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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Tre Lawrence:
Thanks for the pages and pages of help. Was unlocked and rooted with s-on prior; am s-off now.

Decided to run LazyPanda via Live CD. With terminal command instructions provided by EM at AF, it was so, so easy. So, if anyone doesn't mind creating an Ubuntu CD (also easy on Windows 7), I

highly

suggest that route.

On an additional note, I have learned quite a lot about Ubuntu, and plan to learn more. Great looking OS.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
ah ha, so you like jimlightner's avator photo too, eh ? :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bpdamas:
Completely agree. If you haven't taken the OTA, feed the panda to get s-off !!!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
ditto on the learning more about ubuntu. i've since set it up, for now, in an Oracle Virtual Box just to learn a little.

i had to use the ubuntu live CD to unbrick (my htc drivers were screwed up and charmeleon rom with build prop changes just didn't cut it).

but then followed post # 475 on the re-try and bingo.

question: provided by EM at AF ? do you have a link so i can check that out, please. thanks

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look for me at Union Square Park in NYC with placard

GET S-OFF NOW !!! :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Txsrooster:
I must be stupid or something..I am going down the list in post 475.

Made sure SDK Manager was up to date and Google USB drivers were installed.

I keep getting 'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command when I type in "adb devices"

***edit I am in the android-sdk directory on the command prompt.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] phillymade:
Still not working. I have the HTC Driver version 3.0.0.0023 not the 3.0.0.007 that is from the panda site. Will that make a difference?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
I'd use the version linked on the site. It couldn't hurt to try that. You don't have HTC Sync installed or anything, right?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] baknblack:
you have to be in the exact directory where adb.exe is located. It says tools something I forget but once you are in the correct directory shift+right click command prompt here
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Txsrooster:
that got me going...and its in the "platform-tools" folder now for some reason.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] volk9029:
Lol. I am there and don't see you . Are you on the lunch break already ?

Sent from my lair.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
yup, shift + right click good way to start command prompt in directory you want to be in.

but if you don't add sdk/platform or tools (whichever it is) to environment/path

just copy the 4 files to C:/Windows

then you can open command prompt anywhere

and run adb or fastboot commands

adb.exe adbwinapi.dll adbwinusbapi.dll fastboot.exe
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Txsrooster:
ok I get to step 9..

"9. let LazyPanda run AND DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING. NOT YOUR COMPUTER. NOT YOUR EVO. DON'T EVEN TOUCH YOUR CAT. JUST SIT THERE AND PRAY THAT IT WORKS."

It still says

"Starting up......

Connecting to device...

Searching device.....

Found device.....

Device JEWEL not supported at this time

Quit....

Press ENTER to exit.....

So I guess it is down to edit the build.prop file...is there a certain post that goes over this edit?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
brewskys at the Heartland !

nah, i wish, working here across the bay next to Sandy Hook. :(

going to the Big Apple next week though to play

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/smackmyself

do yourself a favor, make a nan backup, copy contains of sd card and phone to pc

and follow post # 475

what rom do you have installed ?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] EarlyMon:
That would be me. :)

http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-lte...vo-locked-unlocked-devices-3.html#post4658869

Hope this helps.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Txsrooster:
stock rom with 1 click easy root. I removed the edit to my build.prop for wireless tether. saved and restarted the process..same result.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] phillymade:
Right, ill try changing the drivers
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Txsrooster:
sometimes it is the simplest things that cause the biggest problems. When I did the Google Wallet hack I retyped the name of the device in all caps..cchanged it to all lower case and ba bam...works like a champ.am now S-OFF!! Thank you lazy panda for pimping my evo.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] djscissorhands:
I tried this method exactly a outlined and my phone soft bricked. It wouldn't turn on. If you dont know Ubuntu and terminal code you will never get it unbricked. I would be very careful using this method as it is only for the experienced user.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] gmarkiek:
Ok I think I'm alright now. For some reason my downloads were going to sd card 2 instead of sd- ext like it did prior to me doing the lazypanda. But I still can't get my original 16gig to work. I'm us my 8 gig back up card:'(
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
If by "sd- ext" you mean "ext_sd", that and "sdcard2" are the same thing.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] globatron:
Complete rubbish. Many of the people who have unbricked had never even seen Ubuntu before.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] MARIO SHARK:
how can i get s-off with linux? whenever i try to open FeedPanda, it states that it cannot be opened.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
i would venture to say that 98.5% of us that used the ubuntu live CD (to run the unbricker)

had never even seen linux in operation before,

but it works. and it's not rocket science, if you follow the simple instructions.

