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[HTC EVO 3D] tatnai:
ok so this will be a bit of a long story; not sure if it worked or not, or if my phone was fixed just by flashing the 1.13 RUU, but this is what happened.

I had flashed both the original vm firmware, as well as the vm firmware that came out. I had virgin mobile in my lockscreen and phone banners. I had a few issues as detailed in my prior posts in this thread. I could still do handsfree activation.

The first step, flashing the 1.13 RUU, wouldn't flash while the phone was booted into the rom. got an error after it started the update process. had to boot into bootloader with fastboot USB to have it finally work. I am not 100% sure, but I think that at that point, I was back to the sprint banner. it's been such a long time since i've seen it there that I'm just not sure, but pretty sure. anyways, I flashed the vm firware, 2.17 firmware, and eng hboot through bootloader without issue. ran the tool from unknownforce (booted via USB and core2usb), it asked me to connect the phone, I hit enter, it gave my hboot and MEID, said "obtaining root, this may take a few moments", then said "failed to backup partition", then "cleaning up". it hung on cleaning up for >5min. I started to worry that something had aborted given the "failed to backup partition" message, but didn't want to interrupt if it was still working. so I walked away for like 10min and let it sit.

when I came back, my computer screen was blank. moved the mouse, nothing happened. hit enter, and it turned on back at the tool menu. I thought, can't have gotten done as I did not do anything except hit enter the first time, and the instructions made it sound like I needed to do it a few more times. at that point I noticed I had sprint in the banner, made a phone call it said sprint and went through. I did ##3282# and reset my data, rebooted, it went through handsfree activation without a hitch. then I noticed my PRI was still 1.53_145 (which I thought was what it was with the VM firmware), so I ran the 2.17 firmware all in one again. I reflashed my custom recovery, nandroid restored, and everything works. PRL update took me to PRL 21090 (I was on the verizon 11115 before).

so, I don't know what happened, all I know is that I have sprint in my banner. however, I still have PRI 1.53_145 - is that what I'm supposed to have?

Unknownforce, I've PM'd you a copy of my p19 from before and after, let me know what you find.

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did you flash the ENG H-boot as instructed in the PM from Unknownforce? you had to flash like 4 things before going to the tool...
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
You need to flash the eng hboot. It's in op.

Sent from my EVO LTE.
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
You know I read the instructions a good half a dozen times and I never saw where it said flash ENG hboot first in my instructions its listed 4th in the list of downloads.

Now that its all cleared up I am off to flash the ENG hboot and get this done.
[HTC EVO 3D] Will32:
The 145 pri is the modified pri made by chad. It was edited 1 number above the VM pri so that it would flash. If your phone was fixed, it wouldn't have that pri. It would have 1.42_003
[HTC EVO 3D] tatnai:
Thanks, was afraid of that. With sprint banner back will probably see how things go before trying again.
[HTC EVO 3D] rtbluver:
Ive completely fololowed all directions he pmd me to a tee and I am now on a stock unrooted rom with 100% sprint banner pri and prl..Its completely working!
[HTC EVO 3D] Merckle:
Glad to hear!!! Can't wait!

Might be able to try out some CM9 ROMs and virus ROMs again lol
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
I am getting unknown error when trying to run RUU_Shooter_S_Sprint_WWE_1.13.651.7_Radio_0.97.10.0530_NV_NV_SPCS_1.16_release_198109_signed

Why is it of all things now I have to run into issues? when I s-offed I did not have one issue for that matter I have not had any issues with my phone until now.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
USB debugging turned on?

Sent from my EVO LTE.
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
Yeah I figure out what I was doing wrong been a long time since I updated using an exe.

Bad new is I am now bricked I have a small dim red light that comes on. I was following the instructions to a T I got to the point where it say's unplug and pull battery before continuing and wham it happened hopefully unknownforce knows a fix for this.
[HTC EVO 3D] Merckle:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1627917

Might help?
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
Edit: that method does not work for S-off devices.

Good news I unbricked it

FYI if this happens to you dont stress like I did in closeone's CD you use use the step to flash Fake H-boot and it will get your phone back into fastboot and from there run the 1.13.651.7 RUU and start the process all over again.

Also when you do it on the first step when your using the CD if it gives you the could not copy the partition and when you hit enter it brings you back to the menu just run it again and it will take you to the next step (this is the part that bricked my phone) The instructions need to be fixed or there are going to be more people that went through what I just did. it say's "unplug phone and take battery out" I did and brick I am assuming you need to unplug, take back cover off, plug back in and take battery out but not sure! All I know is I bricked following the directions!
[HTC EVO 3D] Merckle:
Ya I would suggest to wait for him. I wouldn't want to steer ya in the wrong direction and your phone be Perma bricked. Good luck though wish I could be of more assistance.
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
check my previous post I edited it!
[HTC EVO 3D] cniels01:
That is awesome!!!! Thanks co and unknownforce!!! I look forward to the solution being posted.
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
Ok Bricked for the second time this time I made it a little farther it got past flashing fixed rfg_1 then it said I believe flashing radio waiting for device and as you can guess I was bricked again. Not really understanding what I am doing wrong all I know is these bricks are very time consuming just to get back to square one!

