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[HTC EVO 3D] bhint15:
Thank you!

I just wanted to drop in and say thanks. I performed the process in the OP last night and everything worked spectacular. For those having problems make sure that you install the HTC drivers found in the other thread listed in the top of the OP.

Only other directions I had to follow (which I found about half-way through this thread) was on the first firmware flash of the 2.08RUU it did freeze after flashing 3-4 items (the bootloader) so I wanted a minute or so and pulled battery and reflashed. This should be clarified in the OP.

After all said and done I'm back on 124_003 and then I manually flashed the all-in-one 2.17 radios/etc which brought me back to 142_003. The whole process was worth it I hope the only issue I had was sometimes needing to reboot phone to get text moving again.

On my phone I was able to restore my nand back to ICS and everything is perfect. Again thank you to the entire community.

P.S. I still have the VM banners but I don't care too much about that.

If someone could answer for me....I went ahead back to HBoot 1.4 but is there a negative to leaving the eng_1.04 as my primary bootloader?

Also I didn't see much info about the rollbackPG86IMG file. Is it for trying to revert banners?

Thanks!
[HTC EVO 3D] linty:
No, the ENG boatloader has more commands in fastboot than 1.4.
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
Is the entire process done! are we able to go completely back now? I ask because I am a little confused! or is it still being worked on?
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Still being worked on.

Sent from my Sprint/Virgin Mobile hybrid
[HTC EVO 3D] gingson:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1654061

Try the fix on this thread. It has worked for me and a bunch of other people.

I think people with VM firmwares are being led to believe that there is a permanent fix out there. I believe that the only permanent "FIX" to this is a complete replacement with a SPRINT firmware. It has already been mentioned by a few of the Devs here that it probably is the only way. I think that the link above, though the process is laid out in piece meal, is good enough to get rid of the VM banners and can get you back to the Sprint PRL and PRI. As long as your phone can go through the activation process, this probably can help. I tried going through this thread's route but I almost bricked my phone. Give that link a look. Good luck.
[HTC EVO 3D] ausch30:
That's just a band-aid to cover up the problem.
[HTC EVO 3D] gunfromsako:
Have you tried it?
[HTC EVO 3D] ausch30:
"I solved this problen with hex editor.Technically it is still VM firmware.If you had issues with original VM firmware,this will not fix anything on your phone"

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26097382&postcount=8
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
It just changes your banners and your pri. It's not a total fix. Neither is this thread right now, but it's being worked on.

Sent from my Sprint/Virgin Mobile hybrid
[HTC EVO 3D] nayers1981:
Help

I do have an update. I am back to a normal PRL but my radio is still borked. I cant seam to get any signal and i have all my fields filled in DFS and qpst still no signal.. Any ideas?
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Check your profile in ##data#

Sent from my Sprint/Virgin Mobile hybrid
[HTC EVO 3D] nayers1981:
Everything shows up "ok" but for the signal strength just shows an "x". Not sure where to go from here to try and fix..
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
I'm guessing you haven't activated it yet? Can you do it from sprintzone via WiFi?
[HTC EVO 3D] nayers1981:
it doesnt even give me the option. even under wireless and settings mobile states the service is unavailable (thats when wifi is turned OFF)
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
Can you even make calls?
[HTC EVO 3D] nayers1981:
I got it!!! restore software in QPST and i now i have working radio!!!! all is good now lol
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
In qpst software download?
[HTC EVO 3D] nayers1981:
Yes i was using the PRI downgrade beta and at first it didnt work it borked my radio.. But i made a backup of my software and service and it looks like it has helped me restore my radio etc..
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
Did you get it fixed? If you need help pm me. I found how to fix borked radio.

Edit:

I see you got it fixed.

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] nayers1981:
I can make calls and send/receive txt but Data is still not working.. i cant activate it for some reason.. keeps giving me errors.. i have reset data reflashed radios etc any clue how to force it to accept data ?

Wifi works too..
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
Can't do a profile update?, did your data work before? Do you have a qpst backup? What is the active profile? If you lost radio before, did you lose your MEID too?

