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[HTC EVO 3D] SayWhat10:
took me 1hr 05min for the sprint tech to finally fix my phone

after trying 45 different things, they "cancelled my service" sort of speak, then added my device back and it was working

far cry from the 5min listed in the directions

making sure you email address in profile was a no go

making sure you let it hands free activate (20 times) was a no go

i would also add:

the part where it says to go hit fastboot to toggle usb didnt work for me

the only option after first flashing img is to hit the power button and reboot, and of course that got me in a boot loops. somehow after taking out battery and going into recocovery just to boot loop it somehow bypassed that and the phone loade dup. i immediately deleted the img file so no more bootloop

the root zip failed about 22 times for me. i found another posted by them with "fix" in the name and that worked. I would suggest you put that .zip file in the top post for all the folks that get errors when trying to flash SU.zip file
[HTC EVO 3D] SayWhat10:
i would make sure its labeled exactly as listed in 1st post

and then make sure its in root fold of card
[HTC EVO 3D] SayWhat10:
well i manuall called out, since it seemed i couldnt make any calls

but i got transferred to support which should know how to fix the thing

so getting the error 16 and talkng to THAT tech is different than calling customer support and transfer over to tech support?

why would one support have more info than the other? its all sprint right?
[HTC EVO 3D] Bentenrai:
The ones that directly recieve error 16 forwards are trained to respond to it
[HTC EVO 3D] Bentenrai:
I double checked you should've read a bit closer dude. Usb via recovery not fastboot. You should not have continued when something didn't work.
[HTC EVO 3D] :
its named correctly and its in the root of the sdcard. he tried the files on this thread and i even gave him my files i used when i rooted.
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
Its not labeled correctly, its the ONLY reason why the phone wont read the PG86IMG file... Id be willing to bet dollars that you have too many ".zip" extensions.... are you using windows? If so, name the file ONLY.. PG86IMG ... windows doesnt show file extensions, so if you have a .zip at the end, its most likely labeled .zip.zip...

Grab astro viewer (market) and navigate to your zip file to check the name... You and your buddy are overlooking something so obvious, you may not see it
[HTC EVO 3D] bk718:
that was ur first error.. u assumed u couldn't make calls out.. when in fact if u tried to make a call out and got the error 16 and stayed on the line for less then 10 seconds you would have been DIRECTLY connected to a "SPECIALIST" that knows what to do with these particular errors.. thus resulting in a couple minutes to fix the error like everyone else experienced...

'why would one support have more info than the other? its all sprint?'.... do you "hear" yourself.. think about it like this.. sprint is like this web forum... do you honestly think that every Dev in the HTC EVO 3D forum can troubleshoot a Motorola Xoom??? its not about having more info then another.. its about different departments that "SPECIALIZE" in particular things...
[HTC EVO 3D] jwwolfe77:
Java jdk

I'm trying to download the android SDK and it's telling me I need to download java se jdk. Im using windows xp32 and When I try to download java se jdk I only get options for win x64 and win x86. Where do I get it for win32?
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
I went to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/system-configurations-135212.html and if you scroll down about 1/4 of the way you'll see a greyed out row with windows32 bit, and under the JDK column on the far right, an INSTALL link... From what I gather, thats your file
[HTC EVO 3D] jwwolfe77:
Thank you sir that worked great .
[HTC EVO 3D] jwwolfe77:
My beta key doesn't work. I've made sure all caps are caps and lower case are lower case. How do you copy and paste on a command prompt?
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
Highlight and copy your key, then click in the box in the pic ive attached, edit, paste
[HTC EVO 3D] Bentenrai:
Yup lol control v doesn't work so hot. I do most of my work in linux so I kinda forgot to put that in there
[HTC EVO 3D] Bentenrai:
Thanks for reading lol. Answer above^

Let us know how it goes
[HTC EVO 3D] mbuchholz:
Stuck waiting for fastboot

Ok, I've done everything like the guide says... here's the steps I've done

1. uninstalled HTC Sync

2. Downloaded and extracted SDK

3. Downloaded and installed HTC Drivers

4. Downloaded and extracted revolutionary exploit

5. obtained beta key (copied and pasted from website)

6. obtained SU file

7. verified device shows up in ADB (USB Debugging is "on")

8. started revolutionary.exe

9. copied and pasted beta key

Here's what it says

I have waited 10 minutes. Then I thought I would run the revolutionary script again... no dice. Then, I unplugged USB, did a battery pull, plugged USB back in and used the Vol Down+power to get into HBOOT... selected Fastboot and nothing. It says "FASTBOOT USB" on the screen on my phone. Anyone got any suggestions?

