yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reallango:
Why oh why do they hate us. It almost makes me wish I had kept my Samsung captivate. I hope somebody cracks this soon. Why did I have to update before I checked xda about root.

Edit:

"You can expect another face on the wall of phones soon. 2.2 folks: stuff is coming down the pipeline. Inc folks: use Forever before the OTA!"

It looks like the new face Unrevoked is talking about in there last Tweet is the HTC Wildfire. So still looks like no luck for us EVO 2.2 Users.

Hopefully the line "2.2 folks: stuff is coming down the pipeline." Is good news for us but I'm not going to hold my breath since I'm tired of being blue.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ar3ohdee:
If you can get ROOTED FROYO onto the EVO (2.1), it WOULD be going forward once the stock 2.1 were back in place... I believe the "exploit" is a dead end... moving forward IS getting us back to when the EVO was Root-able... Right !!!

Plus, from my experience, Froyo sucks so far... The screen is animations glitch all of the time, task killers do not work any more, the "flash light" app HAS ALWAYS BEEN AVAILABLE, etc, etc, etc... I am going to keep working on getting back, I am not sure I even WANT FROYO ROOTED!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluediablito:
just a quick question (noob in android rooting)

1. what apps have asses to the phone rooting files (meaning what app has total control of the phone?)

2. if so then a app can be installed to emulate htc signature and allow an installation off a rom.

2.when the file is sign by htc is there any way to obtain that signature? (sorta like brute force the signature...........)

well i was thinking if there a way to create an app to force the phone to look for an update zip that would allow to downgrade to 2.1

just like the ps1 when they were first moded they had a boot cd and then the game.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverZero:
Asses don't control me or my phone. It's all about personality. But if that's your thing, who am I to judge?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strauss0829:
it really amazes me no one is making any headway in this root area it is drivin me nuts lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broken1i:
Just gotta be patient. I really appreciate the work the devs are putting into this.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meo1pr:
Amen
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wright3d:
Faithfully waiting. Check here every day.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superlinkx:
I've never had the animations glitch, you may want to look into fixing that. (probably a factory reset), task killers aren't supposed to work because they aren't needed, so Google pulled the code they used, and the flashlight app didn't exist, but you could use 3rd party ones. Personally, I like HTC's better than the older 3rd party apps. Anyways, sounds like part of your issue is personal preference and having some weird glitches that shouldn't be there. The task killers you should give up on because they aren't even good for the system, plus you can easily use the built in task manager to do the same thing, but without screwing your phone over. The only issues I've had are the calendar bug (which doesn't affect me since I don't edit calendars on my phone very often) and the sound quality issue when streaming music. Froyo gives you apps2sd, extremely improved speed and performance (try some high quality games, they run way smoother now.), plus updated apps and features. I don't know why you WOULDN'T want rooted 2.2. You can use root to fix the few real issues and keep all the major improvements of 2.2.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wake69:
I had no choice going to stock 2.2, my evo charging port broke, and when i got my new evo, it came with 2.2 even though i asked for it not to, but alas atlease battery life is better while i wait
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dono74:
Wifes a PITA!!

Im not sure whats worse, Checking this post everyday too see if theres root available for my wifes phone,

OR

, my wife crabbing at me cause her evo is screwing up and telling me to fix it! Too which I cant for the time being!! LOL!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strauss0829:
WHY NOT

Why dont we try getting root through hdmi or front facing camera ????lets try anything and everything to slip root right by these f****ers lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TambourineMan:
I do not have all day to read thru 3,000 posts saying the prohibited words (I want my *** ***). I have been on the Cyanogen website and I see I mistyped RC 1 in my above post when I should have said RC2. But after diligently searching there I still find that the latest does not include 4G, nor full, unrestricted HDMI out. As mentioned above while I know I can mod my phone to RC2, I do not wish to do that until the Cyanogen mod includes 4G and full, unrestricted HDMI out.

I searched here (and elsewhere) for a mod that included 4G and full, unrestricted HDMI out and came up dry.

So if just one of the many of you here that knows all this stuff and assuredly has noticed, could provide a link or even a hint of where I could find a 2.2 that includes 4G and full, unrestricted HDMI out (I don't care at all about FM radio, nor a frame rate above 30 FPS - although that would be nice), it would be very much appreciated.

