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[EVO 4G Android Development] nYdGeo:
Mostly like my Evo, but overall regretting going Android.

This is my first time after a failed attempt at rooting this phone that I've posted here instead of just re-imaging the phone back to the stock RUU. In each of the many previous attempts, either the 'simple instructions' left out so many details that they were useless to a noob such as myself, or I experience a problem that is mentioned/covered nowhere, and am basically screwed. But my brother swears that the answer is here somewhere, so here we go.

On step four, "Reboot + Scan", the CMD prompt reads:

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Simple Root 1.47.651.1 OTA Edition

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Rebooting Phone....

* daemon not running. starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

Waiting on phone...

Starting Part 2....

/app-cache/com.android.browser/BEC48C17295CAF9F550BCD500A0A6F03/.foo.d5Hw5t

crw-rw-rw- root root 90, 2 2010-07-17 18:48 mtd1

error: device not found <--------------------Problem

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Once your phone is in the screen with the skating androids,

press the power button to go into bootloader.

Wait until the device prompts you to install update

Press Volume Up to install. Wait for completion!

Then press Volume up when asked to Reboot.

Press any key to continue...

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Press any key to continue . . .

I've scanned through the 90-odd pages of this thread and don't see this anywhere. Can anyone offer any guidance?

Also, each time my phone reboots it asks what sort of USB connection I want. Can I ignore this/close this option window and just stick it back into debug-mode? The instructions do not mention this re-occurring event.

Thank you in advance for any useful assistance anyone can offer.

UPDATE: have no idea why, but after the 5th or 5th time clicking step 4, it seems to have proceeded now. I need a Margarita!
[EVO 4G Android Development] dconnest:
would you know anything about getting Cisco VPN working on my EVO. i require RSA authentication.
[EVO 4G Android Development] playya:
I crashed at that same part and I just did the rest manually, I went into the bootloader mode manually by holding down power button then powering off then power on and hit the vol down button...
[EVO 4G Android Development] Stythys:
same! can anyone help? I've already reset my phone and all.. this would suck majorly if I did it for nothing..
[EVO 4G Android Development] Brando8912:
I need some help as well. I did the simple root and everything looked good. Now I am in a continuous boot loop. Also if i try and go to hboot it says main version is older. Any help is appreciated.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mrloserpunk:
I am consistently getting the above.. a random folder it is not. Mine is the same each time and his above is as well... somethings afoot! Any idea what?
[EVO 4G Android Development] TorxT3D:
Took me FIVE tries, but i got root! (getting ready for cyano)

Every problem i had was already discussed and all it took was me to search for it in the thread. Thanks to everyone. Now i need to decide on how to divi-up my donation monies. ;)

Flashed Amon Ra

Did a nand backup, found where thats stored so i can backup to pc.

Learned how to wipe cache, dalvik, etc

Now im about to flash fresh rom ;)

Next i'll be looking into the dos and donts of having a rooted phone.. like AVOID OTA updates.. thats gonna be hard for me to avoid and remember NOT to do.

This turned out to be easier than i thought! Not as easy as flashing windows mobile phones, but its def gotten easier thanks to jiqqa! cheers to you buddy
[EVO 4G Android Development] TejasEric:
n/m i think I have got it solved. It seems fully rooted now.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dsgn09:
yeah i still get

I'm on windows vista

HTC Sync

.net 4.0
[EVO 4G Android Development] mpike78:
mediafire blocked also. do you have drop box if so can you share a folder with the link in there with michael.pike78@gmail.com
[EVO 4G Android Development] killingthee:
Uploading it right now..... give me a sec.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dmels28:
worked fine for me

Awesome! No issues, back to build number 1.17.651.1. Now I just have to figure out where to go next with this phone. I'm thinking a new ROM, any suggestions?

Thanks again to the OP, this saved me a ton of time!
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
To everyone having issues, reboot your phones and computers with cable unplugged. Once rebooted open the browser on your phone and go to any site, doesn't matter what. Then exit the browser, plug in cable, choose charge only, make sure USB debugging in one, then continue process. See if that helps.

