yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
I finally got...

...the ballls to try this. using whitslack method , but it says if you dont have eng 76.2000, use toast part 2, well, what if you never have used toast part 1? jump to 2?

I never 1.47 ota'd my evo. sounds like i need eng hboot though? got unrevoked original runnung, other than that stock. all i give a damn about is tethering (wired).

Any help much appreciated. TIA

scott (what doI DO?)

Bump. Anybody?

Just wanna know, since I'm still on 1.32 with no OTA 1.47, do I still have to have hboot 76.2000? After rereading the OP it left me wondering. And if I need it, do I skip to toast part 2 or start toast pt. 1 then 2 ?

TIA. Much appreciated.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Kenjari:
I'm trying to figure out why this method isnt working for me.

I'm still on the older version of the ROM. I rooted using simple root (first version). Flash fresh (and the newest ROM two days ago---it is an upgrade). NOw I'm trying this method to get the RAdio and Wiimax upgrade. But every time I use the PC36IMG on the OP, it loads (blue bar) but it doesnt flash anything new. I dont hit YES to reboot because it never comes up.

So apparently its not upgrading. What do I need to do to make this work for me?

I'm trying to get AmonRA on my EVO and thats not working either.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jacc1234:
Just a quick update. My 4G is finally working after doing this method a second time. I have not done extensive testing to see if it reconnects after dropping etc, but so far so good. I have been able to enable and disable 4G and have it connect to a network from within my office which is a first.

It took a few reboots, prl and profile updates but so far so good. I am going to drive around at lunch and see how it goes. Thanks for the great guide!
[EVO 4G Android Development] mikev43:
I have the same problem.. though doing a su works.. I tried flashing this a few times in recovery.. no good.. what am I doing wrong?
[EVO 4G Android Development] JuggZaPoppiN:
Quick question.

What is the difference between this method, and this one http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6983017&postcount=1

I am looking to get my phone back to stock and keeping root access.

Thank you.
[EVO 4G Android Development] eeeeeeeeek:
After applying the first .zip successfully, I reboot, then power down and go into the white recovery screen, scroll down to recovery and then it reboots but won't boot past the HTC Evo 4g splash screen, keeping me from getting into recovery and applying the second .zip in this post. Anyone else had this issue?
[EVO 4G Android Development] iknowsquat:
Sounds like your nand is not unlocked.

When you boot into bootloader what is your hboot version?

.79 means you are only "partially" rooted. You need to do Toast Part II.

.76.2 means your nand is unlocked "full" root and the file should run.
[EVO 4G Android Development] GumboChief:
Difference is whitslack works, and the one you linked fries 4G.
[EVO 4G Android Development] sturmen:
Worked great. Thanks.

Sent from my HTC Evo 4G using the XDA Android App
[EVO 4G Android Development] JuggZaPoppiN:
Thank you.

I will give this a try tonight.
[EVO 4G Android Development] shad0w77:
I just tried this because i was getting the mtd error below....

# wimax_mtd
wimax_mtd
Scan MTD partitions ........ 7
Find WiMAX partitions ........ OK
Open WiMAX partition ........ OK
Get HTC WiMAX Tag ........ OK
Verify WiMAX Tag (HTC-WiMAX-SQN1130)........ PASS
mtd: Bad block at 0x004e0000
mtd: read all-zero block at 0x004e0000; skipping

but i am still getting the error.... do you guys have any suggestions??? please???
[EVO 4G Android Development] mikeleachone:
Nice! I have done toast 1 and 2 and have installed DC 3.2.3 ROM. Also updated the radios. Is there any reason I should "start over"? ie Will doing this help out for future ROM upgrades? or will future ROMs expect this root method to be in place for them to work properly?

Its a complete wipe and I would just re-flash another DC ROM. As we know, the biggest pain is getting all our settings back to the way we like 'em.

