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[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
[YOUTUBE]OinV0AtznyE[/YOUTUBE]

Here it is... watch it as many times as you want... It's also testing the new tool that was.... successful!!!

No more multiple terminal windows. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] kailashpchhabria:
Hi,

I own a Jetstream and was wondering if it would be possible to have this method work for us as well in order to achieve S-OFF?
[HTC EVO 3D] Knucklehead101:
I got it. Turns out I was needing to wait 6-7 seconds...
[HTC EVO 3D] mkeller96:
help

Can someone tell me where im going wrong so i boot into boot loader or whatever and while it is checking for pg86img i take back cover off and plug evo3d into ac adapter thingy and pull my battery and set it aside once it says update i hit volume up and count to4 and pull the ac adapter and put it back in as quick as possible then it blinks dim red light i have tried 4 5 6 7 seconds i get dim blinking light each time

[at 5 seconds it flashes a little bar and then says ok and starts the next update]

If it wasnt temp rooted correctly would this bricking methood not work i have restarted many times though from the begining and it doesnt seem to make a difference :confused:
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Thanks for the timing video Unknownforce. I know that there are still a few issues with timing it, but once you do get it, it couldn't be a more satisfying feeling. ;) That's got some gears turning now though, maybe some sort of way of incorporating a turn-your-phone-into-a-brick(-temporarily) timer of some sort right into the boot CD (seems silly, but I digress). Also... Wrong thread... I know. :rolleyes:

Also, the new emmc_recover version looks wonderful. :)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] cbernardo13:
Man, let me tell ya, I was about to start cursing ya up and down, think my house was about to burn down and I was about to get a flat tire, cause I really thought my phone was done.

When I couldn't see the dim light on my phone, and I couldn't get it to find when I was in terminals, I thought, "Is this what a true brick looks like?" Turns out it was a bad usb cable!!!

LOL Thanks a lot man. Finally got s-off. Incredible feat!
[HTC EVO 3D] DeMoNFLiP:
Downgrade Success!

It take me like 2 hours to finally downgrade hboot 1.40 but hey i did it! :)
[HTC EVO 3D] cbernardo13:
Yup, I'd think so. It happened to me. I just downgraded mine and I have to reprogram now. I have MetroPCS though. Good thing I've got all my settings saved

Even SPC changed

WOWOWOWOWOWOW!!! Even MEID reverted back! I never would've thought that would have happened. So yes, if your flash was done through process of repairing MEID, then you will definitely need a reflash. Maybe this should be a disclaimer in the OP.
[HTC EVO 3D] egzthunder1:
I did mine with a power strip since you need to be quick in the plugging and unplugging process. It makes it that much easier.
[HTC EVO 3D] egzthunder1:
I confirm that the meid and pESN will revert back to factory. I did not see that coming... And my guess is that every other value for the NV folder will likely revert back as well like the HA and AAA keys. It sorta does make sense as these numbers are likely stored somewhere else in the device as well, likely separate from any writable partition, just to ensure that you cannot tamper with the device. Hardcoded on the radio chip itself, that is my guess.
[HTC EVO 3D] king_89:
You need root access to change the mainver so hopefully you got that part right and if 4sec and up didnt work try 2-3 sec good luck

Edit: I didnt even time mine i hit the switch as soon as i saw a change after i hit volume up got it the first time good luck
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Updated the tools.zip with a much better emmc_recover tool.

I modified it to cycle through all sd devices searching for partition 13. (the hboot partition)

It works similarly, but instead of using "--device /dev/sd*13" you just put "--partition 13" it does the rest with all the letters from b-z, ('a' is typically always an already existing device, so I started with b)

I put in a check also to see if there are any existing devices with the same partition number, if so, it will error out and stop. This prevents the false write to a current device with that same partition. (which would be bad, mmmkay)

Anyways, for those that I have lost with all the above, the basic idea is that you no longer need multiple terminal windows... Only a single window and a single command.

My next move is to check to see if it's possible to flash revolutionary hboot (or eng hboot) and S-OFF at the same time so we can eliminate the need for revolutionary all together, which would eliminate the need to RUU, and you can just flash a recovery from there and restore a backup or a new custom ROM.

Oh, and also, I updated the guide to reflect the new tool.
[HTC EVO 3D] jamesjeter1:
Problem, downgraded hboot, flashed a stock rooted 2.17. Flashed the newest radio 1. Whatever, but now I'm getting random reboots and lots of them.

Any idea why?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Probably need to flash the rest of the firmware as well. use this: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21374142&postcount=131

put on sd card called PG86IMG.zip and flash from bootloader.(not recovery)

Also, boot into recovery and wipe cache/dalvik.
[HTC EVO 3D] jamesjeter1:
Thanks I'm gonna try that now
[HTC EVO 3D] mkeller96:
Yes finally i love life again

okay so just wanted to let everyone know that i have finally got hboot1.4 after trying for 3 days i dont know exactly what i did this time but i restarted from the begging and got temp root and then the other thing and i got solid red light after my second attempt so it isnt impossible and i sure did think it was i tried it 50TIMES NOT AN EXAGGERATION but i finally got it so everyone who cant get it hang in there u will eventually get it

PS I also tried Unknowns Tool.zip and it worked perfectly just 2 commands and it did the rest

:):):):):):):):):):):):):D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
It's definitely the hardest part of the whole thing. Glad to hear you got it.
[HTC EVO 3D] Royalfox:
Hey, should I try to downgrade right now or is there "something" coming out soon?

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[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Depends on your definition of the word "soon" :D I am working on a method to completely eliminate the first step, and also eliminate the need for revolutionary and running RUU's and what not afterwords, making the process a 5 minute process instead of a 30-45 minute process.
[HTC EVO 3D] king_89:
Might as well try now literraly hardest part is breaking the e3d unless u make real noob mistakes lol who knew breaking a phone was so hard lol i shoulda rooted since day one with the evo 4g
[HTC EVO 3D] jdsinglebarrel:
Just rebooted to the bootloader and it shows loading . . . [PG86IMG.zip] with the bar on the right going up. It shows me as being relocked and S-ON. This is using the PG86IMG_Shooter_S_Sprint_WWE_2.08.651.3_Radio_0.97.10.0808_NV_SPCS_1.31_003_release_219445-signed.zip apparently, I need to let it wait a couple of minutes after it finishes the last checking before it shows the Vol +, my apologies. New problem is pulling the battery causes the phone to turn off (I'm just using the usb cable into the power adapter that it originally came with into a power strip).

Any thoughts?
[HTC EVO 3D] :
jdsinglebarrel, I am having this same exact problem. I relocked, did the same thing as you and no luck. I now have a stock unrooted EVO3D with no recovery on it since it's keeps telling me main version is to low or whatever. The only time I saw the bootloader ask me to press volume+up was when I was trying to flash twrp from a zip file. That's no longer working. I really have no other ideas on what to do. Im about to just ground the two terminals at the left of the rear camera to the sd card slot to force download mode. I've been at this for 4 days now.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Boot into bootloader first without the AC adapter, remove battery cover, plug in ac adapter, pull battery out, do that in that exact order.
[HTC EVO 3D] Royalfox:
Omg worth the wait then :P

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[HTC EVO 3D] jdsinglebarrel:
When you get to the part where you are waiting for the boot loader to do volume +, wait 5-10 minutes. Mine apparently takes forever after checking. Make sure you are using the right files too.

Phenomenal. Worked perfectly. On the first attempt at bricking, I got the blinking red light. Was worried I'd have to start all over, then realized I just needed to get back into the boot loader and go to Fastboot and wait for it to check everything again. Instead of doing the one-one-thousand, I just counted, one-two-three-four-five pull once I saw updating come up. Worked perfect on the second try. Now just waiting for Ubuntu to download so I can install on VMWare. Getting soooo sick of slow download speeds from all these servers. Especially when I'm sitting on a 34mb/s download connection.
[HTC EVO 3D] :
Unknownforce, Thanks for the info. I'll give that a shot when I get home in a bit. Oh, I want to thank you and all the others that contributed to this. It's major!!! I aspire to be a great developer like you one day.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Keep in mind, that this will still require linux, but it will be child's play linux. And closeone's Live CD will make it a cake walk, but if I can pull it off, all you'll have to do is flash a new custom ROM when you're done, and depending on whether or not you lose data or whatever you MIGHT need to do the hands free activation, but I haven't heard of many having to do this lately with the guide changes...

