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[WARNING] Do not downgrade to 1.0xxxxx after root.

I should of published this notice sooner. This was discussed early on, but we didn't think anyone would downgrade to the buggy firmware after rooting.
We were wrong.
Newer hboots (like the one in stock, hboot version 1.04.0000) flash/check images in an way that prevents the phone from encountering a SECURITY WARNING mid flash. This is good, prevents us from bricking.
Older hboots, like the one in 1.03.605.10 (hboot version 0.95.0000) on the otherhand do not, and flashing over custom firmware with them can lead to the dreaded SECURITY WARNING. This firmware is from January 3rd, is buggy and well should not be used for any reason outside of initail root. Avoid it.
A tester helping develop a one click root encountered this today, he tried to downgrade from custom firmware.
So, do not downgrade below 1.12.605.6 without a reason, if you do understand how to recover. You most likely have no reason to be on old firmware at this point, outside of initial root.
If you have a SECURITY WARNING, don't freak.
Recovering from this error:
Until we have newer RUUs, you only have one maybe two chances to do this. Since you obviously know how to flash an RUU, I am not going to go through the
process again.
Flashing this firmware the stock (1.12.605.6) firmware will fix this error.
LINK: http://www.multiupload.com/JWLPZAS15T
However if you get a MAIN VERSION HIGHER error while flashing, you only have one choice to recover, by flashing the newer than stock (1.12.605.9) firmware.
LINK: http://www.multiupload.com/UF40S2HZA7
If you are having issues, or are freaked out come find me in the chat (check my signature for a link). If I help you, I expect a donation to the Boys and Girls Club in the name of REWT.
-jcase
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bumpity bump!

hello there i got the exact thing on my TB and i downloaded the files to fix it but i get back a Main Version Older am i doin somethin wrong

you can only flash files that are newer than your firmware. what were you trying to flash,overtop of what, when you got this security warning?

scotty1223 said:
you can only flash files that are newer than your firmware. what were you trying to flash,overtop of what, when you got this security warning?
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i was trying to flash this [ROM][TH3ORYROM] SHIFTAO5P V1.2X [AOSP/CM7] Eclipse B5 Kernel (8/26/2011) but when i was trying to flash the radio, i wasnt getting any receptions and i tried all four radio listed, so my stupid self thinkin hey let me use the radio PM05IMG from the root process and see if that would work, well as soon as the bootloader started flashin the files it pop back into bootloader with the security warning, i tried the file the jcase said to use to get out of that problem but the file never open or go thru it come back saying Main Version Older file not updated.

"Main version higher" means that the firmware you're trying to flash is older than the firmware on the phone.
Have you tried both files above? If so,the next thing I would do is try and flash the mr2 ruu(1.70.605.0) it is newer than both files above,and both of the root files(downgrade and mr1 upgrade) so that one should work for you.
Afterward,you can run revolutionary to reroot and not encounter this prollem again when you flash something that you should have researched more before flashing.
Sent from my SHIFTAO5P using XDA Premium App

scotty1223 said:
"Main version higher" means that the firmware you're trying to flash is older than the firmware on the phone.
Have you tried both files above? If so,the next thing I would do is try and flash the mr2 ruu(1.70.605.0) it is newer than both files above,and both of the root files(downgrade and mr1 upgrade) so that one should work for you.
Afterward,you can run revolutionary to reroot and not encounter this prollem again when you flash something that you should have researched more before flashing.
Sent from my SHIFTAO5P using XDA Premium App
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Hey there Scotty i really appreciate you helping me out here, im sitting at work with my TB stuck in Bootloader, getting ready to bust out my old rooted Eris out, but ima go and try that MR2 RUU do you have a link to where i can download that. and also where you said Main Version Higher mines Said Main Version Older,
and yes i thought i did everything correctly i mean i guess since i had the rom flashed but wasnt getting any reception made me make the stupid mistakes, by the way scotty do you have a tb

i have never seen "main version older" but it means the same thing... the firmware youre trying to flash is older that what is on the phone.
you can download MR2 from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160286
just put your sd card in a cardreader to transfer and rename PG05IMG and flash in hboot. let us know how it goes.
and yes,i have a TB.

scotty1223 said:
i have never seen "main version older" but it means the same thing... the firmware youre trying to flash is older that what is on the phone.
you can download MR2 from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160286
just put your sd card in a cardreader to transfer and rename PG05IMG and flash in hboot. let us know how it goes.
and yes,i have a TB.
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Ok ima download it but my other prblem is that the phone doesnt charge the battery its not enough voltage to run the files, i have no other way of charging the phone i might have to buy a battery charger or somethin

only thing i know of is to use an external charger,or swap it into a good TB. if you have to,you could take it to a store and see if they will put it in a phone and charge it for you,tho i would take some care in what you tell them as to why you need to do that
i got an external charger and 3 extra generic batterys on ebay for about $30 so i wont ever ben in that situation. i dont like charging my phone during the day so i just go until it shuts off then put in a new battery.
ive heard of people hacking up usb cables to directly power the phone,but thats not something id really reccomend.
at any rate youre good to be caustious,an hboot flash is NOT a time that you want to run out of battery

take an old pair if headphones and strip them til you have only the cooper wire and connect them to the gold connector from your phone to your eris battery and that should work

