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[EVO 4G Android Development] robollama:
identical to my issue. glad there's someone else out there with my issue. hopefully we get it figured out :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] amoamare:
What windows version of windows do you both have?
[EVO 4G Android Development] macpat83:
I'm stuck at step 15 in the manual process, is it to late for me to just go through with this process?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xBlitz:
So has anyone actually got a reliable working way to do this? the Unrevoked 3.21 worked perfectly for my test evo running hboot 0.93...but this 2.02 is screwing me and unrevoked 3.21 doesn't work with it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] robollama:
windows 7 64bit
[EVO 4G Android Development] Soligna:
Windows 7 X64 and ive been trying to run it out of the program files (x86) folder to emulate the 32 bit version
[EVO 4G Android Development] mlars:
This worked perfectly for me

Downloaded the program in the 1st post, and the patch 7.1. Ran through it. Then I installed clockworkmod Recovery and a rooted Stock 3.30 to get it back to where it started. I also updated all the radios to the latest. Everything is perfect and works the same as a co-workers older Evo I did with unrevoked.

Clockwork link here xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=829045

rooted 3.30 Stock: xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819838

EVO Radios: I went with the combo. xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=715485

hope this helps someone. took me a little time to piece together the puzzle, but it was fun.
[EVO 4G Android Development] chubbzlou:
amoamare I got to the htc screen with the triangles on all four corners the app says looking for EVO then after a while says can't find EVO.

Am I missing something? All driver are installed and updated.
[EVO 4G Android Development] tejasrichard:
Chubbs! When did you get here???
[EVO 4G Android Development] chubbzlou:
About 2 days ago. Did you root your yet?
[EVO 4G Android Development] tejasrichard:
Half-assed. I'm taking mine back and hoping I get one without bad blocks.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xBlitz:
I got it working...just used adb via cmd the entire way and pushed my own files...the gui for 7.1 beta didn't work a lick for me.
[EVO 4G Android Development] chubbzlou:
Thinking the same thing but mine is on my girls employees account Sprint is a MF to there employees when it come to exchanges.
[EVO 4G Android Development] :zainy::
i want to root my father and brother but being an employee, i know they'll be screwed if i brick their phones.

really wish htc hadn't screwed things up.
[EVO 4G Android Development] amoamare:
Ok so far 64bit windows doesn't work for a lot of people. The program was debugged on a 32bit system and I recommend everyone one who deals with phones any way use 32bit.
[EVO 4G Android Development] kthejoker20:
I'm gonna modify CM6 to load on Hboot 2.2

wish me luck.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mastercolin:
Can everyone post what specs they have when they use this to root? I know there are a few different versions out there and I'm trying to see if this will work on mine.
[EVO 4G Android Development] crucial929:
worked like a charm, thanks alot
[EVO 4G Android Development] flipper12:
All depends on what the issue is. If the employee tells Care a problem that appears to be a manufacturing defect, then they'll take it back - especially if it's within the 30 day window.
[EVO 4G Android Development] kewlguy781:
Work here fine too. Using the stock version as above. (find url that end with 791019 here)

thanks amoamare!
[EVO 4G Android Development] dynamicpda:
Good for you man! As amoamare said before, different PC setups have different timing issues. He's doing his best to change the timing to accommodate everyone as he learns about the cases. Nothing is more custom than doing it by hand.
[EVO 4G Android Development] amoamare:
Just a quick update with some changes.

The new 7.5 Beta software now includes the ability to install the update .30 ruu rom.

The Menu system changed to include the about and donate buttons.

I will probably be including a simple help in there.

Here is a screen shot of the current build.
[EVO 4G Android Development] tejasrichard:
Hey man. Grabbed a cat of what happens when I try to flash anything from recovery. The flash goes through, and it seems to install fine, but when I try to reboot I get this:

C:\A>adb logcat
- waiting for device -
link_image[1995]: failed to link /system/bin/sh
CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE

Any ideas?

BTW, I tried wiping boot through CW recovery, but no bueno.
[EVO 4G Android Development] darkansi:
After clicking Free My Phone it goes through the process of uploading a zip to the phone then flashing it. But now Im stuck with an all Black screen with HTC in the middle and caution triangles in all four corners.

The latest app comes back with an error of "Can't find HTC EVO Device... Error 4"

Any clues?
[EVO 4G Android Development] darkansi:
After waiting 15 minutes I pulled the battery and when I reinsert it the same screen with the caution triangles keeps coming up. When I remove the usb cable I get to the recovery screen but the only option I have is RUU.

