the RUU.zip in the bootloader). I upgraded via the Windows RUU.exe route and never had a problem flashing ICS ROM's with HBoot 1.5 S-On. There is a file called adsp.img that is part of the firmware update and apparently the Linux 3.0 kernels, including the stock kernel from the ICS leak, need that to run properly.

That's just my theory, I have no way to prove it, and since all the developers are S-Off already they really don't care about isolating a problem related to being S-On. They are too busy recovering from flashing the Virgin Mobile firmware. :)

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] StevetotheH:
Yeah that's a damn shame, very unfortunate. I'm just glad those who jumped got the word out quick, saved me a whole lot of headaches. Thanks to my second grade teacher for making me read!:D

Edit: Helpful tip. If you ever jack your phone up take it outside with a butchered usb and connect it to your car battery, "power surge" looks a whole lot better than "unlocked" when it comes to getting a new device. My first 3D. Cost me a hundo, better than five and I got a spare battery out the deal. You could try a wall outlet but that's just dangerous!
[HTC EVO 3D] evomike77:
I agree, I also ran ruu exe through windows and I could flash anything with 4 ext ...s-on, now after I'm s-off the same just one less boot when I flash.
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
Yes, but you can also run Boot Manager now, although some people claim that it works on the E3D with S-ON, and more importantly have a

*** LOCKED *** bootloader status instead of the *** RELOCKED *** status that the HTC unlock/relock method generates. :)

I still think a lot of people are probably better off being S-ON, but the ICS kernel problem has definitely changed that for some users.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] StevetotheH:
1. READ

2. Read some more

3. Have you read?

Edit: This is not real! Now your reading!
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
Nice Smoke!

LOL! Now that's a bricked phone. :)

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] StevetotheH:
Whats real ****ed up is that there is someone out there that has refused to read and just looked :eek: at the image and now wants no part of it. ----Closes all open tabs---Erases cookies---Deletes bookmarks---

I'm going to quit ****ing around before someone says something negative:D
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
Guess you better get back into PhotoShop and watermark it with a "This is not real!" label for those people.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] StevetotheH:
I've got one better, I will re-title it to," Is this normal?"
[HTC EVO 3D] G.Newton:
Unknownforce's method is bricking the device in a special way. In that special-emmc recovery mode way. You can't just brick it any 'ol way.

What do I think it does to my hardware? Pulling the plug while running the pg86.img is essentially the same as shutting off the source of a circuit. Good thing there's ground ;) All the voltage drops across each circuit element go to ground.

What "ill effects of data problems"? My data works fine and I took the VM firmware. Go search all 3 downgrade threads and count the number of times people have had data issues. Probably less than 10% of all downgraders.

Long term issues? Like I said, Unknownforce made sure to brick it in a certain way. And in any case, you're S-ON while attempting the downgrade method (both), which means you aren't allowed to access certain partitions, thus reducing the chance of messing up something serious. What you do after you're S-Off is another thing.
[HTC EVO 3D] Astrikz:
Both methods are good. I personally think downgrading is safer. Others think differently. But i don't think we should be talk about which one is better.

This is just like a rom thread. You don't come in here and talk about a different method and just disrespecting the OP.

So i think we just should drop it . and move on.

I'm trying to be a **** or anything and dont take i personal. Just throwing out my option.
[HTC EVO 3D] G.Newton:
In my previous posts I said this is a relatively safe, simple, and effective way to downgrade. I also said it's good to have options. Someone had a legitimate argument against the brick method, and I responded with factual points. Not really beefin' or anything, and no disrespect to the OP.

I was more giving my opinion on which one I think is SAFER. 'Cuz that's what we're all worried about here. There hasn't been many permabricks in either case, but I still hold firmly that software bricking is safer, but this method is much easier. Pick your poison lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
One thing to consider is that the JuopunutBear (wire trick) method has been used on a number of other HTC phones before it was released for the E3D and the technique is the same for all the different models, whereas the downgrade method is specific to the E3D. If there was much evidence of permanent damage for the other models I don't think it would have even been released for the E3D.

