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[EVO 4G Android Development] Nyckrs:
i have just unrooted. woohoo!! did not run into any problems at all. But i have a question. when i tried to boot into recovery i get a red (!).

so my question is when im back to completely stock i can't boot into recovery because i do not have superuser permission anymore? or i need to install a recovery after unrooting?
[EVO 4G Android Development] charlie hustle:
this seriously needs to be stickied.. I know it will be seldomly used, but its too important.
[EVO 4G Android Development] phillysdon04:
I finally unrooted my EVO so I can update to 3.70. The only thing I forgot was the fact that all my information got erased.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ReggieTee:
having the hardest time trying to unroot. I got my S-on but when thought I had the latest PC136.zip but it keeps saying wrong file or old image when I am in bootloader. I have the latest radios, pri, wimax, etc. help with this is appreciated. I need to take my evo to the Sprint store tomorrow.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Bizdady:
You need root and s-off to flash a recovery.
[EVO 4G Android Development] oranium:
Why unroot when u can have anyone of Myn's awesome Roms .

Sent From One BadAss Rooted Evo 4G On Myn's Warm 2.2 Rls 4 Steroids Via XDA App. ;-)
[EVO 4G Android Development] Dorenda:
I just had this exact issue today. There maybe an app that you installed causing to root to fail. The app that was preventing him from rooting was an antivirus program. Try removing some apps in that category and see what happens.
[EVO 4G Android Development] oranium:
I've been out of the charger since 6am & now its 8:46 & my battery is on 50% . Thx to Myn's rls 4 ;-)

Sent From One BadAss Rooted Evo 4G On Myn's Warm 2.2 Rls 4 Steroids Via XDA App. ;-)
[EVO 4G Android Development] cheebahawk:
After an hour of agony, stress, and fear that I bricked my beloved Evo because the zip file provided by the OP or on page 20 no longer works. I was getting the whole "Device is too new or something is too new" message.

This is due to the fact that my Evo was running the latest software 3.70.651.1_Radio_2 .15.00.11.19_NV_1.90 which is obviously newer than what is offered by the OP or the person on page 20.

So the following method is GUARANTEED to get your Evo fully unrooted and back on stock ROM: (I'm reposting most of the OP's instructions here so that you dont have to go back to the original post to follow the instructions!)

1) obviously follow the first S-ON instructions provided by the OP

2) Go to this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=884060&highlight=unroot

3) Match the software/radio/NV of your device with the PC36IMG files listed on the first post.

4) Download said matching PC36IMG zip onto your computer.

5) now you need to rename the file you just downloaded, so for example since I am running the latest PC36IMG_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.70.651.1_Radio_2 .15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.zip (202.01 MB) RENAMED THIS FILE TO PC36IMG.zip Rename whatever file you downloaded.

6) Now go into recovery, than toggle on USB mode. Download the newly renamed PC36IMG to your SD card. Eject SD after download complete, then power off the device.

7) Power on and hold down volume down. Once it powers on, it will go thru the checking process and to the right you will see a little blue rectangle that pops up, while your device is stuck on "checking _____"

8) it will ask you whether you want to install/flash push down on volume UP.

9) wait until the whole process completes, then hit volume up when it says "do you wish to reboot"

10) once you hit volume UP, you will see a EVO w/exclamation point let it complete and once it reboots it will be back to stock ROM.

I thought I'd share because I know a lot of people were freaking out.

Hitting the thank you button will be greatly appreciated, since this is my first worthwhile contribution, albeit improving on other people's ideas :p.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jwatts113:
Thanks alot ^ one question you said obviously but to clarify still download and apply the unrevoked son.zip posted by the op to get s-on? Or has it been updated for unrevoked 3.3?
[EVO 4G Android Development] cheebahawk:
Yeah, you still need to apply the S-On zip because if you dont, it will say S-Off and likely Sprint will deny your claims if the rep is smart enough to check. It is also my limited understanding that whatever version unrevoked you use, the S-ON zip will always work, because of the rooting method. But I could be wrong, but in this instance I had no problems flashing the S-ON.zip

Make sure you do the S-On flash then put the IMG.zip on your SD card, because booting into recovery will automatically detect the zip and create more of an hassle.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Nyckrs:
Are you able to boot into recovery or you get a exclamation mark?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Shaybee811:
So my volume up button does not work on my evo...is there any way to get around this to unroot my evo so I can take it back to the store for repair or replacement?
[EVO 4G Android Development] charlie hustle:
i thought you need volume down anyways....
[EVO 4G Android Development] vonStemmington:
So this may be a stupid question, but just to make sure, because I haven't unrooted my phone before - I'm running Cyanogenmod right now. I can just unroot it and flash PC36IMG, and be back to stock, right? (I need to take my phone into Sprint due to the screen separation issue... just want to make sure I don't need to flash some other ROM beforehand)
[EVO 4G Android Development] vcalos:
Ok am running myns rls5 with older radios and HTC kernel 17 do I need to change roms to use this method or will this take me straight to stock
[EVO 4G Android Development] dynomike619:
ok, so i messed up and ran pcimg.zip before doing s-on, now when I try to run recovery to run s-on it shows a black screen with a picture of an evo with red exclamation. phone runs fine, but show's s-off during white screen.

What do now?

Thanks in advanced guys.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Bizdady:
Thats because you restored to stock so you erased your recovery. Since your still s-off just flash a new recovery, flash the s-on zip and run the ruu over again. Cant stop laughing, instructions are 1 and 2 but you went backwards lol ok serious again. You can use the broken recovery guide in this root thread to get your recovery back up.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=829045
[EVO 4G Android Development] dynomike619:
k, thanks man much appreciated ;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] djR3Z:
Thanks for helpin out :) I've been MIA. But I'm back. Fear not!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Bizdady:
Just returning the favor ;) I unrooted new years day with this guide and finally got my replacement this week.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ddeecc:
Thank you so much for bringing this up to date. Awesome job, thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] logicalkaos:
Nevermind, I downloaded a different PC36IMG file from here and it seems to be working just fine.
[EVO 4G Android Development] vcalos:
Works great thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] renniew98:
I am stuck on the white HTC EVO 4G load screen. I have tried re-updating 3 times with 2 different PC36IMG files and nothing has worked. It seems to update just find in HBOOT loader. After its done updating I reboot and its getts past the screen with Green arrows and then goes back to the white screen HTC EVO 4G and stays there. I waited for an hour at one point hoping that it was just loading slow but that was not the case.

Has anyone else ever had this problem? If so how did you fix it? Can anything please help me?

Update:

I finally got it working after trying around 5 different PC36IMG files.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jpitt916:
For me it says the "main version is older" after loading the img file. So I'll try to find a newer version of the img file.

So I snagged the PC36IMG from the newest RUU and got the same error. In HBOOT it says after checking the file: "Main Version is Older!, Update Fail, Reboot y/n?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Diplomat2387:
Will this work if I didn't use unrevoked? I am currently having an issue where my usb/charging port is not working properly and can not connect to the computer. I am rooted but need to unroot so I can send my phone back.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jpitt916:
I re-downloaded PC36IMG from here again, and tried it. It goes to the "checking" process and then errors out and says "Main Version is older!, Update Fail!, Do you want to reboot device?"

I already have S-ON.

And I have been scouring the forums trying to find any other way to unroot. I've tried numerous PC36IMG's, numerous RUU's...nothing will work.

HBOOT shows:

Supersonic Evt2-3 Ship S-On

HBOOT-2.02.0000

MICROP-041f

Touch Panel-ATMELC03_16ac

RADIO-2.15.00.11.19

Oct 14 2010,19:14:47

When I go into Recovery, I have:

Android system recovery, build RA-supersonic-v2.2.1

It has the htc background with the funny 2 triangles either side of a rectangle.

So am I unrooted and am just too dumb to realize it?! LOL I hope that's the case.

Either way I have my replacement phone already and I have 15 days to send this one back....I just want to make sure I'm not screwed once they receive it and try to charge me for a new phone.

How else can I tell if I'm rooted or not?

Thank you.

Additional info:

Software Information

Android version 2.2

Baseband version 2.15.00.11.19

Kernel version 2.6.32.15-g746f4f0 ktc-kernel@and18-2 #58

Build number 3.26.651.6 CL218634 release-keys

Software number 3.26.651.6

Browser version webkit 3.1

PRI Version 1.90_003

PRL Version 60674

And my hardware version is 0003.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jpitt916:
Well since I can't get to recovery in my new phone, the old one is definitely not un-rooted. Does anyone have any ideas? I really appreciate any help you can give me!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] carlbeck:
Similar problem here. I am only able to get into the bootloader. I was able to restore using an RUU and/or a PC36IMG. However my phone constantly bootloops during the white evo screen when trying to boot normally OR into recovery.

