yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
If it still boots and has root, you can just use dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 of=/sdcard/p4.img

That will put a p4.img on your sdcard.

Otherwise if it doesn't boot and is the bricked mode then you can just use URT to back it up. The backup option let's you pick the partition to backup and you can choose where to backup to.

Sent from the spots between 4G coverage where I typically am
[HTC EVO 3D] Remanifest:
Just to be clear, I'm currently S-OFF, but will turn S-ON before completing the downgrade. My (Virgin Mobile) RUU won't work after I've changed my CID, so I'll be running a Sprint RUU to return to a stock state. Is this what you're expecting? Do you want me to dump partition 4 before or after I've performed the downgrade?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Sorry, busy weekend... Either way will work, I just want to see what the V's partition looks like, it will help me add a CID changer possibly to the Tool.
[HTC EVO 3D] Remanifest:
No worries, I'll do a dump of the partition now (before attempting the downgrade) - that way, if you come up with a way to change CID during downgrade, I can test that for you in one shot instead of going through the process again.

Give me about an hour, gonna feed my son & put him to bed, then I'll pull the partition and post it up for you!

EDIT: Nevermind, it only takes 2 seconds to run dd. Here you go. Looking forward to your reply!
[HTC EVO 3D] TRW93:
Hello Unknownforce. I am having trouble getting the 1.1.3 ruu from anywhere. Your links seem to be broken, and I've looked in other places as well. I hope this doesn't waste your time, and thanks for looking at it.
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
You can find the 1.13 RUU here.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] TRW93:
Ah, I see my problem now. I was looking for 1.1.3, but it's 1.13.... >.>

Thanks for the help. The links are still broken in the OP.
[HTC EVO 3D] TRW93:
Alright, I hope you guys can help me here.........

I got through all of the steps up to rebooting my computer following the hboot downgrade on my phone using the tool. The tool said that it had completed everything successfully. I went to turn my phone on to boot to the bootloader and the phone is not responding to anything I do. I've plugged it in usb with and without the battery, and I've tried it with the battery and not plugged in, but nothing is working. I followed all of the steps very carefully from both this tread and the other sticky about the tool itself. I wasn't s-off and I was previously htcunlocked, but I relocked it.

If anyone can shed some light on my situation I would appreciate it greatly.
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
When you plug phone with ac adapter, does a led come on but very dim? Can only be seen in a dark room. If so you're still bricked. Need to run tool again if so. Also check with battery out.

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] TRW93:
That is exactly what happened, seems like a stupid mistake, but I guess I'll learn lol. I am happily S-OFF with 1.40.

Thanks for the help. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Glad you got it working. :)

Thanks for helping him out guys, I've been sick the last 3 days Missing work even... :( Just today starting to feel better.

When I get a little more time I'll fix the broken links.
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
Unknown, got your back. Glad you feeling better

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] kidtk:
i cant seem to get the Ultimate Recovery Tool[Box] booting on my cd-rw do i have to use a cd-r its not booting at all i hit burn after double clicking on the .iso file in poweriso and when it finishes i try to load it back up and i get windows explorer opening the folder
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
Did you restart your computer? Is it setup to boot from cd, may need to enter bios and change boot setting.

Bios= setup f10, f2, or f12 on computer manufacture

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] kidtk:
im stuck on 1.40 as i have no idea what to do next when i try and flash a recovery through cmd i get this error

c:\Android>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

sending 'recovery' (16383 KB)...

OKAY [ 3.464s]

writing 'recovery'...

(bootloader) signature checking...

FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)

finished. total time: 7.489s

when i try and rename a zip it loads up and remains in the white screen with fast boot and bootloader screen

id really appreciate some help here ive been in the dark for about two days
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
You are still s-on, you need to run ruu 1.13 and do revolutionary s-off.

