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[EVO Shift 4G General] Sonkway:
So, great thread, appreciate all the work everyone has done.

Quick question and pardon me as I'm new to rooting.

I started with 2.3.4 and successfully worked through downgrading to 2.2, temp root, flash eng spl. Unfortunately I didn't remove the PG06IMG.zip before rebooting. Of course I see that in the instructions now...

Anywho so upon reboot I had s-off; it promptly found the PG06IMG.zip, and applied accordingly. Of course now I've got s-on so I was unable to perm-root, but at least I'm on 2.2, and everything seems to be working. I've since deleted PG06IMG.zip from my sd card.

Question: As I've already flashed the eng spl (prior to re-PG06IMG.zip) do I need to start from "ROOTING ANDROID 2.2:" and re-flash eng spl again, and if so is there anything I should remove (say, from my sd card) prior to doing so?

Thanks for your time and effort.
[EVO Shift 4G General] VICODAN:
Yes. Start from the rooting Android 2.2 section.
[EVO Shift 4G General] Xbugzx:
Hi, I'm new here to xda and I'm currently running on 2.3.4. right now I'm in step 6 but I don't understand when it says: Place file in adb "platform-tools" folder.

From the adb folder run "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-speedy.img"

Do you mean the download file? because I already put the download file in the platform-tools folder. I also can't seem to find or figure out what to do in the part where it says "from the adb folder run fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-speedy.img"

Please if someone could help me I would greatly appreciate it.
[EVO Shift 4G General] VICODAN:
You need to put it in the android-sdk\platform-tools folder. That's where the adb.exe file is and where you will be running most things.

If you don't have winrar you should download it as well

http://www.rarlab.com

Have you unlocked the bootloader yet?
[EVO Shift 4G General] Xbugzx:
I actually got past this step. I went around looking on the other pages and saw what I was doing wrong. I'm in the step with the PG06IMG and the other file. Would those files be in the zip file that's pretty huge? bc it's still downloading on my comp.

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17) Remove the battery cover and flash misc.img using the following command via terminal emulator or you can use adb shell with the phone hooked up via USB. Personally I feel more comfortable running this from terminal emulator on the phone:

Code:

dd if=/sdcard/misc.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17

and press enter.

18) REMOVE THE BATTERY WITHOUT SHUTTING DOWN THE PHONE as soon as you run the misc.img command. DO NOT SHUTDOWN OR POWER OFF.

19) Hold volume down button and hold the power button for one second and release while still holding the volume down button.

Phone should find PG06IMG.zip and RUU to Android 2.2. From here you can flash engineering s-off bootloader. For instructions on flashing the engineering s-off bootloader skip to the rooting Android 2.2 section.

Again before you ask, make sure you have a freshly formatted FAT32 microSD card. If your phone can't find the zip, you are doing something wrong, your SD card isn't formatted in FAT32, you aren't using CWM, or you need to try another SD card.

You will have to manually upgrade to the new cellular radio after obtaining s-off and downgrading to Froyo again.

Radio flashing instructions here:

ok so i gotten this far and i'm confused. sorry lol. what do you mean by remove the battery without shutting down the phone. if i remove my battery, my phone shuts of completely.

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Wow finally I got it! Thank you so much. lol this took me like 5 hours to do. but either way thank you.
[EVO Shift 4G General] VICODAN:
That is the whole trick, to remove the battery after running the misc.img command. That's how we got around 2.77's hboot protection.

I'll be creating a youtube video on this tonight as I'm running stock 2.3.4 right now.

Anyways, glad you were able to figure it out. :)
[EVO Shift 4G General] VICODAN:
Here are all 4 video howtos on rooting from 2.3.4:

[YOUTUBE]mXK4iImtaUU[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]cUOaui4Hx_0[/YOUTUBE]

[youtube]5H6vsfGcBOw[/youtube]

[youtube]asPuhfhuJRc[/youtube]
[EVO Shift 4G General] Sonkway:
Thanks! Root successful. Appreciate the guide and the support.
[EVO Shift 4G General] niimo:
First, thanks a TON for all the work put into this guide. Being a noob, I've read through the guide many times and the thread as well. I also looked into a bunch of other guides and threads.. all of which brought me back around to this one lol.

I miraculously upgrade/downgrade from 2.3.4 to 2.2 so I went on to the 2.2 section.

Now I seem to be stuck on step 3-D of the 2.2 section. It's probably a really obvious thing, but I'd appreciate some help getting through to the next step.