I am sure that for those of you in the know and that are capable of rooting your EVOs, it would be a quick and easy thing for you to do.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tgruendler:
Wow...if I was a developer and have been working on getting root for 2.2 and came on this forum and found this post, I would be pissed. Just my 2 cents.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NotATreoFan:
If I read correctly a few posts up, a rooted 2.1 can be upgraded to the official Sprint 2.2 Froyo and the root will stay in place.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverZero:
A rooted 2.1 can be flashed with a rooted stock Froyo ROM, or you can pre-flash with Unrevoked Forever, but I'm not sure how that works with the current OTA. Just taking the OTA from Sprint WILL kill root, though, so get that straight.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garyfunk:
This is not totally correct. If it is just the normal root access before unrevoked forever came out, it will not have root access under 2.2. If one ran unrevoked forever, then under 2.1 then one can gain root access to 2.2.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomh1979:
only if unrevoked forever has been flashed before doing the ota, if not then you loose root, i know this first hand since i was to impatient to wait.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electric contractor:
I asked about hdmi two days ago. Wish I had knowledge to look for holes.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TambourineMan:
I know I can root my previously unrooted, unupdated 2.1 EVO. What I want is to root it with a mod that does full, unrestricted HDMI out (as Cyanogen has said they think is doable - and also 4G).

I suppose what you all are suggesting is that I upgrade to the stock 2.2 in a way in which I can still do unofficial rooting in the future. But I am content to wait. Fine wine takes time. And I really appreciate all the blood, toil, sweat and tears.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abstraction21:
I know the devs are hard at work but if I have to wait longer than a month to get root access, i'm selling this thing. I'll be more than happy to donate cash to the first dev to crack it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluediablito:
MOD Edit: Post Removed.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NotATreoFan:
The last time your idea was suggested for a device becoming rooted, we had a lot of fighting over the bounty. In order to keep everything as orderly as possible, this will not be allowed.

Thank you for understanding.

-NATF
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluediablito:
understood..............mouth zip
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nealwheels:
I just wish there was away to go back to 2.1. Like an eager beaver, I couldn't wait for the official OTA 2.2 to be released and now I'm stuck without root. :-(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jspallister:
i might have missed this, but what about using Pojoman's ruu he posted to revert back and root that way?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pbrussell:
Now see Iwad still within my 30 days so I w enttoo sprint today and traded i mny e cho afor new one hoping it wouldnt be updated...but i think Imay have made the problem worse, bc the new phone wither updated before i got the opportunity too stop it or....it came with the latest update of .6, so I'm now thinking i would have been better off before bc Iguess a phone that accepted the update would be easier to root than a phone that came with the update previously installed......any thoughts?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverZero:
It makes no difference.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ipatella:
Pojoman's ruu gets you to stock .6 which is what the ota was.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jspallister:
sorry for some reason i thought it reverted...my bad
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themanrsw:
I actually had an idea about using pojoman's file to revert. Like, if it were able to get into the system to update the files for the people who, like me, unofficially updated to 2.2, why couldn't you trick it into just reverting back to 2.1? For instance, I wondered if you could use the files to get in, but somehow sneak in a backdate to 2.1, since it was able to get past the first part. I have no idea if that makes sense, but after reading a bit about how all this works...I think once you change the file...you have to sign it, and we (not me personally, but the devs) can't get a verifiable signature. In any case, I may be entirely wrong...seeing as how I know nothing about writing programs.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverZero:
Changing the RUU at all would break the signing, and you can't flash anything unsigned (unless you pre-installed Unrevoked Forever, I guess).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themanrsw:
Yeah, that's what I figured out after reading about all the attempts. I'm still thankful to all the people who are working on the new root! Not super worried about it, though. It's my impatience that caused me to be in this situation...so I have no one to blame, but myself. In any case, I can simply hope someone figures out a way in, and for that, they will have my gratitude.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pbrussell:
So why not just get a copy of the 1.46 update that has there signature and update the software with that.... Theoretically upgrading you to a previous version, "downgrade"
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themanrsw:
Version older than what's installed...error message.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pbrussell:
but if we alter the update so it reads as...lets say 3.26.651.7....it would see it as an update correct? But I assume when its altered the signature changes and it wouldn't load due too the security settings. So then the faulk is already to change the file too read as ".7" then, spoof there signature.......theoretically of course.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themanrsw:
My understanding, once you change anything in the ruu (even one number)...sig is broken and it's a no-go.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pbrussell:
Ok so I've got a gift of the general idea.....good, its good you know that I'm learning something while unable too make any progress with rooting my evo. But yea! So the object with this route would be to either create a signature that the os would recognize as original signed and there for "officially" released for android....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pbrussell:
Or figure out a way to change the ruu soy the electronic seal...in a sense won't be broken..... Or worst case scenario we shi done digital engineering and have someone on there dev team place there sig on an altered copy of the update (1.47) that would potentially downgrade you.....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reallango:
Well I'm no dev and new to the whole android scene. But at this point unless we can get an official downgrade I think the only other option is to find a process or app already installed on the phone that has root and trick it into giving us at least a limited root in order to make the changes needed for a permanent root. So what I think we should be looking at is what processes have root control. Then we would need to look for security flaws in said processes. As I said I've never done this before but I do have a basic understanding of Linux security and this seems to be the method normally used in hacking Linux servers.