if you need to be an experienced user

to open a terminal and run 3 commands line in it,

then so be it.

if anyone wants help entering these 3 command lines in ubuntu

i'm more than willing to help you learn how to.

chmod 755 brickdetect.sh PandaFinder [ENTER]

sudo ./brickdetect.sh [ENTER]

sudo ./PandaFinder -d /dev/sdf [ENTER]

just saying ...

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EarlyMon posted last page

http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-lte...vo-locked-unlocked-devices-3.html#post4658869
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] djscissorhands:
Your post is complete rubbish. How are you going go tell me what i did or didn't experience? This tool is like tossing dice. Hit or miss
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
name one person that has an unusable paperweight brick from this.

the only people that returned their phone for a swap,

was early on, before changes were made by unlimited.io and the unbricker tool was released.

they all have phones. we all have phones, some with S-OFF.

In the event that you device gets stuck in download mode after running FeedPanda, do not panic.

This is fixable see here, unfortunately this is caused by a oddity of this device

and there is no way for us to detect that this may happen or pre-empt such an occurrence.

Devices that have been stuck in download mode have subsequently obtained S-OFF successfully by re-running FeedPanda.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] regaw_leinad:
EDIT: wow... missed over 150 posts in 1 day... fail.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] EarlyMon:
Hey, if this is helpful to others here, here's a kangaroo of my AF post -

Not sure how much Linux you know.

After download, you'll want to open a terminal window, and we'll use the tab key to complete some commands.

Get into the downloads area -

cd $HOME/Down(tab-key)

Next, make sure that FeedPanda-RELEASE-Jewel-Linux.tar.gz is there -

ls -lFa

Next, comfirm that you have a good download -

md5sum Feed*gz

Confirm to - 0125966552a70f5b648b17c8949ef338

Next, if that's the only file there, you need to unzip and unarchive it -

tar zxf Feed(tab-key)

Confirm you have a file called FeedPanda -

ls -lFa

Now - go munch some bambo!!!

sudo ./FeedPanda

Make sure to get in that ./ because it means: don't search for it, it's right here.

Hope that helps. :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] djscissorhands:
Never said my phone became unusable complete brick. I just said it was very difficult for a first time rooter to use Ubuntu and the unbricking tool. If i didnt have the help of someone who had experience i would have ended up with a paper weight.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] globatron:
Yes I am.

There is an IRC support channel for people who get stuck, two of them in fact. The links to which is in both my signature and on the LazyPanda website.

In addition to which lowetax has remained in this thread throughout helping people with issues wherever and as often as they have needed it.

Not one single person who has actually asked for help when they got stuck in download mode during S-OFF has been left without a recovered device, NOT A SINGLE ONE. The only person I know of who is not resolved from a similar sutuation yet ended up there by doing S-ON on a modified hboot, and we have taken the time to prepare a tool to fix even that which we are currently testing.