Thanks,

mb
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
Does it say S-OFF at the top of that screen??
[HTC EVO 3D] mbuchholz:
Nope, still says "SHOOTER XC SHIP S-ON RL". And it only rebooted the one time.
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
Something got jacked up between your computer and the phone communication, if you start over with step 7 of your list above, does it allow you to try again? If it does, this time make sure your firewalls are off, anti virus is off etc... anything that can hinder the communication going on should be shut down
[HTC EVO 3D] mbuchholz:
turned it all off... went back to adb and checked that the device still showed up... ran revolutionary again. it gave me the same response I quoted above. I'm now sitting, watching the cmd prompt window say "Waiting for fastboot" and staring at my phone as it says "Fastboot USB" on the white screen.

something is broken, and I don't know what it is. Grrr... I'm tired, too, so that's not helping. :/

-mb

PS - thanks for trying to help out!
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
No prob, we'll get it figured out, youre very close to root... lol... Ok, so if it hangs here again, it sounds like a driver issue, essentially the phone communicating with the computer. You did install both sets of drivers correct? I didnt see in your list that you did this step... There is a specific revolutionary driver you must install along with the HTC ones... Drivers ->http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36719158/HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe
[HTC EVO 3D] mbuchholz:
What is this "Revolutionary" driver you speak of? I did the HTC one that is listed in the OP. what other driver is there?
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
Maybe Im asking more of a question... You installed the drivers originally with HTC sync correct? You had no problems hooking your phone up to your computer, also you had no problem verifying that your device was connected in ADB right? So, with that, I guess im asking did you install the driver listed from the OP being from the unrevoked page?

Reason im thinking its driver related is, your cmd prompt is saying waiting for FASTBOOT, yet your phone successfully goes into FASTBOOT, the revolutionary program just isnt seeing it, therefore driver...
[HTC EVO 3D] mbuchholz:
Correct. I had no problems (still have no problems) going into a command prompt and getting the device to show up in "adb devices". Also, I can put the phone in "disk drive" mode and access file copy/move/paste/etc... So, I know the phone is communicating with the PC. If it wasn't, the phone wouldn't be rebooting to the fastboot screen when the revolutionary.exe exploit says "Waiting for fastboot".

The phone DOES reboot, but it shows up as S-ON and the revolutionary script never recognizes it as being in fastboot.

HAHA... I hate technology, and yet I love it so much! Ironic?
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
Damn, I follow the other forums etc, and when this happens, it always is driver related, just something somewhere not communicating. Do you have another computer to try it on? Ive just seen multiple times where someone tried sometimes 2 times etc reinstalls drivers, and forwhatever reason, it takes. It sounds like you are doing everything correct, and know what your doing for that fact, its just not clicking, perhaps other minds here in a bit will come up with something, ill continue to dig and see what I can find
[HTC EVO 3D] mbuchholz:
SUCCESS!!! I have S-OFF and am about to go through the steps to add twrp recovery. Clockwork failed... Boooo!! Oh well, I have been reading and it seems twrp is just as good as clockwork mod.

Again, thanks for all your help. i think the problem was with my HTC driver install... I uninstalled and reran the install package. It worked after that.

-mb
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
HAHA! I knew it! Fantastic!!! Yea with S-OFF you can just flash a recovery at your leisure... I say TWRP is better than CWM, and Amon! You wont be disappointed, post in here if you have any other issues, ill be around for a bit
[HTC EVO 3D] mbuchholz:
I've successfully flashed TWRP and got Superuser installed. Phone still makes calls and sends texts and connects to the web. Looks like we're all good. W00T!