I enter:

and I get this:

I have rebooted, I make sure I allow installation of non-Market applications, I check off USB Debugging, and I am in charge only mode. Still, same thing happens.

What can I do?
[EVO Shift 4G General] crump84:
Just put visionary on your SD card, use a file manager and install.
[EVO Shift 4G General] niimo:
Thank you crump, it worked! Finally rooted! :D
[EVO Shift 4G General] VICODAN:
Thanks crump.
[EVO Shift 4G General] LonneWolff:
Help please?

Hey on part two of your video right before you use the command "dd if=/sdcard/misc.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17" you used "adb push misc.img /sdcard/misc.img" I did that and it told me this "adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

cannot stat 'misc.img': No such file or directory"

the "cannot stat 'misc.img': no such file or directory" is what I'm having problems with. Quick reply would be wonderful because I'm in the middle of doing it.
[EVO Shift 4G General] crump84:
Little bit late on the reply but all you have to do is manually put the misc.img on the root of your sd card..
[EVO Shift 4G General] LonneWolff:
Ok, when I run the command: md5sum /sdcard/hboot_orig.bin with adb shell it tells me this:

md5sum: can't open '/sdcard/hboot_orig.bin': Permission denied

Why?:o
[EVO Shift 4G General] LonneWolff:
Where can I find the UKE rom he uses at the end of part 4?
[EVO Shift 4G General] crump84:
ROM Manager or sdx
[EVO Shift 4G General] LonneWolff:
Can you provide a Link to it? : )
[EVO Shift 4G General] VICODAN:
Replied to you on youtube and via PM, you need to copy misc.img via windows explorer to the SD card and unmount it from windows or use adb push.
[EVO Shift 4G General] VICODAN:
http://forum.sdx-developers.com/index.php?topic=17393.0
[EVO Shift 4G General] lroush50:
Please Help....

I'm stuck at the step where I'm trying to push misc.img to the sd with adb shell. I enter the command "adb push misc.img /sdcard/misc.img" and it tells me my device is not found. I'm at the bootloader screen in fastboot mode with usb connected. Going with the preferred method isn't an option because I've already wiped everything and tried to install a custom ROM
[EVO Shift 4G General] drob311:
adb remount before you adb push

Sent from my PG06100
[EVO Shift 4G General] crump84:
You don't necessarily have to adb push the misc.img... It just has to be on the root of your sd card
[EVO Shift 4G General] lroush50:
ok, I'm working with riggs on IRC t see if we can get it working. I already had the misc.img on my SD and was/am unable to run the terminal emulator due to my dumba** wiping the stock rom when I saw I had SU perms. I have no idea how to complete #17 on adb, my adb didn't recognize the command that was in the post.

Its on the root of the card, now im just clueless as to what to do with it
[EVO Shift 4G General] VICODAN:
Did you watch the videos?
[EVO Shift 4G General] PhoneTek:
rooting 2.3.4 and getting this error after i'm done unlocking the bootloader

And I was a little confused because the video mentioned the above but not in the instructions on xda. So I tried flashing clockwork but it just stalled
[EVO Shift 4G General] ScissorMeXerxes:
damn PG06IMG!

I have read the OP...and watched the vids...i feel dumb but i cannot for the life of me get my phone downgraded. I am all the way to the final step before 2.2 but the bootloader will not recognize my file...i adb pushed it...manually pushed it...

this is frustrating but i would love to finally achieve root please help...yes i made sure the SD was formated in Fat32.

I feel like choking a midget!
[EVO Shift 4G General] VICODAN:
Try a different micro SD card or run RUU.

You must have HTC Sync installed for ADB to work.
[EVO Shift 4G General] TirithXiato:
dont know if its just me or not, but the PG06IMG.zip isnt doing anything for me and the FROYO RUU link is dead... any help?

NVM - found a different mirror on a different forum and seems to have no issue... thanks guys!
[EVO Shift 4G General] Indirect:
Hey Vico, while you're my buddy and all, I need to politely request that you change your root instructions for 2.3.4 to either just this link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1558532

or copy the instructions over.

Sorry, but I'm not a big fan of officially voided warranties. :|
[EVO Shift 4G General] VICODAN:
umm, what? talk to me on IRC about this tomorrow.
[EVO Shift 4G General] Indirect:
I got root without HTC unlock for downgrade. It actually works.
[EVO Shift 4G General] VICODAN:
Cool. Doesn't mean you still have a warranty.
[EVO Shift 4G General] CDKJudoka:
Okay, I must be doing something wrong or something, Maybe htcdev is acting stupid, but I can't get the Unlock .bin from HTC. I put in the OEM bootload code and it tells me:

Error Code: Invalid Bootloader Token Length.

