yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Oddly enough I've actually Rooted some SGS3's for a few friends. Very nice Devices, but not for me. They do not feel right to me. Maybe it's me, but they almost feel too light. Might actually be getting an SGS2 for my dad. He keeps saying he wants one. Although I'm really not on-board with the idea. But it's what he wants :rolleyes: .
[EVO Shift 4G General] rhodiggah:
It would have been nice to have you around the SGS3 forum...

Sent from my SPH-L710 stock_rooted!
[EVO Shift 4G General] konichwa:
Mine slipped and slided on a gravel road, not hard mind you, --- back casing flew off and then the phone screen skitched out..also when you tap the phone--- it vibrates from the inside out.

an SGS3 would be nicer..but hey, they gaveme a free upgrade..though to have the htc evo shift...knowing it is technically a downgrade..

might fix some other issues.seems though there are some developments of good ROMs recently..or are we still newSense (my favorite thus far)..but I've been curious about Supreme Sense ^_^
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
You never know. I've been flashing a few Roms on the SGS3's. Plus I've already done an unreleased mod for my bud.

Flash away if you get the chance :cool:
[EVO Shift 4G General] indykid055:
Problem with radios

Hi I know this is an older thread but the links are gone for the section on updating the radios. I succesfully completed the guide for the downgrade root but now I can not text or make calls. Im not sure if this is because of the radio issues? I could use some help getting this going. Please halp me asap. Thank you.
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Did you fully complete the process ? What Recovery are you using ? What Rom did you Flash ? If you did flash a Rom, did you do a Full Wipe before Flashing the Rom like the Guide in my Signature suggests ? Have you Updated your PRL / Profile ? Also the links in the Second Post of the Radios thread work. Make sure you read, and understand the OP before doing anything.
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
You can try the link below. It may have the information your looking for.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30351127

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[EVO Shift 4G General] indykid055:
Awesome... That was the perfect guide. Got my 3g going right away . Thanks so much I really appreciate the help. It took me a while, but mission accomplished... Thanks for answering again. Much appreciated sir.
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Your welcome :) . Glad your sorted, always here to help ;) .
[EVO Shift 4G General] x2phrack:
as of 12/25/2012 this tutorial doesn't work anymore.... i guess they patched all the work arounds....
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
If you are on the latest Update. Use the link I've attached.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34684160

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[EVO Shift 4G General] VICODAN:
lesson of the day: DONT TAKE OTAS!

I'll try and integrate the other guide with this one some time.
[EVO Shift 4G General] x2phrack:
just an FYI the following part of the tutorial hits a road block (the files were removed and or the link's dead

Anyone know where i can get the most recent radios, WiMAX, and touchscreen firmware?
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
:confused: which Links ? You can find the latest Radios HERE.
[EVO Shift 4G General] jla1947:
Hi all! I'm new here and I could use some help. I started using Vicodan's quide to 'root' my HTC Evo Sfift 4g (2.3.4) yesterday, an yes I realize there is an Update after searching around for a solution to my problem. I've successfully unlocked the bootloader , but before I could complete the steps (6 and 7) I had to disconnect and attend to a family emergency. Now I don't know what steps I need to do to complete the process. My phone powers up normally and is fully functional. I can connect it a Windows box and 'adb' sees the device and I can successfully issue 'adb reboot bootloader' to get to the bootloader screen. After that, I really have no clue.

Any and all help is deeply appreciated. TY

As a side note, I hate having to do this through a Winblows box. I haven't used the O/S since 1999. I've been using Linux since that time and am currently running Debian on my ThinkPad. :)
[EVO Shift 4G General] cyberkeeper1:
hey dont forget though. if you are running an older version of the Platform-Tools installer, it would be installed to the "Application Data\Android" folder for XP, and "AppData\Local\Android" for Vista/7/8. This is especially true if during install you chose from two options:

_ Install for Everyone

X

Install for Just Me.
[EVO Shift 4G General] VICODAN:
Have you watched the videos?

OK this weekend, redoing the original post.
[EVO Shift 4G General] cyberkeeper1:
this is the complete archive of the Shift-Rootkit, but i have added all the required files based on your phone being stock updated to 2.3.4. it includes all the necessary files already downloaded from other sites, credit to the OP and the other developers for FREVO and VISIONary+ and the other tools used for the EVO Shift 4G rooting. i figured an easier way to download them would be to load them here to XDA and not have to worry about the mediafire and other sites removing links and otherwise NOT being available as we have ALL seen before.