At this point I think I am ready for the manual method or more detailed instructions.

So at this point I am going to sit back and wait! I really dont want to go through another brick!

For those that brick trying this on the CD choose the second choice and flash a fake H-boot.

Then run the 1.13.651.7 ruu in fastboot

then you need to run revolutionary to S-off again

then you need to fastboot su (and custom recovery if this part is necessary not sure but I did it anyways)

Now you repeat the instructions from VM firmware!

Yes I know what a pain in the as$ and yes I did it twice now!
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
I don't know for sure, but all the earlier versions had you brick aka put phone into download mode to patch part 19. Now Unknown has told me he took most of the manual steps out. Don't be scared, it happens when you s-on with a unsigned hboot.

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
I only got scared with the first brick until I figured out how to recover from it!

Whats confusing is your told to follow the CD steps exactly but I know for certain you need to disregard the first instruction when it tells you to unplug your phone and take the battery out!

So at this point I am going to take a seat on the bench until the actual (for the lack of a better word) instructions are posted or PM to me!

I know Unknownforce has worked very hard on this and I dont blame him or closeone for any of the crap thats happening to me I signed up to be a tester and I knew before hand sh1t can happen!

I wish the other tester's would post their results or what instructions need to be skipped and which one's need to be followed!
[HTC EVO 3D] JoshuaAlba:
Flashed everything in order. Tool running right now. Will post results when it's finished :)

Update: Scariest ten minutes of my life, but it's a SUCCESS! Everything is back to normal guys! VM virus is dead! Back on PRI 1.42.003. I shall do Revolutionary when I get home from work. ALL HAIL UNKNOWNFORCE!
[HTC EVO 3D] rtbluver:
Yes! So me and you are the only known testers with good luck so far?
[HTC EVO 3D] rtbluver:
I dont think this pertains to the fix done lastnight from unknownforce but I have been trying all morning to acces root and run revolutionary when it finally went through I flashed a custom rom and it wont boot past the splash it just goes to a black screen. I have also tried to flash another rom and it did the same thing. I have reflashed eng hboot a million times and when i do it goes into the boot animation but just keeps loading forver. Anyone have any ideas?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Good to hear some success here ;)

The only thing you need to ignore is the very first screen after you select Radio Fix from the menu on the CD, it says to have a bricked device, that's NOT true for this process, closeone didn't know that and didn't change the message.

Re-read all the steps, do every single thing from start to finish, and follow the directions AFTER that message to the letter.

Send me a PM, I'll give u my Gtalk info, and we can work through it.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
I had the same problem when I was trying to install CM9 actually, what I did was do a full wipe, after installing the custom ROM the first time (which wasn't working) and then install it again, and then wipe cache/dalvik immediately after installing in the same recovery session to get it to finally boot properly.

I can't say if it's related to the fix, because it didn't happen in prior testing, but this is a newer test as well... So it's possible the two are related, but I haven't had any problems at all since then.
[HTC EVO 3D] rtbluver:
Well i figured out it was CWM recovery..4EXT and bam it works fine.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Never did care for cwm. Glad you fixed it.

Sent from my EVO LTE.
[HTC EVO 3D] Punk9:
I see a few successful tests. Woo. Looking forward to the release. Thanks a ton Unknown, closeone, and testers.
[HTC EVO 3D] wwjoshdew:
Unknownforce, you're awesome!

Just out of curiosity, how much longer do you think you'll need my 3D?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
If all goes well, I should only need it till the end of the week. But I'm anticipating a few snags along the way. It's already been a bumpy road as is.

Thanks again, it's been a tremendous help getting this fix put together.
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
Your not kidding! lol I think my issue has to do with the cd I have bricked 3 times now but one thing I have noticed is each time I do it with the cd I get a little farther each time.

So this time around (4th time) I am going to try it running off a USB drive

I wish I could figure a way to talk to you through g-talk but I am using my neighbors internet using my wifes phone tethered to my pc (only have one PC)

Not sure if her phone has g-talk on it.

Let me run it through the USB if it fails I will figure a way for you to walk me through it!
[HTC EVO 3D] masbirdies:
Hope to test this tonight....

