We'll (most likely with Sprint) always have the option to unlock the bootloader, because they allow their phones to do that through HTC. Even if you do accept an update and it locks the bootloader again for some reason, you should just be able to re-unlock it on HTCdev.com and then flash a recovery, in turn flashing your custom rom/nandroid backup again. It just seems too easy haha, but that's where we're at right now.Quick question (great post, btw). Suppose we unlock via HTCDev and install a rooted ROM, but then Sprint does a radio update. Since we'll [currently] still be S-ON, and we obviously won't want to lose root or have them re-lock the bootloader, we can't do the OTA update; and since we're S-OFF, we can't flash a radio update. What do we do then? Is the solution to simply perform a nandroid backup, accept the OTA, and the restore (re-unlocking and re-rooting if necessary)?
I'm coming from an EVO 4G, on which I swapped radios a few times until I found the best combo for my data speeds... never had to worry about not being able to update my radios.
Good to hear. You getting an EVO 4G LTE?Thank You so much for this Explanation, Im on Hboot 1.5 unlock with S-ON and have tried every cdma EVO 3d ROM out there with out any issues. But have to installed flash GUI in every flash to revert back to any past flashed roms.
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alexjzim said:rezo609 said:alexjzim said:Sounds good. I figured out why the script wasn't pushing the files correctly by the way. The evo lte doesnt have the folder /internalsd/, it shows up as /sdcard/ and /sdcard2/ I wasnt sure which one the bootloader needed, so i edited your script and added in both, so it looked like this:
then i ran the script on a NON-goldcard sd, and ran into a protocol error
when going from fastboot into the bootloader, the phone found the file PJ75DIAG.nbh, but when trying to apply it, it failed because of a signature error.
I didnt realize at first i wasnt using the goldcard. I plugged that in and ran the script again. Ran into the same protocol error, but this time when i got to the bootloader, it said checking PJ75IMG.zip, and then exited back to the bootloader
Hopefully the information i provided you will be helpful with this
Thanks so did you try a goldcard yet?
i was using a goldcard during that time
When I was a noob, I got my first phone home, couldn't wait to root it, didn't read a thing, just went "balls to the wall" so to speak, one hour later I had a paper weight, now at first that might tickle your funny bone, it tickled mine to the tune of about $500.00 to by a new one. Read forum after forum after that, took my time, asked people for help, an hour later that time I had complete success.
Moral of the story, if your in doubt DONT, DONT.
Good luck and happy ROMMING lol
sorry people, remember when i said i was working on an s-off eploit, well it failed because bootloader failed to update its firmware
I'm not actually 100% sure, I haven't messed around with flashing any boot images yet. BUT, all of the roms in this forum DO contain a boot.img, which is where the kernel is compiled into, and there are no errors upon flashing. That being said, we don't have the kernel source yet, so you won't be seeing much in terms of custom kernels until we get it.If unlocked via HTCdev and no S-off, are flashing custom kernels still a possibility or ROMs only? I've read that kernels are out until we get S- off but maybe that was misinformation too.
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Dumb question, if we use HTCDev, and something goes wrong with the phone but the issue has nothing to do with the unlock/root, will sprint keep us from using the insurance?
Thank you for the great info! While not a noob(have had rooted, s-off OG 4G, and 3D, just rooted EVO LTE), I don't understand, nor want to, at an advanced level, Linux, ADB,FASTBOOT, etc. I like making my phone my own, and like flashing ROM's. I tried to use the HTC method of unlocking, but am just not comfortable with my skills to try and use SDK/ADB/FASTBOOT. Perhaps I can find someone in San Antonio to show me, but unless/until, I'll wait for someone such as yourself to provide a "dumbed-down" method. Again, thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise.