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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mrrogers1:
I have done two Evo LTE's with factory RUU's still intact and didn't have any issues. First using the temp root, the running Panda immediately following. *Profile update afterwards and was golden. I think starting fresh is the key to making everything work as expected and with no surprises.

You can use the temp root and then the Panda to s-off and not lose anything. Have done this on both of the devices I did. The only reason you would lose everything is if you used the HTCDev unlock, which, you shouldn't use as it's not it needed anymore. (I do have on Evo LTE I did the HTCDev unlock on and yes, you will factory reset, for sure, using that method. I recommend temp root and s-off as soon as as possible even if you don't want to run a custom rom yet.... Future proofing is FOR REALZ!

THIS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

EVO 3D's bootloader change from 1.40 to 1.50 really locked things up for about 9 months until the soft brick/downgrade method dropped. I was rooted and s-off with revolutionary immediately but having delt with some hboot 1.50 devices, WHAT A PITA!

You are probably on your way to doing this but YES! DO IT! If you have a custom rom already, do a NANDROID of your setup, then once you are s-off you could just restore that and be back in business.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lanewhit:
I dove right in and got s- off. Just followed in instructions on the lazy panda sight and did not lose a thing. Took about 10 minutes. Now I'm going to fix the flash screen. Thanks to all for the help.

Update. Just fixed the flash screen. No problems.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] reverepats:
Yeah absolutely. THats why i suggested that he didnt it that way. THe first time i ran it, but was Stock rooted and bricked it like nobodys buisness. Once i ran it after i relocked and ran the RUU, then used regaw method, it went off without a hitch. So i think it def the way to go.

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How did u Unlcok your bootloader in the first place? Did u use Regaw; sMethod?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lanewhit:
I used Regaw_leinad method. He sent me the link to his instructions so I'm all set.

Just a heads up: call me lucky but I did not relock or flash the RUU. I simply followed the lazy panda instructions and I have s-off.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] reverepats:
ahh ok. Sounds good. Glad u got it
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
what rom was installed at the time you ran lazypanda ?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lanewhit:
MeanROM v0.9. I love that Rom. It just works...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] marvinlh:
I followed post 475 and finally got s off, but now I can't send any text messages. I can receive but not send. Im not sure if it has anything to do with being s off or not, has anyone else experienced this? I even tried flashing a different Rom but the same thing happens. I always get the error message, unable to send message after multiple attempts. I even tried a 3rd party messaging app with no luck. Any suggestions. I've already updated prl and data also.

Edit: if I send thru Google voice, it goes thru but not thru any messaging app
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Oatswesow:
I followed post 475 and it worked... I wish I could have enjoyed it like others did, but instead, I was shaking nervously... forcing myself to stay in my chair and do nothing but watch... LOL

Everything appears to be working, I've rebooted numerous times (mostly just to see "S-Off") I've made calls and received texts. I have not tried to send texts or receive calls yet (everyone I know is in bed by now), I'll try that tomorrow. Actually, I just made a Skype call to my cell and received it...

Thanks so much guys!

EDIT: I tried to restore a backup, via TWRP, and it failed. I tried to restore a different backup, via TWRP, and it was successful.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
hey marvin. call sprint, tell them you did a network update and PRL but having some issues and to fix it.

but keep the i followed post #475 to get S-OFF out of the conversation :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mrrogers1:
Now that, is some good stuff. :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] samsunghater:
ok before i dive in im a lil fuzzy maybe just need more dunkins.. i'm stock rooted and htc dev unlocked my question is do i run feedpanda in fastboot usb? or does the PJ75IMG thru bootloader turn s-off? sorry if this is stupid but i read so many pages of answers i didn't need

nm: i ran it chanced it np! worked great ty and button will be pushed ;)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] marvinlh:
I called last night and I guess I spoke with someone that didn't know what they were doing, he had me to do ## followed by a code and # again and enter a PW, to make a lng story short, it didn't work and then he had me on hold for a lng time andvi guess he finally figured out that he didn't know what he was doing and he jus transfered me back into the que(he didn't even say goodbye :eek: ) . I then got frustrated and hung up. I called again and ask for text support, she had me to power my phone off and she refreshed it. Voila, its working again. Thanks
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
yup that's what i meant when i said have them fix it :)

well you're rocking and rolling now

enjoy your weekend (Saturday)

and start of the week (Sunday) :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] marvinlh:
Lmao, will do
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cjrdriven:
2GB SD Card?

