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[EVO 4G Android Development] Young_e:
Okay after like 2 hours last night i finally got this to work. This is what i did to get this to work very short and dry. I hate long explanations for simple stuff.

1. Download file

2. Unzip file into folder on desktop

2. Right click on The Simpleroot program in the folder(can't remember the exact name) and run as administrator

3. Run step 1 & follow directions

4. Run step 2 & follow directions

5. Now this is where i ran into my issues. Before you run step 3 make sure you go into settings/applications/development and check the USB debugging. After step 2 when it resets your phone this is uncheked. I think this is the issue most people are having.

6. Follow step 3 & follow directions

7. Follow step 4 & folow directions and you should be good to go. Now if you get to the the part where it loads up the PC36IMG.zip on your phone in bootloader and nothing happens. The whole file might not of been copied over. DON'T PANIC i had this issue happen as well. Just reset the phone and copy the PC36IMG.zip onto the root of your SD Card and you can find this file in the folder you unzipped simpleroot into. Then just re-run step 4 and you will be a happy camper.

8. Find a rooted rom and your ready to flash :).

Hopes this helps, i'm sure it will. I almost broke my damn computer last night because i was so pissed off i couldn't get this to work. But i took a break and figured it all out.

Now that i have helped maybe somebody can help me. Does this simple root unlock nand? Or do we still need to run part 2 of toastcfh method of "How to unlock Nand Protection"?

The reason i ask is on my phone i rooted with toastcfh part 1 and part 2 method and i can go into recovery without need a computer to flash, but on my girlfreinds white evo i rotted wirth this method when i click recover i get the phone with the explanation point and i need to run recovery on the computer in order to flash. SOMEONE please help me with this thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
you did it! you clicked the buttons!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Young_e:
jiqqaman can you answer my question above your post?
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
Boot into recovery and see if you have the option to "backup/restore" if you do, nand is unlocked.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Young_e:
thats not true, i was able to backup/restore with the original root, before the part 2 of unlocking nand protection was released. I think you can backup regardless but you need nand protection unlocked to use it
[EVO 4G Android Development] LAYGO:
I keep getting the "Main file is older!" error on step 4. Anyone have any feedback? I've been reading this thread for 3 days before trying this. The last step for step 4 is "reboot when it asks, vol up", but my version isn't changing.

After the reboot, it's still 1.47.651.1. I have enabled USB Debugging, charge only, etc.
[EVO 4G Android Development] spetz83:
Wow dude. This is what I was looking for. Thanks alot.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Young_e:
start over and follow my instructions one page back. I bet it will work for you
[EVO 4G Android Development] Young_e:
so is nobody going to answer my question?
[EVO 4G Android Development] LAYGO:
I get this same error! What is the solution?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Young_e:
retry and follow my steps one page back i bet it will work for you
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
"Exactly, it clones the ROM image and backs it up to the SD card. You can perform a Nandroid Backup/Restore while the phone is connected via recovery mode."

Thats quoted from another post in these forms about what a nand back up is...

So with that, having your nand unlocked, allows you to do that...
[EVO 4G Android Development] acjames:
I was able to complete the Smart Root but when I load the Damage Rom i get stuck in a boot loop which tells me I am not NAND protection unlocked. Is there a simple way to determine this?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Young_e:
well explain to me then why on my phone i don't need a computer to go into recovery. I just power off the phone, hold volume down and power, select recovery and i have the options to flash, backup etc..... and this was with the original root that had 2 steps. but on my girls phonewith this method i power off the phone hold volume down and power, select revovery and i get a phone with an explanation point and i need to connect the phone to the computer and run the recovery in order to get the options to flash from sd card, backup and etc...?????
[EVO 4G Android Development] LAYGO:
Trying, but the file on the SD card was the exact same size (175073kb) as in the folder where SimpleRoot was extracted.

50% status on the PC36IMG.zip

Checking . . .

Same error:

Main Version is Older!

