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[EVO 4G General] zeiss74:
i bought a used evo and it says "firmware version 2.1-update1." is there anything i should do differently to root? should i take an OTA and then start from the beginning?
[EVO 4G General] Magnum_Enforcer:
What Hboot are you on?

Sent using my HTC EVO LTE and a magic wand
[EVO 4G General] zeiss74:
SUPERSONIC EVT2-2 SHIP S-OFF

HBOOT-6.16.1002

RADIO-2.05.00.06.10

i bought it used from cowboom. will be getting a second one shortly. i assume this was "factory reset" before shipping, but not sure.
[EVO 4G General] Magnum_Enforcer:
Actually, that Hboot is from using the Revolutionary root/s-off tool.

Sent using my HTC EVO LTE and a magic wand
[EVO 4G General] zeiss74:
so the good news is that its already rooted.

the bad news is that after getting that info, and then exiting recovery with fastboot/reboot, the phone quickly flashed "Sprint 4G" the white screen went black, and it seems to have died. it won't turn on. pulled battery, charged battery externally, no response to power button.

any ideas what could cause that? it's a refurb phone with an ebay battery. my guess is it's the phone.
[EVO 4G General] Magnum_Enforcer:
Seems a little strange for it to have taken a dump like that. I'd try another battery and go from there. Does the phone vibrate or anything when you try to power it on?
[EVO 4G General] zeiss74:
nope, all black. silent, dead. i have a second one coming next week, with an original battery, so that will let me test the variables. thanks for your help!

btw, how interchangeable are batteries? i have a thunderbolt (htc) battery which fits into the evo (not snugly, but contacts are in contact). should i test the phone with that one?

EDIT: nevermind. they both fit in the same charger, but the evo has a small notch that prevents the tbolt battery from fitting. i'll just wait a few days until the second one comes.
[EVO 4G General] juan91:
can i do the htcdev,com process from a mac?:angel:
[EVO 4G General] Hearnbiz:
:thumbup:
[EVO 4G General] djkouza:
I can't for the life of me get custom recovery flashed...

HBOOT Screen

*** UNLOCKED ***

SUPERSONIC EVT3 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-2.18.0001

MICROP-041f

TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac

RADIO-2.15.00.12.19

Dec 21 2011, 12:50:32

I've tried 3 different PC36IMG.zip files on the root of the SD.

I've tried Fastboot

Tried Android Flasher

only thing I can think is my battery is low... is it smart enough to block a flash when battery is low???
[EVO 4G General] Magnum_Enforcer:
What recovery are you trying to flash?

Sent using my HTC EVO LTE and a magic wand
[EVO 4G General] shortydoggg:
You need to flash a ".img" file through FASTBOOT, example "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img". Pc36img will not work because you are S-ON.
[EVO 4G General] Identity Crisis:
Hi everybody,

I think I'm stuck on Step 26/27:

"26.enter superuser, press the menu button on your phone, select preferences, then scroll down to su-binary

27.hit update, and allow the prompt, if all the output is in green then you have full root congrats!!!"

When I hit update, it says:

"Downloading manifest...okay!

Parsing manifest...okay!

Latest version = 3.1.1

Checking installed version = 3.0.3.2

Unpacking sutools...okay!

Checking current install path... /system/bin/su

Downloading new binary...okay!

Gaining root access...

Copying su to /system...

Changing su file mode to 06755...okay!

Making sure new su works...fail!

Now the guide says if everything is green, then I'd be officially unrooted. So just to confirm I wasn't finished, I did Volume Down + Power after taking the battery out, and it still shows me as S-ON.

The only thing I could think of that would cause this is the "su-bin-3.0.3.2-efghi-signed.zip" file that I grabbed. The link is the first post is dead, so I just Googled the filename and found it on this site, but under a different phone's forum.

I know it's not the same phone, but I figured that may not matter since it seems to be the same exact su-bin. I don't know. :confused: Any help is much appreciated.
[EVO 4G General] bennyboy78:
You don't have to have s-off for root. S-on is just fine for flashing roms
[EVO 4G General] Identity Crisis:
Thanks for the reply. I had already unrooted my phone through the HTCdev website's steps. Initially, I was going to flash custom roms, but decided against it because I intend on using my camera and camcorder heavily. I've found that most if not all custom roms have problems with them, and that's something I can't afford.

