yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC EVO 3D] cloak.n.dagger:
Well, I didn't want to use this method to unlock the bootloader and root because of the warranty issue. But I've had my EVO3D since day 1 and I'm tired of waiting for an alternate solution for the 1.50 hboot. Thanks to the OP for this simple method. Can't wait to start ROMing!
[HTC EVO 3D] locust43:
I'm having a minor problem, since I have done this I haven't been able to get the new Market and also the new radio/corp widget..
[HTC EVO 3D] wakawu:
Worked fine for me, unlocked and s-on. However when trying to run wifi tether for root users it gives me an error. when viewing log it says "activating wifi interface... failed" everything else shows as 'done' Tried reinstalling, rebooting phone and it gives the same error. Anyone else?
[HTC EVO 3D] demo333:
Yeap i got the same problem :(
[HTC EVO 3D] empiire:
Try Barnacles?
[HTC EVO 3D] dkdude36:
woah another OF fan on the forumz....
[HTC EVO 3D] black3188:
Ok I've been trying this for the last hour and i get all the way to part where im supposed to unlock the bootloader and i never get the htc screen wtf!!!

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C:\Users\bosshog\Desktop\rootevo3dnew>fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bi

sending 'unlocktoken' (0 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.152s]

writing 'unlocktoken'...

(bootloader) unlock token check successfully

OKAY [ 0.007s]

finished. total time: 0.161s

this is what im getting when trying to do this but i dont get that htc unlock bootloader screen?
[HTC EVO 3D] zedomax:
what exactly do u get can u take a photo with ur gfs phone then post it?
[HTC EVO 3D] black3188:
pic is on the way
[HTC EVO 3D] black3188:
this is all i get like it never does anything
[HTC EVO 3D] zedomax:
Thats hella weird, a first, did you try flashing a rom afterwards? or can you get into recovery???
[HTC EVO 3D] user7618:
Good stuff, thanks for the guide. :D

One question, though. When flashing new kernels, you say I have to launch recovery from fastboot. Now, can I use quickboot to boot into the fastboot and then launch recovery, or do i need to go all the way with power and vol down?

Also, just kernels need to be done this way, correct? Batt mods or the like I can boot directly into recovery and flash without issue?
[HTC EVO 3D] dkdude36:
doesnt matter how u get into fastboot, just boot into it, then do a little "fastboot boot recovery.img" magic.
[HTC EVO 3D] user7618:
Good call. Any ROM recommendations?
[HTC EVO 3D] dkdude36:
im on myns right now. it's great. decks had days worth of battery for me and synergy is blazing fast, but still in heavy development and testing new stuff all the time.
[HTC EVO 3D] JTNiggle:
A few people have had that problem, I imagine that your phone came with 1.50 hboot, you didn't upgrade to it? Try running the 2.08 RUU and the do the HTC unlock method again. The RUU is posted in the OP of my thread in this section, and I think there's another thread for it as well.
[HTC EVO 3D] gotkush:
I know doing this method will void warranty for HTC, but will i still be able to get a replacement/exchange if you have TEP from sprint and unroot the phone?
[HTC EVO 3D] carlost24:
Im finally gonna root my phone but I keep reading that this method (htcunlock) is a bit diffrent when flashing a rom, I heard you have to get into fast boot in order to flash a rom instead of traditionally just turning phone on holding power an vol down an just going into clockworck recovery... Is there anyway of rooting to were I can jus flash roms traditionally?