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
Is your evdo set to "auromatic" in ##data#?
[HTC EVO 3D] Mikee4fun:
What funky said, but what you should be looking for is the following.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Just sucks because WAY less people come in here. lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] dh350nwo:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25945523&postcount=19

Nope no development here....
[HTC EVO 3D] jerdog:
You are correct. An analysis of future work that will be done, which the creator will undoubtedly post in Development once he is done so that the community as a whole will benefit.
[HTC EVO 3D] buddywiser:
Thanks, restored 2.17 ROM and it showed up. PRI still shows 145. Luckily for me, data has never been a problem through all of this.

One thing I did notice, but not sure when it happened. In About Phone, it used to have Virgin Mobile Legal terms, and it is back to Sprint Legal.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
That.....is odd. Like literally the word Legal is there????
[HTC EVO 3D] makavelisk:
Holy **** people could we please stay on topic so this can get resolved. It is rather easy to just to go to general and read this as it is to go to development. A huge thank you to unknownforce for working so diligently on this. I tried to downgrade method and mine reverted back. I will just wait to see what you have cooking!
[HTC EVO 3D] funkyboy1281:
I got Sprint Legal under my legal information...running eternity on pri 145
[HTC EVO 3D] Mikee4fun:
Well it will show 145 all day long unless your erase the rfg_1 and rfg_5. and then flash the 2.08 or 2.17 firmware which will downgrade it . =)

---------- Post added at 02:35 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:33 AM ----------

I don't, do you guys have Sprint banners???
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Oh. not what i was thinking. Mine has a Sprint Legal button.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
What rom? If custom it may be "removed". I'm running stock and I have it.
[HTC EVO 3D] Mikee4fun:
Ahhh, my base I am working with is from the Virgin leak so ah hahahah, I prob forgot to remove that from the build.prop =P
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
:cool:
[HTC EVO 3D] funkyboy1281:
I got mine down to 143 and I had so many problems....got it back to 145 and it seems to be back to normal. Hard to test data though right now when 3g is so crappy where I live. I'll have to check when I'm at work tomorrow. I should've just stuck with 145 when that first came up
[HTC EVO 3D] Mikee4fun:
The only issue I had was after doing the process multiple times to see if I could get rid of the Virgin banner I did run into data problems. Resolving it was as simple as doing a superwipe and then flashing the 2.08 cleaned zip. Then in the dialer typing ##msl number# and then zeroing out all MSID and MDN. Then pressing menu reset. It then rebooted and then hands free activation took over after the screen unlock and bam 3G back in action.

I am getting 1800 down and 800 up. Pretty happy camper.
[HTC EVO 3D] buddywiser:
I've gone through every step about 10 times and it hasn't downgraded it. Some others in the old thread reported the same.
[HTC EVO 3D] Mikee4fun:
I think something is getting missed then or possibly some hardware ver difference. What hardware rev are you on?
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
What hboot and rom are you starting with?
[HTC EVO 3D] buddywiser:
Hw 002, hboot 1.4 eng

Stock Rom. Everything linked in the op.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Re dl the chadsPG86IMG from the 1st post of this thread and try reflash that, then start over with this. If you want. If your not having issues, I'd say might just be the way it is. Technically your on 003 pri right now, it just says 005 so that we could revert.
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
Are you still on stock Rom?,

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] nayers1981:
Yes, I havent tried a rooted rom yet.
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
Did your MEID/ESN get messed up?

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] darkbones85:
Thought I just report my story with this. So I was able to downgrade. I was on 2.08 Rom and the OTA wouldn't show up at all. So what I tried was to run the 2.17 RUU it started well until it hit 10%. It tried to reboot to bootloader but it stayed stuck on the boot animation only because the cable was plugged. I had to do a battery pull and I boot back to bootloader and I have all of the 2.17 firmware including the h boot and I was still s off. And my still had my custom recovery. So I was able to go back to h boot 1.04 and flash the firmware from 2.17. I had no service or 3g until I followed all the tips and tip #5 in the OP worked the best. Everything is downgraded now... Only thing I have is the the virgin banner.
[HTC EVO 3D] fusiondynamics:
Could anyone do a video walk thru? I'm one of those that can't really follow directions reading. I could do it easy from visual instructions.
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
I would but it never worked for me. LOL had to use Unknown's alpha fix, he's in beta testing now, should have release once he find a way to do it safely.

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] jayjam99:
Anyone heard from unknown since Friday?

I hope everything is ok with life. (You know, the important thing that takes place outside of XDA)
[HTC EVO 3D] ftc_osiris:
There's something outside of XDA?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
I'm still alive... Just so much going on in life... It's hard for me to keep up with everything... I can't apologize enough...

I promise, I'm not offering false hopes or dreams here, I do believe I've had 4 full reverts now, but the %'age is awful... I need to spend more time looking at why it's happening like this... (random results)I'm going through some PMs and working with testers still.

I know I'll be busy tonight, I've got class and then going to the hospital. But I think tomorrow I'll have the night off, so hopefully, I can get some more work done on this...
[HTC EVO 3D] Sturos:
No apologies are necessary in my opinion, you've gone the extra mile by even committing any bit of your time to actually develop this in midst of crisis. I'm appreciative of a fix no matter how long it takes, and I have no doubt many others share that opinion as well. Gives hope to those of us who didn't think there was a way back.
[HTC EVO 3D] chrisfales:
Sometimes I wonder why I get so consumed by these phones when real life is so damn important. Thanks for all you do and making me see that there are so much more all of us should be focused on. I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say that you've done an amazing job to this point at both helping us with this phone and apparently being an amazing person by being there for the ones you love. Take care bro and all the best... Cya when we see ya....no worries.
[HTC EVO 3D] jayjam99:
Again, no apology needed. Im just happy to hear your friends are still doing okay. Phones can be replaced, lives cant. Regardless, thanks for the update.
[HTC EVO 3D] fusiondynamics:
I got a replacement phone that might never of been activated. How do you know if it's never been activated? I could pull info from this and hopefully we can fix this Virgin problem.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
##786# will show the activation date, and a lot of other stuff.
[HTC EVO 3D] gfullwr70:
Hey Force do you know of a epst code to change prl on the fly for ics I can't seem to get it to work.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
I'm going to be requesting a replacement myself from sprint today, which I can test much more with... Plus pull all the "stock" stuff from. which will make things easier to test with. But the more "stock" stuff I have, the better off we'll be. I replied to your PM.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1529274

^^ This way works, but I thought there was a ## code to do it too, maybe read through that thread.
[HTC EVO 3D] youdug:
ive been having a lot of issues getting texts and calls so im taking the leap right now with the op guide. if it doesnt work im gonna take it to best buy and get a replacement. im in ##786# right now doing the reset, anyone know how long this usually takes? this is going on 5 minutes now..

edit 1: 30 minutes later it still says Please wait while committing change....

edit 2: just restarted the phone, gonna try this again.

edit 48: im still stuck on the committing changes screen an hour and a half later... this is the 5th time ive tried it. i keep getting one of two things, either it says EPST has stopped when i do the ##786# command, or it will actually open and when i select reset it will just sit on Please wait while committing changes. I have two questions, how long does the change take to commit? and should i have signal or should it be the icon with the x next to it?
[HTC EVO 3D] Genesis Nova:
If you're doing ##786# on a custom rom, it's most likely using the Evo 4g EPST, which doesn't restart the phone automatically, you have to reset manually after a bit.
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
Code is ##785# or ##prl#

EDIT: ##775# is the code

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] wjfelibert:
http://androidforums.com/evo-3d-all-things-root/549688-virgin-mobile-banner-radio-fix.html

This you need to check out.
[HTC EVO 3D] ausch30:
Thanks, this is the original thread

http://forums.team-nocturnal.com/showthread.php/833

I flashed it just to be a guinea pig and see if it works. I have an Airave 4' from my phone and my phone is now showing that it's roaming. PRL is 21087 and PRI is 1.53_VIN

After a few minutes on roaming the banners changed to Sprint and it showed 3G. Ran Speed Test and I got Ping-1311ms, Download-102kbps, and Upload-59kbps. I'm on Viper Rom IC3D so maybe my results might be different if I were on a Gingerbread rom but it didn't seem to do much for me.
[HTC EVO 3D] G.Newton:
Would anyone wanna PM me a "way to get that file", as you need to be a registered member to get the fix.
[HTC EVO 3D] ausch30:
I registered for the site. I'm sure he gets paid according to registrations or whatever so I don't see a problem registering and supporting his work and I do see a problem with mirroring it.
[HTC EVO 3D] G.Newton:
Yeah I just registered. I read the big red letters at the top of his OP just now lol.

For all those wondering: It works. In settings, Operator Name shows 'Sprint'.

Baseband changed from 1.06.00.4xxx to 1.06.00.1216. PRL remained 21087, I'm running ICS AOSP settings.apk, so I can't see my PRI, but I'm sure that's fixed too.
[HTC EVO 3D] Mexiking10:
Is your PRI also 1.53_VIN? If it is, it just seems like he put vin's "fix" into a flashable PG86IMG.zip Unless he has stated otherwise that it's more than that.

Edit: Well if it is ^that then it might be combined with the downgrade method in this thread, but that's just my guess seeing as how it doesn't seem like the full fix Unknown is working on.
[HTC EVO 3D] G.Newton:
I don't know the background of that fix, but he did give credit to vin in his OP.

NOT Roam Control shows Sprint, settings show Sprint, PRL is correct, baseband is also correct. I just can't see my PRI cuz I installed stock ICS AOSP settings.apk.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
That's the same fix as the one on these forums. That's vin's (from these forums) hex edited one. That's not a full fix for the problem (from my understanding). No offence to vin.

The user who posted this is also active on these forums. Xsmagical (Team Nocturnal).

Again please know that I am not trying to offend anyone. I'm sorry.

~co~

I'm a bit stressed right now. :(
[HTC EVO 3D] sofla2:
He stated that it returned the phone fully to Sprint. Everything on my phone now says Sprint and under phone info it says Current Network: Sprint. I can't remember how to check the operator and that is what I am wondering about.
[HTC EVO 3D] Mexiking10:
Thanks for clarifying. I don't want to offend anyone either. I just wanted to see/point out that it wasn't anything new.
[HTC EVO 3D] G.Newton:
Elaborate please? Whatever Vin's fix is.. in the stock ics aosp MMS.apk, I would have to click download multiple times to get the pictures to come through. My gf sent me a pic, and I hit download and it popped up almost instantly. No more 3g/1X issues where I couldn't make calls/text/data for short periods of time.
[HTC EVO 3D] sofla2:
This is what I've got now...
[HTC EVO 3D] G.Newton:
Exactly what I got, except for the 3 ID's, but I'm sure those are phone specific.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Check out page 57 of this thread.

Again. I don't mean to offend anyone. :(

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] G.Newton:
So there's some underlying issue we're still dealing with. Like, why do we have to use a hex-edited PRI? Chill kin, you ain't offendin' anyone lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] SITH16:
Isn't vin's fix just a hex edited version of chad's original attempt? Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought that Vin just took chad's file and edited the sectors that affected the branding from virgin to sprint.

If that is so, then that file is not a full fix and the virgin crap will still be on the phone until you use this tutorial to downgrade your PRI.

Again, I could be wrong.
[HTC EVO 3D] ausch30:
What does yours say for network operator, is yours the same as his? Mine says 311490
[HTC EVO 3D] G.Newton:
My Network operator differs from his, but is the same as yours. 311490.
[HTC EVO 3D] ausch30:
As I said earlier my phone is 4 feet from my Airave and I get horrible speeds. That being said, I was able to get a couple sites to load in the browser so it's working slightly better than it was before flashing this. Both times I rebooted it was showing roaming for a couple minutes before it went to 3G. This is not a fix but I can't say I'm any worse off now than I was before flashing this.
[HTC EVO 3D] sofla2:
Now this is a shot from before when I flashed this fix. The 311490 operator is Virgin Mobile
[HTC EVO 3D] ausch30:
That's interesting because my network operator says Sprint.

Are you on an ICS rom? How is your data?
[HTC EVO 3D] sofla2:
Mine does too, but I just looked up network operator 310120, which is what mine changed to and it is a Virgin Mobile network operator number.
[HTC EVO 3D] ausch30:
Maybe it was just another hex edit to get it to show Sprint even though it was actually still VM.
[HTC EVO 3D] sofla2:
Yeah, I think this was all cosmetic stuff. My baseband and build stayed the same.
[HTC EVO 3D] lyon21:
Has anyone gotten ahold of a phone that has never been activated yet?

Sent from my ICS lovin 3D!!!

If I've helped you in any way... hit the "Thanks" button.
[HTC EVO 3D] thajacka:
I just performed this, everything went good, baseband changed, only pri did not change.
[HTC EVO 3D] youdug:
same here. everything is good now except my pri is still 1.53_145. i just flashed vins "fix" and it says 1.53_vin now. but the whole process didnt change my pri.

edit: just tried to flash freeza's 2.17 all-in-one to see if it would change the pri, nope.
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
The steps on op is to corrupt partition that has PRI. ##786# reset zero partition, and phone rebuilds on next reboot. Just without user info, it to in sure non of your personal info stay on phone.

It works for some, I couldn't get it to work for me.

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] youdug:
A couple people in vins thread said they redid this after getting back to 2.17 and flashing vins banner fix and it did downgrade it to 1.42. I'm gonna try again later.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
As a mini update, I'm taking a few steps back and starting over a little bit here. The patch still isn't producing the results I'm looking for. As such, I have a new phone coming shortly, and someone else has a new phone that they are willing to test with me as well, so we're both going to pull complete emmc partition dumps and I'm going to study them to the T and find all the changed parts...

This will take some time, but it will be the correct way to do it. with the mixed results I've gotten so far, I'm thinking that it's possible that something other than the radio_config has changed here... and if that's the case, I need to find where that is, so that we can make sure we're not missing anything.

So, while this will set us back a little bit, it will also help find anything that I could be missing, and ultimately get a proper patch and also open up the door to some interesting abilities for the new tool. (refurb status reset, RELOCKED -> LOCKED, lifetime stats reset, and possibly more)

Basically the more I study it the better it's going to be.
[HTC EVO 3D] nayers1981:
I was able to reset my pri back to 1.43 from 1.53 BUT im running into alot of radio problems. i have been working with Unknown and jcfunk etc to try and get this working properly. I am one of the ones getting a new 3d this week and will do a complete emmc dump to try and compare and get resolved..
[HTC EVO 3D] Genesis Nova:
now THIS has me excited...I'd love to change my 1.50 Relocked status.
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
Yeah, that's exciting. I used a tool that does that on my sons HTC wildfire s. I was amazed, it could lock, relock or unlock with the press of one button. Also it had a SuperCID option that changed your main version to zero with one click, so you could run any ruu. It used the aroma installer, first time I'd seen that. Aroma installer gave me the same feeling I had when I first flashed 4ext recovery. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
[HTC EVO 3D] Genesis Nova:
Oh awesome, I'd never heard of a tool like that (I've heard of/used aroma before) but yeah, being able to unlock/lock bootloader like that would be great.
[HTC EVO 3D] gingson:
Do ##786#.
[HTC EVO 3D] Smac7:
So after 10 days of perfection with this fix, i had my first issue again today? I thought i beat it, guess not. Maybe i should do the fix again.
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
What's the issue, just curious
[HTC EVO 3D] Smac7:
well apparently i had people sending me text and calling me for the last 3 hours and i didnt receive anything. I eventually went to send a text and got a radio interface shortage error, just like what happened before. When i got my service back, i was bombarded with old text.
[HTC EVO 3D] Genesis Nova:
Doing ##786# resets my phone, but it doesn't hands free activate anymore (it does when I do ##3282# though...but that's another topic entirely
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
Did u ever successfully downgrade your pri with this fix? If so, you're better than me because I've tried it about 5 times exactly how the op states and I get nothin.
[HTC EVO 3D] Smac7:
yea. I got _003 now. You sure your following them correctly? does everything seem to work when your doing it (up until you check the pri that is)
[HTC EVO 3D] ckoadiyn:
lol I did it about 10 and was the same

And when I did it I didn't get errors or anything however all my info still said sprint except for the banner n the pri number was still chads hex one.
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
Heh, yeah I'm following to the T (I think). The only thing I wasn't sure about was if I was using the right 2.08 pg86, so I tried a few times with the 2.08 full firmware, 2.08 firmware w/o hboot and the full 2.08 ruu.exe. still nothing. No errors either, everything went as smooth as expected. One thing that was weird tho, after the process was done, I couldn't reboot from the bootloader, when I select reboot it would just shut off.
[HTC EVO 3D] Smac7:
hmm. i used chads beforehand too. idk what to tell you.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Unknown, getting a replacement hopefully on Thursday, let me know if you need anything.

Sent from my Sprint/Virgin Mobile hybrid
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
I'll let you know, I'm hopefully gonna get my replacement shortly as well, so I'll have a fresh phone to test with, which will be exactly what I need.