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[EVO 4G Android Development] FusionX:
Apply some mortar to that brick!

simply put, the fastboot commands will not work if you are hboot 2.xx and if you can't boot into the rom with adb access you are not going to fix the phone.. however, you can try using some commands to enable adb over wifi if you are s-on with the no adb usb issue and the rom stays booted....

to enable adb over wi-fi use the following site:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2604727/how-can-i-connect-to-android-with-adb-over-tcp

then push zergRush to your phone with adb:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1432490

also review this in fullness:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1296916

you should have root access via adb shell after you run this!

you'll have to figure it out from there b/c I got my replacement before i could try to go any further but i would guess that if you could find a way to perform a revolutionary root over wi-fi adb, you could essentially get s-off and install a custom recover and the reformat your partitions to the correct sizes somehow... i believe that the whole no-usb or adb access issue and boot-loops issue is related to incorrect partition sizes related to this recovery.

it's really difficult for me to assist further without a broken phone to test on now... but based on my results being able to get temp root via adb over wi-fi, there is some hope!
[EVO 4G Android Development] teh roxxorz:
I don't know how extensively you're trying to use fastboot, but I'm on 2.10, went into adb, selected fastboot on the phone fromt he bootloader, and have been able to successfully push files via fastboot without a problem.
[EVO 4G Android Development] FusionX:
when you say you went into adb and selected fastboot, do you mean went into the bootloader? also, some basic fastboot commands WILL work but nothing worthwhile to get the phone rooted. I apologize for not being more clear in my original post. :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] teh roxxorz:
Yea, that's somewhat better, because I know they do work, and irks me every time I hear that :p, and not bashing, but clarifying; though yea, you won't be able to root using fastboot at that point.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fifasarajevo:
so guys how much can my evo go for on EBAY with this issue in it?

btw that was a serious question im askin cuz i dont like to look it up myself
[EVO 4G Android Development] PhxkinMassacre:
Like $30-$40 just for the LCD and digitizer.

Now I'm guessing you had the problem I had (havent followed this thread much) where the phone won't boot or after an ruu it only boots for a few minutes? Instead of selling it go to sprint and replace it. They claimed it was a manufacturer defect (lol) and for $35 gave me a refurb. I had no warranty at all and was past the 1 year manufacturer warranty so yeah...
[EVO 4G Android Development] fifasarajevo:
I actually have a different issue.

My phone can boot and stay booted as long as i have battery life, i can even get to recovery with this fix...but i cant change anything to do it ....so it can be a nice media player or game player with WIFI but thats about it...everything works but at the same time it doesnt... I tried the switch with sprint but it didnt work for me they said i had to unroot it (even tho i got S-ON but the guy thinks S-ON means its rooted lol) anyway i got an EVO 3D now so im good ill just sell this one on ebay and get some money....anyone on here wanna buy it as a test phone?

lol i like punctuation.:)
[EVO 4G Android Development] FusionX:
Same thing for me except they didn't charge the $35, no insurance and phone was 18 months old... the refurb I got stuck with is a POS... I am taking it back in today... the home button and menu button LED's don't work and the vibrate motor is probably the weakest I've ever felt. At least while I wait for another replacement I'll have a working phone though.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goobertime:
So I've been reading through all these posts lately and have been wondering If any of these "bricked phones" have been caused by the newest release of the recovery ?

Sent from my Classic EVO
[EVO 4G Android Development] 94tbird:
itsa shame this was removed for the evo. I have not had any issues with it whatsoever
[EVO 4G Android Development] mildlydisturbed:
neither did I

until it bricked my phone three days ago after running it from day one.

With PMs, other sites, and this thread I count 8 people in under a month, all right after flashing.

Not to bash, I love TWRP for the 3D, will run it until someone says it killed their EVO, but I've got to replace my 4G now.
[EVO 4G Android Development] PhxkinMassacre:
I think I was the first of those 8 haha. Can't complain tho. I got a $35 ferurb that is better than my old one. This one oc's higher, is stable at 128mhz uc and the screen seems like the colors are a lot better. So in a way they kind of did me a favor haha.
[EVO 4G Android Development] FusionX:
i agree my new one's screen seems better for color... but my vibrate motor is so disgustingly weak i literally cannot feel it in my pocket, my old one was so much stronger :(
[EVO 4G Android Development] ncadden:
Damn. Same exact thing here.

