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[HTC EVO 3D] masbirdies:
Interesting.....my radio was fine before starting. Even after reflashing everything and before going into the tool kit the 2nd time, it was working. I know because I got a text and made a call.

However, after reading your last msg, I noticed an X at the top and no data working (or phone). I screwed around with rebooting and updating profiles a couple of times. I can get a call to go out but my airrave is not recognizing my phone. I can't send a text either. This all just happened in the last hour.

Interesting.....my radio was fine before starting. Even after reflashing everything and before going into the tool kit the 2nd time, it was working. I know because I got a text and made a call.

However, after reading your last msg, I noticed an X at the top and no data working (or phone). I screwed around with rebooting and updating profiles a couple of times. I can get a call to go out but my airrave is not recognizing my phone. I can't send a text either. This all just happened in the last hour.

UPDATE: Just re-read your message. I >am< getting 3g arrows functioning and phone signal (5 bars).

I've tried re-running the radio fix to the point above, It kept coming up with the same MEID, however, every few times it will state that the phone appears rooted and moves on to the MSL? and do I want to proceed. My MSL is correct so I went into ##3282# , advanced, and noticed my MEID >is< what the toolkit is reading, however, it's not the one on my box or under the battery.

Strange! Maybe the original VM firmware (from a couple months ago) changed it.????? My phone was purchased new on launch day and not a refurb.

Should I proceed since I have the MSL and MEID internally correct?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
You will need to restore your backup of 19. Because you erased rfg_1 and then erased the activation info, it killed it, that's why the radio doesn't work now, the MEID is gone, the MSL is gone, the secret codes are gone... it's all gone.

Doing this from the bootable CD is a little complicated.

Gtalk will be easiest to be able to walk you through it... you'll need QPST installed, This clean NV backup, a USB drive with your current19.img on it. And about a half hour of time.

Send me a PM when you have all of that.
[HTC EVO 3D] masbirdies:
OK....I decided to go ahead and gamble and finish the process. Each time it said "plug in" I waited like 10 secs. It completed all steps, rebooted twice, but still came up with VM branding. That's the latest.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Ignore my last then if you have signal and your MEID is what it thinks it is...

I would proceed as long as your MEID matches what is shown in the "About Phone" screen. or in the ##786# screen. And your MSL matches properly as well.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Some part of it is definitely failing then. Go through it again, watch the output, try to either write down or take pictures of the whole process...
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
other than the tool freezing after completion, it was easy. rebooting the phone now to check everything. will update.

edit: handsfree activation not starting. I'll do a 786 restore.

Phone not accepting msl. Trying to activate through sprint zone does nothing. data profile pretty much empty.

Re-edit: Ok, Activating service finally popped up. It's been there a while though....

Radio appears to be pretty borked....
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Sign me up for this....
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
What do you mean by this?
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Following the tool telling me it was completed successfully, my laptop froze up. Not sure if it was the tool or what....but since it said complete, i powered down the laptop and rebooted the phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
First, download this, extract it somewhere and run pull19 with the device plugged in and USB Debugging enabled.

This will create a file called after19.img (this is your partition 19 that is on your device right now, after the fix)

After that, put after19.img and your backup current19.img in a zip and send them to me.

I want to see what it did/didn't do right.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Ok I'll do that when i get back from lunch.

Sent from my EVO LTE.
[HTC EVO 3D] masbirdies:
Tried that and it's not saving a after19 file. Here is what I'm getting

[+] Rush did it ! It's a GG, man !

[+] Killing ADB and restarting as root... enjoy!

error: device not found

error: device not found

Press any key to continue . . .
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
ehh, it's processing it too fast, well it rooted it, so just do the following:

adb shell dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p19 of=/data/local/after19.img

adb pull /data/local/after19.img
[HTC EVO 3D] masbirdies:
C:\Android>adb shell dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p19 of=/data/local/after19.img

/dev/block/mmcblk0p19: cannot open for read: Permission denied

I'm a cut n paste'r...am I doing something incorrect?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
No, but now you don't have root, did you reboot the phone? Try using this one.