But the point being made is that we should let the people that participate in these threads decide for themselves rather than trying to persuade them that the other method is easier or safer. I agree with that, and haven't seen anyone suggesting in the downgrade threads that people should be trying this method because it's a lot easier. IMO, we should try to focus on helping the people that want to use the method that is the subject of the thread and leave it at that.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] rnrmurse:
Simply awesome. Could not get any ics Rom to work without the anthrax kernel before this. It was so easy, a caveman could do it...
[HTC EVO 3D] jae-v:
awesome, thanks a lot..this is good info i guess i should try it out. writesecureflag 3 right?
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
Yes. Did you contact the OP of this thread to confirm that it's OK to redo the wire trick after going back to HTC unlocked and S-ON? It should work, but I don't know if anyone has tried that yet or not.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] jae-v:
he doesn't allow ya to send pm but i don't see why it wouldn't work...my phone has an overheating problem so if it does brick i'd gladly walk into sprint and request a new one lol
[HTC EVO 3D] Astrikz:
After getting my new phone and downgrading i was having reboot issues that i thought was caused my the downgrade. went back to stock .

Did the wire trick to see if i still kept getting reboot( Still kept getting reboots)

Get to fully stock.

**Locked** S-ON

And then i realized my reboots were probably caused by not having the VM leak.

did the wire trick again. (Updated my firmware using freezas PG86IMGEXP file.)

No issues so far.

So if your question is if you can S-OFF

In my opion. I think you can S-ON and S-OFF you phone using this method as much as you want.

You just got to be careful not to touch the wire

-I should really recheck my post before posting next time.
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
I'd go for it then. :)

Regarding PM's to the OP, he said not to PM him for general questions or discussion as he would prefer to have them in this thread where everyone can see them, but I think he would be fine responding to a PM about something that can't be answered here.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] jae-v:
great..i think that answers it
[HTC EVO 3D] torres.sis:
Can anyone, please, tell me, how to revert my original HBOOT? tks

(GSM HBOOT 1.49.0018)
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
This is a thread on the Evo 3D CDMA forum, but if it works the same way on GSM the standard method is to load the current RUU for your device and that will return everything to stock including the bootloader. If you just want to return the bootloader to stock, you will need to find a .zip in the GSM forum for the stock bootloader that can be installed via your current bootloader.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] torres.sis:
Hi, I know about gsm forum, sorry, but i'm desesperated, and I only want to install HBOOT and not all rom. thanks and sorry.
[HTC EVO 3D] wmblalock:
I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I have ran it probably 10+ times, and 90% of the time after doing the wire trick, "QHSUSB_DLOAD" shows up in my device manager instead of ADB and I have to pull the battery, replug in the device and then it will show up as ADB again and it says it failed. I have tried this on two different computers as well. Any suggestions?

Edit: Make that over 20 times I have tried. I give up unless someone else has a better idea. I guess I might just have to try downgrading the phone to get S-OFF. :-(
[HTC EVO 3D] Astrikz:
Are you getting any errors?

Make sure your putting the wire in the right pin.

Also make sure your doing the wire trick correctly.

These are the few steps you should recheck and make sure your doing everything correctly.
[HTC EVO 3D] evomike77:
Is usb debugging enabled on the phone?
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
Copied from an earlier post:

Also, if you could copy and paste the last 10 lines of the ControlBear output that would help us figure out what might be happening.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] StevetotheH:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26930303&postcount=391Pic's http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26930303&postcount=391

Check the pic's & make sure your in the right pin hole. Makes it easy if you set your wire up where it's sitting at the opening for the pin before running the bear.
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
He must have either gotten it to work or given up, since he hasn't responded to any of our posts.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] Astrikz:
You sure thats in the right pin?

On there website is the one closes to the voume button.

-I wonder whats the difference.
[HTC EVO 3D] metro77279:
Try using a paper clip, I tried a wire and it didn't work, tried the paper clip and it worked on the first try
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
I used the pin on the left (viewed from the back) as well. They are definitely different contact points based on this pic of the E3D motherboard from the FCC site. I have no idea what they are for, but perhaps they both work for the purposes of the wire trick.

ramjet73