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] kidtk:
when i try the ruu 1.13 it gives me this wrong bootloader error
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
Try doing from hboot using PG86IMG.zip for 1.13 on sdcard. You can get the zip file from ruu. Run ruu, don't do anything in it. Then do a search for Rom.zip it will be in your temp files. Copy it somewhere and rename it to PG86IMG.zip

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
Some more links in addition to Ramjet73's if needed (i don't have the 1.13 listed but it's in the root of the devHost folder):

Post 11. My Gathered RUU .exe/.zip Links (& How to extract RUU zip yourself)

- RUU_Shooter_S_Sprint_WWE_1.13.651.7_Radio_0.97.10.0530_NV_NV_SPCS_1.16_release_198109_signed.exe - 405.24 MB

- PG86IMG 1.13.651.7.zip - 399.34 MB
[HTC EVO 3D] theratdude64:
can this tool help me if I screwed up my wifi partition? Wifi absolutely won't connect, but phone is fine otherwise
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
The radio fix has nothing to do with Wi-Fi. On top of that, I don't believe there is such a partition that controls the wi-fi in the same way there is for the radio or the wimax radio. Wi-Fi is primarily hardware, with a little bit of software drivers on top, but that's basically it, there is no separate partition for Wi-Fi to my knowledge.

The only radio partitions are the main radio chip itself, the radio config partiton, the wimax radio partition and the wimax radio config partition.

Other than that, there are the SPL's, the SBL's, the modem STL's, and that's about it... those are firmware for the device, but they don't have anything to do with Wi-Fi to my knowledge.

It sounds more like the wi-fi chip could be defective or the ROM you have might be a problem. Only thing I could suggest would be to try installing a pure stock ROM and re-applying S-ON, and then booting to full stock, then trying to connect to a wi-fi network.

Do networks show up? If they show up, the wi-fi chip is at least functional. It's just not able to connect to networks, which could be any number of problems... most of which we probably can't fix anyways.
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
Maybe he meant Wimax, but for WiFi error it most likely caused from a bad flash of a kernel or boot partition.

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] theratdude64:
I forgot to mention >.< I was feeling fat and sassy that day, that I could do android stuff.... and totally spaced on WiMax vs GSM, etc... I was thinking "hrm, HTC phone, Really similar HTC phone..." :eek:

I flashed the 2.34 or something like that, Wifi Partition to fix my Wifi on my HTC One S (damn I hate that phone) .

Yes, I screwed up my phone :( But I'd LOVE if I could redo the partition table or something like that to fix it, I have a million uses for it, but it's a brick without wifi :(
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Please read what I wrote and answer the questions or try some of the suggestions. I can't help you if you don't communicate what you've done or not done or answer my questions...
[HTC EVO 3D] theratdude64:
I will, I will play with it when I can but I'm in the middle of a Final paper and just wanted to update with what I forgot that could be a key in what went wrong.

Thank you for your help, I'll see if I can do it tomorrow :)
[HTC EVO 3D] Landon4444:
Downgrade hanging up on "waiting for device..."

I followed this procedure to downgrade the bootloader on a replacement Evo 3D last month. Besides it taking me about 20 tries to brick, the entire process went great.

Today my wife decided to let me run this procedure on her phone...

I was able to brick it on my 3 attempt but the downgrade utility is hanging up on the downgrade process.

I am using the live cd. I have even attempted it with different copies of the live CD on different PCs using different USB cables.

I just end up with "waiting for device..."

Any suggestions or assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Edit:

I have verified that the phone is actually bricked. All of the following are true for the device.

The device no longer turns on at all, no bootloader, no boot screen, nothing.

The SOLID, not blinking, dim light mentioned above.

The charge light no longer lights up when plugged in with a battery.

The device, when plugged into a windows PC, shows up as QHSUSB_DLOAD. (And MMC Storage Controller for the first 5 seconds)
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
It definitely is in the correct mode, are you plugging it in directly to the PC? Or through a USB hub? If through a hub, plug directly into the PC.
[HTC EVO 3D] Landon4444:
I am indeed plugging it directly into the PC.

I feel like my connection is ok since I was able to get my serial number through fastboot before I started the downgrade process.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
It's more likely that it's something with the liveCD, you're using an actual CD, right? Try using a USB flash drive,(You'll need to wipe it clean) and using Core2USB. http://sourceforge.net/projects/core2usb/

Then boot from the USB drive.
[HTC EVO 3D] Landon4444:
Awesome. I will try after work tomorrow.

Also, I am using an actual cd. I initially tried with the one I made a few weeks ago. Then made a new one with the iso I downloaded a few weeks ago. Then tried with one from another copy of the iso I downloaded tonight.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Also, if you're using like a main computer (or basically anything with lots of USB devices) unplug as many USB devices as you can spare, basically you just want ot have as bare minimum plugged in, (keyboard, mouse and the flash drive and an open spot for the phone, that's it) to help avoid confusion.
[HTC EVO 3D] Landon4444:
Thanks for the advice.

