yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC EVO 3D] Semantics:
Thanks guys for the help. I had to get a new 3D through Asurion and of course I lost my HBOOT 1.40 phone and got the 1.50. I didnt want to deal with HTC Dev unlock and this is exactly what I'm looking for. I'm dying not having a rooted phone for almost 3 weeks now.
[HTC EVO 3D] uh60james:
Mind sharing the RUU that actually worked. This is getting frustrating. I have tried about 5 or so different ones and none will give the option to install.
[HTC EVO 3D] HooliganAMA:
I won't be home until tonight. I can put it in my dropbox.

I think it was this one. http://dev-host.org/ru0ow8ps0i01/PG86IMG_2.17.651.5.zip

Let me know if that works. If not I will upload the exact one I used tonight.
[HTC EVO 3D] Royalfox:
I had that and it didn't ask me to update, I'm relocked with security warning on 2.17

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[HTC EVO 3D] HooliganAMA:
I don't think it will ask you if you have the security warning. You have to get rid of it. Use a RUU exe
[HTC EVO 3D] HooliganAMA:
That zip was originally posted by xHausx btw.
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
For Honorlost & others who are having a hard time getting a working 2.17 zip file, I have updated my previous post (Closeone's Thread) with as many links as I could locate.

2.17 RUU link list
[HTC EVO 3D] adyingbreed771:
ok so iv ben trying to brick this little bugger for about an hour now, and everytime i unplug the usb cable and plug it back in, i get a dim FLASHING red light. im about ready to throw my phone at the wall, any help with the process? and yes iv tried counting to 5 and what not.
[HTC EVO 3D] king_89:
After switching to ac power remove battery wait 2 minutes before hitting the volume up button thats what unknown suggest good luck
[HTC EVO 3D] johnsonjs:
Try the one located at THIS site.

Good Luck! :)
[HTC EVO 3D] Warboy:
Can anyone tell me what the step 3 is in the downgrade (in linux) does?

It didn't work for me, but still downgraded me to 1.4 HBOOT and I got it switched over all fine but I still don't know what step 3 was, since it didn't work, see my earlier post.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Step 3 is ensuring you have the proper super user authority to your linux PC to copy to/from devices when the time comes. You probably already had it.
[HTC EVO 3D] Lperez6485:
Thank you so much for the work you guys put in to figure this out. I was going crazy looking at those ota updates in my notification bar. Unknown your a savage thanks for figuring this out
[HTC EVO 3D] .Elite_The_King.:
What it does it rewrites your hboot so your able to run the 1.40 ruu to get s-off afetr doing everything but you didnt run that RUU chances are youre still on hboot 1.50 even dough it says 1.40 thats the whole point of this GUIDE IT ALLOWS YOU TO RUN THE HBOOT1.40(1.13 RUU.exe) ON YOUR PHONE
[HTC EVO 3D] Warboy:
It is 1.40, I was able to run the 1.13 RUU exe, and then run Revolutionary just fine, so now I'm on Revolutionary's 1.40 HBOOT so.....
[HTC EVO 3D] .Elite_The_King.:
This your quote so

So step 3 did work then so....
[HTC EVO 3D] adyingbreed771:
thank you, i waited and it worked! im now rooted with recovery and downloading a new rom now! thanks unknown for this amazing tool!! :D
[HTC EVO 3D] Warboy:
no, i meant step 3 in the program itself. Not in the guide.

Step 1... Plug in Device while holding down Volume Down key...

Waiting for device...

Found the Correct Device!
Writing image file!
511+1 records in
511+1 records out
1047808 bytes (1.0 MB) copied, 0.36689 s, 2.9 MB/s
SUCCESS!
Step 2... Unplug the device now.
AFTER device is removed, press Enter to proceed to next step.
(Removed phone and pressed enter)
Blinking cursor

when Step 3 should have happened.

Step 3... Plug the device back in
while holding the Volume Down key again.

Waiting for device...
Writing image file!
511+1 records in
511+1 records out
1047808 bytes (1.0 MB) copied, 0.36689 s, 2.9 MB/s
SUCCESS!

But it didn't.

It seemed unknownforce understood my question.
[HTC EVO 3D] uh60james:
I'll try that when I get home. Btw I have no security warning.
[HTC EVO 3D] evolone:
Having some problems bricking.