Helpful peeps like you are the reason I hang out around here. Now, where was that fancy ROM I was looking at? *rummages around on the web*

-mb
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
Thank you mang, best of luck on your quest! See ya around the block :)
[HTC EVO 3D] bk718:
just a little fyi.. whenever u have a choice between x64 and x86, go with x86 for a 32-bit processor.. ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] tannerw_2010:
SU Issue

I'm having a problem flashing the SU zip. I've tried both SU's you've provided, but when I install it, it will act like everything is going smooth until I get the following error message:

"E:Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip

(Status 0)"

I have acquired S-OFF, and everything went smooth up until this point but I don't have root so I can't use titanium so I don't want to flash a new rom till I know I can restore my apps (I am using Team Win recovery FWIW). Has anyone had this problem? If so, is there a work around? TIA
[HTC EVO 3D] Sir-Duke:
whats interesting is that i didnt even have to enter my sprint email ... it stayed there ...
[HTC EVO 3D] Bentenrai:
Try the new version of teamwin recovery, and try doing the root process again because a couple people just had to give it a few shots to get it to take.
[HTC EVO 3D] tannerw_2010:
Thanks a lot! I ended up just flashing the new recovery instead of re doing everything and that worked great. Thanks for everything!
[HTC EVO 3D] anaviel:
I also am having trouble with the beta key...I copy and paste it and then it says key invalid and then it aborts the program
[HTC EVO 3D] mcflyer:
I just rooted every step worked well. Now I have no cell service or text. I updated the profile and prl but still have no service. I'm stuck here. Oh I just called out Error 16 :/
[HTC EVO 3D] bk718:
just stay on the line and a rep will assist you shortly.. takes all of 2 minutes...

also, fyi, a quick search in here and u would see this has happened to a lot of people and resolved in multiple post with answers like the one im givin u.. just sayin..
[HTC EVO 3D] anaviel:
tether

ok now I have full root access but when I try to use wireless tether for root users I get this wifi error and my tablet can't connect....any help would be appreciated
[HTC EVO 3D] bk718:
wireless tether isn't playin nice.. 2 other options.. find a ROM to apply to ur phone and use the built in native hotspot hack or find the thread where u could just apply the native hotspot hack without adding a new ROM..
[HTC EVO 3D] testinguser:
I had the same issue with Error 0 on installing SU, but it appears to run ok.
[HTC EVO 3D] upperkingjr:
it says Revolutionary on top, s-off below but.................

I got to step 5 and I have S-Off but the second part is weird.

I said yes to CWM when I was installing the root but I also put the PG86IMG.zip on the SD card.

When I go into the Hboot mode I come to a menu that says.....

loading "no image blaw blaw"

I renamed to PG86IMG.zip

it doesn't see it???
[HTC EVO 3D] Vesnik:
EDIT: Never mind I figured it out.
[HTC EVO 3D] kenneu:
don't add a ".zip" on the end of the file. Windows hides the .zip ending and if you leave it on, you get PG86IMG.zip.zip. If you are looking at the file in windows, it should look like a zip file (the icon) and have just "PG86IMG" as the file name. It must be in the root directory (main directory) of your sd card for hboot to find it.
[HTC EVO 3D] diznikkabcb:
i hae s off!! but not clockworkmod... :( please help.. thanks in advance..!!
[HTC EVO 3D] Neogenx:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

CWM has not been downloading right when you using Rev. So simply use TWP as a zip, rename it to PG86IMG and then boot to the loader.. it'll pick up the file..done. Installed your recovery. Also use this method to flash Hboot-eng. Put one file at a time on the root of your SD card...when one installs..boot the phone up, cancel the updates.. take one file off and put a new one up.. both should be renamed to PG86IMG so it picks it up.

Then in recovery you can install the zip file of super user...
[HTC EVO 3D] diznikkabcb:
what is hboot-eng??

so no .zip at the end??

im sorry for the noobish questions.. many thanks will go to you :)
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
hboot-eng is engineering HBOOT, its described as an HBOOT that allows more ADB commands, but much easier to brick your phone with. If you dont know what it is or does, you dont need it....