Thanks for any advice and feedback!
[EVO 4G Android Development] saintsfan:
Rom Manager on Stock Rom

Does anyone else have issues getting rom manager to install after doing this update. Mine will not allow me to flash clock's recover to open rom manager.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ZoomZoomPSSH:
yay

im one of those that just happen to be "royally boned"

i had root...NAND unlocked...then something happened...
[EVO 4G Android Development] phobos512:
Thanks for the help, worked great! :) My first Android rooting and updating experience, done.
[EVO 4G Android Development] johnandkeryn@sbcglobal.ne:
ok i need help,i downloaded the first file,renamed and dropped into sd card,hboot 76.200 ,and i get a heap ,no image can not load error and than than screen goes into hboot menu,no progress bar , tried 5-6 times no luck,can any one chime in ??????????
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
ok, tried it...

So I tried it cuz I couldn't find if I needed hboot 76.2000 even if I'm still on pre-OTA stock ROM. Didn't work. Bootloader never found the pc36img to flash. I'm guessing its because I do need hboot 76.2000 first? Anybody? Is there any way anyone has found to get hboot 76.2000 without using adb? (Toasts method required adb)

Thanked in advance.
[EVO 4G Android Development] uacolon:
i am having same issue stock was giving great signal. but some how this lessens it or something along those lines. its not only with this release but with others as well that i have tried.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Shane Pitman:
I was rooted, nand unlocked, followed the directions, and it worked perfectly. Much thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Shane Pitman:
Download the original SimpleRoot and just do step 2. Then start at the beginning of this thread.
[EVO 4G Android Development] johnandkeryn@sbcglobal.ne:
ok looking for a quick help,when i hit recovery on second file i get the red triangle on screen,first file was fine????? had used simple root,and can not get these to open? and another stupid question do i extract files before putting onto folder or extract than put folder onto card,thans....
[EVO 4G Android Development] rubber duckie:
im not sure if anyone else had this problem but i came from DC 3.2.3

i tired this to get updated radio and wimax and guess what "royally BONED".

i lost root, couldn't get into recovery.

tired to go back and redo toasts root. and it failed. i was lost UNTIL...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=720565

this will fix your recovery. i fixed it about 3 hours ago ( 10 hours into trying to get recovery back) , i then tired radio/wimax one more time and guess what. you guessed it. lost root AGAIN!.

this time it only took me about 3 hours to get it rooted and back to DC 3.2.3 .

i hope this helps anyone that lost there root and actually thought they were S.O.L. and royally boned.
[EVO 4G Android Development] CrazyFoool:
Do I need to update anything after I do the initial instructions to get it back to rooted stock? I've added my facebook account to sync but it says I have no facebook friends. any idea how to fix this?
[EVO 4G Android Development] papitopr52:
gracias 1.47 corriendo nitido
[EVO 4G Android Development] ZoomZoomPSSH:
I gave this a shot originally to try to get root access back but no luck.

after factory data reset the phone stays stuck on the htc screen and will not reboot. have to hard reset and find out that factory reset was not performed

looks like im still royally boned until theres a fix

**edit**

so i did a factory reset by selecting "clear storage" (phone off, hold vol down and power button)

then followed steps in OTA simple root(beginning at step 2)

just have PC36IMG file copied to root of sd card

follow the rest of the steps and it should work

hope it helps those who are/thought they were royally boned
[EVO 4G Android Development] andddlay:
how do i get past the

/!\

(with a phone in the background) error? I'm stuck :\

EDIT: I seem to have figured it out...I used the SimpleRoot and went to RA_Recovery. In the future, is there another way I can get past this

/!\

error?

Thanks :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] cosine83:
Would there be any easy way to get Apps2SD on this ROM? I'm not particularly fond of custom ROM games and prefer stock but I would love Apps2SD for simple portability. Any help or pointers would be appreciated!
[EVO 4G Android Development] VDub2174:
I hope this is the answer to my issues. I do have Software version 1.47.651.1 on my EVO and I did use unrevoked3 to root my phone but I am unable to add custom ROMs. After doing some searching, I realized that the PC36IMG.zip file was never loaded on my phone. I placed the file on my SD card and when I tried to flash it I got a message saying it was old version. I found a topic about it and it pointed me in this direction.