If I'm wrong please correct me if you know. I am willing to take a more active hand in solving this problem as I am tired of waiting for the ability's I got this phone for. Please don't take this to mean I am not grateful for what the Dev's have done and are doing, or that I think I could do it better. I just know that moaning about it and looking everyday for someone else to solve the problem isn't helping me get what I want.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverZero:
I wish everybody was like you, but then what would I start threads about? :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reallango:
not the greatest news but atleast some reasurance from unrevoked's latest tweet.

"Stuck EVO Froyo 2.2 users stuck without root: don't worry, we haven't forgotten about you."
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ep3n3wp:
Has any one looked for an exploit in the factory reset? Our during a factory reset? As in an app that performs a factory reset but either reverts back to 1.47 or arooted version of .6 during the reset process...

Or something to that sort of extent...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ep3n3wp:
Or what about an exploit in the .3 update.zip that was UNOFFICIAL.. Maybe there is an exploit in there and that's the reason they called it UNOFFICIAL since there was/were exploits. So what about putting the .3 update.zip and the .6 together with the 2.2 ruu.. And then let us update through the ruu like an update or fresh install..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] envoykrawkwarrior7:
i wish this was facebook so i could "like" this post...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garyfunk:
How about we just wait.

unrevoked

EVO Froyo 2.2 users stuck without root: don't worry, we haven't forgotten about you.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IRepTheKing:
Good Idea.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sablesurfer:
Had to bump cause I responded another post...oops
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sablesurfer:
Bumpity...NO you cannot use ANY of the root methods (posted before this here post) on a 2.2 ROM.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 063_XOBX:
Wait so I can root with unrevoked? :P
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevinb99:
If you have stock 2.2 your stuck! Oh, and BUMP
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wayno-san:
But what if I have non stock 2.2 (ie the leaked version)?

Bump
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevinb99:
The one released a few days early? If so your with me, stuck for now.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kimrari:
I found this thread by searching and it answered several of my questions. I have one more so I hope it isn't a stupid question.

1.) I was originally 2.1 rooted.

2.) I wanted 2.2, so I wiped and reinstalled a stock rom

3.) I am now on 2.2 OTA.

4.) Can I downgrade back to an earlier stock rom (I've been using stock roms from shipped-roms), root it, then upgrade to a customer/rooted 2.2?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverZero:
No. See, now that would be a known way to root 2.2, wouldn't it? I'll add that to the OP.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverZero:
If it came from Sprint and didn't say "rooted" in the title, that's still a stock ROM.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordDavon:
Root .3 2.2 Update to go to Rooted ROM

Is it possible to Root the .3 update. The only fix in the forums has it wiping out the phone. If it is going to wipe my phone anyway, I might as well as root the dang thing and try out some of the root 2.2 ROMs.

LD
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sablesurfer:
HOLEY F! This has to be a joke...right?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sablesurfer:
Seems this needs ANOTHER bump!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordDavon:
I didn't realize this was funny. Last I read, there was no way to root the .3 update or do anything with it. Now that the 2.2 fix was released, I thought there may be progress.

I thought this was a place to get help. Not a place where people made fun of people for asking questions.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordDavon:
Ahhh... I see you bumped the No Root 2.2 thread. Instead of directing me to it, you mocked me. Nice work helping the noob!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordDavon:
Just to help some people. There are people "claiming" that this method worked for them:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=715915

According to the thread, it does not work on the leaked or official 2.2 phones. I dug through it for quite a while to find that. It is also what made me post the thread originally.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b0ricua:
LordDavon, if you notice one of the last pages on that thread note that if you are on .3 you cannot use Whitlock's method to go back to 2.1. Not until we find a way to root .3. But if there was a way to root .3 you wouldn't need to go back to 2.1 anyway :p

Just stick it out...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b0ricua:
BUMP!!!

