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[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
superuser?

So, I see there is a new version of superuser, flipz has it in fresh, but I'm still on this old version. Market version Wong allow me to install for some reason. Anybody?

I'm posting this here because the level of support on superuser thread is nil. I rooted here, and this thread was always really helpful. I have the superuser 2.3.5 signed zip downloaded to my phone, and just wondered what the best way to get rid of superuser 2.1 before I flash the zip, or do I even need to remove old one ? I won't be able to use terminal emulator after I remove superuser, but I shouldn't need TE, if new superuser is a signed zip, right? I should be able to just flash zip thru recovery, right?

if anyone has advice, thank you.
[EVO 4G Android Development] diskweed:
So when this is done is the latest HTC 3.28.651.1 unreleased version the installed kernel? I'm confused from reading your description. Sorry.
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
I'm a little confused from reading your question, but I'll see if my answer is the info you're looking for.

the OP was last updated July 2nd. That's before froyo. The files in OP put you at sw version 1.47, long before 3.26. 1.47 was the newest OTA version when this thread was created. This was to upgrade you from version 1.32, the release version.

I know there are new threads for rooting and upgrading, depending on what version you're currently on, you'll have to find what thread fits your situation.

If you just got your Evo, you're probably already on froyo (version 3.26), you'll need to find the thread to root froyo in that case, then you can go flash what ROM and what kernel you want. The KERNEL you're referring hasn't been officially released by HTC yet, so no custom

versions are available yet , but Freshs newest ROM DOES somehow contain the newest unreleased kernel.

Hope this answers your questions.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mactruck:
HELP

Ok, I've been doing lots of roms and ended up with Cyanogen rom. I wanted to go back to stock froyo 2.2 but have root. I followed this thread and all is working. I am now at the following:

Firmware version

2.1-update1

Baseband Version

2.05.00.06.10

Kernel Version:

2.6.29-789bf291

htc-kernel@and18-2#1

Build Number

1.47.651.1 CL195459 release-keys

Software number

1.47.651.1

Browser version

WebKit 3.1

PRI Version

1.34_003

PRL Version

60662

and I am rooted with .76

Soooo my question is how do I get to 2.2 with all updated radios and still have full root to use wifi tether? I am stuck. DO I use the over the air froyo update? I am also being prompted for the voicemail update. Do I do that too? If I update over the air to 2.2 froyo will I lose root?

Thank you.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mactruck:
WEll I tried the over the air 2.2 update but the update failed. NOW WHAT?
[EVO 4G Android Development] 00_MACKIE_00:
Flash a rooted stock 2.2 rom through recovery.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mactruck:
What would be the best one closest to stock so everything includeing 4g works?
[EVO 4G Android Development] 00_MACKIE_00:
All of them except CM6 and maybe 1 or two others is built off stock, they just chose to remove a few sprint apps. I use Fresh myself.

Do not forget to update your radio and wimax after you flash to a 2.2 rom.
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
@ URAR1004,

How funny, I just replied to you on toasts thread pointing you to this thread. Also I pointed you to fastRX8 how to root thread. It will use toasts files to get you .76 hboot, but the instructions are easier, I think. It's the tutorial I used. Super simple. I posted a link to it in my reply on toasts thread. But, yes, the files there will get you the eng-hboot, and the instructions are flawless. You'll be mostly concerned with the files on THE 2ND HALF OF fastRX8 OP.

Sorry, I don't have the link handy right now.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=721055&goto=newpost

Yes I do. Here it is , but the link isn't to page 1 of that thread.

At mactruck

Where you're at now, I'd head over to netarchys thread about 2.2 stock root ROM. Also I believe he has links to the newest radios and wimax on there. If you're comin from cyan, I think you'll need to flash a stock kernel first (netarchy has a thread with great custom kernels, but also a link to the stock 2.2 kernel), I think that's where you'll need to start cuz I believe cyan uses a kernel that only works with cyan. But that you'll have to double check for yourself. I've never used cyan, but I believe I've read these things about it.

You can do the voicemail update, won't hurt anything, but as you've seen, once root with .76 hboot, you won't be doing any major OTAs.