Error Reason: The submitted Token appears to be the wrong length and won\'t work.

Is HTCdev broken?
[EVO Shift 4G General] crump84:
Try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1558532
[EVO Shift 4G General] CDKJudoka:
You are the man!!! Thanks so much. I felt like such a n00b with this phone. I was able to get my OG Evo rooted in 5 minutes. The Shift had me flummoxed.
[EVO Shift 4G General] drob311:
Now that indirect has an unlock that does not use the htc tool, this method should be a very last resort... Yeah, yeah, yeah, i get it, if you root you void your warranty, but not "officially", meaning if your phone goes wonky, you can still ruu the device to stock and have it repaired or replaced ... If you use this method you have "officially" voided any and all warranty and if something goes wrong, you are ass out of a nice chunk of change...

Sent from my PG06100 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk
[EVO Shift 4G General] blackshark:
Error: "adb server is out of date. killing... * daemon started successfully *

Getting this message just trying to temp root 2.3.3 with fre3vo and every time I try to use adb. Ideas?
[EVO Shift 4G General] onsomegshit:
can't seem to download the rootkit can someone please post PG06IMG and misc.img i think that's all i need cause i'm already rooted and unlocked with the htc dev tool on 2.3.4.
[EVO Shift 4G General] crump84:
Here's the PG06IMG http://db.tt/l36imqH1

Here's the misc.img http://db.tt/RDrToLSx
[EVO Shift 4G General] onsomegshit:
reading down guess i need the whole rootkit my computer wouldn't let me download but my phone did just fine, thanks though!
[EVO Shift 4G General] 95neon1025:
Little help guys im trying to cwm on and i keep getting

c:\androidsdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-

speedy.img

sending 'recovery' (3610 KB)...

FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))

finished. total time: 809.646s

it just sits there and will not flash it, i know it says failed cuz i accidently hit my usb cable and unplugged it
[EVO Shift 4G General] Indirect:
Just use fastboot reboot-bootloader and then reflash the recovery image.
[EVO Shift 4G General] suniselah:
i cant download visionary on filesonic ..any other link ?
[EVO Shift 4G General] drob311:
http://db.tt/be7jfDl4

Sent from my PG06100
[EVO Shift 4G General] sparksco:
Couldn't of said it better myself :thumbup:

I think this thread should be unpinned and have Indirect's method pinned instead so there's not as much confusion.
[EVO Shift 4G General] echo12:
Hey guys,

im having issues w this part.

I physically moved both files to the card however when i enter the code on the terminal, i get

/dev/block/mmcblk0p17: cannot open for write: permission denied

any thoughts?
[EVO Shift 4G General] echo12:
my mistake . . .

thanks to @riggsAndroid on the #HTC_EVO_Shift IRC channel.

open teminal

enter su

enter code

enter

then continue forth.
[EVO Shift 4G General] teamspeedy1:
you can use the old temp root

I figured it out,,,,,how to temp root the 2.3.4 GB. I temp rooted my htc shift using fre3vo and misc.img. then I used PG06IMG.zip.
[EVO Shift 4G General] teamspeedy1:
using fre3vo & misc.img for temp root.

I used fre3vo & misc.img to get temp root on my evo shift 4g. I had the latest update (2.3.4).

Then I downgraded using PG06IMG.zip. If you would like the method I used just give me your email address.
[EVO Shift 4G General] enemy2k:
Thanks for the guide, gonna watch the videos now!
[EVO Shift 4G General] teamspeedy1:
Hi there. I just used fre3vo & misc to get temp root. I had 2.3.4
[EVO Shift 4G General] ounvme:
I am stuck on this and it is getting frustrating...

C:\DROID\SDK\platform-tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

sending 'recovery' (3610 KB)...

FAILED (remote: not allowed)

finished. total time: 0.000s

UPDATE: I uninstalled HTC Sync...Rebooted...Installed HTC Sync...Synced Phone and fastboot started working.

