yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Android Development] fastamx79:
It will keep root, and your updates.. it will just delete all the user settings and apps you've downloaded. I've done a few of them after I had done this update because I had a stupid calender issue, and my google contacts quadrupling themselves due to an error that was my fault. It will just put the phone back to stock - again keeping your root. It will basically act like the phone came out of the box with the stock HTC layout, and you'll have to reenter your google passwords and stuff like that.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fastamx79:
Agreed - I had to do the same thing with the free edition my My Backup. I think some of my files were borked so not restoring certain apps and data fixed my issues and I am still rocking the newest OTA with my root and I couldn't be more happy :D

--edit--

Once the phone is working correctly I would suggest rebooting into recovery and doing a Nand backup that way if something happens you can revert to that and not 'start over'
[EVO 4G Android Development] gapoochi:
grrr....

I just did the factory reset. I started setting up the phone wiht the prompts in the beginning and as soon as I click "other mail account" I get force close :(

any other ideas on what I could try?

thank you so much for the quick answers and help! I hope this can be fixed!

oh and I noticed it says "Fresh" on the screen before sense comes up...is it supposed to?
[EVO 4G Android Development] rugedraw:
I'm also getting the FAIL-PU error when I flash the PC36IMG files. Did you delete the recovery file before you started the process? Also, what recovery did you use to flash the SU file and the OTA update files?

Anyone that can answer this, feel free to chime in.
[EVO 4G Android Development] paulg1981:
I have a quick question, I had zero problems with this and it is all working great, but I am unable to reboot via "Better Terminal Emulator Pro" after coming from Fresh's 0.5.3 ROM. I use to just get a superuser prompt by typing "su" and then typing "reboot" but now all this does is say "not permitted" which makes me think it is something with the su-package I flashed?

I am able to modify files on the system partition while booted and definitely have root access so I am not sure if it is a security thing or what?

Thanks for any insight you all can provide :-)
[EVO 4G Android Development] rehh:
Ok, this method has FINALLY fixed my 4G........... thanks a bunch whitslack!!

History........ I'm new to this, first time modding a phone.

Used the simpleroot method to root and unlock Nand.

installed DC rom, lost 4G after updating Wimax

tried all the fixes I could find, even used nand recovery to original backup and re-rooted several times, installed diff roms and diff wimax and radio updates, nothing worked.

This finally did the trick!

Q. I just backed up my current stock Rom with my apps and data added back, seems to be a problem with RA, can't return to main menu to power off from backup/restore, have to pull the battery every time. What's up with that?
[EVO 4G Android Development] mobilemaniac:
If you used Toast's method to do your original root and NAND unlock, then you already have a custom recovery. You can just remove the recovery.img file from the PC36IMG and flash away. (Just open the zip archive and delete that file). You can also flash any custom recovery you want after you root.
[EVO 4G Android Development] rugedraw:
Thanks. That was mu hunch, and I went with it, but I still got an error running the last part. I flashed the PC36IMG, and it went well. I booted up, installed unrevoked to be able to install ROM Manager, and flashed their recovery. I booted up through ClockWork recovery, and flashed the SU file and that worked. I flashed the 1.32.651.6-1.32.651.1 and it worked.

However, when I went to flash the 1.47.xx one, at the very end I got an error saying something about multiple files. It booted, and my software version is 1.47.xx, but I only have root through unrevoked and my radio is still 1.30.00.05.31.

From my understanding, at this point, I should have root via the rom itself, unrevoked shouldn't even work (which it does), and I should have the newer radio version.

I also noticed that my WiFi doesnt work at all.

Any insight on this? I've read pretty much the whole thread and I saw nothing related to this issue.

Edit** I got it! I booted into ClockWork recovery again, and reflashed the 1.47.xx file. This time, it went through without any errors. I got the congratulatory message once I booted saying I upgraded to 1.47.xx, and my WiFi is running again. Too bad there is no 4G in Miami yet to test that, but I'll worry about that when the time comes, I guess.