Running the utility from a bootable USB worked first try.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Sweet!
[HTC EVO 3D] Remanifest:
Just curious if there was any luck setting the CID during the downgrade process for VM users? If another partition dump would help, just let me know!
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
I'm sorry, I hate to say it, but I've been wrapped up with my S4... I know, it's like I'm neglecting you guys here... Sorry!

But anyways... this should be fairly simple to pull off as long as you don't mind getting a little dirty. ;) And it totally possible with the current tool.

I'm pretty sure the CID is located in partition 17. So, with the device in the proper brick state, use the tool to pull a backup of partition 17(but not unbrick yet) OR if you can root the device, don't brick it, but instead use dd from inside a root level ADB shell to pull the partition. Use the command adb shell dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 of=/sdcard/p17.img and Then adb pull /sdcard/p17.img and you'll have it in the same folder as your ADB. You must have a root prompt (#) to use the dd command.

Then, just copy it off somewhere and Make the change with any basic hex editor.

The CID itself is located at the very beginning of the partition, it's a total of 8 blocks long. The Sprint's CID is SPCS_001 (or in hex: 53 50 43 53 5F 30 30 31) You just have to change it to match that one. Literally all the V would have to have changed is the last block. Because the V reads SPCS_002, you just need to change the 2 to a 1 (in hex, from 32 to 31)

After you make the modification to the file, Save it (duh) and just verify that it's the exact same file size as it was before you made the modification (it should be exactly 262,144 bytes, if it's not, start over, because it has to be exact) and then copy it back to somewhere you can get to with the tool, and do a custom flash to partition 17 with the new file, then do a normal unbrick and you should be good to go.

It sounds complicated, but really it's quite simple, pull the file, change a single byte, push it back to the device, and then downgrade like normal.

It is possible to make a change to a single byte without actually pulling the file off, but the current tool isn't quite setup for that.

I'll try to get around to modifying the tool to do this with an option when I can.
[HTC EVO 3D] holdie:
Hey - I have followed all of the instructions in the OP thus far (after a few harrowing moments where I thought I had totally messed up my phone), and now I'm stuck at the 1.13 RUU flashing.

I've bricked / downgraded the phone using the LiveUSB software you included, so now I'm at HBOOT 1.40 and Radio 1.09.00.0108

However, when I try to run

RUU_Shooter_S_Sprint_WWE_1.13.651.7_Radio_0.97.10.0530_NV_NV_SPCS_1.16_release_198109_signed.exe

it returns an error 140 and says that I don't have the correct RUU. I've also tried running a 2.89 RUU.exe, and that gave me the same error. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong here? In general, I'm having a hard time finding sources for the RUUs, since most links for them seem to be broken across the forums.

Thanks!
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
What version did you come from? 2.95? Put the small 1.58 bootloader PG86IMG on the sdcard and let it flash the 1.58 bootloader and everything there, Then brick it once more and try downgrading again.

It looks like somehow it's not changing the version as it should... I'll have to look at that when I have more time.
[HTC EVO 3D] gk1984:
I'm trying to sell my Evo 3D, but feel I need to either disclose the VM banner or try to fix it. Is this the right tool to remove the VM banner or is that unfixable? I have not had a single issue with this phone in a year and have had the VM banner for that long as well. But I don't want to discourage anyone from buying the phone by disclosing it nor do I want to leave anyone surprised.
[HTC EVO 3D] holdie:
Yup, I was coming from 2.95

When I run the RUU.exe, it says that I am trying to go from 2.95 to 1.13

I flashed the small PG86IMG completely, and then bricked it again (using the same PG86IMG), and I've got the same error. It says:

"The ROM Update Utility cannot update your Android phone, please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again" again with error code 140. At the top, it says that the ROM Update Utility is 1.03.2011, and for measure I have once more put the full filename of the RUU just below.

"RUU_Shooter_S_Sprint_WWE_1.13.651.7_Radio_0.97.10.0530_NV_NV_SPCS_1.16_release_198109_signed"

I'm assuming that I can't just skip flashing the 1.13 RUU and go straight to the Revolutionary step, if I plan on flashing a custom ROM from revolutionary anyway, correct?