Nevertheless, I was directed to this thread to change my S-ON to S-OFF because there are rooted apps that I want to use (Adfree and Beats Audio) that do not recognize my phone as rooted because it's not S-OFF.
[EVO 4G General] Captain_Throwback:
The only ROMs I know of that have camera issues are non-Gingerbread. All of the other custom ROMs should have no Camera/Camcorder issues at all. At any rate, you might want to try the latest version of Superuser, rather than the older one linked here.
[EVO 4G General] Identity Crisis:
Yeah, that's what I was looking at (ICS and JB) because Gingerbread came on my Evo.

So in between this post and my last, I rebooted my phone and tried the SU process again (step 27) and it worked. Everything turned green and the SU version now says 3.1.1. However, when I rebooted my phone, it's still showing S-ON. So I see the version on the website you linked me to is more recent. Should I try that instead? Also, which one of the files would I select? Thanks.
[EVO 4G General] Captain_Throwback:
Your phone should still be S-ON. You didn't S-OFF, did you? If root works, then you're fine.
[EVO 4G General] Identity Crisis:
No, it still says S-ON, but I'm trying to get programs that require the phone to be rooted to work. They don't recognize it as being rooted by just the HTCDev method (" *** UNLOCKED ***, S-ON " ). So it was apparent to me that I needed it to be S-OFF in order for them to see a rooted device and properly install/work.
[EVO 4G General] Captain_Throwback:
Just unlocking doesn't give you root. You have to install a custom recovery and then flash Superuser for that.

If the version you have works, there's no need to update anything. It should update from the Play Store automatically anyway.
[EVO 4G General] Postal Psycho:
nm
[EVO 4G General] Muzzy011:
Clean Boot?

I followed all instructions, step by step, and got rooted phone at the end, but with clean boot? Like I started phone for the first time. Everything was restored to factory, no messages, email accounts, anything. Is anyone had similar problem?

Not much damage here, I backed up most of the things, pics, messages, etc., its wife's cell, we are just finished with contract so we got new phones, and I just prepared them for selling, but still, unpleasant surprise.

I rooted my EVO maybe year and half ago, without any problems like this one. Different way, I really cant remember which one, if that is important, I might have link somewhere in my favourites.

All best.
[EVO 4G General] Magnum_Enforcer:
This rooting process wipes the phone clean. No worries:cool:

Sent using my HTC EVO LTE and a magic wand
[EVO 4G General] mjs2011:
Please help. When entering fastboot oem get_identifier_token I get the message 'fastboot is not recognized by internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
[EVO 4G General] jrollercoasters:
Make sure you have debugging mode on
[EVO 4G General] CNexus:
It actually has nothing to do with debugging being enabled, thats only for adb

This error means that you don't have the fastboot.exe in the directory that you are running command prompt from

Verify that its in the directory you are running from, or use the "cd" command in your terminal to switch to the appropriate directory
[EVO 4G General] goa003:
zip file

the zip file isn't available anymore
[EVO 4G General] CNexus:
Just look it up on google

"su-signed-efghi.zip" or whatever it is
[EVO 4G General] brockseals:
Having issues after unlocked the bootloader. and flashed the recovery image

After I flashed the recovery things looked normal. Rebooted into recovery and came up briefly but then went blank

Adb status is unknow and the drivers arent loading

help
[EVO 4G General] Jplayer806:
YOU

Just wanna say I love You man I tried all the way to root my phone maybe two days straight but yours Work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(:crying::silly::o:laugh::cool:
[EVO 4G General] xMidnitex:
So I have rooted another evo with the htcDev method and it worked. I recently tried again because I needed root for some apps I wanted. Anyways, I tried using the htcDev method again recently and everything was going well until I went to submit the token text stuff. I have all the files in my C drive under Android. Once I send the token I get a "Unlocking Bootloader Failed!" page, error code 173 with reason : Check Rule Fail with exception. Any help please?
[EVO 4G General] CNexus:
I've heard a lot of reports today that htcdev is not working...and people getting the exact same error code as you

Best advice I can give is to wait a day or two and see if the website gets fixed
[EVO 4G General] VeryCoolAlan:
Anybody got the step 15 file?