At the point where you press the Volume Up button (step 6 of brick) the screen immediately goes black and I get a red blinking led. It never shows Updating next to Bootloader. Tried letting it sit for 30 seconds to 10 minutes screen always goes black. Also tried pulling ac between 3 seconds and 10 seconds after it goes black with no luck.

Any ideas?

---Update

After 20 odd tries the screen finally didn't go black and it went updating; bricked first try.
[HTC EVO 3D] nicksimmons336:
I had to hit enter twice to get step 3 to come up. Try that and maybe it work for you as well
[HTC EVO 3D] Warboy:
I tried that and it gave me something about device was still connected even tho there wasn't.

Oh well, my phone is working fine for the moment.
[HTC EVO 3D] .Elite_The_King.:
That was added just in case your phone wasnt read the first time but if work the first time then your good.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Just ignore this post... Whoops. :rolleyes:
[HTC EVO 3D] Royalfox:
I just downgraded and ran de 1.13 ruu! thanks guys!

1 last question, how do I root with revolutionary?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
http://revolutionary.io/
[HTC EVO 3D] Royalfox:
Everytime I try to run the .exe it closes on Windows 7, any ideas?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
I have no problems on my win 7 PC... sounds like you have a bad download or you need to run as administrator.
[HTC EVO 3D] Royalfox:
Tried dwnloading 3 times and running as admin too, it keeps closing. I'll guess ill download for linux and boot on liveCD
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Does it say anything when it closes? Try an old fashioned reboot.
[HTC EVO 3D] Royalfox:
It doesn't, and I just rebooted right now and still closes =/

EDIT: Just got it to work, ran cmd and typed revolutionary.exe
[HTC EVO 3D] subaochen:
First, thanks for all for the hard and great work!

My phone has bootloader 1.5 and was softbricked because of OTA, But I have some problems in the step one, mainly because the mainver of bootloader become very strange(fastboot getvar all said):

version-main: 3.21.401.2

I have relocked but still I can not run ruu of 2.17 or 2.08 because of strange mainver:-(. I don't know why and when the main version become this strange number, sorry.

I can not boot into the system, just boot loop at htc splash screen, so I can not modify the main ver of the phone with adb command.

I have tried to modify the mainver of PG86IMG.zip, but after loading and check the PG86IMG.zip, it just return to normal fastboot interface. I guest, PG86IMG.zip is signed.

So, what should I do next to brick the bootloader?

Thanks very much for any hints!
[HTC EVO 3D] timetraveler:
one step when you run revolutionary does it install a recovery or does one need to manually install one can someone

post links to available recovery's please standard 5.0+ and 1.1.1.??

and also we need to installed the htc drivers first and unistalled htc sync to be able to run these mod ?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
How did you get a version that high? something you did to it before was not good. I've never used HTC unlock, does it work in hboot or fastboot or do you need to be booted to system for it to unlock?
[HTC EVO 3D] timetraveler:
that looks like a thunderbolt version from verizon
[HTC EVO 3D] subaochen:
I have ever unlocked with htc method. Htc method only need fastboot mode, in fact, when I try to unlock with htc method, the phone has been in boot loop situation.

One of my friend had ever took the phone to try to fix it one month ago, I doubt maybe he flashed the wrong bootloader to my phone? But, is it possible to flash the bootloader of thunderbolt version from verizon to my evo 3d, just like timetraveler said above? I think it is impossible because :

1, bootloader is blocked to write.

2, if bootloader is allowed to write, it should verify modelid,product and etc, not just mainver, is it right?

But, how can I brick the bootloader in this bad situation? Thanks very much!

---------- Post added at 07:00 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:55 AM ----------

I have searched thunderbolt forum, the thunderbolt ruu should be 2.11.605.9 (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1310014&highlight=ruu), very strange version number to me:-(
[HTC EVO 3D] Theghostwolf:
what is wrong

When I try to brick my phone, the phone shuts off as soon as I press the volume up button. I am plugged into the ac outlet and the battery is removed. Any ideas as what I should try?
[HTC EVO 3D] Semantics:
Finally got this working. Total time from start to finish was about 1 hour. I can't thank you enough for your work!
[HTC EVO 3D] honorlost84:
I have a huge problem... I downgraded. ran my ruu 113.exe Got revolutionary hboot. Flashed clockwork. And ran mikrunny1.1. My old Rom when I was unlocked. I have no data. Hands free forces closed and my 113ruu fails when I try to go back... Help
[HTC EVO 3D] mnomaanw:
I was having same issue, it was shutting of at no specific time. Sometimes at the moment i press update button, sometimes 1/2/3 seconds. At few times it even updated the boootloader in less than 3 seconds......I tried and tried and tried till i got success.
[HTC EVO 3D] Royalfox:
Same happening to me, but on Iusacell (mex network) and I downgraded too

