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[HTC EVO 3D] cyrictheman:
I used the utility in the post, and renamed the file like it originally said.
[HTC EVO 3D] mike_flo94:
thanks!!! to closeone i used Version 0.6.5s and it works perfectly. now i am part of the Hboot 1.4 creww!

Gret Job!
[HTC EVO 3D] aagbulos:
About to try the latest version of this downgrade kit using the usb flash drive method for my friend's phone.

Can someone please tell me if I still need to download the 2 RUU files to downgrade as was required by the CD method if I'm using the smaller usb flash method?

Also any other tips to make this as painless as possible?

Thanks!
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
You still need the 2.17 zip to brick, and the 1.13 to downgrade the O/S. So yes, you need both.

By the way, closeone, nice job on the new tiny iso, works great. ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] elektrik2001:
ARRGGGHHH!!! Ok, so the closest I've gotten so far is that it now says ***'RELOCKED'*** ***Security Warning **** (I counted 4 alligators to get that).....am I even any closer?? It will *only* boot to this screen now, but I suspect I'm still not at the 'bricked' state.....
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Definition of Brick: UNABLE TO POWER ON.

If the phone turns on, it's not bricked. Your security warning is going to block you from running the update to brick the device, Re-run the 2.17 RUU exe to bring your phone back to full stock, then start over.
[HTC EVO 3D] elektrik2001:
I know I know....I was just grabbing at straws...at 4 hours now :|
[HTC EVO 3D] elektrik2001:
WWWOOOOOTTT! I finally got it! I had to get a fricking metronome (yes you heard me) to time it right. 4.6 seconds. lol!

I'm on S-ff HBOOT 1.4 goodness....

I should get an award-oh wait, I HAVE one, An Evo 3d with S-OFF BABY!

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you closeone and Unknownforce! hehe
[HTC EVO 3D] aagbulos:
Cool so looking at the USB flash drive instructions (Core2USB) when do I use those RUU's?

I just want to be sure.

Thanks for the help everyone!
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
That may be one of the stranger brick timing stories I've heard so far, but congratulations for bricking your phone. It's really quite strange congratulating someone for turning their phone into a brick (temporally temporarily even). :)

Hi aagbulos, you'll run the RUUs separate of the Toolkit. Brick using the 2.17 RUU. Run the Toolkit to unbrick (downgrade). Run the 1.13 RUU outside of the environment. Then run Revolutionary to unlock your phone (S-OFF).

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] roofus3000:
I know this has been asked a thousand times but I successfully bricked my phone now my live cd wont boot up! I used power iso but for some reason I cant advance to the next steps after i brick the phone. Any help would be appreciated.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Hi there roofus3000. Is your computer not even booting to the CD (Just booting into your normal OS), or is the CD loading up and doing nothing afterwards?

If it's not seeing the CD, you'll likely need to do one of two things, change the boot order in your BIOS, or select to boot from the CD-ROM drive (from the boot menu).

Because the BIOS is different between computers, there are a few keys that you may have to try to successfully get into there.

First, see if you can get into a boot menu by rapidly pressing the F9, F10 or F12 keys as the computer is just booting up. If a menu comes up, select to boot from the CD-ROM drive.

If not, try the Del, Esc, F1, or F2 keys to get into the BIOS. You'll need to set your CD-ROM to go before your Hard Drive (HDD).

Hopefully this helps a bit,

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] elektrik2001:
Oh, closeone, as a P.S. the tinylinux didn't recogbize the usb hardware in my lenovo laptop. I had to use the previous version. Will post my laptop specs in a few

Sent from My EVO 3d
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Yes. Please let me know. I'm using a Lenovo branded laptop as well. Ensuring that the Toolkit is compatible and stable is very important to me.

Thanks,

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] elektrik2001:
It's a Lenovo ThinkPad T520
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
elektrik2001, I went ahead and wrote the 0.6.5s version to my flash drive using Core2USB in Windows. I rebooted my computer and tapped my F12 key as my Thinkpad was booting to bring up the boot menu. I selected my USB flash drive and proceeded to boot into the Toolkit. I ran a check using both ADB and Fastboot to make sure that the device was being recognized, and it showed up in both tests.

I don't know exactly what error you ran into. Were you able to boot into the Toolkit, or was there something else that happened at run-time?