I'm in the process of running Titanium to get my apps back, but I still have root under unrevoked? I don't see the additional "superuser" app I had with my previous stock rooted rom. I guess as long as it works, I shouldn't complain?
[EVO 4G Android Development] RichTJ99:
If I have Fresh .0.5.3 running, can I do a nandroid backup, then run the OP's instructions from the first post, then do a nandroid restore? Will that work?
[EVO 4G Android Development] N00dle:
If you reflash Fresh 0.5.3 over the Rom in the first post it will bump your update back down. Flipz is working on it but hasn't yet incorporated the 1.47 update into fresh yet.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mobilemaniac:
I don't think I got the Superuser "app" until after the first time I went to root shell in adb. Type su in an adb shell and the phone will ask you if you want to allow superuser permissions.
[EVO 4G Android Development] RichTJ99:
One other question, I followed all the steps. It appears to have worked, but I was going to do the rest of the OPs items:

I go into adb. I get the "$" not the "#". I type 'su' which doesnt work, I type sudo & get permission denied.

I tried:

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system

& got:

mount: operation not permitted.

It makes sense since I seem not to be root within adb. Any ideas what very basic step I am missing?
[EVO 4G Android Development] RichTJ99:
Lol! Perfect timing! Exactly answered my question!
[EVO 4G Android Development] RichTJ99:
So now that I have the updated radio, do I care about the rest for the moment? I have not tried damage control, but maybe now is the time to try it out.

I do like fresh though. Maybe I will flash back with the new radio I have (or does that not work with the fresh rom)?

Thanks,

Rich
[EVO 4G Android Development] utnick:
sounds like you need busy box. you can get it in the market.
[EVO 4G Android Development] gapoochi:
I did a second factory reset and it's still having the same problems....force closes on mail program and "fresh" screen showing up before sense.

Does anyone have any ideas for me or a way I can go back to before I did this?

Thank you!
[EVO 4G Android Development] rugedraw:
The phone asked me if I wanted to allow superuser, but it was Unrevoked that asked me. When I open the run window in an adb shell, it comes out with the $, but when I type su, it goes to #. I still have no superuser app and I am rooted via unrevoked's old method. I don't get it; I thought this didn't work with 1.47.xx? I also noticed I my ClockWork recovery doesn't work anymore. It goes to the android recovery if I go via the ROM manager app, and the method of flashing "update.zip" didn't work due to signature verification failure. I have only the stock recovery. I do have build 76.200, and see screen shots below:

I'm confused. Wireless tether works, Titanium backup works, ShootMe works, so I have root one way or another.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jkcpsal:
worked great for me rooting on android had me freaked at first b/c it was soo easy with the pre but with simple root then this update no prob
[EVO 4G Android Development] palmtrees:
En Espanol?

I installed PC36IMG-1.47.651.1_eng-hboot_RA-1.7.0.1.zip and the other file as in post 1.

I setup my phone with that HTC setup wizard. Now when I open my browser, to google.com it is all in Spanish. I've checked all known places for language setup and they are all set to english. Any thoughts???

It was always English b4 loading this. Prior I had stock version rooted.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Smac61:
Did you figure this out yet?

Look at the "instructions" at the top of the screen when in RA:

Choose backup/restore item or press VOL-UP AND VOL-DOWN to return

i.e. hit up and down simultaneously
[EVO 4G Android Development] posguy99:
Meaningless. Sooner or later google.com looks at the IP address you're hitting it from and gets the localization wrong. Sometimes it's French, sometimes it's Spanish. Varies.

That's what that "English" button down at the bottom is for. Hit it, and then bookmark the result. Set it to your homepage, too.

You still have stock, rooted.
[EVO 4G Android Development] coderli:
FYI, I was having 4G problem and using DC 3.2.3. I did a nandroid of my current settings and flash the PC36IMG checked to make sure 4G work and it did. I then nandroid restore (wipe everything before restoring) and restarted the phone. After the phone loaded completely I adb shell and deleted the MAC.tree.xml file in /data/misc/wimax/ do an update on profile and prl reboot and enable 4G and it scanned and found and connected to Sprint 4G. Before this I tried all the different wimax fixes posted here and does not work until this.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mobilemaniac:
I used to have this problem occasionally BEFORE rooting on a completely stock evo.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jonathaflores:
same question, and the mac adress on the back battery ends with 2 letters is that possible!
[EVO 4G Android Development] theoner1:
Timing can't be anymore better. Got a phone call this afternoon from RadioShack regarding my new Evo is ready for pickup tomorrow morning to swap with the version 002 I have with a major screen separation and light leakage. Now that I'm back to normal I can now Unroot this phone and get to do the swap tomorrow morning.