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[HTC EVO 3D] Twolazyg:
You have the gsm evo 3d, you cannot flash the ruu for a cdma phone. Go to the gsm forum and read the downgrade thread there.
[HTC EVO 3D] Twolazyg:
I've seen a few posts saying that people have let their phone ota update back to hboot 1.5 after getting s-off. Don't freak out and try to downgrade again. We only needed 1.4 to get s-off. 1.5 is not the devil, it will not eat your children, and you can still flash whenever wherever you want. You have s-off, which is forever until you type " fastboot OEM writesecureflag 3 " which brings you back to s-on. Hboot version doesn't matter agree you attain s-off. You only need to fastboot to recovery with s-on, no matter what hboot you have.
[HTC EVO 3D] honorlost84:
Check my post here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24311106

I fixed mine
[HTC EVO 3D] majid25:
Im trying to the brick part however when i hit volume up, the updating finishes before 5 seconds, its more like 2 seconds and it goes to OK. Anyway to get around this? any help would be appreciated
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
re-read the guide, let the device sit before you press vol up.
[HTC EVO 3D] dr.chucky:
i just tried the hboot downgrade a few hours ago and i just cant get revolutionary to work. it just wont accept the beta key and now im stuck with no root. anybody knows if there are other ways to get s-off with 1.4?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Re-download it and re-enter your serial number, The old version of revolutionary does not accept the new beta keys.

There currently is no other way to get S-OFF.
[HTC EVO 3D] dr.chucky:
I just downloaded it again a few minutes ago from revolutionary.io and entered my serial number and got the exact say beta key. It still said it was invalid. Don't know what else to do
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Are you entering the serial number in capitals as they appear on screen? And make sure you're not using O (Oh) instead of 0 (Zero) or vice-versa?
[HTC EVO 3D] alammori:
Unknownsource,

I just want to let you know that I have successfully downgraded my phone to HBoot1.4, run revolutionary and got S-Off.

It did not work for me as I tried it when this thread started. I decided to try it again and this time it worked. Thanks man. It feels really cool flashing untethered. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] dr.chucky:
I typed my serial number in the exact same way and still a no go. Just to try it out I even typed the serial# in lower case and still got the same beta key. I'm on ubuntu right now trying the linux version and I still get the Invalid key.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
I'm not sure then... something isn't matching up here or you've found a serial their system won't take for some reason, you can try to get a hold of them in IRC. They might be able to help...
[HTC EVO 3D] Royalfox:
I'm on 1.4 and s-off

I flashed freeza's all in one radio zip and I'm wondering if I can still run the 1.13 ruu again without something wrong happening.

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[HTC EVO 3D] majid25:
Finally!!!!! got it to work, thank you so much to Unknownforce and closeone for the live Cd which was the most simplest process i thought there was still more left after step 3.

ON hboot 1.4, all i gotta do now is just flash the 1.13 ruu
[HTC EVO 3D] Slwitek:
Took the plunge last night. Bricking was definitely the hardest part. I got it after about ten tries using a power strip. Having to hit enter twice after the first step of live CD threw me for a loop for a sec too! Revolutionary worked first time for me. Ran the 1.13 and used that all day today. Ready to move on, but not sure to what...Still have reading to do to determine the best ROM...guess I need to update firmware back to 2.17 now that I have s-off?
[HTC EVO 3D] king_89:
Once u get ur beta key highlight it copy it (control c) thn go revolutionary where it ask you for the key go to the address bar all the way on top thn right click paste. If that do not work click inside the window and paste again. Hope that works and make sure htc sync is not installed. Good luck
[HTC EVO 3D] eyeisdasteve:
Re-downloaded multiple times. Tried a lot of different things.

Just want to verify that I'm typing it correctly.

Nothing happens when I run the chmod command.
[HTC EVO 3D] honorlost84:
Isn't it chmod755 no spaces?

from my downgraded 3EVO
[HTC EVO 3D] Royalfox:
Its chmod 0755

I think...
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
It won't display any output. That's perfectly normal. The file permissions should be set. Success is rewarded with vast nothingness (not even a confirmation). :)
[HTC EVO 3D] honorlost84:
Lol

from my downgraded 3EVO
[HTC EVO 3D] budeone:
I have hboot 1.5 and it says relocked. I want to unlock it again please.

I have to continue the process at another time but I would like to be able to re-root and flash my rom again.

Any help would be great.

Evo 3d

Hboot 1.5

RELOCKED

shhoter xc ship s-on RL

N/M Htc web site must have been down.. now it works... thanks anyways
[HTC EVO 3D] eyeisdasteve:
After that I type ./downgrade?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
That's Correct.
[HTC EVO 3D] eyeisdasteve:
thats what i thought.

i'll try and grab another picture of the terminal.

but it says that there is no such directory.

everything is on my desktop.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Move it all to your home folder, it's easier, the terminal starts off in the home folder.
[HTC EVO 3D] alammori:
You typed:

adb reboot bootloader

then:

fastboot oem lock

to relock.

Now put your unlock_code.bin (this is the one that htc email you during the unlock process) in the same folder where adb and fastboot are located and type:

adb reboot bootloader

then

fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin

hit the volume key on your phone to "yes" and then you are good to go.:)
[HTC EVO 3D] eyeisdasteve:
I can't use my home folder. Because I'm actually using a laptop with a fried hard drive. I have it booting from a 16gb ad card. I setup a long time ago.

So I have to either do desktop or find another solution.

What is the contents of the downgrade zip?
[HTC EVO 3D] eyeisdasteve:
Oh another problem. My bootloader does that thing were it will load up the RUU img I put on my sd card but doesn't give me the option to update. I just wanna get all my ducks in a row before I go bricking my phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
I'm not sure why this matters? You can still use the home folder, has nothing to do with what you're booting from... I can boot from a CD and still put stuff in the home folder...

But whatever, your desktop is in your home folder anyways, so just do chmod 755 ./Desktop/downgrade and then ./Desktop/downgrade

The zip file contains 3 files, downgrade, hboot.img and misc.img
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Read the FAQ in post #2, one of those reasons is true.
[HTC EVO 3D] eyeisdasteve:
Ok I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't a corrupted download.

I'll try a couple things. I'll update if I get problems.
[HTC EVO 3D] eyeisdasteve:
Sweet probably the custom recovery. I was trying just with it "re-locked" and not running the ruu.
[HTC EVO 3D] eyeisdasteve:
Ok finally got it to work. But now it says Misc image file is missing. But the Misc.img is in the same location.

EDIT: Moved everything to home folder. It worked. I wasn't sure if it would or not.

I'm gonna downgrade and see what happens.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Should be good to go then.
[HTC EVO 3D] eyeisdasteve:
Win.

Took some time. Some weird stuff happened. But I got it to work.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
It's always weird when you purposely brick your phone ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
A few of my buddies gave me the strangest look when I mentioned that I was purposely bricking phones. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] eyeisdasteve:
My girlfriend was gonna kill me when I told her I was gonna break my phone on purpose. Lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] KedKaeDee:
=\

i wish i had linux..
[HTC EVO 3D] timezone12:
It's a free OS choose your flavor and your off to the races
[HTC EVO 3D] dimebagdan65:
Lol right? If you're on a Windows pc, you can run it from a USB stick and still keep Windows. Anytime you want Linux just insert USB stick, turn on PC, profit! (IF your boot order is USB, CD, then HDD... As a Windows PC user, it should be, it WILL save your @$$ one day, trust me...)
[HTC EVO 3D] yneill:
I can't get this darn phone to root, and the ruu never really went all the way though but when i reran it it had same version so i guess it did , now that revolutionary when doing the second fastboot usb it looses communications leaving me still un rooted any help please!!! on 1.4 hboot.
[HTC EVO 3D] brandoncastleman:
Stuck - Go Figure - Please Advise

Hello,

I've been digging through these pages and I'm not sure where to turn...

First, something interesting happened. I followed all the steps listed and everything worked fine. I patched the mainver and such. Several times I followed the steps to brick it and each time I wasn't sure what happened; under device manager I would see H: only. I stopped, started over. What happened was odd... I let the zip file load during bootloader and I waited a couple of minutes before hitting the power, counting, and pulling the power. When I did hit the power putton, I started to count, and the phone went black on its own. The light was very dim, so I checked nothing thinking I did it right; however, in Device Manager it did show as the QHSUSB_DLOAD.