Im a bit stuck, what should I do.

Thx.

p.s. sorry for the double post.

P.S.S. Fastboot appears to work, but I dont know the command necessary to fix the issue.
[EVO 4G Android Development] J Piddy:
Ok I am sorry if I missed this, I tried to read the whole thread. But where do I put this file to run it? I can not figure it our for the life of me. Again sorry if I am just missing something but any help would be great. Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] mdiaz33685:
I actually downloaded all the files to make sure myself.. Im @ work cant remember which file..

but 1 of them has the size of about 180 mb....

i extracted them all,,, put them all into the same folder, and use the one with 7.1.. instead of the older 2.02...

i ran that file I was able to downloadgrade my evo to to ver 1.? cant remember..

I actually looked inside the folders.. to downgrade hboot to .76 cause I didn't have recovery... took me over 3 hours to figure it out... also playing with my son.. wasnt easy while he was trying to grab my phone... uhhhh fustrating..

I grabbed the hboot .76 renamed it to PC36IMG.zip and then downgraded. 2.02.0001 to .76 hboot.... yeh buddy...

then did the same thing with clockwork or amon recovery. changed to PC36IMG.zip

then flashed my OMJ.. or whatever rom u want...

This is my replacement phone which i just got on Monday.... which was replaced cause I couldnt connect to 4G....

This one connected before I started... so did my other 1.... but after root and upgrading everything...

I LOST 4G AGAIN... :mad:

any help with that... would be appreciated guys.... I dont want to go to Sprint again...
[EVO 4G Android Development] mdiaz33685:
I got stuck also... I ran the steps again... Yes I must of pulled my battery out over 20 times.. trying to figure this out...

look at my previous note to actually flash a rom... I had to get most of the files I needed from with the zip file.. and changed most of the files 1 by 1 after changing them to PC36IMG.zip...
[EVO 4G Android Development] catseyenu:
mdiaz33685, check your PM's, I have an idea you may be interested in.
[EVO 4G Android Development] oracleminder:
htc black screen with exclamations...

hey guys same thing... fastboot was locked out from being able to run a boot image. So what i did was grabbed the Office RUU exe and reinstalled it... success.. phone is working agian... now back to the problem... before i found this post i didnt know about the 3.30 not being able to be rooted by unrevoked... tried unrevoked didnt work, so i did it all by hand through adb. Found many many times over I could not find a PC36IMG.zip that would work with the phone... Well this software is running into the same issue. It seems to be failing on the Radio V2 and something else (cant remember been a long day) Hope that helps!
[EVO 4G Android Development] kthejoker20:
Running HBOOT 2.02 with CM 6.1

Fully rooted and happy as a church mouse here!

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[EVO 4G Android Development] tejasrichard:
I....I think I hate you a little.
[EVO 4G Android Development] darkansi:
You mean you were stuck at the all black screen with HTC in the middle and little white exclamation marks in each corner? What did you do exactly because I have rooted 5 different android phones and this is the first time I have ever hit a wall like this.

When I click "Recovery Fail" on the app it get stuck "Looking for the HTC device" The odd thing is that I can adb into it. Never really learned fastboot.

thx for your reply.
[EVO 4G Android Development] kthejoker20:
I downgraded all the way to 1.32 with the RUU.

Then I s-off.

Then OTA all the way to .29 over wifi via built in sprint updater. (2.1 sucks btw after not using it for so long :) )

Then extracted the rom from .30 RUU and flashed pc36img

Rebooted, flashed clockwork pc36img and then installed SU and then CM6.1 and gapps. Booted, installed titanium via market and restored.

Easy peasy...
[EVO 4G Android Development] darkansi:
Sorry kthejoker20, I didnt mean you. I was trying to find out how mdiaz fixed his phone.

My phone is locked at an all black screen with htc in the middle and white triangles with exclamation marks in each corner.

I have the ability to fastboot but not adb. I tried Recovery Fail and still nothing.

i really dont want to take the phone to sprint and admit defeat.

Please Help.

Edit:

If I turn the phone on, I get this screen. In this screen fastboot works but adb and HTC EVO 2.02-Beta7.1.exe, doesnt work.

If I plug and unplug a USB cable I get taken to this screen.

I'm sorry for being a pain & the huge pictures.

