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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] OstrichSak:
If you mean Internet Explorer no, I'm not running IE. Not sure what that would have to do with this process though.

I selected REBOOT BOOTLOADER and it didn't seem to help. I then selected reboot and I ended up with a black screen with a red triangle and exclamation point. I then held the power button for 10 seconds to hard reboot the phone. It booted normally and upon doing so the program on the laptop advanced to a new stage and says 'done' next to where it previously said waiting for reboot. The little dialog saying it was waiting for the phone to reboot has also disappeared but now the program itself says (not responding) on the laptop so I think this is where it would pull the token for bootloader unlock. What is the deal here? Did I get a corrupt file when I downloaded this program or ??

I think I may uninstall the program and then download a new copy of it as well as the drivers and .net framework from the OP of this thread and start fresh and see if I get anywhere. I'm not sure why this isn't working.

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Success! I deleted the program and downloaded a fresh copy of it as well as the HTC drivers and the .net framework from the original post of this thread. I first installed the HTC drivers and that seemed to work fine. I then clicked the framework file and chose to repair. This process took an awful long time but upon completion I launched the program on my laptop and plugged in the phone as instructed. It was at this point that Windows had a few dialog boxes in the lower right hand tool bar about drivers and the phone being ready to use (these weren't present before) and then the program took off as expected. Everything went smooth as butter from that point forward and did everything as it was supposed to. Now to make a clean backup in recovery before I return my phone to the way it was and make another backup of a completed setup and I should be good to go. I can finally breath a little easier now that I have a Recovery and backups. Now all I need to do is figure out how to break it to the wife that she will have to set her phone up all over again so I can do this to hers. :(

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Now I can't seem to boot into recovery. When I reboot and hold down the down volume button I get to the white screen and the 2nd choice is RECOVERY. I scroll to that and click the power button on top expecting it to take me to the TWRP recovery screen so I can make a backup and for some reason it just boots to the homescreen of the device. What am I doing wrong?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] EarlyMon:
Nothing, it's idiosyncratic. I had this same thing happen to me.

Re-run the one-click, let it do it's thing - this time, when it gets to the screen that says you can continue if your phone is already unlocked, click Continue after everything reboots and sits quiescent. It will install TWRP correctly on this second go-around.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] OstrichSak:
Ok, so I didn't do anything wrong and I definitely don't have it installed then, right? I will just do the process again and hopefully I have more luck this time.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] EarlyMon:
I was totally hair pulling at that point until remembered that a lot of people had the exact same no-recovery-installed-first-time on the Evo 3D one-click by someone else.

You are not alone. Go for the do-over.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] OstrichSak:
There we go! Now I just need to figure out how to use this all new recovery since I was used to the older style on all my previous devices. From what I saw on videos this one looks much easier to use but it's just a question of figure it all out.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] EarlyMon:
:) :) :)

The touchscreen stuff Just Works (c) :D :D

Go for the backup. Then move the Apple-bite-me zip over to your to /sdcard (internal) or /sdcard2 (external physical sd card). Then choose Install on the TWRP touch menu (Mount first if you put it on /sdcard2).

Step 4 ....

Step 5 Profit!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] OstrichSak:
First things first... I may have lost root? I just installed Titanium Backup so I could start to recover all my settings and it says it doesn't have root. What happened and how do I fix it?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] EarlyMon:
I get that often from TB as a false observable. Look in your app drawer, you should see SuperSU (big # as an icon) there - if so - that is your root permission grantor - that's root.

If you have that, simply re-start TB.

Report back. ;)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] OstrichSak:
That was exactly it. A quick restart and I'm back in business. Now I need to download that zip and get this bad boy back up to speed. :cool:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] EarlyMon:
Mondo cool! :cool:

OK, I'm going to pack it in, PM me in the other forum, that'll light my email and I'll get back on for anything you need to go from here.

Basically, the easy button is to web browse to that OP, and then click on the link to the .zip, follow your rooting nose from there.