Now for the question. Since I already used unrevoked3, can I just put this file on my SD card and flash it from there or should I unroot my phone first and start fresh?
[EVO 4G Android Development] andddlay:
For what it's worth (I'm a total noob lol), I Unrevoked3, then used Jiqqaman's rooting program, then followed the steps here to get total root access.
[EVO 4G Android Development] VDub2174:
Oh OK, so you did unrEVOked3 first, then Simple Root OTA 1.47.651.1, then this? I have no problem doing that as long as I get to finally flash a custom ROM.....LOL
[EVO 4G Android Development] prophetx2:
i'm in the process of doing the same thing except i used unRevoked3, toast's part 2 (very easy if you can read lol), and then this.
[EVO 4G Android Development] VDub2174:
Let me know how that works out. I wanna do this tonight when I get home from work.
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
I'm really glad this scenario has been brought up. I have very similar situation/question, and would like to hear someone smarters' opinion.

I'm still on original ROM, no root, no 1.47 OTA. I wanna use whitslacks method to root and get update. I currently use original unrevoked to grant SU access to wireless tether, titanium, etc. I'm on hboot 79.0000, and need 76.0000. I am wondering if I can just use unrevoked original and the terminal emulator app (using unrevoked to give Su permissions to emulator) to skip up to Toasts step 2 files (mtd-eng hboot, and flash_image) to get hboot 76.2000?

Or do I need to be 'real' rooted first using a pc36img.zip? Also, would I have to uninstall unrevoked and superuser permissions app before attempting to flash a pc36img? I found a thread by neckface about how to root without adb, without a computer even, but the thread seems pretty dead. So, I'm having to post any questionshere, it seems. And ultimately, whitslacks method is what I want to use.

Anyone want to chime in on this? I've been reading these threads about rooting since June 4, and think I'm finally ready (got all necessary files downloaded to my phone) but a few last questions for those more experienced.

Thanks mass in advance. Thanks to all, and thanks to whitslack for his awesome work here.

Scott
[EVO 4G Android Development] ifly4vamerica:
Scott, if you do not have the 1.47 update just do toasts method one and two then flash the "current stock" rom then the current radio and wimax files, make sure to flash radio then update profile and prl then flash wimax and updat profile and prl again, this method work flawlessly for me and i am having no issues at all with the evo i have done this to, i have used other methods on another evo and always seem to run into minor glitches. hope this helps. Also it wont hurt anything to go through toasts 1 and 2 methods, even if you are already rooted, the terminal emulator from the market will work fine. There is a link here somewhere to a youtube video which uses this exact method including terminal emulator. I'll try to find it and update when i do.

Couldnt find the video that goes with but here is a guide.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=711760&highlight=terminal+emulator
[EVO 4G Android Development] tj gamino:
Very Frusterated

I installed this on my phone and now i cant do anything.. i cant boot into any recovery, therefore i cant do a nandroid backup... i came to work running CM6 and now leaving with a jacked up non rooted stock... that sucks hard.. can somebody help.. im getting the red exclamation with the triangle when it should be going to recovery.. been on this for well over 7 hours.. i just want back my CM6.. or even fresh... please somebody help
[EVO 4G Android Development] ifly4vamerica:
No offense but why did you try to install this if you were already rooted? If you had CM6 already you could have just flashed a new rom.

At red triangle press up volume button and power button, does anything happen?
[EVO 4G Android Development] tj gamino:
No offense taken.... your right I should have never messed with it I had a good thing... when I press vol up and power it says something in yellow... don't remember exactly what it says cuz now my phone is the only way I can get internet... I feel terrible... please somebody tell me you can help
[EVO 4G Android Development] tj gamino:
Really regretting ever installing this file... all I wanted to do was go back and start from scratch like the first day I got my phone.... now I'm just wishing I would have left it alone... oooohhhh the days when I was rooted and could install any ROM I wanted... and have WiFi tethering and... and froyo.... I miss this morning so bad...
[EVO 4G Android Development] tj gamino:
nOOb question....what do you mean by "hosed"? Does this mean i can not ever access a rooted phone again... because my phone does work.. i just cant root it for some reason... God installing this file just becomes a worst and worst idea by the minute..please tell i will someday be able to get Cm6 or Freshh.. if i can point me where to go i will donate i promise..
[EVO 4G Android Development] lilbran:
STUMPED! No Facebook Sync?? Isn't this a Stock ROM??