Question

I was able to boot into recovery and install the SU.zip I checked and SU is working properly. I rebooted and SU is still working. Am I missing something? Why would I need to RUU down to 2.2 if SU will stay functional after a reboot? Assuming that I don't wish to use a custom ROM.
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
The reason you would need to RUU back to 2.2 is to achieve full " S-OFF " . Meaning fully rooted, otherwise sooner or later you are bound to encounter problems. Especially if you plan on doing anything else with the device. Best bet is to achieve FULL ROOT " S-OFF " on 2.2 . Then Flash a 2.3.4 Stock Rooted Rom if that's what you want to stay with for now. I believe Sparksco has one made up.
[EVO Shift 4G General] Dethader:
Yea... I think this link is still broken please help!
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
What do you need? I'll see if I have it, and post a link up for you.

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[EVO Shift 4G General] Dethader:
Thanks

To my knowlage this is the only broken link... at least this is as far as i got without hitting a wall in not being able to download.

.goo-inside.me/roms/VICODAN/shift-rootkit.rar

thanks
[EVO Shift 4G General] btichy:
Hboot issue

I am having the following issue:

When I enter the following command to replace the original hboot

dd if=/sdcard/hboot_eng.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18

everything appear correct but the hboot md5 sum never matches and if I reboot I never get the s-off

both of these md5 sums match

md5sum /sdcard/hboot_orig.bin

md5sum /sdcard/hboot_eng.nb0

not sure why it isn't working.

This is what I get from the command prompt

# dd if=/sdcard/hboot_eng.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18

dd if=/sdcard/hboot_eng.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18

2048+0 records in

2048+0 records out

1048576 bytes transferred in 0.193 secs (5433036 bytes/sec)

# dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 of=/sdcard/hboot_check.nb0

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 of=/sdcard/hboot_check.nb0

2048+0 records in

2048+0 records out

1048576 bytes transferred in 0.134 secs (7825194 bytes/sec)

# md5sum /sdcard/hboot_check.nb0

md5sum /sdcard/hboot_check.nb0

3008853f805b107fda434ce623f43318 /sdcard/hboot_check.nb0

#
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Are you trying to downgrade from 2.3.4 , or 2.3.3 ?
[EVO Shift 4G General] btichy:
I am currently running 2.2 it was a originally running 2.3.4
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
If your trying to Root 2.2 , just use THIS. Much simpler, and quicker.
[EVO Shift 4G General] btichy:
Tried that already, it throws an error that md5s dont match and not to reboot the device. Rebooting doesnt cause any problems but I dont achieve root or s-off.
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
What method did you use to downgrade the device?
[EVO Shift 4G General] btichy:
I tried to flash cm7 without the s-off and ended up using the method below to restore the device.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1513386

I tried ruu but the phone is not detected.
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Something doesn't sound right :confused: . I would run the RUU for 2.2 again. Then start the whole process over.
[EVO Shift 4G General] Dethader:
MD5 Fail / Bad 2.2 Downgrade

I Had this same issue, I followed the steps in getting my phone to downgrade from 2.3.4 to 2.2 and continued to do as you said checking the md5- However, when I got the same error I went backwards to see where I failed. Turns out the 2.2 downgrade didn't stick. I have "full" root access, however I havent acheved S-off. I don't know if the files are corrupt or if its that im not useing a "new" SD card. I'm more than likely going to go out purchace a new card and start from scatch.... Unless someone can convince me otherwise... lol
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
As I stated above I would try running the 2.2 RUU .exe again. Did you try running it from Fastboot? Did you run the exe , or the PG06IMG to try and RUU to 2.2 ? If you think there's something wrong with your SD Card. You can try SD Formatter. It's worth a shot, instead of running out and buying a new card. I've it attached it below.
[EVO Shift 4G General] tyrayel:
Just wanted to take a moment to thank you Vicodan for the extremely detailed and thorough guide. I did get stuck in the beginning where I could not flash the recovery from adb because my pc stopped recognizing the phone while in fastboot. I had to uninstall/re-install HTC sync AND the driver installer. After that it worked like a charm. Thanks again! :D
[EVO Shift 4G General] Dethader:
I went back and wiped my phone... the card everyhting and watched the

VIDEOS

. Successful S-off and Perm root W/ CM7!

HOWEVER! This document should be rewritten, the guide alone is good but it has too many flaws, following the guide as I did the first time you will run into problems. There are to many steps left out and commands that should have been explained.

For example after downgradeing from 2.3.4 to 2.2 you need to reflash the boot loader. This is not in the instructions, nor is the command to do so...

I'm not trying to nock the guide at all because I would not have been able to ROOT without it, I'm only trying to warn others that the VIDEOS will help out allot.
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Glad you got it all sorted out :) . Now go have some fun ;) .
[EVO Shift 4G General] sparksco:
Don't think it'll help much. I pointed out some failed commands before and it took about a month to fix it in the guide.