I isn't available anymore!
[EVO 4G General] Magnum_Enforcer:
Try this: http://ge.tt/m/2TXQEfJ

The advice is free....the bandwidth, not so much
[EVO 4G General] RedheadTarn:
On step 32 I am getting the following result:

c:\android>adb shell

# cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image

cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image

# chmod 755 /data/flash_image

chmod 755 /data/flash_image

# /data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img

/data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img

[1] Segmentation fault /data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img

#

After this the PC36IMG file will be scanned but will not flash.

I have tried redownloading the flashimage and mtd-eng files twice to make sure I didn't get a bad download, same result.

Any suggestions?
[EVO 4G General] Captain_Throwback:
You have to be on a Gingerbread/Sense ROM for this to work. Are you?
[EVO 4G General] ramonsf:
first time rooting Evo 4g

Here is my specs on my device

Device: HTC Evo 4g Android Version : 2.3.5 HBOOT: 2.18.00 01

Baseband version 2.15.00.12.19 Hardware version: 003

PRI 2.33_003 PRL 60794 Radio-2.15.00.12.19

in the bootloader says: Supersonic EVT2-3 ship S-OFF, and in the top says Locked(OOW)

what does the S-OFF relate to nand unlocked?

what does nand-unlocked mean?

based on my info can i follow this tutorial step by step, is there enything that i have to omit

since my device say S-OFF?

Thanks first your help, sorry for being a rookie, my aim is to root my evo 4g then go to this link,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=796257
[EVO 4G General] CNexus:
Nand-unlocked allows you to flash things to a couple more partitions than with just an unlocked bootloader... This varies by device though

For example, on the HTC evo shift, s-off (aka nand-unlocked) allows you to flash to the boot partition, whereas just bootloader unlocked does not

For the evo 4G, s-off allows you to flash radios, so for the evo 4g being s-off is not essential to flashing roms, even though for the evo shift it is more important
[EVO 4G General] BobWalker:
Read the directions thoroughly and follow the steps provided carefully. S-ON prevents you from flashing the radios. Make sure you have at least 60% battery before you start flashing. Use a good recovery like Amon-Ra v2.3 or smelkusmod and everything will work fine.
[EVO 4G General] RudyC15:
Help on step #26

Sorry for such a dumb question, but i am very new to this…I am trying to root my evo 4g and I have been able to do every single step except for #26. I downloaded busybox but cant figure out how to:

26. Enter superuser, press the menu button on your phone, select preferences, then scroll down to su-binary.

I have looked everywhere for this answer and cant find it.

any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks!
[EVO 4G General] THC Butterz:
this is a rather old thread, superuser has changed since i wrote it, if you enter superuser then scroll to the left you can click on check for updates there now
[EVO 4G General] dead_gerbil:
I'm stuck on 25

Hello, I seem to be stuck on step 25. I've downloaded a few different Busybox installers. 2 of them mentioned I'm not rooted, and another just says the version of busybox being installed is not compatible. There was no su notification for me to hit "allow" on, either. :confused:

Thank you for this guide, its been straightforward so far.
[EVO 4G General] BobWalker:
Did you download and install su-bin-3.0.3.2-efghi-signed.zip (Steps 15 - 20)? Disable Fastboot and power down your EVO. When you boot into the bootloader by simultaneously pressing and holding the Volume Down and Power buttons, does the bootloader show UNLOCKED at the top of the screen?
[EVO 4G General] dead_gerbil:
Yes, I followed all the steps up to where i'm stuck to a T. I found the su-bin-3.0.3.2-efghi-signed-zip from a google search because the provided link was dead. I just powered on the phone with volume down held and the bootloader DOES show "unlocked" at the top of the screen.

The Superuser I downloaded is by Clockworkmod.

The different Busybox installers I tried are:

BusyBox by Stephen (Stericson)

BusyBox by Robert Nediyakalaparambil

BusyBox Installer by JRummy Apps Inc.

All three of those won't let me install BusyBox, the first two saying that ROOT is required to install busybox, and the third saying "Some versions of busybox incompatible with some phones" (It is attempting to install v1.20.2, with the option to install it to /system/xbin/ or /system/bin/, or custom location.)