I was one of the poor (or stupid maybe) that flashed to the leaked 2.2 froyo build. Oh boy I wish I could've hit the rewind on that one ;)

But don't worry, I DO know that I have to sit it out a little ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CuzinBucksBx:
Bump & Kinda Envy when I see "Sent from my

PC36100

using XDA App"
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverZero:
Why not just get it yourself?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strauss0829:
UnrevoKed

omg omg omg cant wait hope they do this sooner then later!!!!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electric contractor:
Steaming Bug

Evo 2.2 has a streaming bug Google is looking for fix. Espn Radio and a few other programs have problems could this be a hole?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turbospool:
I wish I could help

I have all the faith in the world that the devs will get this update rooted. I always hear about some software that cant be broken but it eventually happens. Wasn't the Droid X encrypted to prevent root but my brother has his rooted? The only thing that I wish is that I could help out but I am just starting to learn about the android system as is. I don't even know where to start looking for a hole in the update. However for those worried, I would say don't be it always happens eventually. Sometimes in a day, sometimes a month.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aragorn182:
If it's the bug that I'm familiar with it's just that Google removed some backward compatibility support for older audio formats. I'm pretty sure this isn't a security hole.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pbrussell:
Look at it like this even if 2.2 was considered the most secure building in the world, it doesn't matter if someone leaves the door open. The hard part would be if we didn't have access to the system but ask if us are holding it in our hands....it will happen nothing us in hackable/exploitable, even the pentagon is a target so fear not evo community, all things come with time. I'm more upset that I don't have the knowledge to assist the cause
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aldojr:
You see i knew they were talking about us. Now they clarified it. Thanks for the update .
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garyfunk:
You are welcome.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noxious Ninja:
If you're referring to the Android Central article on the topic, it was a very poor article. HE-AAC v1 and v2 are hardly older audio formats, and the Froyo audio issue is legitimately a bug, not a misbegotten attempt at modernization.

Sent from my HummerPhone using the XDA App
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jbroad572:
Maaaan... isn't that about something. Here I have been getting everything ready for an update since I just got delivery of my replacement EVO and now I find I can't do anything. This sucks monkey balls... What a day killer. So much for all my backups and everything. It's been about 2 weeks that I've been waiting to restore all my backups and all. Wow, just wow!

Thanks for letting me vent.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matt_TX:
I just got my new Evo yesterday... I was so excited to get home, root and install Cyanogen's ROM to get this "Sense" toilet off my phone. I power on and notice I have 2.2...

Has anyone had any luck going back to the store and exchanging for a 2.1 model? Is this even possible?

I wish we could at least get an ETA from the unrevoked team or someone on when this will be fixed. I have 30 days to return the phone. If I cannot get root by then, it's going back.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aztektum:
Sheesh. Whine a bit more why don't you. If you want it done faster, start helping?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matt_TX:
Who was this directed to? You may want to master your usage of the "quote" button if you are going to submit erroneous posts in this forum in future.

Regardless, I don't think anyone is whining - we are PISSED OFF. Please do not confuse the two. As far as "start helping" is concerned, I'm not a developer, so I can't. However, I will gladly help financially if that provides some incentive.

I will personally PayPal $25 to the first person that fixes this issue. Are you prepared to do this same? If so, pony up since you were so concerned about getting us "whiners" to help :)

Let's throw some money at this and see if that helps to speed things up.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kudosmog:
The admins have not been looking kindly on people posting bounties, nor has the community. If you're not a dev, just be patient and deal with it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matt_TX:
Woooooooo... I'm scared. Please don't tell on me.

What is this, high school? It's my money and if I want to reward/incentivize someone for their hard work, that is my business... More importantly, why on earth would anyone frown on that? I really appreciate all the hard work these people do (often for free) and I want to reward them.

Why should I? Because you said so... Please... Again, this isn't high school and I'm not scared that you are going to push me into the lockers. What makes me laugh is that this sage advice is coming from a guy with ONE post. I'm not happy about the issue, like many others, and something needs to be done. I wish to compensate those that help me. If you don't like my methods, don't read my posts and don't reply... Thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ken273053:
Removed. Not worth the time or ban.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klbjr:
This really f****n sucks!!!!! Dropped my Evo at work couple weeks ago & shattered the screen. Waited 2 weeks for a replacement. Granted they sent me a brand new phone, fresh out of the box with new battery, charger, memory card....etc. Just like I did when I walked out of the Sprint store on June 14th. I power it up & there is the dreaded 2.2! Anybody looking to trade a rooted/rootable 2.1 for a brand new 2.2?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matt_TX:
Ken, you make a good point... I don't have many posts, but I have been a member of the forum for a couple of years. I'm not a Dev, so I don't tend to be able to add much value from that standpoint, hence the low number of posts...

I brought up the high school thing because I felt that the original response to my post was very immature (probably written by a kid, who knows)... Anyway, I was trying to respond in kind but realize I ultimately lowered myself to the same level. It was an error in judgment and self control:)

Your suggestion to hit Unrevoked up on Twitter is a good one. I'll try and report back.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garyfunk:
If you want to help ( part with your $25) then go here and click the link on thne bottom of the page.

http://unrevoked.com/recovery/
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meo1pr:
I want to donate send me a link please.