No .zip at the end IF youre using windows... Since windows hides file extensions, if you ad a .zip at the end of your filename, youre essentially naming it PG86IMG.zip.zip...... this will cause the Bootloader to not find your file... name your zip file PG86IMG and go from there
[HTC EVO 3D] diznikkabcb:
hahaha.. im not gonna touch it then.. lol

i got the team win recovery, but am having trouble flashing super user.. su? it says there is a error..
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
ok if its the SU that youre trying to flash, and your getting an error.... you most likely have an unsigned copy, use the one found here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36719158/su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip

DL, put on root of SD card, rename PG86IMG, and then flash as you normally would through bootloader... OR

Edit: forgot we were talking about SU file, use recovery... use install from zip, navigate to your zip file (on root of SD) and click install
[HTC EVO 3D] Neogenx:
Didn't have any problems with the one i used in the past - which was unsigned i believe. I should have mentioned you can flash SU the same way as the recovery - good catch man!
[HTC EVO 3D] SayWhat10:
i mean recovery, i was in recovery. the point is, the ONLY option it gives at that time is to hit the power button to reboot

the instructions state this:

"** Before you continue, select RECOVERY from the fastboot menu using the volume up/down and power keys. Your phone should reboot and show the recovery menu. Select Toggle USB and press the power button. On your computer, delete the recovery image. On your phone, remain mounted. *"

but this is typed AFTER the part where it says to update. and again when you update it only gives you the option to reboot, you cant select anything. please read other posts i am not the only person that ran into this problem.

when you reboot, when you hit the up/down volume button, they dont dont anything, instead it instantly checks for that img file and asks to update. if you say no, the only option is to reboot, and thus the boot loop continues

and what you mean not continue, so i would just stick with an unusable phone? u not making any sense

furthermore i simply wont believe that if you call regular customer support, and they transfer you to support,that they would be clueless about error 16 simply because they werent exclusively trained for that as yall say
[HTC EVO 3D] SayWhat10:
about this, yes its clearly stated, and i can read fine

problem is, there was no way to delete it

i knew i had to delete it, i just couldnt do it

i was rooting according to the instructions IN ORDER

its said to flash first, THEN it said to make sure you USB toggle, which was impossible at that point

need to re-order the instructions, most humans read from top to bottom, not bottom to top!!!

"Turn your phone off, take your battery out for ten seconds, then turn it back on while holding volume down. This will take you to your HBOOT menu. Select update PG86IMG.zip, then follow the prompts til it starts to flash. After the flash is complete you MUST delete the zip from your SD card. Now you have a custom recovery menu.

** Before you continue, select RECOVERY from the fastboot menu using the volume up/down and power keys. Your phone should reboot and show the recovery menu. Select Toggle USB and press the power button. On your computer, delete the recovery image. On your phone, remain mounted. **"" <--- after flashing you cant do this!! only option is to reboot
[HTC EVO 3D] k2thejx5:
Huge Issue!!

Okay this may sound weird but here it goes. I rooted 3 htc evo 3ds today and for whatever reason i can't root my friends. Now htc sync isn't installed and i reinstalled the drivers about 10 times or so. I also made sure usb debugging was checked. i unchecked it and checked it back several times and even wiped his phone and still gets stuck at waiting for device. i restarted my laptop many times also but still it just won't go past waiting for device. I am confused as all hell since i rooted 3 different evo 3d no problem and did one an hour earlier!! Any ideas on what might be wrong?
[HTC EVO 3D] diznikkabcb:
it says there was a error so i reboot it and found it in the application.. weird, huh?
[HTC EVO 3D] bk718:
first issue.. u said there was no way to delete it.. after you flashed recovery.. if u couldnt get fastboot to connect to usb, then just let the phone boot normally and delete the file.. seems pretty simple dont u think?

next issue.. imma break this down because its not backwards, but im really starting to think u might be..

1. HBOOT menu

2. Select update .zip

3. DELETE zip after its done (however u want to go about this.. do it.. let it boot up if it wont work the other way.. then delete it..)

4. fastboot and select RECOVERY and go from there to SU or whatever u want to do...

granted the OP got redundant with the last part..

and if u couldnt figure out how to delete the zip, then maybe a phone like this is a little over ur head (hell, u could have removed ur sd card and used a sd card reader, connect to ur computer and delete the zip.. there are ALWAYS options, its just how much common sense are u willing to use... then again, common sense doesn't seem to work much for u sense u spent that much time with sprint CS instead of connected to the correct department to begin with like EVERYONE else did..)

the nerve of people.. be grateful someone posted a tutorial for u to begin with. couldn't imagine what it would have been like for u if all u were given was a few files to download and u had to figure out in what order they go and what not..
[HTC EVO 3D] bk718:
where are u getting stuck at with this one?? need more info to troubleshoot ur issue..
[HTC EVO 3D] thisguyinoc:
Not sure if this got answered, but x86 is 32 bit.
[HTC EVO 3D] k2thejx5:
The first part like i said. It won't get past the "waiting for device" it stays there
[HTC EVO 3D] bk718:
Suggestion to OP

i have a couple of suggestions that could possibly eliminate a some issues...

