yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbilinn:
1) I rooted my EVO 4G using the following method: "How to Root the HTC EVO 4G with Froyo 2.2 [Video Walkthrough]"

2) I flashed many ROMs, but finally settled on CM7 (7.0.3.1 currently).

3) got excited that the official GB ota was available, so UNROOTED (back to S-ON)using "[GUIDE] How to Unroot the EVO in 2 STEPS"

4)Finally, i installed the OTA today.

MY PROBLEM:

I cant get back to Root & CM!!! there is not much help for this, ive been googling but cant find a method that will root my evo from S-ON/gingerbread (2.3.3)...or even back to Froyo...so that i can root and get back on CM.

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS????

i just wanted to play around and see what the officail GB was like (knowing that i would LOSE root, not knowing that i wouldnt be able to GET BACK to root), and now im stuck in STOCK :( im desperate for all me settings, apps, and WAY OF LIFE with CM.

HELP!!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowledge561:
You cant root. You ****ed up. The new bootloader is locked so root has to be updated to work with it. Everyone said DONT UPDATE.

Sent from my......ummm...let me get back at'chya!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studentjunk:
There are a couple of threads on the topic. Basically, with S-On, you are out of luck, and need to wait for a new rooting method. For future reference, no need to unroot to get the OTA upgrade. Either wait the day (3 hours in this case) for a rooted version, or just flash the OTA version. So long as you keep S-Off, you are OK for flashing ROMs and stuff.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xHausx:
Probably gonna be awhile because HTC waited until the gingerbread root methods were patched before releasing the update. Honestly, I'm impressed that they did that. It means they are paying attention to security holes and actually fixing them.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowledge561:
Your best option was to wait it out because rooted versions of the ota were being created. I find that better because you can just flash it to check it out and restore back when your done.

Sent from my......ummm...let me get back at'chya!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbilinn:
I just thought you would have to re-root. Sucks...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
Good GOD, there's only been 1000 posts the last 3 days saying that if you unroot to get the OTA, you cannot reroot.

THIS is my #1 pet peeve... ****ING READ, PEOPLE, BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING TO YOUR PHONE!!

If I make you sound like a moron, you are....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbilinn:
If you dont have anything nice to say.....!!!!!!!!!

im not a moron, and i was reading forums all day before during and after i did this, and never came across a single post that said you cant GO BACK AND RE-ROOT...i just assumed they were giving the obvious warning that your not gonna have root anymore so you'd have to redo it....i simply overlooked it in the middle of homework and laundry and taking care of my children. SO NO - I AM NOT A MORON, JUST A MULTI-TASKER WHO LIKES TO PLAY WITH MY PHONE!!!

you dont have to be so mean, just DONT REPLY IF YOU DONT HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY! BTW, its not YOUR phone i jacked up, its mine...so no need to get all heated about it anyway! (and its not even jacked up, just cant root for the moment)

I occasionally read these forums just because it is interesting...BUT I DONT SPEND MY WHOLE LIFE ON THEM...so i guess you have one up on me....

ps....im going to school for computer networking and i am NOT going to be a cranky and cocky techs....THAT IS MY PET PEEVE - PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT ONE TOPIC and get off on belittling others who have expertise in OTHER areas.

wow....so rude. i thought these things were to be friendly and give advise, not try to scare away anyone thats not an expert....REAL WELCOMING!!!!

SORRY FOR VENTING - but you made an unnecessarily snide comment.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gotshores:
next time keep the S-off buddy and you can get back a custom recovery and all that jazz. sorry that you are stuck for now, but i'm pretty sure with all the awesome devs around that you'll be able to root gingerbread pretty soon
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
No, it's not snide.... Just since replying to your post, I've read 5 more form people doing the same thing just tonight, and if I REALLY want to sit here and copy and paste all night, I can point out a friggin' boatload of posts from people who unrooted.

