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[EVO 4G Android Development] gdog1977:
Terrible step by step instructions for a new user. Many won't be able to follow your pos instructions because they doesn't know what adb shell is or anything. How about a little preface about how to install adb and where, what it is, and how to use it, and NOT just refer to it as shell. Remember many are just buying a EVO and are coming here for root support not knowing anything.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwwolfe77:
+1 I am a newb at adb and i have no idea how to use it either. Never really had to use it with my moment.
[EVO 4G Android Development] alafferty:
well my thoughts are that the instructions are dead on. The fact that he is a newbee maybe he shouldnt be rooting a phone ;) Just a thought. At one time you were a newbee just like me and I had to search and search the forms on what root was and how it works its been covered a 100 times on these forms. So if your friend cant search like the rest of us then i am not sure its fair to say his instructions are no good. Remember who you are talking crap on. These guys are very talented at this rooting stuff and without these guys and gals we wouldnt have the ability to root.

just sayin'
[EVO 4G Android Development] richse:
Then why don't you help your "friend" instead of criticizing Toast. Alternatively, your "friend" could actually try reading a little bit about adb instead of being a lazy POS who wants everything spelled out for him/her. If your "friend" didn't know what a zip file was would you be complaining because Toast didn't explain file compression in the tutorial? Honestly, if your "friend" doesn't have the ability or motivation to educate himself/herself on something as simple as adb then rooting is probably not something they should be doing.
[EVO 4G Android Development] richse:
Seriously RTFM or try this amazing site

There's nothing wrong with being a noob, but being a lazy whiny noob is a whole different story.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwwolfe77:
First off we are not talking crap. Second i have used the search and i did find http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=694250&highlight=adb showing how to use adb. But im still having problems because i have flashed the pc36IMG.zip and im trying to follow the next step for applying the recovery but when i type in "adb reboot recovery", i get "adb permission denied". No one really responds when i ask a question. The just shout out DO A SEARCH!!! This thread is what 89 pages now? Id be here all night reading this thing.
[EVO 4G Android Development] remailednet:
Did you try clicking the "Problems?" button and "Yes, do it" to download busybox?
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwwolfe77:
Sweet thank you. That worked and it now says i have root..... However when i go to connectbot and type "adb reboot recovery", i get "adb permission denied". I know that titanium has nothing to do with that, i was just trying titanium to see if i had root access.
[EVO 4G Android Development] villalva_evo4g:
Rooting Process Questions

Thanks for answering my questions. On question number 4 what i meant to ask was that if the procedure is the same as flashing Flipz's ROM except that i would have to do it with the stock RUU, and to be clear stock RUU does not contain root correct?
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
Saved my butt too. I didn't click problems cause I knew that /system is locked and assumed that was the problem.

you type adb reboot recovery in the computer terminal (command prompt) not in the phone (connectbot). It will then reboot into the recovery screen /!\ that everyone gets stuck at. This is where you again type windows_recovery.bat.

I've been through two previous Android phones. The Nand lock preventing the recovery image from being installed had me thrown for a minute too. But I can't say that the instructions could be more clear. You pretty much do it step-by-step. Where they fall short is in explaining how to get back into a usable recovery again after rooting.

So here basicly here is what you do (from OP):

That is Just do these steps again. If your coming from another android phone this will seem strange cause you don't normally have to do it every reboot.

Here is a video that explains it well:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6744214&postcount=33
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwwolfe77:
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!! quick question, do i need to have the android sdx to do this from the command prompt or is that not needed? I typed adb reboot recovery in the commant prompt and it says adb is not recognized
[EVO 4G Android Development] thorpe24:
hey guys maybe i'm just special but i downloaed PC36IMG put it on my sd card and it says can't mount file or image or something when in bootloader. the file is a full 168mb. what am i doing wrong.
[EVO 4G Android Development] thorpe24:
it says loading no img loading no img...
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
Not sure you need the SDK per-se but you'll need ADB installed. On my PC it installed hardware for each state the phone was in, Recovery, turned on charging, turned on as a hard drive, ect. You may need to type adb-windows or adb-linux or adb-mac depending on your OS, If you did not add the path to your system. This is where you need a good adb how to.
[EVO 4G Android Development] thorpe24:
also i have the OTA but that isn't supposed to matter right? i'm confused and have wiped my device....
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
That is normal if the it can't find the image. It does it every time you boot into the bootloader.

