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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KevinGee:
I was trying to get s off but I wasn't successful, I disconnected my device and then turned it off. Now it won't power back on or the led light won't turn on when put in charger. I've tried holding every button still no go.

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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rawintellect:
Sounds like you have to run racunhunter to fix a soft brick. You will find it on their web page.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KevinGee:
yeah I'm trying to install ubuntu on my laptop. Hopefully it will fix this

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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] CB620:
Ok im downloading RUU 3.15.651.16 - HBOOT 2.09 because im on hboot 1.12 with a old radio etc.

How do I go about doing all this. Trying to s-off etc.

Thanks for any help.

HTC Phones are a pain in the a##
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] LadyX:
Well for one you're not reading the directions on our website if you're on 1.12 and you downloaded 2.09. So I HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU READ THE DIRECTIONS. :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] CB620:
Ok I'm downloading 1.19 now
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KevinGee:
Omg, I can't install ubuntu on my mac but I could run it through virtual machine. But it's not supported. I been trying to un brick my phone for days. I'm going to try booting from a USB on my windows computer
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] drsparsh:
Sorry if its a noob question but i am unable to find answer on net..

getting s-off through DirtyRacun require ruu to be done which contain radio also.

I want to know if i ruu my phone will it be on reliance network (on which i am using this phone in india) or it will start searching for sprint network.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] SouL Shadow:
Probably sprint, unless both networks are using the same technology, which is highly unlikely. When in doubt, don't try it.

-SLS-
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rawintellect:
I would suggest logging on to their IRC channel and asking this. I don't believe the RUUs contain firmware.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
RUUs absolutely contain firmware. And performing the S-OFF process will wipe any Carrier flashing that's been done, as the device typically needs to be reactivated when complete.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rawintellect:
Which is why I advised asking this in their channel. They would absolutely know the answer to that question.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] drsparsh:
i tried many times but i got msg that devs are taking rest please try after sometimes.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] polar2792:
i just done the s-off and after it was done it reactivated for Sprint's network. So I don't think it'll work man. Sorry
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] euphgirl:
Just working on S-Off ... got to step 8 keep getting fail. Running HBoot 1.12 and ran Both 1.5 and 1.9 RUU's... What would be the next step or option???

Error- Failed: Remote not allowed

Thank you
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tgearman:
Next step would be to get in the IRC channel before you end up with a $600 paperweight. Seriously.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] euphgirl:
It is not flashing the RUU....

******User error...buddy was forcing into HBoot after step2...all good in the hood.:)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] euphgirl:
SUCCESS!!!

We enjoyed reading CMD as the process went on... Thx for the entertainment.

Sent from my HTC Evo 4G LTE running Viper 4G 3.1.0
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P.Mobile:
droid dna and the one s and XL just got s-off!! happy for them:good:.. it also will work for the evo 4g lte!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] euphgirl:
So one thing... I cant make phone calls. I get an Error 16. Has anyone had this issue?

Sent from my HTC Evo 4G LTE running Viper 4G 3.1.0
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P.Mobile:
yep.. not a big deal.. just call sprint they will fix it on there end
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] euphgirl:
Good to go... Stupid security! The possibilities are endless w this phone!

Sent from my HTC Evo 4G LTE running Viper 4G 3.1.0
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mick3444:
Hi there! Im trying to obtain S-OFF on hboot 2.09. Im using TWRP 2.3.1.0, and when I get to "step e", where I have to push babyracun through adb, my phone isnt recognized by the computer. Im using ubuntu 12.04, and adb does work when the phone is booted up normally. It seems it is only a problem when I try to use the ADB sideload deature in recovery. Any suggestions?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KevinGee:
try updating your recovery from 2.3.1.0 to 2.4.1.0