Here's a good one you might have noticed right in this section:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1111263

Oh look, here's another one:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1109208

Here's one that i9n the title SAYS it removes root:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1110255

Let's see what we can find in the obscure Q&A section:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1111935

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1111890

Those are just individual threads from today..

You want me to look at yesterday?? Friday??

How about the piles of individual posts???????
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rem3Dy:
Why do you geniuses keep taking ota's when you are already rooted?????? Seriously every update it is the same thing. Just flash the rooted version of the update. All you had to do was wait a couple of hours for it to be uploaded to xda. Maybe its for he best if the people who made this mistake yet again never be able to root.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rem3Dy:
So you assumed and made an ass out of you and me(well just yourself).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keejung:
Jeez guys just let it go... The guy made a mistake im sure everyone hers f__ked up before.. Though I admit not as bad as this.. So at least point him in the right way... As far as I know gingerbread itself is unrootable... So you may be stuck for a while.. Check to make sure s is actually off
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keejung:
On a side note this is important to all of us.. What about all the 2nd gen phonea that are coming with s on and stock 2.3" .. Htc may say that they arent encrypting bootloadrra, but if we cant root that means sh_t.... Again this is beyond me, but at least lets focus on what needs to be done... Again this is gonna mess up everyone with a brand new evo or the 3d....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
All phones are shipped with s-on, right? I'm confident a root method will come up.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbilinn:
Thanks....yes I made a mistake but I've only had my EVO, or any Android for that matter, for a couple of months so I think I've been doing pretty well until now with no help...just researching myself online and in the forums.

This was the first ota that came out since I rooted...now i have learned what not to do...and didn't know that the rooted versions pop up so quickly...hopefully they will release a new ota with the bootloader unlocked...and soon ;)

Ps....I'm a girl. (Bobbi Linn)

Oh...noticed amazing battery life so far being stuck in stock...which is a plus!

Sent from my super sexy EVO ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbilinn:
Yes I'm s-on...unfortunately I went through a bunch of hassle to get back to s-on...which is exactly my problem. :(

Sent from my super sexy EVO ;) from my super sexy EVO ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whatsitsnamenow:
I have a replacement Evo coming this week ( supposedly last week but apparently it's out of stock nationwide). We'll see what firmware it ships with.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdawg31:
HipKat, you are do unnecessary gay.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbilinn:
Who and why are they gay? I thought this was about learning, manipulating and using new technology and software....can't we just be helpful instead of this? It's useless....someone may have done as I did and now have to read through and spend more time on this BS to get to the possibility of a solution.

So are you thinking that the refurbished phone will have a newer firmware? I don't know about that but it doesn't seem to make sense....is that some thing like asurion would do? And if you do get a new snazzy updated phone are you promising to donate your time to the cause??? Lol :)

Sent from my Super-EVO ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asmd6230:
yeah, its going to be a real small and shrinking community if thats the case.

got my fingers crossed for devs to come through.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
Hey, make fun of me one more time and you can post in the Dev section, naab...

I guess it was pretty Gay of me to send that PM apologizing to the OP, too, huh?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbilinn:
No...apologies are not gay unless they aren't sincere. So...was it???

Sent from my Super-EVO ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbilinn:
Thanks for sticking up for me! But no worries...its over.

Sent from my Super-EVO <3
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
I think you know, now....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ElfinJNoty:
so i had a sprint intercept flashed onto boost mobile for the past 6 months and i installed a rom this morning which had a logo.png that was about 20kb's to big and bricked the phone. was not happy at all after just reboosting and my phone being dead but it became time to have a drastic upgrade and i went to best buy and got an evo 4g(even though my location doesnt have 4g)

the best buy rep was going through the programming and activation of the phone and it auto prompted for the htc software update... anddddd he started it without asking me and didnt tell me until it had completed(i was too busy flirting with best buy girl from a different department).