Showing S-OFF still. Is there ANY way to get that back to S-ON without going into recovery? It seems something is actually wrong with my phone as I cannot get past anything but the bootloader. Ugh.
[EVO 4G Android Development] IP IHI II IL:
seems like today's theme

I too am having problems unrooting, I've litterally tried EVERYTHING, from the instructions here to RUU's, to HTC Sync... EVERYTHING. Every time I try to load any of the PC36IMG's (I've tried all but the 3.70) I get "Main Version is older!" and all of the RUU's quit saying there was a ROM error. I'm having problems with my phone not charging correctly and service beeping at me with no notification, so i need to take it in, but can't until I get it unrooted... Any advice you can provide will REALLY help a bruvuh out!

Thanks!

Edit: All of the images and RUU's I've tried, I found here, in case they can help someone else!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=838448
[EVO 4G Android Development] bigsean1898:
I'm having the same problem too
[EVO 4G Android Development] Tower1972:
Wooohooo any updates on this? My USB port decided to die on my yesterday so I cant charge or hook up to pc. No wall sockets work, tried multiple cables etc and nothing. Thank god I have a few batteries I can use lol..But I need to get it taken in an repaired/replaced. Tho I do wonder, would they have to prove how rooting my phone caused my USB port to die after all this time in order to refuse me service? Or can they just say nope...youre rooted too bad :(

Ive found a site that lists the PCIMG files for HBOOT 97 but im still on .76 Eng... I rooted with Unrevoked Forever back when it was first released after 2.2 came out so its been awhile lol

Im also able to transfer files to my phone via DropBox since the USB wont work..Now to find the right IMG for my phone :|
[EVO 4G Android Development] jpitt916:
I guess nobody has posted a possible solution because they don't know of one? It's been a couple of days now with no answers...... bueller...bueller? lol
[EVO 4G Android Development] RockoDev:
if you unroot your phone and you used unrevoked will you be able to root again in the future thanks?
[EVO 4G Android Development] kdelinux:
So

what happen if I just did the PC36IMG and I did not do S-ON? Would I need to root the phone?
[EVO 4G Android Development] kenfly:
wouldn't just running an RUU just unroot you and take everything back to completely stock, weather Unrevoked or not?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Bizdady:
Not if you ran unrevoked at any time since it'll still show you as s-off. Forever s-on zip needs to be flashed and since you removed your custom recovery you would have to re-root and start over.
[EVO 4G Android Development] kenfly:
no matter how many time i flash the s-on zip, its not returning hboot to s-on
[EVO 4G Android Development] tamaramarrero:
When I'm at the HBoot section when it checks the zip file it says: "Main version is older" "Update failed!" someone help?
[EVO 4G Android Development] toneman1984:
so after our phones are unrooted do they have stock rom or is that something we have to flash afterwords?
[EVO 4G Android Development] tamaramarrero:
Please someone help me I have to take my phone to the Sprint store and I need to unroot it.

When I'm at the HBoot section when it checks the zip file it says: "Main version is older" "Update failed!" someone help?
[EVO 4G Android Development] wrapkgb:
That's because the pc36img you are using is too old. You need to search for a pc36img that is for your hboot. I.E. if you rooted your phone with hboot 2.10, you need to find a pc36img that was made from 2.10. Hope that makes sense.

This thread is pretty out dated.
[EVO 4G Android Development] tamaramarrero:
How do I know what hboot I have?
[EVO 4G Android Development] wrapkgb:
Power the phone off. Then power back on pressing the volume down button and power. Then at the very top of the bootloader it will say your hboot version.
[EVO 4G Android Development] tamaramarrero:
It says "HBOOT - 0.97.0000"

So now google the zip file for that HBOOT version?
[EVO 4G Android Development] wrapkgb:
Here ya go. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=108Z9R8Y

That's the correct pc36img you need
[EVO 4G Android Development] tamaramarrero:
Thank you so much :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] tracerit:
what if i used unrevoked3? is it still considered the same as unrevoked forever?

also, will it perform a hard reset/data reset if i unroot?

reason why i'm asking is that i have to bring my phone in to get it serviced and if they end up only having to repair it i would rather not having to reinstall everything if they can repair it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] wrapkgb:
Unrevoked forever is included in unrevoked 3 so you will need to use the s-on tool. And yes when you unroot, you will lose all your data (same as a factory reset).
[EVO 4G Android Development] romagnus:
i did the unrevoked son part and now show s-on in hboot. if i didnt flash a different rom and just kept the stock rom do I need to do the second half?

