[EVO 4G General] Mahlhavoc:
Well, I am one of those unfortunate guys who had a hardware problem and had to swap out my S-Off EVO for an EVO with 2.3 and a 4.22 build number.. I have to say it is very disatisfying to sit here unrooted and not have much information on when or if it may happen.

Funny thing is is that us non dev guys are impatient and wish to help and we did not have a choice (my circumstances) about going to 2.3 OTA.. I didn't pull that trigger, but now I am stuck and it sucks.

SO... I like most are searching and watching as these devs do what they can when they can (They have lives and don't get paid and hardly get enough thank yous from us average joes who use their work). Well I sit in IRC of a few devs hoping to catch a glimpse of maybe some work being done and this is the most I have found in the developers irc.. it is to let you know they are trying.. it sucks to have to wait and not be able to assist, but knowing they are trying sets me at a little more ease..

Here from a DEV IRC: (I took names off so people don't search em out and bother them while they work)

[23:25] <@GUY1> lol he wants unrevoked to s-off his gingerbread evo DEV

[23:25] <@GUY1> how you been btw

[23:27] <@GUY2> of course he does

[23:28] <@GUY1> i cant wait till they release s-off for the evo and evo 3d what a mess its going to be

[23:28] <@GUY1> how i does r00t all day

[23:28] <@GUY2> they will be different, for sure

[23:29] <@DEV> Heh

[23:29] <@GUY2> why do ppl talk that way now-a-days? can i haz root, and how i does root? when did they start butchering english so bad on irc?

[23:29] <@DEV> Well evo 4g might be left behind a while

[23:29] <@GUY1> DEV thought u s-off a couple

[23:30] <@DEV> I have

[23:30] <@DEV> But

[23:30] <@DEV> Its not distributable

[23:30] <@GUY1> too much intervention during the process?

[23:30] <@DEV> It would give away the forever exploit to htc

[23:30] <@DEV> In general a simple user land root is needed

[23:30] <@GUY1> dont you think HTC downloaded it and decompiled it already?

[23:31] <@DEV> Heh, with the effort we put in obfuscation I doubt they made headway

[23:31] <@DEV> Hehe

[23:31] <@GUY2> DEV, does it require a temp root to execute it?

[23:31] <@DEV> No, temp root wou

[23:31] <@DEV> D allow downgrade

[23:31] <@GUY2> oh

[23:31] <@DEV> Argh, damn iPad keyboard

[23:32] <@GUY2> wonder why there's been no new temp root found

[23:32] <@DEV> Well, there is. But it's a new chipset on

[23:32] <@DEV> Only

[23:32] <@DEV> Evo doesn't have it

[23:33] <@DEV> Though

[23:33] <@GUY2> doesn't run on evo 4g though

[23:33] <@GUY2> that's the rotator one, you're talking about?

[23:33] <@DEV> Yea

[23:33] <@DEV> We should actua

[23:33] <@GUY2> yeah...

[23:33] <@DEV> Actually try a little idea I have this week maybe

[23:33] <@GUY2> that L key doubles as enter, it looks like

[23:33] <@DEV> If I can find a 2.3.3 evo

[23:34] <@GUY2> DEV, lemme know. that evo has been shipped, and should be here in a couple days

[23:34] <@DEV> K

[23:37] <@GUY1> ?

[23:37] <@GUY1> RANDOMGUY_ has an evo unless he took it apart

[23:42] <@DEV> He might have

[23:42] <@DEV> It wasnt charging or something

It shows they may be close.. Just thought I would share my two pennies and their hard work that goes, mostly, unnoticed.

Thanks devs, God speed!