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[HTC EVO 3D] ceabbott2:
I HAVE S OFF! But a couple of Questions

Revolutionary and Soff but at the end it asked if I wanted to flash CWM, I did and it said success. Now I renamed the twrp file to PG86IMG.zip is this even necessary if it already flashed CWM successfully (supposedly)? At this point I am at the hboot screen and I stopped so as not to screw anything up. I apologize guys I am almost finished I promise to stay out of the way after I complete the last couple of steps.

Thank you thank you thank you for your help> MODS if it is necessary please move to Q & A if that is a better place.

Charles
[HTC EVO 3D] rhconcepts:
If you cant get your key to work you can do 2 things.

1 Copy it and paste it in word and change the font to see if a I is a l and so on.

2 paste it in dos and hit enter. Cant paste? the click the blue header and then you can.
[HTC EVO 3D] ceabbott2:
Oh I have S Off

Thank you for your reply. I have S Off but in the instructions I don't remember it saying anything about Revolutionary flashing CWM? Do I need to follow the instructions and take the battery out boot into recovery and flash the twrp file (PG86IMG.zip) file. Shouldn't it have already flashed CWM? If so do I continue on to the

"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. **"

Section and move forward?

Thank you

Charles

My apologies you were answering someone else
[HTC EVO 3D] trapharder4844:
i did a temp root and it works good then i tried to do it this way cmd prompt said root failed i been at it all day all new drivers what am i doing wrong
[HTC EVO 3D] pkmusic:
I got the same error. I made sure my phone was not connected to usb cable. I still got the "Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip (Status 0)"

Any suggestions?
[HTC EVO 3D] loaferkan:
this is what I do, I copied the code from the internet explorer to the words, and then tried to type the same code, to see which is O and which is a capital word...and it worked..
[HTC EVO 3D] hhisc383:
I've had numerous FC issues. Simple fix is to find the app under 'Manage Applications' and clear the data. It fixed every FC so far.

I also had that stupid 'Error 16' message when trying to make a phone call. Quickly resolved with Sprint. I think they know.... :p
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
There are MANNNYY posts about this, its your version of SU, get the version from goo inside me, as it seems to be the working one.
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
You must UNROOT your phone, do a full factory reset before attempting, otherwise your phone wont be supported
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
Call sprint, again an issue thats been discussed IN FULL in previous pages, get them to reconnect you to the network
[HTC EVO 3D] Curb71:
I've never tried temp root and I'm still stock. If I temp root will it hard reset my phone? I want to get titanium backup on before I do the full root but am not sure if that's possible.
[HTC EVO 3D] derek826:
Ok so i am having trouble flashing root zip. Everytime i click update from sd card it says

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zip

(No such file or directory)

Installation aborted.

I did put the zip on my sd card and everything so why do i keep getting this message and yes i have rebooted several times to try to get it to work. Any ideas?
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
Flashing root zip? Do you mean the SU zip file? If so, put the SU zip on the SD card, boot into recovery, select install from zip file, select your SU file, and flash it
[HTC EVO 3D] curiousGeorge:
Like many others, I'm stuck on "Acquiring root (method 3)". I have no firewall or antivirus installed/enabled. Everything works up to this point, but it can't get root. At all. Any ideas?
[HTC EVO 3D] loaferkan:
Write recovery image:

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.

I made it before this point, when I select the phone off...i get the HBOOT menu, but I don't see the PG86IMG.zip I had saved that file into my sdcard, and named it to PG86IMG.zip, later on it didn't wory so I tried to name it as PC86IMG am I doing something wrong?

now when I go again, after I changed the PC86IMG, and I get something update...but that about it...I'm so lost...anyone care to upload a youtube video of the whole process?

thanks.
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
Ive seen people fix this with either trying it on another computer, or completely uninstalling all HTC drivers along with HTC sync, and starting over with installing the drivers.... You have to consider whats happening here, something, somewhere, is affecting the communication between the phone, and your computer, this narrows it down to firewalls, antivirus, cords, plugs, USB ports, or drivers.... keep troubleshooting, you'll find it...
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
You shouldnt "see it"... the phone automatically finds it when in HBOOT... if you have the file named correctly (really check this, some have labled it .zip.zip, some have mispelled it etc) IF its labled correctly, and its on the root of your SD card, the phone will find it, open it, and ask if you want it to update, which you would say yes....

