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[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
It works with 2.3.3 gingerbread make sure you typing it in right if the s/n is typed wrong the beta key will not work
[EVO 4G General] PointBlankChaos:
It is case sensitive, so make sure that everything is inputted as on the phone. I can verify that it works on 2.3.3 as I have done it myself. Take your time doing it or you may run into more problems.
[EVO 4G General] chugger93:
My co-worker has an original EVO 4G from sprint. She wants to root it finally. Should I be following this tutorial? She has the newest 2.3.3 installed when she accepted the OTA sprint update.

Thanks in advance guys
[EVO 4G General] PointBlankChaos:
YES! This tutorial is straight to the point and works flawlessly. Just do the steps in detail and you should have a rooted phone in no time.
[EVO 4G General] chugger93:
Great, thanks for the confirmation!!

This has a recovery too right? She's ready to get rid of the sprint bloatware!
[EVO 4G General] PointBlankChaos:
Yes. I have a second one but it's not necessary. I like to be a little over prepared. :)
[EVO 4G General] rockin90:
I am trying this to no avail. All I get is invalid beta key. I have tried any and all variation of the letters that might be read wrong. HBOOT v. 2.16.001 radio v. 2.15.00.0808. Any help would be great.
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
If revolutionary reads your device it will show your s/n in the comand prompt and you cab just copy and paste it on the website and then copy and paste the beta key into the comand prompt if you do this there is no possible way for it to be wrong
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
Where are you getting your sn from? Try getting it from revolutionary when u plug your phone in. Also if u are already doing that make sure your 0 are not really o and visa versa... I have done it 3 times on 2.3.3 now so it deffinatly works
[EVO 4G General] compressthis:
I have tried multiple times and can't get past the entering of the beta key. It keeps telling me that it is invalid even when I paste it with no errors. I have uninstalled and re-installed and it gives me the same beta code each time-does that make sense? I am a first time rooter and I followed your awesome directions to the letter so I just can't figure out why I can't finish. Thanks for any ideas you can provide!
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
I can teamview you if you like and see if I can help only if your on windows tho?
[EVO 4G General] mattdols:
HELP

I got all the way to "run revolutionary" and it cant find my device it says "waiting for device". What do i have to do now?
[EVO 4G General] blakklanta:
Copy the key to clipboard, open revolutionary, click the upper left corner, the edit options will appear, select paste and click enter. Viola!
[EVO 4G General] mattdols:
Could I get some instructions how to make revolution find my device. Thanks lots
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Do you have the drivers installed and usb debugging enabled?
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
Make sure u a. Run as admin. B have usb debugging on. C. Connect in charge only mode. If all that is done your drivers are probably installed wrong, first open installer for drivers and uninstall them. Then disconnect from the web and reboot comp. Make sure ur still disconnected frombthe web. Now install drivers again and plug phone in, when u plug phone in a tab will appear at bottom right of screen that says installing drivers, click it and make sure they install right then try revolutionary again
[EVO 4G General] mattdols:
Ok ill try that tomorrow thanks
[EVO 4G General] asd87:
giving me invalid beta key

revolutionary gives invalid beta key and even give the same key after i redo the process. this really sucks because i was hoping that this would finally help me root my evo :( i have followed this step by step and it is not working for me...

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i have tried this and it still says invalid key, aborting

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unfortunately you were wrong...i have been at this for an hour and revolutionary is not being my friend...:confused:
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
It is not always easy. Each person/comp and drivers needed can be different you are entering the sn number wrong, connect phone to revolutionary and get you sn from that, if you are already doing that try switching all ur o &0 and most ppl realise this I no but caps count it must be exact
[EVO 4G General] bukbuk:
I just had a buddy root my replacement Evo the other day. He did my first phone without any problems. Here's the issue. I have S-off and Superuser and Busybox installed. When I try to use titanium backup it says could not acquire root privileges. When I open superuser there are no apps in the app list. He's been trying to find the problem in his off time, but thought Id check here. Also, will I be able to flash a new rom while Im having this issue? Thanks for any help.
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Yes you can still flash roms as long as your s-off. Also I rooted a friends evo and had the same problem so I just flashed a rom and got root access
[EVO 4G General] bukbuk:
Thanks for the info. I'll try and flash a Rom when I get back home tonight and post the results. Thanks!