Update Fail!

Do you want to reboot device?

<VOL UP> Yes

<VOL DOWN> No
[EVO 4G Android Development] bck9900:
Hey guys- stupid post but I did it so maybe others are.

In step one when the command prompt turns red make sure to follow the directions and reset the data on your phone. To do this go to settings>privacy>reset

If you do not do this step 3 will not complete.

How do you know if Step 3 completed? Did it tell you to refresh the browser on your phone and then press any button on your computer? If not restart from the beginning.

If you do have to restart delete the 6 files on your sd card that the hack created.
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
Youre using 2 different recoveries man... One is most likely Amon_ra... and one is most likely clockwork... The one where you dont need the computer is Amon's recovery
[EVO 4G Android Development] Young_e:
well in this simple root process you can flash amon_ra recovery and i flash that to my girls phone yet i still need the computer. Do i flash the recovery after i have installed a rooted rom? because i flashed the amon recovery after i finished with step 4
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
Thats a good question... Im not sure. Being that you did select to install Amon's recovery suggests you should have it in there. However, since you do have root now, why not just flash the recovery via adb and see what it does?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Young_e:
i actually didn't run into that issue man so i'm sorry i don't know whats going on. I would say make sure you are running the 1.47.651.1 rom before you begin the process, if you are i don't know why u are getting that error
[EVO 4G Android Development] Young_e:
okay im new to android but i am not new to smartphones and flashing. I know what adb is and how to use it, but how do i flash a recovery from it?
[EVO 4G Android Development] CaptClay:
Noob Success - Steps I took

Thought I would share my success with getting this to work and also share the steps I took. Maybe hearing it from a noob will help other noobs. I tried to post the links to the files you need to download but (understandably, new users can't post links).

1.) Downloaded and installed the Android SDK (google "Android ADK" and download it)

2.)Downloaded everything available in the Android SDK once I ran the program (I think I had to check for packages, then downloaded)

3.) Downloaded and installed Microsoft .NET 4.0 Framework (google ".NET 4.0", download and install it)

4.) Downloaded the OTA Simple Root Program (link in the first post of this thread)

5.)On Phone > Settings > Applications > Debugging (make sure it's on)

6.)Plugged in phone and set phone to "Charge only"

7.) Opened the OTA Simple Root Program

8.) Ran step one. The first time it hung up after pushing the first 5 files. So a forum member suggesting trying step one again. I did and it worked. It should only take 5-30 seconds and you will get a confirmation message to continue.

9.)Ran steps 2 - 4 (had no problems)

10.) I clicked on "extras" in the menu for the OTA Simple Root program and flashed the Clockwork Recovery. This gives you the ability to flash custom ROMs in recovery mode.

11.)I then did a nand backup before flashing my first custom ROM. Search the site for how to do a nand backup.

At this point, you should be rooted, you should have access to nand backup, and access to recovery mode.

From there, just download the custom ROM of choice and follow the instructions given for flashing that particular ROM.

BTW - if you get this far and install a custom ROM but you get stuck on a boot screen that keeps rebooting, make sure that you did a factory reset and wiped the cache (options when in recovery mode) before installing the custom ROM. I forgot to wipe the cache the first two times I tried and kept getting stuck in a boot loop.

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I'm trying to recall all the steps I took to get this right. If I remember something later, I'll add to the post. My terminology may be way off but this is houw I understood everything as I was doing it.