remember, after this step, reboot the phone normally, and mount as disk drive, and REMOVE that PG86IMG file, or everytime you boot into HBOOT, itll ask you to update, just once its flashed and youre feelin all fuzzy, remove it! :)
[HTC EVO 3D] loaferkan:
Now I'm on a green screen, I'm trying to see if I did everything right? I just removed that file from my SD Card, how do I flash a rom? did I do it all right?
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
does that green screen look like a recovery? its there a little icon in the middle of the screen, perhaps a box, or a hat? (cant remember) If its there, then yes, you are in your recovery...
[HTC EVO 3D] loaferkan:
well eventually, I had downloaded a custom rom, so instead I'm installing that...see I had HD2 phone before this, so I kind of uploaded rom on that, not an android device, but I think it's working...yes it's all green...and a little box is open, and it's saying it's installing the thing...lol and now it's rebooting, hope I don't break my phone....waiting waiting...and it show an HTC screen...okay sprint...3D...sprint..hope it's not the same ROM>..

OH NOT< I HAVE DONE IT>..thanks thanks thanks...
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
Cool man, good job, just make sure you have flashed your SU zip file as per the instructions so you can gain root, and run those apps that require root...
[HTC EVO 3D] fsuwade:
Well i finally got S-off and root with super user up and running. Big thanks for you bc i was not thinking when i renamed the file i just copy and pasted and that is why it would not work. Thank you for that. Pointing that out made my night.

Big thanks to all that help on this. now time for the main reason i wanted this wifi teth.
[HTC EVO 3D] curiousGeorge:
This darn SDK. 35MB for the initial download, 80MB for the JDK, 160MB extracted, then further download of the 2.3.3 kit, driver, etc... Over a quarter of a gig to S-Off. And 4/5+ different programs besides.

If only it was a one-package solution like eugene's temproot.

Gotta love complainin' randomly when somethin' doesn't work out eh? ;) JK, it's cool.
[HTC EVO 3D] evohnoo:
Excellent man, youre welcome, its amazing how the smallest things, albeit easy to overlook can cause so much frustration!
[HTC EVO 3D] fsuwade:
Also i would guess as well if you would not try to rush this at all like i did before work and skip some steps bc of the dogs needing something. Then i might have had it before work today.

Funny thing is i had S-off all day with out CW installed. and Just was stupid to not check the file name. So if any one needs any other ideas out there and the masters is not there to help hit me up and i might beable to help out. Just like the last helpful person did for me.

thanks to all that made this happen. could not be more happy with it.
[HTC EVO 3D] Jbroad572:
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after doing this will I have to pull my battery off each time I want to get to recovery? That's the only way it will allow me, otherwise it boots up normally. Rooted a friends as well and does the same thing. I have been otterboxless lately, lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] firestetz:
Go to settings-power and remove the check from fastboot. When you power down after that you phone will actually power down instead of go into sleep mode.

E: to people having trouble getting past the third step something that worked for me was to download the drivers from the revolutionary fact page (you can access it from their site, says read this first) and with phone disconnected install them on top of the htc divers that are already installed. When you run the package you should get a screen that asks if you want to repair or uninstall hit repair and let it do it's thing then run the s-off tool but make sure to have sync and/or easy tether disabled as well as any other program that might automatically access your phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] firestetz:
No it will not hard reset, it won't even reboot. Do remember after temp root you will have to reboot (either by battery pull or disable fastboot) and do a complete restore.
[HTC EVO 3D] firestetz:
No not if you want to use CW but so far TWRP is the preferred plus if you push both vol keys while in team wins recovery you get a laugh.
[HTC EVO 3D] firestetz:
If you take the sprint ota's after doing this you might get bug fixes that could block root or restore s-on so you have to use whatever htc comes up with which could possibly mark your system and void your warranty. But for every update I'm sure you will be able to find a stock rooted rom to match that won't break anything you have already done.
[HTC EVO 3D] lwnda3rd:
**EDIT: Nevermind, it finally worked!!!***

I apologize for bringing this up, but I have tried the mirror, and gooinside's su zip, but I am still receiving an error when flashing in recovery. Any help is greatly appreciated. Everything else has worked perfectly...thanks for a great guide!!
[HTC EVO 3D] Jbroad572:
Thanks that worked.
[HTC EVO 3D] texasez:
I ran revolutionary.exe and the screen is stuck on "waiting on device". I have the phone plugged in on charge only with no htc sync, and I have installed the htc drivers. Bebugging is on.