scotty1223 said:
only thing i know of is to use an external charger,or swap it into a good TB. if you have to,you could take it to a store and see if they will put it in a phone and charge it for you,tho i would take some care in what you tell them as to why you need to do that
i got an external charger and 3 extra generic batterys on ebay for about $30 so i wont ever ben in that situation. i dont like charging my phone during the day so i just go until it shuts off then put in a new battery.
ive heard of people hacking up usb cables to directly power the phone,but thats not something id really reccomend.
at any rate youre good to be caustious,an hboot flash is NOT a time that you want to run out of battery
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Ok so today i brought an HTC dock charger with a extra slot to charge the battery alone, so i charge that puppy up, put the battery back in with the file you gave me to put on my sd card and bootloader comes on does its checking the file and loaded the update ask me to press yes and BAM it took 5 mins to do its process and rebooted itself and now back to where it was when i first brought it, damn so thx you Scotty for the help and guide, so can youo tell me a method to use to root it back,

good,glad it worked out for you. use this to reroot: http://revolutionary.io/
its quick and easy and leaves you with a permanet hboot that wont accidentally get overwritten

scotty1223 said:
good,glad it worked out for you. use this to reroot: http://revolutionary.io/
its quick and easy and leaves you with a permanet hboot that wont accidentally get overwritten [/QUOTED]
do i need my pc to do this root process or i can do it on the phone.
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portebr3 said:
do i need my pc to do this root process or i can do it on the phone.
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you will need a pc

scotty1223 said:
you will need a pc
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Ok ill need a pc, how will i know im rooted will it give me the superuser app like the other root method does

theres a video here on android forums: http://androidforums.com/thunderbolt-all-things-root/402115-thunderbolt-rooting-methods-updated.html
it will give you a permanent s-off hboot and flash clockwork recovery. tehre is a download for a superuser.zip that you will flash in recovery. then you will see the superuser app in your drawer after flashing that .zip/

scotty1223 said:
theres a video here on android forums: http://androidforums.com/thunderbolt-all-things-root/402115-thunderbolt-rooting-methods-updated.html
it will give you a permanent s-off hboot and flash clockwork recovery. tehre is a download for a superuser.zip that you will flash in recovery. then you will see the superuser app in your drawer after flashing that .zip/
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ok Ima go go ahead and go that route and i think i should be able to download superuser from the app store, but yeaha ill keep you posted, so tell me what ROM are you using, i heard gingerbread is buggy as hell,

portebr3 said:
ok Ima go go ahead and go that route and i think i should be able to download superuser from the app store, but yeaha ill keep you posted, so tell me what ROM are you using, i heard gingerbread is buggy as hell,
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the market will only have the superuser app,youll need the matching binary files. the superuser app is linked on revolutionarys page,you must flash that in recovery to become rooted.
from: the revolutionary website:
Does Revolutionary give me root?
No. You will need to flash this this zipfile from recovery.

jcase said:
I should of published this notice sooner. This was discussed early on, but we didn't think anyone would downgrade to the buggy firmware after rooting.
We were wrong.
Newer hboots (like the one in stock, hboot version 1.04.0000) flash/check images in an way that prevents the phone from encountering a SECURITY WARNING mid flash. This is good, prevents us from bricking.
Older hboots, like the one in 1.03.605.10 (hboot version 0.95.0000) on the otherhand do not, and flashing over custom firmware with them can lead to the dreaded SECURITY WARNING. This firmware is from January 3rd, is buggy and well should not be used for any reason outside of initail root. Avoid it.
A tester helping develop a one click root encountered this today, he tried to downgrade from custom firmware.
So, do not downgrade below 1.12.605.6 without a reason, if you do understand how to recover. You most likely have no reason to be on old firmware at this point, outside of initial root.
If you have a SECURITY WARNING, don't freak.
Recovering from this error:
Until we have newer RUUs, you only have one maybe two chances to do this. Since you obviously know how to flash an RUU, I am not going to go through the
process again.
Flashing this firmware the stock (1.12.605.6) firmware will fix this error.
LINK: http://www.multiupload.com/JWLPZAS15T
However if you get a MAIN VERSION HIGHER error while flashing, you only have one choice to recover, by flashing the newer than stock (1.12.605.9) firmware.
LINK: http://www.multiupload.com/UF40S2HZA7
If you are having issues, or are freaked out come find me in the chat (check my signature for a link). If I help you, I expect a donation to the Boys and Girls Club in the name of REWT.
-jcase
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all multiupload.com links are non-functional and should be disabled, and refreshed with current mirror links.

Errors in /cache/recovery -- Bricked????

Yesterday, it randomly started force closing all apps repeatedly (force close loop) and often freezing until the battery was pulled. It would work fine after powering on for 30-60 minutes at a time but then start messing up again. Sometimes it messed up right away though.
Today I made a nandroid backup and then tried wiping data/factory reset and wiping cache. I get this:
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I know that is not good. But what does it mean??
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Anyway, now no matter what ROM I flash (CM7.0.0, or an old nightly 37, 41, etc), I click "Reboot system now" and the screen just goes to black forever. I have to pull the battery again.
But then it freezes at the MyTouch 4G screen (left it for 10+ minutes). It never gets past that.
Yes, I even did a nandroid backup before wiping. But even restoring that does the same thing: it restores, I click reboot, and it goes to a black screen.
But no matter what, after a battery pull, it just freezes at the MyTouch 4G screen forever.
I *can* get into the white hboot/fastboot screen via Power + Volume Down and then get into CWM Recovery from there.
It just can't *boot* into any Android rom.
Am I bricked?? Is there a way to fix this??
Please help!

Everyone that i am aware of that has encounter this has not been able to recover from it.
It looks like it might be truly bricked.