---------- Post added at 04:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:08 PM ----------

Why can't I access the 1st site that you linked to? I haven't been able to connect via wifi yet, b/c every app that I find to do it, tells me I have to be rooted first.

I'll do a little googling first, just thought you might know of a reason why I'm seeing an API Only - Stack Exchange message from that 1st link.

---------- Post added at 04:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:08 PM ----------

Any luck trying a different RUU?
[EVO 4G Android Development] ncadden:
I was finally able to access the link to accessing ADB via WIFI. I guess it just didn't like my browser, tried it in Maxthon instead of Chrome &, boom, I was in.

Hasn't helped me figure out how in the world to do what I'm trying to do, w/out already having root access though. lol, Fusion, any tips would be more than welcome, I definitely feel like I'd have a much better shot of getting S-Off if I had Root than without it, & it would at least give me the satisfaction of feeling as if I'd accomplished SOMETHING!
[EVO 4G Android Development] mildlydisturbed:
I'm starting to wonder if there's a NAND reset in ##DATA# or one of the EPST things we might be able to try, but coming up empty on trying to find anything within the 2-4 minutes I have
[EVO 4G Android Development] 94tbird:
ive been running it for weeks without issues
[EVO 4G Android Development] mildlydisturbed:
And as stated before I ran it from day 1 hour 2 til around a week ago. I flashed probably a ROM every other day, made several nandroids, restored, changed themes, and generally used the hell out of it.

Then flashing a copy of Decks ICS, gapps, and a camera patch it went to hell. TWRP 2.0 wasn't my first rodeo, been rooted and rampaging on the EVO 4G (now 3D) since 2010. I've used CWM, Amon Ra, TWRP 1.x on.

Something just went wrong, and nobody knows what it is, and there are a lot of us with bricked phones after running it successfully for a while. And it's nothing the end users did. If you were using TWRP in the first place, chances are you were already quite ahead of the game in terms of knowing your phone.
[EVO 4G Android Development] POWerSUrgeSW3:
Maybe its something to do specifically with TWRP v2.0 and flashing ICS related ZIPs (being ROMs and/or GAPPS)...

Just throwing that thought out there...

~Max

• Sent Via My Rooted & Customized Evo4G •
[EVO 4G Android Development] mildlydisturbed:
Could be, dev quit, asked him if he wanted me to ship him a phone to play with. He said there were issues, had no idea what was causing them, then yanked twrp 2 for the EVO 4G.

Of the people I've run across with KIA 4Gs, 2 people were flashing ICS, 1 person was not.

I've jumped through every hoop I can to get this thing back up and running, I'm trying to get it to the point I can do a factory reset via EPST / hopefully wipe the nand/meid info since it's pretty obvious something got twiddled in the NAND
[EVO 4G Android Development] POWerSUrgeSW3:
Good luck... if you need some help feel free to shoot me a PM and I will send you any files I have to get mine restored to returnable to Sprint.

~Max

• Sent Via My Rooted & Customized Evo4G •
[EVO 4G Android Development] mildlydisturbed:
Mine is stock s on now, it's a non connected unit, but I used it to test stuff out / write about 4g stuff.

Ie it's no longer covered by sprint warranty/repair. Going to take it in anyway, see if the techs want to tackle wiping the NAND
[EVO 4G Android Development] POWerSUrgeSW3:
Highly interested what they might be able to do IF they can without swapping boards!

~Max

• Sent Via My Rooted & Customized Evo4G •
[EVO 4G Android Development] TorxT3D:
has this project been cancelled for the evo 4g?

i thought i read that on the website
[EVO 4G Android Development] POWerSUrgeSW3:
With members of the team leaving... the project has been delayed until further notice. The team is refocusing its efforts elsewhere. They may, in time, return to this project or may not. That's basically what I got from their announcement on their site.

~Max

• Sent Via My Rooted & Customized Evo4G •
[EVO 4G Android Development] lawsonmh15:
agraben will likely release it under PHX recovery...
[EVO 4G Android Development] POWerSUrgeSW3:
Possible but only time will tell... I don't want to get hopes up since I've only heard that as a rumor.