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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] oceanisbleu:
Hey guys I tried to look through this thread for answers but I can't find anything beyond running linux via live-usb which I did successfully but from there I can successfully cd to the correct folder but none of the commands in the guide actually give me the results I'm supposed to see starting with "adb is not installed" when I try to run the relock command (guide says I don't need to install anything for linux), this of course could be the result of me having absolutely 0 experience with linux. I have win 7/8 x64 on every machine in my house and I don't expect anyone to give me a step by step on how to use linux but is there another method that is win7 x64 compatible that I can use instead of this? I've spent the whole day trying to figure it out and I'm ready to give up completely lol

FIY I'm not a coplete noob to these devices, this would be my 10th android I'm rooting/flashing to date but the first I fail at (again because of linux)

oh & I'm on hboot 1.19
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rawintellect:
use sudo ./ in front of the command

From their site:

* When using Ubuntu we expect that you have a minimum knowledge of how to navigate through terminal. All fastboot commands will need to have sudo ./ prior to the printed command. For example: Step 6: fastboot oem lock would be sudo ./fastboot oem lock in Linux. Any time we say "Open cmd" we expect that you have opened a terminal and navigated to the folder where you have untarred the files.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] oceanisbleu:
I did exactly as the guide instructed, can I flash a rom through bootloader without S-Off?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KevinGee:
no
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rawintellect:
Through bootloader? No. But you CAN flash a custom recovery (TWRP for instance) through fastboot and THEN flash ROMs that specifically state they are s-on compatible. Assuming you wish to give up and remain s-on.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] oceanisbleu:
First I want to correct myself I meant fastboot not bootloader :eek:

Yeah I've rooted the phone & flashed TWRP, that's why I figured I should be able to flash through fastboot (I tried flashing in recovery but it didn't work) and I've looked through several ROMs and none of them state whether they are S-On or S-Off flashable! I really would hate to stay S-On but I'm out of options and ready to give up on S-Off short of deciding to wipe one of my laptops & installing win 7 x86 but I'm not sure I can justify doing all that lol
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rawintellect:
Viper4g ROM clearly states they are s-on compatible. So does MeanBean.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] oceanisbleu:
oh I didn't look at those, thanks.

I'm going to have another try at this, I'm in the process of installing win 7 x86 on my laptop right now...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] euphgirl:
I was running Venom when I was S-On. Very stable and battery life was awesome!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] oceanisbleu:
so this morning I installed win 32 bit on my laptop, got started on the process and everything worked exactly as the guide says but at the very last step when I run RabiesShot.exe as admin it starts up, runs through a whole bunch of stuff and when "racuun finds a corndog" it stalls and I get an endless .......................... after about 15 minutes I gave up and stopped the process, the phone is off (or it acts like it) but when you unplug it & plug it back in computer tries to install QHSUSB drivers and fails, if I try to run RabiesShot.exe again it asks to install drivers & try again. I've installed the correct drivers from the guide before I got started, phone still dead & won't come back on, what went wrong?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] polar2792:
Sorry for the thanks lol. But you have to follow the instructions for racunhunter. I soft bricked mine just like you 3 times before it worked.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] oceanisbleu:
lol yeah I'm an idiot I just saw it at the bottom, will be back with update
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] polar2792:
After it unbricks just run rabiesshot again
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KevinGee:
Make sure you start with 100% battery, it happened to me also and they helped me un brick it but it wouldn't turn on because the battery completely got drained when it was in download mode

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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fearwillkeepus:
Yep, happened on 2 phones for me. Just call Sprint like the other guy said and they will refresh you on the network.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] euphgirl:
I did.. Thank you

Sent from my HTC Evo 4G LTE running Viper 4G 3.1.0
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] oceanisbleu:
so I might have a new can of worms with RacunHunter (yes I tried IRC on unlimited.io and no one's there) following instructions for RacunHunter after step 6 nothing happens phone does not do anything, step 7 press power button & nothing happens still, step 8 sudo ./brickdetect.sh gives me the download the device is on & I put that in still nothing happens same for step 10 then 11, after step 11 it says waiting for device and endless loop of dots.