so i got 30 days and can return the phone no questions asked and want to offer my phone for tests for any possible root methods. while working with inferior devices for so long(samsung moment for a year then intercept) i became dependent on my root abilities to scratch my android itch. I have a big learning process to go through with the evo and figure why not get some edjumacation at the root of the phone.

i have a nook color getting installed into my car's dash as a head unit for a mercury mariner on wendsday, and it is going to suck that i can't feed it my wifi and gps till rooton the evo

so i am not in the same boat as bobbi but we are paddling in the same water. i'm just saying, who can i talk to about what, if anything, i can do to find a new exploit after the ota update??
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShiftyBob:
Call me crazy, but... in a desperate moment wouldn't you be able to do a hard reset back to 2.1 and root from there? I haven't researched it yet, but that seems like a simple solution to me. :confused:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dean_fx:
Lost...what do you mean hard reset back to 2.1?

RUU? If that is what your talking about, that doesn't work.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stuke00:
I had to send my phone back to HTC today because of the usb port went out. I am hoping that it doesn't ship with 2.3 preinstalled :(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShiftyBob:
sorry, meant 2.2
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dean_fx:
either way, you cant use RUU downgrade. wont let you, no matter what ver.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zabalba:
LOL turncoat white knights. A noob states she is a girl. And everything is ok.

Buwahahahaha

If there was no mention of that the flaming would have continued.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbilinn:
Nothing wrong with being a girl, a noob or a white knight....aren't there any other girls that do this stuff? I know it can't be that rare...

Ps...if anyone hears of a way out for me...please let me know. You can continue talking trash...just keep your ears open for a solution. I hate stock and also miss my pretty purple punch theme in cm7 .... Hehe...pretty purple cause I'm a GIRL!!!!!

Sent from my Super-EVO <3
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] novanosis85:
Just found a way out of this mess.

On June 24th you buy an EVO 3D and have full root+ unlocked for your pleasure... oops you need cm.....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -viperboy-:
Well, you can if you are S-OFF ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zabalba:
Maybe nothing is wrong to you but as you can tell people around these boards don't take to kindly to certain types of forum members.

Also currently you have no hope. I'm sure once a newly found exploit is discovered, one of your newly acquired white knights will show you the way back.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
The flaming stopped on this end after I took a deep breathe and apologized.....

BEFORE I knew she was a girl
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stalte:
There is a solution that I recommend for people who make mistakes like this.

Step 1. Get in your car

Step 2. Set your Evo under the front tire.

Step 3. Back over your Evo 4G. (repeat for best results)

Step 4. File a claim and pray that you get an Evo with 2.2

Step 5. DO NOT EXCEPT THE OTA!!!

Step 6. Reroot

Yep its that easy.

PS: We probably wont get another update removing this until after the 3D is released. The development community also doesn't seem very interested in finding a solution because everyone who mattered in rooting knew not to except the OTA. If you want the development community to care go find toastcfh steal his Evo and force it to except the OTA. Than the problem will be solved within 24 hours. :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dean_fx:
Ah yes :D i stand corrected lol. Forgot to mention that little Bit :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdawg31:
Classic, haahha. One man wolf pack.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OdinF1R3:
Either way

Either way it goes this is a really good question. Personally I know better than to accept the OTA but I finally talked a couple friends into rooting and they decided to do it 3 days after the update lol. Sux for them but it would be nice to be able to aim them in the right direction to rooting.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbilinn:
SO....now that i have been SUFFERING through being stuck with stock, i keep getting update reminders to update to 4.24.651.1 but I'm not sure what to do. I've been waiting and searching almost daily to see when/IF there will be a root method for 2.3.3...and want to update because hopefully this recent one will fix some BS with 2.3.3, but im afraid if i do the update a root method will come out saying that it wont work on this recent update, or that it WOULD have worked on the one that i just upgraded from. wtf. so...should i stay at 4.22.651.2, or do the maintenance update to 4.24.651.1 ???
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tejasrichard:
I say you should take it. The logic presented to me was that it isn't likely that they patched root exploits that no one has even found yet. I was worrying overvthe same thing and finally said screw it. It is nice having netflix back.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbilinn:
Since you mentioned that, I just searched and found and downloaded netflix in the market, which I couldn't a week or two ago. Nice that its back, now I don't have to decide to take the recent ota based on netflix :) ...just don't want to screw myself again. Going from rooted and flashing whatever I wanted (settled in cm7), using any apps, taking screen shots, and no lag....this month or whatever without it feels like an eternity.