~Max

• Sent Via My Rooted & Customized Evo4G •
[EVO 4G Android Development] Captain_Throwback:
I think I need more information on this. I recently joined the semi-bricked EVO club, and I think I can find a way to get it re-rooted if I can flash an update to the misc partition where the main version is stored. However, since I'm S-ON, and my device won't connect to adb over USB, this is likely my only option. I believe that if I can temp root I'll be able to flash the mtd-eng.img with an upgradable main version. How were you able to get wireless adb working without root?

EDIT: Well, I decided to give up on this and unlock my Bootloader using the HTCDEV.com method, since I was on the latest OTA, but with S-ON. So I went through that process, got my custom recovery installed, and restored my MikG v3.0. What made me upset was that I was still S-ON, and my Bootloader said "UNLOCKED" at the top. So, now that I was rooted, I decided to give the wireless adb a try.

So, I followed the instructions from here to connect to my device over wireless adb, which worked fine now that I was rooted. Then I used the instructions from the tutorial here, under "STEP 2~FLASHING MTD PARTITION TO ENABLE DOWNGRADE:" to update my misc partition to a downgradable version, and it worked! When I powered off and booted into the Bootloader, I was now S-OFF, still on 2.18 HBOOT, and now it said "LOCKED (OOW)" at the top again!

So, I thought I'd share my success story here. My device is still shot - Bluetooth won't turn on, phone won't charge when plugged in, can't successfully connect to a computer except in fastboot, and any time I try to restart the device, I get the 5 vibrates of death. But, besides that, at least I have a working, out of warranty device that I could return to stock if necessary :rolleyes:.

I had been using TWRP RC0.3 with no issues before this, but then I started fiddling around with trying to use the boot.img from the newest OTA with MikRunny, and something in there blew my phone up. I can't honestly say the cause was TWRP, but I guess since I was flashing the ROM with TWRP, I can't rule it out either. I guess I'll be using RA from here on out, but thanks for the prettiest recovery I've ever seen :).

EDIT 2: So wait a second - Did I just confirm that the latest OTA HBOOT can be rooted/exploited, with the help of HTC's own unlock process? I guess it'd be even easier if you could actually connect the device over USB, wouldn't it . . .

EDIT 3: HOLY CRAP MY PHONE IS WORKING AGAIN!!!! Bluetooth is back, USB works (charging AND computer), and my device can restart!! AWESOMENESS!!!!!!!!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Notorious:
Wow is all I can say that's determination
[EVO 4G Android Development] PAINiNFLIKTA:
nice! yea i got back to stock, but thats it. will have to try even tho i just picked another up.
[EVO 4G Android Development] themadmen:
after flashing a rom my phone won't charge or mount the SD?? I still have root can anyone help??
[EVO 4G Android Development] POWerSUrgeSW3:
I'd want more verification of this rooting HBOOT v2.18!

Sounds very cool. Hopefully some others can try your steps and verify that it is possible on other Evos... very interesting! I admit I'm too scared to screw a third phone up in a month

~Max

• Sent Via My Rooted & Customized Evo4G •
[EVO 4G Android Development] themadmen:
Hboot 2.16.0001 (6.16.1002)
[EVO 4G Android Development] FusionX:
Good stuff man!!! I was hoping I was on the right path! :) I kinda wanted to keep my brick for a couple more days to keep trying but as soon as they called me and said my replacement was in, I couldn't help myself haha. Glad it worked for you!

One thing that I seem to have had different than you was using the HTC Dev unlock process... my phone wouldn't spit out the proper code when going through the process itself so I wouldn't have been able to unlock that way.

However, I was able to access ADB over wi-fi without root, I was of course, S-on and had the latest OTA at that time, was still hboot 2.16.

Glad you got your device working, I wish I still had mine, the new evo's vibrate strenght is absolute garbage...
[EVO 4G Android Development] PAINiNFLIKTA:
Yea it didn't work for me when I type the command:

fastboot oem get_identifier_token it gives me an error..