EDIT: Sorry last one was broken too, Try this one.

EDIT 2... Bah, Both of those were broken... I'm terrible today... Last time.. I promise... Here
[HTC EVO 3D] masbirdies:
Dang, I had to reboot because my disk access to sd card is not coming back. Forgot about temp root.

Can you pm me where to send the files?
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Sent.
[HTC EVO 3D] genstukov:
Will we have problems using this if we deleted our rfg_1 in the past in the downgrade try to fix this or will we be ok? I still have activated service on my phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] Mexiking10:
Can't wait for the fix to be released to the public. I'm gonna order the LTE when it becomes available in white in a couple of days, but I wanna make sure I give this phone to my mom with no problems. Appreciate all of the time and effort you've put into this Unknown!
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
Ok after all night of problem shooting I found out my problem is because my phone's usb cord has started to go bad.

So thats why I was having the issues I was having.

Thank God it didnt kill my phone lol

Now to try and find my old phones cord thats going to be a job in itself!

My question Unknownforce is how can I get fully back to where I was before I did all the flashing?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Give me a little bit, I found out why it's only working for some people... I screwed up a part of the code... a really stupid mistake actually... :( Copy and paste with code is bad! Bad Unknownforce! Lol... I'm gonna get a new one whipped up here in a bit, but I don't know if closeone will be around to get a new CD put together. I'll send him a message and see what his timeframe is... if anything I can run through with those that have at least the CD and put the updated copy on a USB stick and use it from there.

Give me a little bit to get this code straightened out. I'm also adding in another check to make sure RFG_1 is populated correctly after it's flashed... which will also eliminate one of the plug/unplug steps while the device is bricked...

This should hopefully be the last one before release! This is the root cause of the problems, without a doubt!

Phew, this road has been long and bumpy.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Yes, This will work regardless of the current RFG_1 status... It rebuilds RFG_1 from current info, AS LONG AS the phone has service and functions. (doesn't need to be active on a plan, just have working radio service, not an X)

Trust me, I can't wait to be done and release it as well, ugh!
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Sorry, not to Spam here, but to ALL current testers. DO NOT USE the current version if you did not already, I'll send out a PM as well... Wait for a new test version.
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
Thanks for the heads up I will sit back and wait patiently.

I was starting to think I had gone (politically incorrect) Retarded! lol
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Do you still have service, an MEID, etc?
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
Yes the only thing that I am having an issue with is my wifi has gone to crap!

I have MEID imsi I am trying to check my msl number but the app keep's force closing on me.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
If you haven't sent unknown a stipper-gram yet, DO IT NOW.

Seriously though, thanks to unknown for un-f'ing my radio, walking through the brick procedure (can you say butt pucker??) and getting my phone ready for round 2.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
I should have popped in here and said "oh hai." ;)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
greetings programs.

Fixed. I owe beer......
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
Fixed as in non virgin or fix as in your radio issue?
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Both :victory:
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
That's awesome I am waiting for the fix for the bug Unknownforce found It's been giving me problems. lol
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Yeah, we found a few things. should be patched up soon.
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
That would explain why I was having so many issues doing it! I have never had any issue doing anything with my phone.

When I downgraded to 1.40 h-boot not one problem and I did it before there was the CD.

I was thinking I was losing my touch and looking like a complete moron here in the forums. lol
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
He he. I left that there thinking, "how strange... greetings programs? Darned autocorrect." I was going to call you out on it when you fixed it. Your fix was quite unexpected and funny. :p

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Ok, we found one more issue. MSID isn't correct yet....we're almost there.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
It's from Tron.....:laugh:
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
Oh. :) I'm apparently limited to talking in lolspeak...

Oops. I has nevr watched Tron.

kthxbye
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
OK, good news and bad news... good news is I got the tool working as it should...