It should find the image file on the SD card root. check to make sure it is there at root file of the SD card and is spelled right and in the right case. The Phone is linux and linux is case sesitive, that is to say that pc36img.zip is not the same as PC36IMG.zip.

And make sure it is a [dot]zip i.e. PC36IMG.zip
[EVO 4G Android Development] thorpe24:
doesn't have the .zip at the end trying now....if this was it ima feel really stupid.
[EVO 4G Android Development] thorpe24:
didnt work does having the ota matter..... my radio is .31 and software is .6
[EVO 4G Android Development] thorpe24:
also by root of sd card you mean not in a folder or anything, just like dragged and dropped into it right. i renamed it PC36IMG.zip and it's not working.
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
I'm not sure, I've heard people saying the bumped back to the original then up to the rooted .6 one. I personally haven't DL'd the .6 update because the phone is working fine as is right now.

Does anyone else know?
[EVO 4G Android Development] thorpe24:
i can't bump back using the ruu thingy from objectunoriented.com , isn't working once i get to like 80% it looses connection. i was rooted with unrevoked, but uninstalled and wiped and i'm so so lost.
[EVO 4G Android Development] thorpe24:
is there anyway to do a hard factory reset that will completely wipe the phone updates and all?
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
Sorry, I'm a bit lost on where your at with the phone. You may have explained it but I missed all the points.

So we can help, break it down, Did you root (apply PC36IMG.zip) ever? IF you haven't gotten to that point you should still be running stock. So give us a solid explination of the steps you took to get here and what the status is of the phone now.
[EVO 4G Android Development] thorpe24:
my phone is stock, did a wipe through the bootloader, downloaded PC36IMG.zip put it on the sd. went into bootloader didn't do anything, kept saying no image found......
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
So are you able to reboot and get back into the stock system?

Have you tried re-DL'ing the PC36IMG.zip file? Also you might do a MD5 check on it. Things can get corrupt and still show the same size.
[EVO 4G Android Development] thorpe24:
yeah three seperate times, what is a md5 check..... and yeah i'm on the phone now tooling around with adw launcher it's pretty cool but i'm hoping to get rid of sense pretty much completely
[EVO 4G Android Development] nsxla:
Thank you soo much Toast!

keishou

maejrep

Flipz

Paul

Amon_RA :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] ipractice:
I recently rooted my Evo thanks to the guides on this site but I have a pretty basic question.

I see that there are ROM updates that correspond to the OTA updates from Sprint. Is it true that I MUST wipe all my data each any every time there is an update? That seems like a real pain... There have already been two updates in the last week of the release of the phone, does that mean I will have to wipe all the time?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Kooper113:
I realized this was easy for me to catch on quickly probably because I've taken the time to learn Unix a bit when running my OpenSolaris box. :o

A tip to newbs, start looking up and reading up on Unix/Linux commands and such, perhaps the things you're doing will make more sense that way and you won't get as confused... Things like "What is a shell?" "what does command ___ do/mean? (ls, rm, grep, ect)"

Just some friendly advice I say.
[EVO 4G Android Development] timothydonohue:
everyone having problems with adb should go read this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=619153&highlight=adb

most of it holds true, even though it is written up for the nexus
[EVO 4G Android Development] ChrisDos:
Just to confirm at this point in time, when installing any new ROM, you have to wipe the phone and wipe the cache? I read that it will go into a boot loop if you don't wipe the phone and wipe the cache. Is there something I'm doing wrong so I can flash a ROM over the current ROM?
[EVO 4G Android Development] alafferty:
The issue i am having is after i get the PC36IMG.zip file to update and reboot back into the OS i run the reboot recovery command an it reboots the phone but gets to a baclk screen with the phone laying down with an ! point by the phone and just sits there. If i take the battery out and put it back in the phone boots back to the OS.