(To those missing the point, big tip of the topper to swm6180 for his Apple-chop-busting-we-don't-need-no-stinkin-ITC-edicts-backing-up-Cupertino-patent-trolling-badges!)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kakashi_s1:
question: So is being bootloader "unlocked" the same as S-OFF? After using this method I've unlocked the bootloader but it still says S-ON. I'm not sure if it affects TB but I'm unable to restore some of my system apps and/or convert system apps to user apps.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] EarlyMon:
No, unlocked and s-on/off are separate issues, but with the advances in TWRP there's little to care about for s-on/off.

If you're having trouble restoring or changing things, perhaps you didn't set /system to r/w? There are a number of ways to do that, I use EStrongs File Explorer.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
S-on means bootloader will still check for an HTC signature if you try to flash a PJ75IMG thru bootloader. Which, in the past has meant no flashing of radios or kernels or splash screens, etc. , and kept certain partitions inaccessible.

I dont know whether to thank HTC or TWRP, but we can now with S-on on this device flash radios, splash images, and i imagine kernels, as well. (Cant wait for kernels ;) :D )

sent from a shining jewel 4g LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] davel23:
One question before I take the plunge. My job has Exchange policies in place which require storage encryption on my device, is that going to cause problems with rooting?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] BPHusker:
I actually have the same question. I was able to connect with my rooted EVO 4G, but it sounds like they will be rolling out a policy soon that can scan whether you have root or not and can block assess to Exchange. That is the only reason I haven't rooted yet. How difficult is it to undo everything if that policy does go into place?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] OstrichSak:
Worked like a charm! Thanks!

To the creator of this time saver, Regaw: I would suggest maybe putting in the OP of the thread that if TWRP isn't loaded to do the process again and this time click 'Continue' at the unlock screen. I might also suggest telling people in the OP to install the HTC drivers as well as the .net framework that you have listed before starting as I had already done this from rooting my phone about a week or two ago but for some reason, even though they sufficed for the prior root method, for some reason they didn't work for this method. I would've thought that they're all the same but this seemed to be the reason I wasn't getting anywhere when I first started out. It would have saved me lots of time if there was a note stating to just install (or repair in the case of the .net framework) them again to make sure before proceeding. I think those two items posted in the OP would help those like me who aren't overly educated on the ins and outs of this process such as people like yourself. Just an observation that you may or may not want to apply. Not a criticism in any way because your method works awesome and I thank you again for taking the time to do this. :D

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I'm not 100% sure because I haven't looked into it myself since I have no reason to unroot but I've seen people mention something called 'Ruu' in threads discussing rooting and unrooting. If you do a little searching for that term you may find the information you're looking for. Maybe someone who knows more about this can come along to either correct me if I'm wrong or offer a little more information.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] regaw_leinad:
Thanks a lot, I will definitely try to update the OP soon to be more clear :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] OstrichSak:
No, thank you! ;) :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Badcam3:
I am having a slight problem. (I am sorry if someone already had this problem and was already given help on it. I can't read through 48 pages...) I ran the program and followed all the directions however when the program said please wait for phone to reboot it never did so I reset my phone and the program. When I went to try it again the program said my phone was an HT25ES402582 and not a HTC EVO 4G LTE. So I am at a loss. I have tried getting into the bootloader also but all my phone does is flash the three buttons and nothing else. 0.o
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
You can't get into bootloader? Does your phone boot at all?

sent from a shining jewel 4g LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lido:
thank you that worked!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] OstrichSak:
After doing this & assuming I had everything set up I launched Titanium Backup just now & got a pop-up message saying my device ID had changed & this could screw up my apps. Has anyone else encountered this & what's the best option? Ignore it or restore it?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Badcam3:
Well I should rephrase that. I am able to boot up the phone however I can not get into the bootloader menu. When I try do it the 3 buttons light up and thats it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] firmbiz94:
Awesome job on this man.. I was able to root first time no problem.. This is the best method I've used.. Kudos to you my friend..
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] s4pat:
my evo lte was home less than one hour and i already have my evo 3d apps installed with titanium. thank you for this super easy way to root and restore backups. now to flash viper now or wait for the next release!?!?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] pbedard:
Works perfect
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
Do you have fastboot UNchecked in settings?