Thanks again guys.
[EVO 4G Android Development] kthejoker20:
Yeah...

"RUU"

Thats what you want to see. that means your ok.

Plug the usb in, and run the ruu in windows.

make sure you have the drivers installed for the evo htc sync off of htc.com

That will downgrade you, then you can restore from there.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mdiaz33685:
yep I got stuck there for awhile... I did so many different things last night...

If u go into the files u downloaded, Most of them are all in the folder from 2.02 hboot,

remember I had to take out my sdcard, and do it 1 by 1 about 4 or 5 times trying the files.. holding the vol down and then power button.

i renamed them all to PC36IMG.zip 1 @ a time.

1 - get the actual file PC36IMG.zip which has the RUU which downgraded me to ver 1.9 I think, cant remember what version it downgraded my evo. and got it working again as far as booting up to android.

2 - to change hboot 2.02 to .76 same thing... I changed the name hboot .76.zip to PC36IMG.zip and downgraded to the hboot .76

3 - amon recovery, or clockwork to PC36IMG.zip

4 - then I was able to flash any, I mean any rom....

I was doing it for about 3 hours, trying every combination.

I also did put all 2.02 files beta 3 4 5.exe's into the same folder with the program. starting with 7.01,

then hboot 3 or 4, cant remember 1 of them got me stuck in there. then i tried most of those steps above again..

then finally... it worked.. It was a headache...

hope that helps.. :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] mdiaz33685:
amoamare .. thanks for all this being possible...

Just trying to help others that dont understand this that well, like me... hahaha...

YOUR THE MAN....
[EVO 4G Android Development] amoamare:
Not a problem,

The problem is that with some phones the eng-PC36IMG.zip will fail installing because of the PU Fail. This has been demed a hardware issue. Some people say that wiping the boot and redoing it will fix the problem. Now i have been trying to look for a phone with this error and have been unsuccessful in finding one.

If someone is in the Utah area between slc, and Provo. Hit me up in a pm if you have the Fail-PU problem so i can see if i can come up with a solution.

I'm trying to get my latest software to capture the output and tell you if it failed or not before it continues.

The reason it leaves you in RUU, is because my software flash's it just like the RUU does, witch in theory should be the safest way.

How it works is instead of having the software upload to the sdcard and having the user have to interact with the phone, it uploads the whole zip to the phone right before flashing hence the long wait before it starts flashing, then the phone itself start flashing.
[EVO 4G Android Development] darkansi:
Ahh I see. I didnt know about RUU. Like I said Im pretty new to the EVO scene but not the android scene. I got it to restore to the old firmware, now Ill try and go from there thx.
[EVO 4G Android Development] amoamare:
It also seems that the people that have the most success with this is phone's that came preloaded with 2.02.0000 and the .30 build.

Now I'm not saying to jump the gun if you are on build .29 and load build .30. But that is an option you can try.

Just note the RUU for build .30 doesn't recognize the phone, you will have to use the build .29 RUU and replace the rom.zip in the temp folder with the build .30 rom.
[EVO 4G Android Development] amoamare:
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/3149/capturesvs.png

Ok so i was able to now capture the output of the RUU process, now I have output's of bad logs and will be doing mine to get a success output.

What this is basically now, is if it fails for PU-Update or anything like that, it will report that thats what it failed for and look in the How To? under help in order to recover from it and why your not able to root.

If its successful then it will continue on with the rest of the root process.
[EVO 4G Android Development] tejasrichard:
But still no way forward for those of us with the fail-pu error, huh? This sucks. I just got me second device last night, and it is another one with the hardware issue. I mean, it is nice having root and all, but dammit! I want to be able to flash other roms and kernels, etc.

I don't even know what the problem is right now. I have root. I can flash through recovery. But when I reboot, it stalls! The very first thing in the logcat is the freakin error!
[EVO 4G Android Development] darkansi:
Im trying the RUU with .30 now and see if that helps. But so far no method seems to work for me.
[EVO 4G Android Development] J Piddy:
Ok I am still a little lost. The first page has the .rar file. I am not sure where I am putting that file to run the program. Am I missing something?
[EVO 4G Android Development] denstark:
Which RUU Should I be running? I'm stuck at that same screen and I'm not sure what to do from here.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Brandito:
extract the rar file anywhere and run the exe that's inside.

