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Root Cant go back to s-on

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mindsouljah

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i tried to root my phone with unrevoked when i had 2.33 months ago i didnt kno it wouldnt work at the time. long story short the root failed but i some how am s-off. after doing that my phones makes weird noises now when i go into my camera and the screen stays black or i put my password in and it just goes into the camera app with a black screen plus my phone resets randomly. so i want to take it to sprint and get another phone but i cant turn s-on. i read the unroot sections i flashed roms back to stock like 40 times and used this thread as a help http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...ooting-dummies-guide-gingerbread-edition.html but still no dice
 
mindsouljah said:
i tried to root my phone with unrevoked when i had 2.33 months ago i didnt kno it wouldnt work at the time. long story short the root failed but i some how am s-off. after doing that my phones makes weird noises now when i go into my camera and the screen stays black or i put my password in and it just goes into the camera app with a black screen plus my phone resets randomly. so i want to take it to sprint and get another phone but i cant turn s-on. i read the unroot sections i flashed roms back to stock like 40 times and used this thread as a help http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...ooting-dummies-guide-gingerbread-edition.html but still no dice
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You ran the s-on tool from the exe on your computer or did you flash it from the phone?
 
mindsouljah said:
i tried to root my phone with unrevoked when i had 2.33 months ago i didnt kno it wouldnt work at the time. long story short the root failed but i some how am s-off. after doing that my phones makes weird noises now when i go into my camera and the screen stays black or i put my password in and it just goes into the camera app with a black screen plus my phone resets randomly. so i want to take it to sprint and get another phone but i cant turn s-on. i read the unroot sections i flashed roms back to stock like 40 times and used this thread as a help http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...ooting-dummies-guide-gingerbread-edition.html but still no dice
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argedion said:
You ran the s-on tool from the exe on your computer or did you flash it from the phone?
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Looks like he somehow got s off with unrevolked and now is trying to go back to s on with revolutionary.
@ op can you get into recovery? Power off and pull battery. Then put battery back in and hold power and volume down untill it boots to boot loader screen. There it should show the H boot version. post it here and we can get you to the right instructions and files to do what you want to do.
 
mikem0269 said:
Looks like he somehow got s off with unrevolked and now is trying to go back to s on with revolutionary.
@ op can you get into recovery? Power off and pull battery. Then put battery back in and hold power and volume down untill it boots to boot loader screen. There it should show the H boot version. post it here and we can get you to the right instructions and files to do what you want to do.
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thanks for the replies says hboot 2.16.0001 radio 2.15.00.0808 march 8 2011

i followed the unroot process in the article i havent used revolutionary yet.
 
mindsouljah said:
thanks for the replies says hboot 2.16.0001 radio 2.15.00.0808 march 8 2011

i followed the unroot process in the article i havent used revolutionary yet.
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Ok did you try this yet?
to get s-on
1.download this file:PC36IMG6.17.zip
2.rename the file by deleting the numbers so that it is only PC36IMG and do not add any zip to the name as windows hides extensions.
3.transfer the zip file to the root of the sd card.
4.power off (make sure that fastboot is turned off) then press and hold power+vol down.
5.hboot should scan for it. select yes to update.
6.reboot your phone
 
mikem0269 said:
Ok did you try this yet?
to get s-on
1.download this file:PC36IMG6.17.zip
2.rename the file by deleting the numbers so that it is only PC36IMG and do not add any zip to the name as windows hides extensions.
3.transfer the zip file to the root of the sd card.
4.power off (make sure that fastboot is turned off) then press and hold power+vol down.
5.hboot should scan for it. select yes to update.
6.reboot your phone
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yup. no luck
 
You said that you used Unrevoked right? And your hboot was 2.16? Unrevoked is/was the root process for 2.2...so your 2.3 doesn't seem quite right to me... but if you got S-Off... here's the steps for unrooting unrevoked.

Matlock's guide on Unrooting.
REQUIRED FILES:

Download the PC3GIMG.zip that matches your HBoot Version on your device.

* PC36IMG.zip - HBoot 0.97 - S/W 3.29 or Below
* PC36IMG.zip - HBoot 2.02 - S/W 3.30
* PC36IMG.zip - HBoot 2.10 - S/W 3.70

(For a full list of PC3GIMG.zip RUU files click here)

* Unrevoked S-On Tool

HOW TO CHECK YOUR HBOOT VERSION​

STEP 1: TURN OFF DEVICE
Power down the device by holding the POWER button for 2 seconds. Allow it to shutdown completely. Wait about 10 seconds before next step.

STEP 2: BOOTLOADER MODE
Hold down VOL DOWN + POWER until device boots into a White Screen.
Move to BOOTLOADER by using the VOL DOWN toggle and select by using POWER button. The device will now boot into Recovery mode.

You should now see something like this when it fully loads.


SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-2.02.0000
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.09.01
Aug 19 2010, 14:29:08


BEFORE UNROOTING
  • Make sure you UNFREEZE any frozen apps with Titanium Backup.
  • Refer to ROOTING & BACKUP - SECTION 3 NAND BACKUP to make a backup of your device.

STEP 1: DOWNLOAD
Download both the PC36IMG.zip and the S-On Tool to your PC Desktop. DO NOT EXTRACT
(NOTE: Make sure the file is named PC36IMG.zip exactly. Some Windows OS hide any extensions by default; so make sure it is not named PC36IMG.zip.zip when you rename it.)

STEP 2: MICRO USB
Connect your device to your PC with the Micro USB cord.