Just incase it helps. Im on a mac, Software 1.13, Hboot 1.40
[HTC EVO 3D] dkdude36:
yes you have hboot 1.40 (lucky bastard) revolutionary.io is your root method. go there, google a tutorial or something, look in these forums, you'll find it.
[HTC EVO 3D] carlost24:
Thanks for the reply, im at the revolutionary.io website just has some download links no instructions, so how does this work? I'm on a mac by the way an it only has a windows and linux option...?
[HTC EVO 3D] dkdude36:
Ooh on a mac... I had the same problem. Either dual boot lunix or windows, use a friend's computer, something like that.
[HTC EVO 3D] carlost24:
So after rooting on a windows I can go back to just downloading roms on my mac an throwing them on the sd an flashing from my phone?
[HTC EVO 3D] dkdude36:
Exactly. I can help you set up adb and fastboot on the mac if you want after.
[HTC EVO 3D] Luyz8:
Oh man... Thank u so much.... you're guide really help me through the process!
[HTC EVO 3D] black3188:
no it wont let me do anything do you have the ruu file for the update maybe if i run that and try over it might work?

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No it doesnt do anything i dont know i was reading somewhere that if i run the ruu file from the update it should work but i cant find it.....do you know where it maybe available at?
[HTC EVO 3D] argonzal:
To do this on a mac do i have to install Android sdk like on windows?
[HTC EVO 3D] dkdude36:
yeh. it's a much easier installation, but different. email me if you need some help or if you want to be able to do commands from any location.
[HTC EVO 3D] zedomax:
No, all the necessary files from SDK are included in the download zip file, you don't need to install SDK, just follow the steps!
[HTC EVO 3D] germzie:
Main Version is older! Update Fail!

Guys I followed all these instructions step by step, and unlocked the phone succesfully. But I cannot get into FASTBOOT to flash CWM! I get this message:

"Main Version is older! Update Fail!" And it forces me to reboot. PLEASE HELP!
[HTC EVO 3D] predwing:
I used this method and was able to fastboot into CWR but when I try and use TWRP I get the same message and I am unable to flash any customer rings only roms and kernels
[HTC EVO 3D] bckoolaid:
I was able to do this successfully once but had to have my phone replaced and now I can't get the new device to flash the Unlock_code.bin. It is the token for the new device, not the old. When I tell it to flash it just says error:cannot load unlock_code.bin or if I move things to a different directory it just says waiting for device. Anyone have ideas as to whats going on?

Edit: finally found the right words to search the thread and found a solution. Flashed ruu of 2.08 and it worked first try.
[HTC EVO 3D] Kenjari:
I have to post that this method went off like a breeze. Thanks for the Guide.

Can I flash any recovery I want using the fastboot method in the OP?
[HTC EVO 3D] steam374:
Yeah you can.
[HTC EVO 3D] dopapifreak34:
This may be a dumb question, but if I root using this method (bc I only have a Mac and have no other way of rooting even though I'm on HBOOT 1.40), I can still use apps like Titanium Backup, Set CPU, etc., right?
[HTC EVO 3D] dkdude36:
yeh but dont its not worth it. use someone else's windows, or dual boot linux. i made the mistake of doing just what you're thinking of doing it's not worth being locked down by s-on and only being able to flash roms and computers when connected to a computer. no splash screen flashes either.
[HTC EVO 3D] dopapifreak34:
I tried dualbooting, and had a problem... when I got to partitioning, it said something about some files being unable to be moved, and thus it couldn't partition.
[HTC EVO 3D] dkdude36:
ok. have any friends with windows? anybody already have adb set up? you can upgrade and do this method if you want. i'm just warning you there will be regret at times.
[HTC EVO 3D] dopapifreak34:
Is there a way for me to just go over to my neighbors with revolutionary.exe on a flash drive, run the program, and then do everything else (flash the recovery via Android SDK, etc.) on my Mac?
[HTC EVO 3D] Kenjari:
Wait, I'm confused. I used this method to unlock this morning. What are the draw backs when using this unlocking method with a mac? I'm trying to flash Miui and I'm not having any luck. I'm stuck at the bootloader, I'm assuming its because of this method?

While I like this method, can I re-do my unlock method using a different one? I'm on Hboot 1.5 same software as the OP.
[HTC EVO 3D] dkdude36:
you'd still need to set up adb and fastboot on their computer for revolutionary to work, but yeah you can do everything else on your mac.

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you can't relock. try booting recovery from fastboot it'll work then. go into fastboot, and type

fastboot boot recovery.img

(recovery.img is the path to the recovery on your computer.)
[HTC EVO 3D] Kenjari:
Thanks for the reply dk. So if I have to adb into recovery every time I want to flash a new Rom, kernel, or zip ....is there a recovery I can flash that I can just go in manually?

In a sense I don't mind using my computer but Im just used to going into recovery via phone and flashing everything via my phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] dkdude36:
you dont need to for every zip. just roms and kernels. no there is no other way so far, cuz boot.img/kernel cant flash otherwise, and twrp will just hang until you pull the battery if you try something that mods the boot.img.

sucks, but doesnt suck a lot.
[HTC EVO 3D] Kenjari:
Yeah that's true dk. Um certain we will find a 1.5 exploit. Thanks for the help.
[HTC EVO 3D] churro7:
So it will wipe?
[HTC EVO 3D] zedomax:
Nope, does not WIPE, as you can see in my video, I still have apps I started out with.
[HTC EVO 3D] chong67:
I got this error message below:

Creating SYSTEM:xbin/su symbolic link...

E:Error in /sdcard/su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip (Status 0)

Installation aborted.

=====================

1. I try it multiples and it just aborted.

2. Finally I google it and use this file : su-2.3.6.3-efgh-fixed-unsigned.zip

and it finally says : Install complete. Enjoy!

What does this all means ????

Tying to install my first cook rom.
[HTC EVO 3D] zedomax:
It's the same thing, you just installed an unsigned version of SU OR you can simply toggle signature verification (twice) to install the first file.
[HTC EVO 3D] chong67:
I did toggle the signature verfication twice. It didnt work. To unsign or something or disable. Forgot.

So no harm done install the other fixed-unsigned file right?
[HTC EVO 3D] zedomax:
Yes, you are already fixed, no need to flash it again, I was just sayin' thats what you could have done but no worries now.
[HTC EVO 3D] Teedoe3:
How was you able to get this to work? I'm stuck
[HTC EVO 3D] chong67:
So now its rooted and I can get free Wifi tether and using the CleanROM. I am happy.

On post #2, why would I want to flash back to 2.3.3 ROM?

I can never get rid of S-off right? This is to get it unlock so I can to other carrier?
[HTC EVO 3D] Androidfreakz:
do i have to use this method for flash Themes. Thx In advance.
[HTC EVO 3D] dkdude36:
nope! only if it touches the boot.img
[HTC EVO 3D] JoNaH-SeVeN:
Hello Everyone! I need help here, I unlocked my bootloader successfully and went on to step 18 but now my laptop is not recognizing fastboot on my pc.... I was just using fastboot and now it just stopped, so I'm unable to fastboot SU permissions and Cwm....... I tried rebooting, unchecked the fastboot in the phone settings, and even verified that my usb cable is good... Any help is appreciated!

¦EvO-S3v3N¦

Nevermind, I got it to work... I just had to start all over from first fastboot and it took...
[HTC EVO 3D] inspire me:
windows xp work on unlocktoken?

When I try to send the unlock token it hangs at sending. does it work with windows xp?
[HTC EVO 3D] zedomax:
Try re-installing drivers!
[HTC EVO 3D] zedomax:
Should work fine, try re-installing drivers.
[HTC EVO 3D] :
In telling! ...nerd
[HTC EVO 3D] :
Ok so I've tried this method SEVERAL times now, with no success. I have no idea what is going wrong. I have the latest OTA (although I did have the 2.08.651.2, but wasn't working so I OTA'd to .3) I've tried connecting to different USB ports, on 2 different computers.... Fastboot is OFF on my 3D. Again, I have no idea what is going wrong.... Any help would be much appreciated!
[HTC EVO 3D] inspire me:
Is it suggested to always run the ruin before doing the unlock process?
[HTC EVO 3D] zedomax:
maybe a typo?