" Originally Posted by wrapkgb

Here ya go. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=108Z9R8Y

That's the correct pc36img you need"

also this is older than the one I need. is there a list of the newest ones out there somewhere?
[EVO 4G Android Development] bsnyder217:
i have hboot 2.10 can anyone post the pc36img.zip for it? i cant seem to find it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] anujpuri85:
Will that img work with a HBOOT 0.76.2000 as well?
[EVO 4G Android Development] dannythrasher:
Dont know what to do.

Hello,

I am rooted and have superuser access and am running cyanogen 6.1.1. When im in bootloader my phone already says (s-on). Not sure whats up with that. When i try to do this, the flashing of the first file(S-on tool) works successful. But when i reboot back into bootloader it goes through the checking of the files and it just keeps going. never asks for update. The PC36IMG.ZIP is on the root of my sd card. what should i do?
[EVO 4G Android Development] 2.0t03speed:
Thanks for this thread guys. I dropped my evo in a puddle of water the other day and the only par the water got into (because of my case) was the usb/hdmi port. I thought everything was fine i turned it off blew it out and waited for it all to dry. Hooked everything back up and found out my usb port was screwed it would charge but it wouldn't mount my usb anymore and i couldnt access my phone through ADB. I flashed my phone back to stock took it in today and will be getting my new evo tomorrow!!(since there was no evidence of water damage on my battery). I so love the android community
[EVO 4G Android Development] 2.0t03speed:
what version of windows are you on ? im on 7 64 bit and when i did this last night and remaned it PC36IMG.ZIP windows actially renamed it PC36IMG.ZIP.ZIP. so try just renaming it PC36IMG if what i just said makes any sense to you
[EVO 4G Android Development] badf1sh:
make sure it is still pc36img.zip and some nasty form of bill gate's extremities didnt rename it as an ugly joke on you

used this method 2 days ago. with the updated ruu, build 3.29(?) everything worked perfectly. new phone yesterday. MIUI'd REvo happiness today.
[EVO 4G Android Development] badf1sh:
You may check XHausX's Universal Root thread. Under his downloads sections he has 2.xx, 3.29 and 3.70 build PC36IMGs... I would ASSUME that these RUUs would be interchangable with the one's provided here, and 3.70 is the latest build? I donno, you might check it out.

Edit: and yes it is still a rooted version of whatever it was you flashed when you initially rooted. you need to flash new pc36img
[EVO 4G Android Development] f10g44:
URL is down for PC36img anyone have a link?

do i need a particular pc36img for my hboot? i have 93.000.

thanks,

sorry, i newb.
[EVO 4G Android Development] piry525:
can i please get some help my evo's screen is completely unresponsive at the top so it makes it impossible to pull down the notification bar my boot loader has s-off and i have run the s-on many times and it doesn't change it my hboot is .76 if that helps
[EVO 4G Android Development] Puma81:
drop it in the toilet
[EVO 4G Android Development] klquicksall:
this worked perfect. Thanks.
[EVO 4G Android Development] EVOguy10:
Hi everyone, I have hboot version 0.93 and I am trying to unroot my Evo. I used the previous linked PC36IMG's, but they aren't working. I keep getting the Main Version is Older error. Can someone help me out with this? Thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] EVOguy10:
Anyone? Thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] elflaco12:
how bout if i used unrevoked3 how do i remove that root
[EVO 4G Android Development] SAlpIche:
I just downloaded the last pc36img posted and I was wondering if it supposed to be compatible with 3.70 or HBOOT-2.10.0001 because I keep getting a "Main Version is older" error.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fast2049:
So I have King X Kernal # 9 + Virus Rom Base Froyo 2.2 + theme and i didn't use UN revoked to root i did it the hard way. + the radios etc. How would I got completely back to stock htc from sprint non rooted 2.2? I have to take the phone back and I don't want them to find out I did anything to it. Thanks in advance and im sure someone else is looking for this also.
[EVO 4G Android Development] sirromac:
unroot evo 2.2

are these steps for the evo 2.2 and i use the test unrevilked 3.21 will these steps work? phone not finding the zip files on the sd card
[EVO 4G Android Development] djR3Z:
You could use "adb wireless" and push it via adb or you could use "SwiFTP" and just copy it over that way. I've got tutorials for both.

