So I recently got the EVO, and mine came with the 2.3 update. after reading here i realized there was NO root exploit for me. so I thought I would see if Sprint could use one of their magic machines and somehow downgrade my device to 2.2.
Keep in mind, I went in NOT trying to get a replacement device! I was NOT trying to commit fraud of any sort.
So I talked with a guy at the local sprint store about a couple issues i am having, no wireless N, BT is sporadic, adn about twice a day i get a Data Call Error message screen...
the guy asked me if I had taken the update and I said yes I have both the GB update and the maintenance update, but am still having my slight issues...
He looked at my account and told me since I had TEP he would just replace my device. Ummm.. Ok. I was actually just hoping you could downgrad it back to 2.2. Nope, they cant do that... So he went into the back and dug through the cabinet that had the Evo's in it and got me one from the very back.
after booting it up, he showed me it had 2.2 on it!! YAY!!! I( CAN ROOT AGAIN!!
Im just so stoked I had to share my good news.
Good news! Congrats!
It's like the story of the prodigal son. He returns and all the people rejoice!
Good to hear you got a phone you could work with brother!
Thanks for sharing ... you have been blessed with an increasingly rare commodity these days. Enjoy!
I had to get a phone replaced by asurion and it had 2.2 on it shipped a week after the updates rolled out..... I was also lucky
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well I just finished rooting it, now to decide what flavor of ROM to try first...
Congrats, hope everyone gets as lucky haha.
schollianmj said:
So I recently got the EVO, and mine came with the 2.3 update. after reading here i realized there was NO root exploit for me. so I thought I would see if Sprint could use one of their magic machines and somehow downgrade my device to 2.2.
Keep in mind, I went in NOT trying to get a replacement device! I was NOT trying to commit fraud of any sort.
So I talked with a guy at the local sprint store about a couple issues i am having, no wireless N, BT is sporadic, adn about twice a day i get a Data Call Error message screen...
the guy asked me if I had taken the update and I said yes I have both the GB update and the maintenance update, but am still having my slight issues...
He looked at my account and told me since I had TEP he would just replace my device. Ummm.. Ok. I was actually just hoping you could downgrad it back to 2.2. Nope, they cant do that... So he went into the back and dug through the cabinet that had the Evo's in it and got me one from the very back.
after booting it up, he showed me it had 2.2 on it!! YAY!!! I( CAN ROOT AGAIN!!
Im just so stoked I had to share my good news.
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I'm shocked they had one there. I have been waiting for 5 days for mine just to ship. Backordered which is weird to me since this is the most popular phone sprint has ever sold. I would think they would have plenty with all the warranty and assurion exchanges. Keeping my fingers crossed that mine will have Froyo also.
Shocked they had an Evo or shock they had one with Froyo? they had plenty of Evo's... so did the reseller that I originally got my sprint service through last week.
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Shocked they had an Evo or shock they had one with Froyo? they had plenty of Evo's... so did the reseller that I originally got my sprint service through last week.
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Shocked they had a replacement Evo right there. ARe you talking about brand new, refurb or just a returned Evo? I have had my Evo replaced three times including this one now and I have never gotten a replacement on site. They always have to get it shipped out to me. Having froyo on the phone doesn't shock me because I have friends with Evo's and if I didn't tell them there was an update they would never even know to check.
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Shocked they had a replacement Evo right there. ARe you talking about brand new, refurb or just a returned Evo? I have had my Evo replaced three times including this one now and I have never gotten a replacement on site. They always have to get it shipped out to me. Having froyo on the phone doesn't shock me because I have friends with Evo's and if I didn't tell them there was an update they would never even know to check.
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nope, it was brand new, not a refurb or return. But don't worry, not all my luck is good today... I just heard a crash and a kid start crying outside, when i looked turns out a kid was learning how to ride a bike in our community parking lot and ran straight into the side of my 86 Mustang....
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nope, it was brand new, not a refurb or return. But don't worry, not all my luck is good today... I just heard a crash and a kid start crying outside, when i looked turns out a kid was learning how to ride a bike in our community parking lot and ran straight into the side of my 86 Mustang....
