yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC EVO 3D] slosvt:
Edit for not reading the posts on the previous page...

Getting the phone to brick is kicking my ass!
[HTC EVO 3D] ldostang:
ahhhh i cant brick the stupid phone... ive been trying for over two hours.

How do we do it with the battery method. DO we remove and reinsert quickly or wait a few seconds?
[HTC EVO 3D] vido4eva:
thanks

thank you unknown and closeone i finally balls up and did it and and it was pretty easy. the process look daunting but the live cd toolkit made it easy jus plug the phone on and its like ABC.

the only problem i had was timing the update to brick it lol took me 15 attempts.

do it ppl its real easy
[HTC EVO 3D] kaos420:
been trying for 2 days now lol. my wifes 3d is unbrickable. wtf lmao ill keep trying pissing me right off.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Keep trying! It's rewarding when it's done.

If you want to do it by pulling the battery, simply don't use the charger, and pull the battery at the right time. (It's apparently easier said than done).

Again, just keep on trying with it! Try varying your timing a bit and letting it sit at the "Press Vol + to update" screen before starting the update. Also, you might also try pulling the battery instead.

(Note: There isn't (shouldn't be) any functional difference between pulling the battery or pulling the cable. You're just trying to cut power to the phone at the appropriate time to brick it, but there have been a few reported successes by users who have done a battery pull.)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] NeoGauge:
Free At Last!

Took me a couple hours of playing but it was really easy. Thanks to all that put in on this masterful piece of brilliance. :D
[HTC EVO 3D] kaos420:
lol i tried cable way the other day. now ive been trying the battery way. is it really important to let it sit a few minutes? ive been trying as soon as i can press volume + only because im getting pissed at it lol
[HTC EVO 3D] stephangardner:
Dallas Texas

anyone in the dallas area on this thread wanna make a few bucks? I will pay someone to do this for me. im not all that tech savy and reading the how to and watching the vids make me say wtf. I will pay someone to do the hboot downgrade for me. please help. i live in Allen and work in west Plano
[HTC EVO 3D] kaos420:
contact meansixxx hes in texas.
[HTC EVO 3D] NeoGauge:
I was scared to do it a little bit to. But after multiple attempts, and the thought of hard brick or worse. That's not the case here. Like me, read over the thread time after time and you can do it. You will be proud of yourself after it's all said and done.
[HTC EVO 3D] stephangardner:
try it with dyslexia. its hard enought to read a line or two then things start jumbling. i was very proud i rooted my second e3d myself. i paid to have my first one done. ive read the how to several times and watched vids on how to do it. im not getting it well enough to frustrate myself for several hours. ill wind up with a shattered phone on the other side of the room.
[HTC EVO 3D] kaos420:
holly cow dung i got it. hboot 1.40 now. now to run revolutionary but after i update i cant get it to update. i keep getting usb error. windows 7 64 bit. it tried to install android usb 1.0 and failed for drivers. are you in fastboot to run ruu?

edit. pda net installed and fixed my driver issue. loading 1.13 now sweet. now i dont feel as bad if my 3d breaks. lol hers will be ics in less then a half hour hola. thanks guys!!
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Awesome!

For the USB error, have you run the HTC Driver installer?

Yes, you do need to be in fastboot USB mode when you run the RUU.

~co~

---------- Post added at 08:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:31 PM ----------

Hi NeoGauge. Glad you got it! From the picture, I see that you're S-OFF. You're going to want to run Revolutionary one or two more times. I'm pretty sure that you'll have some issues flashing things without the Revolutionary modified bootloader. When you have the -Revolutionary- banner at the top of the screen, you should be good to go.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] stephangardner:
cant seem to find that guy
[HTC EVO 3D] NeoGauge:
I did Revolutionary 4 times. Then flashed TWRP 2.1.1 in bootloader with the PG86IMG. My brother had the enghboot 1.4 so I flashed it. Then flashed a new radio. I haven't seen the banner you are talking about. Running ZR-ICSense 1.2 @ the moment.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Oh. Strange. In the other screenshot, you were SHIP S-OFF. Engineering HBOOT will work too (Just don't back to S-ON while you have the ENG HBOOT flashed, or you'll have an unrecoverable brick) (edit: that statement might be completely wrong (will have to look deeper into it).