Do u have the good emmc chip or bad? Theres plenty of threads regardin that issue...
Mytouch 4g-white
Permrooted s-off
Root Method-gfree
CWR-3.0.2.4
Rom-Royalginger v2.1
Kernel-Ckisgen~smartass~v1.4

Yup it looks like your eMMC chip went bad. I have a phone here that is doing the same exact thing. I have tried everything from fastbooting a new bootloader to the PD15 whatever its called full restore image. Nothing is working at all. I fear you have a truly bricked phone.

Ah [email protected]#!#[email protected]#[email protected]#$!$ !!!!!
A) What could have caused this?? From my viewpoint, of course it seems totally random but from reading other people's cases, have you guys seen any common link or can think of something that could have caused this?
[Edit] And B) Also, do you think T-Mobile would warranty replace it even though it is rooted with CyanogenMod 7 (even though it cannot be seen)? It was purchased Oct 2010, and I do have insurance on it.

Paul22000 said:
Ah [email protected]#!#[email protected]#[email protected]#$!$ !!!!!
A) What could have caused this?? From my viewpoint, of course it seems totally random but from reading other people's cases, have you guys seen any common link or can think of something that could have caused this?
[Edit] And B) Also, do you think T-Mobile would warranty replace it even though it is rooted with CyanogenMod 7 (even though it cannot be seen)? It was purchased Oct 2010, and I do have insurance on it.
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once they see Clockwork ROM manager they'll know it was rooted.

cmdmilitia13 said:
Do u have the good emmc chip or bad? Theres plenty of threads regardin that issue...
Mytouch 4g-white
Permrooted s-off
Root Method-gfree
CWR-3.0.2.4
Rom-Royalginger v2.1
Kernel-Ckisgen~smartass~v1.4
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How do I check?

neidlinger said:
once they see Clockwork ROM manager they'll know it was rooted.
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Well, A) that's only if they press Volume Down + Power button. Do they normally know how to do that?
Also, B) is there a way to remove CWM?

Paul22000 said:
How do I check?
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you have to be able to get into recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13834944&postcount=1

neidlinger said:
once they see Clockwork ROM manager they'll know it was rooted.
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I have heard of people frying their motherboards by over volting the charging port so they no longer turn on before sending it in for a warranty return. I cant comment on this but if I can get mine warrantied that way I will do it. Not like the motherboard is any good now so might as well try. However! I do not suggest doing this.

Paul22000 said:
Well, A) that's only if they press Volume Down + Power button. Do they normally know how to do that?
Also, B) is there a way to remove CWM?
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I'm sure they check first thing.
technically you could if you have the .85 hBoot.
But if you have the .85 hBoot they'll know the phone was tampered with since the engineering screen is different

neidlinger said:
you have to be able to get into recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13834944&postcount=1
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Unfortunately, I'm not able to use adb even though I have it installed:
What am I missing here to get adb working?
In case I can't get that working, do any of these help to see if my emmc is bad?

Paul22000 said:
Unfortunately, I'm not able to use adb even though I have it installed:
What am I missing here to get adb working?
In case I can't get that working, do any of these help to see if my emmc is bad?
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to get the phone working again? nope. To get it to an honest warrant-able state yes.

I was able to check the eMMC chip version on my bricked phone so you should be able to also. You need to be in clockwork recovery to do it.

neidlinger said:
to get the phone working again? nope. To get it to an honest warrant-able state yes.
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Yes, at this point I don't care about getting this phone working. I have been paying for insurance every month since October, so getting it replaced is fine by me.
I just want to know how to get the phone in a state so that T-Mobile doesn't deny my warranty because I put CyanogenMod on it.
How do I get to back to a warrant-able state? That would be AMAZING. Any would would be MUCH appreciated!

Paul22000 said:
Yes, at this point I don't care about getting this phone working. I have been paying for insurance every month since October, so getting it replaced is fine by me.
I just want to know how to get the phone in a state so that T-Mobile doesn't deny my warranty because I put CyanogenMod on it.
How do I get to back to a warrant-able state? That would be AMAZING. Any would would be MUCH appreciated!
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it's pretty much impossible at this state. If you have the .85 hBoot you could flash the stock image. but you need a working rom to flash back to .86 hBoot. When you do not have.

neidlinger said:
it's pretty much impossible at this state. If you have the .85 hBoot you could flash the stock image. but you need a working rom to flash back to .86 hBoot. When you do not have.
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Wait? I thought you said I could get it back to warrant-able state in your last post? Did I misunderstand what you said?
Either way, is there a way to just get rid of CWM?
If I can do that, then the *ONLY* way for them to tell I did anything would be the hboot version at the top, correct?
I would be willing to try going to multiple T-Mobile stores and hoping to find someone that didn't know about hboot versions.
So as long as I can get rid of CWM, I will be confident enough to go to multiple T-Mobile stores in order to TRY to get a replacement.
Is there a way to get rid of CWM on a bricked phone?

Paul22000 said:
Wait? I thought you said I could get it back to warrant-able state in your last post? Did I misunderstand what you said?
Either way, is there a way to just get rid of CWM?
If I can do that, then the *ONLY* way for them to tell I did anything would be the hboot version at the top, correct?
I would be willing to try going to multiple T-Mobile stores and hoping to find someone that didn't know about hboot versions.
So as long as I can get rid of CWM, I will be confident enough to go to multiple T-Mobile stores in order to TRY to get a replacement.
Is there a way to get rid of CWM on a bricked phone?
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i did say to get it to a warrant-able state you need ADB up and running. But there lies a problem when, and i mentioned, it will not get the phone working again.
you need two things 1) a stock recovery image 2) to flash the stock .86 hBoot.
If you have the engineering hBoot, .85 you can flash the stock recovery image. Just has you would flash clockwork via hBoot. but to get back to the stock .86 hBoot you need to have the phone up and running. Which you cannot do at this point. You are correct the only way they would tell if it's been tampered with is the .85.xxxxx hBoot version at the top of the screen.
If you have the .85 hBoot you could try flashing the stock recovery image to the phone and see if that will overwrite CWM.