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Wow, I would be pissed, but then again, I would've root.
Me, I feel stupid, I got service last week and had a rootable EVO, I just didn't know there wasn't a way to root the updates so I installed them because I wanted to test it out with the stock first. Came here the next day to check for rooting procedures to find out I fk myself!
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Just did similar this morning....bought an Evo 4G for wifey, 3d for myself last friday. Went back to Best Buy and told them hers was acting up, wanted to exchange. No problem...then told the tech I'd like to power it on & update it myself at home...they were fine with that. Cancelled the update, and have a minty fresh Evo 4G with 2.2, now rooted and about to flash some Kingdom.
Got my sensation with 2.2 (didnt even know that was possible?) Didn't care for root then, so I did the GB... Now I feel like I fk'ed myself... Wellwell, waiting on root, with a smile on my face now, as I realised that "cut the rope" STILL is an amazing game
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lol good dude glad to hear ur rooted
Just had to get a new evo from insurance and they asked if i wanted them to activate it for me. I said NO. lol i want my rooted evo back. Damn water and electronics.
I'm so pissed my replacement has 2.3 on it. I wanna throw this phone out the window.
Time to buy a nexus.
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schollianmj said:
So I recently got the EVO, and mine came with the 2.3 update. after reading here i realized there was NO root exploit for me. so I thought I would see if Sprint could use one of their magic machines and somehow downgrade my device to 2.2.
Keep in mind, I went in NOT trying to get a replacement device! I was NOT trying to commit fraud of any sort.
So I talked with a guy at the local sprint store about a couple issues i am having, no wireless N, BT is sporadic, adn about twice a day i get a Data Call Error message screen...
the guy asked me if I had taken the update and I said yes I have both the GB update and the maintenance update, but am still having my slight issues...
He looked at my account and told me since I had TEP he would just replace my device. Ummm.. Ok. I was actually just hoping you could downgrad it back to 2.2. Nope, they cant do that... So he went into the back and dug through the cabinet that had the Evo's in it and got me one from the very back.
after booting it up, he showed me it had 2.2 on it!! YAY!!! I( CAN ROOT AGAIN!!
Im just so stoked I had to share my good news.
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Was curious how come you did'nt just downgrade by using original RUU?
http://www.multiupload.com/7H8NVWTK95
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Was curious how come you did'nt just downgrade by using original RUU?
http://www.multiupload.com/7H8NVWTK95
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it wont work new hboot says cant be downgraded but im trying this way
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1155916
if anyone would like to try
Tekn010933 said:
Was curious how come you did'nt just downgrade by using original RUU?
http://www.multiupload.com/7H8NVWTK95
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Trust me, I RUU'd the crap outta it. as stated, Hboot wont allow the downgrade. I tried about 5 different RUU files.
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So yeah, I bought my hero yesterday and the guys at the sprint store spent around 30mins with it(I guess they were giving it the update,but they never asked me if I wanted it)
so the question is, how do I go about rooting it now? all the tuts I've seen are for 1.5
So yeah, I bought my hero yesterday and the guys at the sprint store spent around 30mins with it(I guess they were giving it the update,but they never asked me if I wanted it)
so the question is, how do I go about rooting it now? all the tuts I've seen are for 1.5
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Ur screwed till a root fix is found
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meh I feel like fighting sprint over it since they didn't even tell me what they did, but asking for a phone swap over an update sounds like a douche costumer
I've seen people asking for an exchange over less than that. Here is a good one, a customer who just upgraded his phone came back and demanded an exchange because the box had a weird mark on the button of it that was smaller than a grain of rice and it did not affect his phone or the functions of the phone at all.
I miss the days when all we had was basic calling phones
But yeah I'm new to the hero (coming from the t-mo G1) 2.1 is much more smooth along with the sense UI. and here I am wondering when(if) we are getting 2.2 or root access on 2.1 in order to get a 2.2 rom.
waiting on the devs , root access would be great(wifi tether!)
I first reported this morning that after the first OTA update, a second update became available and was downloaded by my phone. I did not install it because I was noit sure what it was...and I am glad I didn't! This update appears to BRICK phones, so beware of this second update and DON'T INSTALL IT!!!!
