yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gnarlynick:
Woo! It worked like a charm, I didn't go all crazy like 475 did, here is what I did:

My SD was encrypted and phone had a PIN password on it due to my works Exchange eMail so I removed the eMail account momentarily, backed up my SD onto my PC and unencrypted that (formatting it in the process) and then removed the PIN password.

I then uninstalled any HTC driver on my PC via Control Panel->Programs and Features and then rebooted my laptop. It is running Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit btw.

Computer came back up, I installed the drivers from the link in the OP, downloaded the FreePanda software and then plugged my phone into the USB port.

Launched FreePanda.exe and it found my device and went to work. Once it said it was done I checked and had S-Off, booted to my phone's homescreen and everything is fine. Now I just have to flash that hboot image from the link in the OP, get a custom recovery on and I will be flashing the newly updated Stock ROM based on the OTA that is out.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tmuka:
Worked great, thanks!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Hayesi09:
Ok so I followed all the directions correctly. Started up lazy panda. It shut my screen off and it displays "Please wait.......screen will be black for approximately 30 seconds. It tried reconnecting and the dang thing tried reinstalling the drivers even though they were all already successfully installed. my screen has been black for 695 seconds and counting...what do I do next?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] chocmatic:
I'm having the same issue
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gnarlynick:
When that happened, on my PC it showed it trying to install drivers and said unsuccessful. This is normal, DO NOT touch anything, just let it be and it should finish.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] metallized:
stuck at the eating bamboo step.... screen shoot below... help...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gnarlynick:
Well thank you Fuses and all who were involved in this. I didn't wanna unlock via HTCDev.com because I didn't like them having record of me voiding my warranty, plus it wipes your phone and I didn't wanna go through the hassle of setting everything up. I now have S-Off, TWRP and flashed the latest OTA. Plus, I can now make Nand backups. Thanks again!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] v01rider:
yep
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PaulB007:
I'm confused, in order to get root don't you have to htcdev unlock?

Do they keep some record of your phone on their server when you do that do that your warranty is voided? If so, why do this? or is there a way to temp root and do this without your info being sent to HTC? I just got the phone today and am a little unclear about it..

or do they only know this based on the "tampered" tag in the bootloader?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Rxpert:
Windows worked perfectly!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] H1Vltg3:
This is great, thanks for providing us with another option for unlocking! Can't wait to make some nand's and flash some roms! Purposefully waited for this!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kaos420:
no you dont need to dev ulock to root. its posted in this forum.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njfoses:
Follow this to root http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671577 Then run the tool from the op. This method does not contact htc in any way.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Rxpert:
You dont have to mess with HTC dev at all with this. Nor do you have to temp root it
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] regaw_leinad:
Instead of making a post saying "Works perfect" or "Great job, thanks!"

Use the THANKS button on either of Fuses or globatron posts!

http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=1836971
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kaos420:
i cant wait to get rid of this stupid htc unlock splash. anyone have a clue where it is yet?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Dark_shadow70:
wallet?

if I root now and run this will it affect my wallet when it comes back to life?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] pancho8188:
Soff:)

ty guys ,,, windows ver. worked flawless ,,
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] JaredC01:
Alright, to further clarify, yes S-OFF adds more capabilities to the end-user... That said, as of right now (literally hours after the release of the tool) there's nothing S-OFF offers most users over the HTCDevUnlock tool, which already allows custom ROMs, recovery, and root. Are there even any PJ75IMG files to flash as of right this second?

If you'll look back, the statement was made in regards to waiting for the Windows tool for users that aren't savvy with Linux instead of trying to go through the trouble of downloading and trying to learn a new OS purely for the sake of having S-OFF an hour before the Windows tool was released.

No disrespect, just clarifying my statements.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] reverepats:
Uh Oh!!

THis is what i got. Everything is setup just fine on my PC. ADB and such......

any ideas?