If you had taken the time to ask for help, rather than making an unproductive statement you too would now be recovered. With all that said if you now ask for help you will still get it provided you drop the attitude. People are giving freely of their own time for no profit to help so please do them the courtesy of being civil.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jelive:
I can attest to the above. I was one of the early attempts before the unbricker tool...had problems and ended up getting another phone. Delayed quite a bit till today. I finally bit the bullet for try #2. First made sure I had good Ubuntu Live CD (1st time using), booted into it to test that I could do initial steps to unbrick if needed, etc. Even had copy of lowetax inspired steps to follow printed out, just in case. Then used post #475 to the letter and BINGO all good. Now S-Off, removed red text, and updated firmware with latest. Finally, future-proofed :D

Thanks to all.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] djscissorhands:
Youre really going off on a tangent. I did receive help and my phone did recover. I im not intending to give off any attitude and did not mean to offend anyone.:)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
bottom line: are you S-OFF, or just unbricked and back to where you started ?

just curious, i have no idea why, but i am :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] regaw_leinad:
No offense, but that's not the best way to use words if you're not trying to give off an attitude or offend anyone. Glad to hear you fixed your phone.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] EarlyMon:
Anyway, the old school First Rule of Rooting is to read, read, read and then read some more before doing a thing.

And when stuck, follow the Second Rule of Rooting - Don't Panic. Panic causes mistakes and leads to the Dark Side.

After applying the Second Rule, re-apply the First Rule, and then ask for help. Everybuddy likes to help because we've all been there.

I learned that from toast and TheBiles a few years back and I apply it to anything I do root related no matter how big or small to this day.

Your mileage may vary but I have found that Da Rules have helped me and many others.

Anyway, hope this isn't too Mickey Mouse for an advanced thread like this, apologies if so. I have read every post here and hoped that the reminder would be helpful. (If not, pm me and I'll edit this out as noise, no worries.)

By the way - I think that I'm remiss in expressing appreciation, so - many, many thanks, I have been s-off happy since June 27th. :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Tre Lawrence:
Use the instructions in post 1266. They work well :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] djscissorhands:
Unbricked and back to where i started
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
so you've been there, done that, with the unbricker.

follow post # 475 (to a T) and i'll buy ya some brewskys to celebrate S-OFF !
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PhxkinMassacre:
I took djscissorhands under my wing yesterday and helped him set up the sdk and get the proper drivers and all the necessities through team viewer and such because he is very new to this stuff and when we ran the tool he got a brick so I helped him fix his phone over the phone and got him up and running but I think I know what he was trying to get at here. For someone who has never used a command prompt or even heard of ubuntu (such as dj) the unbricker can be a little daunting. Not the actual tool itself but rather the part of setting up the live cd/usb and then finding out how to actually boot it. That part is where people probably get the most confused. And then the directions just say navigate to x directory which for someone who not only never used a terminal but also doesn't know how the file system is set up in ubuntu they might just about go crazy trying to figure it out (I know I did when I first started sing ubuntu 2ish years ago)

So while if you have an idea on how to use ubuntu or terminals and such this isn't all that hard, for someone new its a little "vague"ish to an extent

Just throwing out my .02 since I was the one who helped dj from his rise and fall yesterday and saw the rukkus here. Not trying to start another war here ;) haha
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] MARIO SHARK:
Hey everyone. After I bricked my phone, I did the steps to unbrick it, and it worked out. I then got it s-off. but now it says that my sd card is blank! what should I do?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PhxkinMassacre:
It happens, it's something with the tool. The evo is funky with its s-off so 1 of 3 things happen

1. Best case your s-off no problem

2. You get s-off but get your sdcard wiped

3. You get a brick and have to unbricker and start fresh.

You hit the second so basically nothing, you just now have a lot more space on your card then you used to haha
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] one_love_420:
Just wanted to say thanks for this the linux version was one of the easiest things to use. Great work guys!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] crown drinker:
I had some problems last night but I'll try it again this weekend. I followed the directions in post 475, only I've never used sdk manager so I manually booted the phone into the bootloader then rebooted it to have those drivers downloaded. I don't know if that had anything to do with s-off not being achieved or if it's just my phone. Anyway, the first time I ran the tool it failed right away. I was weary using ubuntu since I've never used it before but the viedo at the bottom of the unbrick page walked me through it with no problems.

I read that when you try it the second time it usually works so I ran the s-off tool again. This time it made it to eating the 3rd bamboo stick before failing. I ran the unbrick tool again but when the phone booted back up this time something weird happened. It jumped straight into hands free activation. Then I lost all voice and data. I relocked the bootloader and ran the RUU to bring it back to stock and it works now.