Thoughts?
[EVO 4G Android Development] alafferty:
I was having this same issue and I had to download the file a couple of times to get it to work. If you want I can send you the file I used on my phone and see if that helps.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Joecrack305:
im on my mac running parallels and everythings ok its rooted drivers are installed yada yada ive rooted the hero millions of times now im on the recovery screen with the triangle do i extract all the files to the desktop or do i leave it in the folder? and what exactly do i type to install the .bat?
[EVO 4G Android Development] MrDSL:
This worked great and running a custom rom now!! thanks :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] nextlevel_44:
Thought this could help with going into recovery with out pc

http://android.modaco.com/content/h...unching-recovery-on-your-device-without-a-pc/
[EVO 4G Android Development] villalva_evo4g:
reverting to stock ROM without root

Is the procedure to revert to stock ROM the same as flashing Flipz's ROM except that i would have to do it with the stock RUU that is provided by toast in the section titled' "HOW TO RETURN BACK TO STOCK BUILD:". And to be clear stock RUU does not contain root correct?

Thanks for taking your time to answer my question.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Zethmir:
You need to plug in your phone to the pc (which you should have done to put it into recovery mode) then go here evorecovery and extract and run the recover-windows.bat (for windows vista and 7 run as administrator) you will see some text running on the screen. And then on the phone itself you will see the options.

Correct the stock RUU does not have Root.
[EVO 4G Android Development] alafferty:
Ok just so i am sure i am on the same page here. I put the .zip file on my SD card and restated the phone while holding down the VOL button. It unpacks the zip file and does the flash. Once that is done i tell it to reboot my phone and it does so. once i am back into the phones OS i am supposed to issue the reboot recovery command and the phone is supposed to reboot. This is supposed to reboot my phone into recovery mode. This is where i get the screen with the phone and ! sign. Sorry if i missed something in the instructions. Thanks for the help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
did you run the .bat file while the phone was on the recovery screen?? ( ! sign )
[EVO 4G Android Development] alafferty:
I think i see the issue. I was thinking that the reboot recovery command would boot me into the recovery mode like on the Hero where you could wipe the deivce and cache and what not. What you are saying is when i get to that screen with the phone on it and ! that is the recovery mode and i need to run the erecovery file while my phone is hooked up to the computer.

Thanks again for being patient with me. :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] rdub4nd:
Ok...I'm stuck in the recovery process. I am connected to PC, in sync mode, to the point of typing " adb reboot recovery". At this point I get error reading " 'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
[EVO 4G Android Development] twist:
You have to go to the tools folder of where the SDK is installed or you need to add that to your system path in windows to use it anywhere on the command line, google is you're friend
[EVO 4G Android Development] rdub4nd:
I have tried to search but am unsure what I am searching as this is my first Android device and this is much different from my previous WinMo devices.

That being said thank for that first bit if advice, I ended up getting into recovery. But when I went back to the PC to open "recovery-Windows.bat" I couldn't get passed the black screen with the !
[EVO 4G Android Development] rdub4nd:
One thing I just noticed is when when I ran the recovery in the command prompt last time...it says "adb server is out of date. killing...*daemon started successfully*" then went to black screen with ! and couldn't get further...

Thanks in advance for any help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] MrDSL:
I remember seeing that every single time I ran a command but everything always worked fine.
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
The server out of date thing is normal.

After you issue that command you should see in your windows command box a list of things that it installs, then the screen on your phone should get the green recovery overlay we are all used to seeing on our rooted android phones.