As far as backing up before doing this, in my sig is a guide I wrote that should help. I have a trick I use when I need to re-download apps without having a backup. Basically after syncing and have a fresh ROM, turn on wifi if possible and open marketplace. Go to downloads and download all apps without leaving that download section. All apps should be listed one time, but if you leave before finishing downloading, then the once you didn't install during that first visit will no longer be listed with exception to purchased apps.

Hope that helps :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] car_lost:
It worked for you? Run into any issues?
[EVO 4G Android Development] dmels28:
I downloaded the application, unzipped to SD card and off I went. First time trying to root phone ever and it went flawlessly.
[EVO 4G Android Development] killingthee:
Finished the upload. Hope it works out for you.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mpike78:
downloading now... worked like a charm
[EVO 4G Android Development] bhagiratha:
how did you manage to run the program off your sd card?
[EVO 4G Android Development] dmels28:
To be honest I'm not nearly as tech savvy as most on these forums and very much a NOOB with rooting phones (first time). However, I originally I had the zip file unpacked to folder on desktop--that didn't work, so I took the files and put on sd card ran the SimpleRoot app and worked perfectly.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Vegasden:
I must be missing something here. It says "power off using power menu". Does that mean just turning the screen off with the power button on top or what?

My reason for asking is that I get to the flash website. Then it says refresh page..I do so...and it just sets...
[EVO 4G Android Development] dmels28:
Yes hold down the power button and select power off.
[EVO 4G Android Development] peepeesea:
ok so that worked for a second... it was copying the files and then my phone just disconnected itself and the the batch file errors out

now my phone will not stay connected to my PC. when i plug it in it asks what i want to do.. charge only, disk drive, ect... then, no matter what i choose it just disconnects, almost like i am unplugging it form the USB port. it wont stay connected long enough to do anything... it only stays connected for maybe 10 or 30 seconds

***edit***

it is doing this on 2 different computer and several different USB ports. and it actually disconnects so fast i don't even have time to select an option
[EVO 4G Android Development] Isun:
I took the leap and all went well till I got to step 4 and it restarted the phone. The command line seems to be stuck saying 'Starting Part 2' .
[EVO 4G Android Development] will75:
maybe someone can tel me.i have stock.6 would it be easier to run the ota update to .1 and then use this method?? Or should I use the toast method which seems pretty long
[EVO 4G Android Development] mpike78:
did this method.. everything seemed like it went off without a hitch, when i try to boot into recovery to flash fresh 0.5.3 all i get is a orange triangle with a ! in the middle i then have to pull my battery and start over.
[EVO 4G Android Development] markus_del_marko:
so will this fully root the phone? sorta like toasts two step method? if so this will come in handy and save alot of time for me as ive been rooting alot of evo's lately for my customers. this also works for the ota patch right?
[EVO 4G Android Development] mrfli:
now I cant go ontwo step 2
[EVO 4G Android Development] Karl:
i think this is just for the OTA 1.47... the first simple root is like the toast root

Your the pimp man, you make life to easy ;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] TejasEric:
Okay some applications have root but some don't seem to. It is like it didn't finish or something? I don't have the superuser permissions icon anywhere?

I got to part 4 where it says reboot and scan and it rebooted then i clicked a button and the command prompt window went away and nothing else. What did i do wrong?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Vdek:
This sort of worked for me. I was getting stuck on Step 4 for a while, I deleted everything off of my SD card and reran the program as Admin, it worked fine.
[EVO 4G Android Development] doubledrake20:
Step 4 Part 2 ??!?

I've seen a few people have had problems at this step. I followed every step exactly side by side with the video to make sure I didn't mess up (including the factory reset at step 1). After the flash game at Step 3, I turned off my phone and restarted it. In the video, it shows things loading up on the cmd screen after "Waiting on phone.... Starting Part 2....". But for me, it stays at "Starting Part 2....". Nothing loads up after that. Am i supposed to download a custom rom and have it saved on my sd card so it can get to Part 2 of "Reboot + Scan"? I tried the whole process 3 times over so far with no luck. Debugging was connected every single time, even after the reboots. And USB connection type is at Charge Only. I made sure I have .NET Framework 4 and that my version was 1.47. What am I doing wrong?
[EVO 4G Android Development] trhonda2000:
I'm stuck at this same thing, I'm not sure what to do after this.
[EVO 4G Android Development] thisisepic:
Everything seemed to have went fine running the 4 steps, no errors.

However I do not have a superuser app or when I download Rom Manager etc from the store I get errors saying I dont have permissions to run them.

DO I need to do the Fully rooted stock 1.47 method after? Do I install the "Extras" Clockwork Mod?

Pretty confused at the moment so any help is greatly appreciated.
[EVO 4G Android Development] selders59:
Wouldn't work for me

Tried to use this on my Evo with Android 2.1 plus the latest update and got an error message that this is older than the version I have. What should I do to get this to work as I am an Android noob.
[EVO 4G Android Development] PhantomApollyon:
Rooted my phone perfectly with this, but using a friends phone it ALWAYS fails here, tried it 7 times already, anyone have any ideas?

EDIT: used the old link from the original guide and worked perfectly.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Drew5150:
ok so this will be my first attempt at root. i have a question on the orders of things.

i perform this simple root first obviously. do i then do a nand backup, or do i install a rom first and then back up? also do i perform the radio update or rom flash first?
[EVO 4G Android Development] playya:
once you have rooted you should do a NAND Backup if you go back a few pages I used a video I saw online to show me how to do a nand backup and load new rom... it helped me out
[EVO 4G Android Development] playya:
after step 4 do the extras part where you clean files and run the boot recovery. I used RA and I also used a little help from a youtube video that showed me exactly how to wipe, do a NAND Backup and load a new new rom. Check some of my earlier post for link
[EVO 4G Android Development] bkfitz:
Original Simple Root (for stock firmware) zip file link is dead... anyone have a copy they can share???

Help!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=706411
[EVO 4G Android Development] johnandkeryn@sbcglobal.ne:
+3....help....
[EVO 4G Android Development] johnandkeryn@sbcglobal.ne:
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Simple Root 1.47.651.1 OTA Edition

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* server not running *

Rebooting Phone....

* daemon not running. starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

Waiting on phone...

Starting Part 2....

So im getting this and nothing happens....any ideas???
[EVO 4G Android Development] abhorrentbm:
Unable to get flash running

I'm have an issue with flash not loading, and a previous issue of the bootloader not recognizing the image. As I prefer too much information to not enough, below is the info for both my phone, and PC.

PHONE INFO

Hardware version

003

Firmware Version

2.1-update1

Baseband version

2.05.00.06.10

Kernel version

2.6.29-789bf291

Build number

1.47.651.1 CLI95459 release-keys

Software number

1.47.651.1

Browser Version

webkit 3.1

PRI version

1.40_003

PRL version

60668

PC INFO

Windows XP SP3

Antivirus disabled

Installed latested HTC Sync app

Installed MS Net 4.0

STEPS TAKEN TO ATTEMPT SIMPLEROOT

Cleared Micro SD card

Enabled charge only

Enabled USB debugging

Step 1 - transferred files successfuly to SD card, reset phone to factory default. Enabled charge only and USB debugging again. Clicked on step 2, clicked 'press any key to continue...' to close out prompt.

Step 2 - "[1] Terminated sh /sdcard/part1." Powercycled phone, no errors received. Clicked on step 3, clicked 'press any key to continue...' to close out prompt.

Step 3 - No errors running part1-2, visited the url provided, page shows the unknown app icon. Previous to this, it would load, write to SD card, and I would be able to move on to step 4 before it would state that there was no image or wrong image.