sent from a shining jewel 4g LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] OstrichSak:
Anyone? Let me ask this, will it hurt anything to select the option to restore the ID?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wwjoshdew:
Same thing happened to me if you go 10 minutes and 25 seconds into the video. I just choose keep new ID.

[YOUTUBE]5WkP-fJMdVY[/YOUTUBE]
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Badcam3:
Gahh no I did not. Everything works now. Thanks. However my phone no longer shows up as an EVO 4G LTE XD
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tracyjarchow:
I just wanted to say Thanks for the great program. I had an issue last night when I used it and wanted to let you guys know. I tried rooting several times but it always got stuck on "pushing root files". I had a class 10 16 GB SD card in the phone and was wondering if somehow the program was timing out before the internal memory got mounted. I'm not sure what was causing this but I removed the SD and VIOLA it worked as advertised.

Again, thanks for the work and now I have an even MORE awesome phone!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] OstrichSak:
Well, I'm trying to do the DropBox hack too so maybe I'll load that zip once again (I had it already but an upgrade to the DropBox app made it go bye bye) and then uninstall it and tell Titanium Backup to return my ID to the original one and then install the latest DropBox. Not sure if that will work the way I want it to or not though. May have to research more before I do anything.

Thanks for the answer and sorry for the OT chatter.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mrrogers1:
Two things.....

FIRST: THANK YOU VERY MUCH for this! I've been doing these "kinds" of things since my PPC6700 back in the day and damn, this was such a simple process that I almost can't believe it. (except I did it and it is point and click easy) Not only did it work perfectly on the first try, your prompts and instructions you coded were very clear and informative. People get freaked out when their phones are booting, rebooting, flashing etc.... Great work for all that contributed.

SECOND: Where's WatermelonSlim? :D

*Donation sent!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Granite1:
Thanks Regaw, you the man!!

Worked great, thanks for letting us post this up at AF too! :D

PS: check your gmail, I left you a little present. ;)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ausch30:
I finally broke down and rooted. Awesome tool, worked perfectly, great job, thanks.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sminker:
Just wanted to say thanks. Super easy. Just read the tutorial and it works great.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] m3lover1:
Bah humbug!! Installed all necessary files and click the program and it still says missing HTC drivers!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mrrogers1:
Install them again. :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sminker:
I would reinstall then reboot your computer. I do that before I do anything important.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] m3lover1:
O now it worked. Had to d/l htc drivers and manually copy the androidusb.sys to the system32 folder. THanks!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dpilcher:
Sorry for posting if this has already been addressed, on a time crunch and searches didn't come up with anything or doing that wrong too today! Having to return my phone to BB due to heat issues (constant) and proximity sensor/screen feedback issues. Wanted to take it back to relock and got that, but having trouble with all the RUU's I can find. .12 says "Error [104] Bootloader Version Error and .13 says signature error as well as .27. Have obviously relocked via adb, but can't get any RUU's to take off the tampered. Every one reboots fine and can use the phone...getting frustrated. Will start searching again after I get back from a double header softball game tonight.

Thanks in advance?

