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[EVO 4G General] reggiedarden:
So far it's not taking for me. Going to keep trying though, possible brick be damned.
[EVO 4G General] ronnienyc:
For whoever is stuck at Waiting for Device:

I switched from "Charge Only" to "HTC Sync," and it found the device right away! So it worked for me too.
[EVO 4G General] tgrantjr:
Lets give a hand to the Devs. I know you were flamed and *****ed at, but you came thru. Many thanks to the devs who worked on this project. Now i can have CM7
[EVO 4G General] reggiedarden:
I keep ending up on the hboot screen. Still says S-ON and my console says waiting for fastboot.
[EVO 4G General] heythatsghetto:
:) yay I wonder if this will make national news?
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
If you get stuck on "Waiting for Device", download PDANet for your computer and install it as "HTC". It will install all the necessary drivers.
[EVO 4G General] ronnienyc:
This seems to work just like the 3D version did. Is asks at the end if you want to download and flash Clockwork Recovery...
[EVO 4G General] dsotm82:
Finally!!!
[EVO 4G General] reggiedarden:
Doesn't seem to be going anywhere for me under linux. Going to try on Windows.
[EVO 4G General] Evo4gLI:
You need to get S-OFF first....nothing else will work w/o that. Run the Revolutionary to get S-OFF
[EVO 4G General] neopanther:
My screen says s-on. It says: Fastboot, recovery, clear storage,simlock, and hboot usb. What in the world? The black command box says waiting for fastboot. The phone is in a white recovery screen and the computer just says: Waiting for fastboot. Anyone know what I'm missing? Should I get busybox? I'm not sure what else to do.
[EVO 4G General] Evo4gLI:
Did you run the Revolutionary utility properly?? Busybox isn't going to do anything for you until you have root, which you don't.
[EVO 4G General] neopanther:
Yeah. I'm just wondering why the s-off isn't working. I'm running the utility and it keeps getting stuck on "waiting for fastboot". Please tell me you know where to go from there. I get to the lemon joke and my phone boots into recovery (white screen) then NOTHING. I'm close. I can tast it. I'll donate, click thanks, balance a biscuit on my nose...whatever...just trying to figure this out...lol!
[EVO 4G General] njnets21:
thank you!
[EVO 4G General] RileyGrant:
You installed the drivers right?
[EVO 4G General] Evo4gLI:
I just jumped on board with this myself today, so I don't have many answers unfortunately....It worked the first time for me, so I guess I should consider myself lucky. After it roots, do you get the option to install Clockwork Mod?
[EVO 4G General] neopanther:
I installed the drivers and pda net was already on my computer. I have run the utility until it reboots me into recovery and the box says: waiting for fastboot. Sheesh...I know it's just something simple that I missed.
[EVO 4G General] Tekn010933:
Your usb chord good, no dropping connections between comp n device. If not you might have to start over n check the little steps in the procedure, mine took like no more then 5mins it was done.

Only thing I did 2x was beta key cause it was case sensitive.

Run through ur checks list again, usb, dev mode enabled from device etc;

EVO 4G Now Rooted.
[EVO 4G General] john21511:
Thanks to all the people that have figured out how to root the evo 2.3.3. i did notice that my hboot is now 6.16. whatever.whatever instead of the 2.16. not to rom it up. i feel like a girl in a guys gym locker room all the choices which one to choose. thank you xda for being here and thanks for the premium app i love it. again thank you devs for all your hard work.
[EVO 4G General] cdsbj6508:
Yes I've uninstalled and re-installed the HTCDriver3.0.0.007. I do not have HTC Sync at all so I don't know.
[EVO 4G General] thePhoenix117:
Rawrrrrrrr! So happpy. :D (see signature)

Sent from my EVO 4g running on CM7.1
[EVO 4G General] neopanther:
I forgot that I unistalled the HTC driver while getting stuck on the key. I just reinstalled and am trying again...here goes nothing.
[EVO 4G General] Prodigyofwealth:
And I am officially back rooted.. Thanks so much bro..
[EVO 4G General] androidJaiP:
SUCCESS!!!!

SUCCESS... S-OFF and it only took like 5 minutes for the whole thing. booted up as normal.... Anything i can do to help the ones that are having issues. i followed the instructions on page one and no issues. Now its time to flash MIUI...
[EVO 4G General] Kaos Chase:
I HAVE S-OFF!!! OMFG!!!