neidlinger said:
i did say to get it to a warrant-able state you need ADB up and running. But there lies a problem when, and i mentioned, it will not get the phone working again.
you need two things 1) a stock recovery image 2) to flash the stock .86 hBoot.
If you have the engineering hBoot, .85 you can flash the stock recovery image. Just has you would flash clockwork via hBoot. but to get back to the stock .86 hBoot you need to have the phone up and running. Which you cannot do at this point. You are correct the only way they would tell if it's been tampered with is the .85.xxxxx hBoot version at the top of the screen.
If you have the .85 hBoot you could try flashing the stock recovery image to the phone and see if that will overwrite CWM.
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A) So just to make absolutely sure. Even with ADB, there's 0% chance of ever getting this phone booting into Android again, correct?
B) If so, well replacement is the only opton. So from the pictures above in post #12, I have 0.85, yes?
C) So I just need to flash the stock recovery image from CWM to overwrite CWM?
D) If all three are correct, then which file do I need to flash? Is is one of the two files listed here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843289

Paul22000 said:
A) So just to make absolutely sure. Even with ADB, there's 0% chance of ever getting this phone booting into Android again, correct?
B) If so, well replacement is the only opton. So from the pictures above in post #12, I have 0.85, yes?
C) So I just need to flash the stock recovery image from CWM to overwrite CWM?
D) If all three are correct, then which file do I need to flash? Is is one of the two files listed here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843289
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a) with adb up and running you can flash the stock recovery image, but not the old school hBoot
b) i am at work and WebSense blocks alot of images.
c) yes
d) depends on if you had the pre or post OTA recovery image.

[GUIDE]How to Root & unROOT Revolutionary PLUS 2.3.5/4.67.651.3 BL 2.18.0001

Disclaimer: Not responsible for anything that may happen to your device!
Updated with Stock 5.07.651.1 rooted and odexed ROM : I had flashed this update on the 4.67.651.3 with no problems and just need to full wipe data/cache/dalvich and make sure to back up everything, this will erase all the System data and SD card would be fine.
UPDATED Video GUIDES ROOT and UNLOCK Bootloader 2.18 and Build 4.67.651.3.
UNLOCK 2.18.0001
ROOT 4.67.651.0001
To save me the trouble typing out a written GUIDE for the 2 Videos on top, it has been done already, And Please THANK "THC Butterz" for the awesome GUIDE HERE!
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Guide Below for v2.3.3 builds 4.24/4.53/4.54 softwares to ROOT and unROOT revolutionary method.
We must first gather the tools needed for the process, written and visual step by step below, I am simply not saying “This works better than other methods” but am saying it worked for me and able to replace my usb port on my device at the “S” store. Make sure the sd card is not inside when you take it in?
Now assuming that your rooted with the latest from “UnRevoked & AlphaRev” with a custom ROM installed on your device, in this case I was currently on “NewToRoot” 2.3.5/3.5 with a custom Kernel. The two zip files below Download and place them on the Root of the SD card, steps below is simply renaming the first one that will be used for removing the “Root.” You can rename them on the computer and place it on the SD or on the device itself, which ever you prefer but cannot have the same file name. Since I am removing UnRevoke & AlphaRev Root, I used the Number one first..
Files and there functions.
1. HEX file: This will remove you Root access and Returns Security on (S-ON).
2. PC36IMG_SuperSonic_GB_Sprint_WWE_4.53.651.1_Radio_2.15.00.0808 just rename this and flash it from HBOOT by Holding Vol+PWR button will take you there but shutdown completely or remove battery to be sure.
*How to Unroot your Evo 4G*[/SIZE][/U]
1. Renamed the “HEX” file to “PC36IMG” and placed inside the ROOT of the SD Card, disable FastBoot my case newer rom’s are located inside settings>power>fastboot and stock would be in settings>application>fastboot and uncheck it to disable. Complete Shutdown.
2. Boot to HBoot Screen by Holding “Volume down & Power Button” same time until you get to the white screen with your device info and “Revolutionary” ontop.
3. After system scanning, It will ask “Parsing?” select “Yes” by using volume up key.
4. Done!
What just happened? “Unrevoked & AlphaRev” root is now removed, Boot Loader remains the same with your Security now enabled “S-ON.”
Now there are a lot of way’s to proceed in loading the most updated version of the Stock Rom or RUU from “S”, but for now I will use what was documented(Documentation Beats Conversation). From removing the Root and putting Security On(S-ON).
Boot Loader Flashed and Return to Stock!
1. Reboot system and not forgetting that I am still on a Custom Rom, renamed PC36IMG back to Hex this would allow system not to keep reading it over and over.
2. With the number 2 file PC36IMG4.53.651.1 Simply rename it "PC36IMG" and flash from HBOOT screen by holding vol+power button will take you there,
3. FastBoot, you must have latest Drivers install get it from the "Rooting" guide below and install it on your machine, now put you deivce in HBscreen by holding "power" down and "volume" key down same time til' in a white screen, let sys scan read and when done use volume key scroll to "fastboot". It should highlight in Red at the top if connection is made Comp&Device, then load from your computer same thing as a step 2 above.
Now upon updating the system partitions, PC36IMG zipped with the latest “S” stock ROM or RUU is going to flash the Boot Loader as you will see in the video guides below, that would be the first step it’s going to take as you will see your device screen turn’s off for like a millisecond and comes back on(Flicker), when it returns as you will look to the top information your Boot Loader is now removed from 6.17.1002(mod) to stock 2.16.0001.
Only takes not even a 1 1/2mins and it will return to all the partitions and starts to update them one by one splash, boot, wimax etc;
RUU Link 4..54.651.1
Waiting on uploading The latest 4.67.651.3 I know a rooted version is somewhere on this forum
Screen Shots From Guide Part 3 of 3 **12:46 to 14:02**
Modify HBOOT
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Stock HBOOT
How can I confirm that this is the correct information? Well for one fact, it is the STOCK RUU from the Carrier themselves leaked onto the community, and how can we forget Teams “Unrevoke and AlphaRev” released Root method for Android Version 2.3.3.
I created a Tutorial on it and simply read through the process as I was recording, my device info before rooting is recorded and visiualy documented on video, just looked back at it and it read the same thing on this thread.
I even created 3 part Video GUIDE through this whole process, and show exactly what the step's above talks about.
Part 1 of 3
Part 2 of 3
Part 3 of 3
"READ READ READ!"
Steps to prepare device for the following installation below, enable usb debugging goto Settings>applications>development>debugging and select.
usb chord must be able to transfer data, it some cases you will loose this but still be able to charge. check connections usb>device and usb>computer.
Disable HTC Sync or exit out of it but make sure it's not showing on the task bar bottom right corner, and temporarily disable your virus software you may have. For at least 10mins, this method will only take like 5mins.
"PERFER" to use a notepad to COPY N PASTE your Beta key, to paste inside Command prompt(CMD or DOS), copy from notepad and on the black cmd/dos screen click on the "icon" top left corner, menu drops down, scroll down to edit and select paste!
Now let's ROOT your Evo!
Video using this method!
1. Download zip
http://revolutionary.io/ "
Donate to these guys who released it today"
"SETUP UP UR BETA-KEY AND SERIAL AS YOU WILL NEED IT IN THE INSTALLATION"
2. HTC Fast Boot Drivers
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/revolutionary
3. Installing "Super user" Flash from recovery, BOTH LINKS ARE FOR THE SAME FILE.
http://depositfiles.com/files/kfg1tupnx OR
http://depositfiles.com/files/5qasu3fyi
How to ROOT you Evo 4G
On to rooting your EVO!!!!!
1.ok so download the revoltionary file and extract it somewhere on your desktop.
2.run the executable revolutionary file.
3.it will detect your phone's specific serial number. use that to generate the beta key on the revolutionary website.
4.enter the beta key in the revolutionary dos window on your computer. people have been reporting that the key is invalid. so just copy and paste the key from the revolutionary website to the dos window.
5.it should then run and do its thing.
6.next we need to go and verify that s-off and if you have recovery
7.select bootloader then recovery
8.on the hboot screen at the top it should say s-off, if it does then congrats!
next we need to flash the superuser so
9.select recovery in bootloader
10.select install .zip from sdcard
11.find the superuser file and flash it
time to make a nandroid backup
11in recovery select backup and restore
12.select backup
13.after it is done you can reboot
CONGRATS YOU ARE NOW ROOTED!

You may want to run an RUU first, just so you have the stock, unrooted rom on your phone before you turn s-on. I know it's usually done the other way around, but I'm not sure of the hboot version you posted (I'm too lazy at the moment) and you'll want to avoid any "main version is older" errors when running an RUU.
Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk

Updated....

Tekn010933 said:
S-ON, pretty much all stock with the latest 4.53.651/2.3.3 with HB 6.17.0001 and ready to take it in for repairs....not really.
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You need to run the RUU (or stock PC36IMG) to replace the modified HBOOT version with the "official" HBOOT version. THEN you will be completely stock, and ready for warranty returns. There is a newer RUU than the one you posted (4.67), posted by Football, and I have the PC36IMG extracted from that, which I will share once I'm at a computer.
Thanks for posting this; it's less work for me to do. However, it is common courtesy around here to give credit to the people that either created the files you're referring to, or generally helped out. While you're "not taking any credit", you're not giving any either, which is really like taking credit by omission. I'm just saying .... But I digress.
UPDATED ON 31-January-2012
EDIT
Newest stock RUU - 4.67.651.3 (thanks to Football): thread link
MD5: 045E93A459183B144D29F18FC2A332FA
PC36IMG.zip for latest ROM (4.67.651.3) - Rename to PC36IMG.zip, place on root of SD card, then flash from bootloader: 4shared Link
MD5: E6B8E2B01C18043790B8E66C91085733
EDIT 2: I also just noticed you have a multiupload link for the modded HBOOT file? The file is under 300KB - why not just attach it to the first post? For anyone interested in simply downloading the file (provided you're already a member here, and logged in), you can get it directly from HERE (zip I created) or HERE (zip posted by shortydoggg - not sure if it's mine or not). The file will just need to be renamed to PC36IMG.zip, and placed on root of SD card as described in OP, to flash via bootloader.

Awesome work, Captain_Throwback. This worked perfectly! Been helping a co-worker with a bad screen get ready to take his EVO in for service. He took the OTA to 2.3.3 in the past, so Revolutionary was the only way to get rooted. A slight moment of panic when I realized that the 6.16 HBOOT was supposedly not downgradeable. This method works a treat, and is very easy, reliable and fast.
I tracked this method down in one of the other threads it was posted in, but putting it in a sticky would be a great idea, or even better, the Revolutionary Guide OP.
Thanks again!
<edit> Just to clarify, the latest RUU from Football is just a radio update, and is still fully 'rootable' with Revolutionary, correct?