Also for everyone... I'm recording Step 1 Step 2 and Step 3 all in separate videos and posting them up later tonight, or early tomorrow. I'll include one for both 2.17 and 2.08. I will not be including any with HTC Unlocked as my device has never been HTC Unlocked.
[HTC EVO 3D] jdsinglebarrel:
Damn, I am getting so close...I'm running the last part of the Linux commands where I plug in the device while holding down Vol -

I'm getting this error:

Unable to mount 1.3GB File System

Error mounting: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb24,

missing codepage or helper program, or other error

(for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might

need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program)

In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try

dmesg | tail or so

As well as:

Could not find "/media/devlog"

Thoughts? Weird...just booted into Bootloader and it shows me as having 1.40.0000 but it is giving me a Security Warning at the top...going to search through the forums for solutions. In the process of running the 1.13 exe. If this works I'm going to **** a chicken.

Finished! Had to use linux revolutionary. Couldn't get the other one to work on Windows 7.
[HTC EVO 3D] Royalfox:
Its ok, i might just do a backup of my cdma settings with qpst

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[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
That's fine, just run the 1.13 RUU exe in fastboot usb
[HTC EVO 3D] mustang_52:
If I'm htc unlocked running meanrom and rooted, can I just relock using the fastboot oem lock command and skip the temporary root instructions?
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
I wondered the same thing so that I could change the misc_version before relocking. Unknown never unlocked & no one else replied so I just flashed full 2.08 Ruu to start from scratch.

Check out closeone's LiveCd and have a look at my experience.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24088486﻿
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
It's really best to start from stock/relocked. I've heard many problems with security warning and everything detecting the PG86IMG.zip for the bricking process...
[HTC EVO 3D] :
Ok, I have two questions that I ask of the dev gods to answer please. Unknowforce, did you run one of the .exes' then grab the rom.zip file, transferring that to the sdcard or did you rename the .exe PG86IMG.zip? This may be my problem with the bootloader not giving me the vol+up prompt. I run the .exe for 2.08 or 2.17 and can not find the temp folder that is created. It's weird. Question 2. So I got CWM pushed and flashed and just flashed MeanRom again and am about to flash TWRP 2.0 in order to recover my nandroid backup. I've seen this mentioned in the original downgrade thread that was posted about downgrading directly from a custom rom. In theory, since MeanRom is already rooted, you can change the main version. I was able to do this. So all I would have to do now is just get the phone bricked and carry on am I right? Theoretically???
[HTC EVO 3D] dastin1015:
To get the temp folder type in %temp% in the search window of the Start menu. The folder will open up with a bunch of files and folders. Delete them all except the ones that are running. After that run your RUU and the second folder of garbled numbers and letters is the folder to enter to grab your rom.zip and that will be renamed PG86IMG.zip

To answer your second questions since you already have root and changed main version, then yes you should just have to downgrade the HBOOT. After downgrading you have to run Revolutionary about 3-4 times to get your S-OFF.

私のEVO 3Dから送信される。
[HTC EVO 3D] :
Absolutely frickin' beautiful. Thank you dastin1015. I'll give it a shot in a few. Battling with flashing TWRP at the moment plus i'm hyped up on Jacked3d since I planned on going to the gym before doing any of this. The EVO is winning obviously. LOL
[HTC EVO 3D] DaveRichardson:
Success. Phenomenal work. Thanks so much, everyone involved.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Updated videos. All 3 steps, all separate, Did both zergRush and tacoroot methods for step one.
[HTC EVO 3D] Leukay:
WOW this is just incredible! It's a crazy process that had me cursing and nearly throwing my phone, but what a great feeling when it works! I couldn't get tacoroot to work cause I had HTC sync installed, but once I uninstalled that, it worked beautifully. Then it took absolutely forever to get my phone bricked (like 3 and a half hours). I just kept getting the blinking light, but when I counted exactly (and I mean EXACTLY) like unknownforce in the video, I finally got the solid red light. I'm now booting up after running the 1.13 RUU and I am just ecstatic. Thanks a lot to everyone involved for this hard work in figuring this out. This is what XDA Developers is all about!
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
And just like that. New version of the Boot CD is out. Implements the new version of emmc_recover. :) Only one terminal window needed. Whoo! :cool:
[HTC EVO 3D] MusicalQueen:
I have one angry boyfriend now *evil grin* I was going through withdraw for a while..you have restored my addiction Thank you sooooooo much
[HTC EVO 3D] Bslydem:
Success thank you everyone for your help. Ill give thanks to all who helped.
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
Do you have 2.17 and want to avoid TacoRoot?