EDIT....well during thatprocess it messed up my SDcard. cant mount it on my phone for PC. Both keep telling my i need to Format it in order to use it. DAMN!!!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kaos420:
you got debuging turned on on your phone bud?also turn off fastboot if its on.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] leerage:
Ok so is the consensus now to relock and run RUU then run LazyPanda to avoid the dev splash screen... or will it come back regardless once you flash a recovery?

Either way its fine, but to avoid flashing something later to get rid of the dev build splash, I can just relock, RUU, then run LazyPanda.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] reverepats:
Yeah Debuggin should have been turned on. TUring the phone back on now. But if this failed, then why would it cook my SDcard?

Yeah Debugging was on and Fasboot wasnt enabled. Have no clue what went wrong
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njfoses:
No need to re lock because as of right now you will still get the HTC dev message either way when running this tool.

Sent from my released from customs Evo Lte!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] regaw_leinad:
No disrespect taken. I realize now you were talking about most users just wanting to flash ROMs. But yeah, now we have no restrictions. Also, what I meant by PJ75IMG.zip is we can now make our own zips with any .img files (firmware images) in them and the android-info.txt, and flash them through the bootloader. This is the same thing (almost) that the RUU does, but the RUU zips are signed with HTC's private key. Now the zips we flash don't have to be signed.

If you flash the recovery again, the disclaimer will come back. It's due to it being an unsigned image, and the bootloader recognizing it. Setting the flag is being worked on. It'll be posted when it's ready.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] reverepats:
DAMN...I forgot to Uninstall HTC Sync...Maybe thats why
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kellyrx8:
well tried to run it, getting this in device manager for the the phone

now my screen is off and not coming back on.....does this mean its stuck in download mode and I have to floow that unbrick guide on the site??

i have installed the drivers in the instruction before attempting this as well.

I take that back, I did the 10 sec hold and set it down for a min and its back up and booting now......wierd....talk about about messing your pants lol
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] chocmatic:
I'm at over 1000 seconds and still waiting.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Hayesi09:
How long did it take to reconnect. Im sitting at 1500 seconds and still going.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gnarlynick:
Did you guys touch anything? It took like 30-40 seconds for me, nothing happened that felt strange to me. I just opened the FreePanda.exe file and let it go til it told me to press Enter to exit.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] chocmatic:
nope. didn't touch it. Now I feel like touching it though ....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Hayesi09:
I didn't touch anything either. I really don't want to until i know exactly what to do....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gnarlynick:
Well I don't know enough about the process to say to unplug it and try again or anything so I will not condone it. Sorry, I just tried it tonight and it worked without issue for me. I think you can only soft-brick it with this method, in which case you would have to use the unbricking tool in the link in the OP, but you have to be in Linux to use that from what I read. You can easily burn a Ubuntu Live DVD and boot into that. Again, I am not condoning anything you do here because I know nothing about this, I just know it worked for me.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] shadyraver:
Im in the same boat...Im at like 750 and still going so Im thinking something is wrong when it says it takes like 30 seconds..

I feel somthings wrong

Whats up?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gnarlynick:
Maybe someone who knows more about this or has been in that situation can shed more light on this, given it is almost 1:30 AM EDT, I don't know if they will be commenting anytime soon
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] metallized:
i disconnected mu usb n reconnected n it recognized my fone and say device found n continued the process... im s off now...... if u wanna try on ur own rish.... image below ... look at the wait time when i reconnected...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] chocmatic:
no prob....I will wait and see if anyone says anything
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Hayesi09:
Thanks for your input at least. I think i'll chill until someone can say for sure since I dont have linux anyway....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gnarlynick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDp8nJeAHPw

If you watch this video (ignore his annoying voice) you will see what the usual time is.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] metallized:
Try this guys... Worked for me.... Quoting myself thinking u might have missed it in last page....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gnarlynick:
If you go here: http://www.ubuntu.com/download

You can download and burn Ubuntu to a DVD. That will allow you to either partition your hard drive and dual boot Windows and Linux or you can just boot to Linux off the DVD itself, not messing with anything on your hard drive at all. That way you can, if you have to, boot to Linux temporarily and un-soft brick your device (if that is in fact what happened). Again, I know nothing of this method and what it can potentially do harm-wise and am only offering an opinion.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Hayesi09:
don't really want to touch my windows machine as it is connected to my phone. I'm on a mac right now.

