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[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
this is happening to alot of people. It happened to me the first time around. I tried downloading the PC36IMG.zip file with firefox using a download manager (down them all) and it worked for me. You can try that if you want and see if it works for you..
[EVO 4G Android Development] seriousblack25:
im only having problems with the ADB? its says

'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command....in the cmd how do i get past that?
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
did you set the system variable path??
[EVO 4G Android Development] thorpe24:
Re: {tutorial} how to root \0/

Yeah it finds it says no image though, or wrong image not sure which it's pretty fast.
[EVO 4G Android Development] driguez:
Re: {tutorial} how to root \0/

Toast, you are the man. Peoples, root the right way or dnt root at all. Or else your licence might get revoked. Cheesy I know, just happy to be back w Android and rooted.

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[EVO 4G Android Development] ferfy67:
I got the same thing, ...but I had my phone plugged in via usb and mounted as hard drive. When I disconnected AFTER putted in back to Charge Only, and made sure USB Debugging was enabled, I got it to go thru. Took me a while to figure that one out. :rolleyes:

Also, couldn't hurt to download a new .img, just in case.

Good Luck
[EVO 4G Android Development] shizs14:
Everytime I do adb shell, I get a message saying *adb server is out of date. killing*. Please help. Thanks.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
try:

adb kill-server

then

adb start-server
[EVO 4G Android Development] shizs14:
Thanks. It work.
[EVO 4G Android Development] swaze:
You need to reboot your computer, the settings for the driver won't take till you reboot.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dadoc04:
I got my Evo rooted and everything. I was just going into recovery just to make sure that everything was cool. Now that im in recovery, in the bottom left corner it says "Build: Not Set"... Just wondering, what does this mean?

thanks in advance
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
Re: {tutorial} how to root \0/

Good!

Sent from my HTC EVO
[EVO 4G Android Development] thorpe24:
Re: {tutorial} how to root \0/

Thing I'm talking about is when I turn the phone off and back on to the boot screen go to boot loader and it tries to read the files but can't. Literally downloaded 12 times. Imma stick to unrevoked for now I guess. Sigh....
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
thorpe24 check your PMs
[EVO 4G Android Development] dicast:
First time rooting so dont flame me please.

I'm done with the Rooting part. Do I have to do the Recovery part as well?
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
not unless you are going to flash a ROM
[EVO 4G Android Development] dicast:
some more noop question. What "Recovery" is for or do?
[EVO 4G Android Development] th3taman:
You use recovery to...

1. Make nandroid backups of your OS. And you do this in case anything gets messed about doing the below updates.

2. Flash a custom ROM.

3. Flash an update zip that may change tasbars, widgets, launchers, and other things that people have created.

Those are the main things people do through recovery although there are some things that can be done there as well.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ruivitorino:
So I followed the directions and it seemed to go through ok but after the reboot I don't see superuser. Is there something I did wrong? Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] rahb0sse:
Hmm, so if I already did the OTA update... I can't flash yet aye?
[EVO 4G Android Development] th3taman:
The ROM that comes with the rooting doesn't include Superuser permissions. You have to flash another ROM. This is the stock ROM rooted that will include Superuser permissions.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=697636

You can also select another custom ROM as well if you choose.
[EVO 4G Android Development] davenukem:
Where do i put the pc36img on my computer so that it can be found by ADB, every time i try and do the command i get a no such file or directory.
[EVO 4G Android Development] th3taman:
Well, you also have the option of putting your phone in disk drive mode and dragging and dropping to the SD card that way too.
[EVO 4G Android Development] davenukem:
For future reference what directory must files be placed in order to do the ADB command to push files to the SD card?
[EVO 4G Android Development] davenukem:
Any information?
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
you tell adb where you put your file

so for example, if I saved the PC36IMG.zip in C:\downloads

I would do: adb push C:\downloads\PC36IMG.zip /sdcard
[EVO 4G Android Development] android777:
Question

Ok, is there a further set of instructions on how to get the shell access the steps are pretty straighforward, but when you say run;

adb shell mv /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip /sdcard/root-PC36IMG.zip

etc,

run from where - i am on a windows machine, and i tried running from the folder (cmd line) where evo recovery files are extracted.