A WORD OF ADVICE... make sure to follow the 1st post to the letter or your ***ABSOLUTELY WILL*** brick your phone.

If you guys have any problems, please ask me, VICODAN, or any other members that have a lot of knowledge on this stuff. I personally don't mind. Just PM me whenever you have a question.

anyhow, here it is. Grab the attached ZIP file and download it. I won't be hosting a mirror, so this is the only place to get the archive. its in a ZIP format so there is no BS format. :D

Thanks!!

(P.S. - I could not include the PG06IMG file for the wimax and radio(MDM9k) because it was too big. that will be attachment #2)

EDIT: Currently i cannot upload on XDA.. To Be Continued on Dev-Host later when i get back in town. expect the file to be uploaded either today or tomorrow. thanks!

EDIT #2: THE FILES ARE NOW ONLINE AT DEV-HOST. anyone who needs the rootkit and files can grab them from my dev-host account. Here is the link:

===============================================================

Click here for the Complete Rootkit.

Click here for the Hboot Flashable radio updates for mdm9k(cellular radio) and wimax.

================================================================

For questions on what version of the radio you are flashing, refer to the first post. Please do not ask me anything thats already here for reference. You know the rules... no senseless postings. lol.
[EVO Shift 4G General] jla1947:
Thank you for the reply to my post. I've been away and just got back home this afternoon. Anyway, to answer your question, yes, I did watch the videos. Actually, several times. Good news is I was able to figure out what I needed to do and have successfully rooted my phone. :)

I flashed the UKE ROM and tried it for a while, was beginning to like it when I started to see some bugs I was not comfortable with. So I wiped the phone again and flashed the Supreme Sense ROM and am so far quite happy with it. The only problem I'm seeing so far is a failure to be able to make a Bluetooth connection with my BlueAnt Sense Car Speakerphone. Have'nt had time to search around for a bug report or possible fix, but I'll start lookng soon.

Again I thank you for replying and also for the 'quide' that got me 'rooted'. LOL!
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Glad your all Rooted, and sorted. Yes VICODAN's Guide is a great help :) . As for your BT issues on Supreme. I'll ask you one question here. But it would be better to post up on the Rom Thread. Just to keep things better organized. Did you do a Full Wipe before Flashing ? Like described in the Link in my Sig.
[EVO Shift 4G General] jla1947:
Thanks for trying to help me out. Yes, I did a full wipe as you described in your Link, but I did not repeat the steps 3x as you recommended. I'll try your way and se if that helps to resolve the issue. TA. :)

Addendum: If you want to move this to the ROM Thread, do so, or tell me how to do so.
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
I cannot move this to the Rom Thread. But if your issue does not get resolved after a Full Wipe, and Flash. You can post up on the Rom thread HERE for more help to resolve it ;) .
[EVO Shift 4G General] jla1947:
Was able to get the Bluetooth issue resolved without having to do a Full Wipe, and Flash. Turns out all I had to do was a reset of the BlueAnt device and all is well. I wanted to put this reply up on the Rom thread, but I'm to new to the site (10 post rule?) and was denied. Anyway, everything is now functional. I am, however, seeing a little bug when I power off/reboot the phone. Several of the various app icons on my screens revert to a standard android icon instead of the actual app icon. It does this to the same apps each time and when I reset them with the correct icon, they stay that way until I power off/reboot. Don't know what is up with that, but I'll search around to see if this has been addressed before. Again, I thank you for your help. :)
[EVO Shift 4G General] CNexus:
Just post some more

Like after

this

comment
[EVO Shift 4G General] jla1947:
What!! Trying to help me get my post count up? LOL ;)
[EVO Shift 4G General] kavenfradejas:
Nice Tuts. Finally I have an S-off and Rooted Shift. Time to start trying out customs roms. Thank you.
[EVO Shift 4G General] forceps42:
CID Incorrect

I can write the misc.img file, md5sum checks out that it's written correctly. Pull the battery and boot into hboot.

The md5sum for the PG06IMG.zip also checks out, loads, checks.

Then the phone reports a "CID Incorrect" "Update fail" error.