Had some trouble downloading the cd. Got it now but out of time. If all goes well, I'll give this a run tonight.
[HTC EVO 3D] wwjoshdew:
All is well, just curious, that's all. ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] tatnai:
ok, ran the WHOLE process again. Got the same error once I got to the linux tool, just hit enter and ran it again. during the process, after the first battery pull, and reconnect it went fine, but then the next unplug and replug (and every one after it), it kept just "waiting for device" after plugging in. what I did was a battery pull and reconnect at each of these steps. it made it through, had to do battery pull at the end, then it did the expected double reboot and handsfree activation. I now have PRI 1.42_003!!! S-off-ing now.

THANKS UNKNOWNFORCE. you rock. beer coming your way.
[HTC EVO 3D] MikeC84:
Looking forward to this tool and actually being able to recieve all my calls / texts. Thanks Unknown!!
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
Well I am at a loss now! After doing it through the USB it gave me a few error something about backup process but I got it to run all the way through but still on the Virgin crapware! getting ready to try this again for the 5th time hopefully it's lucky number 5 since each time I got a little farther.

I have never had so many issues doing crap to my phone.

Also PLEASE STOP PMing me asking for the file's if Unknownforce did not send you the link there is a reason for that.

I will not I repeat I WILL NOT be sending links for the files period.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Just to be sure, you did flash the first four items right?

Sent from my EVO LTE.
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
Yes I flashed the RUU, the VM crapware, the 2.17 firmware and the h-boot.

Its kind of frustrating. I have no clue what I am doing wrong or if I am doing anything wrong.

Right now I am thinking since my hard drive's are pretty full (was less then a GB on drive C: less on my other drive) but since cleaned them up and have 4GB free on C:

Going to redownload the CD and see if I have better luck this time around!
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
The battery has to stay out through that process, the device is bricked at that point, the battery will retain power to the emmc which can't happen. I'll include something to mention to keep the battery out for the rest of the process.
[HTC EVO 3D] JoshuaAlba:
I sent ya a PM on the exact way I did it if it helps. I also booted the CD using a USB stick. Then restarted my laptop, pressing F12 and booting the USB flash drive. I also kept the battery out when it asked to remove it during the process.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Thanks for keeping this contained, there's a reason I have only a few testers at this time. I know everyone wants it fixed, trust me, I know that... but this partition is extremely volatile. One wrong thing and your phone will no longer work, I want to be sure that does not happen.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
So after the first battery removal, keep it out?

Sent from my EVO LTE.
[HTC EVO 3D] JoshuaAlba:
Yeah. I thought I did it wrong since I wasn't sure to put the battery back. But the program keeps going without it, so you're good.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Basically, only do what it tells you to do, when it tells you to do it... If it says remove battery, remove it, don't put it back in unless it tells you. Remove the device when it tells you, plug it in when it tells you... It's very... strict in it's directions.

But yes, after it says remove battery, it stays out till the end.
[HTC EVO 3D] tatnai:
smart enough to be a doctor, but not smart enough to follow simple instructions. apparently common sense isn't so... oh.

:confused::confused::confused:

lol, thanks unknownforce
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Well, the way I see it, we're all human, prone to mistakes... it's in our nature, if we were perfect, we surely wouldn't be in the predicament. As such, I tried to make the tool as... "fool-proof" as possible, but there are certain aspects of the coding and device detection that have to happen a certain way... that's why I put all the confirmations in between steps.

I plan to go through and word them a little better before I put it out to the public to make it... a little more apparent what to do at each stopping point. And of course number the steps... yadda yadda. That way if someone gets a problem, I can say.... what step number did you get to... and then it's easier to diagnose.
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
Do you need the SD card in your phone? If yes how much free space if any do you need on it?

Also when doing the CD are you supposed to get backup error? I got that in the beginning and near the end.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
I would think you need sd in, that should be where the backup goes.

Sent from my EVO LTE.
[HTC EVO 3D] ulum_joe:
Can't wait for release,

Thanks for anyone who make this work...
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
All the requirements were listed out, SD card was one of them. Free space is minimal, 10MB.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
That's probably why he was bricking so much.

Sent from my EVO LTE.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
The brick is done by the tool on purpose. How he made it past the backup without it, I cannot say, as it should error out and not let it proceed as he is getting now. But either way, the brick is required to for the final part of fixing partition 19.

But if done correctly, the tool will do everything in order, read info, root, read more info, fix rfg_1, erase current rfg_1, write fixed rfg_1, brick, fix the rest of 19, unbrick. The tool is very linear. If you mess one of those steps up, it will mess the whole thing up, I put in many checks to make sure each step is done correctly.
[HTC EVO 3D] spirithandler:
I have had the SD card in the whole time I am just trying to problem shoot what is going on on my end thats all.

Every time I would run it it would give me a backup error at the beginning and then near the end.

I got it to run all the way through but my phone is still Virgin mobile

And now when I run the CD or the CD off of a USB Its throwing up errors left and right about not being able to read certain aspects of the USB but that just happened within the last couple of hours looking into that issue right now.

I will boot the cd up again and post a picture to show you the error's if you like.
[HTC EVO 3D] rtbluver:
That's exactly what I had to do. Battery pull after some steps n the double reboot ..
[HTC EVO 3D] masbirdies:
Getting ready to start this....

One question I had was regarding the SD card. From reading the thread, it seems as though I don't need to back up and reformat the SD card before starting. Is this correct?
[HTC EVO 3D] tatnai:
that's right. just do what the PM says, exactly, don't do anything it doesn't say to do. like put back in the battery...
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Anyone know if sprint has a limit on activating (swapping) phones? I need to reactivate my 3d then go back to my lte.

Sent from my EVO LTE.
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
jlechner, My gut leans towards no. I remember QBKing77 saying in one of his videos that he swaps his phones around all the time to do review videos. You should be fine. :)

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] wwjoshdew:
Ok, who deleted my post? lol. I was just joshin people, and trying to maybe put a smile on someones face.

But I can't find my post! haha
[HTC EVO 3D] closeone:
I'll PM you.

~co~
[HTC EVO 3D] masbirdies:
Caught a snag....

I know I'm having a 5 am brain fart here but I can't get hboot to notice the RUU 1.13 file.

I rename that PG86IMG and then go into hboot, right? I don't flash this like a rom???

I've renamed it both PG86IMG.zip and just PG86IMG and can't get the reboot to recognize the file.

UPDATE: Coffee helped! Got this part rolling. Forgot to run it in windows.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Coffee always helps. ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] masbirdies:
same thing as spirithandler re: my experience

I read and re-read the last few pages of this forum and felt like I followed everything perfectly. I hit a point in the toolkit where my phone bricked (I think it was at the same place as Spirithandler's first one) and my phone seemed very bricked. I couldn't get past waiting for device so I went and tried the fake hboot. It took awhile, but my phone finally came back to life. I started the process over again and flashed RUU1.13 fine. However, when I tried to flash the VM firmware, it would not install. I noticed I was S-ON again and had no custom recovery.

I think I know what my next steps should be but I'm going to wait from comments from the experts here.
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Your gonna have to re s-off.

Sent from my EVO LTE.
[HTC EVO 3D] masbirdies:
Which is what I thought. but wanted to be sure. Is my custom recovery still there or do I need to load that again next and then start the process over?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Recovery is replaced by HTC's recovery when you flash 1.13 stock.

At what point did it stop? You guys don't give much information for me to go on here, you just say it stopped...

And again, the tool bricks the device on PURPOSE. This is a required step in the process. Partition 19 can't be touched without being in a bricked state.

If you tell me the last few lines of output, I can look and see exactly where you stopped and tell you why it stopped...
[HTC EVO 3D] masbirdies:
My apologies!

Starting over again and will try to write down any lines if I get errors again. They scrolled off the screen and I couldn't get back to them.

Like I mentioned in my post, I believe mine happened where spirithandlers 2nd brick happened.

Here is the point where mine went wrong, quoting from an earlier post from spirithandler " it got past flashing fixed rfg_1 then it said I believe flashing radio"

At that point, it came up with a message about waiting on device and then a TON of i/o error messages that scrolled everything off the screen. Then I got a message of device not found. I think it asked me to quit and when I chose N it went to waiting for device and stopped with no other choices.

Hope that helps.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
OK, that helps. The I/O Errors are from unplugging the device a little too fast. I'm going to have to add in some delays to the tool so that delays the prompt to ask it to unplug. That's easy.

For now, after it's bricked and flashes and prompts to unplug, wait about 3-5 seconds before actually unplugging it and continuing. That should help.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Just got confirmation of a 3rd success story, that's 3/10 that have gotten it to run all the way through and all 3 are successful. Promising, but would like to see more results still before release.

Also the feedback is helping me add some necessary checks and delays in, so keep that coming.

I'd like to make this as easy to use as possible, all suggestions and feedback are welcome. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] masbirdies:
OK, I see where this may have gone wrong

The first time the MEID comes up, there isn't a point to stop the process. I noticed that the MEID number is incorrect on mine.

I got a message that it failed to backup the partition, clearing up and hangs!
[HTC EVO 3D] tatnai:
I don't know about the MEID.

I got the same failed to backup partition error. I waited awhile, it appeared to hang, and so I hit enter and it went back to the main menu. I just went ahead and ran it again, and it went on through. ::shrug::
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Working on mine now.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Before you started the test, was your device functional? Meaning did the radio connect and work?

Activation doesn't matter, but the radio would have to have signal and be functional before using this tool, it's not setup to repair a radio that isn't working anymore just yet...