Without this post I wouldn't be able to do any of this. Again thank you all for the great help you've all provided.
[EVO 4G Android Development] awesomeindeed:
Nope, I never ran any kind of fix on my MAC at all. Just flashed this stuff.

I did lose my custom recovery after doing this, though, so that will need to be reflashed, and I also cannot write to /system from within Android. I can gain su by typing 'su' in a command prompt but that's about it... adb not found after that.
[EVO 4G Android Development] numus:
Hasent been mentioned and dont have much time tonight to experiment.. what about us unlucky ones with the offical OTA.. will this revert us and allow us to root?
[EVO 4G Android Development] GumboChief:
You better hope that RadioShack doesnt install the OTA updates themselves.

Lots of reports that this is the only way BestBuy will sell an Evo, any more.
[EVO 4G Android Development] whitslack:
The only purpose behind Toast's part 2 is to get the engineering HBOOT installed. Everything else it installs is a waste of time, since it all gets overwritten subsequently anyway. Just start at the top of my instructions, and you'll get the same engineering HBOOT as you'd get from Toast's part 2, but you'll waste a lot less time.

EDIT: You probably have to do Toast's Part 2 if you're starting from the release HBOOT (i.e., if your NAND is locked). The reason is that Toast's PC36IMG.zip has a valid HTC signature, so the release HBOOT will agree to flash it. My PC36IMG.zip doesn't, so only the engineering HBOOT will agree to flash it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] whitslack:
Look, I don't know why the WiMAX firmware can only successfully be updated by the totally stock update process, but my strategy was simply not to fight the system. The other ROM guys want to be able to incorporate the OTA updates into their custom ROMs. I'd rather always go back to stock to apply updates and then layer on any tweaks I want to make on top of that. Just seems cleaner than trying to guess how HTC is doing their updates.

Once you have root, yes, you can keep it forever, update after update, provided you don't do anything stupid (like install a raw update straight from HTC).
[EVO 4G Android Development] whitslack:
You can write to /system. You just need to remount it read/write using the mount command. (adb remount won't work because the stock ROM has the ro.secure system property set to 1.)

And yes, you'll end up back on the stock recovery. You can flash the recovery of your choosing by any of the usual methods.
[EVO 4G Android Development] MikeOD:
Now...if my phone already has the 1.47 OTA update (not rooted)...will I be able to do this and gain root?
[EVO 4G Android Development] awesomeindeed:
Confirming that NAND seems to be unlocked, but I am unable to write anything to /system such as a boot animation or whatever, from within Android or via recovery using adb.

I can mount it, but cannot write to it no matter what.

Any ideas?
[EVO 4G Android Development] halorin:
I was wondering the same. I have a friend of mine in that boat and I wanted to help him out if I could.
[EVO 4G Android Development] whitslack:
I *think* even the release HBOOT allowed me to flash the PCIMG36.zip from the OP, which means even people with the official OTA and no root should still be able to use this method to "start over" and get root.

EDIT: Pretty sure the release HBOOT won't flash the PC36IMG.zip from the OP. You'd have to flash the PC36IMG.zip from Toast's Part 2, but the release HBOOT won't agree to flash that if your MainVer is newer than that. That's the reason for flashing the mtd-eng.img, but you can't do that unless you have root.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jonathaflores:
well i wasnt able to connect to wimax., but it does turn on , scans, but when it needs to conect to sprint, it fails, any help???
[EVO 4G Android Development] Land Master:
I agree 100% regarding the "cleanliness" thing. Always easier to troubleshoot problems when you know where you started.

I hope you know that NONE of my questions were meant to be attacking in any fashion. Quite honestly I'm stunned and exuberant at the same time. I was just picking your brain and thanks much for your replies.

My only concern is that I have been experiencing some hardware issues and now I don't ever want to "swap" this thing out. I as well have read that the stores have been mandated to push the OTA prior to releasing any new devices.
[EVO 4G Android Development] awesomeindeed:
Figured out my issue with writing to /system. This is fantastic, thank you for this!
[EVO 4G Android Development] theoner1:
Yeah that was my main concerned. Either stick with version 02 with screen separation and leakage or new one with latest OTA possible no root for god knows how long. In which case I chose the New one and deal with not being root for a while and just wait it out. Thanks to all here for making it happened.

BTW, I've finally unrooted sucessfully for trying for so long (all night last night and this afternoon).
[EVO 4G Android Development] civic4982:
I just got my new replacement phone today since mine was having battery issues and so they replaced teh entire handset.

I downloaded the PC36IMG file that you've got above and then renamed it to PC36IMG.zip

HBOOT recognized it and began to scan and completed without problems.

It did not however begin to flash although I tried directing it to.

I attempted two seperate downloads and re-copied it to the root drive of the SD card with no luck

Mine is currently on the upgraded OTA version.

I had my previous Evo 4G working no problems. Wish they hadn't given me an upgraded version this time.
[EVO 4G Android Development] bprinehart:
Out of curiosity, what is your hboot version?
[EVO 4G Android Development] GumboChief:
For those wondering, this is how I mount system from adb-

adb shell

$ su

# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

cd /system/

While above works for me, note the warning, from whitslack-
[EVO 4G Android Development] whitslack:
Thanks for this report. So it seems I must have been mistaken about the release version of HBOOT being willing to flash the PC36IMG.zip from the OP.

Have you tried the PC36IMG.zip from Toast's Part 2? That's a complete engineering build of the system (1.17.651.1, if I remember correctly). It includes the engineering HBOOT, so if you can get it installed, then you can do this method from the top.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mobilemaniac:
I guess i misunderstood what you meant by "superuser app". I was referring to the Superuser Permissions app that your clearly have (can be seen in your first picture). I don't know what to tell you about Unrevoked because i never installed it. I'm suprised it didn't get wiped when you redid the PCIMG36 flash. You should still be able to flash any recovery you want. Perhaps someone who knows what they are talking about can chime in.
[EVO 4G Android Development] HondaCop:
I went ahead and did the steps as outlined on the OP but I don't know if ti worked or not.Before I did this, I had Toast's2 method installed and working, as I was fully rooted and even had the DC 3.2.3 ROM installed.

I did all the steps but when I open an ADB shell session, I am not a SU. It shows $ instead of #.

I checked my HBOOT and it's 0.76.2000, so that means that I am NAND unlocked. Any help please?

EDIT: Nevermind, I am all good to go! When I ran the ADB shell, I entered SU and the phone asked me if I wanted to grant this "user" SU access. Obviously I did and now I am getting the # prompt.

Which leads me to my next question. Since this is a STOCK ROM, fully unlocked/rooted. Can I go ahead and install a DC ROM or any other rooted ROM for that matter? Will it not interfere with my up-to-date radios?
[EVO 4G Android Development] #Winning#:
I had the same question as Honda, I have completed all of these steps, WImax is up to date as well as my radios.. If I flash Damage now will that downgrade any of my software or my radios?
[EVO 4G Android Development] VaporCloud:
Success with 2 Phones so far

Used this video to get unlocked NAND (cant post links so..) Vimeo dot com slash 13124383

and then this thread to get root etc from there,

Successfully completed on 2 EVO's so far with no problems.

;-) THX Guys!
[EVO 4G Android Development] southphillysean:
Looking for help........when it get to [5] RECOVERY - Fail-pu

which means i cant enter the recovery portion of the reboot. can someone help me?
[EVO 4G Android Development] colorado_al:
Awesome!

Been using OMJ ROM which is basically a stock rom, but he is on vacation and some people were still having trouble with 4G on his latest update.

I prefer stock with root. Worked like a charm! Thanks!

Will test my 4G tomorrow when in Denver. Thanks!