I'm on hboot 2.16 upgraded to 4.54

Still wana tackle this even tho my new fone will be here anyday now.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Captain_Throwback:
You have to be on he latest HBOOT for it to work (2.18). That's the one from the latest OTA. Compatibility with HtcDev.com is new with that version.
[EVO 4G Android Development] PAINiNFLIKTA:
Oh aight. I figured that might have been the issue. will have to search for 2.18.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Captain_Throwback:
I posted it in Calkulin's radio thread here.

I actually just got a replacement device, so I'm considering trying out rooting the 2.18 HBOOT with the HTC method with that one and then seeing if I can get it S-OFF using the same method I applied to my current (now working) device. If I can't, no biggie, since I'm sending it back anyway :).
[EVO 4G Android Development] PAINiNFLIKTA:
thanks. i couldn't update through bootloade(wouldn't recognize the file), but had enough time to download and install the actual update through the phone.

the website is down though so i have to wait to get the token.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Captain_Throwback:
I was able to unlock my replacement EVO using the site (it must be back up).

I've also confirmed that I can indeed achieve S-OFF after unlocking with HTCDev.com by following my previous steps to fix my device, flashing a Froyo ROM, and then NAND unlocking with unrevoked forever.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mildlydisturbed:
The htvdev method works with the EVO 4g?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Captain_Throwback:
It does with the HBOOT that came with the latest OTA, yes :).
[EVO 4G Android Development] mildlydisturbed:
Cool, can you direct a brother to an ruu or PC 36? I know my Evo fails at any fast boot command and I am not at a computer. Going to try to get my 4g running when I get back.

*edit* awww suck - I'm on current HBOOT with fastboot telling me get_oem is an invalid operation... rassafrassa
[EVO 4G Android Development] PAINiNFLIKTA:
go there. my phone wouldn't recognize the image so i had to manually update through the phone.

sometimes the htc website to get your token isn't up, but it does work just refresh.

i got my bootloader unlocked, installed recovery through fastboot command and installed rom. Only thing is my phone stopped charging, bluetooth didn't work along with usb. wifi worked. i didn't try anything else yet.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Captain_Throwback:
Definitely sounds like you have the same problem I had. If you can get those steps to work like I did, your device might heal itself like Wolverine.

Fortunately I have an old Tilt 2 laying around that happens to use the exact same battery as the EVO, so I can use that battery as a spare while I charge the other in that phone. If you have a Touch Pro 2 laying around, that's probably your best bet (unless you have a separate charger somewhere).
[EVO 4G Android Development] PAINiNFLIKTA:
ha! i got everything working again!

to get my phone and usb working i did the usb fix that calkulin provided and boommmppphhh...baaaammmm....booooommmm. fone is all good!!!!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Captain_Throwback:
Bluetooth too?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Captain_Throwback:
Nice. Congratulations! At least we've proven that these semi-bricks can be rescued, albeit with a bit of effort.
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
I never messed with TWRP, but just wanna say, you guys are awesome (not the twrp devs, but cap throwback, fusionxw, etc) for giving others hope. And for being so Bourne about it ;). Persistent and knowledgeable.
[EVO 4G Android Development] TODDzillaInLA:
not really important but its bugging me the time isnt right, i tried to set it under settings advance time zone then im lost lol, i live in Los Angeles, CA area how would i set the time correctly
[EVO 4G Android Development] Captain_Throwback:
If you're using version 2.0 of this recovery, I HIGHLY recommend you switch to RA. I guess you haven't been following the thread, but several devices have been semi-bricked using it. I continued using it for a while after hearing those reports, since it was working fine for me, and then it happened to me too. Even the OP says not to use it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] intrlude:
Additional: Or do as Captain_Throwback states ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

If you're using a 2.0 variant, it should be under settings/time zone/minus and choose PST -8

On 1.1.1, Advance Menu/Change twrp Settings/Change Time Zone/Minus (GMT 0 to -11)/ choose GMT -8 (PST)/No Offset/DST(?) your choice (Daylight Savings Time) finally Restart Menu and Apply Time Zone

Not sure about 1.0
[EVO 4G Android Development] xfullmetal17:
Is there any way to extract the .win files for compressed recoveries (without restoring)?
[EVO 4G Android Development] tropicalbrit:
If someone has a copy of TWRP 2 RC0.3 , a PM would be great, seeing as it is now no longer publicly available.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Captain_Throwback:
I'm pretty sure I deleted all my copies of it, after my soft brick problem. Not sure why you need it, but I can check in one more place tomorrow and confirm I don't still have it.

EDIT: Turns out I do still have it. I'll PM you a link.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Registerforwhat:
Yeah I just tried it,

Failed to backup when I checked the wimax button, worked w/o wimax backup. Tried to flash a rom it froze, then restored prev backup and it only restored the ROM image no data.

Huge mistake, back to RA, glad I didn't brick it.

Never again,

2nd Teamwin product I've been hugely disappointed by, 1st was the Kernel manager they had.

lesson learned...
[EVO 4G Android Development] TODDzillaInLA:
had to go back to twrp 1.1.1 cause a couple roms wouldnt install with the 2.0 version
[EVO 4G Android Development] pmacevad:
I've heard of several instances of this recovery bricking devices. Is it safe to use?

Sent from my Modded Evo... It's easier this way. :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] mildlydisturbed:
No, 2.0 for the 4g is not safe. 1.x is. 2 bricked my 4g, and it was pulled from team wins website for doing that to a lot of phones
[EVO 4G Android Development] sputnik767:
It bricked mine...so no, not safe to use. Don't even think about installing 2.0 on your phone unless you are looking for an excuse to buy a new one.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Captain_Throwback:
This is what the OP says:

And my EVO was mostly bricked by this recovery as well, so you be the judge :rolleyes:.
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
And I believe captain was the only one who was only "mostly" bricked. I think he's about the only one who got it back.

My point: take his (and others') words for it. Esta no bueno. For real, for serious, and everything else. OP states clearly, "abandon all hope, ye who enter".
[EVO 4G Android Development] pmacevad:
Thank you.

Sent from my Modded Evo... It's easier this way. :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] tdawg0213:
I had several problems with this recovery on my OG EVO. I heard it works well with other and newer devices.
[EVO 4G Android Development] pmacevad:
When I rooted my girl's 3d it was the recovery of choice. That's why I ask. Totally different, really nice on the 3d.

Sent from the EVO, as usual.
[EVO 4G Android Development] NetEndeavors:
I did "soft" brick my EVO 4G with this -- it took me two weeks of crying myself to sleep at night before I finally got lucky enough to fix things again.

If someone with one of these situations is willing to work with me (e.g., let me try to restore your "soft" bricked EVO 4G), PM me. I'd be willing to work to restore it, as I did my own, and document the steps to do so in detail for the benefit of everyone else.

I fixed mine once -- fixing yours and documenting the procedure to do so "just once" is all I plan to do. No charge other than return postage.

PM me if you wish to assist...

Regards,

Jersey Dave
[EVO 4G Android Development] Nesiop:
Really wish I saw this thread because the compression and gui interfaces aren't worth the chance of brick...

Well, didn't think I'd have an issue as I'm a pretty experienced flasher, and now I appear to be in a nice little brick status. Booting my phone up gives me a splash screen of the 4g and stays there (After a reboot from running Smurf's script on SOS's N release)

Had a boot up issue, went to recovery to wipe/nand restore. WHen I went to boot into recovery from the white bootloader screen I get the 5 vibrates and screen black, led flashing.

I tried the .zip recovery file and I get the finding of the file but it shows the top right vertical progress bar but no actually Yes or no to flash it, goes away and brings up the options. I tried the fastboot .img flash as well and I get this:

C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>fastboot flash recov

ery recovery.img

sending 'recovery' (4706 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.170s]

writing 'recovery'...

(bootloader) signature checking...

FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)

finished. total time: 2.000s

I am Hboot 2.02.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Nesiop:
Anyone have a fix for this? Oh, also now S-On.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Captain_Throwback:
Sounds like you're in the same old boat that many of us ended up in.

All I can suggest is trying what worked for me: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21765954

Current ROM (BootManager Slot 2): Evervolv-ICS-2.2.0-alpha1-supersonic - Kernel: Mason-ICS-v0.14-SBC-fso