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[HTC EVO 3D] mbobino:
Download the OTA Update from wherever it is on xda and fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

It should be signed so it pretty much has to flash

Sidenote: It would be funny as hell if HTC is really just using a modded version of revolutionary... From the screenies, they look kinda similar.
[HTC EVO 3D] nao2003:
thanks i would never of thought about flashing the recovery.img from the update..Now i have factory recovery back now...
[HTC EVO 3D] siraltus:
Not true. On the Nexus One, which Google flat out tells you how to unlock (fastboot oem unlock) right out of the box, you were able to flash every partition, including radio and recovery, even though the handset remained S-ON.
[HTC EVO 3D] EarlyMon:
I promise I searched and I promise I must be brain dead or something.

Would you be so kind as to point to the recovery.img?

Do I unzip the OTA download file over in the development section?

Thanks in advance for your patience.
[HTC EVO 3D] Whosdaman:
What is all the hatred for HTC for?

Seems like it worked for me, and guess what? Revolutionary didn't work. :-P
[HTC EVO 3D] issafram:
I came to this thread to read everyones experiences to help me decide which method to use. With each page and post I was becoming more and more convinced in using Revolutionary..... Until your post. Damnit.

Someone give me the facts. What is the deal? Why some getting s-off and others it stays on?
[HTC EVO 3D] Whosdaman:
HBOOT 1.50 just came out with the 2.08 update. Revolutionary hasn't updated itself yet, but HTC launched it's official unlocker. It works. Trust me, I'm da man.
[HTC EVO 3D] |Jason8|:
Use Revolutionary. It gives you full S-OFF. Best way to be.
[HTC EVO 3D] Whosdaman:
Try it with HBOOT 1.50 ;)

Believe it or not, some people will buy this phone with HBOOT 1.50 already installed. And when people get their phone worked on, it will be required to be updated before it leaves the store which will relock them in HBOOT 1.50. And there is no way of unlocking it with revolutionary
[HTC EVO 3D] -viperboy-:
Just as a dumb question, but can anyone make permanent changes to /system after this? The reason I ask is I just rerooted an old HTC Hero and it was S-ON but I was able to flash CM7 and everything. Just a thought that maybe the radio security is still on but not NAND?
[HTC EVO 3D] xHausx:
You said you had s-off already before using HTC's unlock...
[HTC EVO 3D] xHausx:
They already had it before this.
[HTC EVO 3D] Whosdaman:
This is true, but I relocked. I verified I had S-ON and everything. Heck I even ran the fastboot oem secureflag 3 command, then updated to 2.08 and when it rebooted fastboot it was S-OFF. Before it rebooted it said "LOCKED" and S-ON.
[HTC EVO 3D] nickerj1:
Where'd you get hboot 1.50.0000?

Is that in the new OTA 2.08.651.2 update?

Nevermind, you answered this above.
[HTC EVO 3D] dastin1015:
That's because our device was already NAND unlocked. Getting S-OFF just gave us the ability to flash from the bootloader.

Sent from my HTC Hero making C.R.E.A.M.
[HTC EVO 3D] mikeyxda:
Riddle me this. If you start with a revolutionary s-off device on the old OTA and you do a nandroid backup first... then you update to the new OTA (which will give you s-on) and do HTC's unlock (which is reported to still be s-on with "unlocked" displayed), can you then do a nandroid restore and be back right where you left off: with the old OTA and s-off via revolutionary? Or is it not even possible to do that because no one can get any recovery to work under the HTC unlock method?

Mike
[HTC EVO 3D] di11igaf:
That still doesn't change the fact that people who have NEVER had s-off will have s-on when they use HTC's method. Since you had s-off, you were able to achieve s-off again, your situation is a little different than those who use HTC's method alone.(from what I've seen anyway, looks like if only HTC's method is used, bootloader is unlocked, still s-on though)
[HTC EVO 3D] di11igaf:
Nandroids don't touch the bootloader, so no.
[HTC EVO 3D] Visionikz03:
So basically if u take the ota update which updates the hboot to be compatible with htcs unlock which they stated was required, then ur golden. If u havent taken the ota yet nd still want to root, then use revolutionary method and disable ota updates in system settings to prevent an auto update. That sounds like the jist of it to me. Anyone else getting the same idea?
[HTC EVO 3D] swaze:
If you take the OTA you lose root period....there is no getting root after that. So just simply DONT TAKE THE UPDATE, unless you are fine with not having root.
[HTC EVO 3D] Johnabis:
I think what Korey_Nicholson is saying is he had s-on again, and then he used the HTC method and S was off. he did the OTA update first then did the HTC unlock method..

atleast thats what I got from it
[HTC EVO 3D] planet_x69:
I would wait...be patient, the ONLY person so far to have it work is someone who had s-off first, did a restore to s-on then was able to go back to s-off after the OTA.

That's not a valid test and a sample pool of 1 person.

Wait, do NOT take the OTA. There are other options if you have s-off already to get the updates without the hboot update. Use them.

If you are not s-off you are free to use revolutionary and get s-off, do so if you wish after fully reading how to.

If your phone came with 1.5 and the OTA already, WAIT do NOT use HTC's unlock yet.

Patience it does you and your phone good.
[HTC EVO 3D] tatnai:
I think what is also being said is that though Korey "relocked" his phone, there may have been portions still unlocked (such as nand/emmc), even though he had S-on on his bootloader. therefore, he was not necessarily completely re-locked, and has a different experience than what every other tester who never used revolutionary is having.
[HTC EVO 3D] umbra6:
Bingo...this sounds like the one.
[HTC EVO 3D] Averix:
So, can someone clarify if a stock updated, never S-OFF'd/Revolutionary'd EVO 3D, has S-ON or S-OFF after using HTC's method? I see some conflicting posts and it seems, based on the quoted post, I'm not alone in the confusion.

What good would it be if HTC unlocked the bootloader, but kept S-ON???
[HTC EVO 3D] Doomstang:
meant to hit quote but instead I thanked you...ah well lol.

Anyways, I was stock...updated...had never s-off'd or used revolutionary etc....and then I used HTC's method yesterday and got it to say Unlocked but it still says S-ON and I can't get a custom recovery on there. It simply restarts the phone when I try to go into recovery.
[HTC EVO 3D] graffixnyc:
This was the version of CWM that booted for me. I flashed through fastboot and also did a nandroid restore just fine. This was the version IEF(from alpharev) gave me on irc

http://www.multiupload.com/AQ9KV7IME9

I was able to get into recovery from selecting recovery from the fastboot method and from doing adb reboot recovery. Sorry for not posting earlier I had finals yesterday and went out after to celebrate :)

http://www.multiupload.com/AQ9KV7IME9
[HTC EVO 3D] blazerboy567:
Do not use the htcdev bootloader unlock. HTC rep sheldon id number 601234 just said HTC will push ota an unlocked bootloader with s-off in the near future. The htcdev site is strictly for what it states developers only
[HTC EVO 3D] Doomstang:
Thank you that one worked!

Tried installing Superuser...seemed to work, restarted...but I don't have superuser permissions. Hmmmm, gonna reboot into recovery and try again I guess.
[HTC EVO 3D] graffixnyc:
Good to know it worked. I havent tried installing SU or anything of my friend's phone yet. He just got it and gave it to me for the weekend before he activated it so I could customize it for him. It might be best to install a rom that has root built in(not sure if any 2.3.4 roms are out yet I havent checked the dev forum today)
[HTC EVO 3D] Doomstang:
When installing superuser I get the error:

E:Can't open /sdcard/su-2.3.1-bin-signed.zip (bad)

Installation aborted.

Waiting for a reboot so I can put a different SU .zip on the sd card and try again.

Edit:

Ok...found a "su-2.3.6.3-efgh-fixed-unsigned.zip" and that one seemed to install without error. Restarting now to see if it works.
[HTC EVO 3D] Dees_Troy:
This custom TWRP image appears to work as well. Give it a try:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16796311&postcount=83
[HTC EVO 3D] kermitcfrog:
Thanks alot man worked perfect for me got into recovery to be able to flash the su zip
[HTC EVO 3D] Doomstang:
Well I think I've finally gotten somewhere...Wireless Tether was just successfully granted Superuser permissions.

This was all done without ever having rooted this phone in the past so I accepted the OTA update, unlocked with HTC's process, got a working recovery going, and then got Superuser installed.
[HTC EVO 3D] gthing:
The latest CWM doesn't work, but this one will: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1225812

I think it's one version older than the most recent.

After I flashed that I was able to use recovery and flash a rom.

