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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sabunimwil:
From Unrevoked - "We're making progress on the EVO 4G Froyo root, but we still have no timeline. We'll keep everyone posted." 16 minutes ago via Tweetie for Mac

For those looking anxiously for an update on the 2.2 root. Now shut up and wait patiently! Information will be available when it comes up and not a second before. Pestering the crap out of the devs and annoying the rest of us will not make it come sooner.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverZero:
Try the wiki, or just the Development forum. Where they keep all the ROMs.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nrvkil:
@unrevoked: We're making progress on the EVO 4G Froyo root, but we still have no timeline. We'll keep everyone posted.

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sent from my evo
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Yes progress is being made atleast, let the waiting continue.

Sent with Supersonic speed
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edufur:
I kind of agree with you but also kind of don't. Yeah, it is getting old seeing people type the same old stuff... but... it isn't really "pestering" the devs as you say. They are too busy working on the solution to read a post asking if we HAVE a solution. Why would they even NEED to read this? They won't. So... really it's just about it being annoying to US.

And I... for one... could care less. I actually think it's fun when someone starts a new thread asking if rooting is possible on 2.2. LOL.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sabunimwil:
I didn't think about it that way, that the devs weren't reading these threads. I just got tired of the "are we there yet" crap as was stated before. But I do agree I usually point to the new thread/post and then my wife and I get a good laugh at the impatience of some people. We also get a good laugh that people can't read. Thanks for putting it into the correct light for me. I must admit that all of us are antsy about the upcoming "break through" but have patience folks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x_cell3217:
+1 EXACTLY:)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kindakrazy:
Bump...tired of seeing the same things asked over and over...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverZero:
A PM has been sent to toastcfh (forum mod), hopefully he'll see it soon and make a decision for us.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b0ricua:
Make a decision about...?

EDIT: Doh! About Stickying ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beejis:
Can you change the title of the thread please, it fricken scared me for a sec. I thought if I got a replacement with 2.2 pre-installed I was screwed!

Change it to There is no wait to root 2.2 YET! or something
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SharkUW:
Anybody know of a forum where potential exploits are being discussed?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wvaj:
I'm wondering the same....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DraginMagik:
bumpity bump bump
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toastcfh:
in reply to a pm and this thread

what if i said there is a way?! i think people are giving up to easy. also no i will not sticky this as i know that there is a way. sorry
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b0ricua:
Oh man.. you're just teasing now...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bwolters:
Please tell.....

Well then can we find out what it is because I cant stand this update and will be patiently waiting until someone tells me how I can get rid of this crap and finally jump on the ROM band wagon. If I got more than 8 hours of battery life on my EVO I wouldnt be on pins and needles waiting for someone to find a way. However I dont get more than 8 hours so please tell us what this way is...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strauss0829:
rooting evo's stock 2.2 ??/

I just got a evo and had a hero before so i am familar with most of the steps with rooting and flashing roms ....but what steps should i take to root a evo with the new 2.2 update from sprint??? ...thank you all for working so hard
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hooover:
Just set it on the coffee table and stare at it till it roots itself...:p
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freddyamazin:
I don't think there is a way for Froyo yet, Unrevoked.com is on it though.. That's for sure. If you had 2.1 then root it & get the 2.2 so you'll keep root. If you already updated then you'll have to wait till someone figures out a way to root it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverZero:
Like I said, so many people ask about it, and as far as we know there is no way to root.

Prove me wrong. I'll be the first to congratulate you.

If somebody knows and is not sharing, it's still unknown to the community. Changing my thread title is going to exacerbate the issue.

If you have a method, share it and I'll edit the OP, but if not, we need to keep the redundancy down somehow. It buries relevant questions off the front page, and it annoys people to see the same question over and over.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timothydonohue:
yes, we'd be happy to direct you to the search button. in there, you'll find all of your answers.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NOLAnuffsaid:
classic :D;):p
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strauss0829:
lol

i know i know search the forums i did ..just wanted to see if anyone had some new news thats all take it easy on me lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spyderekz:
why dont you just answer the guy? If it is his first time here, is this the best way to great him?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timothydonohue:
as of right now, there is no way to root stock froyo, android 2.2. there are many threads about this. IF a method becomes available, it will probably show up here in the dev forum.

is that better? you want me to go around and post that in every single thread about this, spyderekz?

no offense meant to you, strauss, i was just having fun with you.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Doward:
Could you? That'd save me having to read all of these threads... ;) Merge them all together...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Yeah my patience has really been suprising to me in this waiting process mostly because the only person I can blame is myself for not having root lol.

Sent with Supersonic speed
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordDavon:
HA! It really is sticking as the same thing. I love it! I am glad it is no longer just me with that impression in my head.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _s^sOul_:
Latest update from unrevoked

"We're making progress on the EVO 4G Froyo Root, but we still have no timeline. We'll keep everyone posted." All we need is patience, the devs are out there working on it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
protip - when posting your all-important first post, make sure that what your posting hasn't already been posted twice before.;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny21:
I'm curious. I recently had to downgrade the software and firmware on my father in laws my touch 3g and to do this I had to create something called a gold card out of a spare micro sd card. From what I understand it lets you pass the security checks in hboot and will let you flash a new image without htc signature. Is it possible this might work on the Evo to downgrade our software?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _s^sOul_:
Ya, that was my bad. I noticed it posted on the previous page after I posted, but didnt see a way to delete my post. I have failed.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wervr:
posting to annoy people who are annoyed by people posting.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superlinkx:
Yeah, I'm curious too. I'm almost afraid that the Evo doesn't use goldcards or that getting a gold card made would require some sort of leak from an HTC engineer. Sounds like unrEVOked team in making progress, so hopefully someone's found some sort of exploit we can use. I wish I knew more about development and hacking so I could help out. I don't really need root, but I'm always excited to see devs hack updates.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
people posting posts posting that posts people post annoy people, shouldn't post.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bd1308:
I'm wondering if anybody has noticed that a FTP server can be setup as a service provided by the phone when pairing with a PC. Since this appears to be something new I have not seen before, perhaps there is a way of manipulating the system into accepting a malformed file or overflowing the stack and giving us the ability to get to the system?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wvaj:
I brought this up in other threads but everyone just kind of rejected the idea...I'm kinda thinking / hoping that it would work....if I had the extra time I would try it myself
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkenvar:
Pleasantly Surprised

It's heartening to see all the ideas that everyone is coming up with to try and find a way to root. I never would have thought of half of those things, which is probably why I'm not a dev. Lol. I was one of the trigger happy ones that did the OTA update as soon as it came out, and we just got my wife an EVO 2 days ago and unfortunately it came with 2.2 stock, so no root for us for now. Oh well, life goes on, and when most of us are asleep dreaming of roots, the devs will discover the answer and post it. Till then I will monitor this thread daily. :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bisby:
creating the gold card is different than the my touch. but if you happen to know how to make a gold card for an evo, let us know.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bd1308:
I have two links, cant post them yet. But there is information on creating a gold card out there
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bisby:
k, post the one that works on 2.2
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bar3m3tal:
If it was that simple I believe it would have been done by now, but well i could be wrong.

I'm just warning you to be patient before you do something stupid and brick the phone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pbrussell:
Just looked into it....and lol doesn't seem like a bad Idea, but im sure the devs have thought of this, and maybe this answers the question on one of the other posts in here about if sprint has a way too downgrade the phone...and btw it wouldn't be sprint It would be google, or the Android section of google. I mean I'll order the proper sd card needed (just bc I need one anyway) and try it out.... but I guarantee that b4 I even get it there will be a post with a sad face and a small description of why it won't work.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edufur:
Hold up... someone must have tried this by now!! Looks like this is a tecnique that has been around for a while. Can someone chime in on this please? Because this is supposed to be a catch all for all phones. Why wouldn't this work for the EVO?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fernruffryders:
Yes someone chime in on this please
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinpaul:
This is what I found.........

How to create a GoldCard

This guide explains how to create a GoldCard. A GoldCard is a special SD card which, when inserted into your device, allows you to flash RUU files with a different CID to your own device. For example, if you own a T-Mobile branded device, this will allow you to flash a generic ROM.

Requirements

•Spare microSD card

•Windows PC (recommended)

•ADB (part of the tools folder of the SDK, available for download here

•HxD Hex Editor, available for download here

Step by step instructions

•Format the microSD card to FAT32 format.

•Put the microSD card in your device and boot it.

•Ensure you have unzipped the SDK, then open a command prompt to the extract location. Change to the 'tools directory.

•Enter 'adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid' and press enter. You should get a very long number which looks like this: 532600bd227d9c0347329407514d5402.

•Visit this page, paste in your number and reverse it. In our example the result would be 00544d5107943247039c7d22bd002653.

•Visit this page, enter your reversed number and create your goldcard image, which will be e-mailed to you.