Any assistance for this issue? I have gone through the above steps varbatim 6 times now with the same results.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Drew5150:
ok, so i got through all the steps just fine. so now i would like to flash the new radio's but when i click on recovery the phone reboots and then i get a picture of a phone with a red triangle. do i need some specific recovery files?
[EVO 4G Android Development] manooti:
bro im in queens!!! ill give you 20 bucks to root it for me lol jk

saw your videos, not too shabby :D

quick question tho, sprint and htc said theyre going to throw out updates for numerous issues so would it be better to root now and wait for the devs to put out custom patches to manually flash or root after the patches and updates from the companies so no waiting for the devs do do their thing?
[EVO 4G Android Development] doubledrake20:
Is this a glitch? The whole step 4 part 2 thing? I ask because some people have no problems, and some people have just about the same exact problems. I noticed that at step 3, after the flash game loads, i get a data cache error, something to do with finding a folder. Could that be the culprit behind step 4 part 2 not working? I've redone simpleroot over 10 times, everytime taking more and more precaution to make sure i didn't do something stupid. No one has any answers??
[EVO 4G Android Development] Drew5150:
well this worked for me, but i could not figure out how to make the recovery worked. unless that was supposed to be separate but the first post made me think its was.

anyways I followed step 5 of this tutorial and it all worked perfect. if you are having issues with this method try just go here to step 5. read it all first, you can skip everything up to step 5.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=721055
[EVO 4G Android Development] androofoo:
i ran step 1 under charge mode + debug mode and it says "failed to copy" when pushing the files to my sd card. fiddled around for an hour and started pushing files, but stays stuck on the pushing screen. this is ridiculous.. ive been at it for 2 hours now and cant seem to find out how this works. i give up.
[EVO 4G Android Development] johnandkeryn@sbcglobal.ne:
I refreshed step 3 with the video game ,no luck and also took everything of the memory card and also switched over to storage mode,still no luck,will try again tonite to get part 2 to start,this is turning into a cluster blank.... any other ideas........,man it might be worthwhile to just leave it stock....,my tilt was way easier.....,any one in the Bay area doing this?????
[EVO 4G Android Development] DssTrainer:
I got this initially because I think the flash hack from step 3 didn't take right because I was on 3g. I started over from step 1 and enabled wifi before trying to goto that flash site and it worked fine. I think the issue was that the flash site only partially loaded and the program "thought" it had all the data it needed. After the second try with flash on, I got a much more confident response from Step 3 and Step 4 worked perfectly
[EVO 4G Android Development] playya:
did you use one of the recovery methods in the extra section? I used RA and to make life a little easier after all this download Quick Boot in the market and it will help you to get to the recovery reboot and Bootloader sections with ease
[EVO 4G Android Development] playya:
Have you checked to make sure all the files that need to be transferred over have actually been transferred. I had that problem as well and when the part 2 on step 4 gave me issues.

I just went into the bootloader mode manually by powering off and power on with holding the vol down button and allowed it to do its thing in bootloader mode. Then I used the extra section to clean files and use RA_recovery mode. Then I did a Nand Backup and lastly I booted into recovery mode and did my wipes and loaded my new rom.

Don't forget after you wipe to load whatever new rom you are going to use on your storage card. This is what worked for me hopefully it will help you and others.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cb7tuner93:
Help

Result:

Main Version is older!

Update Fail!
[EVO 4G Android Development] revlis240:
here is my piece of advice for you guys:

MAKE SURE THAT THE DOS WINDOW HAS THE FOCUS 100% OF THE TIME.

I had to run through the steps twice because somewhere in between step 2 and 3 I clicked away from the dos screen which caused it to lose focus and it SEEMs to be fine, but it is not. Also, in step 3 make sure that you are seeing the flash animation and that its fully loaded, this is very important. I didnt see it the first time and that caused problems.

So, Run through all the steps and DO NOT CLICK ANYWHERE ELSE while the screen is working. Use the video on the link on the first page to reference how much time each step should take. If you follow the steps EXACTLY, I see no reason it should not work.

My evo is 3 days old, with the latest OTAs and all the crap sprint threw at it, I was still able to use simpleroot and put damage control on it with ease :)

good luck
[EVO 4G Android Development] jedisrus:
Should I have the Super Users Permission application after I have used this method?
[EVO 4G Android Development] dye.chen:
where do i download the simple root file? need help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Dragnz:
Very First post on the very first page has 3 links to it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] tek79:
HOLY CRAP, Im rooted!! Just got a Evo, My first Android phone. So I dont know anything about the Android OS. I got stuck on step 4 at first, but the problem solved itsself. Simple Root is amazing, between school and exams i didnt have time to read much on how to root.. Now I just need to figure out the best way to get 1.47 back.