ruin?
[HTC EVO 3D] inspire me:
Yeah a typo. I meant the 2.08 ruu
[HTC EVO 3D] jaredthegreat:
So my 3D did the security update on its own...does that mean no root for me?
[HTC EVO 3D] trollallot:
Mine to pos lol
[HTC EVO 3D] pleasesaythe4th:
thanks for the guide

is it possible to access recovery without turning off the phone if you have 1.50?

do i need to dl rom manager or anon recovery to do that?
[HTC EVO 3D] rafy619:
hello im sorry to ask if you can help me i have a evo 3d hboot 1.49.0013 and i did your method and it was all good till i got to the part where you go to recovery and hit the power button to get to the blue menu i never got to the blue menu the phone just restarted normally and powered on and thats it it never took me to any blue menus please help thank you very much.
[HTC EVO 3D] darkylight:
plz pl pl pl i neeed help, i did all steps till unlocking, well am now on an unlocked bpootloader. when i came to installing recovery, well every thing seemed fine, they wrote writing recovery okay, but when i enter recovery on my phone it reboots and starts.

plz help what shall i dooo. pllllzzzz am desperate
[HTC EVO 3D] maaafeb05:
Hi

I need help

I unlocked my boot loader

Step 18. Type the following to install ClockworkMod Recovery:

fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img

ANWAR$ fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img

sending 'recovery' (4832 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.936s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 2.089s]

finished. total time: 3.025s

When I go back to the boot loader and hit recovery

it restart the phone

Any Help
[HTC EVO 3D] jds3118:
Help I got my evo unlocked but when I Vol- and power to get to fastboot so I can flash cmw and install su I get a msg bout older version see pic

1.3 volted, bk'd and supercharged revo
[HTC EVO 3D] 716Rob:
...

Everything went perfect till I got to the Flash the signed zip. It starts then Aborts and says error in Zip. I even tried to redownload it.

Could I just download a rom and flash at this point or would that be bad?

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nope the SU signed Fails and tried a rom after same thing failed to install through cwm

Now when it reboots stuck at HTC screen
[HTC EVO 3D] Jettubby:
Help please!

Hello. I'm at the step of just trying to unlock the bootloader. I've gotten all the way to Step 12 (via HTC website but I'm using this thread's process) which is typing in CMD "Fastboot flash Unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin" This goes well and the cmd prompt says unlock token was successful and ok.

Then the process says you should have a screen on your phone that asks if you want to unlock. My phone has no such screen. It is still in the bootloader???!!! Am I supposed to be in bootloader or the ROM when I do this? Does this screen just pop up?. I'm in the bootloaderand it says, "Fastboot USB". That's it. I'm stuck at this step. Can't unlock the bootloader. What am I doing wrong? Please help. Thanks!
[HTC EVO 3D] jcorcione:
Can't boot into recovery

I used this method to root my 3d. But for some reason i cannot boot into the recoveery mode by powering off and down button methods. Nor can i use the clockwork mod either. anyone have any suggesions?
[HTC EVO 3D] jcorcione:
Is no one watching this thread?
[HTC EVO 3D] shizkoff777:
Try to reflash recovery,are you s off or s on unlocked hboot
[HTC EVO 3D] zedomax:
i am watching

Did you try taking the battery out then doing the vdown and power?
[HTC EVO 3D] jcorcione:
S on. Which I thought did not matter. Unlocked sw version 2.3.4 1.5 hboot
[HTC EVO 3D] Jettubby:
Anyone with any idea please? When I'm in HBoot and type, "Fastboot flash Unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin", no screen with a lock icon pops up asking me if I want to unlock. I'm stuck there. :confused:
[HTC EVO 3D] jcorcione:
Yes I have. It goes to the white screen. I select recovery then it goes to white HTC screen goes dark then reboots back to the normal boot up sequence back to phone
[HTC EVO 3D] jcorcione:
I have also noticed that when going to the boot loader screen I.see that it does.not find the pcmi86 img file.