OwenW71 said:
Awesome work, Captain_Throwback. This worked perfectly! Been helping a co-worker with a bad screen get ready to take his EVO in for service. He took the OTA to 2.3.3 in the past, so Revolutionary was the only way to get rooted. A slight moment of panic when I realized that the 6.16 HBOOT was supposedly not downgradeable. This method works a treat, and is very easy, reliable and fast.
I tracked this method down in one of the other threads it was posted in, but putting it in a sticky would be a great idea, or even better, the Revolutionary Guide OP.
Thanks again!
<edit> Just to clarify, the latest RUU from Football is just a radio update, and is still fully 'rootable' with Revolutionary, correct?
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You're welcome.
And no, the latest RUU from Football is the newest FULL ROM that includes the OTA updates AND the new radio. And yes, it's still fully rootable via Revolutionary, as the Bootloader version is still 2.16.

Updated....

Updated.....

My usb is broken and I'm sending the phone back, can't run the RUU, the link for the zip above is not working. Does anyone have the latest stock RUU zip they could post so I can unroot? I've searched around here quite a bit and cannot find it.
Thanks,

dbd1313 said:
My usb is broken and I'm sending the phone back, can't run the RUU, the link for the zip above is not working. Does anyone have the latest stock RUU zip they could post so I can unroot? I've searched around here quite a bit and cannot find it.
Thanks,
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Try the link from my post now. I'm not sure how the link got broken.

Ok guys could you please clarify for us? What step should be done first, renaming the new HBoot zip to PC36IMG.zip and flash from HBoot? Or run the RUU (or flash the PC36IMG) of the latest stock ROM?

wherestheanykey said:
Ok guys could you please clarify for us? What step should be done first, renaming the new HBoot zip to PC36IMG.zip and flash from HBoot? Or run the RUU (or flash the PC36IMG) of the latest stock ROM?
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Personally, the safest, most preferred order is flash stock ROM, then flash modded HBoot, then re-flash stock ROM.
"I hope you brought an umbrella, 'cause it's raining cold hard facts up in here."

Captain_Throwback said:
Personally, the safest, most preferred order is flash stock ROM, then flash modded HBoot, then re-flash stock ROM.
"I hope you brought an umbrella, 'cause it's raining cold hard facts up in here."
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Ok thanks a lot.

Ok so before I found this thread I tried downloading the pc36img file and loading it in hboot but when I load the file I got a fail on the rom part of the update then I got a fail update notification so I tried to reboot the phone and now its stuck on the white screen that says "htc evo 4g" I tried the recovery and all I get is a phone with a exclamation mark...point being idk what to run first in my situation thanks for the help

Updated.....

erupt323 said:
Ok so before I found this thread I tried downloading the pc36img file and loading it in hboot but when I load the file I got a fail on the rom part of the update then I got a fail update notification so I tried to reboot the phone and now its stuck on the white screen that says "htc evo 4g" I tried the recovery and all I get is a phone with a exclamation mark...point being idk what to run first in my situation thanks for the help
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You need to boot into HBOOT (bootloader) and report back what HBOOT version you're on, and the status of your NAND (S-OFF or S-ON). Then we can determine what you need to do next.

Updated ....

Tekn010933 said:
Not to get off track here but did Sprint release a new update? Haven't searched so busy with school/work sorry Bro.
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The latest update is from 8/23 - 4.53.651.1.
http://community.sprint.com/baw/com.../blog/2010/11/05/htc-evo-maintenance-releases

Captain_Throwback said:
You need to boot into HBOOT (bootloader) and report back what HBOOT version you're on, and the status of your NAND (S-OFF or S-ON). Then we can determine what you need to do next.
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I'm S~Off and I'm on hboot 6.16

[Q] Please help with bricked phone

I've spent quite a while tonight FINALLY getting this MyTouch 4g (Glacier) to root and now I'm stuck in a bind.
Everything seemed to be going well and I got the Cyanogenmod 7 flashed onto the phone via Clockwork ROM Manager. Then the first time I rebooted it got to the Android logo with the spinning arrow and went into a constant loop. After about 20 minutes of this I pulled the battery and tried to restore the phone via the recovery image I created with clockwork. Here is the current status of the phone:
1. CAN get into HBOOT and HBOOT USB (but I dont think ADB can see it, or at least I haven't been able to get it to)
2. CANNOT get into recovery, phone just reboots itself to the red exclamation
3. PD15IMG.zip tries to restore the phone but fails.
What can I do to get the phone back into some sort of usable condition. I dont care where, I can start over as long as I have something to work with.

sdavidson0316 said:
I've spent quite a while tonight FINALLY getting this MyTouch 4g (Glacier) to root and now I'm stuck in a bind.
Everything seemed to be going well and I got the Cyanogenmod 7 flashed onto the phone via Clockwork ROM Manager. Then the first time I rebooted it got to the Android logo with the spinning arrow and went into a constant loop. After about 20 minutes of this I pulled the battery and tried to restore the phone via the recovery image I created with clockwork. Here is the current status of the phone:
1. CAN get into HBOOT and HBOOT USB (but I dont think ADB can see it, or at least I haven't been able to get it to)
2. CANNOT get into recovery, phone just reboots itself to the red exclamation
3. PD15IMG.zip tries to restore the phone but fails.
What can I do to get the phone back into some sort of usable condition. I dont care where, I can start over as long as I have something to work with.
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does bootloader show Fail-PU when flashing PD15IMG.zip?

saranhai said:
does bootloader show Fail-PU when flashing PD15IMG.zip?
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Nope, looks to me like the equivalent of what you're asking is that it says "Fail UZ"
I've attached a few screen shots for reference.
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sdavidson0316 said:
Nope, looks to me like the equivalent of what you're asking is that it says "Fail UZ"
I've attached a few screen shots for reference.
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It failed to unzip the update. Try redownloading the pd15img. This time verify the MD5SUM and try it again.

