Team Unlimited posted a new version of the DirtyRacun HTC EVO 4G LTE S-OFF exploit that works with the new HBOOT 2.09, which came with the latest Jelly Bean OTA.
S-OFF allows users to flash new and updated radios without jumping through a bunch of hoops, and also allows for direct kernel flashing without requiring a specially coded S-ON kernel installer. The former is not as much of a big deal as the latter, but it’s nice to not have to stock, lock, RUU, update, unlock, flash recovery, and restore nandroid if you want to update your radios.
The newest exploit appears to have been packaged last week on Tuesday, January the 8, based on file dates within the newest RabiesShot archive.
The newest exploit still requires you to use the 32-bit version of either Windows or Linux, although some have reported success with the 64-bit versions. However, it’s been made very clear in the development thread at XDA that they do not support the 64-bit versions of these products, and do not want to hear about them working, as they fully expect there to be some compatibility issues which will brick your phone.
For users who are running the 64-bit versions, you can download a 32-bit Linux Live-CD. A Live-CD is a boot disk from which you run an OS.It never writes anything to your hard drive’s boot partition, so you can run Linux or Windows 32 from a CD, do your business with the Racun, take the CD out, reboot, and you’re back into your normal Windows or Linux.
It’s still not a one-click method, and I doubt with HTC actively working to build hurdles for developers that it ever will be. But it’s S-OFF, and once achieved, it’s there until you choose to remove it.
Does this method require you to use the HTC unlock tool too, which voids your warranty? The older version also required you to use the HTC DEV Unlock tool. I wish we could have a S-OFF version which didn’t cause us to lose our warranties?
You S-OFF, you void your warranty. My bet is any phone that’s been S-OFFed probably has a record somewhere in the eMMc that it’s been done so.
You use the unlocker you *may* void your warranty.
it’s pretty well covered that the word “may” is in the HTCDev unlocker’s description of invalidating your warranty.
It’s also pretty well documented that people who have unlocked via HTCDev have not been treated as subhuman animals when their screen stops functioning because of an in-warranty hardware issue.
I think mostly it’s to discourage people from wasting time sending in a phone loaded with a buggy version of MIUI with a camera driver issue…
This does require unlocking via HTCDev though to get permission to write.
NICE!! Thanks Paul.. now i can update through htc s-off then go back to viper rom
yup..
I haven’t tested this out, but it looks like there’s an RUU for JB: http://www.htcruu.com/securekey.php?file=Jewel/RUU_JEWEL_CL_JB_45_S_Sprint_WWE_3.15.651.16_Radio_1.12.11.1119_NV_2.87_003_25007_release_299302_signed.exe
Which would mean you could easily nandroid backup, lock, RUU, exploit
Color me blind but I went to the page. Didn’t see it posted.. Just all the others from previous hboots
Yup I’m blind… Went to wrong link… Found it and thanks
no problem… let me know how it goes
I’ve been waiting for this. thinking about cm10. Is there anything not working in the stable release for the EVO 4g LTE? for example front facing camera or GPS?
gps been working on cm10.. dont kno bout the front camera cause i dont use it.. think the only thing that dont work is notifaction light.. when getting a tex ect.. the light just stays on instead in blink.. every AOSP rom that i have tryed for the evo lte has that problem.. thats why i wont run a aosp rom till thats fixed it drives my crazy that it dont blink..lol
haha darn, I’d like everything functional and something close to vanilla android. Any recommendations anyone?
I have my evo unlocked with s-on. Do you have to relock the s-on phone before doing an s-off?
I need help. I haven’t rooted since the first evo. I have the evo 4g lte latest update. Can It be rooted?
Every version can be rooted, always could. Now everything can get s off too
I have a macbook retina pro,can you send can you post the link thanks
look up, there’s a thing that says “good and evo” – mouse over or click it, click root. All links are there except this one
This is awesome. I just updated last night to JB had been holding out to see if I needed to S-off first. I just want the option available.
tested out, works great from ubuntu live cd, make sure your sd card is no bigger than 16gb as it will not work, as it saw my 32gb and failed.. luckily I had a 16 gb in my wallet..and worked great… hey, you never know when you’ll need it..lol
How is everyone getting by with not having an external SD card I can’t finish because of this
You can get an eight gig SD for eight dollars delivered. Most people have old phones they scrap one from, I put my old Evo card in the new Evo. Pretty cheap fix
I have gained S-Off, but i still cannot root, Why? What am i doing wrong? I DL superUser and I get errors when i try to flash Clockwork Recovery. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HELP PLEASE, Advice PLEASE
I was S-OFF and wanted to update to the JB OTA so I could see how it worked. I locked, RUUed, was still S-OFF, did the OTA, got the new JB, then set about rooting it.
It refused until I unlocked using HTCDev.
I didn’t investigate too much, but it appeared that needed to happen.
also, don’t install clockworkmod. Get TWRP.
Are there any downsides to updating from hboot 1.15 to 2.09 via OTA update compared to s-off-ing/rooting now (while still on 1.15) and then taking the update?
Sounds like you did the latter. Just wondering if there have been any comments about issues or lack of functionality by doing the above from 2.09 compared to users who have already done this on 1.15.
I have heard the new HBOOT is the cause of a lot of problems, however I’m not entirely sure on that.
S-OFF is S-OFF. It’s just a bit somewhere in the phone’s core that gets flipped. While there are modified HBOOTs, none of them should affect that bit.
@Paul: Thanks for the reply. “New HBOOT is the cause of a lot of problems” as in 1) for everyone (whether or not s-off was achieved on a previous HBOOT and only then was the OTA accepted), or 2) only for those who update to the current version and then afterwards use DirtyRacun to obtain s-off?
Just clarifying!