I hate my life :(
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] polar2792:
You have to be on 32 bit ubuntu man my fault I thought it said it.

Google wubi and it should show a link to ubuntu.com and follow the instructions and then download the 32 bit ubuntu distro and put it in the same folder as wubi and run wubi and you'll have a dual boot to it and your windows installation. Using ubuntu won't affect Windows at all.

EDIT: how long did you stay in irc took me 15-20 to get an answer once.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] oceanisbleu:
I have 32 bit ubuntu of course, still waiting on irc and no one's there
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] polar2792:
Oh...well sorry then lol.

But idk maybe it's a usb 3.0 hub. Using original cord to your phone?

Didn't have that problem, not 3 runs of rabiesshots.

Not laughing at you of course.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] oceanisbleu:
gggrrrrrr wasn't suppose to boot ubuntu from usb, I should have not taken that advice....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] polar2792:
Man that sucks, hate to hear it. Good luck with it. Keep trying irc at different times during the day and you should get an answer
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KevinGee:
is better if you burn a CD using the ubuntu 12.04 and not the 12.10

I'm pretty sure it's just the battery had been drained because same thing happened to mine and some guy in IRC was able to get it fixed for me. I thought I had bricked my phone but it was just a battery drain
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rawintellect:
When the dots come up try holding the power button for 30 secs and then release it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] polar2792:
Wubi is your friend :D

Sorry didn't see your post earlier

And guy above me is right
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] oceanisbleu:
I walked away from that mess, ate dinner & had a couple of cups of wine now I feel less frustrated, burning disk after I download 12.04 instead of 12.10 and going to try unbricking again, I have my fingers crossed :D

I'm going to hit the thanks button so many times on this thread once I'm done (I'd do it now but I'm in a hurry to get done before I get to an ungodly hour of the AM)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] polar2792:
Good luck :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] oceanisbleu:
it's 4 am I've been at it all day & night (& day again) and I can finally say I have now achieved S-Off, thanks to everyone who tried to help, I managed to figure this out surprisingly with a lot of persistence and a little bit of you guys's help.

I do have one gripe with this whole thing, I heard & read enough about follow every step and read every piece of instructions. Frankly that's what led me to get stuck with RacunHunter because the program specifically states not to touch any buttons or do anything once it starts running, well that was completely untrue, it WOULD NOT work. (emphasizing period) the only way I got it to connect to the phone is by pressing & holding power at every single step (about 4-5 times) and I noticed everytime i did that the ubuntu command cursor would go solid and stop blinking before it actually responded and successfully achieved every step, without doing that it would endlessly say it's trying to connect, even after I booted ubuntu from CD (I was using USB first). Call me crazy (unlimited guys probably will) but this was NOT in the unbricking instructions (step 7 just says hold power for 30 seconds prior to brickdetect), in fact what I did was against what the program strictly says (do not push any buttons once the process starts etc.)

So basically not following the instructions to the T got me where I am now, and whether I get flamed or not for saying the unbricking instructions were not clear I still wanted to share this experience in case someone else is stuck where I am and can't unbrick their phone after trying the S-Off process.

Once again thanks Unlimited & everyone who tried to help me, I hit the thanks button for all of you.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] booreux:
FAILED (remote: 43 main version check fail)

I have hboot 1.12.0000 and I did the dirtyracun step by step and when I was doing the RUU update, it gave me a "FAILED (remote: 43 main version check fail)" error. I used the 1.15 RUU per the instructions...not sure what I'm doing wrong. Thanks for your help!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] hevyrockerdk:
Easy. Update your device via HTC updates until your HBOOT shows 1.15.0000 in the bootloader. Then follow the instructions on the Unlimited website.

Brought to you by my LTEVO
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] polar2792:
Congrats and welcome to your new phone
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] oceanisbleu:
Thanks, this thing is a beast now I have flashed newest TWRP & Viper 3.1, any other ROMs you recommend I check out? there seems to be quite a few :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] polar2792:
I'm on viper now. I've only tried bad seeds rom from themikmik.com and rootbox. I haven't used the newest twrp I'm on 2.3.1
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P.Mobile:
meanbean!! super solid :good:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] hevyrockerdk:
I saw how much trouble you've gone through to get s-off, congratulations on finally achieving success!

I personally am not a fan of Sense-based ROMs, so I've been running CyanogenMod 10.1 on my phone. You might have to do some digging and googling to find it, but I personally run kushdeck's 2/18 build. Seems very stable to me. If you have a hard time finding it, send me a pm and I can get it to you. (Deck is on hiatus for the time being, so he's pointed his IRC channel to the CM nightlies, which I've heard to be worse off.)

TL;DR: CM 10.1 is pretty awesome.

Brought to you by my LTEVO
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] astarling10:
just wanted to stop by and say thanks to the team for achieving S-Off for newer boots! I was able to get through with only a couple snags.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] oceanisbleu:
I love Sense, I used a samsung before this phone after being with HTC devices since Hero and I have to admit I started to hate not having Sense, I actually really like Sense and the layout which is why I never use CM ROMs but thank you for the recommendation and the kind congrats nonetheless :good: It pays to have worked for Sprint as a tech in the past, it taught me to be patient and persistent haha funny thing is I learned more here than sprint taught me in all 3 years I worked there (other than hardware knowledge)

been eyeballing that one, going to give it a try I think

mikmik always worked great on my Evo 3D, and new TWRP looks the same to me minus the erase batt. stats option, it's no longer there.

on the other hand, what's a good Kernel for Battery Life>Smoothness>OC?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KevinGee:
operation jellybean looks nice
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] polar2792:
On viper I'm using elemntal x but I disabled the vc script and used an app.

EDIT: and I'm using the crossbreeder mod. And underclocked quite a bit. Still smooth,good performance, and battery life.

---------- Post added at 04:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:33 AM ----------

As to roms try revolted rom by swag. His work on the og evo was great, I just haven't nand this to try it yet.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] LadyX:
Any further OFF TOPIC conversations about ROMs or ANYTHING not S-OFF related will cause me to close this thread. Take it elsewhere.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Curb71:
I just want to say thanks for the help on IRC. After learning ubuntu (cause I run windows 7 x64) and realizing the reason it wasn't working was cause of an aftermarket usb cable, I changed it to an oem htc usb cable and just by following the steps very clearly I'm S-OFF! Totally worth all the time I spent to get there and even more worth all the time you all spent to make it possible! :highfive:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Reemo4580:
When running the RUU I get this error:

C:\dracoon>fastboot flash zip RUU.zip

sending 'zip' (659905 KB)... OKAY

writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this image...

INFOsignature checking...

INFOrom parsing start ...

INFOrom parsing finish ...

INFOzip header checking...

INFOzip info parsing...

FAILED (remote: 99 unknown fail)

Any ideas?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] enos:
Unlimited.io site down?

Is anyone else having problems getting to the unlimited.io website it worked for me yesterday but all of a sudden I keep getting redirected to some landing page.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] LadyX:
Fixed
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] enos:
Okay thanks
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] NoSkills1:
Thanks Lady X, it's so much easier with a 32bit OS, lol. :laugh:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Reemo4580:
PLease? Any help wpuld greatly be appreciated
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Captain_Throwback:
You sure you relocked first?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] fearstealth:
help

i'm trying to get s-off and i know i cant use dirtyracun if i have a windows 7 64bit, but if i instill Ubuntu 12.04 32bit via USB fully into my hardrive will it work?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] 10-Dee-Q:
hi, got a question

how to do this on my computer ?

i have a mac book pro

running Windows 7 x64 using bootcamp

i know win 7 x64 is not supported

so which is eaiser for me and my machine

ubuntu or windows live CD ?

please advice , thanks.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KevinGee:
You don't happen to have a windows computer? Because I couldn't get it to work on my MacBook Pro but I did get it to work successfully on a windows laptop using an Ubuntu Live CD

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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] 10-Dee-Q:
nope, i only have macbook pro with bootcamp

and antother one is imac but that's stricly mac :(

i may need to visit my friend to borrow some windows laptop but most of them also running x64 windows 7. sigh.....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KevinGee:
But if you can use a friends windows computer is good because you can just use a Ubuntu Live CD and boot it from the windows laptop.