remove the part where u say rename to "PG86IMG.zip" to just "PG86IMG". that .zip seems to be causing too much confusion.

sense u are suggesting in ur tutorial for people to use TWRP, include that they may want to select N when asked to install clockwork recovery after S-OFF is achieved.. too many people selecting Y and applying TWRP as well.. causes more confusion.

i would eliminate the redundancy with just, flash the recovery from HBOOT --> select yes to reboot phone --> connect to and mount USB once phone has fully booted and delete PG86IMG.zip from there --> reboot into fastboot and select recovery --> flash SU zip (you could put that in paragraph form for a cleaner look.. :D)

those are just a couple of things i see that would potentially help out with ur tutorial (which i believe is great that u even took the time to write this all up to help everyone out)
[HTC EVO 3D] SayWhat10:
hey buddy, fock you

im not a moron, i was rooted with CM7 on my EVO so please dont talk to me like a dummy

if you can read then you would know that i obviously knew that I had to delete the img file, if you could read the you know i couldnt get to the place to do it

the instructions say to do something in recovery thats simply was not possible to do after flashing the img first as it stated. going back into recovery simply boot looped

as for calling sprint, any average user would assume that the technical support department,could handle ANYTHING related to a sprint problem since DUH it is the technical support department

And only a COMPLETE MORON thinks and ASSUMES because one person gets his phone fixed in 5min that that's the nationwide standard and any other person with the same problem should get their phone fixed in 5min flat

so if i neglected to mention it, fock you buddy
[HTC EVO 3D] SayWhat10:
oh ok, so first you say its all COMMON SENSE but now you suggest he re-word it? what a hypocrite
[HTC EVO 3D] by311771:
Hello, thanks a bunch for this...it was very very easy, the only problem I've ran into is that my phone icon on my lockscreen is gone, any ideas? I've tried everything, if I put anything else there it works, but the second I try to add phone back to my lock screen itdisappears...I'm sorry if this has already been answered or if its in the wrong spot...
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
The problem surfaced after the latest OTA... its been fixed with an update that your phone should prompt you to download... it has like 3 fixes in it, one being a lockscreen fix, you can download it and once you do, itll be all fixed... If you dont get the update prompt soon after installing a rom, just reboot, and wait, itll come
[HTC EVO 3D] bk718:
dude.. just stop now.. no need to continue.. re-read what i wrote to u..

i said its redundant.. BUT with "COMMON SENSE" u could figure it out.. where is my hypocrisy..

my suggestion to the OP was to help make it easier to understand, although using a little brain power one should be able to figure it out..

like i said.. just stop now.. there is no need to continue this. not everyone's s-off/rooting process was smooth, but there was no reason for u to seemingly insult the OP on how he created his tutorial..
[HTC EVO 3D] Sceneiskeen:
If your phone isnt picking up the recovery image. Take the ".zip" out the name.

Just name it the PG86IMG

That fixed it for me.
[HTC EVO 3D] SayWhat10:
my comments were simply to help the OP make the tutorial more concise so others dont run into the problem I did

the only insult was you insinuating i have no common sense

again ive rooted a couple evo's before so I am very familiar with the type of process you go through even though im not a professional computer programmer that I assume you must be

if you understood everything's process is not always smooth you wouldnt have come off with the smart ass common sense remark, so check yourself buddy

common sesnse says most people follow tutorials to a T, so if its off a lil bit, or not entirely clear or confusing, then problems will arise

My only intent is to prevent problems for others in the future
[HTC EVO 3D] Rippley05:
Could you guys take your *****-fest elsewhere?
[HTC EVO 3D] Los Altos:
Yesterday when i rooted i gort the Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip while installing SU. After downloading and trying different versions I just gave up and rebooted the phone. While looking through the Apps I saw the SU app in the list. I downloaded a couple of apps for root only, and they all worked and SU permission was granted.

So, since i kept getting an error message in recovery, but i seem to be rooted with SU access, should I assume that the Error message was insignificant and not be concerned that SU install from recovery appeared to have failed.