Any idea on how to correct my problem.

I can access the phone as disk drive.
[HTC EVO 3D] firestetz:
The phone should be in charge only mode.
[HTC EVO 3D] firestetz:
http://db.tt/o94Gfhj

Try this one.
[HTC EVO 3D] mattynealo:
So I had temp root followed the guide. and now I have full root. but my Phone icon is missing from the lock screen I have tried everything to get it back. A quick search says that an HTC update fixed it. But I don't have any updates available nor do want to do any system updates.. Anyone have this issue and found a fix?
[HTC EVO 3D] lowery23:
Thanks for the guide OP. I followed the instructions step by step and didn't have any issues. I did have the data issues afterwards but since I had the email address from my profile I was able to enter it and resolve that issue. It did take 2 tries though, first time I didn't hit menu>commit changes. Thanks again.
[HTC EVO 3D] Dynotrick:
Same issue here, took the update that should have fixed it and now i can select the phone icon for the lockscreen, but it doesn't actually display. :confused:
[HTC EVO 3D] Bentenrai:
Hey guys I was outta town yesterday, I'll be back tonight to adress more commonly asked questions
[HTC EVO 3D] Curb71:
Hard reset / complete restore, same thing? What I'm wondering is if there is a way to temp root or anything else so I can get titanium backup on my phone and back up all my apps and settings before I root my phone which will do a full wipe right?
[HTC EVO 3D] Bentenrai:
everything you need to do that is literally in the FIRST INSTRUCTION OF THE GUIDE
[HTC EVO 3D] texasez:
Originally Posted by texasez View Post

I ran revolutionary.exe and the screen is stuck on "waiting on device". I have the phone plugged in on charge only with no htc sync, and I have installed the htc drivers. Bebugging is on.

Any idea on how to correct my problem.

I can access the phone as disk drive.

The phone should be in charge only mode.

I am in charge only as stated.
[HTC EVO 3D] firestetz:
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Sorry i missed that. Will your computer see your EVO when you plug it in?
[HTC EVO 3D] firestetz:
Yes there is in the op plus about a dozen more in this section that will work.
[HTC EVO 3D] dan0412:
This may be obvious to some on here but it appears the rooting app (revolutionary.exe) doesn't work on all Win boxes. I initially tried it on a Win 7 Starter OS-netbook yesterday, uninstalled all instances of HTC Sync, used USBDEVIEW to remove all installations, disabled firewall + antivirus, re-installed the recommended drivers, no dice! I then switched to Windows XP laptop at home, didnt even install unrevoked's 'usb drivers'..... first take, and I was able to run through and root my EVO3D. So, there you have it.

The only issue I had was not being able to call (after rooting)....giving me 'error 16'. A call to Sprint fixed it; you have to give 'em your phone's ESN.
[HTC EVO 3D] firestetz:
Sounds like if you have to give your ESN tagged they caught on.
[HTC EVO 3D] dan0412:
That was my first thought. But then again, no other 'questions' were asked.. lol. If she did, I'd have gone..'Root? What root?' :D
[HTC EVO 3D] Neogenx:
Edit: Had to wait for everything to settle down. =x
[HTC EVO 3D] firestetz:
I have a tree in the back I can dig one up if you want. Lol
[HTC EVO 3D] texasez:
Sorry i missed that. Will your computer see your EVO when you plug it in?

Yes, I can access the sd card and I can access the phone using adb.

Could it be related to win 7 64? I have tried running he revolutionary.exe as administrator and it still will not work.

I don't know what else to try.
[HTC EVO 3D] firestetz:
Yes, I can access the sd card and I can access the phone using adb.

Could it be related to win 7 64? I have tried running he revolutionary.exe as administrator and it still will not work.