The bad news is... the RFG_1 that I'm populating... doesn't work. Well, it kind of works, but activation gets confused... The phone will activate, but it won't activate using the correct info.

The reason it worked on a few... is because the bug that I found... it wasn't even using the right partition during the fix... causing it to not even use the "fixed" rfg_1 that I was pushing...

On those that are now fixed... their rfg_1's were never corrupt in the first place... So this fix will work for those that do not have corrupt rfg_1's. Obviously this doesn't cover everyone. But for anyone that hasn't messed with rfg_1 at all, the fix works, perfectly.

What does this mean? Basically, it means I have to sit down with rfg_1 and go through it even more... What would really help me at this point is if I could have this test device with service on it. OR if someone has an active line on a 3D that they don't use or use very rarely and wouldn't mind me using it for a while... (not to make calls or anything, just to test activation with) That would work as well...

I'll speak with Josh and see if he can put a line back to this test phone, but for now, I"m going back to looking at rfg_1, and finding out where the rest of the activation info is needed.

This is unfortunate news, but the good thing here is that the tool shouldn't need any more major coding modifications to it, the coding part is just about over... only cosmetic updates, and wording changes... The main concern now is that I just need a better "skeleton" or template of rfg_1.

I can't say how long this will take me... It's so close, yet so far... rfg_1 is such a pain in the wazoo... I'll update tomorrow with a method to check your current rfg_1 for the proper entries... if it meets the criteria, the tool will fix your device... if it does not... you'll have to wait till I get a working rfg_1...

Sorry guys, I was really hoping for better news... and especially to be done with this once and for all, but it's just not quite there yet...

Big thanks to jlechner though, it was a tremendous help having him around all night to test this stuff with me... We worked out so many of the little bugs in such a little time... it definitely helps to have another perspective on things... and someone to bounce ideas off of, even if they don't know coding or anything... sometimes it's easy to overlook the most simple of things...

Oh well, more tomorrow... Sleeping now.
[HTC EVO 3D] wwjoshdew:
Uh, I got your message. I REALLY need my phone, but MAYBE we could work something out where I activate the Evo 3D from here (for a just a little bit! I rely on my phone every day) for just a few hours or something. It would be possible, yes... If you could find another way, then that would be even better. But Saturday or Sunday, go ahead and give me a call. If you haven't found "a way" to make it work by then, then I'll do my best to help you! :)
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Testers who have no data, check your full 15 number msid. That includes the mcc and the mnc. They are located in ##data#. Not sure what yours SHOULD be, but the rfg from the test fix had leftover info on it. Could get your data back (until you reset that info).

Sent from my EVO LTE.
[HTC EVO 3D] masbirdies:
I have data. What I don't have is the abilities to make calls.
[HTC EVO 3D] tatnai:
after I successfully completed mine, I also had the inability to make or receive calls; was getting "error 16" message when I tried, and SMS would not send or received. I called sprint, they fixed it on their end, and I was good to go.

Edit: I didn't initially report this, as I tested calls immediately afterwards and they worked. I was on my airwave, though, then when I went out I got the errors. didn't work on the airwave then. so I assumed it wasn't due to the fix, but it may have been. the guy I talked to said some code had gotten messed up on the phone, and so it was not able to handshake with the towers appropriately. I asked him how that had happened,:eek: and he said it just happens sometimes... :D
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
I thought you had a second line that you could activate on it, don't worry about it then. I'll figure something out I might be able to have another line activated on my plan. I have a family plan already as is. Let me look into that, I can activate it for like a month or something. I'll talk to sprint, should only cost me like $20 for a month.

This only applies to you bud, Everyone else didn't get the newest tool that we tested with last night that actually flashed the rfg properly.