There are other threads for the stock root ROM, but I've used nets, and it is solid

Also, there is a very recently released update (from 3.26, to 3.28 now) that people are cooking with. You should be able to go straight to that, but just check about the kernel issue, and you'll want the new radio and wimax.

Hope this wasn't confusing.
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
Oops. @ mactruck

I see someone else already got to ya. Sorry everyone. My subscribed threads come thru email, and I couldn't get to my email most of yesterday.

So yeah, ^^^^, what he/she said. ;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] dan0412:
Is anyone else having problems downloading the files in post #1?
[EVO 4G Android Development] whitslack:
I added the 7-Zip content type to my web server. (It was serving the files as text/plain before. :eek:) Try your download again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dan0412:
It works!!.... thanks Whitslack....:).
[EVO 4G Android Development] bboy_201:
:)

thanks for the info!

Update

Still no 4g
[EVO 4G Android Development] fatalfury:
hello whitslack i was referred to you from Captain_throwback here is my Dilemma

i have a boot looping evo 4g phone with corrupted nv we copied the nv from 1

sprint phone to this evo and that what caused the boot loop. now we are trying to get it back up and running as my life depends on it lol.. my phone status is

*** UNLOCKED ***

Supersonic EVT2-3 Ship S-on

Hboot-2.18.0001

MICROP-041f

TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL03_16ac

RADIO-2.15.00.12.19

Dec 21 2011,12:50:32

hewre is a clip from my previous conversation with Captain_throwback

<Captain_throwback> Yeah, that's not going to work. You're not fully NAND unlocked, so you can only flash zips that have a main version that's exactly the same as your current version. Even then, you can only flash to the unlocked partitions. I was suggesting you go to that other thread I linked so you could try to flash that nv.img (not sure if that's possible or not, but that's your best shot at this point). You need to find the right nv.img to flash. I don't know anything about that; that's why I suggested contacting the guy from the other thread.

PLease advise and be my Savior please please :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
Wow this thread is old! I doubt whitslac even has the files anymore. But I wish ya luck.

sent from AOKP heaven
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
@fatalfury,

FastRX8 would also be a good guy to hit up for what you're trying to do.

sent from AOKP heaven
[EVO 4G Android Development] PhxkinMassacre:
Holy neckropost haha
[EVO 4G Android Development] jrny99:
just curious, my Hboot screen says s-off Hboot 6.16.1002 radio 2.15. what does it mean ?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Notorious:
You achieved s-off through revolutionary
[EVO 4G Android Development] Deejaydark:
What is this? I wonder how come I never heard of this.......

Sprint Froyo 2.2

Netarchy 4.3.4 sbc

removeciq.zip
[EVO 4G Android Development] Deejaydark:
So basically ur going farther back than I am? I'm so confused.. but good luck.

Sprint Froyo 2.2

Netarchy 4.3.4 sbc

removeciq.zip
[EVO 4G Android Development] Notorious:
hes trying to downgrade back to a build with the ENG hboot. He messed up his phone by writing the wrong NV so it just bootloops. With the ENG hboot you have the ability to do fastboot commands. If he downgrades back he should be able to push new NV items to the phone and stop the bootloop
[EVO 4G Android Development] jrny99:
can i use this to go back to stock rooted ?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Notorious:
no youll most likely brick your phone
[EVO 4G Android Development] gapoochi:
Thank you so much for this...I had my phone rooted and was running fresh and then dc roms but I somewhere along the line lost 4g. I was getting very lost in all the technical stuff in all the threads and wanted to start over and found this thread.

I just did it and it seems good except that I can't get connected to 4g. It just keeps scanning. Not sure what to do about that?

I also don't know what to do now...can i flash custom roms over this? Any specific ones only? Can you flash theme zips (like the ones for clear taskbar and clear dock)?

I'm sorry if the answers are in here...I read the whole thread but I can't figure out what I can and can't do :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] enormous:
Indeed... I know better NOW. This is my first Android device, and I was unaware of the issues that could be caused by an OTA update.
[EVO 4G Android Development] slag02:
must I downgrade from 1.32.651.6 - to .1?