EDIT: Never mind, was as I figured, my own stupidity...when all else fails, reboot the stupid winblows system! All good now...carry on...lol
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bigdad1e:
Root problems

the program freezed after the bootloader step. cant get it to get pass that step anymore. the program keep freezes. how do i fix this? sorry i am new to all this.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] booreux:
stuck at unlock code.bin

just got my phone today...trying to root and bootloader unlock. I did everything step by step and it stops with an error message "Error flashing Unlock_code.bin Your phone has not been altered" Any idea what's going on? I see the program logging into HTC Developer site to get the key and whatnot and then email icon saying it's waiting for an email. This error comes up after...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wwjoshdew:
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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
I think that's what happens when it takes HTC dev too long to send the token and it can't go on to the next step. Meaning, try again later when HTC dev isn't being so lame. Hopefully Dan can jump in here and correct me if I'm wrong.

sent from a shining jewel 4g LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] regaw_leinad:
What does the program say right before it freezes? What's on the display?

Yes, scottspa74 is correct. It is either that, or the Unlock_code.bins got confused and tried to flash an unlock code not for your phone. Nothing happened to the phone however, and trying again might fix it (if it's not an HTCdev problem)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] o0RaidR0o:
Kudos to you Sir Leinad. Worked as advertised, and now I can backup my apps using TB.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mswlogo:
Applied this tonight. It went silky smooth.

I installed RUU first to be sure things were in good shape.

Made me a little nervious with a couple extra boots at the very end I was worried it was in a boot loop. First time I entered recovery also rebooted once. I assume it was doing some sort of first time config stuff.

Nice to be able to do backups again.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] booreux:
Got passed the token thing and now it's stuck on the flashing recovery. Phone booted into the bootloader screen. It says tampered unlocked at the top, fastboot USB but nothing is happening. pushing the volume buttons on the side don't do anything. not sure what to do...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] booreux:
SOLVED

so i just used the USB port in the back of the computer rather than the front and it worked...seems very trivial but it solved whatever problems I was having...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] omadhaun:
Mine keeps getting stuck on the part where it's waiting for an email from HTCDev. I've tried about 5 times in the last 5 hours and it gets stuck at that same spot every time.

I wonder if the timeout length (30 seconds) is too short? Or maybe my IT department is blocking packets on certain ports? Or maybe my IT department is blocking it because the program is sending a flood of requests to check for the email in a short time span?

I'm not sure what the program is doing in the background to check for the email from HTCDev, so I can't troubleshoot it. Think I will give up on doing this over my work's network and will try it from home this evening to see if it works on a normal network connection.

Edit: I tried it one more time, switching to a new USB port (just to make sure I've tried it), and got the same result. I've attached a screenshot. I will retry again this evening from a different ISP and report back with the results.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] droiddawg:
Wow, that was easy. Thanks OP
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] omadhaun:
Okay, tried this on my home ISP and it worked perfectly! Didn't get stuck on HTCDev or waiting for the email. Great job OP!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] regaw_leinad:
Good to hear it worked at home. Just to let you know, it's only checking the email every 7 seconds via Pop, so it's not really flooding it. They just probably blocked outgoing pop connections at your work.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] limakev123:
Do you get Tampered bootloader!!

By Rooting your phone with this method will I still get the Tampered saying in the Bootloader? I know if I follow the other method by Zodomax I will get the Tampered stamp in the bootloder??
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] regaw_leinad:
Yes, any rooting method will give you tampered on the bootloader. This will also change **LOCKED** to **UNLOCKED**
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] limakev123:
Thanks for the answer back!! Im thinking of exchanging my EVO for the Galaxy S3 and I am worried if they check the Bootloader! But not really sure if I should get the S3 either Dam what to do!!! Either way Thanks!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] o0RaidR0o:
I'm not knocking the SIII too each his own. But so far the while the reviews are positive, it still falls short of the LTEvo. Especially in the screen department. The LTEvo looks brighter, and sharper. They also said. "The Galaxy S III feels very much like the Galaxy S II: light, but a bit plasticky." IMHO HTC hits it out of the ball park, while the GS3 simply hits a home run.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] limakev123:
I know your right!! I have read countless hours of forums and reviews and the screen is better!! I think I am looking for a change from HTC because I have always had HTC phones but the S3 does have some cool features and 2gb of Ram. But the EVO has a better design,screen and Sense 4. Touch wiz never used it but it dosn't have the eyecandy look like Sense.. Need to sleep on this!! I think I need to stay with what I have!!:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] regaw_leinad:
I almost gave up waiting for the LTEvo back in April, just to buy a GS2. But then I held one in my hands... I just didn't dig the ultra-light, plasticky feeling of the samsung phones. That's just my opinion though. I did, however, used to own the original Samsung SPH-A900, and loved it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mswlogo:
Just Relock and run the RUU and it will be completely factory again. However, I believe it will say "Relocked" I read some where.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ww3kc:
A900...that was a great flip phone when it came out! My last Samsung too.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mhuggins:
that too was my last samsung i have OG EVO but my wife has the epic and loves it.... the gorilla glass is what like... but at the same time i want to give the S3 a shoot but dont want to wait..... i guess im getting the EVO LTE best to stay with what i know
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Greubin:
I rooted my evo lte last night using the RegaMOD script. I had trouble with the HTC drivers and the script returning an error message that the HTC drivers were not loaded. But once I plugged in the phone the drivers loaded, then ran the script again...which ran fine. Two thumbs up...way up.

Thanks!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] o0RaidR0o:
First Oh oh moment!

I rooted a couple days ago, and love the security of backing up via TB. I realized yesterday I still hadn't checked out the recovery mode. So I powered off the phone, hit VD+PB, and selected recovery. I watched it boot twice and then go right into the phone, and had my first Oh, oh! moment. Then I realized wait let me check the power option features and realized I had Fastboot still checked, I un-checked immediately, shut down, powered back into recovery and there she was TWRP Recovery :) I love how the interface is so different from CW, and AmonRa. Needless to say I created my first nandroid back up and a good squee moment!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wasnt:
Decided last night to 100% keep the LTEvo (over the SIII) so... I need to root!

Couple questions about this root method. I apologize if all these have been answered in the thread, I just looked through and didn't see exactly what I wanted.

1. With my Evo3D it was a bad thing to use the HTC Dev tool to unlock (at least at first), since it wouldn't allow custom kernels as well as giving HTC info on you unlocking. Is this information not true anymore? Is there anything bad about using that tool now?

2. This is for S-OFF right?

Thanks for all the hard work in getting this stuff done and then supporting it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mrrogers1:
Rather than answer in detail, I'm going to answer the way I had hoped to see the question answered before I did it....

Follow the instructions to use this method and your Evo 4G LTE will be just like (as far as flashing and such) the Unlocked and S-off 3D.

Granted, we did have a exploit to "discreetly" unlock the bootloader without "losing" HTC warranty but HTCDev Unlock in the LTE gives us everything we need so not too many of us are worried about the warranty. :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] weezymagic:
its saying phone not connected?

i d/l and installed drivers and .net

restarted pc

ran the root .exe

plugged in phone (tried before and after running the .exe)

and it says starting adb and then phone not connected???
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
You try uninstalling and reinstalling HTC drivers? Also, I think, uninstall HTC sync. Also, have you tried reading back a few pages? Seems likes someone recently posted a similar issue and got thru it.

@wasnt, RE: S-on/S-off and HTCdev

On this device with S-on, we can flash boot images, splash screens, and radios and everything else, it seems. As far as HTC warranty, have you ever relied on HTC warranty? Generally repairs and replacements are handled thru your carrier and/or insurance.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] defjef123:
Did you turn on USB debugging?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Andromorphone:
Don't mean to be contradictory, but only all bootloader unlock methods will produce the "tampered" tag... Root only methods (that don't unlock the bootloader) won't read as tampered and can be completely reversed by running unroot or ruu.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Andromorphone:
@ Regaw (or anyone who knows for sure)

Can I use this utility to unlock even tho I've already rooted using the root only method by Zedomax? (the other main root method that doesn't unlock)

Or do I have to run an RUU or unroot or maybe just do a factory reset for it to work?