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[EVO 4G Android Development] vballboarder:
Assuming you have SDK tools set up properly. If not, check this thread and there are a few youtube vids on it also. h ttp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=694250

If it's set up correctly, you have to set your phone on charge only mode. If it's set as a disk drive, I believe it gives the sole rights to the sd card to the computer. When you're in the shell, it's as if you were directly running commands from the phone, but the computer is blocking it because it's taken over the rights to the phone. THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTAND IT ANYWAY, someone can correct me if I'm wrong. I'm not a developer in any way, but I did get this to work and I'm just trying to help some of you out the best I can.

If it's set up correctly, and you have the phone set as charge only, then you're probably not running adb from the proper directory path in your command prompt. You've got to cd\ to the tools directory of your sdk folder, and run adb from there. Your command prompt should be something like:

C:\skd-android\tools\

Not sure if that's it exactly, it depends on where you saved it. There are other ways to set it up also so you can run adb from whatever file path in you cmd prompt, but you'd need to watch some videos and make sure you've done that properly.
[EVO 4G Android Development] BrianBusby2038:
I ran into the same problem yesterday,first thing to check is that the file is named correctly on your sd card.Recovery file should not have .img in the main directory.Easiest way to make sure you have it right is to delete the Evo-recovery file you downloaded from the sd card,put it back on the card from your pc and rename it recovery.Same applies to the eng-PC36IMG file.If its listed in your sd cards directory as anything other than PCM36IMG it will not work correcly,ie if it shows as PC36IMG.zip in the directory,it won't scan right.Saw something in an earlier thread that says it has to do with the file type (.zip or .img) being double tagged if it shows in the main dir.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Psionicsin:
Alright I'm having a major problem now.

I had to get a brand new replacement because of a hairline fracture on the screen, and they gave me a white one to replace my black one.

Well I high-tailed it home to root it shortly after, but for some reason I can't get passed Part 1, or the Flash Exploit. It's not telling me to reopen or refresh the page at all.

NOTE: I followed this method to the T with my lack one (which I mistakenly OTA updated), and it worked. Upon doing the exact same thing with this white one...I get nothing.

Does anyone have a solution?
[EVO 4G Android Development] numus:
Anyone know if we need to reflash the radio? Or do we maintain the 4g/radio patch plus all the extra stuff that came with this ota?
[EVO 4G Android Development] tokuzumi:
Does the phone have the 1.47 software, or the 1.3X?
[EVO 4G Android Development] vballboarder:
You could try the simpleroot posted by jiqqaman last night and see if you have any luck that way.

If not, make sure debugging is enabled, you wipe clean from hboot (follow post 145, step 4), download the right files (post 289 I believe), go step by step with the tutorial video and you may find where you're messed.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Psionicsin:
1.47.651.1 It's the OTA Update. Mind you I had no problem with my Black phone after the OTA with this hack.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Psionicsin:
For sure. I'm trying the Simpleroot App Method now. I guess it's worth mentioning that this might be the only option for white phones. I'll post if it worked.

BTW I was reading more thoroughly of that Simpleroot method, and it says that it will downgrade the phone to 1.3x. Does this still hold true, or is it a typo? I still want 1.47.651.1
[EVO 4G Android Development] AHrubik:
What are the specifics of the new phone? Hardware version? Software version? Flash Lite version?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Psionicsin:
I'm trying to flash up to a rooted 1.47 package right now, so give me just a minute. But the Hardware version is still 0003 (Not 0004 like some were speculating).
[EVO 4G Android Development] helljumperx:
i got stuck at the very begging! I can't access adb shell or whatever. someone needs to make a uber n00b video detailing this!

Can someone please help me?
[EVO 4G Android Development] tokuzumi:
To access the adb shell, you need to be in the directory in which you installed the Android SDK. So if your directory is C:\AndroidSDK, you need to make sure your command prompt is set to C:\AndroidSDK. If not, you will get errors indicating the command is not recognized. Use Jiqqaman's walkthrough, earlier in this thread (it's on page 5 for me, as I have 50 posts per page). There's even a video. Just watch the video. Learn the video. Get everything ready, and then proceed.
[EVO 4G Android Development] vballboarder:
There are several videos for uber noobs. They've been posted all over this thread and others, including the home page of the EVO android development forum.