What does that mean and how do i fix it? Thank you!

bootloader reads: locked oow, speedy xf ship s-on, hboot-0.99.0001, radio-1.08.01.0111
[EVO Shift 4G General] klund29078:
Forgive me if this has been posted somewhere else. I've been reading this thread for a week or two. I do have my Evo rooted on 2.2. My questions: How can I upgrade back to 2.3.4 and stay rooted? I know this may seem to defeat the purpose of rooting but I'm just curious.
[EVO Shift 4G General] CNexus:
This is definitely possible, just newSense (its based on 2.3.4 gingerbread) or flash strapped365's stock rooted OTA rom (its based on the most recent update)

You could also flash Chad the pathfinder's Stock Mod, which is based on strapped365's rooted OTA
[EVO Shift 4G General] BigSplit:
EDIT: lol, yeah what he said
[EVO Shift 4G General] CNexus:
Lolol, we both saw it at the same time. ;)

Mind helping me with what I posted in the Rom problems thread, Bigsplit?
[EVO Shift 4G General] jla1947:
The way I'm reading your post, I'm assuming you have gone through all the steps in the 'guide' and have just rooted your phone and

have not

as yet flashed a new ROM to your device. If this is the case, then just flash a new ROM (I'll suggest the 'Supreme Sense' ROM found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1201233 ). Once installed you'll be at 2.3.4 and still rooted.
[EVO Shift 4G General] klund29078:
Thanks for the help. I ended up going with newSense and I'm happy with that. Now I'm running into another problem:

I had to unroot back to stock 2.3.4 to take my phone to the Sprint store. I did all that successfully. Now I'm back home trying to root again. I've successfully downgraded back to 2.2, but when I try to get temproot with Visionary, it just sits there forever and will not go through. Any suggestions?

---------- Post added at 03:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:26 PM ----------

Nevermind. Did a factory reset and and then visionary worked properly. Screwy phones. :confused:
[EVO Shift 4G General] CNexus:
I dont know if you what method you were using to root, but you didnt have to do a factory reset to fix it lol

Go to the thread thats linked in my sig and read the FAQ, theres another fix for that in there (that doesnt wipe data)

ALSO, there are a lot of Sense 2.1 skins over here that you might wanna check out
[EVO Shift 4G General] klund29078:
I used the method in this thread, of course ;) I had downgraded to 2.2, and Visionary would not run. I uninstalled it, reinstalled it, same thing. Then I just went into setting and did factory reset (which didn't matter because it was just stock 2.2 with nothing changed yet), reinstalled Visionary, and it worked. I don't know why? Oh well.

Then I ran into another issue, which is water under the bridge now though. Clockword wouldn't load my backup, kept giving me md5 sum mismatch. I googled and found several different "fixes" for this, none of which worked for me. I just deleted the backup and installed a fresh copy of the rom I was using, and set it back up myself. Blah.

---------- Post added at 01:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:26 PM ----------

BUT, I will be getting my phone replaced Tuesday for a hardware issue and I will be trying your Shift ROOTility. Thanks for the heads up.
[EVO Shift 4G General] klund29078:
Okay. SO I had to take my NEWLY replaced Shift back to Sprint because the wifi antenna was extremely weak. So I'm following this guide again to root; successfully downgraded to 2.2; but when I try to temproot with Visionary, the progress icon just keeps on swirling and nothing happens. I cycled power on the phone, I uninstalled Visionary and reinstalled, I've done almost everything that I know how to do. This is the second time it's done that to me, and somehow the first time it eventually went through (see above).

What is causing this? I just followed the 'unroot back to stock' thread to put my phone back on 2.3.4 so I wouldn't be on 2.2. Any help is greatly appreciated.
[EVO Shift 4G General] klund29078:
:/ Did the 2 step factory unroot to 2.3..4 and followed this guide again and visionary works. wish I knew what I did differently this time around..
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
This is why I always take notes ;) . Great habit to get into.
[EVO Shift 4G General] klund29078:
Of course! And I agree. But I followed this guide step by step so, the notes were prewritten. I won't let it get the best of me though. I'll either fry it or get it done lol.
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
So are you now Rooted?

