yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Yeah, Bright light means not bricked. Give it another shot. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] sniperkill:
for anyone that knows, what ever happened to the origional first couple of steps where you have to put the "misc_version" to /data/local? There was another file also, but I cant remember what it's called. Do we still need to push the "misc_version" file?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Nope, this is not necessary anymore. The downgrade tool flashes the misc partition and the hboot now, so temproot is not even required at all. just brick it and downgrade.
[HTC EVO 3D] sniperkill:
So now the only option we have is to use the tool kit cd/usb thing? What happens if we already have Ubuntu installed, and we dont need to run it off of a usb drive or a live cd? How do we use the tool kit in this case?
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
No. You can always grab the downgrade.zip from Unknownforce's OP. The CD is designed to make it easier for the user who isn't familiar with Linux. :)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] sniperkill:
Okay, but I'm wondering if I can just boot into ubuntu and use your toolkit still? Or do I HAVE to install the linux on the usb drive to be able to use it?
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
You would have to install it onto a flash drive. It's a lot smaller (~40MB) than it used to be though, so it's not a huge pain to download anymore. :)

But, I'm assuming you use Linux as your main OS? If that's the case, writing it to the USB Flash Drive using the method in my guide won't work (it's Windows-only). You should be able to use Unetbootin if you don't mind renaming a few files (it's the nature of the base OS). Information here. Unetbootin here.

Edit: If you have a Windows install or another machine with Windows, I would highly recommend using the Core2USB software mentioned in post #3 of the Toolkit thread.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] sniperkill:
Something is going on here, I'm trying to run the "chmod 755 downgrade" command but end up having to run it like this "chmod 755 downgrade/downgrade" to get the correct permissions, then the next command goes "./downgrade" but I also end up having to "./downgrade/downgrade" but then it says it's missing the misc img??? I checked the downgrade.zip and IT DOES contain the file "misc.img". So what is going on here?

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No, I dont use linux a lot. I'm usually running windows 7 32bit. I tried the Core2USB and installed it on my usb flash drive, then rebooted my system, but it just booted me back into windows 7 OS. It didnt even give me the option to choose the usb flash drive.. So I'm just doing it all the manual way, I think...
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
It's looking for the two image files from the directory that you started the ./downgrade script from. ./downgrade/downgrade. Move the downgrade script up one directory or change directories and then run the script.

That should work.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] sniperkill:
Yeah, thank you. I just figured that out RIGHT before I read your post, lol... Well here goes the rest! I'll hit you guys back if I run into anymore problems, lol...
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Only option? It's made easier now...

Just follow the directions, just extract to ubuntu homefolder, chmod the downgrade file and ./downgrade

It's quite simple..
[HTC EVO 3D] KL45SiiK:
Can someone help me... when i put the PG86IMG on the sd card and go into bootloader it says if i want to update... and when i press vol up to update the phone turns off instantly.. am i doing aything wrong?
[HTC EVO 3D] .Elite_The_King.:
Its probably the powersource not enough maybe try pressing the update with the battery in then count 4 sec to take the battery out to brick it work for me but let it sit for 2 mins before pressing the update.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Hi Elite. He's currently posting in the Toolkit thread. He is actually at the bricking stage, not the radio flashing stage.

Thanks though! :)

~co~

Edit: He... he... caught you just a second before you edited it. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] .Elite_The_King.:
check you thread I gave him a solution as why I did the battery method.\

Yeah long day at work was thinking about something then I read it and oooooops :D thanks man.
[HTC EVO 3D] OneHitWonder:
PG86IMG loads but does not install

I just got a new phone it is HTC unlocked H-boot 1.50. I am trying to relock it with the the 2.17 RUU. I renamed it and it is in the root of my SDcard. It finds the file and scans it, but does not give option to install. Any ideas?
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
You must relock the device first (using the "fastboot oem lock" command).

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] biff6789:
I think I'm hard bricked :(

Tried about 10 times to get it to brick with no success and no dim light showing and so I just kept retrying like everyone else. Tried the 11th time same way and now the device will not power on at all. No lights when plugged in. Can't get into bootloader or fastboot. Nothing.

Battery has 85% charge so no issue there. When I plug it into Windows in device manager I see a device show up under "other devices" with the name QHSUSB_DLOAD. But I can't seem to communicate with the phone at all. I think I'm hosed

EDIT: False alarm. This means it's bricked. The utility wasn't working in Linux because of a system board issue with the laptop I was running. That QHSUSB_DLOAD is a GOOD thing and means you're in download mode and ready to downgrade. I was able to successfully downgrade. Thanks anyway!
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
For future reference, please don't post the same thing in two different places, it makes it difficult to track issues and keep track where/if it was fixed.

Glad to hear it worked.
[HTC EVO 3D] elektrik2001:
UGH! Been there, done that, got the T-shirt WAY too many times!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] biff6789:
That wasn't intentional. I meant to only post in this thread, but did it in the other one (which isn't the master thread) by mistake. I've left the answer to the issue in both threads simply for reference in case anyone else has the same problem and only happens to check one thread
[HTC EVO 3D] Saneless One:
So, I spent a LOT of tries trying to get my last one to brick.. finally did after many many tries.

BUT, after all that, I realized that the replacement phone they gave me had a defective touchscreen.. Great. After all that work.

So I got another replacement and bam, first try.

Difference? Last time I had my Class 4 Sandisk, super fast at reading tiny files (bootloader), and 18MB/s overall. So this time I found a really crappy no-name class 2 card that is slow as dirt. I was able to pull it out when the bootloader progress bar was still there, red (probably writing), and it bricked right away. Made my night.

So if you really can't seem to get it, see if you can find a slower SD card, it sure made it a cakewalk this time.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
SD Card speed doesn't affect the speed of the flashing process, it only speeds up the initial read of it. As it's been said, the update zip file is COPIED to the phone and flashed FROM the phone.

If you want to see proof of this, let it get to the part where it says "Do you want to update" Pull out the SD Card out and tell it to update WITHOUT the card in... It will STILL update, because it's cached it on the phone. That's what it's doing when you see the blue and orange bars. It's copying the zip file to the device.
[HTC EVO 3D] ZiT777:
hi,

My career is KDDI.

The RUU released is as follows

" RUU_Shooter_K_S_KDDI_JP_1.09.970.5_Radio_1.02.00.0906_NV_1.39_01C_release_229666_signed "

" RUU_Shooter_K_S_KDDI_JP_1.11.970.2_Radio_1.02.00.0906_NV_1.39_01C_release_246058_signed "

Each version of HBOOT of above RUU is 1.50.

HBOOT of KDDI is 1.50 from the beginning.

Can I do the method currently introduced here?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Not with the tools as they are. That phone most likely has a different partition layout than that of the CDMA model.
[HTC EVO 3D] Saneless One:
Ahh.. very interesting. Even the flashing took longer, I just assumed it had to read it from the card. Thanks for the knowledge.

I suppose after 30 failures before I just got good or very lucky with my timing this time around :)
[HTC EVO 3D] ZiT777:
I am very disappointed...
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Unknownforce, KDDI is a CDMA carrier.

Take a look at this thread (I personally had trouble handing out advice because I didn't know if KDDI used the same HBOOT versions).

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Oh, that I didn't know, however, look at the version numbers. He's going to run into issues trying to flash because the main version we change it to in the current downgrade tool is 1.10.651.1, Which is HIGHER than that of the version that they have available, this is bad, it's going to prevent him from running an RUU at all because they are ALL lower versions than that number... you'll need to hex-edit the misc.img file before performing the downgrade so that the version number is less than the 1.09.whatever that is available right now.

I'll update the downgrade zip file to include a much lower version.

EDIT: I've updated the misg.img file to be 0.01.651.1, this will work as long as it has the same partition layout... (hboot is 13 and misc is 34) But the KDDI device is still a different carrier/brand. I don't know the partition layout of that device. I cannot promise that it will work, and it's possible that it will flash the wrong image to the wrong partition and screw the device up permanently.

