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[EVO 4G Android Development] beefy420:
please help me with all info of rooting, why would someone root, wifi tethering

ok. i got problems. i dont understand everything fully. i tried stuff. i googled. i am so lost. i dont know what to do.

someone who could spare some time and help me out i would gladly appreciate it. someone with patience.

1. what is rooting and why would someone want to root?

2. how do you root the phone that you just got on august 1st.

3. after rooting how do you know whether it is or not.

4. what is flash?

5. how do you make the wifi tethering work? it always fails to work. says "unable to tether"

6. wtf is unrevoked.com what file do you download? do you download it from the phone? if so, why doesn't it recognize it and why isn't it able to install it? are you suppose to download windows version, linux? or what??? if you are dowloading via phone HTC EVO.

7. what am I suppose to do to make wifi tethering work?

8. what the hell is going on?

pleaseee help me!!!!!! i would so much appreciate it. i wasted 2 full days trying to figure this **** out.

my email is "nckcastello@gmail.com" please email me if you have patience to explain barney style to me.

thank you
[EVO 4G Android Development] dxearner:
Ok I followed all the steps and have a few questions.

The 4 rooting steps went well

And flashing to recovery went well but cannot remember which version I did either ra or clockwork.

My question is do apps like wireless tether and Rom manager not work well in these recovery states?

I am fairly certain that I have root because I can go into a terminal emulator and type Su and get the # sign. Also, titanium backup tells me root status is ok.

However, Rom manager will not back up the current Rom saying there are permission issues. Also, wireless tether does not work even after rebuilding the binaries. Should I just flash to a real Rom or redo root procedure? Or is this normal for recovery?
[EVO 4G Android Development] ronnienyc:
SimpleROOT = no OTA 2.2 update?

I am unable to use any method to install the 2.2, not even. I should note that a factory reset did not help, and the RUU seems to work (the sync app recognizes the Eco) UNTIL the install starts, then there is a usb connection error.

I am using Debugging, charge only (also tried SYnc setting) and the Sync app is installed. I have tried 20 times, and each time it connects properly, then at some point it stalls and says something about USB disconnected...?!?

I am now hoping to unroot (used that 3 click method) so I can install the ota 2.2.??
[EVO 4G Android Development] taverentech:
Finally got wifi tethering to work

Ok, so using SimpleRoot OTA 1.47.651.1 Edition, GUI I finally got WiFi tethering working with only one problem.

The headphone jack doesn't work at all sometimes or is VERY slow to switch from phones speaker to headphones output. This is actually a pretty annoying problem as I use my Evo for listening to music in my car via Aux input and at work with headphones.

Ok, back to the positives... I've tried three different methods and this one got me very close. After I installed the Clockwork recovery, I think I had to download the su-2.1-e.unsecure-signed.zip... installing it using recovery and install from other zip on sdcard (nice feature in clockwork revoery) or maybe that didn't matter I finally found and used the superuser application that was new to me. After running superuser, I was able to run 2.0.5-pre4 version of wireless_tether. On 3G in Phoenix AZ area I'm getting between 1Mb-2Mb receive on my desktop PC via Evo via Sprint.... no problem streaming videos from netflix on my PC, through the tethering....

BTW, having a spare phone with SDHC card saved me, because I was able to cover from hung phone (after trying to install fresh evo 1.0.1). I'm selling this phone, so I'd better go buy a reader for my PC. Thank goodness I had a working recovery due to the extra feature in SimpleRoot OTA 1.47.651.1. I had installed the clockwork recovery prior to fresh evo bricking (is it bricking if you can recover). I pulled the SD card out, put it in my nexus one, copied a working PC36IMG.zip on it, put it back, recovery, wala... recovered... that was close.

So, I recommend the SimpleRoot OTA 1.47.651.1 over all other versions. I'm VERY anxious to get this headphone jack thing fixed... and there does seem to be some serious pauses on other things.... and of course the upgrade to Froyo 2.2... then we're talking serious donation!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] taverentech:
Um, I think you're too soon for 2.2 OTA from sprint. They pushed it to Tue (8/3) according to a twitter post and the schedule will be most likely (to phones) on Fridays when data usage is lower..... Also, if you do the OTA update from Sprint you might not EVER be able to root your phone and get wifi tethering or other things working. I'm happy with Sprint's network (I was suffering on Tmobile in my area), but I don't want their Sprinty Apps or have to pay them for functionality that is part of my phone, especially since I'm paying $10/month already for data and there is no 4G in my area.

I guess coming from Google Nexus One, I like my phone rooted, unlocked, and foot-loose and fancy free, with stock Android apps and none of that fluff that sprint puts on there. Pisses me off I couldn't uninstall sprint nascar and Facebook... I do NOT want that crap on MY phone.
[EVO 4G Android Development] taverentech:
Sorry, I answered what is root and how to get wifi working, but not the other questions.... let me try:

2. how do you root the phone that you just got on august 1st.

Using SimpleRoot OTA 1.47.651.1 Edition, GUI is probably the easiest and best way to do this. Unrevoked will NOT work.

3. after rooting how do you know whether it is or not.

Good question, not sure I'm positive... except to say can you run superuser, and can you run wifi-tethering app? its not that simple, because you have to unlock NAND and one or two other things, see post above about Using SimpleRoot OTA 1.47.651.1 Edition, GUI.

4. what is flash?

There the noun and the verb. and there are two meanings for the noun. Flash is media platform you see for video (ref Adobe). There is flashing your phone, with updated images/roms. There are flash images... google the term, you'll loose a day.

5. how do you make the wifi tethering work? it always fails to work. says "unable to tether"

Even though the phone is rooted (you hope) you need to run the superuser app, see my previous post

6. wtf is unrevoked.com what file do you download?

My understanding is unrevoked is ONLY for first release of the phones. You will not be able to use it on anything after about mid July (my guess). unrevoked also didn't seem to be a true unroot... so forget about unrevoked. Check the dates of the information you're getting, make sure its July 15th or later... and by August 15th this msg will be obsolete.
[EVO 4G Android Development] toanbnguyen:
I try step 1-4, then I try to install the su-2.1-e-unsecure-signed by Power On - Down Volume button. Then I selected the "recovery" option.

After I selected the "recovery", my EVO show's a black screen w/ a picture of a phone w/ a RED triangle on top of it.

Can someone tell me what I am missing in the steps to install the "su-2.1-e-unsecure-signed.zip"?

Thanks in advance.
[EVO 4G Android Development] EyeslikeOlives:
I really hope someone can help me. It took me four hours to find this root method for the OTA update (simply because I thought the others would be updated for the OTA, because I understand why some are pre and some are OTA). It's now 4:30 in the morning and my brain is about to implode with all this text so I apologize right away for being a ****-head and not looking through the entire forum for a fix. I'm hoping though that someone will be kind enough to look past that noobiness and help me out.

I've instead Framework and HTC Sync, plug in with Debug USB, and run OTA Simple Root. Once I click on the first step, and 'okay' that reminder, it runs daemon or w/e. After it runs it, it immediately tells me that permission has been denied (guessing my phone denied it?) to push the Step 1, 2, and 3. I don't think that's supposed to happen. Watched EmoGamers video and the text on his screen didn't match up, so I'm sure something f*cked up.

Anyone have a clue as to what I can do?
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
1. Its like jailbreaking your iPod/iPhone. It allows you to do more with the phone, stuff that isn't natively allowed. The best example of this is WiFi tether app. Probably the number 1 reason people root their Android devices.

2. Same way you would any phone. You will only have problems rooting if your phone comes with 2.2. Which to my knowledge hasn't started yet.

3. Download "Android Terminal Emulator" and type "su" into the shell then press "

Enter". You should see a "#" if properly rooted. Note that you need USB Debugging enabled after being rooted.

4. Flash is when install an OS to a mobile device, you flash it to the memory of the device. Just like people had to do back in the day with BIOS chips on motherboards. It's just a name for a technique.

5. This is not the support site for Wifi Tether. This questions should be posted in the Q&A section or on the Google Code site for the app. To my knowledge you just run the app with wifi turned off before hand, and click the big button on the screen. Then it just works, note you need to be rooted first.

6. Wrong place to ask this. This is not the support page for Unrevoked. I'm not sure anyone following this thread would have expertise in that area. Post to Q&A section for help or google for Unrevoked's website.

7. Read number 5.

8. Not a specific enough question...

Did the root process work for you? Were you able to go through it completely with no errors? Did you check and verify you have root and NAND unlock? If so and everything checks out, all you need to do is boot to recovery, wipe data and dalvik cache, install the zip of the ROM you put on your SD card.

If you have verified your root but need more help just check the link to the guide in my sig.

Is your phone set to charge only? If so try rebooting phone and computer with phone unplugged. Give both time to fully boot. Once both are fully booted, plug in phone and choose charge only. Then try again from Step 1.
[EVO 4G Android Development] barbiedollish:
Any chance of a Froyo edition? I'm rooted but not fully rooted with nand unlocked and I need to fully root one of these days lol
[EVO 4G Android Development] EyeslikeOlives:
Thank you very much for this. Since I had been trying so many pre-OTA methods before, I never realized my Use As Disk Drive mode was on. I thought ejecting the Removable Drive from my computer would disable the mode, but that was just a naive thought. Trying again after I do the reboots. Will edit this post if new problem arises or if it works :]

EDIT: It worked! :D Flashed Baked Snacks 1.0 perfectly and flawlessly. Going to see the battery life on this ROM and download some apps.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
Simple Root has been updated. Check opening post!
[EVO 4G Android Development] BAttitude7689:
is this easier than using,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=741294

With the updated program is there any probelms rooting like i read with first inital release of this program?

This is for FULL ACCES and NAND UNLOCKED, Correct???
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
does the same, only you dont have to do any typing in your part =] yes unlocks nand and no it should work on first try!

Also, when you launch Simple Root, there should be an update available. Make sure you apply the update that is mention on the bottom of Simple Root!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Kidmet:
Any Froyo work done yet?
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
i tried it on the HTC froyo update, and it didn't work for me.
[EVO 4G Android Development] awrnsmn:
Do you still have to get the right h-boot ir does this do it for you?
[EVO 4G Android Development] zenmasta:
Can this method be used if you unlocked using unrevoked3?

I still have all the files and drivers on my computer. Anything I need to delete before I install HTCSync and all the stuff for simple root?
[EVO 4G Android Development] khshapiro:
sorry all i jusy couldnt read thru all 124 pages, does this work with .79 hboot? does it give superuser and nando? thx
[EVO 4G Android Development] mike6200:
15 hours ive tried and still no go

I had just gotten my evo so I had the 1.47.651.1

I did the simple root OTC 1.47.651.1 edition

I now show I have

firmware 2.1 update1

baseband 1.39.00.04.26

kernel 2.6.29

build 1.32.651.1

software 1.32.651.1

I tested by doing this

A. Super easy way to figure out if you're rooted.

1. Make sure USB Debugging is on.

Menu>Settings>Applications>Development>USB Debugging should be checked

2. Connect your phone using "Charge Only"

3. Open a "Run" window and type "c:\evo-recovery\adb-windows shell"

If you get a "$" you're not rooted

If you get a "#" you're rooted [IMG]f

I get the # sign

I download rom manager and select install Rom from SD Card and it says

"you must have ClockworkMod Recovery installed before continuing. I try to instal and it says An error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands

Ive tried Manually doing steps 1and 2 and it says main version is older.

PLEASE HELP.
[EVO 4G Android Development] khshapiro:
mike what hboot do you have?
[EVO 4G Android Development] mike6200:
not sure. ive tried som many different things. How can i tell
[EVO 4G Android Development] mike6200:
Do you have a good link to a good step by step because I tried several diffent ones manually and still no go.
[EVO 4G Android Development] khshapiro:
jiqqaman ,sorry i jusy couldnt read thru all 129 pages, does this work with .79 hboot? does it give superuser and nando?

BTW enitre family is from the Bronx
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
thats the HBOOT i have so it should work
[EVO 4G Android Development] robpet2:
the new updated 1click method seems like its gonna work for me... been tryin to root my EVO for a while.. lets see how it goes
[EVO 4G Android Development] robpet2:
i got error messages and also had wrong image found on the evo, and also image is older than current.. gonna try it again and see if i can get it to work again..
[EVO 4G Android Development] k1mgy:
Will this work with the new Froyo OTA update? I would love root access to properly set the clock via nntp.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
no doesnt work with new froyo OTA.
[EVO 4G Android Development] robpet2:
got the 1 click root method to work.. had to reboot my phone and then connect it to the pc.. took a couple of tries but well worth it
[EVO 4G Android Development] khshapiro:
i couldnt for the life of me to gwt this to work because it said no image. i went to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=721055 went straight to step 5 DL the eng-pc361img.zip (took a few atempts to get the complete file) renamed it pc361img.zip placed it on my sd card then ran the SimpleRoot process.... im no roted and i verified with the abd shell and got #

hope this helps someone get there root on

EDIT dont forget to do a COMPLETE wipe or you will get a boot loop
[EVO 4G Android Development] khshapiro:
yes it does drop the bootloader from .79 to .76 if you have .79 to start with
[EVO 4G Android Development] sweethip:
so after you are done with step 2, you can just install rom manager and install a rom for there?
[EVO 4G Android Development] khshapiro:
Mike, yes I've got full root and I've installed Fresh's 3.0.0.4 Rom
[EVO 4G Android Development] yowhatup:
Ok, I clicked the button root button, and got the green check mark at the bottom. Then I clicked the recovery button, again the green check mark. Now I am at a screen with the black phone and a red triangle with an exclamation mark through it. How do I get into recovery?
[EVO 4G Android Development] khshapiro:
again i think it's a problem with the bootloader a .79 and the fact is that pc 361 i m g file is incorrect .follow the steps that I listed above go to the other post . download the other image save it on your sd card. try that and then apply the simpleroot ,after that do recovery then install a custom rom of your choice .
[EVO 4G Android Development] lillb:
I'm getting a message saying:

any idea why?
[EVO 4G Android Development] getinked:
Just did this lastnight and it worked perfectly. Installed AVA's Rev3 rom after...everything is running nice and smoooooooooth.
[EVO 4G Android Development] khshapiro:
Lillb. Follow what I wrote if u have .79 hoot and the 1.47 already from the ota
[EVO 4G Android Development] jiqqaman:
thats the same eng-PC36IMG.zip thats included in simple root. I had .79 before i rooted and had no problems. I'll post a video of doing it from the start soon.
[EVO 4G Android Development] TennesseeDeac:
New Evo arriving tomorrow

About to receive a newly ordered EVO tomorrow which shouldn't have the new OTA 2.2 update installed. Can I use this one click method to root or is there something I can check on the phone to make sure I'm still eligible to use the one-click root method.

total noob here but VERY excited to get this new phone.

Thanks in advance--
[EVO 4G Android Development] boliviano3:
As long as your phone is at 1.47 you can use SimpleRoot.
[EVO 4G Android Development] vinnyt225:
hi i am on unrevoked3 while i on 1.47.651.

so how do i go back to stock to get the factory OTA 2.2?

do i just run simple root? and BAM?! BACK TO STOCK?

please help!! thanks!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] mrchezzy:
4hrs and still no go

am stuck at the part that am in bootloader it scans but it says no no file or image found and thats it everything els went fine any help will be glading taken thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
Your question is confusing, I'm not sure what you are trying to do. Are you trying to unroot? Or just go back to a stock rom? If you followed Unrevoked3, you will need to complete their processes to be fully rooted and NAND unlocked. If you want to use this process to do that, go back to stock 1.47 from Sprint, there are links in the wiki and by searching. Run that and then come back and follow this. That will get you rooted and allow you to run any custom ROM you want. Even the rooted 2.2 ROMs.
[EVO 4G Android Development] scirio:
I got the same thing. A post on AndroidCentral said that if you get this error, simply try again.

I tried it again, didn't do anything differently, and it worked no problem.

Who'd a thunk.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cliffr39:
I can't get the program to download from the first post. It shows that it should be large, but then stops downloading at 3mb every time I try. Any other links? I only browsed the first two and last two pages of this 130+ page thread.
[EVO 4G Android Development] visuvius:
Please help guys. I am totally new to this and thought it would be easy enough but I think I scrwed myself.

1) I installed .net and HTC sync, I downloaded Simpleroot, opened it and applied the update it found.

2) There were only two buttons, Step 1 and Step 2. I pressed Step one, but it found errors and basically didn't work. I read that its because I needed the file PC36IMG on the SDcard. Someone posted it in this thread, I downloaded it, put it on the SD card and tried Step 1 again.

3) It got to the part with the skating androids. Then I pressed the power button and the blue bar started going on the right hand side.

4) It finished and the phone rebooted. I then pressed Step 2 in Simpleroot. It pulled up a windows, did its thing and then the phone rebooted. Now I am stuck with a black screen and the red triangle with the exclamation mark.

From what I am reading this is because I used an incorrect version of the PC36IMG file? I NOW see the one that came with the SimpleRoot install. How can I start this over again? I see no way to reboot or get the phone out of this error screen? Am I totally screwed?
[EVO 4G Android Development] khshapiro:
Is your hboot .76 now? People are having problems with it not reading the img, so I figured that img must not be dl properly that's why I manually put it on the card and simpleroot worked fine after I did that. It took 2 hrs of trying before I had the idea to manually put it on the card.

I started off within hboot of .79 and now I have an hboot of .76 . I don't know why some of us are having problems with the pc361img.zip file but simpleroot does work I just had to manually put the img on my card first.

This is just a work around for those of just that needed it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] brianfreytag:
Press and hold the volume up button for several seconds then (while still holding volume up) press Power.

You should see a new menu.

Use volume keys to move up and down... use power key to select.

Just click the option that says something about reboot.

Then it should reboot to your device.
[EVO 4G Android Development] khshapiro:
Goto the offical simpleroot website from the link in the first post in this thread. DL the last version, dates are posted like Europeans do as in dd/m/year

If you have a problem with it not reading the pc361img.zip just follow what I wrote earlier and simpleroot will work like a charm
[EVO 4G Android Development] brianfreytag:
Everyone must remember that this does NOT work on August 3's OTA update to Froyo 2.2.

If you did the OTA, there is currently no way to root your phones!

This only works on HTC Software version 1.47.651.1.

This does NOT work on 3.26.641.6 or the leaked .3.

If you're getting an error saying ... Version is older ... then you're probably on an HBOOT higher than .79. The 3.26.641.3 version has HBOOT .93 (iirc).

Please ensure you're using the proper software version before attempting to use this.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Hillfire:
Just to be totally clear about what khshapiro is saying - when you go to the other thread to grab the proper eng-pc361img, make sure you grab the right one. If you are on the 1.47 OTA, the file you want is down a ways in the first post (after Section 5, where it says ROOTING AFTER OTA 1.47).

I was not paying attention and am sure I am not the only one.
[EVO 4G Android Development] visuvius:
I have not applied todays 2.2 update, and I do indeed have the 1.47.651.1 software. I did get that "Version is older" error message so I'm now guessing my issue has to do with HBOOT. First of all, what is the HBOOT and where can I find which version I have now. Finally, how can I change it so that SimpleRoot will work? Thank you.
[EVO 4G Android Development] brianfreytag:
It should be at the top of the screen with the androids on skateboards.
[EVO 4G Android Development] visuvius:
Okay, my Hboot version is .79. Still not sure what I'm doing wrong.

This is what shows up when I press Step 1:

Simple Root 1.47.651.1 OTA Edition

Pushing files, PLEASE WAIT!.....

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

* daemon not running. starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

Pushing PC36IMG.zip...

failed to copy 'eng-PC36IMG.zip' to '/sdcard/PC36IMG.zip': Permission denied

Pushing mtd-eng.img

failed to copy 'mtd-eng.img' to '/sdcard/mtd-eng.img': Permission denied

Pushing flash_image

failed to copy 'flash_image' to '/sdcard/flash_image': Permission denied

/sdcard/flash_image: Permission denied

File permission changed...

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

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 . . .
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
Could also be an issue with flash hack. This root process makes use of a flash permissions escalation flaw in flash. So when you get to the part about the flash page, you sometimes have to refresh multiple times. Also make sure you are using the latest Simple Root program.