STEP 3: DISK DRIVE
Chang your charging options to Disk Drive.
Menu > Setting > Connect to PC > Default Connection Type > Disk Drive > Done

STEP 4: S-ON TOOL TO SDCARD
Transfer unrevoked-forever-son.zip to the ROOT of your SDCard.
(Do not transfer the PC36IMG.zip yet)

STEP 5: TURN OFF DEVICE
Power down the device by holding the Power Button for 2 seconds. Allow it to shutdown completely. Wait about 10 seconds before next step.

STEP 6: RECOVERY MODE
Hold down VOL DOWN + POWER until device boots into a White Screen.
Move to RECOVERY by using the VOL DOWN toggle and select by using POWER button.

STEP 7: FLASH ZIP
Select unrevoked-foreverson.zip in the selection area and press POWER button to complete the FLASH.

STEP 8: IS S-ON, ON?
When the FLASH is complete, Reboot the device into the Bootloader screen by holding down VOL + POWER until it boots into the White Screen. Check to make sure it says S-ON on the TOP. If it does, select RECOVERY with the VOL DOWN toggle. (continue to step 9)

If it says S-OFF, repeat STEPS 5 - 7 until it says S-ON.
(NOTE: If still showing S-OFF after a few flashes, go ahead and proceed to step 9. It may show S-OFF, but it is really set to S-ON. Once you flash the PC36IMG.zip file, it should display S-ON.)

STEP 9: TURN OFF DEVICE
Power down the device by holding the Power Button for 2 seconds. Allow it to shutdown completely. Wait about 10 seconds before next step.

STEP 10: RECOVERY MODE
Hold down VOL DOWN + POWER until device boots into a White Screen.
Move to RECOVERY by using the VOL DOWN toggle and select by using POWER button.

STEP 11: TRANSFER PC36IMG.zip TO SDCARD
Connect the MICRO USB Cord. There is an option for this in both the Amon RA and Clockwork recovery.
Transfer the PC36IMG.zip to the ROOT of your SDCard.

STEP 12: UNHOOK USB FROM PC + USB OFF
SAFELY remove the USB from the PC and then turn OFF USB in Recovery.

STEP 13: TURN OFF DEVICE
Power down the device by holding the Power Button for 2 seconds. Allow it to shutdown completely. Wait about 10 seconds before next step.

STEP 14: BOOTING TO HBOOT
Hold down VOL DOWN + POWER until device boots into a White Screen.
The Device will check for the PC36IMG.zip and then ask you YES/NO to apply the newly introduced update. Press VOL UP = YES or VOL DOWN = NO.

Once Completed, press VOL UP to reboot.

YOU HAVE JUST BEEN UNROOTED! BAM!

Personally, I'm a bit confused by this. It seems that you *should* have need revolutionary, but unrevoked worked. weird. I would then think that the unrevoked unroot guide would be in order.
 
mindsouljah said:
you think it might have something to do with a rom i flashed? or an update perhaps?
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You didn't take an OTA update while rooted did you? I'm not sure how that would impact the phone now that it is EOL in regards to updates, but I know in the past the OTA would either break the root exploit or it would mess the phone up.

What rom are you on?
 
@9to5
I think what happened is ran unrevolked and got s off with old hboot
but now ran 2.33 ruu with stock recovery and updated hboot and gingerbread but left s off so now he is kinda stuck with 2.16.0001 and s off. May have to try to run revalutinary to change h boot to 6.16 and then run s on but with s off i dont know if revoultionary will run.
 
mikem0269 said:
@9to5
I think what happened is ran unrevolked and got s off with old hboot
but now ran 2.33 ruu with stock recovery and updated hboot and gingerbread but left s off so now he is kinda stuck with 2.16.0001 and s off. May have to try to run revalutinary to change h boot to 6.16 and then run s on but with s off i dont know if revoultionary will run.
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thats exactly what happened. so i should just run revoultionary then unroot? can u link a article to that for me
 
ok i used revolutionary rooted my phone skipped down to unroot do that process including using the ruu supersonic exe im still s-off should i have flashed a kernel first or am i just screwed from turning s-on?
 
If you have a custom recovery installed you just need to get S back on using the PC36IMG method detailed in that thread and then running the RUU.exe from your computer. Still a 2 step process.


The RUU gives you a stock ROM and recovery. It does NOT give you S-ON. The PC36IMG method is the one that gives you S-ON
 
Rxpert83 said:
If you have a custom recovery installed you just need to get S back on using the PC36IMG method detailed in that thread and then running the RUU.exe from your computer. Still a 2 step process.


The RUU gives you a stock ROM and recovery. It does NOT give you S-ON. The PC36IMG method is the one that gives you S-ON
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no i meant i did the pc36img method and used the ruu.exe too it factory reset my phone and still didnt turn s-on should i run it multiple times?
 
Got the steps backwards. :)

Reroot so you have S-OFF. Download the s-ON tool for revolutionary. Flash that from recovery. Then run the RUU PC36IMG from the bootloader. That will complete the unroot process. S-on and stock phone and recovery. ;)
 
Granite1 said:
Got the steps backwards. :)

Reroot so you have S-OFF. Download the s-ON tool for revolutionary. Flash that from recovery. Then run the RUU PC36IMG from the bootloader. That will complete the unroot process. S-on and stock phone and recovery. ;)
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ok i will do that right now thanks
 
Granite1 said:
Got the steps backwards. :)

Reroot so you have S-OFF. Download the s-ON tool for revolutionary. Flash that from recovery. Then run the RUU PC36IMG from the bootloader. That will complete the unroot process. S-on and stock phone and recovery. ;)
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i found the pc36img file for s-on flashed the bootloader and it stills s-off now revolutionary isnt on the top of the page. thats all it changed
 
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