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[EVO 4G Android Development] cubbiehawk:
Can't get past step one

I have read every post and still no luck. I have cleared everything from my phone. Run through it twice once from my computer and once with the file on my SD card. I have the USB debug checked. I don't know if I am supposed to connect as charge or as a disk drive. I get errors at every step that not seeing phone. Here is my errors for step ONE:

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found

Pushing complete!

Press andy key to continue...

Please help now I have a factory phone again and nothing rooted : (
[EVO 4G Android Development] pongoface:
In step 3 I keep getting can't write to sd/data bla bla bla. I've rooted 3 other phones before. What the frick? Every single time I go to bit.ly/dgTWCP. Tried 10 times sigh

EDIT: Duuuhhhhh Totally forget to refesh the page as soon as you see the grey time capsule. Then refreshed a few more for good measure and step 4 went off without a hitch.
[EVO 4G Android Development] StormCell:
Okay, so all this is really confusing. I used Unrevoked3 and WiFi Tether works fine. Does that mean I'm fully rooted? Can I use CyanogenMod now? If not, which instructions of the 16 thousand I've found so far should I follow? I am on a Mac but just installed VMWare Fusion and Windows 7. I'm ready to dive in to the world of recovery. Thanks for the help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cubbiehawk:
I get can't open /sdcard/part1 Want to donate when finished!!!

Got step on to work after 2.5 hours. I took EVERYTHING from my SD card and that got me to get step one to work I think. I have searched for /sdcard in the threads, and see that other have problems with this. Can't find a solution. Please help!?!
[EVO 4G Android Development] pongoface:
You have to be on charge with debugging selected. Make sure you have htc sync installed as it will install the phone drivers. And as I have learned when you get to step 3. Refresh your page as soon as you see the grey time capsule. Then step 4 will go off without a hitch.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cubbiehawk:
Couple more hours and getting closer

OK people don't do what I did. When you take all the files from your SD card to make step one work make sure that the HTC Sync stays on the card. I then got step one to work and step 2 worked. Problem is I was able to get to step 4. NEED help. The install failed as the previous version was older or something. What to do now. I am so close. Please help me with this final step.
[EVO 4G Android Development] sintax:
Is there anyway to backup all of my settings/installed apps so once i'm done I can restore them ?
[EVO 4G Android Development] wildone818:
Simple root

I get stuck on step 4, it just reboots my sexy ass phone and does nothing.:/ I soo close. Ive also redone the steps like 5 times! All i want is the little androids skateboarding on the bottom of my screeen!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] rjmjr69:
Clear data all user data and cache and devik
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
Check the guide in my sig, it will help you on flashing and backing up stuff.

Check the guide in my sig. I'm not sure Unrevoked3 does a full root and NAND unlock, the NAND unclock is the important piece, without that you will not be able to flash custom ROMs. Make sure their process does both parts.

Check the guide in my sig for help with this.
[EVO 4G Android Development] skelden:
error message when opening the flash site

I continue getting this error message every time I run through the process Any ideas? Thanks in advance

This pops up right after I open the link in the Evo browser that takes me to the flash game

refresh that page or reopen it

/sdcard/part3: cannot create /data/app-cache/com.android.browser/BEC48C17295CAF9

F550BCD500A0A6F03

/data/app-cache/com.android.browser/BEC48C17295CAF9F550BCD500A0A6F03/foo: direct

ory nonexistent

Complete... Close this Window and continue to Step 4.

Press any key to continue . . .

I have USB in dev mode, allowing of unapproved apps, refresh the website...I'm just stumped.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Vegasden:
Worked great. Thanks for the awesome work to make it easier for old people like me.

Oh yea, get off my lawn.:D
[EVO 4G Android Development] Isun:
I tried it again but at step 3 when I go to the Flash site, nothing happens. It just loads a balloon game and the command line never actually changes or says to go to step 4. The first time when nothing happened I just went to step 4 and was stuck on part 2 of 4. This time I'm noticing that nothing happens when I go to the Flash site.
[EVO 4G Android Development] car_lost:
did you refresh the page?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Isun:
Yes and the page loads but I meant nothing happens on my PC's command line window so it never instructs to go on to step 4.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mrfli:
How did you fix this error? I can't get past this
[EVO 4G Android Development] Success100:
alright im at a loss. I have no clue what im doing wrong, im following these instructions EXACTLY. I already had .net 4.0. Mine gets to step 4 with the skating androids, I press power to put in in bootloader, it checks the SD card and goes to load the images, and it fails everytime and says that there are no images or invalid images. Ive tried extracting the zip files to another new folder on the desktop, and also on the SD card ad still does nothing. Yes im in debug mode, and Ive had no issues thus far up to this last step. If anyone knows how to fix this any help would be appreciated..
[EVO 4G Android Development] Isun:
I think the problem was that I never waited for the red window to do the Factory Reset so I am starting all over again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] t3hcyborg:
Great job bro. I just sent a donation your way for being so quick to help the community.

Keep up the good work.
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
Use the other 3 step Simple Root and root that way. Never apply an OTA that isn't rooted, NEVER. There is no need to and you will likely run into more problems.
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
For those of you still running into issues look back a few pages to my last comment and try those tips. See if they help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] evojimbo:
Im having the same problem. Dont know what to do after opening site with browser. Retried from step 1 a few times and still experiencing same issue.
[EVO 4G Android Development] evojimbo:
Finally prompts for step 4. Trick is to be patient. *slaps self*
[EVO 4G Android Development] mrfli:
none have helped
[EVO 4G Android Development] Isun:
It worked this time. The big issue was that I didn't wait long enough for step 1 to complete. I just have to figure out what to do from this point on to make sure my phone is up to date as far as the radio or WiMax issues.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Success100:
i tried yours already, still a no go for me
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
If you are stuck on Step 2 I think my first post back on page 9 will help. Try all things I list there, including the first part about rebooting the phone and opening up the browser and such.
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
Is the pc zip file on the root of the sdcard? Make sure the file doesn't have anything in front of the characters "pc". Might have to manually try to put the file back on the sdcard again. Then try again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mrfli:
I tried everything and nothing is working
[EVO 4G Android Development] bprinehart:
It may not be the fastest, but I've mirrored the files here as well.

Right Click Here / Save As
[EVO 4G Android Development] petesan:
Is there anywhere else to download this? Megaupload is stalling out. Thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] LucidElectro:
Ok, sorry guys but my first post on this board is going to be IMO pretty noobish and i have a way of over explaining things so bear with me here for a minute. Ok, I've done some work on my older phones to get them to tether USB or unlocking other features but this is my first real smart phone/android platform root. I was running the stock Evo with Unrevoked's original version to get wifi tether working because after looking around online this was the safest and easiest way to get tether since i almost NEVER use it.

Ok that out of the way, like an idiot i did the OTA and got stuck. I tryed every other form of root to no avail including toast's. Then found this little wonder and to the best of my knowledge i had rooted access and NAND, with clockwork. Ok so wifi tether still does not work but installing UnrEvoked3 will enable it so YAY i have that if i need it but whats REALLY pissing me off is everything seems to work fine except facebook for HTC sense. Well not the biggest deal but i was just really getting used to and loving having a picture next to all my contacts in my phone book as well as their address and other misc info that got imported from facebook. Also it wont allow me to view facebook in my calendar and i'm sure if this is happening there will be other problems with other apps.

Whats the deal here? because also none of my HTC widgets will install or run which i can only imagine is because root broke them? do i have to flash a custom rom and deal with all that nonsense and custom modded software i dont need? Or can anyone suggest a rom that is more or less the same as stock with sense? I was going to just proceed to toast's root method from here but figured i should ask all this fist because for how little i use wifi tether i'd rather just go back to stock and drop root all togeather if i cant somehow at least sync my facebook contacts.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jblazea50:
rooted my dad's evo with the ota update using this method without a hitch; i had an user error prior to step 4, so i just restarted from 1 and went fine

thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] LucidElectro:
Jblaze your dad's phone sync his Facebook contacts? It seems stupid friendstream that I don't use syncs Facebook feed but not the contacts or calendar. I guess I could do the whole thing over again when I get home from work but this is getting old quick. Oh well /sigh back to it then. Thanks.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jammoo5:
I just rooted my Evo. I used MyBackup app and restored me backups. Now the HTC Sense UI keeps FCing and I cant do anything from there....Help?
[EVO 4G Android Development] jblazea50:
I guess facebook sync would be dependent on what rom you are using; i'm on CM6 nightly and there's some facebook hack to have it sync

i installed DC3.5 beta2 (based on Froyo) onto my dad's phone; unfortunately, he doesn't use facebook or other social sites so i just delete those; he's not the type to use the full features of the phone, but would rather just have it to show off; sorry i couldn't answer your question
[EVO 4G Android Development] godfirst:
First time rooting (for noobs)

Used simple root and when it came time to go to recovery to flash new rom would not go into recovery. My evo did not read the correct radio or rom but it did have the nano root with in it. Search and tried reflashing this method(simple root) still no success until i read the thread (How to start over: Fully rooted stock 1.47.651.1 in one shot (no adb!) which I used the steps there to complete the process of rooting my evo after i used simple root. So if anyone is having issues with rooting your evo after using simple root, just go to the thread above after you use simple root and you will be successful. Now running fresh evo 1.0.1 (I'm a noob at rooting)
[EVO 4G Android Development] jammoo5:
OKay, I got the Sense UI problem fixed...Now I believe my 4G/WiMAX isnt working so I assume I have to load the updates on my root.....How do I got about doing that?

Load the files to sd root and flash from my ROM Manager?

If so, how do I get to the ROM Manager?
[EVO 4G Android Development] REDFOCZ:
Rooted my roommates EVO with out a hitch.... I just forgot to flash the recovery image the first time lol
[EVO 4G Android Development] LucidElectro:
Ok so because my facebook was not syncing with my contacts it appears now that i have reverted to stock rom using RUU_Supersonic_1.32.651.1_Radio_1.39.00.04.26_release_171253.exe they are still not syncing!! WTF. After poking around it appears there is a issue with all HTC phones over the network or some****. OOOOoooor did i break it? i don't know because it was working fine till last night when i rooted using this simpleroot ota method.

GOOD NEWS though, i was all scared of bricking my phone, but apparently due to the easy to use .exe mentioned above its virtually impossible. It even restored the stock recovery since i had clockwork installed. Also i was able to goto unrevoked/m and use this method to get root access to use wifi tether once again so hopefully they fix this facebook sync thing soon.
[EVO 4G Android Development] shotshot:
I cannot get Simple Root to work. I've tried for hours. I followed all the instructions over and over and when I get to step 4 and go into bootloader it tells me

"main version is older! Update fail. Do you want to reboot yes/no"

I searched and found a few fixes that have not worked for me. I copied the PC36IMG.zip file directly onto the sd card, I even extracted the zip to a folder on the sd card root. Still the same error at step four. I'm new to flashing roms etc but I think I followed every direction perfectly. I didn't do any recovery before I began simple root (whoops). I already had HTC Sync, version: 2.0.35 installed, I installed .NET Framework 4 and restarted. I can't figure out whats going wrong, anyone know?
[EVO 4G Android Development] firsttimer44:
Depending on what ROM you are using, I recommend cm6, there are fixes for the facebook problem. You just have to download and install the hacked apk facebook and the contacts will sync again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] VDub2174:
Thanks!! I hope to be able to get this done tonight and finally get to flash a custom ROM.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mitchellvii.1:
I'm LOST.

I did everything exactly as explained and when it gets to the last step to actually root the phone, I get the same "Main Version is older! Update fail!" white screen of death. I thought the whole point of thise OTA version was to solve that problem?

Please someone tell me what I am doing wrong. I am seriously missing something here. hate when you diod every single thing step by step perfect and still get thrown out at home base :-)
[EVO 4G Android Development] mitchellvii.1:
Ok, frustration level at maximum.

I have gone through this forum and followed every single instruction to the T. I reloaded the flash hack page as instructed that is supposed to downgrade my phone to the pre-OTA.

The problem is that its doesn't downgrade it. I am STILL at 1.47. Nothing seems to change that. The part I can't figure out is why this seems to work seemlessly for so many but for me it fails every time.

Someone please help - pulling hair out here.
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
in reality, all this program does is give access to the superuser program and a few other things. you are still going to have the same software (rom) that was originally there. after you have completed steps 1-4, click the extras menu and flash a recovery.

from there, download a custom rom of your choosing, hold the volume down and power button to turn the phone on, go to recovery, hit the power button, then follow the instructions your rom tells you to do.

this program does not change your software. just gives you root.
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
i would delete everything off your sd card. it seems like you may have tried to root your device using a previous method and the files are still there on your card. probaly simple root isnt overwriting the previous pc36img.zip file.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mitchellvii.1:
Ok, finally got it to root.

The SimpleRoot thing didnt work at all for me. Kept getting hung up on part 3. I dumped all the files then followed the original instructions with the original hackfiles - worked a charm - rooted!

Now I still have to get Nand Access or something, right?
[EVO 4G Android Development] 4SidedDie:
Which original instructions?
[EVO 4G Android Development] bjaxon:
This made it work perfect for me. Thank you!! :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] BigBallin:
im goin to be doin this on my mac on my windows side. i have sdk installed in my users folder on mac. do i need to do anything different to get this to work on my windows side? i have tried to connect my phone and use adb on the windows side before and had no luck
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
Why does everyone think that any issue that comes up after rooting is automatically an issue with root? All over these forums it has been listed that HTC had Facebook syncing issues. Once rooted never install a non root ROM, OTA, or firmware from HTC. If you do you are asking for trouble. You are also asking to get your phone to a state where you may not be able to root it again. Almost happened with the latest OTA that came out.

By original do you mean the first Simple Root? The one meant for the the first OTA or original Evo? If that method worked for you then you probably should not be attempting this method. This is only for the latest OTA.

While you can certainly attempt this, I don't think I would without verifying a connection inside Windows to the phone. My hunch is that you will not be able to do this without a separate install of Windows on the Mac. Running Windows inside a virtual instance will probably not get you the connection you need to the phone if that is what you are attempting. But if you have a separate physical install you should be fine. Let us know how it goes.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Ryum:
I watched the video and read the instructions but once I get to the point where on the dos screen it says "Once your phone is in the screen with the skating androids, press the power button to go into bootleader.

Wait until the device prompts you to install update

press Vol Up to install. Wait for completion!

then press Vol Down when asked to reboot.

Press any key to continue..."

I press power on bootloader and 5-10 mins and nothing has prompted me to install an update.

I am stuck there
[EVO 4G Android Development] bleedscarlet:
finally got around to rooting my piece, just want to say I had a lot of issues but i eventually got it working.

I ended up having to do the refresh twice thing on step 2 and that worked, also I blanked my SD card but i dunno if that made a difference. Booting up for the first time in root as we speak, I like the new startup sound better so it's already making me happier :D

thanks to everyone in this thread I used too many of your troubleshooting ideas to get mine working to list. I made a username here just so I could thank you all :p
[EVO 4G Android Development] hondamx525:
after rooting this way, when i go to flash a recovery and i type in the command flash_image etc., i get flash_image not found.

Can anybody help me out?
[EVO 4G Android Development] lovethexi23:
Followed everything to the T.....FIVE TIMES.

keeps saying "Main version is older!"

I knowi have ota 1.47.651.1 because ive checked 5 times to make sure....and i always get stuck at the "starting part 2" screen

the first time it went through but didnt do ANYTHING that happened in the video....He got other prompts when the 4g screen came up....mine just kept going to the home screen without a flinch.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Rdot9:
so yeah, not so simple.. tricky name..... im getting the "update failed: main version is older" crap..... i've got the latest OTA and using the right simpleroot.... im stuck.... any suggestions? and the OP should really take all the problems with answers and add them to the first post..... would make this much easier i would think, i dont have time to read through 100+ pages to look for a solution.
[EVO 4G Android Development] 4SidedDie:
i think its working..
[EVO 4G Android Development] Sesso:
Works just like it says. :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] 4SidedDie:
That it does but I dont know how to get to the recovery image.. How does one do that
[EVO 4G Android Development] nochalfjap:
Can someone point me to a copy of EVO_1.47.651.1_De-odex'd_Rooted.zip? I found the odex'd version, but I need the de-odex'd version. The OP has links to a previous version of SimpleRoot (1.47.351.1, not 1.47.651.1). The 'Official Page' only has links for 1.47.351.1 as well. That page does say that a new 'official page' is now home to this project, but the new 'official page' is "Temporarily Unavailable" (error id: "bad_httpd_conf").

The only other link I could find to a copy of EVO_1.47.651.1_De-odex'd_Rooted.zip was

http[colon_slash_slash]www[dot]mediafire[dot]com/?0yvjnhz2njy

(download link http[colon_slash_slash]download179[dot]mediafire[dot]com/6s27d43j5jxg/0yvjnhz2njy/EVO_1.47.651.1_De-odex%27d_Rooted.zip)

which has been timing out for me for the last two hours.

Any help is appreciated.

[edit: apparently because I'm so new here I can't post links (a sensible anti-spam precaution, imho) so that's why I wrote them like I did.]
[EVO 4G Android Development] VDub2174:
Unseccessful last night :(
[EVO 4G Android Development] GeekLad:
Permission denied to /sdcard

I'm having the same problem as many others, where permission is denied to /sdcard. I have the phone connected in Charge only mode with USB debugging enabled, but I get the following errors:

failed to copy 'flash_image' to '/sdcard/flash_image': Permission denied
failed to copy 'mtd-eng.img' to '/sdcard/mtd-eng.img': Permission denied
failed to copy 'part1' to '/sdcard/part1': Permission denied
failed to copy 'part2' to '/sdcard/part2': Permission denied
failed to copy 'part3' to '/sdcard/part3': Permission denied

My best guess is that it may have something to do with some hacking I did to get the wired-tether app to work (see code.google.com/p/android-wired-tether/issues/detail?id=21 for details). Modifications to /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/usb_function_switch are required in order for wired-tether to work, and I think that perhaps modifying that file might have broken something. It ran:

echo 2 > /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/usb_function_switch

in an effort to restore the usb_function_switch to work with simpleroot. If I output the file contents, I get:

cat /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/usb_function_switch
usb_mass_storage:disable
adb:enable
diag:disable
serial:disable
projector:disable
ether:disable
modem:disable
nmea:disable

adb is enabled and everything else is disabled, yet I cannot access /sdcard. Does anyone know the proper setting for /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/usb_function_switch to get simpleroot to work? Could someone that got simpleroot to work provide the contents of their /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/usb_function_switch file as well as the value required to configure it?

I've read about many situations where people have had similar issues, but unfortunately no solutions that work for me. Most often people are either not using Charge only mode, USB debugging, or a combination. I haven't seen any mention of usb_function_switch in this thread as a potential issue, so that's my best guess as to what may be causing the problem for me and others.

:confused:
[EVO 4G Android Development] webs05:
You either need to make sure your phone has the latest OTA by going to settings, About Phone, Software Information, and look under Software Number. Or you need to refresh on the flash page. If you are on the latest OTA, what does the following give you?

adb shell
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/local/flash_image
chmod 755 /data/local/flash_image
/data/local/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img

Check the above comment I left to the other individual. You need to try the same things.

You are missing the PC36IMG.zip file I think. Try the process again or manually put that file on the root of your SD card.