But you are right that it should be updated.
[EVO Shift 4G General] AFschizoid:
anybody have the visionary apk that's mentioned? OP link and the Dropbox links are both dead
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Here you go ;) .
[EVO Shift 4G General] AFschizoid:
Appreciate it

Sent from my TRON-itized evo 4G running ics
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
No problem, here to help ;) .
[EVO Shift 4G General] AFschizoid:
Well got my friends shift rooted. no amon ra for speedy?

Sent from my TRON-itized evo 4G running ics
[EVO Shift 4G General] YoungCorruptionV2.0:
Nope we aren't lucky enough. We have cwm and twrp which some people have problems with but I never have
[EVO Shift 4G General] AFschizoid:
Cwm is a PITA and after the horror stories of twrp2 on the evo I don't trust it lol

Sent from my TRON-itized evo 4G running ics
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Just stick with CWM. You'll be better off.

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[EVO Shift 4G General] AFschizoid:
The shift is 480x800, right?

Sent from my TRON-itized evo 4G running ics
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
If your talking about the screen size, yes I believe so.

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[EVO Shift 4G General] AFschizoid:
Jw bc I have some splash screens made for the e4g and if the screen size is the same then I just need the Android-info.txt and I can share them with you all too. Anyone want to put it up?

Sent from my TRON-itized evo 4G running ics
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
See if I can get it to you ;) .
[EVO Shift 4G General] VICODAN:
Works for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ShiroEd:
Hey guys,

Along with the volume bug (let's not mention that!) I'm finding my GN running much hotter under general use that my HTC Desire HD.

This is my first Samsung Android device so I don't know if this is 'normal' or not.

Can any of you guys confirm this or let me know your thoughts.

Many thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oscillik:
it is normal for the phone to get hot especially if running in 3G or HSPA mode.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ShiroEd:
Thanks @oscillik

I never really noticed it with my HTC devices.

It seems to be the screen particularly as it does it when I'm on WiFi too. It gets particularly hot at the back right 'behind' the camera lense and around the corresponding place at the front too.

Hmmm...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oscillik:
SuperAMOLED screens get hot when they are on for extended periods, and especially when they are at a higher brightness.

The rear of the phone will get hot due to power inverters, cellular radio use, RF heat by product.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theshakyone:
Mine gets damn hot too at the back next to the camera. It feels nice and toasty on my pocket :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ShiroEd:
Thanks again @oscillik

I guess I'm a little paranoid with the RF bug ye know?

*continuously hits F5 on Samsungs Favebook page*
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oscillik:
if you read this post you will find information on how to determine if your handset is suffering from the fault. If you find that your handset does have the hardware fault, then you can make a decision as to whether you take it back to get a refund.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ShiroEd:
Yep. I've been following this one from the start and this is what happens to mine too.

I don't want a refund I want a Galaxy Nexus that works so I'm gonna hold out for Samsung to replace my handset with an updated one.

I can't see how they can do otherwise.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oscillik:
If you wait to get a replacement direct from Samsung, you will likely end up having a refurbished handset, rather than a brand new one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ShiroEd:
Whether I get a new one from Samsung or Phones4U I SWEAR BY ALMIGHTY THOR THAT I WILL GET A NEW ONE!

"Refurb THIS Samsung!"
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oscillik:
unfortunately if you try to get one through Samsung, you very likely will end up with a refurb unit. The only way you're going to be guaranteed a brand new unit is if you get a refund on your current handset. If you got the handset as part of a contract deal, you will not be able to get a refund on the handset due to Phones4u's policy regarding sales.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrPhilo:
Before on Galaxy S2 when it was released it was reasonably hot. But after some new updates and kernel etc, the heat isn't as bad as before.

I guess you'll just have to wait for new kernel and stuff.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dnlsmy:
All my phone's have been running hot, ever since my iPhone 3G.

The worst was my Samsung Vibrant, you could smell the plastic being toasted :D

My Nexus One got toasty and my Sensation is no different sadly.:rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] animaleyes76:
It's a LOT cooler than the Sensation i have
[HTC Radar] eric1032:
Just got my radar last week, so far so good. i am coming from touch pro 2 so this is a nice upgrade for me. only 2 years ago, when i got my tp2, that was the cream of the crop, technology, sigh.

anyways, i notice you can press back button and see all the open applications but how do you close them? i just have a habit of closing all my apps when i am not using them.

thanks