So...don't want to make another mistake and kick myself later.

Sent from my Super-EVO <3
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madmax3:
there may be some light on this bootloader lock

The facebook post:

"There has been overwhelmingly customer feedback that people want access to open bootloaders on HTC phones. I want you to know that we've listened. Today, I'm confirming we will no longer be locking the bootloaders on our devices. Thanks for your passion, support and patience," Peter Chou, CEO of HTC"
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbilinn:
Yeah I know, but do you think they will put out an update for the evo 4G, or just do that for the new phones and stuff in the future. Basically, will we be saved or screwed by HTC?

Sent from my Super-EVO <3
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nrthms1:
Come on.....

Not to brag,but running cm7 for life.I haven't really keep up with the updates,but knew they where working on a update and told my wife not to upgrade because i smelled a rat(Patch).So if history (reading many sites in the past) i knew not to upgrade anything.Common sense tells you Phone companies have techs just like Microsoft that research and finds holes and fixes them.So your punishment is to "PATIENTLY" wait.Want to see what the update was like do what i did,find someone else that upgraded play with their phone.So im still enjoying free hot spot,it great....Next time click no...:D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edufur:
The solution is to trade up to the 3D. At least then you have a better phone and a guarantee that there will be an unlock coming.

If you are not yet eligible, check to see if you can use the eligibility of one of your other lines. If you have no other lines, consider adding one just to get the phone. Then, each year, alternate your eligibility. Plus, with the 3D now being out, that is where all the efforts are going. I don't think people are going to be putting as much energy into the 4G. Now is the time to get resale value out of your 4G.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android.Junkii:
FINGERS CROSSED :D

heeey! it would be cool as hell if they shipped you out a 2.3GB with S-OFF ..ya know, kinda like how they promised not the ship locked anymore! lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbilinn:
Did your new/refurbished come with 2.2 or 2.3?

Sent from my Super-EVO <3
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tejasrichard:
Mine came from asurion with 2.3.3. That is how I ended up in this unholy predicament. Moral: If a bud tries to give you a purple nurple, when you defend yourself, hit him with the hand holding the beer, not the phone. This may mean having to retrain your self to hold your phone in your non-dominant hand, but it will be worth it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsf3g:
That's 'cause we've all watched enough episodes of Dukes of Hazzard to know that a girl named Bobbi can't help but be hot.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsf3g:
Dude(ette), it's the sincere apoligies that are the gayest. The poisonous, deeply insincere ones, dripping with sarcasm are the apologies that keep me coming back for more.

Don't show these guys your soft side, Bobbi. Kick 'em in the nuts and laugh. That's how to gain people's respect in an online forum.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madmax3:
Thats what I would do myself aswell..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ReForMatt:
I didn't read all pages of this post so I am not 100% this has been answered. But as long as you have saved a past pc36img.zip you can always copy that to your sd card reboot into recovery and go back to the good ole 2.2 and re root.

I did the ota to check it out but I also knew it was going to disappoint me. But wasn't skerd...... knew worse case there is always an out.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZapataG:
GB unlock

hello XDA fellas,

As I read the posts, I dont see if a fix is out yet on how to root the phones shipped from Sprint with new GB sw installed....

Thanks Zapata
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbilinn:
Even if I changed my s-off/on to get unrooted?