•Open the HxD hex editor. If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, you must run the application as administrator.

•Go to the 'Extra' menu and select 'Open Disk'. Under physical disk, select Removable Disk (your microSD card), uncheck 'Open as Readonly' and click OK. Note that you should select physical disk NOT the logical disk. This is important!

•Go to the 'Extra' menu again and select 'Open Disk Image'. Open the goldcard image that you received by email.

•You should now have two tabs - one is your removable disk, the other is your goldcard image. Press OK when prompted for 'Sector Size' (selecting 512 (Hard disks/Floppy disks)) and click OK.

•Click on the goldcard image tab. Go to the 'Edit' menu, choose 'Select All' then select the 'Edit' menu again and select 'Copy'.

•Click on the 'Removable Disk' tab. Highlight offset (line) 00000000 to offset (line) 00000170 (including the 00000170 line), then click on the 'Edit' menu and select 'Paste Write'.

•Click on the 'File' menu and select 'Save', accepting the warning.

You now have a goldcard!

P

Thanks to MiSSigNNo!

Hope this helps...:confused:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xHausx:
Just saw the droid 2 got rooted, has anyone had a chance to seehow they did it and if the evo is vulnerable to it too? I'm at work so I won't be able to look at it till later
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimeslunk:
There is an app in the market that will make your gold card for you looks like it takes no time at all but I don't have any backup software or a spare sd. Someone who does should give this a shot its always worth a try seeming as how this is universal for android devices.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pbrussell:
yea but here comes the big unhappy face- ....apparently there is a difference between the different codes that are generated from the goldcard site, and varies from phone to phone. the site will know what you are using and what code to generate based on the {"long number generated above in the shell"} and im going to assume that Thats where the problem is going to be due to there not being a "generic key" or set of keys that WILL work for andriod devices....most likley im sure you will run into problems when the key that is generated wont be compatable with the evo.....bc the posability of this being overlooked is not likley to say the least.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edufur:
Most of us already found this. We know how to search... but the question is... will the goldcard work on the EVO? I successfully created one but am not sure about how to flash from it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinpaul:
Same here, dont know what to do from here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So if you know how to search........ Can you search how to flash after we made this so called GOLDCARD???????
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdusen:
From the instructions, it sounds like you should be able to use any RUU to flash. Is the gold card a temporary S-OFF key?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] envoykrawkwarrior7:
seems to be a problem in the whole idea of this isnt there?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinpaul:
Yup, forget about it, lets face it folks! just wait and see what the Devs. find out before we brick our phones, if it can't be rooted then deal with it and move on, until then, WAIT!!!!!!!!!!:cool:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edufur:
But it doesn't HAVE to be another carrier. The very definition of the gold card is that it prevents the signed check... which would mean we can flash whatever. everything here is unsigned. I am tempted to try this but dont know next steps. Do I put a dev rom in root of goldcard and boot to recovery? rename? what should i do?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meo1pr:
Look here:

http://forum.revskills.de/
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] envoykrawkwarrior7:
ahh my bad, i ignorantly assumed it was a tmobile only function since id never heard of it on sprint, or the evo at least
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pbrussell:
well should i go be the offical ambassador for XDA and pop the almighty question? because it seems like there "supported mobiles" list doesnt include the evo/supersonic...and again for the Sad-face
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wvaj:
http://www.knowyourcell.com/htc/htc-evo-4g/evo-4g-guides/463925/how_to_root_the_htc_evo_4g.html

the way it looks, after you have the gold card, you would just put the flash files on it and flash like you normally would...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pbrussell:
btw this might not be something you want to play guinnea pig for boss....just a disclaimer, ur heading into uncharted waters...for all u know after you stick that "magic goldcard" into your system, and boot into recovery mode.....kittens could start falling out of the headphone jack or some****....no but seriously id just hate for your next post to be: phone bricked...DO NOT TRY, and then we will have a whole other thread to start about the next dev fix for the GOLD CARD bricking fiascoe......
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lboy109:
We're making progress on the EVO 4G Froyo root

We're making progress on the EVO 4G Froyo root, but we still have no timeline. We'll keep everyone posted.

