[How To] Unroot and return to stock [RUU Method]

[Fr3sh2De4th]

I tried doing this today, but apparently I used the wrong RUU because i believe it bricked my evo.

At first it would show the black HTC screen with a triangle with an exclamation mark in each corner.

Taken from my evo, before I started:

SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-2.10.0001
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03-16ac
RADIO-2.15.00.11.19
Oct 15 2010, 12:07:00

 

[paramed801]

Ok I know you have answered this but im having a hard time following the post I got the process to start one time and everyother time i get the usb error i have tried it in boot loader and still no joy i am tring to unroot so i can do the newest update i dont know which root i used on the intial root I am certain you have better things to do then re answer a question that is out there i have spent a good deal of time on you tube and forums and maybe it is right infront of me but i cant find the stuff It would be very much appreciated for some help here thanks

 

[nonnie1976]

I had to say thank you liquidjesus thank you.

Story - got EVO on ebay for my girlfriend for 300 :-$ got it today went to activate it and nothing worked. Original owner forgot to mentioned he rooted the thing, not only that changed the passwords on the phone so no one at Sprint couldn't program it. Been hearing it from her all day "you wasted money, blah blah blah".

Started searching on google and came here, followed your instructions and got the phone back to normal, called sprint again and programmed perfectly. Going to wake her ass up and give her the phone, lol.

If I could get you a beer I would send two and a shot.

Thanks, you saved me from a lot of "told you so" crap, and that LOOK. haha

Anyone else involved in getting this together, my thanks to one and all.

 

[igotsanevo4g]

I love reading things like that man lmao.

(Guy to guy, the look is the worst part )

 

[moneybaggswagg]

hey iam new at this and iam trying to flash my phone over to boost mobile. and 2 do that i need to change it to stock or so i have been told. i have downloaded a few ruu but once i run the program i get an error message no matter what. i get different ones like not enough power when there is 100% on the batter. i get wrong version meaning i need to find the version that works with this phone and its a evo 4g and i have been told any ruu should return it to stock. i also get cant find phone even though the computer finds it perfectly. please someone helpppppp me i really need to get this done what should i do

 

[smsniper]

my phone was flashed to cricket. (evo 4g) if i do this will it flash it back to sprint so i can activate it.

 

[xe4zy]

I keep getting the usb error when my phone has the htc black symbol on it. And then after my computer got some updates for the phone like the htc bootloader and it may require at restart. can i restart it? or am i basically screwed.
I have a windows 7 and i'm trying to downgrade from gingerbread.

 

[TimeZone12]

Revolutionary
look there root for evo out right now go get it!!

 

[fryguy59000ca]

what Ruu can i use for a rogers Evo 3d please
and thank you

 

[igotsanevo4g]

This is not the evo 3d section. Sorry man.

Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk

 

[KAVEMAN1910]

+1 This has definitely helped cut down on the questions. I gained root the "long" way first and accidentally got the 4g loop because I didn't wipe (eww gross!) first. Going through the long process allowed me to understand what was going on so I could solve my own problems by knowing what answers to look for on the internet. It was invaluable and I was able to solve the problem because I knew how to use adb. That in itself is invaluable, especially because I came from windows mobile and most recently WebOS.

 

[stephanieramirez17]

my screen is stuck on the black htc loading screen, nd the ruu is not around to click...what do i do.??

 

[MalevolentMC]

okay guys i really need your help on this im trying to unroot my phone but the phone is not being found by my computer and my SD card is not being found by my phone what do i do please someone help me!!

 

[bmillermd]

Hi-

Just wanted to thank you for your detailed instructions on restoring your phone to stock. Unfortunately I am having trouble. When my phone tries to connect I get a message waiting for bootloader... it is here that my phone gets stuck and I can't get past. Then I get the error unable to connect to phone. I have tried this multiple times and I am afraid that I may have done something to cause this. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks for your help!

 

[igotsanevo4g]

Try reinstalling HTC sync, and keep trying to run the RUU til it works.

 

[harry46222]

Is there really a chance of losing root forever or is it just because it's being returned to stock format but you can re do the rooting process? I need to take mine in. Most likely I'm getting a new EVO, but just in case...

 

[igotsanevo4g]

If you unroot, and accept an update or get a phone from sprint that has a new update there is no guarantee a root method will be possible.

 

[jeffgilbert1]

Can you run this on a mac?

 

[sirtimofnotdead]

sweet now i can get updates was wandering if this will alow me to use netfilx again and does it matter what firmware is on the phone? my brother owned this eo and he had it rooted and i am trying to get it fully back to original. is that possible lol sorry i am a noob

 

[PM-Performance]

for anyone who may get stuck on the USB error halfway through the process on Win7. . . . the way I found to fix mine was to unplug the phone, pull the battery and boot it back up while plugged in so it found the usb driver again.
I have found these usb drivers are a real pain in the ass on Win7. I had it fine to start the process, but when searching for bootloader it lost them.

strange, but after I did that and reran the ruu it came up and processed fairly quickly and booted up in stock form again.