Or, try going to youtube and typing in ADB in the search field and you'll get several more videos for uber noobs.

We're willing to help out here, but you've got to do something yourself. You've got to understand that this going to take time and if you're not willing to put int he time to even learn what you're doing, then you probably shouldn't be rooting.
[EVO 4G Android Development] chandlerw88:
whats everyone getting for the webpage.

im getting website storage settings panel. anyone else? is this the right page?
[EVO 4G Android Development] ThorSonic:
You forgot to enter SU permission mode. Type "su" and you will get a # sign. Dope.
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeykrim:
this works and is very clever. i never thought of looking at flash lite but it makes sense since its definitely a newer addition! very clever manipulation and overflow of the browser files...

only one problem with the directions, /data is not writeable so flash_image can't be loaded there. have to cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/local/flash_image .

thanks everybody!
[EVO 4G Android Development] enormous:
Tried this. Flash loading in browser... "part1" still not prompting me to refresh.
[EVO 4G Android Development] SharkUW:
Just looked at the script. Make sure that script is actively running when you're loading something with Flash.
[EVO 4G Android Development] joeykrim:
yea, correct page. i think it just basically needs any page with flash on it?

once flash is loaded it modifies the files in the data directory..
[EVO 4G Android Development] utnick:
i might be wrong, but the $ sign isn't what you want. you want to be at the # sign (indicates super user). you may be able to type in

su

to get to that point.
[EVO 4G Android Development] enormous:
Aye, part1 is running each time I start flash...
[EVO 4G Android Development] shawnathan9:
I checked my browser settings and flash is enabled. however, i went to a site.. "checkmyflash" or something and it says I dont have flash on my browser XD...

whats up with that?

I clicked through several flash game results from a google search.. it still didn't do anything.

im going to restart my console and re-enter ../part1 command again...

we'll see whats going on..
[EVO 4G Android Development] Pezu23:
My problem was I bought the phone, went home, saw the message for the update and allowed it before I even read the Evo forums here... I just switched from the HD2 and was just excited to have Android...

Meh... Guess I shoulda read first.... Lesson learned.
[EVO 4G Android Development] SharkUW:
Hmm, while that's running open a shell and

"ls /data/data/com.android.browser/flashlite/sharedobjects"

does anything show up in there when you load up something with flash?
[EVO 4G Android Development] plmiller0905:
|I put the files on the root of my SD Card but how do I do Run "adb shell" and start part1 on your phone?

Do I have to use Connectbot or Command Prompt? When i use Command Prompt and enter "sh /sdcard/part1" it replies "sh" is not recognized as an external or internal command.

It also says, "No devices found"

Can someone help me get started with this?

Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] enormous:
ls /data/data/com.android.browser/flashlite/sharedobjects

opendir failed, Permission denied

Edit: also

ls -l /data/data/com.android.browser/flashlite/

dr----x--t app_70 app_70 2010-07-05 23:58 sharedobjects
[EVO 4G Android Development] shawnathan9:
kekekeke

Well I already knew about this problem after reading through XDA. By the way, you guys are flippin awesome!

Since mine has a light defect, I'm scheduled to be called as soon as BB has a replacement..3-4 days..

I thought I'd test this since it's been such a big thing around here.

Still a no go.. Every game page I go to says I need to install flash..

can someone post a link that they used that actually works? :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
try moving that dir out of the way maybe?

mv /data/data/com.android.browser/flashlite/sharedobjects /data/data/com.android.browser/flashlite/blah
[EVO 4G Android Development] seankent4uf:
If you don't have the Android SDK installed, you need to start there first. If you have it installed, make sure you are in the \tools folder to run adb shell from within command prompt.
[EVO 4G Android Development] snoonan:
Hi seankent4uf,

Thanks but I couldn't su and get a root prompt. That said, when I used /data/local for a path instead of just /data/ in step 8, I was able to run step 8 without an errors. But still no su ability. Should I be able to get a root prompt before step 9?

One last question (hopefully): after step 9, it says to flash the Engineering SPL with toastcfh's post at (can't post URL). When I go there it warns about doing his "step 1" procedure first. Is that needed assuming I can get steps 8 and 9 straightened out, or can I proceed directly to toastcfh's "part 2" proceedure.

Thanks everyone,

--

Sean.
[EVO 4G Android Development] SharkUW:
What are the odds that can get chmod or chown'd? I'm not familiar with perms and what's allowed w/o root.
[EVO 4G Android Development] N00dle:
hmmmm I'm still fully rooted from before. Do I dare update and try this. I would like the advantages of the official update.

Do you have to do the entire Nand unlock or just the Engineering portion listed in step 10
[EVO 4G Android Development] SharkUW:
Install the root safe update...
[EVO 4G Android Development] helljumperx:
I have been doing my research, I have been putting effort into this. For 3 days straight basically. I come from the iPhone Jailbreaking community so I know all the tricks over there. I can handle this, I'm just new to it.

So anyway! I got to 13:07 on the video and got stuck. it didn't ask me to volume up to update.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Renegadez:
Check out this post I made its a compilation of alot of stuff I used to Ro0t / Rom with hope it helps

Page 75 Post 748

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=718889&page=75

You might also want to look at the new simple root method in this thread it has all this in a GUI

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=720565&page=20
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
disregarddddd
[EVO 4G Android Development] robl45:
so did this ever work for white evo?
[EVO 4G Android Development] God2U:
the recovery.img anyone know where i can download it?
[EVO 4G Android Development] tazman304:
trying to run RUU_Supersonic_1.32.651.1_Radio_1.39.00.04.26_release_171253 and it wont work program says its rebooting phone but it never does help
[EVO 4G Android Development] Reaper333:
Here...

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IWLWHEGA

:D
[EVO 4G Android Development] kaw900r:
Battery drain

I am rooted and was running the stock rooted rom that first came out so i cleared and loaded this lsat night and i notice my battery is draaing faster than before and i have several apps staring up automatically. My battery was lasting almost 2 days before and now i am at 45% after 8 hrs. T/u :cool:
[EVO 4G Android Development] God2U:
thanks now i have a problem i have all the files i need but when i restart phone too factory settings and now i open command prompt i put adb shell it says "adb is not recognized as a internal or external command" please help i cleared everything off my phone too do this and its not allowing me
[EVO 4G Android Development] frankenstein\:
This will likely help you:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=694250&highlight=adb+tutorial
[EVO 4G Android Development] jwterminator:
More than likely you're not running adb from the proper folder. If you extracted the android tools folder to c:/tools, then when you open cmd, type "cd c:/" then "cd tools" (without quotes, obviously) and then try adb shell
[EVO 4G Android Development] momo962000:
that was great first time that i see all the steps with out skipping things. is it possible that you can do the wifi tether too?
[EVO 4G Android Development] talktojer:
return to stock?

so if i root using this method, how do I get back to current stock in the event that I ever want to?
[EVO 4G Android Development] kdog1234:
wont recognize

why wont it recognize my device? what do i need to do so it will recognize it?
[EVO 4G Android Development] evohnoo:
USB debugging on? Charge mode only? Do you have the correct drivers for your computer to talk with your phone?
[EVO 4G Android Development] kdog1234:
yeah i have debugging on i open the thing and it says it opens succesfully than like 6 times after that it says error: device not found. i know i have the correct drivers ive put music on my evo through my computer
[EVO 4G Android Development] tokuzumi:
Drivers for your phone aren't installed. You can use the USB connection to charge or use as a disk drive on any computer. But to communicate with your phone, via adb, you need to install HTC Sync. Look for the HTC Sync folder on your sd card.
[EVO 4G Android Development] kdog1234:
ok it recognizes my device now but than when i start it it says, failed to copy flash_image, failed to comp eng-eng.img etc how do i fix this? it says permission denied. and yes i have usb debbuging on.
[EVO 4G Android Development] iknowsquat:
Try this: at the $ prompt type SU and switch to # (you will need to click "allow" on your device)

I read that Super User shouldn't factor into this step but I thought if 'permission' was being denied it might work. I suggested it to a user on another site with the same issue and it worked. Cant hurt.

Good luck.

EDIT:

It dawned on me this AM that the user on the other site had flashed a custom ROM since at that stage he (and you) had partial root access. The part you are getting stuck on is the unlocking Nand portion. You dont necessarily need to flash a custom ROM. If you successfully completed the steps till the mtd-eng part then you should have some root access and be able to DL Super User from the Market. If not then you could flash a custom ROM with super user in it by manually entering Recovery (the steps should be in Toast Part I thread) and then try to unlock Nand.
[EVO 4G Android Development] vwglli2007:
ok im just about to shoot myself.

ok so i have tried just about everything i could to get this to work but i get stuck in the part where you have to flash update the PC36IMG file from the evo.

what go's wrong...

when turning off my phone and going into the "flash update thing" the phone scans the SD card but cant seem to find any image. it gives me errors like image not found so on and so on...and let alone give me the option to update.

things i have tried....

1. downloading the PC36IMG file from 158766354445.3 places. i seem to get all the 14 files of which they speak of and can open the file and see its contents, but the phone just wont find those images.

2. i think in thread 73 (not sure) someone advised to extract the files onto a folder or what not, did that but nothing seems to work.

P.S yes i have the phone in debugging mode and i do have ADB set up in my computer.

i am using windows 7 64-bit if that would contribute to anything.
[EVO 4G Android Development] BrianBusby2038:
Give me half an hour or so to get home to my laptop and I 'll walk you through it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] vwglli2007:
Thanks bud,

Appreciate it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] BrianBusby2038:
Sorry guy,tried to send you a private message but must not have gone thru.Give me a holler if you still need help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] vwglli2007:
oh no worries, sorry for the delay, but i got it to work through the new easy way. :) thanks for all your effort gladly appreciated. however, if you would like to spend some time explaining what are these no cool sounding apps i have after the rooting that would be awesome, apps like wimax settings and such..
[EVO 4G Android Development] BrianBusby2038:
I'm not sure which apps you're talking about.The bundled apps would depend on which Rom you're running.
[EVO 4G Android Development] vwglli2007:
ohhhh....now you have completely lost me, how would i check which roms i actually put in there? sorry for all the nooby questions and would understand if you wouldnt want to deal with it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] BrianBusby2038:
It's no problem,what .zip did you flash after rooting?
[EVO 4G Android Development] vwglli2007:
i want to say its the PC36IMG.zip file...
[EVO 4G Android Development] vwglli2007:
actually, sorry i havent really flashed any ROM's after rooting. it just came with the root itself.
[EVO 4G Android Development] BrianBusby2038:
Ok,you're most likely still running a stock ROM.If you'd like to try a different one,the latest version of Fresh came out yesterday and has some pretty cool features.Version is 1.0.1 and it can be found on the first page of the development forum.Installing it will require that you wipe all data from the phone so be sure and backup all of your apps before trying to flash.If you follow the instructions in the thread you shouldnt have any problems.
[EVO 4G Android Development] vwglli2007:
i found the forum, all i have to do now is i guess do the nand protection, and flash the custom ROM, however, the forum doesnt really say how to flash roms onto the evo. any good source or link you might know of?
[EVO 4G Android Development] BrianBusby2038:
Flashing the new ROM is pretty simple.Just download the .zip file for the ROM you want to install and place it on your sd card the same way you did the pc36img.Don't unzip it or extract anything,just put it on as it is.Boot your phone into bootloader(volume down+power),select recovery,wipe all data(I usually run each data wipe twice for good measure),select flash zip from sd card and let the phone do its thing.Hit reboot when prompted and your done.Bear in mind that a custom Rom is a fairly large .zip so it will take the phone a few minutes to process it and the first boot up will take longer than normal,its normal so don't be alarmed if it seems to be taking awhile.
[EVO 4G Android Development] vwglli2007:
sounds easy enough :), i will keep you posted once i am done with everything, thanks for all your help once again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] BrianBusby2038:
No problem,enjoy being rooted,its a beautiful thing:)
[EVO 4G Android Development] vwglli2007:
if you are familiar with the new way (simple root) for rooting the evo, do you know if this already enables the nand protection. because i am not understanding (in the nand protection thing) what he means by...

STEP 1~NANDROID BACKUP:

- go into the recovery provided in the PART 1 root method and do a nandroid backup before u begin this. we will use this nandroid at the end of this tutorial to get u back where u were.
[EVO 4G Android Development] vwglli2007:
and for some reason it does not want to down load the PC36IMG.zip file...well it down loads it but it says something about permission failed.
[EVO 4G Android Development] BrianBusby2038:
Give me a call.801-502-7860
[EVO 4G Android Development] vwglli2007:
Will do, give me 5 minutes (if possible) i read on a thread that it does do the nand protection thing and i am downloading the 1.0.1 custom rom.
[EVO 4G Android Development] vwglli2007:
Hey bud,

Just to give you an update, i have rooted/flashed the custom roms on my EVO thank you very much for all your help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] 513fabe:
initially i rooted with unrevoked 3 then i did the simple OTA and now I am watching lost via quickflicksnow streaming via wisevid and it looks good double tap for full screen
[EVO 4G Android Development] vwglli2007:
Any good roms you would advise and if possible send a link of. I currently have the fresh roms flashed on my evo but looking to see what are my options.
[EVO 4G Android Development] bigbank:
Help!!

im tring to root my evo with ota simpleroot an every time hit the root key a code comes up that it cant find the phone but the evo is plugged in an debugged....help please???
[EVO 4G Android Development] oikjdfkrjhr:
This so frustrating. I've tried several methods and none work.

I've used unrevoked3, that does root, but doesn't unlock. I tried to unlock using...

but that requires the older HBOOT, which unrevoked3 didn't fix.

So I try this one, already used the SimpleRoot, didnt work, stuck as scanning, so I tried the adb commands (dimmed). I still get stuck as "part 2 is scanning". I ran the part 2 command within a split second after the "device not found" messages, but part 2 scanning still hangs.

I'm on stuck 1.47.651.1, wiped my cache, wiped my data, factory reset. But still its stuck scanning part 2.

Geez, compare to iphone jailbreaking, for whatever reasons, android rooting, unlocking on HTC Evo, really really sucks. And I'm pro-android. I'm familiar with unix, adb, but still very frustrated.

I've searched this thread but didnt find any answer that worked either. Anyone can suggest another method? Something with good documentation, pre-requisites, complete, etc? Thanks.
[EVO 4G Android Development] bigbank:
northern calif

Has anyone in northern California rooted the ota Eco? An if so can u lend a helping hand please let me know:..I'm in sacramento...I can travel to u....i just can seam to get it right....please people I need major help???
[EVO 4G Android Development] HENDAWG:
Man I understand your frustration, but if you didn't watch the video, I recommend you do that, it helped me big time. I want to say in step 2 or 3, in the video, he turned on Wifi, and that's the part the written instructions do not say, this maybe your problem, I can't remember, if this helps, good, if not, sorry Bro, as I'm the newest of NEWBS.
[EVO 4G Android Development] vwglli2007:
Hey bud I'm not home and won't be till tomorrow morning, I am more than positive that its the pc36img file you are down loading, send me your email so I can send u the one I ran once you get it you have to re-run everything from scratch.
[EVO 4G Android Development] vwglli2007:
has anyone gotten yet another ota update for the evo? I just got asked to do an update but wanted an input on it as I am rooted.
[EVO 4G Android Development] nicholaaaas:
do i have to rename whatever costom rom i install pc36img?
[EVO 4G Android Development] nicholaaaas:
ok so i did the simple root... everything came back up. titanium backup says i have root. i go to rom manager to load a custom rom and it says i dont have required privileges. what did I do wrong?
[EVO 4G Android Development] epidemike:
Hey I followed all of the steps in simple root OTA and at step 4 i was notified main version older. Can someone point me in the direction as to what failed?

I keep seeing mentions of the mtd-img failing. Any help would be appreciated.