I have noticed that sometimes if I leave my phone for a second the green overlay disappears, to get it back just press the volume down. you'll see it pop up and you'll be on the second option.
[EVO 4G Android Development] rdub4nd:
Ok...so if you don't mind what exactly did you once you were in the recovery screen ( ! ) did you have to rename the recovery-windows file to a .bat? Then should click and it would go to screen that said " Android system recovery" in yellow.
[EVO 4G Android Development] thorpe24:
k i think imma give up....sigh and i already wiped everything....i just wanna get rid of sense to speed this up a bit. plus adw launcher is great.
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
It doesnt seem very clear in the first post, will this work if you have downloaded the OTA updates?
[EVO 4G Android Development] saintsfan:
I am still having issues.

I can get the to the recovery screen but once i try to run the .bat file its like my pc and phone is not communicating. the black cmd screen pops up for a second but then it goes away and the phone remains in recovery mode until i reboot it by taking the battery out. is there some other drivers i need i dl? i dl sdk and installed it based on the instruction i read on another post. it is weird cause i can mount as and sd drive. if someone can help i appreciate it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] rdub4nd:
Same exact problem I've got.
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeavery2:
In the file evo-recovery there are 6 or 7 files. three are the same thing writen for mac/linux/windows they are:

recovery-windows.bat

recovery-linux.sh

recovery-mac.sh

run the one that matches your computer. ie. if you are on a windows PC run recovery-windows.bat.

once you get the root done and have the new rom flashed you can run my scripts that simplify it by doing things in one command

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6730887&postcount=77

your right it was not real clear at the time it was posted. As far as I've read it doesn't sound like it is interfering with the root process, but I might be wrong.

Try running the windows-recovery.bat from command line. you need to navigate to the file directory it is in then run it. I guess if you are good you can run it from anywhere but it is easier then memorizing the path.

Are you saying your able to mount the SD while the phone is in its recovery state? If your saying you can mount it when it is turned on then I can say that is normal it uses the standard mass storage driver for that.

There is a file on the root of the SDcard from HTC that has drivers for the HTC sync, they may help.

I've said before that my computer installed driver for each state the phone was in; regular, htc sync, recovery, ect.
[EVO 4G Android Development] 06ms6:
Are you guys right clicking and "Running as Administrator" (if on Vista/7)?
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
im currently in the process of making a noob tutorial based of this tutorial with pictures and a video of the flashing process... but i wont explain on how to install adb!!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jacker7:
hey everyone thanks for all the help in getting this done.

I went through all the steps and made a backup recovery image, I want to remove it from my phone and transfer it to my PC.

How do I go about this? I would rather free up the memory on the phone.
[EVO 4G Android Development] saintsfan:
yes i am. i think there is someting wrong with my usb cable...that may be causing an issue i noticed last night that the phone goes in and out charging. so it may not be getting the data from the phone. btq i did not find the htc sync in ther root folder.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jacker7:
so I think it was the "nandroid" folder (makes sense?) and backed it up to my PC.

I see the system.img in that folder...just waiting on confirmation so I can format my SD card clean...

Thanks again guys.
[EVO 4G Android Development] saintsfan:
Yea i am right clicking on it. i dont think the dirvers are installing for the recovery mode.
[EVO 4G Android Development] saintsfan:
Do we need adb to get the root to work or is the drivers from installing htc syc enough?
[EVO 4G Android Development] saintsfan:
what did you go to to uinstall the drivers in recovery mode. if you add the root and do not do the recovery part is the root still on the phone running on the stock sprint ruu.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
HTC sync doesnt come with adb. You need to download the android SDK which comes with adb. Without adb, you will not be able to push the the PC36IMG.zip
[EVO 4G Android Development] 06ms6:
Well you can just drag it to the SD card when the phone is booted up, then rename it after the root ROM install in the same way. I actually only used adb to "reboot recovery" which you don't even necessarily need for that.

