yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
My apologies vestaviajag.

Yes, I would recommend completing all of the steps, because downgrading your HBOOT alone won't achieve the desired effect. For instance, the boot looping is an example. After running the 1.13 RUU, then you should be able to boot up into Android. You may need these drivers to flash the RUU. From there, you'll start the S-OFF part of the process. For you to flash certain ROMs, you'll need to upgrade the firmware after finishing the rest of the steps. A link to the firmware upgrade is in the last step.

I hope this helps,

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] vestaviajag:
So what might of happened is my phone's battery died?

It said success after the 3rd step in the Live CD part. I figured it was done, so I proceeded to continue to "Step 28. Now. Reboot into Windows and run the 1.13 RUU EXE that you downloaded"

Is this also done while the battery is out or is this meant (as I tried) to be done with Android booted up?

Sorry for the confusion and thank you for helping me. After reading pages and pages of your thread, I'm VERY VERY impressed with your patience and immediate help. Thank you very much for this tool and lending your expertise.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
I'm not sure how to answer that one without sounding rude. ;) It might have been hard to tell if you were bricked or just had a dead battery (that has happened to people in the past). That's why I do recommend keeping your battery charged while you are doing this.

Yes. It was successful in downgrading your bootloader. You were right to move on to the 1.13 RUU, but the battery has to be in and booted up into the bootloader (FASTBOOT USB mode) for the RUU to run. These drivers might be needed.

No problem at all. I am sorry as well for the confusion. Thank you. I appreciate your kind words. :) I try my best to keep things active and friendly.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] vestaviajag:
I wouldn't of taken anything on here as rude. I have now gotten to the point where is says SUCCESS for step 3... do I continue now to the next step?

So the 1.13 RUU is ran while the phone is in bootloader... didn't know that. Prolly explains why it wouldn't boot to Android. Cause it would ONLY let me go in to bootloader.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Thanks. Sorry. Yes. You'll continue to the next step.

Yep. Once that's run, you should be ready to continue on. ;)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
Re-read your updated instructions & saw where you added the 2.17 Radio update and some other items. Looks solid. The only other thing I could see adding would be for someone like wwjoshdew/disturb3d1 (or yourself if you have another phone & a camera) to do a video with the new version. Is there much else to tweak on the Toolkit or is just maintenance from here on out?
[HTC EVO 3D] lowetax:
thanks to this guy too for all he does !

i miss my 3d, but use it every once in awhile, and at least it went into ready and waiting when you are mode with S-OFF !

I've been helping with the evo lte s-off fun, and recovering from bricked device. no timing issues there, just good setup needed to breeze thru to s-off.

keep on keep on closeone.

thanks for the nice work and especially for wearing the king of patience crown !
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Thanks Mpgrimm2. I can finally say that all of the major bugs have been squashed (to my knowledge), and that it should just be maintenance from now on. After revamping the user interface until I was satisfied with the result (from a user-friendliness perspective) and that after several months of usability changes, I can proudly say that it has reached a 'final' state (not final as in done; final as in 0.8.2 more or less equals 1.0.0). There may be some changes, but those will not be cosmetic.

In terms of having somebody do a video on it, I wouldn't be very good at it (trust me there), and I haven't been approached by anybody about doing one. That might have something to do with the fact that I kept releasing new versions (meaning that this would make a video hard to follow). Sure, I'd love to see Josh do one (he puts out some pretty cool videos), but as far as I know, I don't believe that he has any plans to do so (and I have no problem with that; He's doing other great videos). His phone is also currently in the possession of Unknownforce (see the Virgin Mobile fix thread for info about that).

I'm truly quite happy about just how many people have used the CD and said so. That means so much to me. That alone keeps me driven. Yes, this sounds a bit cheesy, but it's true. :)

Thanks,

~co~

Edit:

Gosh! This is what happens when I take half an hour to come up with a response, and don't check back to see if there are more.

Thank you lowetax! Yeah, my primary phone is my EVO 4G LTE as well. That doesn't mean that I'm in this thread any less. ;)

"King of patience crown." He he. Thank you. I try my best to always be patient and understanding. :)

--> You guys are going to make me break down again (in joy).