I'm having this same issue with this ROM!! Anyone have any ideas of why it's doing this? I even went into my Facebook Online Directory in the People app (which is blank) and pressed Menu to update and it looks like it's connecting and then comes up with a message saying Connection Error. I've done this on both WiFi & Mobile Internet and still get the same error. I haven't done anything more than putting on the custom recovery & flashing the ROM, which all went well with that. **Stumped!**:confused:
[EVO 4G Android Development] ifly4vamerica:
Go here and follow directions in post 7 to go back to stock.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=731182&highlight=unroot

Here to get rooted stock rom, this will also give you Amon Ra and you can flash your Fresh back. Or do a nandroid backup from it to get back to fresh

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=715915
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
Ifly4vamerica, hey man, thanks so much for your in-depth response. It does beg another question though. You're saying if I do toast 1 and 2 I can't just come here for the latest "current ROM' and still have to locate new drivers Wtf for radio, wimax etc?

Thanks a ton for your input.

Scott
[EVO 4G Android Development] ao7996:
I've been waiting to do this for a long time, lurking and watching others try different methods. Ultimately, I choose to remove the recovery image (since I already have amon 1.7.0.1 after Toast's Part 2) and run the PC36IMG without it and it worked great; my custom revcovery was still there working fine after the run. I don't have 4g coverage in Michigan, so I don't know how that turned out, but the install went cleanly.

After flashing (successfully, allegedly) the 2.1 su, I still get "Permission denied" when I type in "su" in adb after opening a a shell. I decided to flash netarchy's latests unlocked FPS kernal and boom, SU is working again. all is well.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ifly4vamerica:
Scott, yes do toast 1 and 2 then find latest radio, flash, reboot, update profile then prl. Flash wimax, reboot, update profile and prl, then flash whatever rom you would like. Should work fine for you. Using toasts method does require using adb with a computer or you can use terminal emulator from the market and use the phone.
[EVO 4G Android Development] yznhmr:
Can i root a EVO before activating it? and still activate it later?
[EVO 4G Android Development] tj gamino:
hateing my phone now... if it aint rooted it aint a phone

@ ifly4vamerica

thanks for the info... but i have started to lose all hope.. i keep getting permission denied when trying to run adb... i dont know what in doing wrong but i cant even get past the first step... ive even tried reinstalling the zip file on my sd card and it dosent do anything.. i think my phone is not reading the cards because this is the second card ive tried and still nothing... biggest regret of my evo life was installing this file....

on the other side... when i installed the file the first time i did get the fail pu on recovery.. what should i have done? maybe i can go back and try the root shell thing.. but im such a nOOb i dont know what that is... ive even tried installing the ruu and this file overrides it...... wish i could turn back time right about now.. i always see these post in the forums... never thought id be somebody begging for a muligan...
[EVO 4G Android Development] tj gamino:
im officially done with trying to go back to root... i should have never installed this file it completely messed up everything... toast root method dosent work, unrevoked 2 or 3 dosent work... all i get is the recovery with red triangle and exclamation and when i press vol up and power i can get a recovery that blue and says something like android recovery 2 or something like that not exactly sure, but even there i cant flash my card.. reinstalled the pc13???.zip file again and the bootloader dosent not even read it.. tryed a diffrent pc????. zip from other forums and no dice... Yo OP you some kinda evo root jacking ninja.. jp.jp dont bash on me for being the stupid one in the first place...im just tired and cant figure out what went wrong...

i might be in the wrong forum for posting this and if i am forgive me...

but if you live in the houston area preferbably SW... and you think you can help me out please let me know..

wonder if sprint will take a pre for the replacement fee...
[EVO 4G Android Development] regulator207:
dude the red triangle means you dont have a custom recovery flashed. if you completed the simpleroot program successfully then just follow the instructions in the first post.

just calm down, breathe, and read the instructions once more. it works for everybody, just need to find out where yours went wrong.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jbcain:
thanks whitslack! i've had NOTHIN but problems with all these roms robbing my 4g and being in las vegas, it's ignorant to NOT have that working. This was the only thing that's restored my 4g and retained root/su. thanks again. and if you ever need a place to host files unrestricted, let me know, i've got a few TB on my server thats got oc12 backbone ;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] jbcain:
well, seems im a tard... people, DO NOT DO THE WIRELESS N UNLOCK ON THIS ROM! it's ALREADY enabled and tryin that N flash with screw your wifi altogether. and if you DO do the N unlock before you see this.. here is the zip to put it back to the right one:

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=357912&d=1278784370
[EVO 4G Android Development] jbcain:
did a TI backup and reloaded from scratch. oh well.
[EVO 4G Android Development] tj gamino:
Going to give this thing a try again....