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Zedomax,

It looks to me that i can only use the usb fastboot to get into recovery. I flashed the cwn shooter file just in case. still getting the pg861000 img not found messaging going back to the boot loader screen

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Okay I have an update. After re flashing the cwm shooter zip. I used the CWM app to reboot into recovery mode successfully.

One question. Is it necessary to have s -off (mine is s-on)? I also have the hboot version 1.5. Also looking for recommendations on a nice ROM, i have the latest version from the last OTA software.

also Zetomax what wireless tethering app were you using in your htc method unlock and root videoe?
[HTC EVO 3D] mta2:
anyone get this to work?

I flashed a viper rom and the phone keeps rebooting contentiously until I pull the battery out.
[HTC EVO 3D] powduh09:
Check the sticky, there's a guide to downgrade from 1.5, there's no real need to do so, but 1.5 users have to jump through a few hoops to flash roms...
[HTC EVO 3D] JavaTiggy:
Has anyone done this procedure using the latest cwm recovery and SU for our device?

Versions:

SU 3.0.7 efghi

& CWM 5.0.2.0 or CWM Touch 5.8.0.2

Perhaps this could reduce the number of issues people are having if you use the latest versions? Any thoughts would be helpful as I am getting an EVO3d in the mail soon to replace my EVO4g. Thanks in advance!
[HTC EVO 3D] mugsat:
I have the same issue. When I flashed recovery, and go to reboot into recovery, my phone will start somelike twice - htc screen, and again going to black and to htc screen, and normal system is booting.

I tryied to reflash etc. I have s-on, i did it by this htc method.

I looked into sw. info and i find some interesting info. My sw.nr. is 1.20.401.8, android v. 2.3.4,

release keys - 1.20.401.8 CL105308.

core version 2.6.35.13-g47321df

I didn't do any flash, rom switching or something like.

WHen i go to sw. actualisation it writes - your system is the last version or something in this way.

Any idea please?
[HTC EVO 3D] mugsat:
Solution found....

I used this cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img in originaly, but i need cwm-4.0.1.4-shooteru.img with this img all works fine :)
[HTC EVO 3D] TroyFoxxin:
In case it wasnt said yet (Not reading all pages)

but for step 21 if you have Ice Cream Sandwich the included Zip is out of date and for Gingerbread.

just go to http://androidsu.com/superuser/

and download a newer Superuser. its what i had to do and woeked just fine. then you can go on from there.
[HTC EVO 3D] Flashalot:
Please Check the dates this thread is 2 years old

Sent From My OG Evo
[HTC EVO 3D] TroyFoxxin:
Duh, why you think i said what i said? this guide still works. aside from that one detail. im being usful.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] rshift:
I'm seeing a lot of people running CM7 with tiamat and receiving awesome scores on quadrant. I currently have my DINC2 stock rooted with freezed bloatware and im only getting around 1500. I would like to OC it by installing tiamat, but keeping my htc sense 2.1.

Has anyone had any luck or should I just install CM7 and tiamat kernel? I would like to keep the Sense UI because I think it looks so sexy :P
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] times_infinity:
Tiamat is an AOSP only kernel. If you installed it on sense you'd get bootloops.