Good luck.
[HTC EVO 3D] Whosdaman:
You are right, 1 person isn't enough. I am asking everyone who is willing to do it to let me help walk through through it so I can test it on other devices. No one is willing to do it. I need a fully updated EVO 3D with the latest update that has never been unlocked or S-OFF.
[HTC EVO 3D] gthing:
As I just posted - the HTC method worked for me and I did not have s-off. I am now running rooted OTA stock that I linked to above.
[HTC EVO 3D] Whosdaman:
Thank you. And did you meet all the prerequisites? I mean latest software and hboot.
[HTC EVO 3D] Azrael.arach:
I returned to completely stock s-on and started over. After I was back to stock S-ON I was not able to turn it back off by fastboot. I updated to newest and unlocked the bootloader by htc method. Using the recovery here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1225812

I was able to get into cwm and flash a superuser zip from the guilds for s-off. I am currently running newest OTA with cwm and root.
[HTC EVO 3D] Whosdaman:
You do not have to run a command to get s off. It should auto s off
[HTC EVO 3D] graffixnyc:
Wait, you had s-off already then went back to stock with s-on? just to do the HTC unlock?
[HTC EVO 3D] graffixnyc:
if he unlocked with HTCunlocker it wont give him S-off. although I'm not sure if you had s-off already and flashed the update if the s-off would stay or go back to S-on. but he is saying he went to S-on stock, did the update, then unlocked the phone with the HTC tool, then he shouldnt have s-off. It would still be s-on but unlocked(to a point)
[HTC EVO 3D] Azrael.arach:
Correct. I did that because my girlfriend wanted to root her phone but already did the update. I took my chances by going all the way back to complete stock S-On. Now I am at the point of trying to flash a custom rom and hope. Also thinking about the people that will be getting evo 3d in couple weeks and wanting to root them. Well it is possible I just have no clue how far into custom roms and kernels we can go.
[HTC EVO 3D] Whosdaman:
You don't have to worry. I did the same exact thing and got s off again .
[HTC EVO 3D] Azrael.arach:
How did you get s-off again? the writesecureflag does not work for me.

Just tried fastboot oem writesecureflag 0

... INFO shooter_init_sd, SD card already power on

INFOsdcc_init_memory_device done

INFO[FAT_ERROR] fat_open_file: can not find SMART_IO.CRD

INFO[JAVACARD_ERR] SMART_IO.CRD cann't find

INFOwritesecureflag: Permission denied, value 1

OKAY [ 0.174s]

finished. total time: 0.174s
[HTC EVO 3D] graffixnyc:
I'd like to know as well. So if you had a device that was not s-off'ed before, got the OTA update and then unlocked with HTC unlocker you can still get S-off? If so, I'll do that to my buddy's phone. He gave it to me wed night when he got it so I could mod it and do crap to it, so it was a perfect guinea pig when HTC released the unlocker. If I could get him s-off that would be awesome. I do want to flash a custom splash screen for him which cant be done right now with the normal HTC unlock
[HTC EVO 3D] Whosdaman:
I am making a video guide of step by step how I am relocking and then unlocking. It'll take me about an hour or two.
[HTC EVO 3D] graffixnyc:
Awesome! man I will say one thing. I'm glad I did revolutionary on my evo 3d the first day it came out :) I should have just did it right off the bat with his phone but I was curious about the HTC procedure and what it would actually do.
[HTC EVO 3D] Whosdaman:
NO kidding. I did it the first day I got my EVO 3D and it screwed up. Then I got to sit around for 3 hours fixing it lol
[HTC EVO 3D] dastin1015:
Ok so please correct me if I am mistaken, but from what I've been reading about the new OTA and HTC unlock method I take it that it is possible to get root now even if you didn't do revolutionary.io before. I know all about revolutionary and how that works, I've been reading in these forums since before fr3vo came out. So I take it that after the OTA, you go to htcdev.com and follow their method for unlocking you bootloader. Once that is completed you go here and flash that recovery from fastboot and you should be now able to enter recovery and flash superuser, ROMs, etc. I just need a confirmation because I will be getting the Evo 3D in the near future, that being I need to know if it is possible to obtain root with the 1.5 hboot in the case that the Evo 3D I get is already on the newest software.
[HTC EVO 3D] graffixnyc:
Were you able to do that video yet? I'd really like to get his s-offed instead of just the HTC method
[HTC EVO 3D] Whosdaman:
Well I got to the very end and it was S-ON this time...so I give up. I cannot get it to go S-OFF at all.

Do this to get unlocked with S-OFF...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1193540

Follow each step except for #7.

After that, don't do the OTA, run revolutionary and get unlocked.

After that you are home free
[HTC EVO 3D] graffixnyc:
It didn't work for me. I tried. lol I put the zip on my sd and booted into hboot. It started reading the zip and then booted me back out to the hboot menu. It didnt process the zip.. I have not been able to successfully flash any PG86IMG.zip :(
[HTC EVO 3D] dsspro:
I would like to know from any of you that have your bootloader unlocked..are you now able to read the memory of the phone?? or readable addresses of the phone? Using cdma ws or memory viewer in qxdm?
[HTC EVO 3D] Doomstang:
That's correct...I am your living proof confirmation. I haven't flashed any ROM's yet (matter of preference, not ability) but I do have Superuser access.
[HTC EVO 3D] dastin1015:
Thank you very much! So everything is working normally?
[HTC EVO 3D] lafester:
Are you able to flash radio and kernel?

obviously the only kernel to test with is the modified one posted in dev.

Just curious as I have already used s-off but others may need to know if they want to use this method.
[HTC EVO 3D] nao2003:
Ill test flash a kernal.... Since i made claim with insurnance getting new evo3d tommorrow

Tested with Silverneedle-1.0 And its a no..when flashed it said it did but then looking at kernal in the about phone is the same as before
[HTC EVO 3D] DigitalFruit:
HTC Right to recerve does not state it WILL void your warranty it states it MAY void your warranty. There is a big difference between those two statements.
[HTC EVO 3D] phillymonster:
There has got to be an easier way to do all of this!
[HTC EVO 3D] constevens:
Was in my local Sprint store today and talking with a friend of mine that's a tech there. he brought this up about the unlocked boot loader. (BTW he is unlocked with Revolution method as am I) But he said strait out that this Unlocked boot loader is NOT fully functional YET as this is NOT for the HTC EVO 3D. It is for the Sensation ONLY and the full unlock for the Evo has yet to be released. He said everyone has to wait till the full release comes out. For everyone having issues with it now. This would be why so much trouble. At least as I am told. And seeing that this is not been announced as a official release for the HTC EVO 3d I would lean more to believe what he says is true.
[HTC EVO 3D] tpbklake:
http://htcdev.com/bootloader/

Supported Devices

The following 2011 models (Launched prior to September, 2011) will be supported on this web site. Devices in green are currently unlockable, check back often for updates on the unlock status of additional devices:

HTC Sensation (EU)

FOTA 1.45.401.2

HTC EVO 3D (Sprint)

FOTA 2.08.651.2

HTC Sensation 4G (T-Mobile USA)
[HTC EVO 3D] akrod2as:
Your friend sounds like an idiot.
[HTC EVO 3D] tbonanno231:
cannot install busybox

No, he's correct. I have an unlocked bootloader, cwm recovery, and su with this method, but I still cannot install Busybox, and I suspect this is the reason. I still cannot access parts of the file system.
[HTC EVO 3D] bwcorvus:
"HTC Unlock Is now working" <<is 100% correct. It works, now does it do what you want it to do? Who cares, it does work. You can flash a recovery, a boot.img, and a rom. This is plenty for most of the new comers. Why does he use his friends? Because his was s-off through alpharev, and therefore will have s-off after running the htc unlock. His friends has never had alpharev run on it, therefore it is MUCH better to use to test htc unlock.
[HTC EVO 3D] Quis89:
I don't see an issue with this thread. Why report it? All he did was say it was working....which technically it is. It may not do what you wanted but it does work. These past two pages of fighting is retarded and unnecessary.
[HTC EVO 3D] willverduzco:
+1. Thread cleaned up. Further flaming will result in a ban.
[HTC EVO 3D] ancola66:
I also wonder this :confused: I had S Off when running the tool Revolutionary by alpharev. Then I have unlock with HTCdev. Now I have to Hboot with Unlocked and S Off and I was able to do what I want . But example : any devices with S On, after unlocking the HTCdev it has S Off or only Unlocked ?
[HTC EVO 3D] graffixnyc:
It will only be unlocked, not s-off if they only used HTC to unlock.
[HTC EVO 3D] ancola66:
Thanks for Your information
[HTC EVO 3D] AJCamus:
It's interesting, reading through this thread. I have three EVO 3D phones, and to be honest with you, there is only one reason to use HTC's unlock method. If you have bootloader 1.5. Warranty schmorranty. You don't get to the moon without crashin' a few rockets, right? I figure if you can get s-off with revolutionary, great! Those of us with 3VOs that are not unlockable by this method, but still want superuser permissions have to do what we have to do. I'm disappointed in the amount of bickering going on in this thread. It's very sad to see so little actual information in soooo many pages. Seems typical of developer communities though.

My point... Let's play around with these phones and see what we can get done... and then post information about it. I' know... radical idea.