I could make the downgrade tool be more universal by allowing the partition numbers changeable. But I made the tool specifically for the EVO 3D CDMA Sprint, so that it would be easier to use, no extra commands or flags to enter, just ./downgrade and go. There's no easy way to detect the partitioning while it's bricked not only because of the 5 second timeframe we have but I don't know a command to send to it to retrieve the partition layout to compare that and find the correct one. At least not one that I'm aware of. So it would have to be a manual entry of the partition numbers at that point...
[HTC EVO 3D] ZiT777:
I investigated.

dev: name

---------------------------------------

mmcblk0p13: [ hboot ]

mmcblk0p21: [ boot ]

mmcblk0p22: [ recovery ]

mmcblk0p23: [ system ]

mmcblk0p24: [ userdata ]

mmcblk0p25: [ cache ]

mmcblk0p34: [ misc ]

---------------------------------------

mmcblk0p8 : [ wimax ]

mmcblk0p18: [ radio ]

mmcblk0p19: [ radio_config ]

mmcblk0p26: [ modem_st1 ]

mmcblk0p27: [ modem_st2 ]

mmcblk0p28: [ devlog ]

mmcblk0p30: [ pdata ]

mmcblk0p32: [ local ]

mmcblk0p33: [ udata_wimax ]

---------------------------------------

I have one worries.

hboot1.40 of Sprint is used in a procedure.

Although I am KDDI, am I OK?

If you are creating the script which can be introduced more easily, I would like to use it.

I cannot speak English.

I'm sorry for being poor.

In addition, if I may investigate, please let me know.

I acquired hboot.img and misc.img from EVO 3D.

https://hotfile.com/dl/154262492/85e0082/KDDI.zip
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
This says both hboot's are 1.50, is there a lower update.zip with a lower hboot number?
[HTC EVO 3D] ZiT777:
No...

As for KDDI, 1.50 is the lowest.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Then I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish here, The device is probably a different hboot type which will probably not work with the sprint cdma hboot.

If you want to take the chance, go for it, but I would have to guess that it won't work.

If it does not work, you can recover from the brick by copying out the 1.50 file from one of those zips and calling it hboot.img, and replacing that file on the linux box you're using, then re-running the downgrade.
[HTC EVO 3D] ZiT777:
Oh, my god...

A version lower than hboot1.50 is required to carry out a downgrade...

I understood. I appreciate your cooperation.

Thank you!!
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
If it DOES work, it would be interesting to see if it works for other devices using different device bootloaders, to put them into an S-OFF state that would otherwise be normally impossible. But this would only be for HTC as bootloaders are signed by HTC differently than other manufacturers of course.
[HTC EVO 3D] eskion:
Can't brick

I have done everything to the bricking step.

I get into hboot 1.5 and it checks the .zip file

and eventually says volume up to update (I have let my phone sit for up to 15 minutes in this state)

I remove the battery cover, plug in my htc charger (I have 3 and have tried all 3)

Then I remove the battery and press the Volume up button, but every time the phone simply shuts off immediately after pressing the volume up button.

Is there something else I should try?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
A different power source (outlet in the house, or another location), cable or adapter. Your phone is shutting off because it's not getting enough power.

The only other thing you can try other than that is to pull the battery at the right time during the update rather than using the AC cord to do so, it's harder to get that timing correct though...
[HTC EVO 3D] eskion:
Hmm, I was plugged into 2 different circuits, bedroom and living room, but I will try the kitchen after my son is done at tball. Would it be necessary to put the battery back in after pulling it out if I have to resort to that method?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Only to check the brick status.

If it's bricked it won't boot of course and it will likely still have the dim battery light.

Then you only put the battery back in after the downgrade/linux part is complete.
[HTC EVO 3D] eskion:
Looks like I going to have to pull the battery. I was plugged into one of my kitchen circuits and the same thing happened. One other thing (not sure if it is relevant) my battery light isn't coming on at all when I am in HBoot. Just battery, just a/c, or battery and a/c. The light just isn't on at all.
[HTC EVO 3D] Saneless One:
Do you have a car charger? Those things tend to put out enough juice. You don't need a pc until It's bricked anyway.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
It's not supposed to.

Either way The only reason it turns off is that it's not getting ENOUGH power to stay on. The HTC Chargers output slightly more power than "normal" chargers, like samsung and whatnot.

Anyways, the battery pull will work just the same, it's just going to be a little more difficult to time, because you can't kill it quite as instantly like you can with a cord pull. But all the same, just use two hands and be ready to slap the battery out at the right time, that's all.
[HTC EVO 3D] eskion:
This phone seriously hates me...I tried using my car charger, and I did the battery pull after 5 seconds...still boots. It did mess something up though. It goes through the HTC loading screens and gets to the Sprint loading screen with the 4 buttons at the bottom lit up, but it doesnt want to load the OS...yay me :D Any suggestions on where to go from here
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Timing is critical, let it sit, pull after maybe 4 seconds instead of 5, or 4.5 seconds.