It will take you back to the release hboot and stock 2.2. Not 2.1. It may or may not put you back to 1.40 PRI but all you have to do is run all updates in settings. If that doesn't put you back, do a hard reset using ##786# as mentioned by another user.

This will help you do that :) and yes, you can use it whether you used toasts method or unrevoked.

Stock 2.2

Good eye :)

You probably didn't use unrevoked forever. The eng hboot you have is going to show s-off no matter what. Just continue unless you know you used unrevoked forever, in which case, keep flashing :)

Thanks for pointing that out. I mentioned it in the video, but I might have sounded a little confusing :P
[EVO 4G Android Development] RelaxedMomentum:
Same for me...Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] fuzion22:
Does this also bring you back to a stock recovery? I'm using the newest version of Amon-RA right now. I need to bring my phone back to Sprint because my 4g doesn't work anymore. Thanks for your help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] BlueScreenOfTOM:
djR3Z, thanks a bunch for this. I had previously rooted using Unrevoked3 back in the day before it gave full NAND unlock. I tried to run the newest version of Unrevoked 3.2 to get NAND unlock and S-OFF, and it was failing. I reset my phone using your file here (which was completely painless and worked like a charm) then ran Unrevoked 3.2 and it worked great! Thanks man! I can finally get rid of Footprints and my WiMAX radio is up to date!
[EVO 4G Android Development] djR3Z:
Yep. This will make your phone completely stock.

My pleasure man :) Glad you're all set and hackin away again :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] ducky1131:
After all is said and done, should one also remove the p36img off of the sd card?

edit- I just wondered how far sprint digs for stuff. I have to take my phone in for speaker issues.... I could just hear them now, " You did this and so now you're fu#$ed, bye."
[EVO 4G Android Development] fuzion22:
There's no need for the file anymore, so you can remove it. I did.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dkotoric:
Well I just keep it on SD card all the time, just not in the main folder and in case I ever need to use it I just move it to the root folder using astro and I'm ready to go, just in case semething would happen to my phone and I need to stop by sprint but my computer may not be availalb.e
[EVO 4G Android Development] jelive:
djR3Z

Well took the plunge/risk as a way of trying to get PRI 1.40 and kinda start over...I had tried every other way ever posted to get it before this with no luck. Used your method to get S-On (had used SimpleRoot) then back to stock 2.2 and other than couple temporary hiccups worked fine. Had to do the ##786# to get the PRI 1.40....first time.

Then moved on to Unrevoked 3.21 and after 2 pretty painless attempts had root again, restored by nand backup and good to go :D

For those that want to do all this...READ, READ, READ to avoid problems but it works to get you PRI 1.40 and then root again.

Thank you much

Jim
[EVO 4G Android Development] legenddvl2:
Does the kernel change as well? When I finish the pcimg update, and load to the boot screen, i use for jus slightly the phone reboots, it happens each time i try to use the phone while trying to do something, i.e. check voice mail, web browsing etc... (clear ram?) not sure why it's rebooting.... can anyone help?
[EVO 4G Android Development] legenddvl2:
now phone is stuck in bootloop, what to do? (i also wiped battery stats prior to loading the pc36img, could this be a problem)
[EVO 4G Android Development] jelive:
It will install stock 2.2 kernel, etc. Wiping battery stats should have no impact.

Assume by now you've pulled battery...

If you still have PCIMG.36.zip on your SD Card restart holding start and volume down. When it goes to boot it'll start reading-installing the 2.2 PCIMG36.zip again.

For me....On flash of unrevoked S-On I wiped cache then wiped dalvik and then did each a second time. Then flashed the S-On 2 times and rebooted. Then loaded PCIMG36.zip to SD card and powered off. Restarted holding start and volume down.

Jim
[EVO 4G Android Development] fxdc08:
worked great! actually the only freakin way i could upgrade to pri 1.40_003:D now just to re-root and hope i can keep the new pri :eek:
[EVO 4G Android Development] jelive:
Yeh me too...have to say though a big disappointment no speed improvement. I'm just happy I finally conquered the PRI monster :D

The unrevoked forever 3.21 one step (actually a few more) is painless if you make sure you read up on it, and download the newest test version.

Jim