Update...thanks brotha!! flashed a rom and it works perfectly, superuser is now allowing permissions. Can't wait to test out some new roms again.
[EVO 4G General] sussana:
Good information....
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
FYI don't update Su
[EVO 4G General] bukbuk:
Ok, i'll remember that. Thanks!
[EVO 4G General] Dreading:
I know that by saying not to update the SU that you mean that we should not go into the market and update it.

However, whenever I run SU, I get a relentless notification saying the binary is out of date. If I update the binary will that cause problems?
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
Yes just run whatever version comes with ur ROM

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[EVO 4G General] oidrtybtrd:
Loving my rooted EVO now.
[EVO 4G General] theartofbone:
If your Vista machine is telling you to remove or repair, that usually implies that it is installed. It will not hurt to hit "repair" and just let it do its thing and trying again.

Is there any way you can boot into ubuntu using their live CD on your MAC? If not just find a neighbor or family member who has a Windows or Linux PC.
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
Dunno about ubuntu can deffinatly do it in lupu

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[EVO 4G General] Zin0:
I followed all the instructions and it's still not working for me. I triple checked my serial number. I pressed ok for the beta key. It gave it to me, then when i ran the revolutionary program, its saying the beta key is invalid. Can someone please help me?
[EVO 4G General] ceng7904:
It works. Just follow the instructions EXACTLY.
[EVO 4G General] ibriysraylite:
Where am I missing it?

Good evening to all those who will help me. This is my first attempt at rooting, and thus far, I have made it to the point where the beta key is requested. My device is recognized, but I get the message: invalid beta key. Where there is the letter O and the number 0, I have switched these back and forth, making sure I am not confusing them. Nothing has worked, so what else can I do?:(
[EVO 4G General] hellknight4206:
the key is case sensitive so a lower case L and upper case I look the same. Try switching them if there are any in your key.
[EVO 4G General] ceng7904:
It happens. Just check the serial key under the battery again and make sure you have it correct, then re-enter it. Make sure that once you have the beta key not to close that window, just leave it open. That way you don't have to write it down and wonder about your hand writing messing something up. Also, make sure that you have the correct hboot version entered. To check your hboot version, make sure that fastboot is off by going to settings>applications>fastboot, then power down the phone and hold volume down and power at the same time until the hboot menu comes up. It will say it up in the top left corner with the rest of the stuff.
[EVO 4G General] skyfox99:
Just a recommendation, maybe add to the step for the HTC drivers that says "then install" so that helps clarify a little for those that are also not pc literate.
[EVO 4G General] kawyboy:
What is the Procedure to UNROOT after this root process

Hi there. Rooted a couple EVOs last week. One is having display issues. What can I do to Unroot after the revolutionary tool?

Need to exchange the phone for a reman.

Thanks.

By the way, this is the easiest root process I have ever used. Only did my Evo last October. Had to ABD and push PC36IMG to revert to 2.1 and then unrevoked I think. This was like 15 minutes on the first try. Great.
[EVO 4G General] rockDoctor1:
Stuck on Revolutionary Waiting for Device

I just got my Evo 4G and this is my first attempt to rooting an HTC phone. I have followed each of the steps so far, but right now I have ran revolutionary, but is still just says, "Waiting for device". I have installed the drivers and placed the su zip on the sd card. Currently, my phone is plugged in and on, it is set to charge only with fast boot and USB debugging both enabled.

I'm I missing something? What do I need to do to get revolutionary to recognize the device?

Thanks

Chris
[EVO 4G General] rockDoctor1:
Figured it out.
[EVO 4G General] WraithBlade993:
Very interesting wright up.
[EVO 4G General] Paul-Evo:
How exact is the serial number required to be for beta key generation.

How exact is the serial number required to be for beta key generation.

My serial number is something like (changed a bit for web posting)

HTOBLHL 12345 LA002-00 C

The HTOBL might be HT0BL

As there seems little diff between zero and Cap O

Space or spaces following the initial HTO letter set and the 1st set of numbers;

then more spaces, then the LA002 and then the dash and more spaces and a C. Is this whole thing needed ?