- Did you DL Zedomax's hbootdowngrade pack & unzip it?

(At the top of Unknownforce's Downgrade Thread OP, it has 1.13 RUU.exe & 2.08 RUU.zip).

I was on 2.17 Unlocked

. Relocked the phone (fastboot oem lock), put the 2.08.651.3 RUU zip (renamed to PG86IMG.zip) on the sdcard, booted to bootloader, and let it complete the phone update.

Rebooted & was back to full stock 2.08.651.3 firmware and able to use all of Closeone's LiveCD Tools (ZergRush etc) and avoid TacoRoot.

I didn't think this would work, but it did for me. It will either work or not work, but it's worth a try. I would like to see others replicate it and just forget TacoRoot.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
This doesn't work on full stock, unless you change the misc version to something lower than 2.08.651.1, which would require tacoroot in the first place. When you try to do that it complains about the main version of the zip file being lower. The reason it worked for you is probably because the rom you had on there before, had a main version of a lower or equal version to 2.08, even though it might have been a 2.17 rom, you can still have a different main version.
[HTC EVO 3D] zedomax:
updated

Here guys, I've updated with another cleaner video here:

[YOUTUBE]YHizX05sz-k[/YOUTUBE]

And files with tacoroot:

http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/HTCEvo3D/hbootdowngrade/hbootdowngrade217.zip
[HTC EVO 3D] Kfunk:
New Splash Screen - Let me know if anyone wants one with their name on it - shoot me a pm or else I might miss it...
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
Thanks for the explanation. I thought that I had tried to roll back to 2.08 after 2.17 a while back & couldn't do it but wasn't sure. Must of been something MeanRom 2.9 had done that allowed it to work.
[HTC EVO 3D] honorlost84:
How do I run unbuntu on a windowsxp Dell laptop?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
I have successfully eliminated having to do the misc_version with the newest linux tool. That means temp root will not even be necessary anymore. :D

This will now be a Two step process. Brick, then recover.

I'm trying to make it do recovery, S-OFF and hacked hboot all at the same time as well. Which would be nice, cause then you wouldn't have to run the RUU afterwords, you could just flash a custom ROM and be done. But I haven't found the correct S-OFF partition yet... I'm still looking into this...

But this is much more friendly now, and with closeone's boot CD this is a cake walk for anyone.

I will be posting the newest version of the tool shortly.
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
Have u looked at Closeone's Linux LiveCd Downgrade tool? U burn the .ISO to a disc and reboot pc to the cd. Nothing permanent to install and many of the steps have automated setup scripts.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24009847﻿

[TOOL] HBOOT Downgrade Toolkit Live CD
[HTC EVO 3D] Royalfox:
Omg yes, cant wait for an even easier method! I don't like downloading RUUs

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[HTC EVO 3D] Royalfox:
Anyone willing to help me step by step to downgrade my phone right now? Any IM u have

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[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
You would still need the 2.17 PG86IMG.zip to do the bricking process...

Which reminds me... I think I know why people are having trouble bricking...