***Disclaimer: I'm a noob. I'm not telling you how to do anything. I'm just sharing my experience. If you follow these instructions you may brick your phone or it may explode or even worse. You have been warned and I take no responsibility for any damage to your device or you own personal sanity.
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
Download this file http://xdaforums.com/atta...1&d=1278617894

Place those 3 files on your SD card

open adb... go into shell and type this

cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image(hit enter)

chmod 755 /data/flash_image(hit enter)

/data/flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img(hit enter)

reboot

Disconnect the phone from the computer, power down, and boot into recovery like you do (volume dwn and power)
[EVO 4G Android Development] Young_e:
thanks i really appreciate this. I will have to do this when i get home because it's my girlfriends phone that i need to try this on. Mine works fine, i will let you know how it goes in a couple hours. And just for clarification, this is flashing amon_ra recovery and not clockwork right??
[EVO 4G Android Development] acjames:
I think its something strange about the white Evos because I am experiencing the same issue.
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
Thats correct, I read many many people have problems with clockwork, Amon's has treated me right from day 1... and youre welcome :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] Young_e:
i got this to work with my girlfriends white evo so that can't be the issue, besides nothing is different between the 2 besides the color
[EVO 4G Android Development] LAYGO:
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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.PwPmbS

crw-rw-rw- root root 90, 2 2010-07-09 16:03 mtd1

/sdcard/flash_image: No such file or directory

============================================================

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...

============================================================

Press any key to continue . . .

This is my step 4, third try & I'm seeing the error above in red. Does that matter?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Young_e:
cool thanks again :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] Young_e:
copy the flash_image file from the folder you unzipped simpleroot into, and put it on the root of your sd card and retry. Part 1 must not of copied the files over correctly
[EVO 4G Android Development] LAYGO:
I did just that & am waiting to see! ;)
[EVO 4G Android Development] LAYGO:
I asked the question at the same time thinking I copy it. It's checking now.

MUCH SUCCESS! I LIKE!
[EVO 4G Android Development] bigheadwillie:
OK, so all the steps seemed to work. I ended up after step 4 booting to the engineering rom for sure. i could tell by the software versions, and by the extra apps listed in the app drawer.

after that i booted back to recovery, and loaded this rom: (add the http in front) xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=715915

Now i can not access recovery,when i select the recovery option my phone just goes to a wuite htc splash screen.

I also can not flash recovery. when i try to flash recovery using adb i get access denied errors.

Also, when i try to do a factory data reset on my phone it just reboots to the white htc splash screen and hangs there.

If i then pull the battery, and power up the phone boots up with no problems and is fully functional.

Is my only option to flash the RUU, then try to root all over again?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Young_e:
let me know your results, i'm always happy to help
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
Make sure you have the file "flash_image" on your SD card, it seems to be looking for it, but not finding it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] LAYGO:
I guess bottom line is when you get to the skating androids, if it doesn't do more than one progress bar after checking PC36IMG, then it didn't start that process AND be sure that there were no errors in the scripts as in "file not found", etc.

Once I made sure the flash_image file was up, the root was successful.
[EVO 4G Android Development] kennyc1:
Hey... noobie here too. Someone PLEASE correct me if I am giving out the wrong info.

Per http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=715915 post, whiteslack said:

Note: This process will only work if you already have the engineering HBOOT. (If you have NAND unlocked, you already have it and can proceed confidently.) If you'd like to check the actual version, you can boot into HBOOT and look near the top of the screen: it should say HBOOT-0.76.2000, not 0.79.0000. If you have 0.79.0000, you will need to do Toast's Part 2 first before starting here.

I went into HBOOT and mine did say 0.76.2000. I assume that means the NAND is unlocked with this method.
[EVO 4G Android Development] acjames:
How do you get this amons_recovery.
[EVO 4G Android Development] LAYGO:
It's definitely doing more than before. I got like 12 steps & a progress bar for each one. It also took awhile before rebooting & did show the "HTC, Quietly Brilliant" instead of the 4G Sprint screen.

Definitely rooted:

1.17.651.1

Gonna install the rooted OTA 1.47.651.1 . . .
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=705026
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
You have the engineering HBOOT, which is whats required for his method... youre good to go
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
Be careful here! Read the forums, there is a catch with removing a file from the PC36IMG or you wont have a recovery to get your root back and you'll end up doing the entire process over again :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
No, you'll have to update those on your own. From what I've read unrevoked breaks your 4G because they delete your MAC address or something.. I'm not sure exactly sure on that so don't quote me..

