[EVO 4G Android Development] whitslack:
[Rooting] Handy table of "What to do next" to get to fully rooted 1.47.651.1

Hopefully this will answer everyone's questions about what they need to do next to get to a fully upgraded and fully rooted phone.

Legend:

−H = release HBOOT (0.79.0000)

+H = engineering HBOOT (0.76.2000)

−R = stock recovery

+R = custom recovery

−r = no root access

+r = root access

−S = old system (≤1.32.651.6)

+S = new system (≥1.47.651.1)​

Determine which one of the following 16 possible states you're in. Then do what it says.

(−H,−R,−r,−S) ➞ UnrEVOked –or– Toast's part 1 ➞ 4

(−H,−R,−r,+S) ➞ S.O.L. :( (or maybe not?)

(−H,−R,+r,+S) ➞ mtd-eng.img + PC36IMG-1.17.651.1.zip ➞ 13

(−H,−R,+r,−S) ➞ mtd-eng.img + PC36IMG-1.17.651.1.zip ➞ 13

(−H,+R,+r,−S) ➞ mtd-eng.img + PC36IMG-1.17.651.1.zip ➞ 13

(−H,+R,+r,+S) ➞ mtd-eng.img + PC36IMG-1.17.651.1.zip ➞ 13

(−H,+R,−r,+S) ➞ su-2.1-e-unsecure-signed.zip ➞ 6

(−H,+R,−r,−S) ➞ su-2.1-e-unsecure-signed.zip ➞ 5

(+H,+R,−r,−S) ➞ PC36IMG-1.47.651.1_eng-hboot_RA-1.7.0.1.zip ➞ 10

(+H,+R,−r,+S) ➞ su-2.1-e-unsecure-signed.zip ➞ 11

(+H,+R,+r,+S) ➞ Done! :)

(+H,+R,+r,−S) ➞ PC36IMG-1.47.651.1_eng-hboot_RA-1.7.0.1.zip ➞ 10

(+H,−R,+r,−S) ➞ PC36IMG-1.47.651.1_eng-hboot_RA-1.7.0.1.zip ➞ 10

(+H,−R,+r,+S) ➞ flash_image recovery –or– fastboot flash recovery ➞ 11

(+H,−R,−r,+S) ➞ fastboot flash recovery ➞ 10

(+H,−R,−r,−S) ➞ PC36IMG-1.47.651.1_eng-hboot_RA-1.7.0.1.zip ➞ 10

3, 4, 5, & 6 — mtd-eng.img + PC36IMG-1.17.651.1.zip

This is the essence of Toast's part 2. Follow the instructions in that post, but stop after the reboot following the flash of the PC36IMG.zip.

7, 8, 9, & 10 — su-2.1-e-unsecure-signed.zip

Download this file to your SD card:

su-2.1-e-unsecure-signed.zip (md5=a055c916168db7e61a75a37a13993cd6)

Power off your phone.

Hold down the Volume Down and Power buttons until the white screen appears.

If you're coming from another step and forgot to delete PC36IMG.zip from your SD card, HBOOT will scan it again now. In that case, when it asks if you want to start the update, press Volume Down to answer No, and then when it asks if you want to reboot, press Volume Down again.

Now you should be at the HBOOT menu. Press Volume Down to move the selection to RECOVERY and press the Power button to select it.

In a moment, you'll be at a different looking menu.

Using the Volume and Power buttons as before, select "Flash zip from sdcard."

Select su-2.1-e-unsecure-signed.zip from the list and follow the prompts to flash it.

When that's finished and you're back at the menu, choose "Reboot system now."

12, 13, & 16 — PC36IMG-1.47.651.1_eng-hboot_RA-1.7.0.1.zip

More information about this file is available in this thread.

Download this file, rename it PC36IMG.zip, and put it on the root of your SD card however you like.

PC36IMG-1.47.651.1_eng-hboot_RA-1.7.0.1.zip (md5=1ae574c403e9a2694de97706391255c0)

Power off your phone.

Hold down the Volume Down and Power buttons until the white screen appears.

HBOOT will scan the PC36IMG.zip file. You'll see a blue progress bar on the right side of the screen.

When it's finished scanning, it will ask if you want to start the update. Press the Volume Up button to answer Yes.

Wait a while for it to flash all the images.

When it finishes and asks if you want to reboot the device, press the Volume Up button to answer Yes.

After the phone has rebooted, delete the PC36IMG.zip file from your SD card.

14 — flash_image recovery

Download this file and unzip it on your computer:

flash_image.zip (md5=97b64a4c8cb22e39f79062402d26a126)

Copy the unzipped flash_image to your phone's SD card.

Download this file to your phone's SD card:

recovery-RA-evo-v1.7.0.1.img (md5=4cfdf4ce1986b05a9d7038e3cb1eebbc)

Start adb shell.

Enter the following commands:

su (press Allow if a dialog box appears on your phone)

cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image

chmod 0755 /data/flash_image

/data/flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-evo-v1.7.0.1.img​

14 & 15 — fastboot flash recovery

Obtain the fastboot binary (or fastboot.exe) if you don't already have it.

Download this file to your computer:

recovery-RA-evo-v1.7.0.1.img (md5=4cfdf4ce1986b05a9d7038e3cb1eebbc)

Power off your phone.

Hold down the Volume Down and Power buttons until the white screen appears.

Highlight FASTBOOT (by using the volume buttons) and press the Power button.

Enter the following command on your computer:

fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-evo-v1.7.0.1.img​

After it has flashed successfully, reboot your phone.