So how much of this is really needed, and how exact need it be ?

Is this just being used to generate a random key, and thus not being matched to the actual number in the phone ?

Are the spaces (or dash) needed, and if so, how to tell how many there are ?
[EVO 4G General] playya:
It has to be exact or the beta key wont work for you. When you plug your phone into your pc the serial number should show up in the cmd window as well
[EVO 4G General] Paul-Evo:
How exact is the serial number required to be for beta key generation.

Thanks for a reply, but do you suggest I strip out the spaces, use the dash etc, ??

What do you mean by "When you plug your phone into your pc the serial number should show up in the cmd window as well.."

I did a CMD and tried a set command, nothing much matched.

Device manager for the HTC android phone id's don’t show anything like the serial number. Could you elaborate on the cmd statement ?

Thanks much..
[EVO 4G General] Paul-Evo:
How exact is the serial number required .. - Finding the exact SerNum

OK, so I tried to query the HTC Evo 4G Serial Number via PC software, and seem to have found it. I am connected via USB (disk drive) and have the drivers loaded as per previous steps in this guide. I can see the phone in device manager, but the serial number doesn’t show up (as far as I can tell.)

I ran HWiNFO/32/64 tools from (search Google for HWiNFO (free – very good) and once past the initial screen showing temps, and summary – expand the left side section under Ports fully, examining every usb hub listed – till you see a USB Composite Device, that when clicked on, shows (in the right side window of HWiNFO) HTC Android Phone, and you’ll see Serial Number listed. In my case it listed – without ANY spaces just the first part of my original Serial Number query i.e. HT0BLHL12345 - that is – no spaces at all, and that O was a zero – the rest does not show up as part of the serial number that is reported by the phone to HWiNFO.

So that’s what I’m going to try ….. I’ll let you know…
[EVO 4G General] Jim M:
You are making this harder than it is. Download Revolutionary and run it with your phone plugged in, USB Debugging on, charge only.

Revolutionary will open a command prompt window, look for your serial number. Write it down, then enter it on the Revolutioary website to get your beta key. Copy your beta key down and enter it into the command prompt window, waitfor revolutonary to do its thing.
[EVO 4G General] Paul-Evo:
Making it harder than it is

Yup, seems so..

If only we knew that Revolutionary would simply report the Serial Number. This thread was all about taking the battery out and recording the SerNum etc.. thus the hunt for the exact part of the SerNum reported. Of course your comments are far simpler and if this thread had simply said so to begin with - skipping the whole battery thing - all the better. Noob's such as I are all about following what seems like clear instructions, only to find help from the forum when things that are thought to be clear - arn't.

I thank you for the clear suggestion.
[EVO 4G General] LuckZz:
Thank you for this post! it worked flawlessly! Have a S-Off and Custom Recovery back!!!!! :D Thanks to all the devs who were hard at work to get all of this done I've missed my root since I made the dumb decision to update
[EVO 4G General] ceng7904:
If you are going to return it just flash a stock RUU. Just search on Google for evo 4g 2.3 stock rom then just run the RUU on the computer with the phone connected. Sorry for taking so long to reply I'm at school lol
[EVO 4G General] ceng7904:
Just type in the whole thing.. it has to be exact.
[EVO 4G General] ceng7904:
Thanks for the support!
[EVO 4G General] Blipstein:
I had a friend root my first EVO 4G for me. I had to get a replacement and it came with 2.3....so no more root of course. I know there was a **** load of ROM's that one could install with 2.2.

Do these instructions include the installation of a ROM? Are there choices of ROMs right now? I suppose more choices will be available in the future?

I will be able to reinstall the SetCPU app again, correct? Rooting will get rid of all of the stock Sprint apps? I can install Ad Blocker apps again?