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tried that....no luck :(
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] shadyraver:
Phone not even turning on now

Followed the instructions to get s off and it didnt reset after 30 seconds...i left it until it got over 1000 and I figured it wasent working..so I disconneted and now I cant even turn my phone on...BLACK SCREEN AND NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO....I'm VERY UPSET!!

CAN SOMEONE PEASE HELPP
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tinpusher:
Did you try this?

http://unlimited.io/lazypanda-s-off-public-beta/evo-4g-lte-unbricker/
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Hayesi09:
I am working on this right now. I am on a mac doing it, i have the iso file on a flash drive...not sure what to do now.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] RockoDev:
for bricked devices go into linux and open terminal and copy and paste into terminal and follow on screen instructions just making it easy for noobs thanks op for unbricking i take no credit

1.cd Download

2.ls

3.tar zxf PandaFinder.tar.gz

4.ls

5.chmod 755 brickdetect.sh PandaFinder

6. ./brickdetect.sh

7. .PandaFinder -d /dev/sdb

8.sudo ./PandaFinder -d /dev/sdX

just copy and paste this into terminal in linux

Also make sure you hit the power button every time it's asks you too or else you have to redo the process
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] shadyraver:
I tried to but i didnt even understand it...Im not familiar with Ubutu or whatever its called..I downloaded it and tryied to run it and when I clicked on it nothing happend...Im really lost..and very upset
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Hayesi09:
isnt there a way to run linux from a flash drive??
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] raiderep:
Absolutely, google it. Not hard at all...

Sent from my EVO
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Hayesi09:
cool. now how do i get my computer to boot w7 by default instead of ubuntu? Thanks for all the help everyone!:laugh:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gnarlynick:
Clicking the ISO will not do anything. You have to either burn it to a DVD (Magic ISO or ISO Burner are good programs for this) or put it on a jump drive. Place the DVD in your drive and reboot, or put the jump drive in a USB port and reboot. It should boot to Linux via that, select the Live CD (may be called something different, look for the word Live though) option. That will boot to the OS via the disc or jump drive and won't install anything on your computer. You can google how to burn a Linux Live disc/jump drive if you are still unclear on this.

Just remove the jump drive if that is what it's booting to Ubuntu by. If you installed it, it should have asked something about dual booting and installed Grub to where you can select what OS you want to boot to.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Hayesi09:
I installed it but never asked me what i want to run
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] chocmatic:
I was able to get my phone back and running using ubuntu. At the end it said to run feedpanda again to restore sdcard back...That portion didn't work, but it did give me s-off. Looks like I will have to format drive
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Hayesi09:
My phone is back up and running as well. Now i am trying to achieve s-off through ubuntu but i keep getting

sh: 1: .tmp/adb: not found

Connect device. . .

i don't need drivers for ubuntu right?

Edit: Nevermind, I think its because I'm on 64bit.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mrrogers1:
You should read the last 10-20 pages (since you must not have read much of the beginning of thread) and you might be able to get unlost and a little less upset.

It sucks to see folks stuck soft bricked but these developers have tried and tried to make it clear and the rest of us that have either successfully did this or had issues have posted a billion (maybe not quite that many but....) times what we did and how we did it.

Sorry you are bricked but all the data, everything you need to resolve your situation is here.... Has been all along.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Hayesi09:
I have another quick question. Since I had to reformat my sd card, are there any necesary files i need before wiping and/or trying s off again besides my rom?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Cy_n_ic:
That was stupid easy :D took longer to download and check md5's

S-off't!!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KaoMinerva:
It's you......

Ok seriously, do you guys think the soff will be updated or in the process of testing to be compatible with the new hboot?