@regulator207

You know what bro your right.... I just need to take a seat back and slow down and try this thing all over.... thanks for the advice I have been kicking myself for ever even trying this..

Ok first of all I did get the pc36img.zip file to finally read in bootloader... but it says main version older... update failed....

Then I go into recovery and get the red triangle with exclamation.. I hold vol up and power... get system recovery try to flash a zip from the sdcard and it gives me a fail....

I try toast root method and when I try to do step one... I can't get permission with adb... it keeps telling me permission denied... I try to push the files and it rodents do anything...

I went on youtube and watched someone do a root I followed everything the guy did and when I got to recovery and typed the evo-recovery command it would not go through can't remember exactly what it said... I just know I wasn't getting what the guy was getting...

Then I tried unrevoked and when its pushing clockwork recovery it never goes through or does anything to the phone...

I have tried all kinds of other stuff...but as you can see I'm getting nowhere...

I rooted before with simpleroot (tried that again by the way.. no dice) and it was so freakin easy and I was running the CM6 froyo ROM... before I tried this route... all I wanted to do was go back to day one reinstall CM6... and live a happy evo rooting life... why did I try that route? I don't know but I admit I was stupid for trying...

All I want is some help or should I really just quit and take it as completely helpless...

I'm willing to keep trying... but am I "hosed"...

Thanks in advance sorry if I'm in the wrong spot... I have a hot cousin if that makes it ok... or so my homeboys say she's hot...
[EVO 4G Android Development] tj gamino:
Back in Business !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After ruling out all the things that didnt work...i decided to go back to what did....

reinstalled simple root on another pc and gave it another try... even though it didnt go as smooth as before... i formated the sd card... made sure it was completely clean and hit step 1.. the rest is self explainatory...

God i love being rooted... just reinstalled CM6 and never looking back again..
[EVO 4G Android Development] quez30:
thanks for the files, this saved me a lot of time, not having to go through adb to set up my recovery. Im still a bit of a noob. thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] saganna:
Thanks. Your instruction are very clear except in one place you mentioned blue vertical completion bar. For me, I got maroon color. It worked for me, I am happy about it These days too many post, too many people so quickly able to get to it make it better, in that process, we continue reading old post and make mistakes too

A classic example would be, when I did Simple Root, I suffered a lot because of the lack of instruction from too many users/post. It was hard to sort out which one is most realiable/stable.

When did Simple Root, I was thrown from 1.47.651.1 to 1.17.651.1. Later I followed instruction from this post. I am back to 1.47.651.1 with Tethering capabilities. I do see a Super User App now. Everything is good.

One question: How do I stop SPRINT making automatic updates on my EVO now or in the future? I really appreciate it for your quick reply.
[EVO 4G Android Development] N00dle:
Anyone else have issues with after using simple root getting bumped back to 1.17 but then when trying the PC36IMG from the first post of this thread everything seems to work fine and update but software version still says 1.17
[EVO 4G Android Development] LudoGris:
Edit...

Misunderstood...ignore post.
[EVO 4G Android Development] sintax:
Question

Quick question before I end up reading through all 60+ pages of this thread lol.. I just got my evo a few days ago and I plugged it up to my pc and flashed the latest update from sprints website.. am i going to be able to get root ? I'd like to keep the current sprint rom but just have root access for all the apps that require it. i'm mainly wanting to keep this because of the Sprint nav and the tight facebook integration with my Contacts/people ( this is htc sense doing this right ? ) but if any of the other roms are capable of this as well please let me know. thanks.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Sab3r One:
I followed the instructions exactly, but ended up with the Failed PU error. To fix this, I just used fastboot to flash Amon Ra's Recovery 1.0.7.2. For those who have issues with 1.0.7.1, is there any way to inject 1.0.7.2 into the original zip file?