ALrighty.....this is my st00pid face. I guess in my lack of sleep last night I forgot to check the MD5SUM.
That worked....now let's see if I can break it again!!

sdavidson0316 said:
ALrighty.....this is my st00pid face. I guess in my lack of sleep last night I forgot to check the MD5SUM.
That worked....now let's see if I can break it again!!
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Cool Glad it worked for you.

New question, essentially the same topic:
This whole thing started because I tried to flash CyanogenMod 7 onto the phone and it messed up. The phone reboots into Cyanogen and the little android on the skateboard with the arrow just goes into a repeating cycle. It will come on for 10ish seconds at a time and then just cycle back and do the same thing. I've let it go for >20 minutes and nothing changes.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get this ROM working? It took me so long to get it rooted with S-off that I'll be darned if I'm stopping now!
Thanks in advance!

sdavidson0316 said:
New question, essentially the same topic:
This whole thing started because I tried to flash CyanogenMod 7 onto the phone and it messed up. The phone reboots into Cyanogen and the little android on the skateboard with the arrow just goes into a repeating cycle. It will come on for 10ish seconds at a time and then just cycle back and do the same thing. I've let it go for >20 minutes and nothing changes.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get this ROM working? It took me so long to get it rooted with S-off that I'll be darned if I'm stopping now!
Thanks in advance!
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Verify the MD5SUM of the ROM as well. You may of gotten a bad download.
What i personally do when i download and install a new OS is
Download OS to computer
push the OS to the SD card
verify the MD5SUM
reboot into recovery
nandroid backup
factory reset
flash new OS
flash g/apps (if needed)
reboot system
to check the MD5SUM while it's on the SDcard just use the line command from either the terminal emulator or CMD prompt.
Code:
# md5sum /mnt/sdcard/<file_name>.extension

neidlinger said:
Verify the MD5SUM of the ROM as well. You may of gotten a bad download.
What i personally do when i download and install a new OS is
Download OS to computer
push the OS to the SD card
verify the MD5SUM
reboot into recovery
nandroid backup
factory reset
flash new OS
flash g/apps (if needed)
reboot system
to check the MD5SUM while it's on the SDcard just use the line command from either the terminal emulator or CMD prompt.
Code:
# md5sum /mnt/sdcard/<file_name>.extension
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+1
You can also check the md5 sum when its on the SDcard using the free mand5 app from the market.
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Thanks to everyone for helping out, I finally got it working last night when I had time to sit back down with it.
I was trying to use the ROM Manager version of the Cyanogen instructions and it ended up that that was the problem. I switched over to the recovery version based on your suggestions and it worked great.
Thanks again!

General feeling around here is that the only thing ROM Manager is good for is flashing ClockworkMod recovery. There are folks who won't even do that with it.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App

ROM manager ruined my recovery I had to completely re push recovery thru adb
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Read through noob guides but still having problems with the auto BL unlock

I've been thinking about it for a while but decided to give it a try today . The step that tells me to hold up I get but then how so I power down to activate fastboot ?
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DopeHack said:
I've been thinking about it for a while but decided to give it a try today . The step that tells me to hold up I get but then how so I power down to activate fastboot ?
Sent from my Atrix-4G, stock 2.3.4 (rooted)
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hold volume down button while booting up, then hold volume up after fastboot is selected to activate it.
after that, you use fastboot commands on your computer.

But I was using the automatic unlocker . I still need to put in commands myself?
Sent from my Atrix-4G, stock 2.3.4 (rooted)

DopeHack said:
But I was using the automatic unlocker . I still need to put in commands myself?
Sent from my Atrix-4G, stock 2.3.4 (rooted)
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Did you ask in that thread?
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DopeHack said:
But I was using the automatic unlocker . I still need to put in commands myself?
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I believe the automatic unlocker will pause and should give clear instructions ask you to do specific things that have to be done by a human (power down and reboot into certain mode, etc), you just need to follow these instructions. After that, you just hit enter to continue.
If you are unable to follow these instructions, probably it's too much for you...
To reboot into fastboot, for example: press the power button, to turn off the phone; then hold the volume down button, press the power button again, you'll see "Fastboot", then release volume down, press volume up, you enter the "fastboot" mode

Too much for me lol I know how to get to all the menus that its telling me to go to but nothing else happens. the guide said nothing about typing in anything which is why I choose it. Especially since the automatic root worked easy as pie ...
Sent from my Atrix-4G, stock 2.3.4 (rooted)

You want help, laugh when people who are trying to help say it might be too much for you, yet you provide us close to absolute no information.
What guide are you following? We might know, but it still is your job to provide a link.
What is the step you are stuck at?
Why, what isn't going according to plan? What do you see happening in your sceen / phone?
If you can't explain properly, provide some screenshots.
You say you can get to all the menus it tells you to, yet in the first step you can't seem to get into fastboot. Your speech is unclear and what you want is hard to understand.
My opinion is you aren't ready to unlock your bootloader. You know very little about your phone or how it works. That's the community's fault really, with all these automatic scripts, which are really nice if you know what you're doing, but end up promoting easy ignorance in people like you.
I just hope in a month or two you are not one of those writing "OMG, please, I arrempted to downgrade by SBF and know my phone won't boot, what gives???"
Read up on some information a learn how these things work. It is the best you can do. Owning an android device and modding it can be great fun, but it does require some effort on your part. If I were you, I would learn how to unlock my bootloader with pudding, just to understand what is actuallly going on.
Either that, or you can learn how to ask for help properly and politely. Your choice.
Also, wrong section, This is not Q&A.

My girlfriend was rushing me so I tried to type up something quick but I used this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871
As you can see like I can see it does not say I need to type anything in the cmd (which I have seen in YouTube videos and isn't that hard) but thought hey automatic sounds good so I gave it a try I don't have any problems getting the phone to fast boot or rsd as I've used the stock recovery to clear cache in an attempt to fix something. The part I'm stuck at is step 6
You are right I don't know alot about android which is why I didn't start messing with my phone the day I got it but I've been all over this site (well the atrix at least) and YouTube.
I appreciate any help and sorry for the misplaced thread
Sent from my Atrix-4G, stock 2.3.4 (rooted)

DopeHack said:
My girlfriend was rushing me so I tried to type up something quick but I used this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871
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this one is better
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302423
doesnt give you the soft brick i think

So, let's see if I got this, you are having trouble at the part it says it should restart? Or before that? After you choose the number and press enter, what happens?
This could be a driver problem... If windows is not recognizing a device, it's common... Which windows are you using? I used to have some problems on XP and vista...

Newbleeto said:
So, let's see if I got this, you are having trouble at the part it says it should restart? Or before that? After you choose the number and press enter, what happens?
This could be a driver problem... If windows is not recognizing a device, it's common... Which windows are you using? I used to have some problems on XP and vista...
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Right where it says it should restart and go into fastboot nothing happens I could hold that power button all day. I knew vista would bring an issue into the mix cause it never made the sound for connecting the phone but the SD cards show up
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sanriver12 said:
this one is better
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302423
doesnt give you the soft brick i think
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This is the one I read before thanks hopefully my girlfriend will disappear for a hour or two (she doesn't want me to ruin my phone) so I can work on it .
so with this one I can use fauxs 1.3 or 1.45Ghz kernal with cm7 I've been craving that ice cream sandwich ..
Sent from my Atrix-4G, stock 2.3.4 (rooted)

Computer is down for a while seems like it wasn't meant to be but Im still going to get it done
Sent from my Atrix-4G, stock 2.3.4 (rooted)

I actually had to use a Vista system to get this to work.
Now, when the instructions say it should "Restart", at that point, have you been in "Fastboot" yet? Have you been to the part where you have to enter your "Unique ID"?
This is important to know because throughout the bootloader-unlocking process the phone should be restarted a couple of times. It sounds like you have at least gotten through the part where it flashes "Pudding" but it sounds like you haven't done the "fastboot" part yet.
Are you referring to "Step 6" in the actual post or within the script? If the power button does not work then just pull the battery. As long as it is not in the process of doing something you should be fine.
I also want to point out that the program you are using only requires that you type in your Unique ID, everything else is automated, not to mention the file contains everything you need including adb, fastboot, RSDlite, Superuser, Pudding, and a working recovery so it makes it very easy for the end user to not have to find everything on their own. The script unlocks the bootloader, roots your phone, and flashes CWM recovery.
Either way, please provide more details if you are still having issues. Good luck.
DopeHack said:
Right where it says it should restart and go into fastboot nothing happens I could hold that power button all day. I knew vista would bring an issue into the mix cause it never made the sound for connecting the phone but the SD cards show up
Sent from my Atrix-4G, stock 2.3.4 (rooted)
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live4nyy said:
I actually had to use a Vista system to get this to work.
Now, when the instructions say it should "Restart", at that point, have you been in "Fastboot" yet? Have you been to the part where you have to enter your "Unique ID"?
This is important to know because throughout the bootloader-unlocking process the phone should be restarted a couple of times. It sounds like you have at least gotten through the part where it flashes "Pudding" but it sounds like you haven't done the "fastboot" part yet.
Are you referring to "Step 6" in the actual post or within the script? If the power button does not work then just pull the battery. As long as it is not in the process of doing something you should be fine.
I also want to point out that the program you are using only requires that you type in your Unique ID, everything else is automated, not to mention the file contains everything you need including adb, fastboot, RSDlite, Superuser, Pudding, and a working recovery so it makes it very easy for the end user to not have to find everything on their own. The script unlocks the bootloader, roots your phone, and flashes CWM recovery.
Either way, please provide more details if you are still having issues. Good luck.
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I wasn't blaming vista I was just saying cause I've had problem with that is in the past.
I've basically done nothing haven't flashed or wiped my phone yet I was basically stuck at or around the first step cause it first asks for RSD protocol and then it says restart phone but the power button has no effect why in that mode nd when I pull the battery to manually put it in fast boot nothing happens nd I get some kind of batch error when it trays to get my unique id...
But got the computer back today so I'm gonna work on it again
Thanx for help ... will update you guys when I can

sanriver12 said:
this one is better
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302423
doesnt give you the soft brick i think
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Actually, I followed the method you linked (old netbook running XP) and got a softbrick on the automatic reboot after flashing pudding. I was so busy watching RSD Lite do its thing that I didn't catch that my phone had actually rebooted; it selected fastboot mode on its own so I was able to issue the unlock command. It took.

"7.Plug your device into your computer. RSD Lite should recognize your device and say “Model: NS Flash Olympus” and “Connected…” The acronym 'NS' may be different for your device people!!"
its not doing this(i have rsdlite 4.5.5 because i cant find 5.5)
edit: got on to next problem

Thanks everyone
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