Thank you for your quick reply, by the way!
[EVO 4G General] BobWalker:
You may have gotten a bad download. If you only want to gain root privileges on the EVO 4G, download su-bin-3.0.3.2-efghi-signed-zip to your computer from http://www.runamux.net/search/view/zip/cOBotJPb/su-bin-3032-efghi-signed.html, remove the previous version of this file from the sdcard, copy the su-bin-3.0.3.2-efghi-signed-zip just downloaded from your computer to the EVO's sdcard, then select install zip from sdcard, select su-bin-3.0.3.2-efghi-signed-zip, and press the power button to install. Stericson's BusyBox should install after su-bin-3.0.3.2-efghi-signed-zip is installed properly.

On the other hand, if you are looking to install a custom ROM there is an excellent chance that the ROM already includes both SU and BusyBox, flashing a custom ROM that includes SU and BusyBox will also give you root privileges.
[EVO 4G General] dead_gerbil:
I DO want to flash a custom rom. Any idea which is good for this EVO?

I used to have a Galaxy Nexus that I flashed 4.2 onto when Sprint was taking their time to push it out, which is the only experience with this I have and I followed a youtube video then.
[EVO 4G General] dead_gerbil:
Also, I did this exactly. The message I get from BusyBox (Stericson) is as follows:

"There was a problem opening a shell with root access. This is either being caused by superuser/supersu or by a device that is inproperly rooted.

"Try removing superuser/supersu permissions, uninstalling this application, reinstalling this application, and then regranting superuser/supersu permissions for this application

"You can check you device to see if it is properly rooted by downloading RootChecker from the Android Market."

:confused:
[EVO 4G General] dead_gerbil:
chalfug any

This will indeed be a project for me, so i'll do this all slowly. School is wrapping up so I can't keep distracting myself with customizing my phone. I'll have to figure out why it's not rooting first, what this issue with BusyBox is. Then i'll try to flash an AOSP ROM that is like stock-android (I don't think I like Sense too much) And yeah I don't really need WiMax or the FFC. Thank you for all the reading material :good:

In the meantime i'll run through all these steps again and see if i'm still getting the same error from BusyBox
[EVO 4G General] Magnum_Enforcer:
For what it's worth, most custom ROM's have Busy Box baked in, I believe. You just need to look at the OP for the ROM you're wanting to install and make sure it's there.No real point in trying to install it if it's already there. Sometimes you need to update the su binary in the Superuser or SuperSU app. That seems to be an issue that I've seen users encounter in the past. In the Superuser app you can just swipe the screen to the left and see if all the output info is green. If not, just touch the screen and it will prompt you to update the binary to the newest version. I know for a fact this worked for me on more than one occasion when flashing different ROM's on my OG EVO.
[EVO 4G General] dead_gerbil:
I tried updating the Superuser app, it didn't work. I uninstalled and installed SuperSU, tried to update through CWM through the app, didn't work. It advised me to try updating through the recovery. I booted into recovery and tried to apply /sdcard/update.zip but no such file was found.

OK, so I can look for a ROM that will have busybox and supersu and I can begin flashing that ROM without finishing these steps here, leaving at step 25? Isn't the device not rooted yet? The steps in flashing these roms with busybox already there will complete rooting steps?
[EVO 4G General] BobWalker:
Since you have not successfully installed SU and BusyBox yet, you do not have root privilieges yet. Once you have unlocked the bootloader and installed a custom recovery, however, you are able to flash a different ROM. As long as the ROM that you choose to flash includes SU and BusyBox, you will have root privilieges. Since you have verified that you have unlocked the bootloader and installed ClockWorkMod Recovery, you will be able to flash a new ROM. To install a fully rooted version of the latest Sprint stock ROM download the file from http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1671395, copy the file 5.07.651.1_Supersonic_Stock_Rooted_CPTB_v2.3-DEODEXED.zip to the EVO's sdcard, boot into recovery, and flash the ROM. Make sure that your battery is at least 40% charged before you flash the ROM.

Follow these steps to flash the ROM:

1) Boot into the the bootloader by simultaneously pressing and holding the volume down and power buttons.

2) Use the volume buttons to highlight Recovery and press the power button.

3) Select Wipe cache, press the power button, and press the power button again to confirm.

4) Select Advanced, select Wipe Dalvik cache, press the power button, and press the power button again to confirm.

5) Repeat steps 3 and 4 two more times.

6) Return to the main ClockworkMod menu, select Mounts and storage, and press the power button.

