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[EVO 4G General] cnalarson:
Hi,

When I click on the link for the HTC drivers I get a blank page. Is the link broken?
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
Maybe, try a different browser, try a different titorial

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[EVO 4G General] chrisltr22c:
invalid beta key

i have followed the steps, and everytime i type in the beta key, it comes back invalid. not really sure where to go from here. have typed it in several times. any help would be appreciated. oh and i put superuser on the sd card, but unsure when to run/open it.
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU TYPE YOUR S/N RIGHT. I's can look like l's 0s can look like O
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
Just plug into revolutionary, it tells u sn

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[EVO 4G General] Derekao:
No root access?

I rooted with Revolutionary flashed Superuser flashed Amon Ra recovery but still no root access. S-off in boot mode Superuser icon (when i access app it states no apps in list) download check root from Market states "Sorry this device does not have proper root access. I even went back to http://revolutionary.io/ downloaded superuser zip file and reflashed nothing changed. Please if you have any suggestions let me know.
[EVO 4G General] Captain_Throwback:
Since you're already S-OFF, I suggest you just flash a rooted ROM.
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
http://androidsu.com/superuser/ down su-bin for gingerbread and flash it in recovery

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[EVO 4G General] paallday:
Wait, u have no apps at all in app list??? Or just no Su app?

Also try a different root checker maybe?

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[EVO 4G General] psichi8:
HTC Evo 4G - Device not recognized

Hello,

I updated my device to Hboot 2.16, power cycled the phone, then followed all steps exactly.

I am stuck on step 8. I downloaded the file revollutionary-0.4pre4.zip, extracted all and ran the file revolutionary.exe. I has been waiting on device for over 30 minutes. I've tried closing and restarting the program as well as the device several times with no luck. I tried re-downloading the software with not luck.

Please Help.

Thank you
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Do you have usb debugging enabled?
[EVO 4G General] psichi8:
Yes usb debugging is enabled. just as instructed in the previous steps
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Try restarting the computer
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
Something is wrong with your drivers, read above how to fix

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[EVO 4G General] playya:
Honestly I have rooted at least a dozen htc evos if not more with this method and I have never had an issue. I have enven rooted a few over TeamViewr and still have not had an issue. As long as you follow the instructions from beginning to end you should not have an issue. Also I have used the same zip file before with a problem. If anyone is really that stuck feel free to PM me and I can connect to your pc if you like and help you through it.

With the drivers just make sure and check in your device manager that your phone is being recognized. Also I have seen this happen if one pc is giving you trouble try another....
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Same teamviewed couple people I know on xbox and rooted there phones super easy. When ever i ask someone if they want me to help them here by teamviewing they act like I'm going to Hax them or something
[EVO 4G General] psichi8:
I tried restarting the computer, I tried power cycling the phone again, i even tried changing it from charge only to disk drive and usb tethering.

the computer recognized the phone when i set it to disk drive so im still stuck
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Reinstall your drivers
[EVO 4G General] psichi8:
The drivers on the phone or on the computer? do you have a link where i might be able to download them - HTC EVO 4G
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
HTC drivers

Try using the drivers from the other root guide in the development section
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Don't feel like reading everything prior, but if he needs drivers:

- install htc sync > http://www.htc.com/us/support/evo-sprint/downloads/ Then immediately uninstall

- if you rooted via unrevoked, download and install it from the unrevoked site, if revolutionary, download the revolutionary drivers from revolutionary.io
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
Yes, also make sure u are NOT connected to the web or windows will search the web and install the wrong ones on its own

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[EVO 4G General] xmarkxcorex:
I created an account on here because I had a few questions. By the time I got the registration email I had resolved the issues I was having. So instead of a question I now have a SHOUT OUT! Thanks for making it really easy to root my phone. This is my first rooting and even though I got snagged a few time I made it. These are a few of the mistakes and lesson I learned along the way of reading through this whole thread....Yes I read through the wole thing, maybe these lessons could help a few of you out there!

Lesson 1: I, like many of you, had trouble with the whole "waiting for device" in the revolutionary prompt. I've found that when I installed the htc drivers I had to unplug and replug the phone back in before the drivers installed. Only then was revolutionary able to detect my phone.

Lesson 2: I then had trouble with the code the revolutionary website generated for me. I tried it every which way for 30 mins before i thought that maybe i put the wrong s/n in. I entered my s/n EXACTLY the way it was written: HT16PHL09970 LA03-00 XC. When I only put the first sequence in: HT16PHL09970 it worked like a charm!

Everything else was a cake walk! Thanks again! These forums rock! (PS I will be sure to hit the thanks button!)
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
You can be on the internet, just when you click update driver, you click browse me pc, where you can manually select, not the first option, where it browses the web and 'selects the best driver' for you.
[EVO 4G General] playya:
I like this and I wish more of us thought this way before we start messing with our phones. Oh yea one other thing I would suggest copy/paste for those trying to enter their s/n in the cmd window. If you dont know how to do that use google it will help you find the way...
[EVO 4G General] psichi8:
I accidentally pulled the usb in the middle of revolutionary rooting my phone, now it revolutionary wont run, it opens, flashes something really quick and closes itself. what else can i do?
[EVO 4G General] psichi8:
Solved this issue, rolled back driver

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My Phone is now rooted, I thank you all for your assistance and I will recommend this site to others.
[EVO 4G General] mechanicalmetal:
rooting not working :/

Hey,

I followed every step but my device is still saying its not rooted :( Everything seems to have went smooth
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
did revolutionary say it had finished and ask if u want recovery? What does your boot loader say? S on still? What happens if from boot loader you select recovery?

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[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
He has to flash the Su-bin.zip located at androidsu.com download the one meant for gingerbread make sure its Su-bin and flash it in recovery
[EVO 4G General] premonitionx:
thx my friend you're the best you guide help me a lot !!!!!
[EVO 4G General] mhoffman54:
Having some trouble, hoping someone can help. I ran revolutionary, got s-off, but I didn't have an internet connection so said no to downloading a recovery, and instead installed the pc36img for amon ra. I figured whatever rom I install will have superuser baked in, so I skipped that part, and immediately partitioned my SD card, wiped everything 3x, and installed team nocternals shooter port v4.4, wiped cache and dalvik, installed chop suey, wiped cache and dalvik, and rebooted. My phone wouldn't get past the HTC EVO splash screen! I know this sometimes takes for ever, so I went a cooked myself dinner, came back like 20 minutes half hour later, and it was still stuck! I tried wiping everything again and flashing su first, still no go. Tried doing all of the above without flashing chop suey, still no go! I tried like 6 different times, flashing in different orders and wiping more/not at all. Nothing would work! I finally had to flash the stock pc36img (i think it was in this thread somewhere) and now I can boot, fully stock. I still have s-off, but no custom recovery, and no su. I know how to get those back, but I'm worried I still won't be able to get my rom to flash.. Any ideas? Did I miss something? Is that rom not compatible with this root method? Could the rom itself be corrupted? I'm going to try again when I get home, but any direction as to where I went wrong would be much appreciated!
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
1. Did u make a nandroid right after u flashed amon ra? Please lord tell me u made one.

Ok its still not that bad just in my expieriences its always good to have a fresh unaltered out the box nand... Obviously if u have the nand use it.

2. U always should flash SU through recovery, I don't know why I have done the same thing on EVO 3D when I got it n I just nand flashed back installed Su through Ra and was fine

I like to wipe davlik & cache before and after I flash... Call me superstitious..

U should be good, just follow these instructions, but honestly I just had a rooted phone for not that long...

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[EVO 4G General] hom3gr0wn:
Anyway (other than installing windows on my mac) to root my phone on a mac?
[EVO 4G General] drunkluck:
can I root with hboot 2.18.0001?

So I'm kinda late to the party, and my phone already has all the most recent ota updates installed.

Android ver 2.3.5

hboot 2.18.001

When I run revolutionary it tells me "your device: ...with hboot 2.18.0001 is not supported at this time."

Is there any way I can root it from here or do I have to roll back to an earlier version to root it? And if so, how would I do that?

Thanks...
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
you have to use HTCdev.com to unlock your bootloader then you can follow this guide to get S-OFF and not just unlocked http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...-18-HBOOT-with-HTCDev-com-No-More-Watermark!-)
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
Out of curiosity, might this work folks on a evo 3d? Assumeing I could find a rom?

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[EVO 4G General] psichi8:
since rooting the phone it will not update

Since I updated my phone it will no longer do system updates, It downloads the update starts the installation and freezes midway and gives an error.

I tried restoring the phone to default with no success.

Phone = HTC Evo 4G

Any help would be appreciated including pointing me to a different thread covering this issue.
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
Update? Your rooted right? You really should not be updateing through normal means. It could brick u.

You wanna flash your updates through bootloader.

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[EVO 4G General] fozzman76:
Great post! Worked like cake. I'm on 2.3.3 and 2.16.001, I was done in about 15 minutes.
[EVO 4G General] jrny99:
ok, new to this here evo 4g thread, i did search for my situation and here we go..after following the step up to unzipping revolutionary and running it, the black window pops up and goes away..like if i have a pop up blocker, pop ups are disabled. i'm running windows 7 ? any suggestions.
[EVO 4G General] Captain_Throwback:
Do you have HTC Sync installed? If so, uninstall it.
[EVO 4G General] EvoJake:
Hi guys, I ran revolutionary successfully and got to s-off status. But instead of running superuser I ran amon ra.

So, I guess I'm not rooted? Can I still run superuser?

Can I download superuser from the market?
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
U did it right and no don't dl from market download it from here as a .zip go into amon ra and flash

Ps. Without a recovery ie amon ra, you can't install su because it has to be done.from their, ur second guessing itself, u got it right the first time:D:thumbup:

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[EVO 4G General] xfullmetal17:
Here's hoping that my replacement Evo isn't on the latest Hboot (considering I think the "master" Sprint uses is 2.16 I doubt it). I don't feel like jumping through a bunch of hoops just to get S-OFF.

edit: lol at HTC, they think that putting that "UNLOCKED" in ugly urple text counts as an unlocked bootloader. S-OFF is an unlocked bootloader, thank you very much.
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
Their not sending u a 3d??

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[EVO 4G General] jrcharles1:
If my HTC Evo 4g is on a 2.18 which is not supported by Rev. , What can I do?
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1473373 follow this and you should be good to go
[EVO 4G General] Atlstomp:
This is an excellent explanation, thank you for this. But I'm having some trouble. I'm using an evo4g shift. I have gotten to the point where Revo. asks for my hboot version (2 choices). I held down power and vol and went into that area and couldn't find a matching number. I went into phone info and couldn't find a compatible number. Where could I find the number? Thanks again!
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
this is the evo4g forums not the shift but if your hboot number is not listed that means your hboot is not supported currently. If you head over to the shift forums they might be able to help you more maybe a possible downgrade or another root method the shift might have
[EVO 4G General] Atlstomp:
I wasn't aware that there was a difference between the Shift and the Evo beyond the design of the phone. Thank you. As this thread has been so interesting and you are very knowledgeable. Let me ask if you know anything about rooting the Shift. As I am an very noobish at this, any suggestions or links you could recommend would be VERY appreciated.
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
sadly i dont really know anything about rooting a shift sorry
[EVO 4G General] drlzanej:
awesome tutorial, Ill be stepping over here from the heroc forum shortly, Was just doing some studying before hand and was wondering if this is still the popular method of rooting, Thanks in advance, Later,,,:cool:
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
it depends if the phone is 2.3.3 then yes if its 2.3.5 you have to use htcdev.com and you wont be s-off just s-on unlocked
[EVO 4G General] sl0v4k:
hey guys im trying to root my friends evo 4g with 2.3.3 and i seem to get stuck at this zerging root. i did read this whooole thread lol tried it all but it just wont do it. however i do click out of the window into other things while it starts that. can that maybe be the issue? plus in device manager it says my HTC but right above that it says android usb device or something and when i expand it theres 2 things that both say android ADP device or somethin like that and they have exclamations on both of them. ive reinstalled removed nuked the drivers left and right. im running out of options haha :D any help will be appreciated
[EVO 4G General] waverlyt:
Thank you for the walkthrough and thanks to the people who posted how to root if you get stuck with hboot 2.18.
[EVO 4G General] 08xgu:
What if your on 2.3.5?
[EVO 4G General] 08xgu:
Never mind saw the post
[EVO 4G General] jgn1013:
wi-fi tether doesn't work

I just rooted my EVO 4g 2.3.3 but can't get wifi-tether to work. Version I tired wireless_t_2_0_8-pre1 & wifi_tether_v3_1.

It says sorry but your kernel does not have all .... can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Try flashing a different kernel. Also try 2.0.7 of the app that's the one I use
[EVO 4G General] jgn1013:
I mis-stated, i rooted or got my evo 4g 2.3.3 to s-off but haven't done anything else, but i have read multiple post that this is OK? Evo4gnoob, I tired using 2.0.7 with same error/issue.

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fixed the issue, i did not finish the last step by running the super user zip. duh! tks
[EVO 4G General] sheeves22:
Problem with Revolutionary

Hello. I am new to XDA and rooting my Evo. Have done before with Samsung Moment so I have some knowledge.

After connecting and following the instructions with the USB Debugging enabled, and running Revolutionary..it does not find my phone. This is after sitting for 10-15 minutes.

HTC EVO 4G 2.3.5

Please help. I am getting a new Sprint evo as a replacement, and I would like to use my "broken" phone as the rat to make sure my new one works correctly. I have only 2 or 3 more days before the new one gets here.

Thanks!!
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Revolutionary will not work because you have android version 2.3.5 which included hboot 2.18 . Hboot 2.18 is a unsupported hboot so you have to use HTC dev if you want to root it. This will wipe your phone so backup any import things contacts apps ect

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22013438
[EVO 4G General] sheeves22:
I just found this out. Did a restart on the phone, ran Rev. (Revoultionary) and then that message came up. I will try your suggestion. Thanks!

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How long should it take when I go into command for it to give me my token information?
[EVO 4G General] Bassman4LF:
Revolutionary

Revolutionary only recognizes HBOOT versions up to 2.16, mine is 2.18... Any suggestions?
[EVO 4G General] Captain_Throwback:
Unlock with HTCDev.com.
[EVO 4G General] sunflowerstarr:
Missing link?

I am trying to follow the instructions here for rooting my HTC Evo 2.3.5. When I get to step 2 and click on the link to download the superuser file from mediafire, the link says "File Removed for Violation". I am not sure if I missed it somehow reading through the pages of this post, but is there a location for this file or anyone know where to find it? It's been a while since I rooted a phone, sorry for any noob questions :) Thanks!
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
you cant use this method to root your phone. This is only for 2.3.3. For 2.3.5 you have to use HTC Dev so you have to use this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1473373
[EVO 4G General] sunflowerstarr:
Thanks!

Awesome, thanks for the quick response. Will switch to that post and work on it from there.
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Using HTC dev will wipe your phone completely so backup any important information. It wont touch your sdcard tho
[EVO 4G General] sunflowerstarr:
I just got this used to tide me over until I can upgrade and get the EVO 4g LTE, so far this doesn't have anything on it really, but thank you for the warning.
[EVO 4G General] a_khumushi:
Pls help

When i go to revolutionary.io it does not have my hboot version which is 2.16.0000

What to do ?

Thanks
[EVO 4G General] SASQUATCH:
Deleted
[EVO 4G General] Captain_Throwback:
Look again. HBOOT 2.16 is supported.
[EVO 4G General] chip0:
the link for superuser doesnt work where else can i get it? i know i can google it but is there a certain version i should be looking for?
[EVO 4G General] strykerbax:
It appears that revolutionary doesn't support HTC Evo 4G+(HTC rider). It found the phone when i ran it but bit says unsupported as of the moment. Any other tools I can use?
[EVO 4G General] IronmenPb:
guys i need help... after step 8 my phone stayed in the hboot menu .. what do i do ? it says to disable fastboot and usb debugging.
[EVO 4G General] ceng7904:
I have my own tutorial on flashing roms. check it out: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1230610
[EVO 4G General] ceng7904:
No problem, I'm here to help. It's actually quite simple. Follow the steps of the tutorial EXACTLY. As for the dashes and stuff, no. The serial key is under the battery, it is the last line on the bottom. It usually starts with HTxxxxxxx. There are no dashes in the serial code, nor are there any in the beta code.
[EVO 4G General] ceng7904:
Once revolutionary got done did you type "y" then hit enter? You should have because it asks if you would like to connect to the internet and download the custom recovery. If not, just start the whole process over.
[EVO 4G General] IronmenPb:
i did type in y and nothing happened.
[EVO 4G General] ceng7904:
Keep trying. The first time I did it I got the invalid code error a couple of times also. Just double check the serial key and the beta key. Try replacing 0's with o's and capital i's with l's in both the serial key and the beta key.
[EVO 4G General] demonic_crow:
Also when I was getting invalid key I had to move to another computer to get it to go through even though I was copying directly from the site to the terminal. Might be something other should try out if your running Linux, not sure about Windows.
[EVO 4G General] ceng7904:
That's notable, thanks.
[EVO 4G General] Mrbojanglez:
Is there a way to root with a MAC? I tried searching the forum, but NO LUCK! Just wondering what about the APPLE NATION! Show us some LOVE!
[EVO 4G General] ceng7904:
Sorry but no. I'm sure you must have a friend or something with a pc or linux..?
[EVO 4G General] lamarcusoliver:
Is more the 10 or 15 minutes the norm?
[EVO 4G General] ceng7904:
Correct. It only takes about 10 minutes.
[EVO 4G General] lamarcusoliver:
so when is to long? im stuck at Zerging Root ....this might take a minute or so..._
[EVO 4G General] ceng7904:
Uhm... that step can take a couple of minutes just wait it out.
[EVO 4G General] lamarcusoliver:
what should my phone be doing while this is going on? i ended up putting on airplane mode because i was getting calls and text. so i started over and its been at least 30 minutes by now.
[EVO 4G General] ceng7904:
You must be doing something wrong. That is outrageous for it to take that long. Go back and follow the guide completely.
[EVO 4G General] towncop1978:
hey guys im trying to root my evo.. im on the revolutionary website.. im putting in the beta key and it says its wrong.. im putting it right. im putting exaxtly what it is says... help pleazzzeeeee....
[EVO 4G General] ceng7904:
I don't know what to say.. Like 10 people have already said this. It happened to me also. Just keep trying.. Try switching out some letters and numbers like 0's and o's. Double check the serial key and the beta key. You'll get it ;)
[EVO 4G General] lamarcusoliver:
you know its case sensitive right?
[EVO 4G General] towncop1978:
ok guys... I found the problem.. I was missing a number on my serial.. the program was reading it correctly and crazy me was missing it.. lol.. but it works as posted... great information and im now rooted once again.... thanks to YOU GUYS... :o:);):p
[EVO 4G General] ceng7904:
You are very welcome. Anything for xda brethren. Btw hit the thanks button pretty please!
[EVO 4G General] towncop1978:
i hit you up earlier.. not sure if it will count again but i did anyway.. thanks once again...
[EVO 4G General] ceng7904:
Haha I don't pay attention to the user names so I didn't know you already hit it. But yeah it counted. Thanks!
[EVO 4G General] lamarcusoliver:
i still haven't got it!
[EVO 4G General] kraze4u:
I didn't install the the zip file correctly on the sdcard. When I went to upzip it I got Installation aborted. Do I have to start the process all over?
[EVO 4G General] kraze4u:
I reinstalled the zip file to the sdcard and it unzipped successfully. Thanks for the info in the post. Now time to figure out how to install custom roms and unroot in case I need to hand my phone over to sprint.
[EVO 4G General] artiemd:
Thanks so much for this excellent guide. Worked great for me.
[EVO 4G General] Sleestax:
It worked great for me, but there are a few implied steps in the process that aren't explicitly called out. Like actually running the HTC driver executable. Also, for me anyway, when the revolution script was done running, it did not reboot itself, it ended up back at the hboot menu and I had to manually select "power off".

Other than those minor nits, it was a great guide. Thanks for putting it together. Now to figure out which ROM to flash.
[EVO 4G General] mrkevo3000:
Im stuck at waiting for for fast boot , fast boot is enabled!
[EVO 4G General] lamarcusoliver:
what steps did you take?