Sent from my Super-EVO <3
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bslydem:
This doesn't work it was the first thing I tried. Say update is older version. No joy.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbilinn:
:)

Sent from my Super-EVO <3
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] playya:
Hey the man above me is right.. I get it and no one may think you are a moron but seriously as much as you typed took you a minute or two to do it and in that same time you could of found your answer. Thats all he is saying and there has been about a 1000 what do I do post in xda. I dont sit on here(well sometimes) but I do try and research before I ask anything.. Also a few clicks on Google could of helped you out as well.... Don't be mad at people cuz honestly you should of done a lil more research, just a my bad and keep it moving... Just my Opinion - I know I know keep it to myself...lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cityneversleepz:
and that's entertainment....I'm not taking sides....as if it even mattered....just saying that I enjoyed reading this thread more than reading the newspaper the day after the jets won the superbowl back in 1970
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] tuningnoob:
My mom wants to rotate her galaxy s 4g 180 degrees to mount it upside-down in her car (power cord on the botom). Is it possible to mod the stock rom to allow 180 degree rotation?

I looked at the available roms, and it seems there are only three. Do any of them have a 180 rotation?

Thanks.

tuningnoob
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dsexton702:
im assuming your talking about landscape mode(where the screen fits when phone is sideways)

if you are, then you need to look into the android market for a home desktop replacement

i prefer adw ex launcher however its not free

or if you want a free one go launcher is good as well

both will allow your moms phone to go into landscape mode
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fatherof4:
I dont think thats what he means dsexton. I think what your asking (because our phones do not allow 360 degree rotation) Like on my inspire i had cyanogen mod and in the cyan settings u could set the screen to 360 rotation and the screen would flip all ways. She wants to mount her phone in her car upside down with the charging port on the bottom and have her screen rotate 180 from rightside up so her charging cord runs straight down from the phone instead of out the top. I have no idea if u can do this but i see ur moms point!

ALSO THIS BELONGS IN THE GENERAL SECTION NOT DEV!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] chadster214:
search for TouchwhizGTG
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] tuningnoob:
touchwizgtg looks like a good mod, but does it allow other apps to rotate? like navigation, etc.?

...can I move this to general, or does a moderator have to?

thanks for the replies!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] DirtyPISTOLA:
i believe that the app wont rotate unless that is how the developers made it, does not matter how your launcher is.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Phateless:
Get her a Vibrant 3g and install cm7. My mt4g with cm7 allows that.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dsexton702:
vibrants arent made any more, so he would have to craigslist or ebay
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Phateless:
Cl is easy.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dsexton702:
yes, craigslist is verrrrrrry easy ;)
[Droid X General] epilepticjuicebox:
I have a droid x I want to root ( never rooted before), unfortunately I have updated ota .596 and gb 2.3.3. From what I have found I need to sbf back to .340, but all the guides I have found require you to use an app requiring a rooted device.... what can I do to sbf and/or root my phone, or am I stuck waiting till a direct root for 596 comes out.?
[Droid X General] zwade01:
Look in the stickies in this forum. There are a couple guides on how to sbf. Even video tutorials.
[Droid X General] owenbeals:
http://droidmodderx.wordpress.com/how-to-sbf-your-droid-x-full-2-3-340/

check out this tutorial.. Files included
[Droid X General] epilepticjuicebox:
thanks I actually ended up using this last night SHADO_X6_2.3.34_SYSTEM-ONLY.sbf. which stuck my phone at the red m screen. Near panic attack I managed to get it back working with VRZ_MB810_4.5.596_1FF_01.sbf. Im checking out ur link now owen thanks
[Verizon Droid Charge] dslider85:
Can some make a arch launcher that lines up correctly with the charge? When i install the current version the dock is off center of the the app launcher.
[Verizon Droid Charge] tkdboi:
wrong forum...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] martymart18t:
So now that I'm switching from rom to another, getting all my wifi spot access reconfigure (password) his a pain... With no data plan, I'm constantly connecting to friends and family wifi's. Is there any way to backup those wifi spot and there passwords with titanium backup or root explorer? And how do I proceed of it's possible?