Thanks for the post regardless, as i must be screwing something up and this must work great...
[EVO 4G Android Development] amallama:
Cant perform restore

I get an error message that says error "android-mobile.sh restore" Does anyone know what that means?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jason0071:
Toast root after using unrevoked...

I have not seen this question yet...so don't flame up too bad anyone. Does the toast root work after using unrevoked? Ill take my answer offline:).
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
when u do:

adb shell mv /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip /sdcard/root-PC36IMG.zip in a command window, all its doing its renaming the PC36IMG.zip file that was already in your sdcard.
[EVO 4G Android Development] timothydoanpham:
I'm assuming no since i can't flash either now. >_<
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
Yes its possible to still root if you did the OTA.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ferfy67:
Not sure if its what you mean, but I got the bootloader screen, and it was scanning images, and kept saying "not found" over and over again, and then would just finish and stay on screen....saying it was scanning the .img file, but found no image. ..Must have been because my sdcard was mounted when I had the usb plugged in still from copying .img to my sdcard. Hope you get it worked out.

J
[EVO 4G Android Development] anshawnga:
Recovery

hmmm. I found it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] timothydoanpham:
really? with toast? or with unrevoked? i tried with toast then when i went into recovery and wiped dalvic and then flashed a new rom but it keeps on boot looping at the sprint 4g log on screen.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
with toast... try using the original RUU found on the bottom of the first post..
[EVO 4G Android Development] dooey5:
Really?

First: Thanks to everyone who makes these hacks possible.

Second: To everyone who keeps posting how incredibly easy it is, I hate you. :-)

I have followed EVERY insturction TO THE T and my EVO is not rooted - will not root - don't think will ever be rooted.

I don't know what I'm doing wrong - I'm following the directions one by one and it's not working.

I can root my N1 blindfolded but I can't seem to root my EVO.

Anyway brave enough to help me one-on-one?

dooey5@gmail.com
[EVO 4G Android Development] splink7007:
Noob question

OK, i have to say I am a noob that wants to root and try custom ROMS. I accepted the OTA update from Sprint the day of release. Now I feel froggy and want to root. Will I have to go back to the factory stock version or can I root from 1.32.651.6? Also how do I rename the PC36IMG.ZIP file? And How do I run adb commands? lol, I have installed the the SDK and eclipse. Again i am a noob but want to take full advantage of my new evo and ave fun but not break it. any help is greatly appreciated!!!

or if you want to send me direct info..

sgerace21@gmail.com
[EVO 4G Android Development] rahb0sse:
Did u forget to wipe?

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[EVO 4G Android Development] kenfly:
Does this method work on the .6 OTA? And also I have looked into the other method of rooting, the downloadable apk way, and does that allow for a custom recovery and nand and all that jazz?
[EVO 4G Android Development] nfaust01:
Did OTA update and still rooted!!!!!

Okay i am going to shed some light on my experience with rooting the evo.

First of all i had updated to the new software that sprint pushed OTA.

I then used the unrevoked method to root, then found i had no super user so used toasts method.

When i got into the recovery mode and clicked the .bat file i would not work. Instantly thought the adb drivers were missing so installed all of them. Tried again and wouldn't go. Just popped up real fast and went away and nothing, i was thinking wtf. Well i have windows 7 x64 so i was right clicking and run as admin, well for the hell of it i decided to just click it. It then finally worked and went into recovery, proceeded in flashing stock rooted rom. Then booted into recovery once again and loaded the .bat file and used normal adb shell commands to remove apk's i did not want on my phone.

So in short i came from the OTA update so IT IS possible to root if you did the OTA update. Hope this answers some of the questions.

thanks,

nick
[EVO 4G Android Development] kenfly:
Thank you for your input nick. Def helped me out. Will try when I get home and reply if I run into any trouble.

Ken

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[EVO 4G Android Development] freexx89:
ima try it out tomorrow or something...

do i need to know anything else... other thn listed up here??? let me know ASAP

Thx
[EVO 4G Android Development] whiskeymcirish:
long long time lurker

Hey guys. first, let me say thanks to everyone who worked to root evo.

I am a long long time lurker, rooted my G1 way back when, and rooted my droid, no problem. I haven't used adb since i first rooted my Droid back in like, january-ish. for some reason, when i go to command prompt on win 7 and try to change the directory, or do much of anything, i get "access denied" my account is the Admin account, and i right click and select run as Admin. i have googled the hell out of this and can find no help. Any help you guys can give would be much much appreciated.
[EVO 4G Android Development] kenfly:
Your help Did work. the .bat file would only come up and go away if i ran as admin (im running Win 7 x64) but then just double clicked the .bat file and it ran smoothly. Thank you for your help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] kenfly:
Do i have to run the .bat file every time i go into recovery? any way to fix this so i can just go into nand without a computer?
[EVO 4G Android Development] ithejdi:
Recovery

Is there a way to move the Recovery to the phone like other rooting methods or do you need to run the Recovery from the PC every time?
[EVO 4G Android Development] kenfly:
well flash the fresh rom for evo and there is a pre-installed app called ROM Manager, go into it and hit "Flash Clockwork Recovery" then after that you hit "Reboot into Recovery" if you ever want to reboot into the Recovery. Thats the only way right now i supose.
[EVO 4G Android Development] H1Vltg3:
HELP

Ok so I thought I was completely following the instructions posted, but as I was preparing to flash, in my haist I forgot to backup nand now I'm stuck in infinate reboot. I'm probably screwed but I really hope someone can help me!!! PLEASE

EDIT: Nevermind, I figured this crap out.
[EVO 4G Android Development] nfaust01:
any time you need to write to the system you will need to ru nthe bat in recovery. if you want to just run apps that require root then no just install apps from market and run them.
[EVO 4G Android Development] nfaust01:
You may not be screwed.... Try booting into recovery as steps below..,

hold volume down and continue to hold and press power button. keep holding volume down until white screen shows. let it try to find a file then volume down to recovery, wait until you get the red ! screen. Now plug it in to the PC. run the .bat file. wait for a menu to show on phone then use volume down to go to wipe. follow steps 16 and 17 i think it was about wiping. then after that reboot and should be ok.
[EVO 4G Android Development] whiskeymcirish:
ignore me, i figured a way around. you don't even need to use cmd prompt. i'll quietly go back to lurking
[EVO 4G Android Development] stilv:
ok, i'm lost here ...

running the bat file (win 7 64) i get a quick popup and goes away on both admin and double click :/ any help would be great.. thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] s1dest3pnate:
OK, I followed the instructions for rooting and during the updating it said TP - Bypassed. I assume that TP stands for touch panel. Was is supposed to bypass it?
[EVO 4G Android Development] slackjawedhippy:
Please forgive me if this has been answered already. My searches haven't yielded any answers. I followed the instructions in the first post and everything appeared to be working fine until I attempted running apps requiring root. It looks like I successfully flashed the new image, but I don't seem to have root access.. ROM Manager and Wifi Tether are both not working in the vanilla rom from post 1.

Now, I did take the OTA update when at the store when I first picked up my Evo... But the software version says: 1.32.651.1... Did I miss a step since I was on the OTA??
[EVO 4G Android Development] nfaust01:
if this is still happening make sure you have all the adb drivers installed. on the sd there should be a htcsync.exe file just install that and it will give you the drivers you need.
[EVO 4G Android Development] nfaust01:
Okay i will try to dumb this down some.

You start with an evo.. does NOT matter if you have the update or not.

follow steps to install the PC36IMG.zip (this is what gives you root)

After the above you technically could stop if all you want is root.

If you want super user access to be able to write to the system (only works in recovery) (this is used to remove locked apps that sprint or htc put on the phone such as amazon mp3, also used to highly modify other things but that is for another day)

Then use guide to boot to recovery then make sure the phone is plugged into the pc and execute the recovery-windows.bat (this has been working without the administrator and with so try either one and if it works great, you will need the htcsync.exe installed on the pc though to have the required drivers, the .zip should have USB debugging already enable but check that as well BEFORE booting into recovery again. To exit recovery without a successful .bat load just remove the battery)

once the .bat loads you will have menus on the phone first thing is BACKUP so if you mess it up you can revive it.