To anyone having issues, please PM me, it's easier for me to communicate that way. I'm working from 8-5 Central and I can't sit on the forums all day, PM's works best.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Well, I apparently can get 14 days out of it if I cancel the line within that timeframe, without a charge. So, that will work for my purpose.
[HTC EVO 3D] wwjoshdew:
AWESOME! :D
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
This is actually a direct cause of the fix then, I had initially thought it was because of while I was testing I cloned my device to the test device, I assumed the error was from cloning. But some part of what we're fixing here is a part of that activation process. That will just need to be in the end of the instructions then to dial a couple numbers and wait till u get error 16, and have them fix it.
[HTC EVO 3D] masbirdies:
So, we should try calling sprint? I did that and they could not get my phone running, however, I was told they were having provisioning issues at the time.

I didn't know if that was true or just some c/s rep that didn't know what else to say.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Within 24 hours of asking for help, I have an active new line, which others have provided for me. That's why I love this forum.

Big thanks to wwjoshdew for the use of his device and to The Fer-Shiz-Nizzle for activating it on his account. This is going to be a BIG help in testing this weekend!

You guys are awesome!

Getting off work in a few hours and then running a few errands, and then right to testing!
[HTC EVO 3D] The Fer-Shiz-Nizzle:
Just thought I'd pop my head in here. :D Good luck Unknownforce, and thanks for your efforts
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Well I had expected this to take me a LOT longer to get what I needed found, but the latest test looks VERY promising on my test device here... Activated, PRL Updated (after I manually fixed it... sitll have to fix that issue)

Phone calls work, received a text, Data works, has all the right numbers, PRI at 1.42_003, Sprint Banner.

Finishing up a few things on it, wording things correctly... And if all goes well, I'll have a new test tomorrow. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] wwjoshdew:
You see, THIS is why you're such a respected developer, whom I talk about a lot! :D
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
You are the F'n Man I dont know how you do it or figure it out but man you are like a god here!

On a side note I would like to sign up to be a tester again if all possible.
[HTC EVO 3D] genstukov:
Yeah you do
[HTC EVO 3D] cniels01:
Thanks for all of your hard work
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Latest version sent to closeone for a new CD, This version will be release candidate 1, I'll be opening the other thread and having it stickied.
[HTC EVO 3D] greeg32:
I'm so excited to try this when released... The hboot downgrade was a highlight moment for me. That special moment when I knew I was bricked.... Time stopped lol

I'm pathetic lol
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Oh, by the way, all the bugs have been worked out from what I can tell. No Error 16, no PRL issues, it runs through the fix from start to finish, you boot up, it runs through hands free and updates PRL.

Only thing I noticed was that when you re-apply S-OFF via revo, it messes up activation, but after it activates that second time, it sticks through rom changes and whatnot.

Wording on everything looks OK to me, but I'll take feedback on that of course, I numbered most of the steps.

The tool will check the current rfg_1, if it's intact, it will prompt asking if you want to re-use the same one, or rebuild one from scratch. Either way works, there's no benefit (or harm) in rebuilding if the one you have is intact.

I'll be posting a video shortly on the expected output.
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
Is this the super tool that you've talked about or is it just for reverting the VM fw?

Edit... Nevermind, I think we were posting at the same time.
[HTC EVO 3D] Merckle:
Can't wait!
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Ultimate Recovery Tool.

Downgrade, Unbrick, Backup partitions, flash any image to any partition, fix radio config.
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
Wow! What about changing relocked to locked?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Haven't gotten to that yet. That's next on my list. But I'll be taking a bit of a break after I'm done with this part of it.
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
Man you're awesome, and you deserve a break.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Op changed.

Sent from my EVO LTE.
[HTC EVO 3D] wwjoshdew:
Like a freaking BOSS! I respect that.

The whole "unsticky mine, and sticky his" thing. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
The CD is now live!

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] genstukov:
After learning everything about every partition in a now considered old phone you deserve the break more than anyone else
[HTC EVO 3D] rlentz2009:
I have look through so many pages on the threads that I think I might be going cross-eyed...lol... Has anyone else have been trouble with applying a charge to your Sprint account from the play store? I can't figure out if the problem started before or after the VM firmware goof... SO I thought I check with guys to see if anyone else is having this problem... I'm currently on the phone with Sprint and after two weeks of trying to figure this out... They are just saying its no longer allowed... When I just reset the play store and it gave me the option to apply it to my Sprint bill...