Lots of questions....I know. Thanks for your time on this
[EVO 4G General] ibriysraylite:
Thanks for responding. I tried it with your suggestion, but if that is the key, then the only other thing I hoped would work was switching the letter O for the number 0 and vice versa. Not sure what else to do.
[EVO 4G General] ceng7904:
Oh yeah if you have anything android or HTC related in your computer, get rid of it. It can interfere with revolutionary.
[EVO 4G General] Zin0:
Dude..i've been re-reading for like 3 hours now! I downloaded the superuser zip and put it in the root of my sdcard, downloaded the htc drivers,put it in usb debug mode,enabled fastboot, went to the site, filled in all the correct info, it gave me the beta key, i extracted and ran the revolutionary program, it asked me for the beta key, i typed it in EXACTLY how it was given to me and it says it's invalid.
[EVO 4G General] ceng7904:
I don't know what to tell you. Try factory resetting?
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
Where r u getting ur sn from? Get it from revolutinary

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[EVO 4G General] Zin0:
Lol..i got it. Turns out these letters were capital I's instead of lowercase l's.
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
word to the wise, anything to do w/ programming needs to be exact, spaces and caps will kill u

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[EVO 4G General] DigitalRonin:
Some clarifications in case they are needed!

First off I wanted to send a MASSIVE thanks to the OP for this thread. It got me off the fence of rooting or leaving it alone and I couldn't be happier now that I've chosen to root.

A couple items I came across that might help some of you:

1. If you get a "stalemate detected" message from the revolution app. You'll want to turn OFF Fastboot. This happens if you get a soft-root and something happens with revolution where it needs to reboot your phone to resolve the lockout. If this happens and fast boot is on you'll end up with a "Waiting for device" message that does not resolve. Turning fast boot off seems to free up the process and your phone will be recognized and proceed as usual.

I FIRST got this message when I typed my beta key incorrectly and revolution said it failed and shutdown.

2. Sometimes the phone won't reboot itself after it goes into the loader. Just select reboot (in the menu) and keep following the directions on the thread if you do this.

3. DON'T PANIC. If you follow the original threads instructions you'll be just fine. The thread is VERY comprehensive and won't lead you astray!

4. For your BETA KEY of Revolution the number after the HT is a ZERO (0) NOT the letter O.

The serial number format you need is similar to this

HT0XXXXXXXXX

You don't need the letters numbers afterwards with the dashes. Just the first string of numbers / letters after S/N.

5. You'll want to also make sure you UPDATE your Superuser info (AFTER you've followed the process in the original post). You can do this by going to the Android Market and downloading the Superuser app. You'll see once you go there that the Superuser app at first says "download" but once you select it it will say "update". This will give you the latest Superuser file. You can then select to update the profile from inside the app by running it..and you'll be up to date with all the latest greatest.

BONUS INFO: I rooted my Evo primarily to get Wi-Fi Tether to work. For some reason it just gets stuck eternally on "Obtaining IP" when using this image / rom. I switched to Barnacle (despite some people saying otherwise) and it works FLAWLESSLY with this ROM on TWO evos. You'll most likely get a "supplicant" error with Barnacle...it's no biggie. Just choose the option that says "Do it now!" and it'll work perfectly when you restart.

Again, couldn't be happier and I'm so glad to have found this thread (and group!).
[EVO 4G General] atlmtnbiker:
just an fyi post in case it helps anyone. i used zedomax's vid on youtube. the following is a msg i sent to him, and that is followed by what i did to get it to work before he answered. i'm not sure how relevant it is to the op's way, but i just read all 39 pages of this thing (after successfully rooting my phone,) and it seems there are always questions. hope this helps...

..........

ok, had issues getting started but finally got it to hum along until minute 6:26 of the vid. upon hitting power [and getting into the boot loader screen], you get 'android system recovery' followed several choices including usb-ms-toggle. i, however, rather than 'android system recovery' and that bulleted list of choices get 'Revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4' followed by mostly different [from yours] choices, and no option for usb-ms-toggle. my options are:

-reboot system now

-apply update from sd card

-wipe data/factory reset

-wipe cache partition

-install zip from sd card

-backup and restore

-mounts and storage

-advanced

-power off

- +++++Go Back+++++

attempting to manually reflash yields < waiting on device > several times; starting over from the beginning yields no new results. any help you can provide?

also note i started w/ a phone on which i did a factory reset, including the sd card.