Though without the adb drivers I'm sure the .bat file won't work so I am in no way recommending to skip getting adb to work :p
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
exactly so theres no point at the moment in not installing adb. Either way, adb is good to have and know how to use. IMO
[EVO 4G Android Development] thorpe24:
i have downloaded that zip file about 6 times, says image failed to load every time.....am i doing something wrong. i'm putting it right in my sd card and it's not working can anyone send me one that actually works....
[EVO 4G Android Development] saintsfan:
Great i saw a video on youtube that show you how to download sdk i did not adb came bundled wiht it. thank you so much for the help. i will try again when i get home.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
your download might be corrupting as you download it, it happened to me the first time. If you want I can upload the PC36IMG.zip file to my server and see if that works for you?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Negrito:
Yeah thats the backup, but if it isnt on your sd card it doesnt do you much good. You would have to copy it back to the sd card to restore. the phone comes with an 8GB is one backup really taking up THAT much space? I know on my old 8GB Sd card i had for my hero i must have had at least 10 backups (different ROMs and versions).
[EVO 4G Android Development] thorpe24:
dude that would be great man. i would really appreciate it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
here

almost done with the picture tutorial..
[EVO 4G Android Development] leeh41:
I rooted on Friday after I picked up my Evo, and didn't realize until now that my Superuser is broken. All I get is blank screen when apps prompt for dialog. Any way to fix this without re-rooting? Can anyone provide a Superuser APK and I just reinstall?
[EVO 4G Android Development] timothydonohue:
superuser only works for a select few apks, because we still can't write to /system

and, opening the superuser app will only show apps that have permissions, otherwise it will be blank
[EVO 4G Android Development] leeh41:
Good to know. Seems I need some other ideas then. I know my root worked, since I can see and access the folder. Others are trying to use SetCPU and Overclock Widget can seem to get it to work, but I can't. Referencing this: http://androidforums.com/all-things...clockwidget-insane-battery-life-40-hours.html (can I link to other forums? not voilating ToS am I?)
[EVO 4G Android Development] timothydonohue:
if you add on unrevoked root, you maybe able to add some, as it fakes some things by creating shadow folders
[EVO 4G Android Development] r3daction:
I've had it work and not work when running as admin. Work and not work when running from command prompt.

For those that are having trouble, make sure device manager does not show an error for adb (i think) just make sure nothing to do with your android is errored.

Conversely I have found that you can rename the evorecovery.zip to update.zip

Place it on the root of your card.

then when you get the /!\ press volume down then power.

this will put you into the blue recovery section

choose the update.zip option

the options seem to be there, I tested some non-intrusives and the reboot option after updating. I haven't had a chance to test otherwise.
[EVO 4G Android Development] timothydonohue:
the blue recovery is the stock recovery, not the modified version that lets you do the cool things
[EVO 4G Android Development] T Mac:
OK, really noobilicious here, but, what is adb? I typed that into cmd on my windows machine and it says its not recognized as an internal or external command? Please help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] r3daction:
You are right. I was mistaken.
[EVO 4G Android Development] rdub4nd:
I am soooo lost here guys. I ran the unrevoked root method. Not sure to tell if it worked or not. I can't get thru the recovery process. My system number is .6 and I tried to go back to the .1 (was under impression I needed to do that for this to work) but can't get it to run. This is my first Android so I'm needing instructions that a 5 year old would understand. Sorry for my noobness. Thanks for any help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwwolfe77:
I have a command prompt up in front of me that says C:\ documents and settings\ jesse\desktop\sdk>. i then type "adb reboot recovery" and i get adb is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

What am i doing wrong?
[EVO 4G Android Development] timothydonohue:
you guys that are having issues with adb really need to search before you just start posting up questions.

go read up on adb here
[EVO 4G Android Development] th3taman:
alright, I know I have rooted successfully, but for the life can not get the red triangle.

I've rooted my hero and had no problems, but this device no matter how I try either as Run Administrator or typing in the command. I never get the screen to appear that shows recovery and the ability to nandroid backup.

I know how to use adb, but it just isn't working. Ideas? :confused: