yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Android Development] shizz45:
works

For those with unrooted phones after you do the ##786# let the reset

as soon as it boots back up before it reaches the activation screen power down

,then hold the power and vol down keys. It will boot to hboot, go to recovery. you should see an evo with a red triangle with an exclamation point. Simultanously press the vol up and power key.

it should show the recovery menu if not try vol down and power.

go to data wipe and wipe 2x then do cache 2x. reboot and let it activate.

I was skeptical but hot damn it works. I was rooted and unrooted w/ the .3 update then ruu to 2.2 (.6) but retained the 1.34 now i am at 1.40.003

Thanks op
[EVO 4G Android Development] senate6268:
Holy $h1t...

I can't believe my eyes... PRI v1.40_003. It took me about 5-6 tries (lost count). I just got PRI 1.40_003 a second ago. I've got HW 0002. Steps I did:

Installed unrevoked forever. Then I flashed the PC136IMG.zip to the phone to get 2.2 on there. Then I rebooted into recovery and did a wipe data, cache, dalvik. Then I rebooted back into the clean OS and began the reset, wipe, reboot process below:

Then this is the process I repeated 5-6 times until I finally got 1.40_003:

1. Go to phone and press ##786#. When that comes up press Menu > Reset. Enter your MSL. Your phone should automatically reboot and end up in recovery.

2. Wipe data, cache, dalvik, data, cache, dalvik (twice for each)

3. Reboot

4. Phone reboots and goes through the "setup wizard", does hands free activation, PRL update check and firmware update check. When OS is done loading, Menu > Settings > About phone > Software information.

5. If the PRI was still 1.34_003, back to step 1.

Goonzy, I have to admit, I also thought you were full of it reading this thread for the past few hours. I swore this had to be one of those "too good to be true" things. But, you know what, there is a thin line between genius and insanity. And you, sir, walk that line quite well!

Cheers, mate! :D:D:D:D
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
Shoot me back all of your steps and I will help you to get this going.. check first post as well.:)
[EVO 4G Android Development] emulatorx:
yeah I didnt touch it at all..hopefully the fact that my battery is quite low will fix it .. charging it now
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
Thanks Bro , makes me feel good to help
[EVO 4G Android Development] emulatorx:
looks like battery for sure..i tried thru ADB method.. and it says needs 30% or more..so looking hopeful for when battery is charged :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] PlankLongBeard:
ADB

These two things should be pinned to a wall or something, people forget how important these two are! :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] PlankLongBeard:
Your Welcome...

There ya go.. Been doing this since the G1 my friend.. ;)

This right here, is a damn rocket ship compared to that.. Ive gone from that nearly through every carrier and android possible :p Finally stuck with this and the wife with the Incredible.. Sister Droid.X..

Everyday I wake up.. I hear..: Droid.. How smart is a smartphone if it cant chew gum and walk at the sametime? :rolleyes:
[EVO 4G Android Development] crypt0kiddie:
I'm slightly confused. I tried to skim threw all 40+ pages but I'm not sure what exactly I need to go by..

I have Full Root, I'm running Fresh 1.0.1 (2.1), I have RA's recovery and I've had my MSL since the day I bought my phone.

What do I need to do to get my phone to update to PRL 1.40.xx?

Using zips or what? I want to keep root and go back to my Fresh 1.0.1 if possible.

Can someone reply to my post with a step by step? Will I still be able to Nandroid back to my Fresh Rom 1.0.1 after it updates?
[EVO 4G Android Development] fldash:
This is ridiculous, I'm on try #1000 it feels like... :(
[EVO 4G Android Development] superevilllama:
SUCESSSSS!! 9 times.. good gawd.

Nandroiding back as we speak.

Never had to do the whole unrevoked forever thing at all.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dpilcher:
LMAO...##gonna work...I feel it. Don't want to flash all that other crap. ##gets my vote for the fix. And I do have to admit...this is the most comical and educational thread yet...well for the most part of either..you choose...lmao

EDIT: And the one that ticked me off the most...HA +10
[EVO 4G Android Development] senate6268:
As a follow up, after I saw the glorious PRI 1.40_003, I rebooted into recovery and installed SU 2.3.1 for Eclair/Froyo. It installed just fine. Rebooted back into the OS, went to the market and grabbed Titanium Backup and busybox. Opened busybox and BOOM > SU permission request. Oh yea... Allow!

Bone stock 2.2, running the latest updated everything and we have root right from the start. It's like HTC said, "you know what, fcuk it, add root to their phones, you know they're gonna get it anyway..." LOL!
[EVO 4G Android Development] bprinehart:
Nandroid,then do ##786#, enter MSL, let it reboot, it will run through the PRL, and firmware update (no firmware update available), check software settings, if it didn't change, do it again and again, and again, until PRI changes. Took me 12 times...some people more, some people less. On a side note, not sure if it's required or not, but I did the unrevoked forever today. I believe, though, some people have stated that they were able to do it without having to do so, and I would reccomend you exhaust your efforts there first.
[EVO 4G Android Development] hecklbrg:
##3282#

This has been mentioned already...but has anyone tried doing:

1. ##3282#

2. Data --> Restore --> Phone Reboots

3. Phone activates itself, updates PRL, & Firmware

The method with the wipe that is being proposed leads to the same end -- unless the fact that you do a wipe is what prompts the download of the new PRI information...otherwise doing this gets you the same thing...with no wipe....I'm gonna try it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jdawg0024:
I have done it without using any files
[EVO 4G Android Development] emulatorx:
argh if its not one thing its the other..restored nand..and phone went into a bootloop SMH..wiped and trying to restore again now
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
dont give up... keep trying. remember when the evo came out and 4g was down and so was activation , this may be happening as we speak. pm what steps your taking.
[EVO 4G Android Development] bprinehart:
Yeah that's why I struck that out. Definitely doesn't seem to be needed.
[EVO 4G Android Development] kamiller42:
For those people who got it to work, can you tell us the ROM and kernel you had loaded at the time of your success?

UPDATE: I mean for those who got it using the simplified method.
[EVO 4G Android Development] timtlm:
Got mine finally by just doing the ##786# wipe. Tried twice with clockwork coming from different roms, but eventually switched to Amon RA recovery so that I could try the wipe cache and dalvik twice, and it worked that time. Obviously as you can tell from all the posts in the thread YMMV.
[EVO 4G Android Development] PlankLongBeard:
Got It...

Oh Dear Lord.. good god.. holy heavens.. 16 tries.. Ive been with Goonz since the Gecko, even defended him.. Ended doing it another.. :rolleyes:

This is the most Education yet Comical thread I have seen in ages..

I am going to run the 2.2 rom just for ****s now, cause did anyone notice, the market in there was showing the search query and etc that we dont see in the market on our roms.. I did see this while testing Yay 4 Juggs though.. BTW did he ever release it yet? Your gonna love his rom.. I promise you, we're still testing it.. Gonna run in and play.. :p
[EVO 4G Android Development] fldash:
I'm using Amon RA, I've wiped 5 times in the screen before and still not working... I've had it...
[EVO 4G Android Development] dmora01:
It works, Stock rom rooted fist time I am back to pri 1.40, before I had checksum 000000 now I have checksum 293d8d86.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
First post and then 1-10 if it fails... keep trying ..I think all of the reactivations is slowing down the sprint systems. Just like launch day.
[EVO 4G Android Development] BigRick10:
How can I get my MSL.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dpilcher:
I do have a "cheat" question....have done the ## a couple of times...seems to take forever...impatient..pull battery and nand restore...goes through the hands free activation...still old...should I wait forever for it to boot and don't pull the battery?
[EVO 4G Android Development] smw6180:
Call Sprint and ask for it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mhaedo:
Confirmed working in four tries. Reverted to stock rooted odexed with HTC kernel before trying. ##786#, wipe everything twice, let it update itself.

P.S. OP put a shirt on :rolleyes:
[EVO 4G Android Development] woofermazing:
OMJ 2.2 v2.1 and netarchy 4.0.3a
[EVO 4G Android Development] apristel:
Seems my 3G speed is crippled after doing this.. 120kbps down 188 up....not sure this PRI helped me.
[EVO 4G Android Development] blackroseMD1:
Ok, I've read this whole thread, but I've been drinking a bit...football is on tonight, after all.

Anyway, my question is, if I flash a new ROM/Kernal, will I lose the updated PRI?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
The System is a F**ked up, its confirmed by gf a Sprint manager... one of them.. she said all of the activations is bring it down and she cant even log in at work. So try again, remember at launch day it was down and the same thing today!!! SORRY
[EVO 4G Android Development] dmora01:
Now that I am back in the new pri can I restore a nan backup and keep it?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
yes you may
[EVO 4G Android Development] Agent0hibachi:
So do we have to already be rooted to do this or can we be on stock 2.2 an do this to get the 1.4 PRI also will we be rooted if we arnt already rooted when we do this?
[EVO 4G Android Development] jtc442:
Goonzy needs bounty

goonzy needs to be the one to get the bounty, period!! regardless of originally saying we needed unrevoked, he still needs to get it. he is the one, from all i have read, that came up with this and started this whole frinzy!! kudos goonzy, thanks for everything, despite all the bs in the thread!!! thanks man!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] woofermazing:
You don't have to be rooted, there are several other threads with a much simpler procedure.

Try http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=753233, you don't even lose your data.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
thats why they threw me back in the game... remember If I helped you vote for me in the polls on first and last threads.:cool:
[EVO 4G Android Development] jtc442:
will do

i appreciate it man. i bypassed a bunch of the crap at the first of the thread, and picked up at page 12, by the time i caught up, it was already at page 35. i dont care what all the peeps are saying, how your method was different or whatever, you are the one that started this WHOLE thing!!!! you deserve cash!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] freeza:
65 tries, nothing. lol

Tried:

##786# method

##3282# method

flashing stock 2.2 RUU

flashing back 0.76.2000 hboot

flashing fresh v3

flashing back 0.79 hboot

flashing fresh v1

flashing back to stock 2.2 RUU
[EVO 4G Android Development] M@XLOL:
this

my ota activation doesn't ever work though.. weird ill try tomorrow at work./
[EVO 4G Android Development] mhaedo:
Since I did not follow the method outlined by the OP (PC36IMG.zip, unrevoked forever, etc) my donation goes to XDA.
[EVO 4G Android Development] reekotubbs:
Glad someone did it. I was asking toast over and over, but no response.

Good looking, Goonz. I agree if there was a bounty out there for finding the cure for the PRI issue, you deserve it.

I started many of the PRI threads here and on PPC Geeks, but once I got my replacement phone I forgot all about it.

I still would not be able to use this method, because my PRL and data profile don't update.

But it seems that you are legit.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jtc442:
it works!!!

not questioning you trying this 65 times, but it takes quite awhile to do it once. i started at about 5 oclock this afternoon, and yes, it took me about 10 tries, and about 3 different roms, but i didnt give up, and it worked. got it done about 10 oclock. so took me about 5 hours and 10 or so tries. if you have done it 65 times, you must be skipping something. pm me if you have to, and ill try to help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] reekotubbs:
Now does anybody else doubt that the PRI is what was messing with users connectivity?
[EVO 4G Android Development] freeza:
I stopped doing the ##786# method early on and stuck with the ##3282# which doesn't factory wipe your phone, just reboots. Rebooting takes around 30 seconds, OTA activation takes maybe a minute at the most. SenseUI "scene" is clean slate, so it doesn't sit there loading forever. it all happens fairly quick.
[EVO 4G Android Development] rjmjr69:
Did you try downgrading to 1.47 then going to 2.2 after a ##786
[EVO 4G Android Development] freeza:
Nope, have been on 2.2 the entire time. The only time i was on 1.47 was when I tried fresh v1 and that was still a no go.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jtc442:
gotcha

i understand. believe me, i was about to throw my phone!! i started on calk, then went to damage, the finally to stock. and yes, it took me forever doing backups and flashing everything, but after i finally flashed the stock odexed rom, and tried it twice, just as i was fixing to throw my phone, i looked, and there it was!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] abanh:
I tried about 6 times with DC 3.5 but the pri never updated. Finally flashed the stock rom and the pri did update to 1.40, then did a nandroid restore and was able to maintain the pri.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jtc442:
bounty

goonzy, im trying. i posted in the other threads too, saying you deserve the bounty! wont do any good, but i tried. thanks for your help man!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] kamiller42:
I said it in the original thread. I will say it again. Goonzy gets the gold. He is the first one to publish a method which worked, even if laborious. It worked and it got the PRI updated on many people's phones when many doubted him. Sure. He doesn't look, act, or speak like some of you, but I asked for a solution, not an image.

I think this video is in order for those rubbed raw by the Goonzy style...

[YOUTUBE]N9qYF9DZPdw[/YOUTUBE]
[EVO 4G Android Development] jtc442:
YES!!

+1000000 on this. i am in total agreement with you, and i am trying to get the bounty pushed to him, he deserves it, regardless of all the BS, which was actually brought on mostly by disbelievers!! now that people see it works, they are forgetting who got it started!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] OneStepAhead:
Don't want the bounty, but here is my donate link! you made me LOL with that one, for real. and what is BTY? Do you mean BTW? later myspace gangsta!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
THATS WHAT I BEEN TRYIN TO SAY....THESE NERDS DONT WANNA HAND OVER THE CASH TO A THUG.. THEY WANNA HAND IT OVER TO A WHITE AND NERDY GOOBER.... UHH THEY DONT WANNA SEE A BROTHA SHINE...AND IAM NOT EVEN BLACK. uhhh FACE PALM
[EVO 4G Android Development] jtc442:
dont know

hes better than me i guess, cause id be saying, wheres my bounty!!!???
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
shut up stupid.. ur lucky Iam on probation from the thread ADMIN.
[EVO 4G Android Development] rjmjr69:
I think whenever anyone loads a new rom that they should do the ##786# then clear all cache's 2 times then install rom. Might be added steps but seems to be the sure fire way to clear everything and get a fresh start

Did anyone notice there is now a PRL checksum listed?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
yeahh...what do you do when nerds dont pay u beat it out of em till the white meat. Gotta be in person to do it, doing i.p checks on a few...dont trip.:rolleyes:
[EVO 4G Android Development] mhaedo:
Judging from the shirtless avatar picture you're not beating up much of anything. If you need some gym advice I can point you to some forums that might be able to help you out.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
yes , these people that dont in other threads will run into issues . this software is ment to be flashed all at once.. not like kernels or radios. thats why no one can repack it a sign it -for now, guess we gotta wait on the white and nerdies...this is there world and the real one's mine...:mad:
[EVO 4G Android Development] jtc442:
not worth it

just let it go. i agree, some of the things said in the OP were all whacked, but what ticks me is, you originally tried to help people with the PRI issue, and immediately, like the 3rd post, they started dogging you. not cool, and i would have flipped too!! it is BS, and you arent in the bad here and shouldnt be on probation, the others should be. anyways, im out, gotta get my daughters up in the morning for the circus, but im on your side here man if you need me!!! thanks again!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] freeza:
LOL this turned into a comedy show
[EVO 4G Android Development] rjmjr69:
Sure has.

Did you get it to work for you? Is it the area your in? Can you try up the street as one would say or maybe at work tomorrow? I posted a 1.47 rooted rom for you to downgrade to in one of the hundred prl threads lol
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
Right...thats cute. Iam not going for bulk buddy for one......Two Iam more into the lean = speed. Which your gf doesnt have a problem with... excuse me I gotta go .. gotta put more water in your mommas dish.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
try tommorow .. the activation server is crawling slowwww. Remember on launch day...sllloowwwwww . later
[EVO 4G Android Development] freeza:
I gave up for tonight. I can't believe i'm like one of the only people who hasn't gotten this to work. Thanks for the posted ROM. i'll give it a try tomorrow morning.
[EVO 4G Android Development] crypt0kiddie:
Psst your not. I have tried half a dozen different roms/kernels all the methods listed, it always activates and SAYS it updated the PRL but then I'm still on 1.34.xx

I give up. I'm over 50 tries, been at it all night.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dglowe343:
Tried 3 times and no go. Goin to bed, try again in the morning.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mhaedo:
Your'e not lean :) Keep trying. Anyway, enough of this nonsense. This thread is dead. I'll bow out before it degrades any further. My donation went to XDA.
[EVO 4G Android Development] stoney05:
i used the stock odexed rooted rom from netarchy, did the ##786#

it auto loaded the RA recovery- it rebooted, after activation i checked the PRI 14.0_003

Las Vegas.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
thats right baby... 20 + for vegas so far....
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
F*&K you're donation... Like I said in first post..Iam in to help not collect, since people want to back out of the bounty to the real finder ..Yeah thats why they Updated me to SENIOR GOONZY ,all in one day.. Non-dev to fix some ****...ahahahhhaa laugh all the way to the bank.. off my thread sucka!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] edtate:
I'm sorry to burst your bubble bud, but anyone...and that's anyone....with >100 post will have the "senior member" tag under their name. Yea. Sucks doesn't it?

But good find man. I'm going to wait until I see a real reason to update my pri (and call sprint since my cdma workshop has expired), but at least there is a way to update now.

Oh, and no matter how you talk or present yourself, I believe you should have gotten all the donations that were put into the bucket. It's extremely rude of those who did not live up to their commitments. I'd really be ashamed if I were them, considering they're the ones who still have 1.40 pri's yet refused to donate to the one who allowed them to have it, all because of their prejudices....
[EVO 4G Android Development] MedSchool26:
Well, according to the vote...it seems like this hasn't worked for 64% of people......
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
SHHHH!!!.....He doesnt know that ,F*&K!!! he knows now.. I knew but that sounded good . Look I started to get "SOME" bounty like around 45 bucks but ..its all good.. the people know who iam now bet that..I got more comin Ginger B in a month or so. I know people that got sources....kernel sources that is...late Goonz
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
this poll was put together after the end of the day ...after the admin closed it down for two hours . these people are part of threads that are white and nerdy ..check a couple post back for video. Dude was stuck I flashed it like a HTC tech would,and bam.. I got It. 146+ from other sites included donated to me not the other guy. made More than 3 times that bounty altogether tonight. People that didnt vote payed me then when on to enjoy there faster data delivery (ping) ..... would u give me your money for nothing? Yeahhh...thought so:rolleyes:
[EVO 4G Android Development] DataDork:
the PRI update is not location or tower based.. its somehow connected to what type of software is currently running on the phone prior to activation..

given that said.. i noticed throughout many confirmed postings that people were getting mixed results with mixed roms..

some said, they had to wipe, load stock foryo and bam.. others with a particular rom were getting it..

i personally ran eivo and tried stock kernel, wipe etc.. all the works but didnt try a different rom.. i personally had to load up OTA rooted froyo to finally get the pri update.

for those who may be stuck. dont give up..

try stock ota rooted..

try different roms..

dont think a wipe is needed at all..

goodluck and my speed are now back up to 2mbits compared to 500k .. now that apparently makes a big difference .. i take it pri is dependent on tower or in some form related to channel congestion and routing..
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
thanks for your input, iam learning as I go as well.. New Froyo messed me all up.

vote for pedro--Edit: GOONZ
[EVO 4G Android Development] asj2583:
im a newb here as you can see by my post count. i tried this and followed word by word and i can confirm this works. now for the people out there that it didn't work they prob did something wrong or decided to take a short cut and thats prob why it didn't work. i just wanna say great job goonzy in getting this out and as soon as i have a job and some money to donate it will be going to you buddy. again great job!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
you posting that is better than any amount you can offer me... glad I can help -- P.S vote in poll
[EVO 4G Android Development] Reaper333:
I can confirm that this worked first try for me. Im running DC 3.5 with netarchy kernel. I did exactly as stated on the first post. No problems at all. Thank you..
[EVO 4G Android Development] asj2583:
already did man in ur favor as i said in my post earlier it worked for me so i don't know what the hell those other people did but that go to show you that people don't know how to follow instructions and are quick to blame the dev...
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
lol iam no dev, I just have balls to to things that others were scared to do,and now they think I want there $445 bounty... i made triple of that on other sites...... thats why this pissed off alot of people, its kind of a slap in the face to devz....oh-well they know me now.
[EVO 4G Android Development] sgt. slaughter:
Still with the immature comments here i see. Guess a probation doesn't stop you.

Sorry they didn't update you to Senior, thats you eclipsing 100posts. haha
[EVO 4G Android Development] Goonzy:
still stalking my thread huh? Its all good, I got credit elsewhere and made 3 times as much as that bounty.. nerds keep your money , or give it to someone like the poor or something... I dont care..Iam good.. iam just here to help the people.