I have my guinea pig 3d HTC unlocked, s-on, and have teamwin recovery working just fine. We've got this much figured out, right? System, data... no access to flash splash screens or mod the radio... so let's see if there's a work around to get permission to s-off this thing from this point. All of you with revolutionary s-off root really don't need to chime in here. It's kind of like the guy in the porsche telling you about your corvette... it's just unnecessary, and comes off like verbal masturbation.

I'm playing around with fixing permissions, and thinking to go into fastboot and adb and the shell to see what can be pushed to the system and messed with. An ideas?
[HTC EVO 3D] sammspade:
Note to self: don't ever apply carrier updates. Curse this 1.5 hboot.
[HTC EVO 3D] xPSYCHOTRONx:
LoL! Made the same note.

Sent from my EVO 3D w/ Tapatalk
[HTC EVO 3D] El Ducky:
awesomeness!
[HTC EVO 3D] DuratecPaul:
My evo 3d gsm came with boot 1.49.0012 alpha/rev method didnt work for me.

HTC method got me to unlocked and s-on from there I flashed recovery

CWM 4.0.1.4-shooteru. made a backup.

Installed leedroid rom (had choppy phone reception) and flashed a recovery from cwm back to standard rom.

su permisions work, busybox works

tried the "fastboot oem writesecureflag 0" and didnt work
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shelnutt2:
Is there a way to change the bluetooth voice dialer to load voice search instead? I've seen post and threads on it from over a year ago but no progress since then. I was thinking about maybe just creating a symbolic link to the voice search apk and deleting the voice dialer. What do you guys think?
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] oldmacnut:
Update 9-27

Sorry, lost internet at home, so the upload failed last night, didnt know until this morning, all is good, its up and available.

Update 9-26

So.

A build of MIUI for the CDMA crowd that has working wifi, I cant test the 3G cause I dont have my 3G tab right now. Played around with it for a few, seems pretty stable, its different, especially since I have been running froyo on my tabs.

So, how did I do it? its complicated.

Thanks go to Msmission, and JT1134

Am I going to continue? who knows, but I am going to play with it more for the next few days.

Oh, i guess this means if I have MIUI that I must have a working build of CM7, well I do now.

So, download link below, images up next.

8:40pm CST, its still uploading, has 60 min left, I am tired, so I trust you will either wait an extra hour to download, or try again, file size is 94.1mb on my comp.

How to install.

Pay attention, I am not going to answer tech questions on how to install, if you dont read.

This....is a flashable zip, so there, it should work.

if you dont have a CWM recovery, use the link below to flash one via Heimdall.

USE THIS KERNEL ONLY TO CONVERT TO EXT4

Put zip on SD card, flash, then THEN WIPE EVERYTHING. Dalvik included

Better Than Life MIUI Beta 2.0

If you like my work, feel free to donate.

More to come
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] oldmacnut:
all gone, bye bye.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] oldmacnut:
Updated, added links, install instructions, etc.

Gotta get to work on this now....
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] tennandcoz1:
Doing it now, will report back
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] pvtjoker42:
I'll check it out when i get home (forgot my cable today)
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] jtwebfusion:
Verizon Tab Recovery Bootstrap

I used this app to convert to ext4...

Verizon Tab Recovery Bootstrap will set your phone up so you can access a custom recovery mode to create full backups of your phone and install new ROMs!

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.koushikdutta.verizontab.bootstrap&feature=search_result

Jim,

Are you going to start posting your MIUI and CM7 Rom's in the Rom Manager?

I need 3G and wifi, therefore I'm holding off until it's working...
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] oldmacnut:
More to come[/QUOTE]

The Link i gave for the kernel to do the conversion.......
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] jtwebfusion:
I believe the app funds the effort(s)... :) That, and rom manager premium...
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] oldmacnut:
Its also on github, which is exactly where I got it, even though I myself purchased the app, I don't have time to flash to froyo, root, reboot, then install the app just for recovery.

Argument aside, its not theft, or any form of claiming it is my work.

As it is, this miui build came from mssmisons rom he just released, only I added my bootimg, and other cdma stiff to see if it would act the same as my port I have been working on for past 2 weeks.

I think you will find I give proper credit, donate funds donated to me to devs that help me, and I buy apps.

That said, I am goingnri go back to work to enable 3g on this build.
[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] jtwebfusion:
I definitely think you give credit where credit is due. I meant no disrespect to you. I just wanted others to know that the app was available which makes the conversion to ext4 simple. :)

To tell you the truth, I'm not comfortable with the whole heimdall / odin process. I can't wait to get back to flashing Roms through the Rom Manager.