[HTC EVO 3D] WatermelonSlim:
Okay guys, I have success on all fronts. I have 4 Evo 3Ds, and I did all 4 of them. I ran into just about every problem you can imagine along the way, so let me tell you all how I got around it and maybe it will help someone in the future. Thanks to everyone who walked me through this too, I could have never done it without you all. And unknown force is without question the MAN!

Before I began anything, I grabbed 3 different laptops. 1 for the Windows steps, with all the files needed, another for the Linux steps (it was a Windows laptop, but I'll get to that later), and a 3rd for me to keep this thread open, do google searches, download additional files, etc. I also had a flash drive with all of the needed files so I could transfer them from computer to computer. And of course I had a USB cable for the phone, and an AC charger for the phone. In addition, I also had another storage card with the first PG86IMG file (for the bricking). That way I didn't have to use my real storage card when bricking the phone. It probably wasn't necessary but I didn't want to risk losing any of my data should something go wrong with the bricking.

First, the HTC drivers I had didn't work for some reason. When the device was in fastboot it could not be detected in Windows. It worked when not in fastboot though. But after getting proper drivers, I got past that.

Then, I had all kinds of trouble with tacoroot. The screen prompts aren't clear on how to do this. I figured it out and the next 3 phones went smooth, but the first one was a royal pain. When it says "rebooting to fast boot, press and hold the volume up, volume down, and reboot" I was sitting there holding those thinking I had to do this for it to boot there or something. Don't do that, lol. Wait for it to boot (you'll see the red logo with an ! over it). THEN hit the volume up, volume down, and power. THEN release them immediately. I had been waiting for a response before I let them go. You won't get the response until AFTER you let them go. And THEN you select "reboot" and hit the power button again.

Bricking the first phone took a couple of tries to get the timing right. Got the next 3 on the first try.

Next, I tried to run Ubuntu from a live boot CD. I downloaded the ubuntu iso from their website, and followed the instructions on their website to burn it to a CD. I booted from the CD and selected the "try it" option instead of installing it.

This got me into Ubuntu. The problem was it kept freezing on my old Vista laptop. Especially when I would open the 4 terminal windows. I would also have another desktop in Ubuntu (using the desktop switcher icon on the sidebar) with a text file containing the text from the first post (the instructions). That way I could jump to the instructions, copy the command, jump to the other desktop with the the 4 terminal windows, and paste the command. Good idea, but it would freeze almost every time I opened the 4 terminal windows, requiring a forced boot.

To get around this, I installed Ubuntu on a flash drive. The instructions for this were also on the Ubuntu website. Basically you just download the installer they have linked there, and when you run it you point it to the iso file that you already downloaded.

When I did this, the stupid flash drive would not boot. I kept getting an error about some boot file or something, and it would just keep repeating. I did a search, and found a solution. Had to copy the contents of 2 folders to each other (without replacing any files, choosing the option to keep both files) so they were the same. The folders were something like syslinux and isolinux or something like that (can't remember the names). But after I copied the contents of one to the other, and then the other back to the first one, I could then boot from the flash drive.

This got me into Linux. However, I was still having all sorts of problems with this step. I was getting file not found errors, and other errors in the command prompt. Someone told me to log in as an admin. I didn't know how to do that so I created another user with admin rights. When I did this, I did not create a password. Eventually, the computer froze and I had to reboot. When it logged me back on, the desktop was totally different. There was no sidebar anymore and I could not figure out how to open anything. I figured it was probably something to do with it running from a flash drive.

I went ahead and installed Ubuntu alongside Windows using the CD I had been booting from before.

When I got into Ubuntu this time, I made a login with admin rights and a password. I then copied all the files to the desktop.

I was still getting errors though. As it turns out, the files needed to be in the home directory. Even though the command was was correct and the path correct, it would not work unless they were in the home directory. Once I put them in there, I got all 4 terminals to say waiting for device.

Connecting the phone to the Ubuntu box was pretty difficult. It took like 10 tries. I had to pull the battery after each attempt too. I could not get it to connect at all without the battery. And on a couple of them, I never got the locked up command screen. It just had a couple windows and an error that said can't copy file or something like that (can't remember exactly what it was). But then I just booted to fastboot and flashed the lower RUU.

Revolutionary was a major pain. It never actually finished and said it worked. I just kept running it over and over again until I saw "Revolutionary" and "S-Off" on the bootloader screen. On 1 of the 4 phones, I eventually got a message saying it was already S-Off and asked if I wanted to download clockwork recovery. The other 3 phones got that message. Revolutionary just kept saying it was unsuccessful and told me to try again. I just watched the bootloader screen for "Revoutionary" and "S-Off" and that's how I knew it worked.

After revolutionary, I flashed the eng hboot, TWRP, Superuser, and freezas all in 1 firmware update.

Then I flashed MeanROM.

After flashing MeanROM, I was not able to call anyone. The phone would disconnect after like 10 seconds. Did a profile update and it didn't help. So I flashed the *2 file that comes with MeanROM. Same thing, no go. Tried another profile update through the *2 (Sprintzone) app. Still no go. Called Sprint. They had me put in ##72786# then hit menu and reset. That did not fix it. They then suggested I bring the phone into a store to have it backed up and hard reset.

I found another code online, ##25327# and tried it. It didn't work either. I kept trying it, flashing different ROMs, wiping, and nothing worked.

Eventually when I made a call I got some Sprint rep who said my phone is not connecting to the towers. They said to turn it off for a few minutes and they would do something on the back end. When I turned my phone back on, it worked!

Forgot to add- to remove Ubuntu after I was done I downloaded EasyBCD and another utility called EASEUS Partition Master (both free). EasyBCD supposedly corrects the master boot record so Windows can boot after you remove Ubuntu, and EASEUS lets you resize the partition. EasyBCD did not work. After I used it to write a new master boot record, Windows would not boot. I had to put my Vista CD in (good thing I had 1) and use the repair option. It then repaired the master boot record, rebooted, and ran a checkdisk. After that I could boot to Windows again. I then used EASEUS to delete the Ubuntu partitions, and resize the Windows partition to take up the space it had before I installed Ubuntu.