Some bad news and good news..

Bad news is my internet stopped working... :mad:

Good news is I'm tethering to my PC to upload, so it might take a few...
[EVO 4G Android Development] Tundricles:
let me know if you need a healthy kidney,lung or liver too bro <3
[EVO 4G Android Development] bluedawgalex:
well ive been using unrevoked since launch date and my 4g works perfectly im even able to tether in 4g speeds..

hmm well thank you very much for your input.. im gonna wait it out a little until i learn a little more about everything cuz i dont wanna brick my phone lol..
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
Download posted... on first post!
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
Unrevoked2 (recovery) is what had the issue that broke 4g. Is was pulled off unrevoked's site soon after when they realized that this happened.

http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/jul3update

Back to SimpleRoot... Because of the radio update it would probably be easiest to accept the OTA update and then use SimpleRoot?
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
This is for those who updated to 1.47.651.1 and lost root. All this does is downgrades to a previous version with root.
[EVO 4G Android Development] murdercitydan:
What if I never had root and updated when I got the phone (which was right after they put the fixed OTA update out)? Should simple root work? Or should I go along with your video tut you made for the other root guide?
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
If you're on 1.47.651.1 then use this.
[EVO 4G Android Development] murdercitydan:
Just started "Step 4: Reboot + Scan". Seems to be stuck on part 2...

prompt-

"Waiting on phone..."

"Starting part 2..."

This supposed to take a while usually?
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
No. The most 45 secs - 1 min.

I tried this 3 times on my own phone unrooting each time and updating to the latest OTA without a single fail.

Either way, let me know your outcome..
[EVO 4G Android Development] Frankie_Bones:
I get the error message in the command prompt

"cannot stat 'part4' : no such file or directory"
[EVO 4G Android Development] murdercitydan:
When you click step 4, what is supposed to happen exactly?

It restarts my phone and thats it. I clicked Step 4 again, because I got tired of waiting and adb spat out that my device was not found, but it also told me to move on to the next step, which starts at telling me to select something from the bootloader...

So is Step 4 supposed to take me to the bootloader after it reboots? Or do I need to go VolDown+Power on my own?

Edit: I got the same error on Step 1 as Frankie_Bones ""cannot stat 'part4' : no such file or directory".

I just waited it out, eventually it told me to continue on with the steps.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
Frankie on what step did you get that?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Frankie_Bones:
step one i waited and it prompted me to go to step two
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
Ok I see where the error is happening but part4 is not needed as I removed it I just forgot to remove the command. You might also see one for recovery.img, I just forgot to removed the command. It doesn't effect the root process either so continue to step 2. Ill update that later
[EVO 4G Android Development] Frankie_Bones:
after you load the flash site it will give a message to continue on to step 4 you then click step 4 and it will reset the phone into the bootloader
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
Frankie, did you manage to get it to work?
[EVO 4G Android Development] murdercitydan:
All done.

I think my problem was closing one of the command prompts too early,(it told me to press any key, so i did =])

Thank you very much jiqqaman, that definitely beats typing in commands by hand and everything.

Now I have a fully rooted EVO, whoohoo!!

Off to rom it up!

mad rep for jiqqa

One question though, do I need to update my wimax/4g/radios? (don't have 4g in my area, so thats not such a big issue yet.)
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
Glad to know it worked for you! Well if its not a issue for you right now then no. Im in NYC and I get 4G in certain areas(4G is not officially released here yet) and I havent updated my radio to the latest one. I currently have 1.39.00.05.31
[EVO 4G Android Development] You stole Boo Boo's Name:
flashing back to stock rom now, than going to unrevoke for wireless tether.

looking good.

not going to instal 1.47
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
Ya bro, you needed to read a few pages into the thread and see that this "rooted" version is an actual real HTC version, (which when Installed, causes you to lose root), then a file is flashed to give you back root, as well as superusers app...