If you poke around in the dev section, jcase's gingerbread kernel has 1.6GHz OC.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] MJL99:
Tiamat only works with aosp based roms. Won't work with sense
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ben805:
If you want really high quadrant score go for the cm7 rom. Nothing can touch this rom when it comes to speed and benchmarks. Cm7 is the speed king
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nitsuj17:
if you are gonna root, theres little reason to stay stock

there are several roms *close* to stock that add enhancements (like reboot options) that many would want
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] rshift:
Thanks for the help guys. I'm kinda new to the droid community and wasn't aware of the differences between kernels and what not. Is there that much of a difference between the Sense UI and CM7?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] TB13:
There is a huge difference between sense and CM7. Sense uses the HTC Sense UI and CM7 uses the vanilla android UI. Sense is pretty, CM7 isn't at first, but can be made to look just like sense. Check out the screen shot thread in the themes subthread, lots of examples of what you can do.
[Fascinate General] tenthousandfeet:
Really odd timing for this one, for me personally anyway. I finally gave up waiting yesterday and tried to install CM7 and bricked my phone. Panicked for a while, then finally figured out forcing download mode with VOLUP+VOLDOWN, connected to USB, while inserting the battery!

Anyway... it's now on Kies for Telus Fascinate. I was hoping this would finally fix GPS, but it's somehow made it completely unusable for me. 0 satellites after several minutes of looking.

Firmware version 2-3-3

Baseband version 2-6-35-7-T959TLKG2

Kernel version 2-6-35-7-T959TLKG2

sj0829-kwon-SEP-08 #2

Build number GINGERBREAD-LKG2

^^^ had to replace decimals with hyphens to appease the "no links posted by newbies" forum rule.
[Fascinate General] tenthousandfeet:
Also, superoneclick can't root this one. Other options?

UPDATE: Root instructions here - [Telus Only][How-To] Root your Fascinate Gingerbread 2.3.3 T959TLKG2
[Fascinate General] samperlmutar:
I tried flashing Semaphore 1.5 - which is an i9000 kernel for stock JVR - and it wouldn't boot. Went back to LKG2 un-rooted for now.
[Fascinate General] tenthousandfeet:
I'm tempted to try CF-root for the i9000s, but given my recent bricking(s) I'm a bit tired of flashing back to 2.2. Anyone else care to try?

Though it wouldn't necessarily help with root - do you suppose zacharias.maladroit's Neo kernel would work with stock Gingerbread? Supposedly for CM7, but Gingerbread seems close enough.
[Fascinate General] MrManiacNF:
so did u try it after?
[Fascinate General] Matridom:
Trying to root my Girlfriends phone, unfortunately, the gingerbreak exploit has been closed and the 3e recovery won't install unsigned ZIP files.

None of the custom kernels flashable through odin are going to work properly either. you will either end up with an unbootable device, or wonky buttons.

I'm not going to try anything until an odin flashable of the stock kernel is available.

Things like this make me glad I moved my personal phone to the the Nexus lineup.

I guess we wait for the next exploit to be found
[Fascinate General] harjon:
Most people who try to install this are getting errors as soon as kies tries to update the phone, where it instantly shuts down and reports numerous signature errors.

Add that you can't root and I think it's borked all around. Thanks for nothing Telus. :mad:
[Fascinate General] Matridom:
why blame Telus? It is samsungs fault.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Fascinate General] samperlmutar:
I installed this update yesterday with no problems. Then I tried a rooted i9000 kernel which didn't work, so I had to flash back to 2.2 and update AGAIN via Kies. No problems.
[Fascinate General] tenthousandfeet:
The CF-root kernel link I posted earlier should theoretically work, as long as it's bootable. The kernel applies root, which remains even if another kernel is flashed. If it's bootable with wonky buttons then we could then flash another kernel to fix the button mappings. The problem, of course, is that there are no 2.3.3 kernels for the Telus Fascinate, except zacharias.maladroit's Platypus Neo (linked above) which is designed for CM7/MIUI and may or may not play nice with stock Gingerbread.

As I said, I'm sick of reflashing to stock with no backup, so I'm opting out of trying this route. Anyone more adventurous care to give it a try?
[Fascinate General] 08cherd4:
Thats hilarious, I installed CM7 yesterday as well. I'm about to Odin back to stock and then update to see how this is. CM7 is a little bit to buggy for me atm.