rar's are just archives.
[EVO 4G Android Development] J Piddy:
Gotcha. Thank you

edit: Just realized that I had nothing to open .rar files. That was my problem. Thanks again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] darkansi:
I tried it under the following RUU and it did not work.
[EVO 4G Android Development] denstark:
Yeah, I tried 150224 and it can't find the phone. Still sitting at the HTC screen with triangle question marks. :(
[EVO 4G Android Development] amoamare:
You need to take rom.zip from the build .30 ruu

and use build .29 ruu to flash it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] denstark:
Sorry for sounding like a scrub, but I've absolutely no idea how to do that.
[EVO 4G Android Development] chubbzlou:
amoamare can you send me the like to 7.5? I would like to test it out.
[EVO 4G Android Development] robollama:
ok i'm running:

Supersonic EVT2-3 Ship S-ON

HBOOT-2.02.0000

MICROP-041f

TOUCH PANEL ATMELC03_16ac

TADIO-2.15.00.09.0

Oct 14 2010, 19:14:47

and running the program on Windows 7 x64. I realize the program doesn't work well on x64 but I also think I may have a driver issue. You say all the drivers are included in that .rar, but how do i install them/check which ones i have installed?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Skribble:
*WARNING*

Avg detected a trojan Virus in 7.1.... scan it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] poppyseth:
I am getting the same thing... I can run the original exe no problem

EDIT: 7 works fine... should I use this??
[EVO 4G Android Development] denstark:
Ok so I was able to install 150224, then tried rerunning 7.1 again and same issue. Not sure what I'm supposed to do from here.
[EVO 4G Android Development] amoamare:
Skribble:

Screw AVG, and screw any ANTI VIRUS protection, they are all shi*.

The file is packed, to stop people from trying to dissemble it. Its not a virus. If you know anything about how exe protection and other things work you would know that antivirus think anything that is packed is a virus.

Ill state this again, DONT USE IT ON 64BIT.
[EVO 4G Android Development] poppyseth:
agreed. Not worried about the antivirus, just can't use the 7.1 exe... 7 seems to work fine... guess I'll give it a shot. I am running Vista 32.
[EVO 4G Android Development] amoamare:
Thats weird thats 7.1 isnt running for you.

I only made slight changes to the code then repackaged with same from 7.

Mybe your download was corrupt or the AV corrupted it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] poppyseth:
I killed AVG and redownloaded and extracted still same thing... def think its specific to my machine. 7 should be good enough though, right?
[EVO 4G Android Development] dad0507:
HTC Screen HELP!!!!!

I am stuck at an HTC screen with caution signs in each of the corners. I pulled the battery and it just stays on the same screen when I power back up. whats going on here???? HELP!!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] darkansi:
Google & Download RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.30.651.2_Radio_2.15.00.09.01_NV_1.77_003_release_154209_signed.exe

This will reset your phone back to stock.

But I cant give you any rooting advice because im having the same trouble when rooting my phone.

p.s. and I did flash the .30 rom using .29 and it still dint help.

Thx for all the help guys.
[EVO 4G Android Development] J Piddy:
How do you get out of 64?
[EVO 4G Android Development] dad0507:
I tried already but i get error170 can not communicate with usb

My computer isnt recognizing it
[EVO 4G Android Development] ToddlerTN:
You need to download the extracted ZIP version, rename it to PC36IMG.zip, drop it in the root of your SD card and flash from bootloader. If you can't find the downloaded version then run the EXE on your PC (leave it running) and then check your %temp% folder (helps to clear it out first)--you'll find it in one of the two folders the EXE creates while it is running.
[EVO 4G Android Development] darkansi:
I had the same issue where the RUU wasnt recognizing it. I installed htc sync and its drivers let me run the RUU.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Soligna:
There is no way to get out of 64 bit besides installing a 32 bit version of windows.
[EVO 4G Android Development] frisbieman:
amoamare THis def is a hardware issue. I got my replacement EVO today and i used the Beta 6 and it worked perfectly. Thank you for all your hard work and your help
[EVO 4G Android Development] 94tbird:
For the guys that are failing because of the Radio with the FAIL-PU. If you open the zip file for the PC36IMG file the radio img file is flashing the old one. Someone needs to insert the new radio file and thenm it should work fine.