Theres a thread here called "starting over 1.47" I believe. I assume thats what i need to do next?

Correct me if im wrong though. Wouldnt just loading up a custom ROM update me to 1.47. I didnt really have time to look at any roms, BakedSnack 9.7 I saw had sprint NAV so I grabbed that ROM but havent loaded it yet.
[EVO 4G Android Development] tek79:
EDIT: nm that was easy to get 1.47 back. I just wish I knew what i did to get past step 4 incase I ever have to do this again.

(Crap sorry for double post)
[EVO 4G Android Development] gault_timothy:
files safe to remove?

I used SimpleRoot about a week, had great success with it after a few trial/error sessions.

I then used toastcfh's guides.

I am running a stock 1.47.651.1 root.

My question is concerning some files that SimpleRoot did not clean up, such as "part3", etc. can these be removed?

What all can I take off of my SD card?

Thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] snapcallem:
i cant get the application to open ... i downloaded .net framework v4.0 but when i open the OTA SimpleRoot.exe it says

To run this application, yoiu first must install one of the following versions of the .NET Framework: v4.0

ive downloaded and installed it a couple times now and get the same thing everytime ... anyone know what i need to do ?
[EVO 4G Android Development] playya:
make sure you do a backup preferably the NAND backup before you start loading up roms... Its a must I think
[EVO 4G Android Development] cahiatt:
I never could get this to work. I ended up using this guide;

forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.php?p=1853598&postcount=792

Those steps indicate the phone should be in charge-only mode to work. Does the SimpleRoot OTA edition require the same? I didn't notice anything about putting the phone in Sync, Charge, etc... mode.
[EVO 4G Android Development] nebenezer:
I just got my evo replaced under warranty and I'm itching to root it but I'm hesitant because of the pri issue I had using toasts method on my first one.

Toasts method of rooting the original software locked the pri at 1.34 and prevented it from being updated.

I read somewhere here on xda that the 1.4 pri almost doubles 3g speed and I can confirm this is true. I would get between 600 and 900kbs on 1.34 and I'm getting 1.4mbs+ on my unrooted replacement with pri 1.4.

I even ran the 1.47 ruu before returning my first evo and the pri still didn't update, and my 3g speed was still low even with the latest software, PRL and radio

Does this rooting method downgrade or prevent future updates of your pri?
[EVO 4G Android Development] sfox8:
I'm going to try this root method tonight when I get home. Just a couple questions before I start. I've been reading through the thread and it seems a lot of people have been having errors (don't wanna brick my phone).

Is it necessary to upgrade to a stock 1.47 root after finishing this simple root method in order to flash a ROM (like damagecontrol or fresh) that already uses 1.47?

Also, does this method unlock NAND? Fresh ROM says NAND unlock is required to flash it. I did search the thread but didn't find the exact answer I was looking for.
[EVO 4G Android Development] TejasEric:
Sorry for such a noobish question, but how do you update your radio and wimax on Simple Root?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Drew5150:
this was actually my problem, I couldn't find the extra section. wasn't even sure where to look. but I used that other method to get the recovery on there and installed a custom rom already.

actually a big part of my problem was probably how late I started. the simple download took me forever and a day last night. I probably should have just waited a day before running it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dblanchard:
Thanks, this tip (keeping the window in focus) worked for me when I couldn't get anything else to do it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] LAYGO:
Donated . . . like I promised. Thanks again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] beastmods:
could someone re mirror this? dl is major slow
[EVO 4G Android Development] johnandkeryn@sbcglobal.ne:
Ok i got it finally,what i did was made sure nothing else was on,no internet etc,etc tried it and got past step two.....great,now what else do i need to do and do i need to download drivers,etc and what exactly do i need to do to see if wireless thering work? is it Wimax router button i use? if it is ,it does not work,it says CLI Cmd Error.. when i hit start...thanks guys .......
[EVO 4G Android Development] eeeeeeeeek:
Does this unlock nand?