FROM: twitter.com/unrevoked :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I see you just recently joined and this is your first post, and thanks for wanting to contribute right off the bat, but that tweet has been quoted on every other page of this thread, but thank you the same.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edufur:
crap. so I have the goldcard built. i see that i have to put that pc36img on there... i am nervous as hell. I dont see why this wouldnt work. is there anyone who can shed some light?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
protip - when posting your all-important first post, make sure that what your posting hasn't already been posted multiple times before. :)

/wow, who know I'd get to use that twice in the same day on people using their first post to say the same thing (but this time I changed twice to multiple - lol)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ftothe3:
someone has to try it right?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edufur:
Does anyone have a direct line to a dev to ask what happens if we try the goldcard route?

This looks as if it was one of the original rooting methods. I don't understand why it would no longer work. But I am scared to try. I dont want a brick.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sprink0281:
Lol, the days not over yet might get one more.....i seriously think people just wanna be the first to post it that they don't want to read because they are afraid someone else might beat them to the post! Id!@+s

As for the gold card.....sounds like it should work but I also think the devs would not have over looked something that easy. But we never know! Might be one of those too obvious to think of ideas. I say good luck to those that are willing to try, somebody might just get to be a hero to the rest of us.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meo1pr:
Do it, be the guinea pig, lol.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pbrussell:
Okay...well I didn't mean do discourage anyone, maybe this is why this route isn't practical, you can't back anything up, b4 u flash.....but we can't stop now your pioneering this whole event, I retract my previous statement and suggest you take the plunge (peer pressure tactic) everyones doing it, I bet you won't...... I mean worse case scenario-you just reupload 2.2....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pbrussell:
And make sure you have a modded ruu, bc regardless of whether we put the slip on the sig verifier, you still have to make it read as an update, our else I think you'll get an error bc your trying to flash an ruu that was made prior to 2.2 on ur evo.....correct my verbiage or if I'm wrong.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edufur:
who cares about backups...

this would fly in the face of everyone who said there is NO way to do it and that all the old stuff was tried. But I haven't seen anyone specifically say that they tried this route yet. UGH! Murphy's Law always bites me. I might just hold off a bit. At least I have the card made and ready though.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meo1pr:
Do it, if it works you will have bragging rights.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Greenfieldan:
Make sure you have your phone under the extended warrenty...then try it. If it bricks, drop it in a toilet bowl or something and make sure it's completely fried/they can't turn it on to determine that's bricked...Then get the replacement :). That's the only advice i can give you if you're on the fence and want some reassurance for doing it :\
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pbrussell:
You said it your self, we....YOU can throw the fact that You Edufur-the great has successfully downgraded the impossible beast: FROYO....I'll be a star, they may even name a constellation after you and when ppl look to the sky they will know it was you....(and some one in the back starts a slow clap) I believe in you....do it....don't think just do. I'm sure armstrong was scarred but his foot print remains on the moon for all time.... and he was in a 5 billion dolor tuna can with less technology than that phone in your hand right now. Without fail there is no gain.... I believe in you, we all do......now enough inspiration...FLASH DAT ****!!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edufur:
I don't believe in those dumb warranties. Some people luck out and it pays for itself, but statistically, everyone is wasting their money. If it wasn't profitable, they wouldn't do it. I put one of my original smartphones on that and when I tried to follow the process, it was a pain in the ass and not worth all the money I wasted on it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hey man, your the guy with something to lose if you try it. For all you know this thing can get rooted tomorrow, so its on you if you fail you cant even blame these guys that are egging you on.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fernruffryders:
Don't u guys think Dev team would of tried.this already? They do this day and night I'm sure and I'm almost positive they had to think of using the gold card people... if u think it'll work then do it and stop posting about "will the gold card work?" And post the outcome. Just my .02 cents...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fachadick:
Y'all are just mean.

Dude - don't do it. You'll brick your phone. If it actually does work (which I doubt), someone who knows will confirm over the next few days.

Sent from my blah blah blah blah
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edufur:
No, actually, I DON'T think they tried it. The reason I don't is because EVERY method that has been tried has specifically stated it has been tried... and the result was reported. This method has not even gotten mentioned much since 2.2

Maybe someone has tried, but if they have, I would like them to say so specifically. And I would like to know what the specific verbiage of the failure was.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Yeah man, this aint something that you can get help on if it fails, cause nobody has tried it on an Evo, We will get root eventually we dont have to resort to extreme measures like this.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edufur:
Thats just it... I don't understand what would be so extreme about it. And it HAS been done before. It was the original way to do it:

http://www.knowyourcell.com/htc/htc-evo-4g/evo-4g-guides/463925/how_to_root_the_htc_evo_4g.html
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] envoykrawkwarrior7:
wouldnt we still be able to check if it turned s-off just by putting it in without an update.zip on there?