Thank you,

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] wwjoshdew:
Closeone, I do have plans! I would LOVE to purposely install hboot 1.5 and then make a video going to 1.4 just for the satisfaction alone. Just need my 3D back some day. I enjoy making videos, but it's hard to do everything I want to with this kind tying me down.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
I'm sorry Josh. My response above was not meant to guilt you or anything of the sort. :) Personally, I'm happy either way. Just keep doing what you're doing! You keep up the cool videos. ;)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] imagecolour:
Thanks Closeone a Lot it was like a breeze,Can you suggest some good Roms or post some good Rom links which don't get OTA updates.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Thanks for the comment, imagecolour. :) I'm glad that everything went well.

None of the custom ROM in this forum should get OTA updates. So you don't have anything to worry about there.

In terms of some ROM suggestions, my opinion is just as good as anyone else's. There are so many great ROMs in this forum. I encourage you to explore them. If you don't like one, you've got dozens more to choose from. ;)

I've really liked:

ZR3D (If dropzeroc is reading this... I want badly to see a ZR ROM for the EVO 4G LTE) - It's absolutely beautiful (and fast)

I haven't personally used MeanROM ICS, but I have heard excellent things about it.

SOS M - very customizable ROM (based off MeanROM ICS... I guess if I've used this ROM, I have used at least some of MeanROM ICS) :)

Those are just a few to look at, there are many, many, (many) more to look through. ;)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] mongolx:
Picked up evo 3d this morning for my dad 50 dollars with extended battery Craigslist. Thought it was a deal but not sure now since will be used on sprint. Should have used upgrade. Tanks Closeone again for your method. Makes me mad seeing ads charging for roots and so on thath they get off this website. Again thanks.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
I'm sorry ($50 isn't bad though).

Thank you.

May I ask about what ads you're talking about? Especially any for this method. (Please send me a PM instead of putting them in the comments).

Thanks,

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
My comment was meant to guilt Josh into it since I know he's still looking thru the 3d section ;). I've been following his vids from back at SDX on my Transform and was surprised he hadn't done one already. I missed the fact that his 3d was sent to Unknownforce (how does he get his hands on so many gadgets? I'm a bit jealous I think) :P

Sent from my "Up all night, Sleep all day" EVO3D!
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Ummhm... As long as it's you doing the guilting... I'm staying out of this one. :p

He gets the "for show" phones that you see at the store and works his special effects. Or maybe the YouTube partner program pays in crisp, clean, new one-hundred dollar bills. Not sure. ;)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] caaznkid:
Hello! For some reason I cannot use the search option in this thread, but I have a couple of questions.

Can I use a DVD-R instead of a CD-R? Don't have any CD's lying around.

Does it matter which 2.17 RUU zip I download? There are several and some have different MD5's.

When I reboot into the CD does that mean I got to go into my BIOS and change the boot order?

Thank you!
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
No problem. It appears search is/was done earlier. ;)

Yes. There shouldn't be a problem with that. Just remember to burn it as an ISO (don't burn the ISO file itself to the disc). There are more detailed instructions in post #3.

It shouldn't. I used this one.

Yes. You'll change your BIOS boot order (on most computers, you can access a one-time boot menu by tapping on the F12 key (that's about the only key that seems to be standardized across different manufacturers).

Glad to help. :)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] cjcamilla:
Anyone have a mirror for 0.8.2 ISO? The server seems to be down on the Dev Host.
[HTC EVO 3D] wwjoshdew:
I meant to say my job is tying me down, but the phone rang and I hit submit before seeing that auto correct failed me. Your comment about 100 dollar bills made me chuckle. Yes, some people get paid and in return use that money to buy new toys to make videos with. I'm gonna get the SGS3 as well, as soon as I can.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
My apologies. I didn't expect that to happen. :o

Here is a mirror to the file.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] cjcamilla:
Thanks! Much appreciated!
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
I do believe then, that that gave me a perfect opportunity to say that. ;) I didn't expect that you'd be making a whole lot from YouTube, hence the joke. Just don't completely bail on the (EVO 3D people (Actually, I'm talking about the EVO 4G LTE People. shhh) :)

Thanks,

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] wwjoshdew:
I made a video showing off something on my Samsung Moment, and it got a few views... Then I got a Transform sent to me for free, since my Moment would never lock (GPS) and data would stop working every few minutes until you rebooted. Then I made a Transform video and all sorts of new people were finding my videos. Luckily, I had NO competition! I was the ONLY person on YouTube making videos of that phone. A couple people made videos after I did, and that was cool. But mine were 1080p and edited. That's what sets me apart from most other YouTubers. I put time and effort into each video. Some people pump out videos left and right, trying to get to 1,000 videos. How To Install Alpha 1, Review of Alpha 1... How To Install Alpha 2, Review of Alpha 2, How to install alpha 3, review of alpha 3, I think you know what I'm getting at. I just say, watch the video on how to install Alpha 1, and choose the new zip instead!! To me, there is NO NEED to have 197 videos on how to apply an update.zip on the same phone, using the same recovery. Just link to that how to install video, and only redo it if it requires extra steps or if there is a completely different type of recovery. (Like TWRP vs CWM vs 4ext vs ....) I dunno. I got people that said, dude... You have to many videos, which ones are important, and which ones should I actually watch. And they were right! You live and you learn. Oh, well... some people do and some don't. But I put a lot of time into my videos.

LIKE THIS ONE

Basically what I was trying to get it, get a camera, any camera (quality doesn't matter at first. As long as people get the idea) and work with what you got. If you put your heart and soul into it, people will find you, and it will pay off some day! :)

Oh, and try to find something that 1,000 other people aren't doing! Like, if you make a video "How to root the motorola droid", people are gonna have to search through 19 pages of videos to find yours. If your video isn't on the first page or two, people are rarely going to see it. When you go on YouTube and search "how to replace the screen on a droid", you're probably going to go with one of the first videos you see. It's hard to get your name out there. Trust me, I know.
[HTC EVO 3D] timetraveler:
hi closeone ? for you you know how to unbricked the htc evo4g hardbricked

mine stop about 80% on the stock ruu then the phone went dead really dead

now i have no charge light and unable to power the phone up

i was told that there is one place with a jtag machine service to revive my evo pm me if you have something to help lol thanks
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
I have PMed you as requested.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] cjcamilla:
Why do some people stay S-ON if this is available? I don't understand...is there some plus for staying S-ON?
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Hi cjcamilla,

The only reasons I can only think of off the top of my head are because either because people are a bit nervous about doing this, or don't know what the benefit is to being S-OFF.

Really, I don't see any benefit to staying S-ON.

Thanks,

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] spurnout:
I'd like to turn it off so I can flash ICS but I am worried about bricking my phone. Any words of encouragement?
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Hi spurnout. I'm pretty sure you're okay. :)

If you can tell me what you're in the middle of or just finished, I can give you better words of encouragement. ;)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] lowetax:
it's so easy, a caveman can do it.
[HTC EVO 3D] snxxxxx:
Thanks for all step, its not so easy but I'm sure almost all people can do it!!

It's takes me more than 20 hours to downgrade, s-off, reflash carrier, and unlock rev b..

My question, now I use ics Rom but WiFi theter doesnt works. The only step that I skipped before is flash the 2.17 firmware. Is it safe if I doing that now with ics Rom?
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
I'm sorry that you had trouble. Yes. You are safe doing that. I'd recommend that you do so as well. Link just in case you need it. Just drop it into your SD card like the RUU. Flash it just like the RUU. You may have to flash back to another Sense 3.0 ROM to do Hands-free activation. If you are running an AOSP ROM, I'm almost 100% positive that you will.

Make sure WiFi Tether is set on Generic ICS with MSS Clamping and Routing fix on. ;)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] ricohz:
Hey can anyone help i keep getting battery less the 30% when i try to run the ruu thanks in advance
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
ricohz, if you haven't charged up your battery, it's a good idea to do so. That's the main reason they put that warning in there. If you are charged all the way, you can run the RUU from the SD Card. See the guide in the Resources section at the bottom of post #3 (How to extract an RUU Zip from and executable RUU).

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] ricohz:
OK will try thank you kind sir

well that was a no go...couldn't really understand what to due

I guess I can star over

well like always its the user falt i was trying to run the ruu with out phone being on fastboot
[HTC EVO 3D] ricohz:
you guys are awsome:good::good::good::good::good::good:
[HTC EVO 3D] HiddenKnight:
Hey closeone.

I tried to use yours earlier but couldn't make the ISO boot...and i even configured the laptop to allow the boot devices (usb, cd, etc) but I don't have a cd to burn, so i used a usb, but still doesn't work. Also, forgot to mention, I followed your steps. The laptop I had is no longer in commission. The laptop my father has, has no disc drive. So i wanted to just through ubuntu on the usb and see if i could just do it out that way..... I need to do this asap, because my phone is bugging me to take this system update. And i know NOT TO, but any pointers?
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Sorry about that.

Make sure that you make the bootable USB flash drive with Core2USB. ;)

Instructions quoted from Post 3:

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] HiddenKnight:
I definitely will give it another shot! Thank you close1 :D
[HTC EVO 3D] spurnout:
Hey all,

Experiencing a bit of a problem here. I went ahead and relocked my phone but now I'm stuck at the bootloader and cannot even get into the recovery. The phone just says RELOCKED and SECURITY WARNING at the top. I need to put the pc86img.zip file on the sd card but apparently I can't do that now. Besides using another person's phone, any ideas how to do that?
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
PMed. Yes, you're probably going to need to borrow another phone, or use a MicroSD to SD adapter and put the zip onto there from a digital camera or something else.

Another thing you can do is run the 2.17 executable RUU from your computer, and have it flash that. Once done, you'll be able to boot up into Android, and use the mass-storage mode to put the Zipped version onto the SD Card. Some people reported problems after using the executable and then switching to a completely different .zip version of the RUU. Extracting the zip from the execuatable version seemed to work for them though. There's a guide on how to do that in the resources section of post 3.

Sorry,

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] spurnout:
Hey, so I'm in Linux and running the downgrade command. It gets to the point where it's waiting for device. I hold volume down and plug it in but nothing happens. Any ideas?

edit: nevermind, it's not bricked...thought it was...this is driving me crazy...
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Are you using the Toolkit Live CD? The device is bricked now? You also need to take the battery out of the device while you do this.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] spurnout:
yeah i was using that cd until i decided to see if it was really bricked...it wasn't...such a ****ty day
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Sorry spurnout. It's really all about the timing. I have recommended to some people that they do a battery pull instead of pulling the cable. It's yielded better results for some. Just make sure that you keep that battery charged up. Also, make sure to check Unknownforce's thread. He's got a few other things to try doing in his faq (post 2).

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] spurnout:
i've been trying with both methods and definitely letting it sit. also, in the video i saw it took about 5 seconds but mine takes around 3 sec to go to the next step. i'm just gonna keep trying all night long til i do it lol

edit: finally!
[HTC EVO 3D] BrooksBlood:
OK I have it set up on a flash drive and have changes my BIOS to boot it first, which it does but then it says to boot hit enter or wait 5 sec, I hit enter and it just sits there :-\
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Hi BrooksBlood,

Did you make the USB Flash Drive bootable using core2USB?

You should use that, rather than other bootable USB software as that utility is designed specifically to make that.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] HiddenKnight:
Hey Closeone, i cant get the sucker to stay on while i try to update the bootloader. Ongoing 3 hours now. Ive tried everything, from here and Unknowns thread..... ANy other options?

My phone shuts down every time between the 1st second of the "updating - bootloader" line, to the 4th. I have a 16 gig, not sure of the class, and a 1 gig. Both I believe send the phone off. I have also tried to pull the battery with a/c on and then pulled the sd card right before vol ^ and it seems to act as if it was updating fine, then i pulled the power, and still nothing - no brick :crying:

Should I keep attempting that last method I mentioned?
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Hi bmxerkid954,

If that's the case, I'd recommend pulling the battery instead of the power cable. You'll just start the update like normal, except instead of running it while plugged in, you're going to run it with only the battery. Then you're going to pull the battery at the right time. :) Just make sure that you keep the battery charged, or what looks like a brick may simply be a dead battery (it has happened in the past).

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] HiddenKnight:
Alright, thank you, I will try that right now. One second....

---------- Post added at 03:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:57 PM ----------

Got the BRICK! Thanks CLOSEONE!
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Great! Glad to hear it! ;)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] HiddenKnight:
Thanks so much! I am achieving s-off as we speak! Thank you for your help, and for such a simple os to help run people through it! :victory:
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
^ this makes Closeone happy...causes Closeone to do the Conan O'Brien "puppet cutting the string dance"...:D

Sent from my "Up all night, Sleep all day" EVO3D!
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
You bet it does! ;) I love hearing it more than anything (that I was able to help someone, and they appreciated it (or at least told me about it). It puts a smile right on my face. :)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] HiddenKnight:
Who wouldn't appreciate your work??? Of course I appreciate your help!! And to top it off, being so quick with a solution!
[HTC EVO 3D] androitri:
Works successfully on 1st attempt... :good:

Now my 3VO is revolutionary S-OFF....
[HTC EVO 3D] negativzeroe:
Hey all I'm going to try this but every time I try the link for the 1.13 RUU it tells me problem loading page. Any other links? Preferable ones that do not involve FileFactory because I do not want to sign up.

Edit: It appears I already had an account there but it still wouldn't let me download...
[HTC EVO 3D] negativzeroe:
I would like to show some appreciation but I'm having issues... I checked to make sure my Evo would support the toolkit and it rebooted with the test commands... Now I have it bricked and when it says "waiting for device" I plug it in with the vol - but nothing happens... Help?

EDIT: This time when I unplugged it, it said:

Buffer I/O error on device sda27, logical block 0

Buffer I/O error on device sda27, logical block 0

Buffer I/O error on device sda27, logical block 1

Buffer I/O error on device sda27, logical block 1

Buffer I/O error on device sda27, logical block 1023

Buffer I/O error on device sda27, logical block 1023......................
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
You can ignore those, That comes from unplugging the device too quickly when it's still trying to populate from the device. Reading 35 separate partitions on a single device inside of 5 seconds can be tricky.

Try to boot it up now. If it doesn't, this tool is depreciated. Use the new one here -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1653777
[HTC EVO 3D] negativzeroe:
I have the newest disc... Also can I take my finger off teh vol - button after I plug it in? And how long should this take because I been sitting here for about 15 mins now and it still says waiting for device.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Don't need to hold vol down at all, it was thought that was needed, but it's not.

But if your battery is in, pull it out.

Also don't plug in the device until TOLD to do so, it won't detect it properly if it's already plugged in, start over.
[HTC EVO 3D] negativzeroe:
Battery is out, and I am waiting until the prompt. Nothing. I'm going to reboot the live CD again and see if I can get a response.

EDIT: Yeah it's still just sitting at "waiting for device..." and its been a few minutes...

EDIT2: Ok so I did the unbricking and decided I was going to try the entire thing again, but when I booted up it now says 1.4. I don't know why It never showed me it was downgrading but whatever lol. Thanks all the way!
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
At this moment, I'm going to keep this thread open and active. All of the features that have been implemented into this tool have not yet been implemented into the newer live CD. 0.8.2 (latest version of the Toolkit) is currently marked as stable.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
Glad to hear it, at least until you know for sure a release of the Ultimate Toolkit is as stable as 0.8.2. I saw someone had permabricked using jbear for s-Off in the meanrom section last week. Not sure of the specifics (not following directions, etc), but it happened, so I'd say this is still the safer way to go for s-off.
[HTC EVO 3D] SinisterChedda:
I ended up posting in Unknownforces thread but wanted to come say thanks for the Live CD. It was alot different than when I did my other 3D a few months ago. I had to get a warranty replacement so thats why I had to do the downgrade again. Thanks closeone and Unknownforce for the method and tools to do this.
[HTC EVO 3D] wwjoshdew:
It took me a while to download this. It kept redirecting me to that error page. So here is a mirror, if you want to use it!

HBOOT_Downgrade_Toolkit_0.8.2.iso
[HTC EVO 3D] kidtk:
im so confused do you need linux or another cpu/os other than windows pc in order to downgrade and root?
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
When u boot the toolkit (cd/usb) on your pc it creates a temporary linux OS in Ram that u can use to downgrade the phone. Take the cd out, reboot & all is normal again.

Sent from my "Up all night, Sleep all day" EVO3D!