You must re-root your device... then... if you want that 1.47 version, you must download the PC36IMG file, and REMOVE the recovery.img file from it, and then flash it. That way, the recovery image you have when you root, doesnt get touched with that update.

You then keep your recovery, boot into it, then flash the second file on the first post... you then get your root back with 1.47
[EVO 4G Android Development] Young_e:
good to hear happy i could help :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] LAYGO:
CRAP! I had read something about this, but forgot. I just finished the flashing 1.47 w/root! It's asking me to reboot now!

Where is the specifics?
[EVO 4G Android Development] novanosis85:
The download keeps stopping @ 8% or 14%. Anyone ells having this problem?
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
See if you can flash BACK to your previous build (zip file still on your SD?)... or restore from nand... If you reboot, I think youre going to lose your root, as well as your recovery
[EVO 4G Android Development] bck9900:
Alright guys I am starting to think we need two threads- one dedicated to people needing to flash roms after successful root and another for people needing help to root.

Unfortunately I am part of that second group.

I seem to be hanging on Step 4 Pt 2. It just says starting Part 2 indefinitely; I have waited up to 30 minutes before deleting all files from the phone and restarting. In step 3 I did have a problem where it said unable to create directory *** No such directory exist in file 3. I'm paraphrasing the context of the error; but it did say I could continue to step 4.

Any help would be great! Thanks.
[EVO 4G Android Development] helljumperx:
Love this program bro! it worked so well!
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
Quoted from another poster...

Follow step 4 & folow directions and you should be good to go. Now if you get to the the part where it loads up the PC36IMG.zip on your phone in bootloader and nothing happens. The whole file might not of been copied over. DON'T PANIC i had this issue happen as well. Just reset the phone and copy the PC36IMG.zip onto the root of your SD Card and you can find this file in the folder you unzipped simpleroot into. Then just re-run step 4 and you will be a happy camper.
[EVO 4G Android Development] LAYGO:
Looking at the zip file, there is NO recovery.img in it, but there is:

recovery-RA-evo-v1.7.0.1.img

That looks like Ra, right? How can I test?
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
Yes, thats it... what do you want to test?
[EVO 4G Android Development] i killed tupac:
all this did in the end was screw my phone up, this is a waste of time.
[EVO 4G Android Development] LAYGO:
That's the zip I just flashed to the Rooted OTA 1.47.651.1, that's what was in the zip. So, I'm guessing I'm ok?

What I want to test is how can I make sure I have Amon Ra Recovery still installed? I did it via the extras of the SimpleRoot.
[EVO 4G Android Development] bck9900:
I checked the size of the two files, they were the same kb but I went ahead and copied it over from my root file on the laptop and still no go. Any other ideas?
[EVO 4G Android Development] bck9900:
How did it screw up your phone?
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
I used the manual method to rooting so Im not sure what Step 4 part 2 is doing... what is step 4 part 1... what is the phone, and the computer doing in this step?
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
When you flashed the PC36IMG file, did it give you a FAIL-PU at recovery?
[EVO 4G Android Development] bck9900:
Step 4 PT 1 Just reboots phone. Now if it does something before it reboots it doesn't show it.

This is what it shows in the cmd window

Simple Root 1.47.651.1 OTA Edition

Rebooting Phone....

*Daemon not running. Starting it now*

*Daemon started Successfully*

Waiting on Phone...

Starting Part 2....
[EVO 4G Android Development] bryantan502:
mine went well, i think.

i got to the skating droids then told me that main file was older then asked me to reboot like the instruction said..

so how do you know that your phone is rooted..
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
Are you in charge only mode? Usb debugging mode on?
[EVO 4G Android Development] bck9900:
Yes-unless of cource I restart the process then I put phone in disc mode so I can delete the 6 files and reset the phone to restart at Step 1.
[EVO 4G Android Development] LAYGO:
I do not recall.