It currently has in the file : radio_1.36.00.04.02.img

It needs : Radio.img from the latest RUU

I tried but your tool checks the MD5 of the file and it fails once i edited it
[EVO 4G Android Development] DenhamTS:
No Camera

This worked for me and said all is well, but now my camera doesn't work. Any ideas?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Brandito:
hope this isn't over stepping any boundaries but someone posted up this app:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833954

i was curious if anyone has got it working with the 3.30 evos.
[EVO 4G Android Development] darkansi:
Doesnt support it
[EVO 4G Android Development] mlars:
camera

You need to install a 3.30 ROM now.
[EVO 4G Android Development] amoamare:
94tbird,

It checks MD5 Sums for that exact reason, you can not just simply modify the eng-PC36IMG.zip the way you want to, it is signed that is the reason it let's you be able to flash it in the first place.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Noobe:
I have a quick question for you. If i dont have the latest software below on my EVO 4g. Then should i update to the ones below to root the phone with this method? I tried to use the tool already and my Hboot 2.02 is stilll S-On and on the Beta 7.1 the Dgrade HBoot button isnt highlighted.

Im a super noob when it comes to phone hacking and im trying to grasp these concepts as gradually as i can so please excuse if it appears i know nothing about this because i dont :(

A: 3.30.651.2

B: 3.30.651.3
[EVO 4G Android Development] poppyseth:
I noticed that the Dgrade HBOOT button is "greyed out" on my machine too... I don't intend to use this step but is this as-designed?
[EVO 4G Android Development] 94tbird:
yes but why is it trying to write an outdated phone Image in the pc36diag.img? Since all the new phones keep failing on the phone image portion with a FAIL-PU error, would it not make more sense to jsut use the current phone img from the current RUU?

That is why we cannot install the older RUU's that have the 1.39 in them but can on the 2.15
[EVO 4G Android Development] amoamare:
94tbird,

You dont understand, the reason why you flash the eng-pc36img.zip is because ITS ROOTED and SIGNED by HTC themself.

The phone needs to be rooted in order to upload files in recovery mode.
[EVO 4G Android Development] amoamare:
I removed the feature for now because people kept clicking on it when they didnt know what they were supposed to do with it, YES THE HBOOT IS GREYED out.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Noobe:
Can someone please help me???? Cant donate for something that doesnt work for me :) Lol
[EVO 4G Android Development] poppyseth:
Thanks for clarifying... I am going to attempt this either tonight or tomorrow... see how it goes.
[EVO 4G Android Development] virus_2049:
success rate

so what is the overall sucess rate for this? i have a brand new evo with hboot 2.02 i believe. also has build 3.30. running windows 7 32 bit.
[EVO 4G Android Development] uavtech:
I am trying this and getting a error 170 usb connection... i have htc sync installed but i am on a x64 win 7 box.... for what it's worth i can't adb to the phone but i can fastboot
[EVO 4G Android Development] BrashL:
I had this problem too, was about to give up but I have a fix. The problem is you probably have the Android Bootloader driver installed as well, and it's the active driver.

The fix is to uninstall HTC Sync. Then go into Device Manager (with the phone plugged in) uninstall the current Android Driver. Make sure you click on the option to delete the driver as well. Unplug the phone and replug, and repeat until Windows is unable to load a driver (took me 3 tries). Now unplug the phone and reinstall HTC Sync. Once it's done, replug your phone and a new driver (My HTC or something) should load. Run the 3.30 RUU and you should be good to go.

Hope this helps someone as you guys have bailed me out of phone problems more times than I can count.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ShadowDrake:
Just got a replacement evo that's got the newest software on it.

Tried this method and failed, I'm stuck at the HTC screen now with the triangles in the corners.

Used version 7.1

Windows 7 x86

I've had the modified unrevoked drivers installed forever now, got an evo on launch day and every one I've had since then has been rooted.

So, back to stock with the RUU, hoping I don't run into any problems, then maybe I'll try my luck again.

Edit: Getting Fail-PU on radio.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ShadowDrake:
I'll make an addition here to anyone looking for the driver in Device Manager but can't find it.

Mine isn't listed on Windows 7. You'll find the device listed in device manager under one of the USB Root Hubs, depending on which USB port you have your phone plugged in to.

Double click a USB Root Hub, click the Power tab. See if there's anything connected there. If you see Android ADB Bridge, or Android Device, or anything like that, double click it, go to the driver tab, now you can click uninstall.
[EVO 4G Android Development] 94tbird:
I too get the htc logo screen with the caution signs in the corners. is there a fix for this yet?