Would a 2GB SD card be sufficient for the need of this S-OFF method? Tried to read a large part of this thread, and search seems to be down. Up till now the smallest I have seen is a 4GB card.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] SPreston2001:
Totally fine...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] reverepats:
What do u need a SDcard? PM me. I have tons of 8GB cards. I'll mail one out to ya LOL. No really. I'm dead serious.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wisper2000:
Sense I got s-off, I got the error 16 message after, when making calls. Called sprint and got that taken care of. Now when I make calls some go thru fine. But others go to a busy signal and when I hang up the you can still hear the busy signal. I have to power down my phone and reboot to get it to stop......any ideas.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
Oh yeah. What about Gnex batteries, pats?

Lol. Just razzin ya bro.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mexiking713:
I used a 2GB SD card when I used lazypanda. I have a 64GB one but I read it corrupted someone's card so I didn't want to take a chance and also I couldn't find my old 16GB card :D

Sent from my HTC Evo LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] reverepats:
Dude I know. I feel like such a dush cause I keep forgetting. I got it. See... Im golfing at noon. If I remember ill do it tomorrow. PM me. So i remember LOL. Ahhhhh!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
I'm just teasin, man. Big thanks, though. Enjoy golf. ;)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] reverepats:
LOL, I know. Yeah it's gonna be hot as hell tho.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wwjoshdew:
Psssssh. Why not one of these or these!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
Cuz the idea is to maintain super slimness. Thanks though. I'm gonna grind her back cover so the case I bought her still fits. She loves the blue case so much she'd rather have 6hr battery than extended.

Sorry for off topic.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] RuckusDecay:
After reading upon of pages of pages, seems linux is my safest bet.

LINUX FTW always.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
perhaps, but post 475 windows was for me and others ...

or stock with root, no mods,

phone formatted sd card,

and pc connectivity to phone tested.

but that is why they offer different colored cars !

do whatever floats your boat !

good luck, you'll make it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] zounduser:
I used windows version flawlessly!!!! I got the phone yesterday, rooted, s-off'd, rommed, and modded in less than 30 minutes! This phone is pimp as sh!t. Im coming from the one x at&t version, and i gotta say.......imo this device is better, better vibration, dedicated camera button, and expandable memory.....just 2 name a few! Anyways yup, this was one of the easiest devices ive rooted, and s-off'd. Doesnt get any easier! :p:D

Sent from my EVO using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] laie1472:
Definitely agree had mine done in less than a hour as well. Hats off to all who were involved in developing this. Major thanks.

#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\=LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] oespinoza83:
Win 7 64bit pc. 95% battery. Wifi ON. USB debugging enabled. Fastboot disabled. Microsoft Security Essentials turned off.

I was stock last night. Rooted this morning with Zedomax method (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671577). That was success. Ran TB and backed up contents to Google Drive in case SD got erased. Moved pics/videos from SD to Google Drive as well.

Followed post #475 of this thread exactly (even the ADB steps). Everything worked smoothly and took ~10-15 minutes. Only issue was my SD card got erased, but luckily I backed it all up. All of my apps, settings, etc were all in tact.

Thanks for all the hard work, tips, etc.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] .torrented:
Success. :-) used zedomax's tut for root and this for S-OFF
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] HuDuVuDu:
Post 475 is dead on.

I was on MeanROM ICS 1.0. Everything went flawlessly. S-Off now with custom boot txt.

"This is my phone, there are many like it, but this one is mine." :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] RobertBohannon:
LazyPanda worked wonders for my phone!

I was s-on but rooted

everything in the stock rom was up-to date

I never updated my drivers (tried the computer told me they were up-to-date)

running windows 7 64 bit on my Dell XPS 670 with 16 GIGS of ram

single click no issues TWRP recovery loaded maybe I got lucky! I have already flashed every avalible rom for my Jewel. by the way anyone else think Jewel is a gay name for this phone? SUPERSONIC was such a cooler name!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
agree with that. Supersonic was just that (for the time).

Shooter was cool for the 3d. Jewel - F that. i ain't putting that in sig.

globatron, i hope ya got my brewskys.

speaking of which, the drafts/kegs at my brother's marina tonight

went down oh sooooo easy, i best not be rooting my sgs3 till tomorrow !

and can't think of what a good name would be for the evo lte.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

ps - i'm in the sgs3 root thread, and guy posts:

man, this sgs3 is so much better than the og evo.

ah, excuse me... why bother to even respond !

as not much goes on with smartphone development in 24 months !!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] chefonthego:
Best Way ??

There is so many ways to Root, S off, ect. Just got my Evo LTE from Bestbuy ,its completely out of the box stock, I just want to be able to flash a Custom Rom & not have the red warning txt on boot. what is the safest & easiest way to do it on a win xp machine ??
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PhxkinMassacre:
i see your still lurking in here suggesting my post #475 haha ive been wondering where all of these mystery "thanks" were coming from haha :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] iknowsquat:
Well you can chalk up another one from me.

Used your post as a guide. Was on OMJ so I jumped back to rooted Stock just to be safe. I also threw in a SD card format to be super duper safe.

Went smoof as silk except for some HTC Driver errors during one of the last reboots but I just left it alone and let it run. Got twrp reinstalled and restored my backup.

Activation is being a pita but I'll keep trying as tech support is closed. I'm not worried, I'll just call them later if I can't get it to go.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] thispaininmyhead:
Just ran the tool and it was successful but now my phone is saying i need to activate it again... hands free activation doesnt work and i cant contact customer service til monday... am i missing something that reactivates my phone without having to call customer service? i cant seem to find any similar problems in this thread... any help or direction would be much appreciated...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PhxkinMassacre:
make sure that mobile data is on (3g) it won't show the icon since the phone isn't activated but once you turn it on and start the hands free activation it should connect to 3g and show the icon and do its thing. then when its done reboot and try making a call. should work. if not try activating while using the fresh 5.1.1 rom. worked for me so it should work for you :)

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your welcome haha. hope it all gets straightened out tomorrow!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
following your 475 with fresh 5.1.1 , it went to hand free activation and never needed to call Sprint.

i called my home number and the reverse, and texted and called my second line (sgs3) and the reverse, then did the profile and prl and rebooted.

i thought sprint support was 24/7.

try powering off too, not just restart.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
do a factory data reset from settings.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] iknowsquat:
I'm up and running :)

I ran the Superwipe before installing my nand but it wouldn't go. Took a nap, flashed rooted Stock again and that time it took. Weird.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] drlzanej:
Laie, I wonderd when you were gonna show up man:laugh::good::D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bpdamas:
Okay, here is what happened to me. My computer overheated during the operation. Needless to say I was bricked. Wouldn't power on trying every method of power button volume button combination. However, I had a LiveCD and was able to boot into Linux and use the unbricker tool successfully. I then re-ran (with proper ventilation this time) the lazy panda s-off and it achieved s-off without a hitch.

So, now I am s-off and rooted without a problem. Thanks so much for this. The question I have is I can't flash a recovery img through fastboot. It keeps saying it fails. I thought with s-off you could flash a custom recovery through fastboot usb. Is this not the case? Could it have been something that went wrong with the unbricker tool or re-running the s-off tool? Any help would be appreciated.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
plugged in when phone in os

in command prompt, adb devices shows your device

reboot phone to bootloader

phone @ fastboot usb

in command prompt, fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

gives you what error message ?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] yankeeboy254:
Success! Thanks man, you're the boss!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] iljacksoniii:
F**king BEAUTIFUL!!!!! ...windows version worked first time around on Windows 8....excellent work :highfive::good::good::D:D:D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] regaw_leinad:
I'm pretty sure that came out wrong again... unless you just don't know. You can flash anything to any partition with S-OFF. You have full freedom, unlike the HTCdev unlock, where it was limited to select partitions. Also, we can now flash unsigned PJ75IMG.zips through the bootloader.

The dev message your getting is because the bootloader is detecting an unsigned partition on the device (the recovery). There will be a fix posted sometime soon that gets rid of this message.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] popper668:
works as advertized! :good:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kcodya:
Worked like a charm!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] spanky34:
Used the Windows version. I was HTC Dev Unlocked and here's what I found

1. I had to go through Hands Free Activation when I was done.

2. On the reboot after it had a nice lazy day, it didn't find my phone until I rebooted the phone into my ROM. I also waited 100 seconds before I tried rebooting it.

In the end, it was successful, painless, and I have s-off on my device now. Thanks a bunch! Great work!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cj10488:
Not worried about the msg. Its just cosmetic. All is good.

James
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jdebutts:
worked great thanks
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
First off, OP, amazing! Genius! I also just stumbled across a globatron post at 3d forum about S-off.

Second: what's the benefit of doing this vs HTC dev unlock?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] brandonmaze:
worked great. had to chnage my build.prop back when I got the device not supported message...but that was painless and I can chnage it back just as easy.

nice work and made a donation too.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] YoungCorruptionV2.0:
Look 6 post up from your post and read what regaw wrote
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Rocklee99:
worked great, just ran through hands free activation, thats all
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] FusionX:
Flawless! I was htcdev unlocked but this relieves any concerns I had about fully re locking to turn in if needed. Thanks!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Jabawockee:
+1 on this. I know Mac users hardly get respect around here. Can't really blame them, but windows is a piece of trash for sure.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gpz1100:
If the device is already htcdev unlocked, can the replacement hboot be flashed manually?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] boomer8403:
Ah yes thank you sir! Worked like a charm on Windows but damn that was one hungry panda!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] v01rider:
used this build.prop. after overwriting my existing, i rebooted. ran your tool. all is good. i know have a 2 folders on my sd card, full market access and oem prop. those that have changed the build.prop, feel free to use this one. then switch back to your custom. of course, download and rename to build.prop.

View attachment build.txt <===right click, save link or save target as.

no problems here. i was htc dev unlocked. now s-off. i had to change my lcd density back to 275, but did not go through any activation like others had to.

edit: yes, i did have to go through hands free activation after i rebooted from changing my density. other than that, works like a charm. thank you for the awesome work and i look forward to the "patch" to remove that ugly htc legal stuff.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] pbedard:
Does the recovery stay ???
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kaos420:
im lost i was htc ulocked ran fastboot oem lock reflashed stock from ruu

then i ran root on stock. booted to linux. it shows lazy panda in my bootloader now. but i still have htc dev unlocked message. after i ran ruu that was gone before i ran this soff. how is this possible?

never mind my question was posted here.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27978977&postcount=84

damn i did the relock for nothing then lol wth.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] il Duce:
THREAD STUCK

:)

for awesomeness!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bpdamas:
It gives me the following error.

Not sure what this means.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njfoses:
You need the udated hboot from here. This allows fastboot commands. http://unlimited.io/lazypanda-s-off-public-beta/ Or install via bootloader. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27115598&postcount=208
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] reverepats:
YEah but u should still be able to run that Recovery cmd with the stock Hboot, No? Im curious myself, cause i didnt flash the Modified Hboot myself.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tang12:
can I use this after using RegawMOD ? I'm spoiled from the days of unrevoked from OG Evo....not used to this rooting then s-off :confused:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
yes
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] reverepats:
That how I did mine. Ran just fine. Did that after I re-locked then ran the RUU.

LOWETAX how are ya man? Thing good?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
hanging in. my brother and i didn't go to unlimited hydroplane races in Madison, Indiana this weekend, stayed here working to keep my German Shepherd 'going' (had a big scare and he has a major issue we're working on),

so i'm watching the streaming online www.h1unlimited.com (check it out)

hopefully i can jump on the plane thursday and catch my racing buddies in detroit for the Gold Cup next weekend.

my Jersey Speed Skiff still being redone in shop, so we won't have to drag it the 11 hours to Detroit !

also fooling with the sgs3 i picked up last sunday.

and drank too much good draft beer last night at cool party at my brother's marina here.

aren't you glad you asked ! :)

---------- Post added at 01:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:19 PM ----------

i don't think " are accepted

just for the heck of it,

i would rename openrecovery*****.img to recovery.img

in your platform-tools directory

and at fastboot usb

in your command prompt at platform-tools directory

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

and see what happens

i didn't flash that hboot with extended commands

and that command works for me
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
Zounduser had the same failed to flush can't mount issue 3 pages back. I directed him to captain throwbacks PG75IMG ZIP for bootloader flash in this thread. It worked, but still super curious why fastboot flash recovery isn't working. I haven't done S-off yet, just watching closely. The bricks scared me off, and I can already do all I want.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] reverepats:
Dude i felt the saame damn way. Until i relocked it, ran the RUU, then ran Regaw root method, and things went just fine that time. No pausing or anything. Do u have Linux/Ubuntu you can boot into on your pc? just incase it does brick? Lowetax has been quite the helper around here. I was even on the phone with him, while he was helping me with Ubuntu LOL. THats dedication to the COmmunity right there boy
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cjrdriven:
Double checking before I move forward: I am using a junk 2GB card from a really old HERO. I deleted all the data from the card, but it doesn't give me an option to format the card. Does the "delete all data" option delete and format the card all in one?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] iknowsquat:
With the card in the phone, the phone connected via usb, and the phone mounted as a drive you can't right click on it and see a Format option?

You want to run lazypanda in charge only mode but to format the card you'll need to mount it as a drive.

A card reformat is not required on the lazypanda site. I followed Post #475 which does not call for it either but I did it anyway, just fyi.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] SpyderPalo:
I just learned last night the option in the Recovery area DOES NOT CLEAR the Actual SDcard we manually put in (ie. your 2GB card) it CLEARS the Data on the "installed" (phone) 'SDcard'

I lost my who ole setup stock phone setting and text messages.

Sorry for Hi-Jacking...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Oatswesow:
That's why I backed up both...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wright0101:
After bricking my phone twice on win7 64, ran with suggested ubuntu dual booted and PROFIT, thanks guys. i think my problem might have been that i formated my sd card but forgot to delete the partitions on it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cjrdriven:
Can't get ADB to recognize my device unless HTC Sync is installed. I downloaded and installed the drivers recommended in LazyPanda directions and then also updated SDK Manager and still can't get it to recognize. Tried uninstalling and re installing multiple times. My phone consistently asks me to install drivers when I plug it in, then windows searches for them and can't find them. I go to Device Manager and it shows under disk drives that HTC Android USB Device drivers are installed and up to date. I know there has to be a simple solution that I am just blind to.... Anyone advice?

Windows Vista 32bit.

UPDATE:

I used the drivers for 32bit on zedomax's thread since I couldn't get the drivers on lazypanda's site to work for my pc. Will this create an issue? ADB now recognize's my device.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] iknowsquat:
Nah, you should be ready to rock.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cjrdriven:
As long as I am connected in charge only mode it recognizes the device. When I do adb command reboot bootloader it takes me to Hboot screen and then tries to install drives again for android 1.0... I no longer have adb command access and it will not install the android 1.0 file it seems to need. I try to point it to my updated drivers while in hboot screen but it will not accept them. When I reboot my phone I have access again through adb commands. Will this create an issue since my phone doesn't have access to adb while in hboot screen?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] iknowsquat:
It shouldn't but I'm definitely not an expert on the process or adb.

I followed the steps in Post 475

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28043140&postcount=475

and my device responded as the steps listed but I did get a driver error at one point. I just let it go and got S-Off without an issue.