Brick rooted phones? Mines completely stock, will it be bricked? If it does get bricked can I get a new Evo?
Don't download an OTA update if your rooted. pretty simple. You won't download an update for a patched piece of software
Plancy said:
Brick rooted phones? Mines completely stock, will it be bricked? If it does get bricked can I get a new Evo?
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shouldn't/won't brick it, if it does yes you can get a new one.
Nope, it doesn't brick stock phones.
Plancy said:
Brick rooted phones? Mines completely stock, will it be bricked? If it does get bricked can I get a new Evo?
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Uhm, no. Because there are no Evos to be had, so you can brick your Evo all you want but you won't get a new Evo.
Update breaks root nowai
sent with my evo from a secret place
jasonleb1 said:
Uhm, no. Because there are no Evos to be had, so you can brick your Evo all you want but you won't get a new Evo.
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OH yeah I forgot, I'd be without a phone for a while .
jasonleb1 said:
Uhm, no. Because there are no Evos to be had, so you can brick your Evo all you want but you won't get a new Evo.
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Of course he will, as long as Sprint can confirm he didn't break his warranty. They'll give him a new one when their new shipment comes in. After all, it would be their fault and they would have to provide a replacement.
Second update? I did the ota update my evo works even better now! But I didn't get a second update
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wortiz33 said:
Second update? I did the ota update my evo works even better now! But I didn't get a second update
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A friend said something about seeing it when he re-searched for an update. Not sure if others are getting a prompt or what not after initial update.
Also bumping so it's nearer to the top.
Yeah, I'm not getting an option for a second update. Maybe it's only area based.
It's not a new update its the same one and if you reply yes your definitely gonna get a brick Sprint messed up lol bringing back the old Samsung instinct days lol
it would help alot if you shared the name of this update
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it would help alot if you shared the name of this update
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if you got the first one, install it, if you got a second one, don't. easy
what i did was uninstall all apps requiring su then uninstalled unrevoked and the restarted and shut off anything that didnt have to be running and updated...so far no problems short of having to reload a couple of widgets, i cant seem to get back to regular android launcher though
a friend of mine updated with unrevoked still installed and his phone made it through but it hung for about 20 min and i had to take the phone from him because he was ready to remove the battery, his sister had wifi running and after update it wouldnt start, my cousin turned off wifi before updating and his wifi seems fine...
Does anyone have a "bricked" phone? I'm curious as to whether it's a true brick or if recovery/bootloader can still be reached. As far as I can tell it's only rooted phones having these problems, I'm also wondering if people are pulling their batteries. Reports are saying that normal unrooted customers are saying their phones were "bricked", but I'm sure there's a lot of people that were rooted trying to get theirs replaced that aren't going to admit that they were rooted.
since someone in my inner-circle designated me as tech support i have a lot of people calling me, i just had a somewhat akward convo with a friend ending... root?? whats root, i dont even know what that **** is....*background* um dad..... yeah safe to say if you have an expensive phone and a competent kid with access and general knowledge of general electronics keep your phone away from them
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Does anyone have a "bricked" phone? I'm curious as to whether it's a true brick or if recovery/bootloader can still be reached. As far as I can tell it's only rooted phones having these problems, I'm also wondering if people are pulling their batteries. Reports are saying that normal unrooted customers are saying their phones were "bricked", but I'm sure there's a lot of people that were rooted trying to get theirs replaced that aren't going to admit that they were rooted.
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I have a normal, unrooted EVO 4G paperweight. Won't boot at all. Dead.
YUP same here, normal EVO, installed second update and BOOM, will not turn on, went to near sprint store and order new one at no cost, should be getting it tuesday or wed.
Anyone else been bricked by the HTC update?
If so what kind of response did you get from Sprint? Any suggestions for dealing with them?
The current state of my phone... completely dead, it will not turn on.. connecting it to a pc doesnt show a device is connected..
Try taking out the battery for a little bit. If that doesn't work, just take it back to Sprint. They'll give you a replacement Evo or a loaner for the time being until a new shipment comes in.