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[EVO Shift 4G General] klund29078:
Yes sir. Been rooted like 3 different times now - had to undo it to take my phone into the Sprint store. But twice, in this process, Visionary wouldn't work for me. Upgraded back to 2.3.4 and followed the steps again and it worked. Who knows? Atleast I'm rooted. :good:
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Good to hear. Main thing is your sorted :)

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[EVO Shift 4G General] chendiangan@gmail.com:
holler holler
[EVO Shift 4G General] wolfbane8653:
Worked greate for me THANKS!
[EVO Shift 4G General] DATABASE-1337:
The HTC Sync link is down
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Here you go ;) .

HTC Sync
[EVO Shift 4G General] klund29078:
Or here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34780581&postcount=1

to download just the drivers without downloading the entire 120MB or whatever :o

And yes I'm assuming those are 1 in the same haha
[EVO Shift 4G General] DHS1:
This guide worked perfectly for me. But now, a month or so later, I noticed I don't have root anymore. I'm still on 2.2. Has anyone else had this happen? What's the quickest way for me to root my phone again, or do I have to start over from scratch again?

Thanks
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Try the link below. If your still on 2.2 , it will literally do it all for you.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11771190

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[EVO Shift 4G General] DHS1:
I should note the phone still has S-OFF and Clockwork Recovery there and everything seems to be fine. But when I run Temp Root/Perm Root in Visionary+, it doesn't appear to do anything.

That says "flash the zip then auto reboot you to recovery to make sure it flashed successfully." which sounds like it requires me to flash my phone again, which erases everything correct? I am hoping there is a way to fix this without completely wiping my phone. Am I just misunderstanding what that program does?

Thank you
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
It does not erase anything.

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[EVO Shift 4G General] klund29078:
Here we go again. I had to unroot my phone to take it to the sprint store. Got back home trying to root it again, I can downgrade to 2.2 with no issues but visionary will not temp root. It goes to the temproot screen and just sits there. I've tried airplane mode, cycling power, upgrade to 2.3.4 and back down to 2.2. Visionary just will not work. What the hell am I missing? Do I have a bad download of visionary or something? Help because this stock rom is kiillllling me lol
[EVO Shift 4G General] -somebody-:
heres an odd little quirk i noticed. i cant seem to flash PG06IMG files anymore in bootloader. it refuses to see them. simple fix to just redo the misc.img and eng bootloader without having to go back to stock and reroot?
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Literally three posts up I linked what you need. It will do it all for you. If yor already on 2.2 .

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11

---------- Post added at 05:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:26 AM ----------

I know it's a dumb question. But are you making sure they're not named zip zip? Did you reformat your SD Card?

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[EVO Shift 4G General] -somebody-:
yeah, tripled checked and reformatted not too long ago. ive checked and tried everything that we all normally tell each other, the only thing i havent done yet is just flash the eng bootloader again.

edit: lmao just checked again for sh!ts and g!ggles, zips are fine, sdcard is fine. ill prolly just try reflashing the eng bootloader again later
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
You could try that. Or just unroot back to 2.2. Then start the whole Root process over. Kind of like a Super clean wipe. I had to do it on my Shift a couple of times. Just from flashing so many Rom, Recoveries, Kernels and Test Stuff. Always fixed any wierdness I had going on.

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[EVO Shift 4G General] -somebody-:
yeah, with all the crap i flash on this thing thats probably what its going to come down to but figured id see if anyone else has had this happen with the bootloader and if so they can get the answer as well. it hasnt been fully redone since i unrooted to gamble on 2.3.4 when it first was released so im overdue anyhow.
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Shouldn't be a big issue. Just a refresher course on Rooting the Shift ;) . Every time you Root it's slightly different. But despite that, it's what makes it fun.

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[EVO Shift 4G General] klund29078:
I downloaded Visionary from another source and it worked first time. Sillyness. %$##%!!!!!!!!! I'm good now fellas thanks for the help.
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Your welcome :) . Glad your sorted.

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[EVO Shift 4G General] cmags:
Ok, having trouble with the ENG HBoot.

I just recently picked up a Shift off ebay (shouldn't have sold mine), because I just miss the compact size and my Galaxy SII is a battery hog. Anyway, trying to root this, and I've gotten back to Froyo and am trying to dd the hboot.