And yes my bill is FULLY paid just answer the question that going through some people's mind...lol
[HTC EVO 3D] Felnarion:
PRI didn't change, firmware didn't change, banner didn't change, seems like nothing at all is different for me.
[HTC EVO 3D] agrabren:
I'm wondering if the difference between the success and the failure cases is the two versions of the EVO 3D Partition table. While working on TWRP 2, we encountered an issue where some devices used a different partition layout than others. I'm one of those on the VM firmware right now, but haven't seen a reason to attempt to fall back, since my data service is working fine, as is SMS and phone calls. I'll see if I can dig back up the difference in partition layout, so people don't go spamming all their partition tables. But if the guys currently working on this have both successful devices and unsuccessful, check your partition layouts.
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
In my case once you flash it to 145 it stays at 145 no matter how many times you flash the radio I have flashed the radio three times since flashing the fix and I am still on 145.

But since I have put in this stupid radio I have had so many fcuking issues its not funny. Mostly with permissions or 4ext says the data partition is messed up.
[HTC EVO 3D] mogul420:
could it be hw revision related?

i ran freezas script ok but my 3d kept PRI 1.42_003 / baseband 1.06.00.1216 and ive just been getting an ocassional error 129 while heavy texting but everything seems to work ok..

im on hw 002 btw.. i think i posted this on the original (deleted) thread.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
I've gotten all the differences in mine, and I could setup a patch for mine no problem... but the problem is, they also differ from other peoples as well... and it's not "easily" readable hex, it's all over the place and cryptic... which leads me to believe that it also contains the IMEI Number and some "secret" codes... which would suck...

It's a little confusing right now. But I'm going to spend as much time on it this weekend as I can.

It would really help if I had someone with a Good working sprint one that wouldn't mind testing with me, taking a little risk along the way...

Risk is minimal, since we can backup the emmc partition and restore it via the current downgrade method, but I need to compare someone elses "working" partition to their "bad" partition just to confirm I have the correct information... But basically what I'd need is the following...

1.) Backup current good working sprint 1.42_003 partition

2.) Flash VM firmware.

3.) Pull another copy of the new vm 1.53_144 partition

I'd then give u a tool to flash back to the sprint partition that you pulled originally and be back to original. This would require a datawipe, so you'll need to backup first, yadda yadda, I'll go over all the process with whoever is willing to help...
[HTC EVO 3D] jaybombz:
If someone is willing to help unknownforce with this might I suggest they do all of this running as close to stock as possible (ROM, kernel, etc.) before and after to make sure we have a known baseline for the process? Sorry if that was obvious to everyone just trying to help. Thanks for all the help with this!
[HTC EVO 3D] gfullwr70:
So if we don't have a backup of that partition prior to the VM update were basically screwed.unless the Sprint update has the same partition that is specific to sprint like the VM is to VM

BTW I'm on hw0002 VM firmware with Chads fix running the Verizon 00002 prl and everything works like a champ market sees me as sprint and when I dial *2 I get sprint CS and can bill to sprint on market.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Currently, yes.

But that's why I'm working on this. To turn that yes into a No. If I can find everything that was changed inside that partition, I can create a patch to revert it all, but without the appropriate information I need, I can't create a proper patch.

The problem is that this partition contains the information to make the phone communicate with the towers, so mine won't work for other devices, only mine, which is why I need to get ONLY the differences that are part of the actual VM firmware...
[HTC EVO 3D] gfullwr70:
I have a friend next door that has a deactivated 3d that never took the VM update anything I could pull from her old 3d that would help me get mine back to.normal.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Too early to advise you how to do this properly, if I knew that, I'd already be working on the full patch and testing. I don't have enough information yet, but that could be a great test device...
[HTC EVO 3D] gfullwr70:
I'm working on getting it now will do whatever is needed to help everybody get back to normal