You're interrupting a 1 MB file from flashing to a partition, which happens inside about 1 second.

It's a all about timing it correctly.
[HTC EVO 3D] eskion:
I'm guessing that if my phone bricks properly, I will not be able to access HBoot. I just want to clarify that.

--

I keep missing it by a fraction of a second...

--

Ok, put the battery back in and it won't boot into bootloader. Think I finally got it. Booting linux
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Correct, bricked phone = no boot.
[HTC EVO 3D] .Elite_The_King.:
Eyyyyyy congrats man timing is the key.
[HTC EVO 3D] fahadj2003:
can someone gimme a copy of emmc recover?

i need it for gsm.. yea.. got bricked same way.. removed cable when updating hboot :S
[HTC EVO 3D] eskion:
Got it going, using 4ext recovery. Flashed nocturnal adrenaline last night, but it doesn't have the tabs in the notification drop down menu so I'm flashing mean rom now to see if I like it better. Mean rom boot animation just popped up...badass :D
[HTC EVO 3D] dimqs153:
HBOOT 1.40 bricked

i just bricked my evo...the chronolog is when i try to turn my evo back to S-ON, im on stock rom but with custom recovery then i put command to back to S-On

Now it not boot at all...black screen with led so dim ( just like bricked of this thread mean ), is it posible to use linux way to unbricked it?

hope u understand my english

TIA
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Yes, this method will work for this.
[HTC EVO 3D] dimqs153:
Thx for ur reply...but it not working

Step 1 is work

Succes with diffrent number output

Step 2 stuck...linux detect 13 device...i try 2 comp with same result
[HTC EVO 3D] njdurkin:
I'm having no luck with bricking. What I hate, is that I have to wait 5+ minutes for the PG86IMG.zip to load, then another minute for it to check, and then I have to wait 2 more minutes. This is 10 minutes every time I want to try. How many tries is this going to take? 10? 20? 30? 30 x 10 = 300 minutes (aka 5 hours)!!!!!!! Is there any way to speed up this process?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
What linux version are you using?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
If there was a zip file that didn't contain the whole rom image that was signed, we'd be using that instead, but one doesn't exist, we're using their signed zip to brick, if we modify it in any way it doesn't work.

So the answer is no, there is no faster way.
[HTC EVO 3D] rsgalas:
Thank you so much for this guide! I used it in conjunction with the Live Cd tool (on usb of course).

Worked great! I am running windows so I had to use the other method. Just wanted to post to display my appreciation!

I broke my boot sector and could not boot any flashed roms, and your "fastboot oem lock" saved my life and also turned me on to the whole idea of s-off.

Thank you again!
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Cool, glad to hear it worked. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] eskion:
That's why they say patience. It is what it is. I was trying to time it just right for hours yesterday, but it's worth it.
[HTC EVO 3D] dimqs153:
10 something...should i use the latest?

EDIT : After i update linux to 11.x its work..thx alot
[HTC EVO 3D] Embargho101:
I'm stuck on the first step. Pretty much In hboot being ask if i want to start the update, i plug in the usb, pull the battery, then hit vol-up it shuts off... Any advice?

Edit: Nvm, Used search to find a couple post in this thread about the same issue. Thanks for your hard work and effort! will keep ya posted
[HTC EVO 3D] Saneless One:
Just make sure by USB you mean the micro cord coming from a 1A power source :)
[HTC EVO 3D] johnnyboi1994:
i just wanted to say that i can't downgrade because i can't even "brick" my phone

after about 2-3 seconds after hitting the volume button my phone shuts off...

anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it?
[HTC EVO 3D] theotrman:
I'm sorry if this has been answered, but here we go. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

If I am relocked via HTCDev fastboot oem and ran the ruu 2.1.7. I wanted to use the USB Flash Drive procedure.>> Where do I start? Should I brick 1st or start from post #3? Then where do i go?
[HTC EVO 3D] .Elite_The_King.:
Yes load it up then do not remove the cover or the battery let it sit for about 2 mins then press the update button and then remove the cover and the battery in 3-4 seconds. Its it work for me.