All is good here. :)

Have fun.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] b.huss2:
I'm pretty sure the banner would be there after revolutionary, but goes away when you flash eng-hboot. At least that's the way it was for me.
[HTC EVO 3D] kaos420:
lol of course i ran those. i gave up on my laptop. went to my desktop worked first try. to much crap on lappy. time for a reformat. lol all is good updated firmware. installed ics leak. shes happy. geesh i hope mine never breaks what a pain in the arsh.
[HTC EVO 3D] powduh09:
Not true. I have ran fastboot oem writesecureflag 3 several times this week on eng hboot, and recovered everytime, unknown really is awesome... Thanks to him I have gotten the dreaded VM firmware completely reverted, my signal restored, and my phone is 100% functional again.

sent from my nocturnaled Ice Cream Sandwich
[HTC EVO 3D] powduh09:
I've never gotten the revolutionary banner except once when running their s-off tool, I always have to run it twice or three times to get s-off, but it just shows 1.40 hboot ship s-off. From there I flash eng hboot and all is well...

sent from my nocturnaled Ice Cream Sandwich
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
I'm sorry powduh09. :o

I was going off of information from xHausx's ENG HBOOT thread.

My apologies. :(

~co~

Edit: And that he is (Unknownforce)! :)
[HTC EVO 3D] NeoGauge:
OK so I didn't mention this before but now its still happening. Getting random reboots now that I run the downgrade. Is this related? I ran the same Rom before and now I've tried 3 different ones. The reboots happen about 2 hours apart after the first one that was within an hour after flashing.

Got any ideas? Is this related?

Downgraded HBoot 1.4 S-Off

Run Revolutionary 4 times

Flashed TWRP 2.1.1

Flashed Radio 1.06.00.1216

Flashed eng-hboot 1.04 only after a couple hours later
[HTC EVO 3D] wake69:
this is starting to make me angry, it will not brick, ive tried cable and battery pull right as status bar pops up and its a no go, are there any tricks that could help?
[HTC EVO 3D] Jim M:
I have rooted several E3D's using this method, I must admit that getting the timing down right has been a pain in the arse. However, after reading the more recent posts about using a class 2 or class 4 SD card does the trick for "Bricking", I can do it on the first try everytime.

I just grabbed an old SD card from one of my old phones.
[HTC EVO 3D] wake69:
Dont know what changed, but got it done :)

Its like when you are at the bar at 2am, you just need to persevere and you will get some
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
This is actually part of the method we use to brick for the VM firmware recover. Having a custom hboot (either eng, revo or any NON-HTC hboot) and doing S-ON will be a fully recoverable brick.

It's the same as what we're doing for the brick here. The hboot fails the signature check and the radio says NO to allowing the phone to boot.
[HTC EVO 3D] kaos420:
It clearly says in the instructions.

Sent from my ice cream powered Evo 3D!
[HTC EVO 3D] wake69:
Thank you captain obvious. There are clearly many versions and was just asking if one worked better than the other. No matter for your short i a big man online comment I got it done.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Hey, hey. Please! :o

This one should work for the bricking.

This one should work for getting back up and running after the brick.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] brdsng:
**posting must've been good luck, got it on the next try**

I'm looking for some advice, I've been trying to brick for several hours now with no success.

I have been waiting 1-2 minutes to plug in ac and pull battery which seems to go just fine.

then I hit the volume + button to update. It begins updating. My phone seems to be getting past the bootloader portion and onto the boot quicker than 5 seconds, more like 3.5 seconds, can this happen?

AC needs to be pulled during bootloader update and right before it moves on to the boot updating portion, correct? I'm quite frustrated, don't know what else to try at this point.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
This can happen yes, the time isn't exactly 5 seconds for everyone, plus on mine, I've noticed that it can vary either way... so the best thing is to let it run through a couple times, try to time where the update bar comes in... and anticipate it showing up... it's better to pull it out early rather than too late... (that sounds dirty)
[HTC EVO 3D] powduh09:
Is all good, I just wanted to clarify, unknown had me fastboot oem writesecureflag 3 on eng hboot at least 20 times earlier this week... Not to mention the countless times I done it myself, and my phone is up and running...

sent from my nocturnaled Ice Cream Sandwich
[HTC EVO 3D] NeoGauge:
Any Ideas, I'm still getting random reboots

:confused:

:confused: I have now flashed back to H-Boot 1.4 and dropped the enghboot and crap... I hate random reboots.
[HTC EVO 3D] theboz1419:
OK, now im stumped.