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then

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ok, well...i manually went into the phone, set it from charge only to use as disc storage, [went into 'my computer and found the phone], copied the su-2.3.6.3.....zip over to the phone, changed [the phone] back to charge only, selected 'install zip from sd card' in my list above, installed the .zip, rebooted, and i appear to have gotten everything you did. phew...what a freaking journey.

.....

i'm now tethering (though, admittedly, kind of slowly; and it doesn't always seem to work, but that may be an issue w/ my new mac pro as it's not recognizing a couple wifi's i use regularly on a the pc w which i did this root.] anyway, again, i hope this helps.

a couple notes:

1. what's common sense to some definitely ain't common sense to all. those comments in this thread about 'over thinking' and 'follow exactly' really aren't fair. either help, or don't. but please don't berate others for that which they do not know.

2. someone said previously they hate when someone else posts a question, figures it out, and then doesn't report HOW they figured it out. i agree. if you ask for help, please provide it when you have the answer regardless of how success was achieved.

3. it's been said, but i'll reiterate - if you reboot with the volume down and power button but the phone restarts normally, go into menu>settings>applications and uncheck the fast boot option.

4. thanks to all involved for the knowledge in these threads. lots of hard work here. i'm as green as it gets, so keep trying, keep reading, and keep asking. you'll get there.

hope this first post doesn't offend.

happy new year, All.

r.
[EVO 4G General] 469tc:
ceng7904, thank you so much for posting the information on rooting the EVO. I painlessly rooted my phone in a matter of minutes. This is by far the best method I found for rooting. I tried some other methods previously but could not get it to work. I do have one question though. I wiped my phone before rooting and then installed CleanRom. Everything works flawlessly but when I run Voodoo CIQ detector it tells me CIQ has been found and is active. The logcat debugging log weight is 100 and there are multiple log entries. W/activityManager(609):unable to start service Intent{act=com.htc.android.iqagent.action.ui19(hasextras)}:notfound. Everything else is clean with "nothing found" reported. I know I am rooted because if I run ConnectBot on local I can type su and I ge the # sign prompt. Any ideas? Thanks again for this awesome post!
[EVO 4G General] rjolley:
Thanks for the How-To, ceng. Got my Evo rooted pretty quickly and with no hassle.
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
Root does not remove CIQ. and not all custom roms/kernels have it removed... I would use anthraX kernel for sure... Make sure u follow his instructions perfectly. And as for a Rom I use and sns gingerbread v1.9 his flash is a lil weird to so read and reread, they can both be found in development section of XDA. Whatever u do not EVER EVER EVER flash something that has CIQ with something that does not, the anthrax kernel page has more details on that.

Ps I am also V6 supercharged & 3g optimized, and useing amon ra recovery.

Awsome dude that's what XDA is all about people helping people. Let me add a few things though.

1. Simplest way to get sn plug phone into revoltionary at the screen that is their when its asking for beta sn is directly to left.

2. Updateing Su is pointless, every time u flash a Rom its deleted & reinstalled, & at least a lot of the sense roms I have used the devs tell a lot of the ppl to downgrade Su cuz it makes a lot of force quits n stability issues...

3. Use amon RA recovery

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[EVO 4G General] whoppe862005:
I have done everything according to the steps. However when I run Revolutionary all it does is open up and sit there telling me it is waiting for my device. It has been sitting there for the better part of 20 minutes. Any help to get this to recognize my phone would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance to everybody who has contributed to helping.
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Do you have the drivers installed? Do you have usb debugging installed? Have you tried restarting your phone and computer?
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
Ur drivers r wrong... They can b tricky cuz each computer is different... Try this

1. Uninstall any drivers u installed

2. Reboot comp.

3. Disconect from web

4. Reinstall and try again

Ps. Your in charge only, usb debugging on right? After u reinstall, when u plug ur phone in look at the bottom right of the screen, it should say something about installing drivers, click that and see which ones are not installing.

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[EVO 4G General] whoppe862005:
Thanks everything is fine now.

Appreciate all the help.
[EVO 4G General] paallday:
For sure dude,

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