Thanks for letting me know,

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] elektrik2001:
Gotcha. Sorry, I suppose it would help if I actually DESCRIBED what went wrong. I burned the cd. Booted up no problem. Got to the 'downgrade' step and got to the 'waiting for device'. Plugged in the phone (it was actually bricked @ that point) and it wasn't recognized. Rebooted to windows, burned the previous version, did the same steps and it proceeded as expected. On my phone so I can't type greater detail but I'll be more than happy to provide more info as needee

Sent from My EVO 3d
[HTC EVO 3D] gmzombie:
just to let the OP know i have used this new experimental version.65 and its great. worked like a charm. got to say i was a bit scared to brick my phone but all in all im very happy i did this and now im on boost and life is great. so much better coverage than the shift..dunno why
[HTC EVO 3D] rabryant152:
It did work on my HP laptop, fwiw...
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
New version: 0.7.0!

Hello everyone. I have just uploaded a new version of the HBOOT Downgrade Toolkit. Revolutionary S-OFF support is built into this version (A code from the Revolutionary website is required).

Version 0.7.0

* Run Revolutionary from the Toolkit (Beta code required)

* HTCDev Relock support integrated

* Flash either ClockworkMod 5.0.1.0 or 4.0.1.4

- Menu has been cleaned up (cleared up some wording as well)

- Fixed bug with shutdown not being allowed in some cases
[HTC EVO 3D] Alpine-:
Awesome man, your work is very much appreciated by the community. When I get my TEP replacement, this is the FIRST thing I'm using.

Ever consider a TWRP option along with Clockwork? Do you believe Clockwork to be superior? At the time I read around, the prevailing opinion seemed to be that TWRP was more flexible/robust and preferred by more XDA members. Has that changed as Clockwork has evolved?
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Thanks Alpine-! :)

I like TWRP a lot. In many ways, I do believe that it has features that outshine CWM Recovery. With all due respect to the entire TWRP Team, there are just a few things that I wish TWRP handled differently. My major issue is the format of backups created with TWRP. Unfortunately, they are not usable with other recovery software. CWM creates standard IMG files. With recovery software such as 4EXT, and many NANDroid backup browsers, those files are fully compatible. TWRP backups seem to be less compatible. I'm most worried about compatibility down the road, especially since the slowdown of TWRP development (now, Dees_Troy (of whom I highly respect) posted a new release not all that long ago, so I'm not completely sure what the status is of TWRP). <-- All of this is personal thought, and may not be completely accurate.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] timetraveler:
thank you success at last i was able to downgrade 1.5 to 1.4 late night to flash recovery and superuser can someone post a link to the recoverys and superuser

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unknownforce closeone thank you very much
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
Make sure you see the 3rd post in Closeone's thread for remaining directions including Radioupdate, 2.17 rom links, etc that are needed. SuperUser/recovery links in my Hboot 1.50 thread (signature) under Post 2 Install SuperUser/Recovery
[HTC EVO 3D] timetraveler:
i was going to use myns custom rom 2.08 base do i still need to update the radios ??

for the 2.17 roms ??

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try to run revolutionary i got the beta key ok it ran first time did not get s off now run it again and it says waiting for device ??? am i missing something here ??

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i got the htc drivers install and removed the htc sync on my pc on win 7
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
timetraveler, your going to have to run Revolutionary a few more times. I know that it's strange, but there is a bug that causes Revolutionary not to run all the way through. Run it until the bootloader actually says -Revolutionary- at the top of the screen.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] timetraveler:
ok becouse now i get as far as to says root aquire but then it goes to fastboot and then it says rebooting fastboot then it says communications were unespec interrupted press any key to exit grrrrrrr lol

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ok i got to run about 7 times finally got revolutionary in pink at top and hboot1.4.1100

now to installed a recovery mmmmm new trwp 2.1 or 5.020 or 4.0 best one here is

?????
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
That choice is completely up to you. TWRP, CWM, and 4EXT is all fine custom recovery software. There really is no 'best' on per se. I really like 4EXT Recovery. But I like ClockworkMod Recovery and TWRP as well. ;)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] timetraveler:
thank you closeone now fully rooted finally on custom myns 2.3 rom and recovery

twrp 1.1.1

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did not know if the new 2.1 was any good so i stay with basic recovery 1.1.1 can i update the 1.1.1 recovery with the new 2.1 later ?? like just flash via a zip format ?
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
You can change your recovery at any time. Just do it the same way you flashed your current recovery onto your phone. I would advise you though to consider going with either the newest TWRP or another recovery. 1.1.1 is incredibly old. 2.1 has quite a few new features that I think you'll get better use out of.

Also, don't forget to make a backup in your custom recovery. Recovery is only as useful as the backup you make with it. ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] Keithgordon:
I just wanted to say thank you, that was a lot easier than i thought it would be. after running revolutionary a couple times i just happened to notice that it was s-off, but it didnt flash recovery, i was able to reconnect it to your linux console and flash recovery that way, now all is good, thanks everyone!
[HTC EVO 3D] elektrik2001:
BTW Closeone, re: my Lenovo Thinkpad T520, I'm wondering if perhaps The TinyLinux Kernel doesn't work with Intel series 6/C200 series host controller (I'm not a Linux developer either, so I don't know)??
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
elektrik2001, my computer has the same chipset as yours. May I have a refresher? What exactly happens when you try to run the CD? Also, have you tried running it from USB and CD?

- Did the MD5 checksum match on the download?

- Anything strange happen on-screen?

- Is anything outputted to the display when running it?

Thanks,

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] timetraveler:
i will update the recovery to 2.1 version ?

do i have to update the radio to the new 2.17 xxx am on myns rom 2.08 base for now but someone told me to also update the radio ??and firmware all in one ??

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were is the link to update the radio is it really needed ?? i dont see any links on closeone tread
[HTC EVO 3D] .Elite_The_King.:
Check

here for it

Sent from my powered Shooter E3D with Infection of AnthraX Jamz by wolf.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Or specifically here for it. (Firmware w/o hBoot, System, Boot and Recovery partitions. (Must be S-OFF)

~co~

(Thanks Elite)

Edit: By the way, you do not have to update the radios for your phone. It's a recommendation. I haven't updated mine (for instance). You can do what you want.
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
I would like to point out a few things:

- Both of the links you posted are for the 2.17 Radio/Firmware update.

- TimeTraveller is on a 2.08 Rom and wouldn't need the 2.17 radio (which is different).

- If he's looking to check/Update the radio, here's the correct thread for All Previous Evo3d Radios Only (Before 2.17)

Note: I updated my 2.17 Based Rom/Radio Links with Root post with this info.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Thanks Mpg2. My apologies. I should have read a bit closer.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] MikeC84:
Nothing happens when I hold down volume button and connect to computer. Waiting for device?...
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Make sure your phone is absolutely bricked. Put the battery back into your phone and press the power button. If it powers on, just keep trying. You'll get it. ;)

If it doesn't power on, make sure that you leave the battery out of your phone while holding vol - (down) and plugging it into your computer.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] MikeC84:
Got it. I tried skipping the first ruu run and start at #12. After doing the first update I was able to brick and now I'm running 1.13 exe..

Thanks for this easy guide mmk!! :D
[HTC EVO 3D] pabls:
Did it!!!

Thank you very much for your Live CD tool, it simplified a lot the process for me and now i have 1.40... thanks for your hard work!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] Jimlarck:
Closeone can you PM me I got you the Link to the .rar file with all RUU's , an ISO burner, written instructions, and your Toolkit (iso not the newest one). and I'll give screenshots so that you can add to the begin post. Many people here have pm'd me regarding the Video i wanted to make, saying that they get stuck on the process on Burning the iso or the bricking process. Mostly Burning the iso. You might want to appoint that in your begin post and add more detail on those two. Just saying
[HTC EVO 3D] MikeC84:
It really easy using mac OS. Open disk utility, drag the ISO to disk utility. Make sure "make disk bootable" is checked, Click burn....:D
[HTC EVO 3D] Jimlarck:
Yup, I don't think there's a How-to on burning a CD on Mac OS so I suggest placing Mike's Post in the begin Post to help people some more.
[HTC EVO 3D] 144saint:
Big thanks unknownforce and closeone. Took the plunge and here I am now with s-off! A lot easier than I thought. First try too!
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
I have PMed you Jimlarck.

Thanks MikeC84.

I'm glad to hear that everything went well for you! :)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] atyler:
Ditto....did mine last night...only it took me 4 tries...was still relatively easy to do.
[HTC EVO 3D] magnums:
sorry for maybe stupid question, gsm development section is almost abandoned, so I will ask here, does this live cd support gsm version of evo 3D?:confused:
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
The tool does not, do not try it. The GSM has a different partition layout in the EMMC, so if you do this, you'll end up flashing the hboot to somewhere it doesn't belong, and overwrite something that *could* be important and ultimately still be bricked after that.

But from what I understand, they already have a method to downgrade the Hboot that doesn't require bricking. (But also does not work for the CDMA)
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Thanks Unknownforce. I went ahead and added this point to the OP.

I'm sorry magnums. This is for CDMA EVO 3Ds only.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
I have added directions for burning the ISO to a CD. Specific directions for Windows Vista/7 and Mac OS X (Thanks MikeC84) have been added per Jimlarck's recommendation (Thanks!).

notsointeresting has also mirrored the latest version of the Live CD at d-h.st for me. Thank you!

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] LiquidSolstice:
Why has this not been stuck yet? This seems to be (to me) a mission-critical post for anyone who wants to get the most out of their phone...
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
I've been wondering that too. Maybe a report to a moderator will get it stickied.
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
I have heard nothing but good things about it :D I gotta say it needs to be picked and sticked :D Just like a goober :D

I have gotten a handful of PM's not PMS lmao in the past from folks saying how nice it was..
[HTC EVO 3D] GODZSON:
Request

Thread Stickied per request..

Enjoy!

godZson

XDA-MOD
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Wow!

Wow! This was an exhilarating way of waking up. :) Thanks everyone! I am humbly proud that this has been helpful to the community and appreciate it a lot. Thanks for stickying this godZson. ;)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
It is a good feeling isn't it! :)

And this definitely needed a Sticky, now the two threads are like peas in a pod. (No Homo) LOL
[HTC EVO 3D] AlpineMan:
I'm currently on HBOOT 1.5 and using MeanROM 3.92 and TWRP 2.0 recovery. I have a nandroid backup thru TWRP. After doing the downgrade to HBOOT 1.4 w/ S-OFF, can I simply reinstall TWRP and do nandroid restore to get me back to MeanROM with all my stuff intact?
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
There should be no problem doing that. Make sure though, to keep a copy of the same version of TWRP just in case anything has changed with the newer version of TWRP (or make your NANDroid backup using the new version, and restore with that version). Don't restore your cache partition though. In any case, yes, that should work fine. :)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Wait... are you CURRENTLY S-OFF?
[HTC EVO 3D] AlpineMan:
No...currently HBOOT 1.5 S-ON...unlocked using HTC method. I understand that I need to relock first before going through the downgrade procedure.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
That's correct, Just making sure you don't brick while already S-OFF, that will be permanent.

But closeone is correct, use the same version of TWRP, and you can restore without issue, however, I suggest not restoring from backup until you have confirmed that your 3G/data/voice works properly (After downgrading and revolutionary) just in case you have to run the hands free activation or do any kind of ## codes.
[HTC EVO 3D] AlpineMan:
This worked great and the twrp nandroid restore worked, too.

Some notes in the process:

1) Had to run Revolutionary 3 or 4 times. The first couple of times, I thought it worked cuz my bootloader indicated I had S-off. But each time I tried to flash twrp, it failed saying that my phone was remote locked. After the 3rd or 4th try, Revolutionary finally completed and twrp successfully flashed.

2) When you run the RUU to 1.13, it also installs an old radio, etc. So if you were using a custom ROM that required the latest radio or a specific radio, don't forget to flash that before reflashing your custom ROM back.

3) If you have a meid repaired phone, you will need to get it repaired again after doing the Revolutionary S-OFF hack.
[HTC EVO 3D] wwjoshdew:
no need to register. Triggers an iNstaNt download!

http://ifile.it/gdnmebf/HBOOT_Downgrade_Toolkit_0.7.0.iso
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Thanks! I've added your link to the OP. :) That should be enough mirrors for now.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] iDannyPR:
are you guys working for a windows version ?
[HTC EVO 3D] dannyboyex:
Been trying this for the past few hours. after a few unsuccessful attempts a bricking i tried to run the downgrade and it went with an error at the end. When i tried to run the 1.13 RUU i i tried turning on the phone and it would only show the bright red light. I\The RUU woudnt work as it kept giving me an error talking about USB connections. I figured i didnt brick properly. I tried again and now it wont turn on at all. i searched and its been plugged into the wall for approx an hour but i get nothing. the battery isnt even warm. I'm using the oem charger and was on hboot 1.5 s-on when i started. I'm kinda panicking right now....
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
It sounds like the first time you attempted to brick never actually bricked the phone. When you brick the phone, it isn't supposed to turn on. The downgrade will unbrick the device by loading the proper bootloader onto it. Go ahead and run the unbricking (downgrade) process from the CD again. Pull the battery out of your phone, hold down the volume down (-) button, and plug the phone into the computer when it says that it's waiting for a device...
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Hi iDannyPR. Due to the way the downgrade works, there will likely never be a native Windows version. My personal understanding is that essentially, the Windows USB stack is really just way to slow to handle this safely. Since the phone's write mode is only on for five seconds, every second counts. Don't quote me on that though. Unknownforce would be able to explain this better than myself.

If you are considering doing the downgrade, I really wouldn't be nervous about it. The CD handles the setup for you, and will leave you with HBOOT 1.40 bliss :rolleyes: when you're done (S-OFF bliss if you grab your Revolutionary key from their website before booting into the CD (No Revolutionary download required). :)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] dannyboyex:
:( thanks but it didnt work. It never recognized the phone. (i would have replyed sooner but xda gave me problems) Is thaere a way to force the phone to wakeup?
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Lets see if it will boot into your bootloader. Pull out the battery and put it back in. While booted into Windows, plug the USB cable into your phone. Don't hit the power button. Check if the phone is being recognized in Fastboot mode. Run the command 'fastboot devices'. See if it returns a device name. If it does, run the command 'fastboot reboot bootloader' or 'fastboot reboot-bootloader'. (You must have the fastboot executable installed on your computer)

Can you give me any other details about your phone, what you did, etc? Also, in Device Manager (Right Click on 'Computer' -> Click Properties -> Device Manager). Check to see what device(s) gets added when you plug in the phone.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
Thanks (+1) for mentioning the Autocomplete. You should add these 2 statements to your op. Still haven't gotten enough free time to dive into the downgrade yet, but my thumbdrive is ready to go. Playing with MeanRom 2.8 & Chads 1.7Ghz r75 kernel.

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I can't recall exactly, but I think you can press either F8 or ESC key during initial boot to get the win7 boot options menu and manually select boot from cd/dvd drive or usb device (if bios supports it).
[HTC EVO 3D] vinc3stylez:
I'm HTC unlocked. Does this cd help me relock it for second step?
[HTC EVO 3D] vinc3stylez:
Sorry for the bombard of questions. When it.says plug the phone in for the terminals to detect. What mode does the phone have to be in? It's not detecting
[HTC EVO 3D] focbuster78:
So I used this last night and it works very well. GREAT WORK!! One thing that would be helpful to add in later versions would be a lite web browser, so I don't have to boot back into windows to read the xda thread.
[HTC EVO 3D] jhuff83:
Another success story here. Thanks closeone for the help. Wife's phone is s-off running meanrom.
[HTC EVO 3D] gunfromsako:
http://www.imgburn.com/is a great tool for burning iso's. I use it for all mine its easy and simple.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
I'm sorry for my late response. I'm pretty busy today.

It doesn't, but I'll think about adding that in a new version.

Don't be sorry. I'm happy to help. :) It's best to use Unknownforce's directions to supplement this. Make sure that the phone is bricked as explained in Step 2 of Unknownforce's directions.

I'm glad it went successfully! :) That's a good idea, I'll see what I can do. I may have to add the network modules so that it can connect to a Wireless network too.

You are welcome! I'm glad it worked! :)

-- focbuster and jhuff83, may I ask you both which version of the CD you used?

Thanks!
[HTC EVO 3D] vinc3stylez:
Does anyone know how to undo a relock of the bootloader? Some guy told me to type fastboot oem lock to relock it and now im stuck in the bootloader