[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hamspiced:
So... I recently had my evo replaced. As a result i found that i can no longer use Unrevoked to root, nand unlock and S-off my new phone. The current guides all point to using htcdev.com/bootloader however it seems rather unreliable because i attempted to access it, and the site kept reporting it had an incorrect .php file or some stuff. Google Searches proved that this site goes down frequently.

So with some google searching i have pieced together an Offline way to root an Evo4g. From the sounds of it, i think this method will root, Nand Unlock, S-off, and push a recovery to any device. At least from what i am understanding. Also apparently this method WILL NOT void your HTC warranty because you do not need to use HTCDEV.COM/Bootloader

Soooooo... My disclaimer.. I am not a dev, i have no idea what the first thing a dev does. I give ALL credit to the people that put in the hard work to allow me to achieve root. I will also post credits and the origional thread i pulled this information from. Also, if you mess things up, i cant help you. I probably wont even be able to answer any of your questions.

This method uses a hack provided by SimonSimon34 on these forums for his HTC Wildfire, but it WILL work on our Evo's.

First things first.

1. Turn on your phone

2. Go To Settings->Apps->Development Enable Usb Debugging.

3. Visit Simonsimons34 Wildfire Unlock Thread

4. Download the V2 Universal Rar he has

5. The instructions for this zip are easy. once downloaded, i suggest moving it to the Desktop. Extract to a Folder on the desktop and name it root.

6. Once extracted open your folder you just named root. There will be a file in there called Simonsutility.bak double click on it.

7. You are presented with 4 options.

1. Bootloader Unlock and Root (Universal)

2. Custom Recovery (Unlocked or S-Off)

3. S-Off

4. Install Drivers

Connect your phone to the computer, Choose Charge only. Choose 1 and press enter

8. The phone then does alot of stuff. not exactly sure what any of it means, but if you watch the Simonsutility window it kind of explains as its going what it is doing. when its finished choose option 2 and press enter.

9. You should now be staring at your bootloader screen. Now you need to choose a recovery. I reccomend Amon_Ra's as i have yet to have any catastrophic issues using it. This can be downloaded Amon_ra Recovery Current version is v.2.3 just make sure you download it.

10. Once downloaded i suggest moving it to the folder we created earlier called Root and renaming it to recovery.img because its going to make things easier in the next step.

11. Now you have all you need to push the new recovery. Open up the root folder and shift+right click on fastboot and choose open command prompt here. If you do not have that option, click on your start menu, type CMD, and then navigate to your C:/users/*username/desktop/root folder (*username is obv your user profile name).

12. Once you are in the fastboot folder/directory type

Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Once it is finished you can select reboot recovery and you will now be in the Amon_ra Recovery.

From here you can flash a Rom of which for first time rooters, i would reccomend Fresh Evo 4.3.3 just because of its stability.

Below are the paypal accounts and origional threads i ripped off all of this information from. If there is enough interest i will update everything with pics. As i know the resources for this information is very low.

Thanks To

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SimonSimon34

Simons Paypal

Simons Wildfire Thread

Amon_ra

Amon_ra's Paypal

Amon_ra's Origional Thread

Captain Throwback

Captian Throwbacks Thread

Im Placing Captain Throwback up here because his thread was the origional thread i was following, however since the HTC site was down i wasnt able to do anything, but i stole his Picture of the Amon recovery push.

Anyways, if i missed something feel free to flame me incessantly.