Rev team and alpha deserve the best for this!
[EVO 4G General] aceruano:
how did you get the beta key to work on the revolutionary window i get an incoreect beta key abort
[EVO 4G General] Androidaholic:
Successfully Rooted

Just a few tips for everyone on how to successfully root. Some of these I know are a given but just reminders. Make sure the Android sdk and Java are installed correctly.Also, make sure you do not have HTC sync installed because I think it installs drivers also and there may be a conflict when you download and install the HTC drivers by themselves from the root instructions guide. Most importantly I could not get it to work no matter how I typed my key in. I did not work until I extracted revolutionary to a folder on my desktop opened it then I started command prompt on my computer not with the revolutionary application. Once you have your folder open and command prompt open drag the exe. application from your revo. folder into command prompt hit return and when it ask for your key with the web page open containing your key highlight it and copy and paste to the spot for your key within command prompt. If you run the exe and the revolutionary application creates the command prompt it will not let you copy and paste. Many Thanks ! to all the hard work of the developers. :)
[EVO 4G General] djac85:
S-off I'm a happy little Boy again
[EVO 4G General] Khilbron:
Ok, for everyone who wants to use synergy. If you get stuck on the animated boot screen for more than 7-10 minutes pull your battery and power back on, the Rom will boot. I had to do this on 3 different EVO's.
[EVO 4G General] jrich19:
anybody root using a Mac, I might have to get bootcamp up and running!
[EVO 4G General] timdawgdentist:
Flawlesss thank you guys
[EVO 4G General] ericbryce:
Finally Got it to work on my wife's evo. I read earlier posts and figured out how to work it. Now she is rooted and running miui. Thank you awesome devs for getting this going.
[EVO 4G General] ryanaaron:
Thank you root!
[EVO 4G General] culua:
O yea? Can you explain to me why all my amon ra backups doesn't restore properly? When I switch back to clockworkmod and restore my backups works?
[EVO 4G General] nocturnalmike:
thank you so much for all ya hard work, now i can make my own roms :D
[EVO 4G General] lowridincrew,:
S-Off! and Full Boot :D
[EVO 4G General] supersonicjesus:
ok i am having trouble installing superuser on my evo i download superuser from the market but it doesnt seam to work if anybody can help me that would be awesome step by step instructions is perfered for i am a noob thanks a bunch in advance

unlocked hboot 2.3.3
[EVO 4G General] kys89012345:
will this work for 4.22.651.2?
[EVO 4G General] Khaaaan:
Wooooooot!
[EVO 4G General] xsisbest:
What a coming home present. I love you guys!!! Thank you so much for my root back!!!!
[EVO 4G General] BIGWORM:
YAY! Now if I have to replace my phone, I won't have to worry about it being on GB Sense. =D
[EVO 4G General] kiltymchaggis:
For some reason i am not able to get the beta key to work. i understand that it is case sensitive but it just will not take. is there anyone else of late that is having this issue?
[EVO 4G General] Indirect:
Red skeleton splash screen and still on stock (for now) gotta get rid of bloatware...Just freaking happy I have root now. :D
[EVO 4G General] Darmetheon:
The two most popular are CyanogenMod and MIMO.

I haven't used MIMO enough to give a true opinion of, but CyanogenMod is Most Excellent.
[EVO 4G General] dw3bb10:
I just want to say thanks to the Revolutionary guys for getting Root! My old Evo was rooted for 8 months but it bricked for no apparent reason 2 days ago. Didnt know how id survive with Sense after using AOSP roms. I got a replacement yesterday which ofcourse had 2.3.3 on it. And BAM! I come home and theres root! Couldnt be happier. Thanks!
[EVO 4G General] bakarus:
I know this is a noob question but would this work if the baseband version is 2.15.00.05.02? I know it is for 2.16 but I don't want to risk trying to do this if it doesn't work. thanks!
[EVO 4G General] Boltons75:
Saw this when I got to work last night and just couldnt wait to get home. I had to run it twice, first time it stopped on waiting for fastboot, second time it finished in no time. Thanks alot guys.
[EVO 4G General] srv0:
WOOHOOO!

What a fantastic way to start the week! MY HEROES!