I was able to brick the phone

I can not get it to be recognized by Linux. I have tried the boot cd and ubunto and two computers.

im I missing something

Nevermind I got to work HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY
[HTC EVO 3D] mooncraterx:
rooted s-off from original root and 1.5

So this thread says 1.5 - 1.4 downgrade but it says dont do it if you are already s-off

I dont want to brick my phone and have it not work obviously.

I have tried to read about all this information etc and am more confused than when I started.

Can someone please sum up what I need to do in my situation? thank you muchly and apologize for being a newb to this intentional bricking unbricking etc...

Note i am running meanrom ICS w/o any hitch am I missing what the real problem is? so many threads so much info and seeming misinfo out there :/
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Hi mooncraterx. I just want to make sure that I've got this right.

You are currently On HBOOT 1.5 with S-OFF. You originally unlocked with Revolutionary on 1.40 a while ago. You would like to move back to HBOOT 1.40 Revolutionary S-OFF. Is that correct, or what is it that you want to be able to do?

You are correct; don't brick with S-OFF.

Thanks,

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] mooncraterx:
I think that is how it happened sounds right. i did whatever was done on first root. i then upgraded to 1.5 hboot at one point. (its a little foggy its been so long) Since ICS has been on the scene i'm back! i have been using infected rom till now. Soooo I guess I need to go to 1.4? if this is true for ICS then yes I would like too. I am running ICS just fine I guess I dont understand why 1.4HBOOT is so important. If its not broke dont fix it? or will i have trouble flashing some roms?

I think i just need to grab the pcimg file at the top of this post just flash and i'm set? thanks for your help!

I have been running Meanrom ICS just fine but its the only ICS rom I have flashed so far.

---------- Post added at 06:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:35 PM ----------

I guess maybe its just confusing that it says do not do this if s-off you will brick your phone. thats what caused me to panic
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
You're fine! Trust me, it's better that you asked rather than risk something going horribly wrong. ;)

Since you're already S-OFF on HBOOT 1.50, and you're happy with the way things are working right now, I wouldn't bother doing anything. If for some reason you seem to have trouble later, then you might do something.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] mooncraterx:
reason to downgrade

Why should i downgrade. i want to try other ICS roms will i need to downgrade for that? Why does everyone want to be on 1.4? is there a limitation with 1.5? or are we just talking new ways of getting SOFF when you have an unrooted phone?

how do i do it? just use the pcimg file on this post? flash that?

Thank you muchly for your advice
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Mooncraterx, if everything is working as it seems, then you don't need to downgrade. :) Essentially, if you weren't S-OFF, this would help you get that (on a locked, unrooted phone). You should be able to try other ICS ROMs just fine. If you got one to flash, then other ones should too. :)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] mooncraterx:
Great thanks!

Thank you so much. I was confused by all of this thinking that it was some new thing that needed to be done to truly unlock the phone. Dont ask me how i got that from all i read and much of it wasn't in this thread. i came to this thread to try and solve the problem

Thank you for the clarification and patience with my lack of knowledge on it
[HTC EVO 3D] stephangardner:
Dallas, TX

anyone in dallas texas wanna make some cash downgrading my hboot
[HTC EVO 3D] Rooster85:
what pmg zip is everyone using? i have tried 3 now and they all go through checking and then kick out.... im ready to brick a brand new phone :D
[HTC EVO 3D] ssojyeti2:
Get the one in closeone's thread. I think its in the third post...
[HTC EVO 3D] Rooster85:
Tried that one :confused:
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Try downloading the executable RUU and extracting the ROM zip from there. Mpgrimm2's guide for extracting the zip out of the executable is linked in the resources section of my third post. Also, make sure that none of the conditions listed in the FAQ in this thread are true. :)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] Rooster85:
do i need to be already on the 2.17? cause currently i am on 2.08.... tried to do the ruu to get me up to date and it keeps failing... Even when i try and take the ota it boots into recovery and fails halfway through.... im really at a loss here
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
Did u relock your bootloader first?

" fastboot oem lock "
[HTC EVO 3D] Rooster85:
Shouldn't have ever been unlocked. It's a brand new phone. The bootloader shows **LOCKED**
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
In what ways are they failing?