I don't know what else to try.[/QUOTE]

Others have said win 7 wouldn't work with revolutionary so if you have an old Vista or xp box laying around it wouldn't hurt to try. I personally don't have anythingwith win 7 so I couldn't say.
[HTC EVO 3D] Neogenx:
Shouldn't have anything to do with Win 7 - I rooted the phone with with 7 and another phone with my laptop. Using 32 and 64
[HTC EVO 3D] Dynotrick:
Fixed. I had to revert back to stock and S-ON then start over. It was something that got messed up in restoring settings from Titanium Backup.
[HTC EVO 3D] kgill113:
SOMEONE PLEASE FIND HOW TO OVERCLOCK! the old method doesn't work anymore. Thank you
[HTC EVO 3D] mattynealo:
any idea what is was is there something that shouldn't be backed up with Titanium backup?
[HTC EVO 3D] wase4711:
sorry if this has been covered, but, I can't get s-off..following the instructions in the first post exactly, usb debugging on, fast boot off in power settings, no htc sync installed, I run revolution, the "dos" box comes up, enter the serial, success, says waiting for fast boot, get the message about the lemonade, the phone boots once, and s-on is there with shooter on the top...

on a win7 laptop

thanks guys!

nevermind' ran it with fast boot on, and it worked!

I forgot to flash the superuser.zip; I assume you can do this from recovery,just like always, correct?
[HTC EVO 3D] Dynotrick:
Something in the system apps and data restore caused it, I restored everything the first time. After I rooted the 2nd time from stock I used the same backup but only restored all user apps and data, then for system apps and data I only restored the settings (highlighted green in TI) that I really wanted, I left ALL of the system apps and data unchecked.

Now everything is perfect, have everything back the way it was before I started and no errors.
[HTC EVO 3D] armystrong:
Only issue I ran into was after I installed the PG86IMG.zip I couldn't select Recovery because all it would let me do is reboot, install the PG86IMG.zip yes, no either way the only option was to reboot. I had to let it boot into the Rom the cancel the Handsfree activation and connect the USB Disk Drive and remove the PG86IMG.zip. While I was there I went ahead and added the SU.zip and Powered off.

Went into the Recovery flashed the SU and rebooted everything is just fine. Thanks, good guide only a few hiccups coming from the HTC EVO 4G I'm used to those :-)
[HTC EVO 3D] SayWhat10:
wow got error #16

but am still on phone with customer service after 30min, 3 transfers, still no fix!!

is there something else i can tell them to pinpoint the problem other than error #16 ?
[HTC EVO 3D] dan0412:
Mine took all of 5 minutes, like she was going through some script. Just mention you can't make or receive calls.
[HTC EVO 3D] bk718:
not trying to be rude.. but in the OP it's pretty clearly stated that u MUST remove the PG86IMG.zip after applying it...

did u manually call customer service or did u try to dial out, get the error 16, and let it automatically connect???

regular CSR's are normally a little slow minded when dealing with issues...
[HTC EVO 3D] LiquidSolstice:
Random formatting suggestion? Highlight all your linked text items by underlining them. The underline is a common and universal way of signifying a link, especially for those who are scanning and looking for an http:// link rather than textual ones. Maybe bold them too.

Just a friendly suggestion ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] Makdasamurai:
I wanna say THANK YOU!!!!!!!! I have been waiting on this since i traded off my evo and got my 3D.
[HTC EVO 3D] myn:
Great tutorial.

Only experienced 1 minor issue that I have seen others report on and had some folks baffled.

It seems that the SuperUser zip which you linked to here is incorrectly signed.

Upon attempting to flash the su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip in the TWRP recovery I get an Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip.

Upon further inspection the su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip is not properly signed.

After signing the zip with my test keys I had no such error present.

If you were having issues in this step as I was, I've attached the properly signed superuser update.zip below.

Thanks again for this great write up Bentenrai.
[HTC EVO 3D] Bentenrai:
Least I could do!

I'll put your mirror in!
[HTC EVO 3D] housry23:
I have also, downloaded the latest Superuser beta 3 and it works good. It is a flashable .zip and I got an error the first time I tried flashing it, then tried flashing a second time and went through prefectly. I'll see if I can find it and edit this post with a link.