LT. EVO reporting sir!!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ckoadiyn:
worked awesome thanks
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
i am going to post this every page:

follow the guide at post # 475.

it's anal. it's overkill. but the checklist will eliminate 99% of the issues we're reading about here.

and for those that have to use the unbricker, the ubuntu live cd works well.

my post #1099 here shows the commands in terminal and what goes on, along with my notes.

and please do yourself a big favor, and follow the guide at post #475 here when going for S-OFF.

i hate seeing I'm going to cry.

if anyone needs some help they can pm me.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Hayesi09:
Ok now I'm pretty to'd. I've been at this all fricken night and now i've bricked for a second time. This time i tried on linux. Plugged my phone in. debugging mode was on, fast boot was off. Restarted it and my screen never turns back on. wtf am i doing wrong....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
unbrick and follow post 475
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
ya never know. but that is why ya get s-off when ya can. future-proofing.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Hayesi09:
Okay a few questions. first of all i am running meanROM. Not sure if i have to be on a stock rom or not. Second, i am running on ubuntu so not sure what to do about adb reboot bootloader and such to double check those things.

android version: 4.0.3

software version: MeanROM ICS v1.3

htc sdk api level: 4.20

PRI Version: 2.28_003

PRL: 25005

Kernel: 3.0.8-01360-g3fd0422 root@ABM32 #1 smp preempt

baseband: 1.05.11.0606

build: 1.13.651.1 cl60201
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] iknowsquat:
You dont have to be on stock ROM but the dev recommend it since they can't control what mods other devs put in place. It certainly can't hurt.

I was HTC unlocked and I flashed rooted stock. I threw a spare SD in and formatted it in the device. I then followed Post #475.

I'm a complete ubuntu noob so I can't help you with the adb from a linux machine. The info has to be out there, if not in this thread. Good luck.

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WOOT! Welcome to the party Bruddah.

:highfive:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gmarkiek:
After experiencing the soft brick, I finally am up and running with s- off. However my sd card didn't survive. I ran pandafeed again like instructions said but instead of failing it gave me s- off and my card would never mount. So now I'm using my backup card and I cant flash any roms because I see nothing on the sd- ext when I boot into recovery. I've already did the bootloader install for hboot and still no dice. What next? Please help!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Hayesi09:
ok how do you do adb on windows

Edit: I've tried searching the forums for why adb wont work as a command and i just can't find anything..

Edit 2: I've also tried setting a new variable of adb = C:\android-sdk-windows-1.1_r1\tools ....still doesnt work.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] THunDA:
When your in recovery go into 'mount' and change it to 'use external sdcard'..

I had to change that back after I did this last night or else I didn't see anything on sdcard in recovery, hope this helps..
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] phillymade:
every time I try to run this program I get this

======== FeedPanda 0.1.3 beta for LazyPanda S-OFF ==========

(c) Copyright 2012 Unlimited.IO

This program may not be redistributed in

nor included in other works works without

the express permission of team Unlimited.

Starting up......

Connecting to device...

Searching device.....

Found device.....

error: more than one device and emulator

Quit....

Press ENTER to exit.....

I do not have HTC Sync or Media installed on this Windows 7 machine. I have my security disabled as well, not sure what else to disable/remove.

Any advice?

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I also saw this on the Panda site, PJ75IMG.zip ( fasboot flash enabled hboot ). Is this an S-On flashable S-off tool?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
A reboot and starting over should work.

And no, that PJ75IMG is for flashing after you're already S-OFF. It just re-enables the fastboot flash command in the bootloader.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gmarkiek:
I did that and I still see no downloads. When I go into es file explorer I see everything in the sd- ext but not in recovery.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Hayesi09:
any advice to get the adb command to work to test this out so i dont brick for a third time? any help would be awesome...pm if you want :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Txsrooster:
I get this.

Starting up........

connecting to device.....

searching device..........

found device...........

Device JEWEL not supported at this time

Quit.........

Press ENTER to exit.............

I searched for "Device JEWEL no t supported" and did find a couple of posts but didn't resolve anything.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ryanalan82:
I'm on meanrom and flashed the new radio. Just the radio in recovery. I am going to do s-off tonight after work. Is it ok to do with the new radio?

Swyped from my eVo
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njfoses:
You need to change your buildprop. Or follow post #475 for a 99% success rate with this tool.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] THunDA:
that shouldn't matter as long as you didn't take the full ota and update your hboot.

That's weird, I had the same problem and changing that setting in recovery fixed it. Did you try powering off and back into recovery after changing it?

from my EVO using Tapatalk 2
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
ya think !

man, alive

follow post # 475 routine - it works
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] chocmatic:
After feedpanda is complete it should restore your SDCARD, correct? If it doesn't....I'm guessing I have to format it and start over.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bpdamas:
I agree that I should have waited. Anyway, I didn't. Whoops. However, since I was already s-off I was able to flash the lazy panda hboot after accepting the OTA update, then flash a custom recovery (TWRP), and install a SU zip to retain root.

So, in summary, if you are s-off from lazy panda, you can install the OTA update (must have a stock recovery), flash the lazy panda hboot, flash TWRP, and install a su zip. After that process you will be s-off with a custom recovery and still have root access with the most current update including the radios, etc.

Is this worthy of a new thread? I can create a pretty specific write up pointing to all the necessary files. Anyone have thoughts?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
the first thing you should do, is go into control panel

and uninstall htc driver installer (and htc sync, if it's there)

then reboot pc. download htc drivers from the lazypanda link.

double click and install htc drivers. reboot pc.

as for abd and fastboot ...

first, you need usb debugging enabled in settings - developer options.

also, in settings - power uncheck Fast boot.

i installed sdk and i COPIED the 4 files that are necessary (from tools or platform) into C:\Android

adb.exe adbwinapi.dll adbwinusbapi.dll fastboot.exe

as i'm anal when it comes to this stuff,

i wipe cache and dalvik cache and reboot phone (nice clean start).

and plug phone into pc. you should hear the da-dunc sound.

then i start a command prompt, go to C:\Android

i type adb devices [and hit Enter]

it shows List of devices attached and next line had 12 digit number device

if you get that, you're good to go,

and shouldn't have any connectivity issues.

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make sure it is indeed empty first. take it out and check with pc card reader.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] chocmatic:
That's the first thing I tried. Was just wondering if anyone had ran into this issue. I wonder if running FeedPanda again would do anything to restore it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
so, you overwrote the new hboot with the lazy panda hboot, eh

and the reason being, please correct me if i am wrong,

is that you future proofed earlier by feeding the panda bamboo and obtaining S-OFF.

the one question i have: how did you flash TWRP recovery ?

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hey, if you have S-OFF, i would just let the phone format it, and copy back contents you want.

a nice clean start. then nan restore the backup you want.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bpdamas:
Yes, I did feed the panda bamboo and obtained s-off before doing any of this. Actually truth be told, I freaking messed up when I did this and didn't run it as administrator and soft bricked my phone. Luckily I was in a spot where I could purchase a blank cd and made a livecd to dual boot linux and the unbrick tool worked like a charm. Kudos to those guys.

Once I overwrote the new hboot with the lazy panda hboot I just flashed TWRP 2.20 through fastboot. Worked like a charm. Then booted into recovery and installed the su zip. Boom. Still rooted. I actually am making a thread on it right now unless you think that is a stupid idea and will just cause more confusion.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] chocmatic:
Great minds think alike...that's what I did after posting the last response
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
cool.

ok, thinking outloud now.

only way to get s-off is to run lazypanda.

existing lazypanda won't give you s-off if you've taken the OTA (with new hboot).

so, the obvious answer is, if you haven't taken the OTA,

is follow post # 475 and feed the panda the bamboo and get S-OFF !

while the getting is good !