move the rom you want to the sd using the USB-MS menu (it will mount the sd on the computer just like it does normally, i suggest the stock rooted rom here: showthread.php?t=693980)

now exit USB-MS and you should be at the main menu again.

now you MUST wipe the device. You will be stuck in a boot loop if you miss this step. (fix this by going in to recovery and loading the .bat again and WIPE IT using the guide)

after you do BOTH wipe steps install the new rom using the instructions.

this will then give you a rooted rom of 1.32.651.1, i am going to test the OTA update soon and see if root is still working)

YOU ARE DONE! i will confirm wifi tether

also i want to give props to Alexithymia.... he has a great dumbed down version as on page 59 of this thread.

Thanks,

Nick
[EVO 4G Android Development] slackjawedhippy:
Thank you, I was missing this step: now you MUST wipe the device. You will be stuck in a boot loop if you miss this step. (fix this by going in to recovery and loading the .bat again and WIPE IT using the guide)
[EVO 4G Android Development] splink7007:
Constant reboot loop

ok, when I follow toasts steps all is well. When I flash any of the .zips for the ota (rooted) and the radio or 2.2...I get stuck in a constant reboot loop. Any suggections? Am I doing something wrong? I did do a nand backup thank god.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
did you wipe?
[EVO 4G Android Development] kuribox:
hi, i buy my Evo today but this come with the last update from Sprint OTA, can i root with this tutorial!?! sry, any answer? please thanks!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Negrito:
Having come from the Hero, rooting was easy peezy, even on a Mac! Im now rooted running my own custom version of Fresh. Thanks again Toast/Flipz/and the rest!
[EVO 4G Android Development] BadDbOxEr:
Please help

I am a complete noob, and probably shouldn't have even tried rooting, but I did...I followed the directions to the T, but when I try and run the Evo-recovery after the phone reboots, I get a missing adbwinapi.dll... I have tried to reintall Evorecovery but nothing. I'm on Windows 7 if that matters. I am not sure if my phone is rooted now, or just back to factory settings... Thanks in advance!
[EVO 4G Android Development] stilv:
that worked.. thanks im rooted now
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
adbwinapi.dll should be in your /tools folder of the sdk
[EVO 4G Android Development] kevinniven:
Help PLZ

I got my EVO then i had a sprint OTA update come up so I installed. Ive been reading but cant seem to get an answer. Being that I did the OTA update from sprint,:confused: can I still use this root method? Thanks for the help!
[EVO 4G Android Development] tkrechel:
yes you can
[EVO 4G Android Development] kjones2k1:
I'm curious about this as well. Is there a list of incompatible software versions that can be compared when looking under Settings > About Phone > Software Information?

I would like to root my EVO so I can use titanium backup.
[EVO 4G Android Development] vide infra:
does it say anywhere in this thread how to do this on osx?
[EVO 4G Android Development] vide infra:
i'm so confused. is there a CLEAR guide anywhere on how to do this on a mac?
[EVO 4G Android Development] kevinniven:
great

Thank you for the help
[EVO 4G Android Development] kevinniven:
new rom

So after the root we are good to flash all the new roms? Coming from the N1 it was flawless to root and install new roms. Is it better to wait for a similar rooting method to the nexus one?
[EVO 4G Android Development] vide infra:
from the look of the first post i think he says no you can't do custom roms. what confuses me is that hte forum is flooded WITH custom roms so i don't know how they are doing it
[EVO 4G Android Development] kevinniven:
agree

Its hard to understand but im reading it the same way.
[EVO 4G Android Development] erikivy:
I'm a noob to Android, rooting and this site, so take my comments with a grain of salt. It took me a while to figure out that Toast and his peers put together these instructions assuming a minimum level of competence. I for one didn't have ANY, so I spent a couple of weeks reading everything I could find on the subject. While I still have yet to take the plunge, I'm feeling more confident every day about the process. In the course of learning more, I accumulated several links that flesh out the process a bit more. Here they are in no particular order. Some have videos, and those might be especially helpful to watch.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=123714

http://myevo4g.net/main/?p=15

http://www.androidcentral.com/evo-4g-root-instructions

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=694250

http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-evo-4g/90122-root-out.html

http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-sprint-hero/38911-guide-root-rom-faq-tutorial.html

That's a big pile of links, and I know a lot of folks want a simple, 1-click solution, but personally, I love to tinker and I WANT to understand the reason for every step, as well as the process to complete it. The EVO is my first smartphone and I don't want to get in over my head.....at least not yet. :)

Toast and everyone, thanks for making we work for it. :D Free stuff is often worth exactly what you pay for it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] scheretb:
Help My wifi won't even try to connect. It will turn on and i can see my router but when i click connect nothing happens. It worked when i got the phone, i used toast's root then flashed to OMJ EVO 2.1 Eclair v1.3. Didn't work tried flashing with Supersonic_1.32.651.1 and still nothing. then i tried wiping the data and delvic cache and restore with the original backup i made and i still got nothin any ideas
[EVO 4G Android Development] sisco_lopez:
SuperUser Icon???

Nube question. im sorry if this is something obvious. So anyway I followed this word for word, and when i go and try and find the superuser icon it isn't there? what did I do wrong or is there not supposed to be a superuser icon?
[EVO 4G Android Development] kuribox:
sry, but when I install this file " PC36IMG.zip" erase my all data in the phone? or just change the data??? please if someone can answer, thanks in advanced
[EVO 4G Android Development] Negrito:
Yes, are you not aware that the OS X running on your Mac is Linux based? Do you know what shell is? Have you ever done anything like this before?

Does anyone on a Mac want me to write up a guide where I basically hold your hand through the whole process? It took me less than an hour to root, customize Fresh ROM to my liking, flash it, and have my phone completely setup like it was before I rooted it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Negrito:
I cant figure out what you are trying to ask, but as a guess to answer... No, the file is on your SD Card, it wont be affected by any of the data wipes.
[EVO 4G Android Development] kuribox:
thanks Negrito, but my question is about the data in the phone like, games, call log, txt, applications, all this is erase??? what can you tell me about this? thanks!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Negrito:
I can only tell you the same thing it says in the instructions.... It wipes your phone! Meaning yeah, EVERYthing gets erased.
[EVO 4G Android Development] kuribox:
ok, Thank You! Gracias!
[EVO 4G Android Development] kjones2k1:
Thanks for the links. I've got quite a bit of reading.
[EVO 4G Android Development] slackjawedhippy:
You can do custom roms. I had some troubles with the adb drivers at first, until I installed the HTC Sync software. I also had to remove the windows USB drivers that were applied. I followed these relatively simplified steps to get it all done:

1. Install the HTC drivers (Windows only): http://www.htc.com/us/support/evo-sprint/downloads/

2. Unzip the Android SDK to your desktop: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

3. Plug in your phone's USB cable

--- It should detect your device and install drivers. I forced the phone to do HTC Sync to get all the HTC drivers working

4. Navigate to where you unzipped the SDK. In that folder change directory to: android-sdk-windows\tools (from a command prompt).

5. Type "adb devices" on the command prompt

--- you should see your device ID listed:

C:\Documents and Settings\slackjawedhippy\desktop\android sdk\tools>adb devices

List of devices attached

<YOUR DEVICE's ID>​

--- If you don't see your device listed, you need to troubleshoot your driver issue. Try changing USB ports. Use Device Manager, etc.

6. Copy PC36IMG.zip to your SDCARD

--- You can do this using adb push as the first post indicates or copying it directly to your sdcard by choosing the option on your phone for Storage Device only (instead of HTC sync)

7. Follow the rest of the instructions from Post #1, remembering to do a nand backup..

***When in recovery, don't forget to wipe data and cache -- this caused me to experience reboot cycles and not have root.

After all is good and your in like flynn, download ROM Manager from the market. It's recovery mode is much friendlier than the stock recovery. And it gives you a handful of nice ROMs to play with.
[EVO 4G Android Development] kjones2k1:
I've had success rooting my EVO. I previously had software version .6. I just downgraded to .1 and followed the steps in post #1. No problems.
[EVO 4G Android Development] splink7007:
Do I have to wipe before and after Rom flash? And what all do I wipe?
[EVO 4G Android Development] thorpe24:
k well i finally got root. yay.

also stupid question damn i forgot