---------- Post added at 12:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:24 PM ----------

Start at the 1 step then proceed with the guide the USB Drive Procedure its if you or dont want to install Linux environment your computer because you need linux for the downgrade procedure.
[HTC EVO 3D] theotrman:
Forgive me please but do I need to take 2.17 ZIP image, put it on the root of your SDCard, call it PG86IMG.zip, first? How do I change an image to a zip.file?
[HTC EVO 3D] .Elite_The_King.:
It's already a Zip file just renamed it PG86IMG and yes put it on the root of the sdcard
[HTC EVO 3D] theotrman:
Thanks man! I hope this works. I've read both threads like 6 times.
[HTC EVO 3D] xdrakos:
Help?

Man, I still can't get it to the part where I hit vol up. Been waiting 30+ min. any help?

(I did read through most of the posts but couldn't find anything. If this has been answered could you direct me to the post# if you know it?)
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Make sure that the file is named PG86IMG.zip and not PG86IMG.zip.zip and is in the root (top directory) of your SD Card (if it's in a folder, move it out).

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] xdrakos:
It loads the .zip and then runs the check. But after that nothing... It just sits there.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
I'm assuming that it puts you back into the menu again. Check the FAQ about this in post two of this thread to see if any of those apply to you.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] xdrakos:
I looked through the list and couldn't find one that did. I even tried different sites to download 2.17 from.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Just to make absolutely certain, you have relocked the bootloader (I see that you are/were HTCDev unlocked)? Make sure that the MD5 hashes match up. MD5 Checker was recommended by Mpgrimm2.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] xdrakos:
Cool, thanks! I will have to do it tomorrow. I am currently re-HTC unlocking my phone so I can use it tomorrow.
[HTC EVO 3D] .Elite_The_King.:
D/l this one HERE This one works for everybody I still dont know why they dont link this one to the OP.
[HTC EVO 3D] SalemGD:
IF you have a PC you can have linux

Hey you can install ubuntu next to windows easy and its not

bad to use you can burn a boot disc and its free. LIke aosp
[HTC EVO 3D] johnnyboi1994:
okay so im sorry to be a "noob" but ive rooted many other phones (htc hero, evo 4g etc)

i just can't seem to root this phone.

ive tried the method on htcevohacks (didn't work)

ive tried this method but i still can't get it to "brick" ive tried maybe 50 times over the course of 3 days.

i made sure i was running 2.17.635.5 and not 2.08

i tried pulling the cord at 3, 4 and 5 seconds but i never get the flashing light, and only the blinking dim light.

its a pain that i had to htc unlock my device but i want to install other roms and this is a pain
[HTC EVO 3D] SinisterChedda:
Just wanted to say thanks to unknownforce and closeone. I did the live CD method a few weeks ago and it went pretty smoothly. It only took me 2 times to brick my phone which was lucky. Thought I was in trouble because it wouldn't find my phone but then booted live CD from disc and worked flawlessly. Thanks guys.
[HTC EVO 3D] theotrman:
What steps did you do to get the cd to boot. Did you plug in your phone 1st, then open/expand the cd?

Soory for the noob question, but I'm having trouble getting the cd to boot???:confused:
[HTC EVO 3D] SinisterChedda:
Are you on mac or windows? I have both but im still new to Mac so I used my windows laptop to burn the .img file to CD using ImgBurn. Then you reboot your computer with the disc in drive and on BIOS boot you have to press and hold F-(1-12) to change the boot order to CD. The F-key is different for every manufacturer so I cant help you there. My Dell was F-12. Then let it boot from the disc and settle down. Then I opened the terminal windows and plugged my phone in. I was using the older toolkit where you had to have multiple windows opened so I do not know how the new toolkit is different. Hope that helps.
[HTC EVO 3D] gokart2:
Unknownforce Just wanted to say thanks for somehow managing to figure this process out, and helping me S-off.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Glad it worked for you! Glad it's a working method in general! :)

By the way, although most won't read it, I again want to personally thank the Donors, you guys are awesome, it's definitely helped me out of a bind already, without which I'd probably lose my Phone, internet and the ability to get to XDA :eek: ! I won't get into details, but I've got serious Debt issues and every little bit helps me out tremendously!

Thanks a lot guys!
[HTC EVO 3D] gokart2:
Just so you know, most everyone else does too. I want to punch Sallie Mae right in her mouth sometimes.
[HTC EVO 3D] johnnyboi1994:
just wanted to say...

you

are

AWESOME.

thank you so much :) the only problem i had was my timing on my end and it came to pulling at around 3.5 seconds ish