They might think you bricked it through rooting.
Not sure on there policies.. Let us know
sorry about ur issue but i have to hand it to u bro.. congratulations on using the word "bricked" correctly regarding the status of ur phone.. for god knows how long ppl have been calling their phone bricked if their volume button stopped working.. im gonna go celebrate with a cheesecake!
Engadget confirmed 10 minutes ago that the OTA has been halted, its happening to lots of people I guess
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http://www.phonenews.com/sprint-aborts-evo-4g-update-amid-concerns-of-failed-updates-11567/
Mine went as smooth as butter. Phone is much better as well.
Mine went good as well. No issues, and phone is much more responsive. I guess it pays to not root.
My stock EVO update was scary. It took between 10 and 15 minutes. It seemed to be in an endless boot loop. It rebooted about 4 times and it finally worked on the 5th. At some point I thought, "if it boots again, I'm pulling the battery." At the end, the voicemail icon was replaced by an error message. I trashed it and reinserted the original icon. There was no indication or hour glass or something letting me know the process was normal. It really seemed like something was wrong.
I can understand if some customers aborted the process pulling the battery, thus bricking their phones. I don't think it would be their fault.
I think a lot of phones were bricked because of user error. A lot of people probably pulled their batteries. I do agree that there should be some kind of indication that the update was still in progress. I'm rooted and I haven't updated yet since I already get amazing battery life.
Uh oh.
Sprint pulled the update.
My condolences to those that have been bricked.
FYI - my update went very smooth. Stock EVO, unrooted. Did not make the mistake of accepting yesterday's update twice though ;-)
What did Sprint said about your phone, will they exchange it?
bricked mine yesterday.
Made the mistake of running the patch twice. Being used to windows I like to patch first and ask questions later.
Learned my lesson.
1st patch went through smoothly. Everything was great except a few widgets need to be reloaded. Got prompted for a new patch in the afternoon and ran that without checking xda first. And that was all it wrote.
Called Sprint last night and tech on the phone knew exactly what happened to the phone and made an appointment for me this morning to get it exchanged. He said a lot of people are calling in about the same issue. Since it's within the 30 day period he informed me that I will be getting a brand new replacement.
Went to the store this morning and confirmed my phone is DOA. and *suprise* no phone in stock. They indicated they will be order me a new phone. The MOD also told me there are five people showed up last night with bricked evo's.
Called Sprint again after the visit. They are looking for another phone I can use in the mean time.
Not impressed with HTC at this point.
if you rooted your phone, then tried to apply this update, your screwed.
It will brick.
Good luck returning it. Not covered by insurance when you tinker with it.
If you do get a new phone, don't be surprised to see a big bill once they look at what you reprogrammed later on.
kthejoker20 said:
if you rooted your phone, then tried to apply this update, your screwed.
It will brick.
Good luck returning it. Not covered by insurance when you tinker with it.
If you do get a new phone, don't be surprised to see a big bill once they look at what you reprogrammed later on.
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don't know who you're talking to but my phone is completely stock. (unrooted)
kthejoker20:
The reason it bricked was because of double updating, not because of rooting it.
kennyc1:
With that said, sorry for your trouble. Hope you get a new one soon!
AssassinsLament said:
kthejoker20:
The reason it bricked was because of double updating, not because of rooting it.
kennyc1:
With that said, sorry for your trouble. Hope you get a new one soon!
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Thanks, the only saving grace of this whole fubar is that having heard some horror stories about Sprint's CS before. I was treated very well by everyone I spoke with so far.
Fingers crossed.
kthejoker20 said:
if you rooted your phone, then tried to apply this update, your screwed.
It will brick.
Good luck returning it. Not covered by insurance when you tinker with it.
If you do get a new phone, don't be surprised to see a big bill once they look at what you reprogrammed later on.
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I was rooted with unrevoked. Ran Update everything went smooth just lost root. Did not update twice. baseband 2.05.00.06.10 software 1.47.651.1
My phone was not rooted... I havent really seen a point to do it yet... (i did root when I had a hero)
I went to the sprint store, it took about 30-40 min to get a new phone..
But now I want to update it... just a bit concerned about updating it (for good reason lol)
Back story.. So my friend and I got our phones the same day both samsung epics running stock 2.1. I am rooted and have some basic knowledge about our phones, he has no knowledge about root or anything android related. Well I saw his phone today and he has the new market place (2.3 look) while mine has the new tabs for comment and related. We are both on stock 2.1 same hardware and everything. Why would and how would his get the new one. He didn't install it. It just showed up for him about 4 days ago. It was bugging me and figured you guys could inform me on what's going on.
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Stuff rolls out at different times. Its hard to figure out when stuff like that will hit individuals.
Or u could have came here and got it in 5 secs
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My phone updated the market itself
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My phone updated the market itself
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Sometimes you get lucky and get it right away. Sometimes you wait a long ass time. Its a roll of the dice.
Yeah I'm not worried about it I was just curious. Thanks.
I have given Sprint my phone to repair a blown speaker, and also gave Best Buy my phone for a couple days.
Both times phone was rooted, to Sprint it had a stock looking rom with superusers though etc, they didn't say anything.
Gave phone to Best Buy, with a Sense 3.0 rom on it, she even mentioned "This looks like my Evo3d" and i told her I was rooted and was running a sense3.0 rom etc etc and she was all "cool."
however i got my phone back from both places and they were refurbs and i obviously lost my roots.
Most recently I got my refurb phone with the 2.3 OTA so no root anymores.
I guess it depends on who you return it to, but on both of my occasions, both for the same reason, even at about the same time span...they didn't say anything negative or 'sorry we can't help you' etc.
Just bored on xda..no root is driving me nuts.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15508256&postcount=104
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15508256&postcount=104
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wow, with all the QQ from them posting in that....you'd think 3/4 of their customers walk in with rooted phones...
i have the feeling a VAST MAJORITY of Sprint phone owners are not rooted...am i wrong?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15508256&postcount=104
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wow, that is quite the discovery... i have returned a rooted samsung moment to sprint before, and it was really messed up, stripped down custom rom and all, and they didnt ask questions. very very interesting...
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I tried opening the link inside the file, but it would not load for me.
What does it say in 20 words or less?
mattchew86 said:
I tried opening the link inside the file, but it would not load for me.
What does it say in 20 words or less?
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Rooted phone are covered under warranty and 100% OK by Sprint.
So, I wasted my time getting it back to stock to take it in for a blown speaker.
Awesome.
Thanks for the reply.
Sir Tony said:
Rooted phone are covered under warranty and 100% OK by Sprint.
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Proof?
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Proof?
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....the link to the document posted?
My friends phone was rooted and sprint forced an upgrage. He has the Sprint Evo 4G. It was rooted with Evervolv v1.1.0b3 (2.3.4). the HTC white screen kept repeating itself. I used my SD card to try to get the upgrade to complete but when it got to the system upgrade the second part progress bar was in red. It would never upgrade. Has anyone else experienced this problem. I saw your OTA upgrage prevents you rooting and I found it on my EVO. I liked rooting but is it now impossible to do. Any information that will help would be highly appreciated.
Nrre said:
I have given Sprint my phone to repair a blown speaker, and also gave Best Buy my phone for a couple days.
Both times phone was rooted, to Sprint it had a stock looking rom with superusers though etc, they didn't say anything.
Gave phone to Best Buy, with a Sense 3.0 rom on it, she even mentioned "This looks like my Evo3d" and i told her I was rooted and was running a sense3.0 rom etc etc and she was all "cool."
however i got my phone back from both places and they were refurbs and i obviously lost my roots.
Most recently I got my refurb phone with the 2.3 OTA so no root anymores.
I guess it depends on who you return it to, but on both of my occasions, both for the same reason, even at about the same time span...they didn't say anything negative or 'sorry we can't help you' etc.
Just bored on xda..no root is driving me nuts.
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They swapped your phone for a blown speaker? They obviously didn't know what they were doing if that's all that was wrong with it. I'd suggest finding another service center.