Every time I've done my brick I let my device sit for at least a minute before pulling the battery and telling it to update, I noticed just recently that if I told it to update immediately, I was unable to get a full 5 seconds out of it before it already moved on to the next item it was updating... I think that for whatever reason it takes longer if you let it sit. Which I think it necessary for some reason... So I'm going to be updating the guide a bit as well.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Let me get the tool updated here, it's a lot easier without having to do the rooting crap.
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
I love you. Sleeper devs that come out of the shadows are amazing! I love you.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Post updated, so simple now. Will be nice when closeone updates his CD, which is very nicely laid out by the way...

The new tool requires no flags, no specifying anything, just run it, and it prompts you with everything you need to do, right on screen.
[HTC EVO 3D] honorlost84:
How will this work?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
The now current tool?

Or the rest of what I'm working on?
[HTC EVO 3D] billbowers:
Just wanted to post another success story. Thanks for everyone's amazing work on this project.
[HTC EVO 3D] honorlost84:
Bricking without root and mainver change
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
The misc version is another partition that can just be flashed while bricked.

So instead of wasting time using root to do it, simply flash that partition while bricked and then flash hboot.

Two birds, one stone.
[HTC EVO 3D] Royalfox:
Did you update the main post with a method that does this? I might try right now to downgrade my EVO.
[HTC EVO 3D] honorlost84:
Ok but how do you get a 2.17 zip to be recognized by bootloader. I'm on 2.17 so that wouldnt work. Or is your tool gonna change something?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
It is recognized by bootloader, so long as you are bootloader locked and no security warning.
[HTC EVO 3D] honorlost84:
I downloaded one and booted into bootloader and got nothing... It is renamed PG98IMG.ZIP. relocked. No security warning
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
It's PG86IMG.zip, not PG98IMG.zip
[HTC EVO 3D] honorlost84:
Just changed it through esfile manager. Still nothing
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Just as a note in this thread as well. I will have a new version of the HBOOT Downgrade Toolkit Live CD up soon. This will incorporate Unknownforce's newest Downgrade tool. Thanks Unknownforce! :)

After that, I'll work on adding some of my own goodies. :cool:
[HTC EVO 3D] honorlost84:
Nevermind. It's doing it. Unknownforce how do I set up step3 on my winxp computer? Gotta do this. Stock is driving me nuts
[HTC EVO 3D] Royalfox:
How do I do 2nd step if my device is already bricked and I have LiveCD v0.3.4?
[HTC EVO 3D] miggsr:
I just want to relock the bootloader because I gotta take it in for possible repair. If I use a PG86IMG zip can I just flash that?? I have hboot 1.5 s-on
[HTC EVO 3D] Royalfox:
I try to relock my phone but it stays on " waiting for device "

any ideas? its already in fastboot usb
[HTC EVO 3D] honorlost84:
Is usb debug on?
[HTC EVO 3D] honorlost84:
No you have to go the your command prompt like you would normally. Go to folder with fastboot and type fastboot oem relock I believe. Then after its done use a executable ruu and run it to reset stock software. If you relocked though I think it will. Just put it to the route of your SD
[HTC EVO 3D] Royalfox:
Oh I should check, thanks, will reply back

---------- Post added at 11:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:46 PM ----------

Ok I reinstalled HTC drivers and relocked fine, but now it says security warning, is it ok?
[HTC EVO 3D] honorlost84:
Boot the phone. Let it set for a min. Then plug it into the computer and reset the software to stock using a executable ruu. 2.08 or 2.17. Note this will delete all user data exempt the sd. Ruu I think has to be a .exe not a .zip. unknownforce posted a link that has them I believe on his downgrade thread
[HTC EVO 3D] Royalfox:
Ok, I'm downloading the 2.17 RUU, thanks!

Another question lol: After bricking my device, if I have the HBOOT LiveCD, do I just keep following OP instructions?
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
New version is LIVE!

Cross-posting to here. The new version of the HBOOT Downgrade Toolkit Live CD is now posted (0.5.1). :D It is now only a two step process. Check the my thread for details! :)

Thanks!

(Now, I think I might just go to bed)
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
Closeone's "HBOOT Downgrade Toolkit Live CD v5.1 just dropped.

Have a look: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1563342

edit: co beat me too it!
[HTC EVO 3D] ptran:
Honestly never realized how bad hboot 1.50 sucked until I downgraded. Truly amazing job!