Has anybody else heard of this happening? I'm sure it was something I did though. I might not have hit the power button in time on one of the steps or something the second time.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
friday afternoon

at the jersey shore -

peace, love and rock n roll

stepping away from the computer.

beers at the pool now

/splash !

enjoy yer S-OFF !

and thanks to globatron, the captain and unlimited.io

and that guy at post #475 :)

the troublemaker :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Tre Lawrence:
Yep, I never ran terminal, and was completely stonewalled by the instructions LOL. Thanks to EarlyMon, I was able to figure it out.

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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Munkeymon:
Not sure how the developers got through the entire instructions page without mentioning the requirement that you have an SD card in the phone, but my brilliant plan to prevent SD card wiping I've been hearing about was to remove it before hand. Yeah, that didn't get far :o

Wish they'd share the source code for this thing, too.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] shook187:
I'm on meanrom and flashed the new radio, but now I'm trying to get S-off. When I run panda I get a message saying "cannot find panda?" What am I doing wrong?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] SPreston2001:
Can you flash radios with s-on?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PhxkinMassacre:
I like to refer to my self as the peacemaker* haha

And just realized that post is being referenced over at themikmik also. I'm famous! Haha ;)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mingo2120:
I followed post #475....if you follow every step of it, 99% guranteed s-off...make sure when you adb reboot bootloader and phone is on bootloader and driver dont install go to device manager and find 1.0.android update it to htc adb inteference...it will be able to reboot from command prompt...it might be a solution to the bricking....GOOD LUCK!!!!....Im s-off....yes sirrrr
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PhxkinMassacre:
Your welcome ;) haha
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] shook187:
Yes
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PhxkinMassacre:
Well kinda, you can be s-on but you need to be htc unlocked and flash them through recovery. Which at that point you may as well just go s-off
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
don't forget your promoter and agent !
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] J roc:
Can someone please help , I'm stuck in dl mode and it will not let me install the drivers

still rocking my zues bolt
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PhxkinMassacre:
Your bricked. Go to the fix thread to find the guide to get it back up and running :) I would have given better instructions but I'm on my phone and it would take quite a while to type something like my 475 post here haha
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] icethegreat:
K, here is my issue now. Im going to be specific so my posts,questions, and answers can be precise and not take up pages of conversation :)

Ive come from the unbrick process (thanks again). Now I am going to try the very popular 'post #145 method'..

I am on stock sense, rooted, and htcdev unlocked. I have uninstalled all HTC drivers, sync, etc. I reinstalled the HTC drivers (provided by panda site). sdk manager has been updated to everything it told me to update (including usb drivers). usb dedug is active, fastboot inactive. Rebooted PC. Connected EVO, pc searched for drivers, drivers were not installed successively message (when i go to device manager, i get a generic android phone with a symbol on it [pic attached]). I then tried to adb devices and says, 'List of devices' *blank*, i then proceed to the fastboot process but theres no devices attached [pic attached]!? Any suggestions and/or comments?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] baknblack:
for anyone interested. I just tried to run feedpanda from ubuntu. I am on the newest radio and stock rooted from the ota. No go. Couldn't finda the panda!!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njfoses:
Already been confirmed the tool wont work if you accepted the ota.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PhxkinMassacre:
go download and install htc sync. once it finishes installing go in to the control panel on you computer and there will be 3 different things in there by htc.

1. htc sync

2. htc driver installer

3. htc bmp "blah blah blah"

go in there and only uninstall htc sync and the driver installer. leave the htc bmp program there. now go to lazy pandas page and download the htc driver file it should be 3.blahblahblah.007 i think. download that, install it, restart your computer and then once booted back up plug in your phone and the drivers will sucessfully install. then you can feed that panda ;) haha

if you still have issues after that feel free to hit me up via pm or just post here :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] shook187:
I keep getting error "cannot find the panda" could it be cause I'm on HBOOT 1.12.000?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] baknblack:
Didn't accept the ota was htc unlocked , just flashed the radio and rom Still on the old hboot
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KaoMinerva:
I'm tired of playing games with htc... I'm starting this up with big bucks

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28735965

LT. EVO reporting sir!!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] droiddawg:
Just fyi, if you need to unbrick and have multiple linux disks, don't use knoppix 4.0. It claims kernel is too old so I had to reburn ubuntu 10.10. Worked like a charm.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] iknowsquat:
No that's the stock (original) hboot

"Cannot find Panda" could mean that your ROM isn't "stock enough" to run the process.