7) Select Format /cache, press the power button, select Yes Format, and press the power button.

8) Select Format /data, press the power button, select Yes Format, and press the power button.

9) Select Format /system, press the power button, select Yes Format, and press the power button.

10) Select Install zip from sdcard and press the power button.

11) Select Choose zip from sdcard and press the power button.

12) Select 5.07.651.1_Supersonic_Stock_Rooted_CPTB_v2.3-DEODEXED.zip and press the power button, select Yes Install, and press the power button.

13) Wait until the flash is complete.

14) Return to the main ClockworkMod menu, select Reboot system, and press the power button.

You will need to complete the phone setup, allow the phone to sync Google contacts and mail, and reinstall all your apps from the Play Store. Once you have configured your phone and reinstalled all your apps, I recommend that you boot back into recovery and make a backup which can be used to restore your phone to its current state in the future.
[EVO 4G General] dead_gerbil:
I followed instructions for setting up XenonHD custom ROM. To do so, I flashed Amon RA recovery over the CWM. It is great, it thinks it's a Nexus device, and the UI is stock AOSP. Everything seems to be working in order, however texting and calling is really terrible, service wise. Super, super slow.

I'm trying to update PRL and the option to do so is no longer there. But i guess this is reserved for another thread.

THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the help I received, this community is fantastic :highfive:
[EVO 4G General] BobWalker:
Try installing Seeder from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1987032 to reduce system lag on the EVO 4G with Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean ROMs. Just download the Seeder apk to your sdcard and open the file in a file manager app like ES File Explorer. Once it is installed launch and enable Seeder to see if the EVO's response time improves.

In my experience, you need to use a Sense based ROM to update the PRL and update the profile. However, the updated PRL and profile are retained when you flash an AOSP ROM.
[EVO 4G General] mstrblueskys:
So if I am in a ASOP rom it won't work?
[EVO 4G General] okn0tok:
Fastboot.exe

Okay so I went to the HTCDEV site and went through the walk through but it ailed at the end, so it recommended downloaded the rev 15, where I could find the correct version of fastboot.exe, only it isn't in the tools directory. -_- And the one they have in rev 18 doesn't work. So I feel like I am unable to root this phone until I find this older file. Anyone have it?

---------- Post added at 07:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:36 PM ----------

Answered my own question: the entire set of files are available here: http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/HTCEvo3D/rooting/rootevo3dnew.zip

incase anyone runs into this issue thought I should share it!
[EVO 4G General] reksp13:
Thank you I needed this
[EVO 4G General] mammonista:
okay I'm an idiot

I made it all the way to #2. Went to the HTC DEV site you suggested. In their Step #5 they suggest opening a command prompt on my windows 7 machine and type in a command as Admin to "cd \Android" I get an error code saying "the system cannot find the path specified"

What gives?
[EVO 4G General] Magnum_Enforcer:
You have to execute the commands from the same folder as the SDK you downloaded. If you want something easy to use look in the top link in my sig, and scroll down about 2/3 of the way through the first post. You'll see a link on how to set up ADB & Fastboot on your computer. It's by far much easier than dealing with the entire SDK setup, which isn't necessary for bootloader unlocking. Just download the file for Windows, put the file wherever you want it, and hit Shift+right click on the mouse and choose the option to open a command window. As long as you have the right drivers on your computer you'll be good to go. Also make sure that you're in the bootloader and connected via Fastboot USB. You only need HTC Dev for Hboot 2.18. If you have something older there are other tools to root your phone.

Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE
[EVO 4G General] neudof:
the su binaries link in step 15 is dead. anyone have a link to the file?
[EVO 4G General] Magnum_Enforcer:
Go to the link in the thread below. Download the SuperSU zip & flash in recovery.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053

Sent from my EVO LTE
[EVO 4G General] storino03:
A lot of the links in the original post are dead. File not found, etc. Can anyone re-upload the files required in an all new post so it's easier to find?
[EVO 4G General] lchol1:
Links

If your still trying to root you can try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771755. Has a great how to video and pictures with all steps and links still work.
[EVO 4G General] Captain_Throwback:
This is the wrong forum. You have the EVO 3D, not the EVO 4G. Take a look in that forum and follow the methods you find there. It'll make a big difference ;).