Full stock never rooted 0004 EVO, 2.16.001, 4.24.blah. Now S-OFF :)
[EVO 4G General] YetiRage:
S-Off and SU installed, downloading first ROM since having my Hero...
[EVO 4G General] Evo4gLI:
OK I'm just being ridiculously cautious here, but I just got into this yesterday, and I don't want to go screwing my phone up completely. So I'm currently running SnS Sense Rom, and I want to give MIUI a try since so many people rave about it. I'm using Clockwork Mod, and ROM manager (yes, I've seen a lot of people say go with Amon RA, but it downloaded easily, and has worked well so far). If I make an image with ROM manager, then flash MIUI, and don't like it, I can just restore the image to bring my phone back to EXACTLY the way it was with SnS Sense correct?
[EVO 4G General] Admiral688:
Root and Backup

I'm new to the rooting aspect of EVO (wanted to do it before GB came down the pike) and was wondering if anyone has any good recommendations for backup and restore of apps and data before taking the plunge......looking to keep my Plants vs Zombies and Angry Birds saves ;-)
[EVO 4G General] aviwas:
Getting root question
[EVO 4G General] legasus233:
This might be a dumb question and I may get flamed but oh well, here goes. Once I gain root with this new method coming from 2.3, can I recover one of my old nandroid or Cw backups? I had a choice CM7 setup that I loved and would like to go back to exactly what I used to have before stupidly taking the update. I can't believe how damn giddy I am to finally get root back again!!!!!!!!
[EVO 4G General] Rem3Dy:
I have been reading and havnt found this answer. Is there a way to get back to s-on after using this root method? Just in case we need to send in our phones.
[EVO 4G General] Mahlhavoc:
Thank you teamwin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d
[EVO 4G General] EvoNotion:
Revolutionary --> Installed

TeamWin Recovery --> Installed

UnR3voKed Bootscreen --> Installed

SU --> Installed

YIPPEE!!! Now I love my phone again!!

Thanks Guys!
[EVO 4G General] bludiamond:
I can't thank the devs enough...woooohoooo!
[EVO 4G General] tatumjonj:
Got it working on the first try last night. Installed Synergy RC2 and I'm back in business. It works great, just follow the instructions.
[EVO 4G General] asmd6230:
does cwm that comes with the tool backup wimax keys as well?

or is it suggested to replace and backup with amnra?

btw... a nandroid backup is backing up with either amanra or cwm right?

how do we backup the stock image to recover then?

how many images can we backup?
[EVO 4G General] collegemandingo:
Keeps telling my invalid beta key any help ?
[EVO 4G General] tatumjonj:
Cut and paste the beta key into your email program and then change the font to something like Courier so you can actually tell what the letters and numbers are. It's pretty easy.
[EVO 4G General] collegemandingo:
Thanks for the quik reply will post when i'm done
[EVO 4G General] Androidaholic:
You need to download it from the root tutorial thread and flash in recovery!
[EVO 4G General] tatumjonj:
Cut and paste the beta key into your email program and then change the font to something like Courier so you can actually tell what the letters and numbers are. It's pretty easy.

You could have also entered your s/n incorrectly which I'm assuming would give a bad beta key.
[EVO 4G General] collegemandingo:
thanks it worked i'm s-off, can u help me get applanet?
[EVO 4G General] Rem3Dy:
Anyone? I would think this is important to people.
[EVO 4G General] ens04:
does this method unlock NAND for the EVO4G 2.3.3?

also will I loose any data if I root with unrevoked?
[EVO 4G General] exwhyzee1337:
oh yeaaaaah worked like a charm this noob was able to do it first go ya! now onto the roms Im brand new to this so hopefully thats just as easy
[EVO 4G General] MaxCarnage:
Just read before you do anything. There are lots of guides and tips that will help you.
[EVO 4G General] FramCire:
I am stuck at the zerging root .... any ideas?
[EVO 4G General] collegemandingo:
whats the next step after establishing s-off on the evo 4g

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[EVO 4G General] cmdrogogov:
why do they insist on taking the serial number?
[EVO 4G General] mjpuczko:
i'm wondering this too. i assume it'll work just make sure to not include the wimax.img. i haven't tried it yet though. my nandroid backup that i want is on my mac at hoem.
[EVO 4G General] Spacegoogie:
Make a donation to the dev. Lol, Go find a ROM you think you might like and flash away.....
[EVO 4G General] sfox8:
Wow, today was a GREAT day! Google gets married to Motorola (hopefully killing off Blur), Fusion Garage demos the Grid 10 (as lackluster and disappointing as it may have been, its good to have a new option on the market) and Evo 4G finally got root! Which ultimately means I can finally tether my Tab 10.1 and stop having to leech off other peoples' wi-fi!

Thanks to the devs for all their hard work! The community is extremely appreciative! I'm trying this out as soon as I get home.
[EVO 4G General] thegreatdustinLO:
I just did it, s off, but how do I get Su and how do I flash amon ra
[EVO 4G General] Kevin K:
I have spent all day rooting and flashing. Just did a kernal. No problems

Took me awhile to figure on how to do everything. Followed a video on youtube that was really helpful
[EVO 4G General] cremator75:
Can you do this just to get root and leave the phone on the stock Gingerbread Rom. I just want to use the wi-fi app.
[EVO 4G General] steve19137:
Yes, you can, as long as you flash the su package in recovery, like I described in the first post.
[EVO 4G General] steve19137:
It would probably work just fine as long as you use the same recovery to restore as you did to backup. From what I've read, AmonRA/CWM/TWRP all make nandroid backups differently, meaning they would be incompatible with each other.
[EVO 4G General] steve19137:
As it says in the documentation, they use your serial number to generate the beta key. If the team suddenly finds mass reports of people with issues, they can stop generating keys for each serial number. You might think they could just remove the download, but you could probably find it somewhere else than cause a problem they were hoping to avoid. So instead they just break the tool by not allowing for any new keys :D
[EVO 4G General] PhreakAccident:
Kudos to the Dev teams that contributed to the Revolutionary root process, as well as the seasoned vets that have provided the walk-through guides for this latest root on GB! Job well done to all! :)
[EVO 4G General] neabburi:
Works perfectly

don't mean to junk up the page, but just felt like saying it again:)
[EVO 4G General] climatestudios:
A totally flawless 5 min process. Amazing work. Huge thanks to all involved.
[EVO 4G General] tkirton:
I had this issue with mine.

The letters that look like lowercase L's are probably uppercase I's.
[EVO 4G General] purplebarbyman:
still stuck waiting for device

i've read through every thread here... and I have not found the solution. It still keeps telling me its waiting for device. I have installed the drivers. I have installed pda, I do not have the htc sync but still waiting for device. The thing I wonder is I am running hboot 2.10.0001 instead of the 2.16.0001. would that be the main reason why it can not find my device, If so how would I update that. I updated to the 2.3 softwear but i am one of those people who is stuck with the old radio, pri, hboot blah blah blah... Would anyone have any advice on how i could update this information and get past the waiting for device part?
[EVO 4G General] mjpuczko:
Did you make sure usb debugging is checked?
[EVO 4G General] purplebarbyman:
I did, its checked... still no go
[EVO 4G General] PhreakAccident:
Re-download the drivers and install. I had the same issue, but when I installed re-downloaded the drivers from the Tutorial in the Development forum, and ran the install a second time, it took without issues. Debug is already checked as you say, so just give re-install a go.
[EVO 4G General] Rem3Dy:
Also always restart your computer after installing drivers
[EVO 4G General] Crash*N*Burn:
I downloaded the new tool and had root access and a updated recovery on my S-ON HBOOT 2.16 OS2.3.3 EVO 4G in about 5 mins, already had the driver installed from before.

Remember to get the right driver for Windows: there are 32 bit AND 64 bit Drivers
[EVO 4G General] scriptx:
This was definitely worth the wait. I'm not a huge fan of the pink (and obvious) boot-loader banner, but it's worth the trade. I can vouch that this worked fully & correctly.

For those of you having problems generating/validating the serial number based key, make sure you're entering zeros for zeros, not O's.

Do NOT restore nandroid data images from another device onto yours.. this is never a good idea, as APN and other telephony stuff gets fcked up. Instead, use titanium backup to backup specific app settings, if not already too late. Otherwise, enjoy a fresh slate.

As a tip to newbies, after flashing and booting into a recovery console, backup your WIMAX partition. Might want to backup your entire stock boot, data and system images as well, just incase you decide to bail.

All of your answers are in other threads. It's not as scary as you all think!
[EVO 4G General] gmanvbva:
I believe I read TWRP and AmonRA use the same nandroid backup scheme.

Pretty sure I've read that in the TWRP thread in the EVO 3D section. You may want to confirm that before attempting it!
[EVO 4G General] ens04:
will I lose my data and apps if I root using this method?
[EVO 4G General] gmanvbva:
Then you made those backups (originally) with CWM? AmonRA backups are not compatible with CWM (and vice versa). So if the same backup restores with one (but not the other) it must have been originally done with that recovery?

Also, I "think" there was a point in the AmonRA advancement that the backup structure changed (for the good) but this required loading an older AmonRA version in order to restore older AmonRA nandroids.
[EVO 4G General] glennruel:
Works just as advertized, I have been waiting for this for weeks. Thanks for your time and effort, I was beginning to lose hope.
[EVO 4G General] mrkevo3000:
Great job "team revolutionary" (AlphaRev & Unrevoked) I have both of my Evo's rooted and I am about to root my Evo3d, this is a great day for HTC devices lol....
[EVO 4G General] ens04:
which custome recovery does this automatically install? clockword or amon ra?
[EVO 4G General] armond21:
Worked flawlessly. I now have S-Off, Root, Clockwork Recovery, and Cyanogenmod 7 running. Took like an hour. Thank you so much for all of the hard work guys.
[EVO 4G General] Viper87227:
So glad this is here! Have S-OFF, skipped Clockwork so I could install TWRP. Backing up apps now, then it's off to MIUI.
[EVO 4G General] teknikalcrysis:
Worked for me... Now its time to ROM
[EVO 4G General] dezel29:
for those of you having to the problem with waiting to connect issues...i tryd everything, installed and uninstalled all the linked drivers, including pdanet...no luck..

i then downloaded the newest htc sync and once installed i uninstalled the htc sync...then went and tryd revolution again and found my phone instantly...hope that helps some of you
[EVO 4G General] treo4life:
Thanks! this was painless! happy again!:D
[EVO 4G General] JD505:
I had the exact same problem with Clockwork not downloading/installing through Revolutionary. I tried it a dozen times, and nothing. Then it hit me! I'm using Windows 7, so I went to the properties of the Revolutionary program, set it to run under 'Windows XP SP3'. Then I re-ran it, and it downloaded and installed the Clockwork recovery no problem!

Hope this helps!
[EVO 4G General] KyleTx:
i've tried all of that already. first the driver package the guide says, then i tried the htc sync install/uninstall, then i tried pdanet, then i tried an old set of drivers and had windows look for and update. no matter what i seem to do, i still get the waiting for device...
[EVO 4G General] flight01:
How to initiate 2.3 ota

Maybe some one can help me with my problem>

I few months ago my girl made me unroot her phone back to 2.2. I made her hold off on the 2.3 ota untill there was a root method. But now she wants 2.3 ota but i cant initiate the ota. I went to system updates and tried updating everything thru there but htc and firmware say that there is no updates avaialable. I even rebooted the phone and still nothing. The ota popup to initiate the update poped up a week ago but their was no confirmed method yet so i had her decline it and now i cant get it to come up again. Any hel[p would be great!!
[EVO 4G General] Evo4gLI:
Why bother taking the OTA? Just install a rooted 2.3 ROM instead and save the step.
[EVO 4G General] flight01:
I would but the phone is already unrooted and my girl does not want her phone rooted again
[EVO 4G General] filmaker:
If anyone is having issues here is a video going through the procedure it may help lol. (I did it with a 3D but the procedure is the same)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smp6cT4UEKE
[EVO 4G General] godS3nd:
Thanks!

Wow! I knew it would come but didn't think it'd be this soon (yes, soon is a very relative term). Worked perfectly for me so far.
[EVO 4G General] Evo4gLI:
Ok I guess....I don't really understand why anyone wouldn't want to be rooted, but if you keep pressing "Check for updates", it should come up. It did for my fiancee.
[EVO 4G General] Evo4gLI:
I have to say, I was using SnS Sense originally, but I gave MIUI a try today, and I don't see how I could ever go back to Sense....MIUI is absolutely awesome.
[EVO 4G General] BioBot:
SD card problems

Okay, so I flashed my phone last night without any problems. Backed up with Titanium, installed rom manager and installed MIUI rom. Everything worked fine.

I then thought that I would try the RA recovery from the rom manager. It said it installed fine so I rebooted to recovery. Everything showed properly and I rebooted to system without making any changes at all. When the system rebooted it said that the file system on my SD card was incompatible and I couldn't access it. The phone was also VERY laggy and the soft buttons only work intermittently.

I tried formatting my SD from recovery, doing a factory reset, clearing all data, nothing seems to work.

Can someone please tell me how to get back to factory so I can set things right ? Thanks in advance.
[EVO 4G General] rcijamal:
Not from market ....
[EVO 4G General] solotron:
Thank you devs!

big thanks to all the developers who selflessly put the time and effort in so that I/we could get s-off and root our evos. I had been checking the forums basically every night for about a month, when I saw this post I thought it wasn't real. Pleasantly surprised, but not shocked, I knew you lot could do it! thanks again.
[EVO 4G General] Indirect:
How I believe revolutionary unlocks bootloader for this phone:

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot sudo take yourpant(s-off)
[EVO 4G General] darkmagician2500:
After twelve hours of trying to get revolutionary to work, my Beta key has been deactivated. Is there a way to fix that?
[EVO 4G General] Derfus:
Mine worked on first try. Tips, make sure u aren't using the patched drivers from unrevoked. I had to install the htc drivers to get it to recognize my phone. Ur serial is shown when revolutionary find the device. U must flash su binary from recovery! Yourself.. Everything else worked perfect