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Root My phone is a brick HELP PLEASE 300 DOWN TOILET

How do I do that??? Sorry of slow sometimes... it's a so weird I'm relocked on stock and in settings my serial number says ';

when you get into hboot vol- power... there is an option for fastboot.
if you get into fastboot, you should be able to flash a recovery image.

fastboot erase recovery

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (or whatever name)
i always rename it to recovery.img
 
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i know its been covered,but one more time,the basics:
-nothing running on the PC that can interfere. htc sync,pda net,easy tether,even itunes all need to be disabled.
-try different usb cables and ports(ive learned the hard way not all are equal :eek:)
-do not use usb 3.0
-do not use usb hubs

alot of folks that have issues where everything looks correct find success by using a different PC. a bad cable or program interfearance when getting the token,or flashing the unlock_code, can easily casue the unlock flash to fail.

ok,having said all that,ive seen this a couple times lately with cdma evo 3ds. what worked after alot of fustration was to run an ruu and repeat the process :)

let us know what build youre on and well see about finding an ruu for you to run.

failing THAT... if the phone is a refurb,its possible internal repairs have created an esn/meid,or some other mismatch,preventing unlock. wich unfortunately there is no solution for :( i experienced this with a user with an htc sensation.
 
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when you get into hboot vol- power... there is an option for fastboot.
if you get into fastboot, you should be able to flash a recovery image.

fastboot erase recovery

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (or whatever name)
i always rename it to recovery.img

Oh yea I can do all that fastboot hboot but can I flash recovery our custom recovery with locked boot loader
 
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C:\AndroidSDK\tools>fastboot erase recovery
erasing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.010s

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (3966 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.770s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 3.280s

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>fastboot flash hboot hboot.img
sending 'hboot' (1024 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.110s]
writing 'hboot'...
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 1.240s

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>
 
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Please paste the results of this command run within the tools folder -

dir

And you got your unlock bin file from HTC, yeah?

Nothing personal, always good to cover all the bases.


C:\AndroidSDK\tools>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 24E5-CDBB

Directory of C:\AndroidSDK\tools

01/16/2013 07:43 PM <DIR> .
01/16/2013 07:43 PM <DIR> ..
06/24/2012 08:07 PM 824,832 aapt.exe
06/24/2012 08:07 PM 162,816 adb.exe
06/24/2012 08:07 PM 96,256 AdbWinApi.dll
06/24/2012 08:07 PM 60,928 AdbWinUsbApi.dll
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 323 adb_has_moved.txt
06/24/2012 08:07 PM 220,672 aidl.exe
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 3,419 android.bat
06/24/2012 08:03 PM <DIR> ant
01/07/2013 05:10 PM <DIR> api
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 1,444 apkbuilder.bat
06/24/2012 08:03 PM <DIR> apps
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 2,304 ddms.bat
06/24/2012 08:07 PM 132,608 dexdump.exe
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 60,416 dmtracedump.exe
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 1,445 draw9patch.bat
06/24/2012 08:07 PM 2,618 dx.bat
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 2,515,968 emulator-arm.exe
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 2,462,720 emulator-x86.exe
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 53,760 emulator.exe
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 17,976 emulator_NOTICE.txt
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 267,776 etc1tool.exe
06/24/2012 08:07 PM 70,144 fastboot.exe
01/16/2013 07:42 PM 1,048,576 hboot.img
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 2,378 hierarchyviewer.bat
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 8,192 hprof-conv.exe
06/24/2012 08:03 PM <DIR> Jet
01/07/2013 05:11 PM <DIR> lib
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 1,885 lint.bat
06/24/2012 08:07 PM 19,318,784 llvm-rs-cc.exe
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 9,216 mksdcard.exe
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 1,926 monkeyrunner.bat
06/24/2012 08:07 PM 377,618 NOTICE.txt
06/24/2012 08:03 PM <DIR> proguard
01/07/2013 04:20 PM 4,093,952 recovery-cwm.img
01/16/2013 07:37 PM 4,061,440 recovery.img
01/07/2013 05:10 PM <DIR> renderscript
06/24/2012 08:07 PM 207 source (2).properties
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 240 source.properties
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 523,264 sqlite3.exe
06/24/2012 08:03 PM <DIR> support
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 1,919 traceview.bat
01/14/2013 10:14 PM 256 Unlock_code.bin
06/24/2012 08:03 PM 172,544 zipalign.exe
35 File(s) 36,580,822 bytes
10 Dir(s) 13,153,685,504 bytes free

C:\AndroidSDK\tools>
 
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i know its been covered,but one more time,the basics:
-nothing running on the PC that can interfere. htc sync,pda net,easy tether,even itunes all need to be disabled.
-try different usb cables and ports(ive learned the hard way not all are equal :eek:)
-do not use usb 3.0
-do not use usb hubs

alot of folks that have issues where everything looks correct find success by using a different PC. a bad cable or program interfearance when getting the token,or flashing the unlock_code, can easily casue the unlock flash to fail.

ok,having said all that,ive seen this a couple times lately with cdma evo 3ds. what worked after alot of fustration was to run an ruu and repeat the process :)

let us know what build youre on and well see about finding an ruu for you to run.

failing THAT... if the phone is a refurb,its possible internal repairs have created an esn/meid,or some other mismatch,preventing unlock. wich unfortunately there is no solution for :( i experienced this with a user with an htc sensation.

uploadfromtaptalk1358384015180.jpg and never been repaired just bought a month ago brand new in package from boost but the weird part is this if I'm locked and factory tv getting what's this about uploadfromtaptalk1358384582306.jpg
 
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View attachment 47542 and never been repaired just bought a month ago brand new in package from boost but the weird part is this if I'm locked and factory tv getting what's this about View attachment 47543

what part,exactly are we lookin at in the second pic?

if youve blured out your serial number(wich you should have) then im not sure what to comment on,as the rest of that looks normal(assuming you have no sim in the phone)

if the missing serial number is what youre calling attention to,then the phone is defective,or refurbished,despite the fact that you bought it brand new,and that is likely the reason your unlock code is not working.

we can verify its there or not,but plugging in,open cmd,change to your adb/fastboot directory and:

adb devices

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot devices

fastboot getvar all

paste the resulting gervar all output here :)
 
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what part,exactly are we lookin at in the second pic?

if youve blured out your serial number(wich you should have) then im not sure what to comment on,as the rest of that looks normal(assuming you have no sim in the phone)

if the missing serial number is what youre calling attention to,then the phone is defective,or refurbished,despite the fact that you bought it brand new,and that is likely the reason your unlock code is not working.

we can verify its there or not,but plugging in,open cmd,change to your adb/fastboot directory and:

adb devices

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot devices

fastboot getvar all

paste the resulting gervar all output here :)

Will try but I know it has not been worked the serial number was previously there I just had it unlocked and rooted
 
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You also need to downgrade your Ruu, i cant really help too much i seriously just got my evo lol.

but here is a tut with links and instructions.. read until you fully understand. cant stress that enough

RUU Downgrade

I'm reading now thanks man and I know you just got your phone from Travis I been following all your progress I really hope I get it working I want to be part of this history because this really is a great phone
 
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