I dual booted over to Ubuntu and started working there. I downloaded the file, opened my terminal and entered the sudo command, and then the chmod command as listed. I then entered the ./downgrade command and the first time around the computer would not find the phone. I dug through the pages and saw something to the effect of make sure the battery is OUT while you hold vol down and plug it in... so I pulled the battery and did this over. The computer found the phone, and I see:

FOUND THE CORRECT DEVICE!

WRITING IMAGE FILE!

2045+0 RECORDS IN

2045+0 RECORDS OUT

1047040 BYTES (1.0 MB) COPIED 0.40878 S, 2.6 MB/S

SUCCESS!

STEP 2... UNPLUG THE DEVICE NOW.

AFTER DEVICE IS REMOVED, PRESS ENTER TO PROCEED TO THE NEXT STEP.

This is where I am stuck. When the computer detected the phone and the terminal window displayed the above text, a window or two opened up and I saw a message about a directory or some such. The terminal window is stuck - and I did remove the device and hit enter.

Can someone let me know what to do now?

Thanks!

Brandon

**UPDATE**

I got curious and wondered if the couple of times I had connected and reconnected while waiting for it to find my phone (even after holding the vol down for a few minutes) something was off in the entire process. So I restarted my laptop, and tried again. This time it picked up the phone and went right to step two. The same thing happened, a window popped up, I saw a directory error, and then I saw a screen similar to the BSOD, but black with a bunch of info I did not understand. I hit a couple buttons and it went back to the GUI. On the Terminal window, it showed "Step Three" ... so, I did as it said, it picked it up, and I ended up with SUCCESS. I put the battery in and checked my hboot which now shows as 1.40 and S-On. So I don't think I'll need help in terms of where I got stuck - but if anything weird or interesting has happened, maybe my post will help someone else who has gotten stuck. Though I still find it curious I did not need to remove the power cord to brick it during that process. Night!
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
Happened to me too. Keep trying it over and over again. After attempts 6 -10, drop back and punt: uninstall all "HTC" drivers using add/remove programs, then install the specific HTC Driver (3.007 i think) linked on Revolutionary's page.

That's what I did, and i'm not convinced I had to instead of just retrying "revolutionary" a few more times. Pay attention, i didn't notice right away when the Hboot changed to "Revolutionary Hboot 1.40.0011".
[HTC EVO 3D] yneill:
I get a communications with phone unexpectedly interrupted try again when it gets to the waiting for second fastboot grrrrrrr
[HTC EVO 3D] Twolazyg:
Try a different USB cable.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Use closeone's CD and burn to a CD or create a USB flash drive. You can boot to it without modifying your own PC.

Run it a few more times. I had to run mine 3 times before it finally showed the revolutionary hboot, said failed everytime.
[HTC EVO 3D] ElfinJNoty:
I have been at this for a few hours at a time for days now.

after initially having problems getting past the checking of PGIMG.zip file, finally got the phone to brick.

the live cd was a big help, the downgrade was the easiest process thus far, so much thanks that the bootable .img was created.

I've gotten my hboot to 1.4 now. Freaking Revolutionary wont accept my beta key. I've had this feeling of being so close serveral times now only to have a new issue around the corner:confused:

Any advice for success with revolutionary? I get to the point where I plug in, it displays my serial number, i enter the serial at the revolutionary.io site, it gives me a beta key. then i'm stuck, have tried 30+ times and cannot get revolutionary to accept the code.

"beta key invalid" aborting, press any (almost??????) to exit, repeat.

any advice? or someone who's gotten furthur than I, what kicked things past this?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
I've never run into this, check with revolutionary in their IRC channel. Someone should be able to help you. It might take a bit, they aren't always around.
[HTC EVO 3D] fcomeba:
Need Some Help

I did this:

The phone is HTC Unlocked - You must re-lock. -check

The phone is S-OFF - Don't even try to brick it because you'll permanently brick it. -S-ON Phone Check

The phone is Re-locked, but still has a custom rom/recovery on it. - This will show a security warning and not allow the PG86IMG.zip to be flashed. - You must put the phone in FASTBOOT USB and run the RUU exe that matches your software version. - RUU exe check

The PG86IMG.zip is either corrupt, not signed properly, or modified in some way. - Download another one. - Fail.

I'm using the link for the RUUs posted by unknown force. So do know whats wrong.
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
My post with additional 2.17 RUU links: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24268786&postcount=209

My post with rooted 2.17 Rom links (after downgrade): http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24254359&postcount=196