Before I even send the message edit: I just thought about something. Backing up, Formatting the SD Card (FAT32), and putting the RUU on there was a fix for some (for just loading the RUU). If you've got a different SD Card, that might be worth trying as well. (I had mistakenly suggested it before when the power went off during some upgrades - not the case for that issue, but rather a possible fix for the one you're having), but I do remember that this seemed to be one fix that worked if the RUU wouldn't even load.

--

The RUU zips not starting seemed to be an issue that a few people had. Strangely, it seemed to occur a bit randomly. I don't remember if there was a surefire fix for it other than to try different files. :(

What I can say is that you should be able to downgrade by bricking with the same RUU you're currently on.

If you're on 2.08.651.3, you might try this one.

If you're on 2.08.651.2, you might do this one.

Sorry that I'm a bit at a loss.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] timezone12:
are you using stock recovery?
[HTC EVO 3D] freeza:
It won't work with an htc unlocked bootloader. You have to relock, and your sdcard must be formatted correctly for the bootloader to recognize the PG86IMG.zip. I was scratching my head wondering why mine wasn't working until it was confirmed that relocking was necessary.
[HTC EVO 3D] wwjoshdew:
It's hard to tell who you can believe and who you can't when you can clearly see which threads were started first
[HTC EVO 3D] xHausx:
Evil dev null has a history of taking credit for other's work and scamming people out of donations. Your accusations of people stealing credit from him are absurd and plain insulting tbh.
[HTC EVO 3D] notsointeresting:
I don't know if you are able to ATM , and if not just ignore. Maybe ,though, could you post the links to where YOU got the RUU's and your MD5's for them.

Just so we could confirm everything is the same on our end, that it was on yours.

Limited to 8 thanks a day
[HTC EVO 3D] .Elite_The_King.:
Tell'em!!
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
I've confirmed with a few people already that they are the same that I have, I thought that maybe I was using one that I had tampered with, but it's not the case... but don't worry I plan on re-bricking my device one way or another tonight, and bring it back and re-bricking several times to be sure of it.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Good to know, I'll make sure I add this to my list of updates for tonight.
[HTC EVO 3D] RussianBear:
this is the very first mention of the emmc mode: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23474970&postcount=102

March 10th. That's where it all started from. Thank you.
[HTC EVO 3D] wwjoshdew:
Damn it. Show me the proof is all I have to say and I just saw it. Thank You. That link helped out a lot!
[HTC EVO 3D] RussianBear:
lol maybe not the very first, but pertaining to what happened with sensation and now with you guys.

here's another one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1374511

major credits to cxb01 from here: http://bbs.malshenzu.com/read-htm-tid-50080.html
[HTC EVO 3D] DjNawo:
Nice job! Though I'd never do it myself in its current state (and don't have to, was lucky enough to get 1.4), I'm sure a lot of people are gonna be happy. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] benny3:
i have phone the pluged into the Ac adapter with the battery pulled but unable to get it to boot to the bootloader. is there a trick or something that im missing?..lol
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
And that's the first I had heard of it... Thanks Russian.

But seriously guys... I could simply just say F*** it and be done right here, and right now. I got what I wanted out of this... I've been digging and scratching at this for my own device to be rooted without HTC's crappy unlock tool and handing them my warranty on a silver platter. I got what I wanted... I wasn't in it for the money, I could really care less, yeah, I'm broke, but I was just in it to get my device unlocked... Which I DID.

BUT, I am also a member of this community, and have used other people's methods and tools as they made them available, I feel I owe it to the community to provide it back... So I'm going home tonight to Re-S-ON my device and possibly even risk being stuck yet again on 1.50 for everyone else here... I surely don't have to do this... But I want to make sure it works for more than just my own device, because if it doesn't, this post is all null and void at that point...

And if that's the case then so be it, I'll be stuck on 1.5 again and go back to the drawing board, I'll also refund any and all donations that have been made thus far. Like I said, I don't care...

But seriously... Cut the BS from this thread or I'll just have it locked until I have a working guide. If you have a problem with ANYTHING that's in this thread, PM me directly, I'll be more than happy to explain everything and anything I've done and used thus far...

Stop speaking for other people, let them speak for themselves...
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
^ sig quote of the decade :D

way to go, thanks for helping out :)

here's the OP (for those STILL wondering who helped out:

pretty sure the guy who did this and intentionally BRICKED his phone to get this working ON THE EVO3D is the OP.

Can you trolls and kangbangers PLEASE stay the hell out of this thread and let actual devs work out the specifics of the s-off method, and improve it, simplify it, etc. << the reason we're here btw...

that would be like me making a theme and having to credit god, society, the internet, linux, google, aosp, etc. good lord this is getting STUPID!

*sorry I got all worked up*
[HTC EVO 3D] byg.nick:
Very nice work! Congratulations and THANK YOU to everyone who worked on this!!!

I will be able to finally root the wife's 1.5!! This is exactly what we have been waiting for.... we look forward to your video this evening.

Thanks again!
[HTC EVO 3D] saboture:
Unknown, check your pm's
[HTC EVO 3D] freeza:
You either need to move from USB to AC while the battery is in and it's in fastboot, OR start off with the battery in and plugged into AC. once you're in fastboot, you should be able to remove the battery while the phone stays powered on. You must remove the battery in fastboot, not hboot. If you remove the battery while in hboot, it will shut off.
[HTC EVO 3D] .Elite_The_King.:
Thats what the companies tech use to fix brick phones brother sorry, to say but its not kang but sharing to root.
[HTC EVO 3D] RussianBear:
just to make my previous post clear:

i've posted it in the defense of the op, and not to entice him for anything extra lol

let's focus on something more important now, shall we? :)
[HTC EVO 3D] ssojyeti2:
My device screen goes off midway through my 2.17 update after I push volume up. I try waiting 5 seconds but the screen turns off after about three seconds and device appears bricked (dim red light) but cd won't recognize phone...
[HTC EVO 3D] G.Newton:
After successfully bricking, nothing would recognize my phone. However, after a bit of time, plugging it into Windows first, it was semi-recognized (wouldn't mount, etc, but showed life).

Afterwards I ran the hboot downgrade toolkit.
[HTC EVO 3D] SinisterChedda:
are you booting CD from BIOS or from virtual machine? Can't use VM.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Make sure that you have the battery out the phone, and are holding the Vol - key when you plug in the phone.

Also, try putting in the battery and plugging in power if needed, waiting about 7-8 seconds and then pressing the power button to see if you got a successful brick.

If not, what you can do for the screen going off after pressing vol + to update is brick it by using a battery pull. It should have no problem updating the phone with the battery in. Pulling it may require a little more work. :)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] ssojyeti2:
Actually, I tried plugging phone into pc after booting, and it recognized my phone as QHSUSB_DLOAD which I think means it is bricked. Can I downgrade hboot from here or do I need to fix my phone using htc unbricking project?
[HTC EVO 3D] ! twitty:
Anyone happen to know if when you downgrade if there is any indication of the phone being rooted? Like the "relocked" in the boatloader of a rooted hboot 1.50 for example.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
You should be able to downgrade HBOOT now. :)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] ssojyeti2:
I started your live cd downgrade process and after step three it went back to the menu and my phone isn't recognized now...
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Put the battery in and press the Vol - and power buttons.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] ssojyeti2:
But don't I need the battery takn out for the process?
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
I'm sorry ssojyeti2, what step three are you talking about? Did you run the downgrade? Forgive me.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] ssojyeti2:
Ok this is messed up. This time I plug my phone in red light comes on and phone powers on. I got the dim red light before, I tried turning it on for an hour, computer recognized it as bricked... and then it turns on:confused:
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
What's the HBOOT version?

Edit: You did run the downgrade. Correct?

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] ssojyeti2:
Wow, I'm the biggest fuucking retard in history. I assumed that since my phone was 2.17.651.5 that it was hboot 1.5. I never even checked, evidently, because it turns out it was hboot 1.4. Wow I'm stupid...
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Please ssojyeti2. No you're not.

From my understanding. You went through and bricked. You ran the downgrade on the CD. That put you on HBOOT 1.40.00. Now, you've just got to run the 1.13 RUU and Revolutionary.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] trter10:
And the award for most complicated rooting process goes to--

EVO 3D! :P

EDIT: Yes I know this is a downgrade. But its prepping for root.
[HTC EVO 3D] G.Newton:
This is to downgrade, and it was relatively simple, worked on my first try. Getting the phone to recognize was the difficult/scary part.

As I recall, there's something called HTC Super tool, which rooted etc. for most HTC phones. Took me less than 3 minutes to get rooted on 2.17.
[HTC EVO 3D] ssojyeti2:
So there are only three steps in the downgrade process on the live cd?