Here it is, make sure you download the efgh version:Superuser 3 Beta 3

Also, one more thing, even though this is beta it is very stable because basically this is a release candidate. This is ChainsDD tweet about it: Superuser 3.0 beta3 is up, check it out and let me know of any bugs you find. Hoping this'll be the last beta ;-)
[HTC EVO 3D] Bentenrai:
I'm gonna give it a shot and add it to op :) Thanks! As usual, AWESOME information!

My pleasure sir! lol
[HTC EVO 3D] bpdamas:
Not really sure if this is the correct place to post this so OP correct me if I am wrong. Anyway, got s-off just fine, flashed twrp just fine, flashed superuser just fine (took pressing install zip twice but otherwise okay), and now I am rooted.

This is where the weird things started happening. I have downloaded almost all of my rooted apps that I used normally. Titanium backup, root explorer, rom manager, terminal emulator, and wifi tether. They all seemed to work fine and as expected. Then I downloaded shootme to take screenshots. This is where I noticed things acting weird. I expected it to load up just fine and be able to take screen shots but then it said it failed to start the server and some other things. It still prompted me for superuser permissions and I allowed them but then it failed. It said make sure you have root access. I paused and tried again getting the same response but this time it actually starting up and looking like it was working but did not take pictures. Then I wanted to make sure I definitely had root and opened titanium backup for it to tell me that I didn't have root ...:eek:

I had no idea what was going on then. I proceeded to open up superuser app and see the permissions for everything including shootme but it seemed like my root apps would work spottily. I opened up rom manager and was able to boot into recovery of the twrp. I then looked around and rebooted my phone. After it loaded back up, the few apps I have checked seem to be getting and using root access just fine including titanium backup.

I guess my questions are these. First, is anyone else having problems with keeping root so far? Also, can apps actually cause you to lose root? Third, what the heck is going on? It's like a had a temp unroot and rebooting took me back to root. It is all very strange. Any insight is welcomed.
[HTC EVO 3D] Bentenrai:
Yes, others have had this happen. Most of the time a reboot clears it up. I haven't heard of anyone 'losing' root (don't think that's possible without flashing) and I don't think your apps would cause any problems.

In the android world a reboot can be your best friend sometimes.
[HTC EVO 3D] Im a troll:
hello,

I was wondering why you point to TWRP ver 1.0.1 instead of the newer release? Is there a specific reason or is the new version ok to go with

THANK YOU!!
[HTC EVO 3D] Bentenrai:
No prob!

Go for the newer one if there is one, I gotta go to work but later I'll update the post. Thanks!
[HTC EVO 3D] :
A friend is trying to finish rooting his phone. He has S-Off now but when the PG86IMG.zip is in the root of his sd card and he is in bootloader...it wont give him an option to update. Just does the no image thing and goes back to regular bootloader. No update option. His Fastboot is unchecked in settings. Any ideas?
[HTC EVO 3D] bk718:
check fastboot... not uncheck
[HTC EVO 3D] Sir-Duke:
wifi error

i followed the op and got the S-off but now i have this weird wifi issue,...

downloaded wifi-tether, opened it , gave SU permission andit said there is an error ... so i checked the the log and saw it cant start wifi.. i went to settings and inder WiFi it had error . tried to start it manually and no go ... but once i turned off wifi-tether i was able to start wifi from settings ...

Any ideas whats going on ?
[HTC EVO 3D] Bentenrai:
This is the wrong place for that, this should really go in the Evo 3D apps section.

But wireless tether for root users doesn't work yet, search the app subforum for solutions.
[HTC EVO 3D] jordan23945bulls:
This isn't hard but is there going to be an easier way to root the evo 3d?
[HTC EVO 3D] Bentenrai:
This is just a Beta release, so yes, I assume later versions of the exploit will be more user friendly. Like the mytouch 3g slide boot disc.
[HTC EVO 3D] Sir-Duke:
Tnx for the guide ....

Now I don't see how this is wrong place to post my question since it happened right after I followed ur instructions.

But if it doesnt work for anyone then its different story....
[HTC EVO 3D] Bentenrai:
Questions about the root process go here. You said it happened right after you rooted right? Well the wireless hotspot app I think youre thinking of is just that. An app, to be questioned in the app subforum.

Are you talking about the official sprint hotspot app? Or the app wireless tether for root users? Either way, sprint hotspot works for me. Wireless tether for root users hasn't been made compatible yet.

You can always flash a ROM or something. Good luck!