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[EVO 4G Android Development] fixxxer2008:
what? i can backup my roms and restore fine through recovery. my phone works fine i was just curious about the weird command.

thanks OP for answering this.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fixxxer2008:
not much, i went to the dark side and sold my hero and got an evo finally! :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
working on it right now with the other guy...doing a step by step...give me a min..
[EVO 4G Android Development] bigboyd75:
Not a problem. Just offering up the phone to help. I will wait for the fix. Kick ass job by the way.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
it looks liek hes not getting root...for somereason or another.

might be a path problem
[EVO 4G Android Development] bigboyd75:
I know I got an error that it was unable to create or write the misc partition when I tried it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
those that are having the main ver problem

download this and run shell root...

then go into adb and see if you have a # vs a $

if you do something is wrong with my crap (my guess) if you dont...then there something else wrong...(no idea)

if you do get root

try running the script again
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
that looks to have worked...looking into where that file is being copied...it should be correct. where its at.

gonna go eat some grubb
[EVO 4G Android Development] bigboyd75:
Just a quick question what are we to download??
[EVO 4G Android Development] llontop.m:
were you able to downgrade hboot after S-OFF has been applied?
[EVO 4G Android Development] b0r0b:
Why would you downgrade the HBOOT? If we can get s-off it's kind of a set it and forget it, no?
[EVO 4G Android Development] llontop.m:
I guess so, but I'm trying to follow the step by step for installing cyanogenmod on my evo and it says i have to load up the .76 hboot...
[EVO 4G Android Development] b0r0b:
I see. I also want to end up with Cyanogen, I'll have to see if this is a REQUIREMENT or what..
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
thats an old requirement....

you can try downloading the zip...but i might need to make some changes to it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
ok i need another tester...thats having problems....
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
updated first post
[EVO 4G Android Development] bigboyd75:
@zikronix you are the man sir. s-off is now showing. Thank you again for your patience. Now on to the custom roms.
[EVO 4G Android Development] justin747:
zikronix thanks a lot. method worked for me 100%. could not be happier. goodbye sense, hello cyanogenmod 6.1
[EVO 4G Android Development] foresure84:
error writing misc permission denied
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
try going to the first post and using the alternate method...which is by downloading the rooter then running my script then post back
[EVO 4G Android Development] danh18:
Still no go...

Still getting the Main Version error with V2. I think im missing a step or there's an extra step needed with my phone for some reason, but in your process when you mention we will see "bypassing recovery" I still dont see that with my phone. It just goes on loading pc36img as it normally would.

Zik... you have a seperate recovery-windows file on the first post, as well as one included in the V2 zip file. Which one should we use? Does it make a difference?

Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
they should be the same....file.

for some reason the root is not running for some people...

im working on an alternate now.
[EVO 4G Android Development] BrashL:
Like and idiot I tried to downgrade and now I have a dead phone. I would advise anyone against trying it as well
[EVO 4G Android Development] fixxxer2008:
why would you want to downgrade anyways? :confused:

sorry for your loss, im sure you can recover somehow.
[EVO 4G Android Development] chubbzlou:
What version you have mine is 003.
[EVO 4G Android Development] BrashL:
I have 003, but couldn't flash Roms in recovery so tried to downgrade as a workaround.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fixxxer2008:
see i have a new 004 version. i had to use the s-off but the trade off is i cannot run cm6 or any custom kernels atm.
[EVO 4G Android Development] chubbzlou:
I think any evo with hboot 2.02 0003 can get rooted but recovery don't work properly.
[EVO 4G Android Development] paulwoll:
So I finally got to the point where I could boot back up... ran through the extra steps that had the funny errors. However, now when running unrevoked 3 it said success but then reboots and went to recovery and just sat there. I also tried to use adb-windows shell and now I have $ again but I do have S-OFF. What should I do from here? I guess I will try rerunning the steps in the beginning to see if that helps.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fixxxer2008:
what recovery are you using? i use amon recovery and it works fine for me.
[EVO 4G Android Development] chubbzlou:
lucky you that is why you recovery works. Don't downgrade you you hboot it may brick your phone.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
Im getting ready to head a movie...PM me or explain...I did 3 - 2.02 phones and didnt have an issue.
[EVO 4G Android Development] chubbzlou:
Tried amon and clockwork both the same no backup no flash. The only Rom I could use is sprintlover.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fixxxer2008:
id RUU your phone and set back to stock and try again. something is not right. i followed this guide and it went flawlessly the first time. no issues here at all.
[EVO 4G Android Development] chubbzlou:
Did that. Many people here is having the same issue with 003 version. People are stating it could be a bad block on our phone.
[EVO 4G Android Development] chubbzlou:
Use sprintlover all in one Rom its pc36img.zip you could flash via bootloader.
[EVO 4G Android Development] BrashL:
Don't think this will work because that requires root and I don't think I have it. I need a totally stock file
[EVO 4G Android Development] chubbzlou:
If you search there is a stock pc36img zip floating around here.
[EVO 4G Android Development] neudof:
Alright, after reading, reading, and reading some more, I crossed my fingers and gave it a shot.

SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-OFF :)

I was also able to do a Nandroid backup :)

Just flashed Sprint Lover's ROM :)

Wifi, 4g, Bluetooth, camera, superuser, hotspot all working great! :)

THANK YOU zikronix!

And thank you to EVERYONE else that asked and answered questions to allow an EVO noob to pull this off successfully!
[EVO 4G Android Development] BrashL:
Something else I noticed is that my serial number is shown as 123456789012. Could that be the issue?
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
If some one has a unmodded virgin 2.02 before using any method contact me... would like to try some thing....thats safe...a new method
[EVO 4G Android Development] chubbzlou:
I'm willing ruu back to stock and try it out.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
I need a stock one... :( but thanks for the offer

on a side note....is some one does the hboot and they get the "brick" they should be able to down load the official 3.30 ruu and run it...and they would still have s off
[EVO 4G Android Development] paulwoll:
Ok... finally got it up and running except for step 20? Nandroid option does not appear in the recovery menu.

BTW: It would be good in these manual steps.. (PC36Diag.zip) to make sure that you remove the PC36IMG.zip and I believe case sensitivity matters on the extension if I am not mistaken.

Not sure what else to say... but I eventually got it running using a memory card reader, adb-windows, a lot of reboots, and persistance. Superuser app works.. but so far wireless tether does not seem to work with my iPAD yet. Why does it keep asking when I start and stop it... that it needs superuser access?
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
Nandroid = backup

Case matters yes...but it works like its printed?

You need to install superuser from the market
[EVO 4G Android Development] fryman:
After unrevoked 3.21 says success you will be in CW recovery then flash the unrevoked forever zip

When you are in adb shell and have the $ type su then hit allow on your phone and it will give you the #

I would suggest flashing the sprint lovers PC36IMG.zip that way you dont have to run unrevoked again
[EVO 4G Android Development] fryman:
Use these directions to flash back the stock rom:

http://xdaforums.com/show...&postcount=154
[EVO 4G Android Development] paulwoll:
Thanks Nandroid=backup.. I am a self-professed noob in all this.. never did anything like it since Saturday... Nothing like a crash course. :) As said in previous post superuser app works .

Just thought I should let people know in thread case matters in "case" someone else runs into this problem. Thanks I downloaded the sprint lovers rom and plan on flashing it later..

fryman thanks for the extra tips...
[EVO 4G Android Development] bboysmerf:
did you recover your phone.....and if so how
[EVO 4G Android Development] glaex:
just rooted my coworkers 2.02 evo. its a rev004 evo made 10/26, no isues whatsoever s-off and everything. well one issue, when i first launched it said waiting for like 10 mins so i hit the button again and then everything started
[EVO 4G Android Development] bboysmerf:
how can you get the ruu to see your phone from bootloader......i got to the patched hboot 2.02 and now my phone keeps failing when i try the downgraded hboot and wont flash a rom....
[EVO 4G Android Development] deception88:
So Rooted today using this method and verything went smooth (i think)

I went to install Myn's TwoPointTwo and it installed fine but it went into a bootloop? I then tried sprint lovers ROM and it works.. Is there limitations on what we can do with this bootloader or did I do something wrong?
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
Errors and what does it say...does not the official ruu see your phone...

If your phone is at a black screen. Pull the battery and put it back in...then pres power and vol-up it should vib once. then run the official ruu

it must be done on a 32 bit OS...so windows 7 64 wont work.

if the power vol up method doesnt work do power vol down
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
could be the kernel...theres a thread some where with nthe updated kernel....download it and try.
[EVO 4G Android Development] catseyenu:
This what you are looking for?
[EVO 4G Android Development] bboysmerf:
no go.....it seems like when i flashed the patched hboot 2.02 it wont flash anything but the radio in bootloader and fails updating everything else.....i dont have a recovery at all...when i hit recovery at bootloader it just kicks me back to the bootlloader menu....i tried the volume up and power phone does vibrate my computer installed some drivers but ruu still does not see the phone....is there anyway to flash back to the stock 2.02 hboot.......or anyother way for the ruu to see my phone
[EVO 4G Android Development] darkansi:
From my experience RUU usually gives me trouble when using another driver than the one installed with the HTC sync software. Install it and try to run RUU, see if that helps.
[EVO 4G Android Development] lightbike:
Hi zik,

Can you clarify step 14? I'm not sure why I seem to be the only 1 not getting past it. When I reboot into Bootloader, it loads the P36IMG.zip file the checks it but it never asks me to flash anything. It just sits at the bootloader screen. When I go to recovery (red triangle) I can't run any more commands because adb says that my device is offline. Is this a driver problem or am I just misunderstanding the instructions.

Thanks for everything.

-Rich
[EVO 4G Android Development] amoamare:
Okay, I'm going to state this 1 more time and thats it.

I'm done repeating my self 100x.

YOU CAN NOT USE THE OFFICIAL RUU

"RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.30.651.2_Radio_2.15.00.09.01_NV_1.77_003_release_154209_signed.exe"

ON HW V1, V2, V2-3, V3.

I dont know about V4, you WILL ALWAYS GET A CONNECTION ERROR WITH THIS RUU ON THESE HW.

YOU CAN NOT USE THE OFFICIAL RUU

"RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.29.651.5_Radio_2.15.00.09.01_NV_1.77_CNV_release_150224_signed.exe"

ON YOUR PHONE IF IT CAME PRELOADED WITH HBOOT 2.02.0000 OR YOU UPDATED...

WHY ? Because YOU WILL GET MAIN VER OLDER..

HOW TO FIX.

I wont go into detail because i already have and so has SO many others.

You have to open RUU .30 go to your temp folder copy the rom.zip place in a safe location.

Close RUU .30

Open RUU .29 go to your temp folder DELETE the rom.zip, then copy the rom.zip from RUU .30 in to the same folder you deleted the RUU .29 rom.zip, then from their the RUU .29 should still be open, you continue form there, this time it will connect to your phone and load .30 rom.zip.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
he is right...and it is detailed in this thread....however if you get the black screen with nothing...then you should be able to do the ruu to recover it. but it must be version

RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.30.651.2_Radio_2.15.00.09.01_NV_1.77_003_release_154209_signed.exe

IF THATS WHAT YOUR PHONE SHIPPED WITH. AND IT MUST BE DONE FROM A 32BIT OS
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
The name of the file should be PC36IMG.zip not "P36IMG.zip"

make sure you have it named right.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
*NOTE: I got FAIL-PU for the Radio_VZ and Fail-IC for the bootloader.

Say NO TO REBOOT, then choose RECOVERY.

It should leave you at the black screen with a Red Triangle

adb-windows push recovery /

adb-windows shell busybox --install /sbin

adb-windows shell nohup /sbin/recovery &

17) With any luck you should be at a recovery where you can flash unrevoked-forever.zip.

Choose Update from SD Card

Choose Unrevoked Forever and let it complete.

I now have S-OFF!!!!!

OK so now you have no ROM on the phone

Download: RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.30.651.2_Radio_2.15. 00.09.01_NV_1.77_003_release_154209_signed.exe

Open it but DO NOT PROCESS the update

Open my computer and navigate to c:\Users (YOUR USERNAME)\Appdata\Local\Temp

sort by date and you will see a gibberish folder with the current date and time. Open it and then open the folder inside.

Locate the rom.zip file and copy it to the desktop

rename it PC36DIAG.zip

Remove your memory card and using a memory card reader, delete the existing PC36DIAG on the SD card, and copy over the one we just renamed

Reboot the phone holding VOL-DOWN and power

Now it will update the phone properly leaving S-OFF!!!!!

Reboot the phone holding VOL-DOWN and Power if you want to verify S-OFF

Reboot the phone again and let it load all the way up

Run Unrevoked 3.12

It failed to apply unrevoked forever so run this manually from the recovery

You Are rooted when the phone reboots
[EVO 4G Android Development] lightbike:
I spelled it wrong in the post but while I was working on it, it was correct. I copy and paste the commands so I don't mess anything up.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
so on your sdcard...do you see PC36IMG.zip <----notice the case.
[EVO 4G Android Development] lightbike:
Yeah its copied over correctly with the commands in the first step.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
did this command work?

./data/local/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img
[EVO 4G Android Development] lightbike:
I'm pretty sure it did. I got hung up there once when tried the first time but I started over and got through since then.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
so with your phone connected to the computer you type

adb-windows shell

get the # and type

reboot bootloader

and it boots you in to the loader
[EVO 4G Android Development] lightbike:
Ok. That's what I did (might want to reword the step). That's when bootloader does load up and check the PC36IMG file and then doesn't do anything more. It doesn't ask if I want to flash anything.

I'll start over and try again when I get home. Thanks again.

BTW...I don't know if this matters but I did attempt unrevoked 3.21 first. Those guys really need to update their site to say, "hey! This doesn't work with hboot 2.02"
[EVO 4G Android Development] ShadowDrake:
It will be on the phone itself. It will say:

SD Checking...

Loading...[PC36DIAG.zip]

Not found!

Loading...[PC36DIAG.nbh]

No image or Wrong image!

Loading...[PC36IMG.zip]

Which takes about 30 seconds.

After that it will say

HBOOT

Parsing...[SD ZIP]
[1] USERDATA
[2] RECOVERY

etc etc

[8] WIMAX
Do you want to start update?
<VOL UP> Yes
<VOL DOWN> No

At which point you obviously push volume up.

If for some reason none of that seems familiar, pull the battery, put it back in. Hold the volume down button, and press power to turn it on. Continue holding the volume down button till you get the white HBOOT screen.

If it -still- isn't finding the file, you probably need to double check it's actually on the card, doesn't have a double extension (ex. PC36IMG.zip.zip), and if that is all correct, try a different card.
[EVO 4G Android Development] kbrono:
step 10

So far everything has worked flawlessly for me up too step 10. When I got to enter the second command it tells me

C:\abdroid_try2>adb-windows shell busybox --install /sbin

- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2)

any ideas or should i restart the sequence.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
did it push the files prior to that ?

actually it looks like there is a space when there shouldnt be in the command....

try the first commant again with recovery/ vs recovery /

edit: the commad is right so it should have worked.
[EVO 4G Android Development] twitmer:
@94tbird - THANK YOU!!!

I was stuck after getting the FAIL-PU/FAIL-IC messages, but was able to root successfully after using your modified instructions on pg 33 of this thread.
[EVO 4G Android Development] twitmer:
QUICK WARNING/TIP:

The instructions on page 1 recommend unzipping to C:\ - But my laptop already had a C:\Recovery\ folder that was read-only.

So when I unzipped, the files weren't making it into the folder and were not getting pushed to the device with the "adb-windows push recovery /" command.

Should have realized this right away but I wasted 20 minutes before I figured it out. Hopefully this will save a few people some time.

Prerequisites:

Unzip to a folder of your choice. I recommend the root of C:\ into a folder of your choice. Make sure you have the drivers installed for your phone and USB debugging is on

If possible master reset your phone. At the least reboot the damn thing.

TLDR: Don't unzip hboot202-s_off-V6.2.zip to C:\ if your PC has a "C:\Recovery\" folder
[EVO 4G Android Development] kbrono:
Well i decided that I'm just going to wait a little bit for an easier way to go about this. I think i got it to work, but now my camera has no functionality. Is there a way to undo everything and make it just how it was when it was out of box? Thanks you!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] BrashL:
The problem is you probably used a Rom based on the 3.29 kernal and have a 0004 hardware revision. This is documented on the first page and how to fix.
[EVO 4G Android Development] BrashL:
Just to update my saga. I tried to fix my dead screen evo by using the fastboot boot recovery.img. It just turned the phone off so obviously not what I was looking for.