PS- Looks like those who applied the OTA are now able to root via a flash exploit. Watch how this thread develops:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=720565
[EVO 4G Android Development] Bang3r:
Hmmm...Qik for EVO isn't showing up in the market now that I rooted and flashed this. ???:confused:

Edit...I think I know why from reading more, but still not sure how to fix it yet.

Edit #2...Started over, and working properly now. Qik for Evo is already loaded in the rom this time. Not sure what I did wrong the first time. Now, I'm on Baked Snack v9.6 to try it out.
[EVO 4G Android Development] gatorran:
Titanium backup asking for root permission after flashing.... :( any advise??? wireless tether is working perfect... Also the superuser apk ask for permision every time like with unrevoked.

UPDATE: Nevermind is almost 5am and my brain is not working that good hehe forgot to download busybox.
[EVO 4G Android Development] rugedraw:
Yes, but that's the superuser app you get from unrevoked. The superuser app I had before looked different. The first time I rooted, I used unrevoked. When I learned a bit more, I rooted via toast's part 1 & 2. In this case now, I used unrevoked before I flashed the 1.47.xx update on this thread because the original PC36IMG file I used gave me a FAIL-PU error on the recovery portion, so I used unrevoked to install ROM manager and flash the clockwork recovery to my phone, which no longer works.

My phone is working great, though....I just dont understand how unrevoked is working on my phone if I have the 1.47.xx update.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fastamx79:
I noticed on my phone the Superuser App is there as well (past unrevoked user). When I flashed over using Toast's part 1 and 2 everything went great no issues. I then used the method on this thread to update, and it worked great. I think my problem came in when I was restoring my apps using "My Backup". It must have restored the unrevoked app. I never ran the app, and I deleted it from my phone, but I think that backup app restored that superuser app as well. I can't uninstall it. I have busybox installed as well so I have no idea what is going on. I almost want to re-flash my phone using this method again just so I can keep stuff off my phone I don't need, but for now I'm just going to ignore it, but keep tabs here until I can figure out how to remove it, unless I still need it :confused:
[EVO 4G Android Development] rugedraw:
I understand what you're saying, but I only have root via the old unrevoked method, and I do not have the superuser app from running this method (assuming I am supposed to have one with this method, since obviously something didn't go well with the process for me). However, I am running the 1.47.xx update with root, my WiMax addresses match, and I have the eng. build. The only negative I see is that I only have the stock recovery and even though I'm sure I can flash one to my phone since I have the 76.200 build, I can't or don't know how to. I guess as long as I have root and my phone is working well, I shouldn't worry to much about it, but I am curious as to a)what I did wrong and b) how can I possibly have root via the old unrevoked if I'm running the latest update.
[EVO 4G Android Development] effluent:
Ditto, what needs to be done? Thanks.
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
What it sounds like, is that when you load this, you will lose your recovery, however you will maintain your root. So, from what Im gathering, you can get through steps 1-9, reflash a recovery, then boot into recovery to finish up the process.

I ran into this issue last night with a lost recovery, got into a long battle with the phone in boot loops, finally got 1.17 installed with root, and came back to 1.3... still weary of trying this all again
[EVO 4G Android Development] yutlin:
Is there a solution to this problem? I'm getting the exact same thing.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mobilemaniac:
I still don't know what superuser app you are missing. Can you be more specific? Furthermore, how do you know the Superuser Permissions app you do have is from Unrevoked? Didn't you flash the su-2.1-e-unsecure-signed.zip from the first post?

As for your custom recovery, whitslack outlined 2 or 3 different ways to do this in this thread. Search for his posts.
[EVO 4G Android Development] colorado_al:
4G working perfectly!
[EVO 4G Android Development] effluent:
When pcimg runs 5 recovery fails, pu denied.. can't get recovery on here.. any ideas?
[EVO 4G Android Development] josue85:
Awesome!

Just wanted to say thanks, this got my 4G working again, after a week of being stuck on "Scanning". Great work!
[EVO 4G Android Development] effluent:
unsecured-signed supposed to be only 33.7kb??
[EVO 4G Android Development] mobilemaniac:
That's about right. You can check the md5sum if you're paranoid.