Thanks a lot for your help :)

**EDIT**

Here is what I see when I bring up the bootloader:

SHOOTER XC SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-1.40.0000

RADIO-1.09.00.0108

eMMC-boot

Jun 8 2011, 17:20:22
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Absolutely will put it back to sprint. Just follow the instructions to the T. (Just Make sure you're reading the instructions for the radio fix and not for the downgrade, I actually had someone do the wrong set of instructions for the wrong fix and they permanently bricked their phone...)

The tool works best booted from a USB Flash drive.

Read the instructions all the way through to make sure you understand how it needs to be before and during the fix process. Let me know if you have any questions.
[HTC EVO 3D] gk1984:
I just spotted this too:

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

This looks easier to do. Any thoughts?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Yeah, for some reason it's not setting the version properly... The tool is supposed to set the "misc_version" down from 2.95 to 0.95 (it does a single byte change from 2 -> 0 (or 32 to 30 in hex))

eMMC mode is very... touchy in the way it allows these types of "quick" flashes. Even though it says that it was successful, it really didn't do anything... :(

I might just go back to doing the two plug method, as it worked more reliably. I've seen others have this same problem.

Basically, my suggestion, until I have time to fix it, is to retry just as you have done, reflash the 1.58 bootloader PG86IMG all the way, then brick again and try the tool again. Eventually it should work.

Sorry about that.
[HTC EVO 3D] holdie:
haha, gotta love computers and their occasional voodoo magic

OK, I'll keep retrying until it seems to work. Is there anything on the bootloader screen that I can look for to see if it actually worked? That way I could skip booting back into windows and running the RUU every time...

Again, thanks for the help, I really appreciate it!
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
This will fix the Banner, but it's only a band aid on the real problem. RFG_5 (One of the radio partitions) will still have residual VM "clutter" and the PRI number will be wrong.

The tool here completely rebuilds them, allowing for a full refesh and back a correct PRI.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Not on the screen, but if you switch to fastboot, you can run fastboot getvar main_version I think? anbd it will tell you.
[HTC EVO 3D] holdie:
Ah thanks - the full command is: fastboot getvar mainver

That said, I've bricked/unbricked about 5 times now, and each time it says that the mainver is 2.95

Also, I should mention I'm using the live CD version 2.3 RC1, linked here: http://d-h.st/bM8

Should I keep trying, or do you think I should hold off?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
That's your problem. That CD is very old, and doesn't have the new version of the tool in it. Re-download the one from this OP. This is the link -> http://d-h.st/blY
[HTC EVO 3D] holdie:
Just tried it with the new LiveCD, and it took a couple shots but eventually it downgraded the version correctly.

Finally running CyanogenMod on my EVO3D! Only downside to this is that now I don't have an excuse to buy an HTC One ;)

Thanks so much for your help, this is really great!
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Haha, Darn, If I had known, I would have told you, you're out of luck! LOL...

Glad you got it working :good:
[HTC EVO 3D] oohaylima:
Playa is still holding things down over here. That's what I'm talking about! By this man a beer. Drinks are on me. :thumbup::D:beer:
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
Getting another replacement 3d, so I get to try the new release of the tool. It should be fun. :D

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
You need to run 1.13 ruu exe. Then boot into fastboot USB mode and use fastboot oem writesecureflag 3. Then let it boot up. It will reboot one time during the boot up process but should work again after that.

Then just revolutionary and restore from a backup.
[HTC EVO 3D] B3!CrAZy:
Can this help with my QHSUSB_DLOAD issue? I already used this to downgrade hboot and maybe it will help me again?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
It depends on how it was bricked. If you see an emmc storage controller also, then yes, it can. But if it was s-off, it would only be qhsusb and not mount as a storage device, and that would not work.
[HTC EVO 3D] B3!CrAZy:
what is emmc storage controller ? where can i see it?

EDIT:

when i connected to the pc it says http://www.2i.cz/777c3e14c7
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
When you hook the USB up, computer will try to install drivers for it. But I only think it happens in first 5 seconds of power up of phone. May try doing with battery out

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] B3!CrAZy:
Oh man...so if it did not looked for emmc controller it will not work.... :( i can throw the phone to the garbage, right? What about warranty? is it my fault that it happen or they will replace it?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
How was the phone bricked?
[HTC EVO 3D] B3!CrAZy:
half day in my pocket and when i pull it out of the pocket it was turned off. i can not turn it on again even charging is not working. when i connected it to the pc it showed up that (in that picture above)
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
And it was s-off I assume... You're out of luck then. Sounds like the emmc got corrupt somehow. Total equipment protection should still replace it.
[HTC EVO 3D] agntsmyth:
noob question

Sorry if this has already been answered but I haven't found it and I have been looking. If it has please forgive me.

I used the wiretrick to get s-off, then tried using fastboot to flash hboot 1.4 and got bootloops so I ruu'd balwck to

locked

2.89 kernel stock Rom

hboot 1.58.0000

S-off

I know not to brick, but some of the things I have read here indicate I can still use some of the tools here to downgrade. I want to downgrade so I can easily flash an aosp Rom, can someone give me some direction?

Can I just run an earlier ruu or should I just go s-on using http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1889438 and start from the beginning.
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
I don't understand something here.. Why are you trying to downgrade? This is primarily used to just gain S-OFF, the newer Hboots will let you use ICS+ so I don't understand your goal here.
[HTC EVO 3D] agntsmyth:
I am trying to install a Rom without sense. All of the Roms I look at say you need a lower hboot to flash to them, users with 1.58 report bootloops. Maybe I am misunderstanding, I really appreciate your quick response.

So with the jbear 1.58.5858 I should be able to flash say cm10?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
Ah, I understand, OK.

So you just need to go here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30014044&postcount=7

Download one of those hboots, I suggest Revolutionary 1.40.1100, but anything less than 1.57 will work, (Rename them to PG86IMG(.zip) and put them on the sdcard and boot to bootloader and flash)

Then download your favorite recovery image file as well and flash that via "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"

After that, boot up to recovery and flash the rom, should be good to go after that.
[HTC EVO 3D] rsanchez1:
I want to flash a ROM that requires a 1.58 hboot. I'm on 1.40 Revolutionary. If i flash a 1.58 hboot, will I lose s-off?
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
No, The only way you'll lose S-OFF is by running a fastboot command (fastboot oem writesecureflag 3)
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
UF, check your email please. Thx
[HTC EVO 3D] PMGRANDS:
This process can be done from a windows computer correct?
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
It is done in linux. Some of it done in windows.

Like the running of ruu, but I used pg86img.zip files on my sdcard to flash stock Rom.

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] jlechner:
Unknown, thanks for the one on one assistance on getting my device back to normal. Your the man sir.
[HTC EVO 3D] xeagle24:
I didn't made any backup.... Does any one can send any flashable backup? Thanx
[HTC EVO 3D] Unknownforce:
This is not possible because they are unique to the phone. Someone else's backup will not work for your phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] todd3835:
I got a replacement 3vo because my other one is having problems. My question is, can this be done once your on 1.58 bootloader? I thought my last one was, but I'm having a hell of a time. Trying to brick doesn't do anything at all. It reads the zip file in HBOOT, and doesn't ask to upgrade......
[HTC EVO 3D] jcfunk:
Yes, easy using 2.95 firmware update Unknownforce posted a few post back.

Edit: should be post 676

Sent from my DOWNGRADED EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] todd3835:
Thanks, I'll give that a try

---------- Post added at 12:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:20 PM ----------

Nope, no dice. Even with that zip, locked or unlocked is no go.....

---------- Post added at 01:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:50 PM ----------

Got JBear to work. Took quite a few tries. I hadn't been on stock, so it wasn't working. 3rd or 4th try with wire trick worked =]
[HTC EVO 3D] xeagle24:
So? My phone will not be useful again?
[HTC EVO 3D] en11gma:
78 pages here guys and i just found this thread by reading 2 other threads.

i have sprint evo 3d on stock firmware (2.95,651.6) stock, no root and no S-Off

i try to goto htcdev and get unlock code

this phone has the stuck at step 13 of the htcdev unlock process

the phone will not display the splash screen to select "yes" or "no" to unlock

quite a wide problem from what i understand.

what i want to do is just flash that rom over this one and goto htcdev and redo the unlock process

what exactly do i need to do

i dont want a custom rom i just want unlock bootloader which requites S-Off i think