I got my evo swapped and Im currently using stock 1.32.651.6 with unrevoked root method (not ota patch) part 1 and my 4g is working fine- this method intrigues me, but - is there a way just to jump in the middle without going back down?
[EVO 4G Android Development] GumboChief:
Given the issues people have had, is it worth the risk? Just backup your application list with appbrain.com (you MUST make a second "list"), and follow post 1.

You can deviate from post 1 if you want, but no one is going to be your guinea pig.
[EVO 4G Android Development] whitslack:
You could skip the entire first section and steps 9 through 13 in the second section if you're already on 1.32.651.6, but there's a chance your 4G might not upgrade properly, and there's also a chance that the incremental patch might refuse to apply because something on your system is different from a truly stock 1.32.651.6. If it doesn't work, you can always try again from the beginning.

IMPORTANT EDIT: Don't skip any steps if you don't already have the engineering HBOOT. You might strand yourself.
[EVO 4G Android Development] sd2649:
Well, I just completed this entire process. I will check to see if my 4g is back tommorrow. I did however somehow lose my recovery.... so I guess I will have to do it all over AGAIN anyway...
[EVO 4G Android Development] mobilemaniac:
I got the same error. Were you able to get a working recovery?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Land Master:
Losing recovery is expected and was written about above. You will simply need to re-flash a recovery but that should be painless. I suggest ROM Manager (Clockwork) as even if you are an RA fan you have the choice to flash that as well directly through the app.
[EVO 4G Android Development] SharkUW:
Yes, I've done a few things. I had lost root so the first step was to redo root and nand unlocking. I don't know if I lost NAND but it wasn't worth the hassle of checking since I had lost root so I just did both. I then flashed clockwork recovery. I simplified my life here by installing ROM Manager and installing it via that.

Now, the important part. The issue is that recovery flashing will fail with this image and the PC36IMG.zip writing. Open the PC36IMG.zip in Winrar or your favorite app and delete the recovery image from it (recovery-RA-evo-v1.7.0.1.img). There's no actual need to rewrite recovery for this. Place that on /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip and continue as planned. Recovery will no longer get flashed.

To the OP, I suggest removing the recovery flash and rehosting the .zip
[EVO 4G Android Development] mobilemaniac:
Ok. I also lost root. Have you completed the process described in the first post and verified that you regain root and NAND access? I'm not sure why the initial flash would not keep root and recovery. I'm not brave enough to flash the last update without being sure I still have root.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ramiss:
FYI..I started with an out of the box Evo with HBOOT 0.79.0000. I also could not get this PC36IMG.zip to do anything. Once I performed Toast's Root Method 1 and 2 it worked just fine.
[EVO 4G Android Development] SharkUW:
Yes, everything went smoothly after removing the recovery image. After installing the initial image, you can verify that you still have root quickly by using "adb shell" and run the "su" command which should give you the appropriate prompt without error.

I have no idea why root was lost with the failed flash though since the issue is definitely isolated to the recovery image. There must be something weird with that thing.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ramiss:
Thanks!...I deleted recovery-RA-evo-v1.7.0.1.img from the zip right before I went through the steps and it works great. I still have root.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mobilemaniac:
Hmm. I removed the recovery image and zipped it back up with 7zip and now HBOOT doesn't like it. Maybe I'll wait for one of you nice guys to upload a .zip that works. Thanks for all the help!
[EVO 4G Android Development] ramiss:
Don't unzip. Just open the zip with WinRar and delete the recovery file. WinRar will then go through the process of saving the zip. Then close WinRar.
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
Some how it is not working for me. What am I doing wrong? Are you positive this is for the newest OTA?
[EVO 4G Android Development] ramiss:
This is not supposed to work from the newest OTA. if you check the title it says:

"From original stock to rooted latest OTA"
[EVO 4G Android Development] m03sizlak:
This is all way too shaky for me. Sprint is saying that the Froyo update will be coming mid-July. I'll wait for that. And I highly doubt that theyll be releasing Froyo as an incremental update...it will probably be a full RUU which will be promptly and expertly rooted by the big guns.

Thanks for your efforts though.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mrjeancw:
ive read all 10 pages on this topic and just need a few questions cleared before i go through the process.

1) i currently have the first unrevoked (dont know what version) that lets me connect to 4g and run wifi tether fine...do i need to uninstall super user and unrevoked first then restart my phone and then follow the process on post #1?