I temp rooted with Visionary (confirm su gives me # prompt in terminal emulator), verified the hboot_eng.nb0 and hboot_orig.bin md5's, ran the dd if=/sdcard/hboot_eng.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 command, dd'ed it back to a hboot_check.nb0 file, and the check file has the same md5 as the orig.bin. IE, the dd command to dump the engineering HBoot isn't actually writing to the block.

I don't know if it's a symptom of the same issue or not, but I'm also getting a "not permited!" (yes, spelled with only one t) when I issue any reboot commands from terminal as well.

Thoughts?

I'm doing this all from terminal because ADB won't recognize the phone (prob. a driver issue - anything other than htc sync I need installed?)
[EVO Shift 4G General] cyberkeeper1:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1998650

That will fix everything. :)
[EVO Shift 4G General] RandyB201:
I cannot get past the first step!

I have a new used Evo Shift 4G that I am trying to root. It has Android 2.3.4. I have USB Debugging On and the phone is connected with Charging Only selected.

When I log in to HTC Dev and download the RUU file for the Evo 3D and run it on my PC, it comes up says installing RUU. Then nothing, no error messages, the program window does not come up at all.

My PC is running XP SP3 with all critical updates installed. .net is completely up to date. 3Ghz P4 and 3Gigs of RAM.

Please help!
[EVO Shift 4G General] junpei1337:
You don't want to use the RUU. From HTC dev site, you use the unlock option and select evo 3d.

---------- Post added at 03:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:25 PM ----------

Alternatively you can use this method to unlock bootloader and root.http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1558532

Also there is the shift rootility which does the same and is pretty much automated.
[EVO Shift 4G General] bal3wolf:
i used other when i unlocked my shift the evo 3d option wouldnt work and shift rootilly wouldnt work for me iv tried probly 20 differt ways and this was the only way.

Thanks alot op i have went thru tons and tons of ways to root my evo shift and nothing was work till i found yours i got it rooted and unlocked without downgrading.
[EVO Shift 4G General] thabluebull:
Stuck

I followed this guide to successfully unlock the bootloader, downgrade to 2.2, and flash clockwork mod recovery. Now I need to obtain s-off, however the visionary and z4root utilities seem to be unavailable. Is there another way for me to obtain s-off with my HTC evo shift 4g?
[EVO Shift 4G General] turkbot:
Let me see if I still have visionary if not maybe prboy may save the day again that man is a living archive
[EVO Shift 4G General] CNexus:
I got you

https://db.tt/FfEUzqvB

That has all the files you need to root and s-off 2.2
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Thanks :). Sorry I'm late to the party. Yes I still have 98% of the files used for most anything on the Shift. Or anything I ever tested. Which BTW was a lot. Most things never even got to release ( bugs ). Lots of choice things I wish could've gotten finished :(. Thanks CNexus for posting that up.

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[EVO Shift 4G General] CNexus:
Np, it was with my shift rootility stuff so not hard to find
[EVO Shift 4G General] load.nikon:
Would you be willing to send those files? I'm trying to run CNexus' Shift ROOTility and quoting his thread regarding this:

I'm trying to find the 2.3.4 RUU file and root2.3.4.zip. Also willing to take suggesstions about how to accomplish this. It's been so long since this phone's been a hot topic, all the links I've found for related files are now broken.
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
I will do it when I get home. Should be within the next few hours ;) .

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Sorry it took so long to get back to you :( . Life happens. The Speedy RUU's are HERE. The original thread for the RUU's is THIS one. HERE is the root 2.3.4 zip. The link is from THIS post by CNexus on his Shift ROOTility thread. Hope that helps.
[EVO Shift 4G General] load.nikon:
Hell yes! Thank you, thank you!
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Your welcome. Don't forget to Thank those who provided the files, and guide. CNexus, etc ;) .

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[EVO Shift 4G General] me_three:
Can't get s-off

After I flash the hboot and reboot the phone still shows s-on. The md5sum from when I pulled /dev/block/mmcblk0p18 back matches the md5sum of hboot_eng.nb0. Any ideas on what I might have done wrong?
[EVO Shift 4G General] me_three:
I did follow the instructions to the letter but when I get to the part below where it says I should be s-off the phone is still s-on. That's why I attached the picture so you could see that it shows the eng bootloader s-on.
[EVO Shift 4G General] bilgerryan:
You could try this-http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2015847