[HTC EVO 3D] Logic33:
Hey guys....

I feel really stupid about this entire thing but I've finally decided to post here because I'm getting desperate.

The guide in question (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1563342) is fairly striaghtforward. Except the links are really scattered, at least for me. I'm on HBOOT 1.58, and I've had numerous problems even getting to the point where my phone is relocked (it's currently HTC unlocked because I use an MIUI port ROM) successfully. I would bring my problems to that thread, but I don't have 10 posts, which is a questionable rule but w/e.

Anyway, here's my problem. First, I'll tell you what I've done so far, and the problem I've come across both times.

1. Place a "2.89 RUU" or whatever onto my SD card and call it PG86IMG. This is where most of my confusion is. OP of that thread hasn't yet covered what the difference between 2.17 and 2.89 is, but my understand is that 2.17 corresponds with HBOOT 1.5 and 2.89 to 1.58. Honestly, all these numbers piss me off when there's little to no documentation of what the hell they even mean. This file is about 448 MB and my understanding was that it was a stock RUU and would make it so I could access my phone while it was still locked, which you can't do with a 3rd party ROM like the one I usually use.

2. Lock my phone's bootloader. I just did fastboot oem lock in Windows and it rebooted to *** RELOCKED *** *** Security Warning ***. Apparently this is normal, and now I need to flash said RUU.

3. Flash the RUU. This took an EXTREMELY long time, and it went through Loading PG86IMG.zip.. then to some other stage that took much less time to complete. After that it just sits in the bootloader.

Here's my concern... I can't access my SD card. Why? Because I can't even get out of the bootloader or fastboot. All it does is sit here, and since I can't remove the update file PG86IMG.zip, if I try to enter recovery (which I'm sure won't work anyway) it will try to start loading that file again. I don't really know what step I missed here, but it's probably because I'm fairly clueless when it comes to this stuff, lol.

So, I did this once, and then I waited about 6 hours for HTCdev's site to stop crashing so I could unlock my phone again. Made it through a school day with my old ROM and stuff, deleted the update files so they wouldn't run again, etc. etc.

Now, I'm doing it again today with this new 2.89 RUU or whatever and the same exact problem is happening. So now I'm at a stage where my phone is entirely useless until HTCdev.com starts actually sending e-mails. I swear, these crashes on HTCdev's part could not be more untimely.

So basically, what am I doing wrong with relocking my phone? OP implies that I should be able to start my phone (not the bootloader, but actually start it) because they ask after you've supposedly re-locked the bootloader for you to move a new PG86IMG.zip file onto your SD card, which I'm unable to do because my phone can't get out of fastboot/bootloader screen. That's the next step, which is actually doing the downgrading.

And yes, I know that it's possible for HBOOT 1.58 because someone else already did it (last post in the thread).

At this point, I don't really care when I get it to work, man. This is proving to be such a gigantic pain in the ass just to install a new Jelly Bean ROM. I JUST WANT JELLY BEAN! :(

If anyone can send a noob in the right direction, that'd be great. I have all week and all weekend, but I've run out of time to waste on this for today. I guess most of what I need is to know what files I'm supposed to be downloading, because I have a feeling that's most of what I'm getting wrong.

I hope I've explained my problem well enough, and thanks a ton to anyone who just suffered through reading my essay and can offer help. I'll be sending this to OP of the guide as a PM so hopefully if none of you guys can help they can.

Thanks a ton everyone, I just want to get Jelly Bean on my phone and stop dealing with MIUI :laugh:

Update: Found this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1495358. I believe this will probably help me out a lot! Wish I would've seen it sooner.

TL;DR: Need better explanation of how to relock 1.58 hboot bootloader with a stock rom, and where to find the rom.