The more interesting thing is that I was able to flawlessy root with this method on a 0004 revision phone. No radio problems, no problem flashing roms other that the stock or sprint lovers. Whatever issue people are having, it's no the process. There is something screwed up with those phones...
[EVO 4G Android Development] drcz_92:
Ok. Big problem over here. Need help..

Ok. I have had my evo sinse de today it came out ,. Well. For some reason. I get 4g here and it's really fast. Well. 3 weeks ago the 4g is not working anymore. After flashing a new rom the I fLashed the radio and wimax. But something went wrongn and 4g stopes working. Then I tried reseting and. All that. So then I put the PC36IMG.zip to update my phone but the update went wrong too. Only half of the system was updated. And I had the h-boot was off. Now is ON. And I can't update with the PC36IMG.zip again But nothing happens. It only scans and scans. And nothing happens. So I was wondering if a anyone can help me.. I don't have a computer now. So if is another way to do this without using a computer would be great. Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
It says right there to unzip it to a folder of your choice...in the root of c:\ which means it shouldnt have been in the actual root of C:\ but in a folder in the root of C:\

however i did update it to say "or the desktop"

Remember at the top of the first post where it says...READ THIS CAREFULLY. Yea...Thats why. Check the FAQ on the first page.
[EVO 4G Android Development] deception88:
Are people having problems flashing custom kernals using this method? I tried flashing Myn's twopointtwo but it bootlooped. So I flashed the stock #17 Kernal and it booted it up fine. Just want to make sure im not screwing up my phone lol
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
Hmm....did you read the faq on the first page. Start there
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
I just discovered that switchpro widget breaks 4g. It will turn on and turn right back off. I will update the first post
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
first post updated.
[EVO 4G Android Development] flipper12:
I posted this question on the other thread..

... but this thread seems to be getting more attention.

Just so I understand correctly, for those of us that are getting the 'PU-fail when going through the process, we are limited to loading the Sprint Lovers ROM through the bootloader but cannot flash any other custom ROMS through recovery, nor can we backup NANDROID.

I was wondering how feasible it would be where we could have some sort of workaround that allows us to bypass the bad blocks?

Finally, in regards to the Sprint Lovers ROM, I'm probably one of the few that HAS NOT been able to flash it. When I do try, it loads up through the bootloader but then goes into a bootloop.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
out of curiousity what version is your phone 003 or 004 (pull the battery to find out)
[EVO 4G Android Development] flipper12:
Hardware version 0003.

What really stinks is that this is my second EVO and on my first, I had no problems going through the process of rooting a couple of weeks ago (following your method and amoamare's on the other thread). That phone was an 0003 hardware version as well but I don't recall ever receiving the PU-Fail message.

Any idea if a workaround can be achieved for those of us with the bad blocks? I don't think I can trade this phone again in to Sprint since I already did my original one.....
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
It seems the most people have a hard ware of 0003 that have the radio problem.

The odd part is we havnt even flashed anything at that point in time.

PM me....I want to ask you some questions.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
I think we have a solution to those that are having issues...with flashing any other rom...but sprint lovers.
[EVO 4G Android Development] bigj225:
I hope so as I would really like to root my phone :). Man I hate my first phone decided to crap out on me.

Thanks for the work
[EVO 4G Android Development] amoamare:
unfortunatelyb I am getting rid of the EVO I had bought to do this project. for 1 I can't keep repeating my self over and over again, most of these question's have been answered.

zikronix,

Has been doing a great job on these whole thing for everyone and I thank him for that.

I can keep trying to make adjustments and modifications to a tool that might or might not work for some.

Users reports and feedbacks are all messed up, users dont know how to reports issues with the software. "Uh.. it did this then i dont know" is not a valid way of telling me what it does, what you did etc.

Anyway I'm finishing up my cricket rom for it tonight for the other people and its sold, I have to many projects as it is now, and I just recently went out and got a Galaxy Tab.. Ill see what I can do for people here and there.