2) is the "latest" ota on this the 21mb or the 30mb one?

3) what is nand and clockwork? (sorry for the newb question but i honestly dont know)

4) what is the advantage of running this udpated if i am already rooted (with unrevoked+4g)?
[EVO 4G Android Development] whitslack:
If I remove the recovery image, people will attempt this process with the stock recovery installed and then complain that they can't find the menu items described. Since the final OTA flashes recovery anyway, it doesn't matter that the initial PC36IMG.zip flashes Amon RA.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jrny99:
I did a back up of original stock right after I rooted, will running it be a problem ? thank you for your answers, bricking in not a option.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Notorious:
nope if you made a backup of your stock rom you can just restore you shouldnt run into any problems
[EVO 4G Android Development] fatalfury:
Hey guys i emailed the guy you recomended thanks i could use some good asistance as i have a customer waiting on this phone
[EVO 4G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Starting Point

Ok so I am working on this evo that was rooted using revolutionary , HBOOT 6.17.0001 and the OP only says for 0.76.2000 so if I want to restore this phone does anyone have a starting point I have been searching and I cannot find anything specific. BTW The phone has a S-On Off conflict. :confused:
[EVO 4G Android Development] Notorious:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16949711#post16949711
[EVO 4G Android Development] fatalfury:
NO response yet :(
[EVO 4G Android Development] Notorious:
read this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22493107
[EVO 4G Android Development] whitslack:
Since apparently your bootloader still works, simply take out your SD card, put it in another device, and copy an official (signed) PC36IMG.zip to it. Then put it back in the phone and boot up into the bootloader. It should find the zip file and offer to write its contents into the phone's flash memory. I'd suggest using the 1.17.651.1-versioned PC36IMG.zip, which is a signed engineering build containing the engineering (unlocked) HBOOT. If your current bootloader doesn't want to flash the older PC36IMG.zip, you might need to write an engineering image to the misc partition of the MTD. I'm pretty sure you can do that with the fastboot utility on the computer while the phone is in the fastboot mode of the bootloader. That will only work if your bootloader has USB fastboot enabled, of course. If you can't even do that, then you will probably have to run an official RUU to rewrite everything. Good luck.
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
Holy hell....whitslack lives ;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] fatalfury:
NIce :) can you please link me to these files and the fastboot utility please

thanks Whit :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] whitslack:
mtd-eng.zip and the PC36IMG.zip of interest are here.

Edit: Instead of using the flash_image utility to flash the mtd-eng.img to the misc partition (as toast's instructions suggest), try using fastboot. It shouldn't be too hard to find a built binary of it somewhere.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fatalfury:
can you instruct me how to do the fast boot please

---------- Post added at 11:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:26 PM ----------

and toasts links are down
[EVO 4G Android Development] whitslack:
The fastboot utility gives a brief usage guide when you run it with no arguments. The build I have says this:

usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>

commands:
update <filename> reflash device from update.zip
flashall flash boot + recovery + system
flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition
erase <partition> erase a flash partition
getvar <variable> display a bootloader variable
boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] download and boot kernel
flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] create bootimage and flash it
devices list all connected devices
reboot reboot device normally
reboot-bootloader reboot device into bootloader

options:
-w erase userdata and cache
-s <serial number> specify device serial number
-p <product> specify product name
-c <cmdline> override kernel commandline
-i <vendor id> specify a custom USB vendor id

So flashing the engineering image to the "misc" partition of the MTD should be as simple as this:

fastboot flash misc mtd-eng.img

But, again, I'm not sure whether the fastboot module in the release build of HBOOT supports communicating by USB. I think it might be only the engineering build of HBOOT that lets you communicate with its fastboot module via USB. However, that doesn't quite make sense to me because it's certainly possible to run the RUU on a totally stock EVO, and that has to communicate with the bootloader somehow. I admit it's been a while since I've played with this stuff.

Here's a mirror of the 1.17.651.1-versioned PC36IMG.zip that toast had posted:

http://www.mattwhitlock.com/PC36IMG-1.17.651.1.zip

Download that zip file, rename it to PC36IMG.zip, and put it onto your SD card. Then boot up into the bootloader and see if it'll flash for you. (I don't think it will, since you probably need to overwrite the misc partition with the mtd-eng.img, which makes the bootloader think you have an earlier version of the system installed so it won't realize you're downgrading, something which it is designed not to allow.)
[EVO 4G Android Development] fatalfury:
Whtslack thank you so much for your guidance :)

the lin k you provided me was also a dead link :(

You don't have permission to access /PC36IMG-1.17.651.1.zip on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
[EVO 4G Android Development] whitslack:
Whoops. I ran chmod on the wrong machine. Try the link again now.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fatalfury:
thank you now downloading :)

---------- Post added at 02:10 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:05 AM ----------

lets go ahead and say this didnt work then what do i do ??
[EVO 4G Android Development] fatalfury:
Still no go please someone help me :(
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
I hate to be a bummer, but if whitslack AND captain throwback can't help you, maybe only god/Satan can. You could try toastcfh, but I think you done Fd up whoever's Evo you were commissioned to root. Sorry. I've been following your posts for a week, and it seems you did something unrecoverable if Cap'n AND Whitslack don't have a way for you. It sucks, I know
[EVO 4G Android Development] Skorpion56:
A lot of info...

Ive been reading this thread and it feels like im on a merry go-round! I used Revolutionary and now im trying to get back to just stock/rooted, and am finding this to be a little much. Im very familiar with flashing/recoveries and the like.

My Hboot says its #6.16.1002, Im on Kernel 2.6.35.10 (Freedom 0.9+) and the baseband is 2.15.00.0808. Any takers?!:eek:
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
So, you rooted with revolutionary, and you're saying you wanna get "back to stock/rooted". Then just flash a stock rooted rom, right?

Sorry, I guess I just don't understand exactly what you're trying to achieve, or what roadblock you're encountering.

More info, maybe.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Skorpion56:
Everything i read says to do several steps b/c i used revolutionary. Do i need to go completely stock then reroot or is it wise to flash a stock rom? Ive got s-off and cwm...
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
If you rooted using revolutionary, have s-off, and a custom recovery (which, I would dump CWM and switch to amonRa), then flash whatever you want. I don't see what the problem is. ?

What am I missing, what are you trying to do? Why would you need to reroot?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Skorpion56:
Im just checking the bases. This phone is a lil different than my GS2. i appreciate the help though, the hboot and s-off stuff spins me around.
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
Understandable. I've dipped into the Samsung forums and they make MY head spin. Definitely 2 different beasts. But if you have S-off and a custom recovery installed, you're good to go. You need nothing more. Flash whatever you'd like in the dev forum.

I would still suggest going to amonRas thread, downloading his 2.3 recovery, get the PC36IMG of it, put it on root of SD, then go into hboot. It will install amonRa recovery, which is superior for Evo (despite that I imagine on Samsung CWM may be all there is - or Odin - if I understand your forums correctly).

With the Evo, people who wipe and install with amonRa tend to have a million fewer problems than those who use CWM. Mostly seems to be a result of CWM not wiping dalvik properly, from what I've read over the last 20mo. Enjoy your completely rooted, unlocked Evo.
[EVO 4G Android Development] migjr415:
The rom in this thread is so old that when I brought my phone to sprint because I had touch screen problems they were unable to push an update to it and they ended up giving me a shiny new evo. HELL YEAH!!!! Thank you!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] scottspa74:
hahahaha that's awesome to hear. Yeah, this thread is wicked old. If anyone is thinking the date means 2011, nope. Date is 2010. Right after froyo came out officially for Evo. Yeah, this is some wicked-old ****. ;)

But good for you, man.
[EVO 4G Android Development] whitslack:
You don't need to uninstall anything first. Flashing PC36IMG.zip overwrites everything on your phone.

The latest OTA is the 30.2 MiB one with MD5 sum d7ad11265e47d48b08b3c1bf1855761f.

NAND = The internal flash memory of the device.

Clockwork = A custom recovery program, I think. (I've never used it.)

The advantage of upgrading to 1.47.651.1 is slightly improved Wi-Fi signal strength, slightly improved responsiveness of certain apps on the phone, and vastly improved battery life. It's well worth it.