My buddy did it from Mean ROM so I don't know why you are getting that but do what I did just to be safe, make a nand of Mean ROM, flash rooted stock (pre-OTA if you're super anal but it should not matter), and then try to feed the panda.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
In case anyone wanted an update on this:

I got a replacement device that (thankfully!) hasn't had the OTA applied to it yet. So, I decided to try my updated strategy from above - hex-edit the 1.15 HBOOT to 1.11 before turning S-ON, in hopes that would allow me to upgrade via RUU. Apparently, HTC once again is one step ahead of me. At the instant I used the flag to turn S-ON, my phone immediately went into brick mode. Shut completely off, no power LED, no response, no NOTHING. And I just got this device a few hours ago!

I even figured I'd try running the unbricker on it, even though it's not for this kind of brick, just to see if it'd be recognized, and it did seem to get through all the steps successfully. But, at the end, I still have a brick. So looks like I'll be calling and getting a replacement for my replacement that I haven't even sent back yet :rolleyes:.

So I reiterate (at least until this tool is updated) - do NOT take the OTA!!! Feed your Panda bamboo while still on the 1.12 HBOOT. Get S-OFF. Have a nice lazy day!! :)

At least I've narrowed down two ways that won't work to downgrade the bootloader from 1.15 :rolleyes:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] baknblack:
Did you flash the new radio or the latest rom? 1 or both?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KaoMinerva:
How did you get a replacement? I'll brick the hell out my phone for a shot at s- off

LT. EVO reporting sir!!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] icethegreat:
K, followed your instructions and drivers still will not install for phone on pc.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
I asked for one ;)

I got my phone outright from Amazon, and I have 30 days to return it, which I can do for any reason. My device got stuck with the 1.13 system on it, and wouldn't update via the OTA, so I was stuck without working Wallet, which I expalined to the nice CS rep, who gladly sent me a replacement with next day delivery. Looks like this one will be going back as well, as another failed OTA update attempt.

"I'm really not sure what I did to break this one. I thought I did everything right? My phone told me there was an update, it went to reboot, and then it just got stuck. Poor me. And i love the phone so much, if I can just get one more replacement, I think I'll make sure nothing happens to it ;)."

(the above is what I'll be saying on Monday when I contact Customer Service)

P.S. But seriously, I didn't expect that to brick it. I did the same thing with the 1.13 HBOOT, with no ill effects. Just goes to show they plugged some big holes with this 1.15 HBOOT version.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mrrogers1:
Thank you again! Talk about dedication to the cause. :thumbup::thumbup:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] arrogantbastard:
The same thing literally just happened to me. I was on the stock rooted 1.22.651.3 odexed ROM from this thread, with new radios flashed. I restored back to my original stock rooted 1.13.651.1 setup (not a ROM), but did not revert to the old radio.

Ran the Panda again, and SUCCESS! She was hungry, but I am now S-OFF. :D

I didn't revert the radio because I wanted to be able to tell if it was 1.22.651.3 that caused the issue, the updated radio, or both.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njfoses:
So it seems not only is the updated hboot an issue so is the new stock rooted rom.

Sent from my released from customs Evo Lte!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Hayesi09:
Just to confirm.....this is how i should look after updating firmware via bootloader, correct?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
wowsa Captain. for some reason, your story reminded me of this ! (good luck btw)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKhEw7nD9C4
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] iknowsquat:
Yes but you may want to run a PRL update, you're behind a bit.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] shook187:
Both
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lowetax:
i would say so, except my PRL is 25005