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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] I2izzo:
If my hboot is 2.09 and im on the latest version (3.16.xxx) am i ok to try the s-off method on my computer running 32 bit windows vista? Wanting to try this but scared i might bork it, didnt know if anyone else successfully achieved it with my situation. (Also on deodex OMJ 3.4 rom) thanks in advance mates!

Edit: i have found its not supported however i saw some others achieve success so im going to give it a go. Reading through the instructions (on windows 32bit) i simply download dirtyracun and put it in a folder, say "htc" and then download babyracun, unzip it, and put the unzipped contents in the same "htc" folder? Is this correct? I cant tell because it says "extract/untar....... Do not unzip in windows." In step 3 or 4. Rest seems cake, thanks
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sharkie405:
Hey just wanted to stop in and say that DirtyRacun worked to S-OFF my EVO LTE on 3.16.651.3/hboot 2.09 using 64 bit Windows 8!

Not that anyone shouldn't listen to their warnings, but just to let people know if you try, it doesn't mean automatic brickage. :)

One thing I did do wrong was that I forgot to uninstall HTC Sync. When it came time to run the RabieShot.exe, I kept getting adb errors. I uninstalled HTC Sync and rebooted my PC and the install went fine after that. The recomended HTC driver package won't install in Windows 8, but if you had HTC Sync working then you probably already have the right drivers.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] I2izzo:
Likewise I successfully received S-OFF on my evo lte using Windows vista 32 bit following all directions... As stated in op its not supported. I'm just saying I took the risk and it helped. Keep in mind no one can offer you help if you brick it. Thanks for the help team unlimited!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ClashOfTheNexi:
I'm sooooo thankful! The process went perfect on an Ubuntu 32-bit live cd (I used a DVD). Just followed the instructions exactly.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] CobraGT2000:
Phone appears to be off - doesnt respond

Just went through the process on ubuntu 32bit - ran RabiesShot got stuck here ---

Success! Racun has crawled into the fridge!

........................

Scavenging...

Looking for leftovers.

Is that a corndog?

....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

It was going for about 10min with no other activity.

The phone now appears to be "off" wont power on, holding power button does nothing?

Also the charge light does not come on when plugged in

**EDIT**

Ran the unbrick stuff and all is well.

******EDIT******

Attempted to run the process another 3 times - still gets to the same place and shuts off.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Sloth:
Try a smaller sdcard :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mpeg3s:
Thanks for the IRC help!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] secondechomatt:
figured it out with some work.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sharkie405:
that's where the cd part comes in. type cd in the terminal and then type in the path to the folder. The easiest way is to type cd and then drag the folder into the terminal window and it will input the path for you.

leave a space after you type in cd
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] CobraGT2000:
Worked with a dev....found out my phone cant achieve s-off.....4 days old...time for a replacement.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] bauerpower:
what command did you use to run rabies shot? I got stuck there
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mpeg3s:
Hi,

I've RUU the DirtyRacun Phone by advice as an attempt to fix SIM and now the device is S-OFF with stock Hboot 2.09. How do I get DirtyRacun HBoot back?

Thinking that I should next HTC "Unlock" the bootloader then FLASH a DR bootloader.

Don't want to brick my phone!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] budeone:
I have used this a few times and never had an issue. I am at work and there is no way I can run a live disk for the new way to use it.

Does anybody have the step by step for windows?

I have all the software and ruu's.. just need the step-by step.