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[EVO 4G Android Development] MercuryNine:
Im Rooted thx to the great instructions posted by Regaw (Thx). One issue that I am having seems to be my Nandroid, before I install my first custom Rom I use Nandroid to back up my stock rooted 2.2, So today I wanted to see what was exactly the 2 saved back ups was (I had forgotten which was which). So i went to restore Via Nandroid and I get the "Error Loading boot Image" as it begins to restore, funny thing is I can restore everything seperately except the BOOT.IMG. Plus I can restore my CM6 just fine with no issues. Only thing I can think of me doing since my stock rooted 2.2 was install/flash end bootloader to get my CM6 to install. Any suggestions would be sweet thx everyone.
[EVO 4G Android Development] SantinoInc:
This looks like rocket science...I'm just staying with stock 2.2 until something easier comes out.
[EVO 4G Android Development] gdolla3:
Hey regaw_leinad, u might have already gotten this, but im gonna give u a big THANKS for all ur hard work and dedication to creating this walkthrough and getting 2.2 rooted. Madd props my dude. Gonna donate right now. Keep up the good work.
[EVO 4G Android Development] sopel10:
Thank you for this great guide. Used simple root after getting back to 2.1. Donated a small amount, hopefully you can get your own evo.

Swyped on Evo CM6
[EVO 4G Android Development] bash78:
already am rooted to Evo 2.1 update is it a must to update it to to 2.2? :confused:
[EVO 4G Android Development] Topgun966:
Part 2 loads the rooted stock 2.2. Part 1 just rolls the phone back to STOCK NON ROOT 2.1 so it can be rooted. Hope that clears it up for you.
[EVO 4G Android Development] backdown:
When someone makes a simple root of this let me know. I get to the part where i have to adb push rageagainstthecage and it says invalid.

Not good at CMD stuff XD
[EVO 4G Android Development] dacoz21:
Help

I got the the bootloader part however it never asked me to update the PC36img.zip file. I am now stuck on a red trangle with !. I can't seem to get back to the bootloader. Any suggestions guys?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Andy S:
New to this, so thanks for the walk through.

Followed the guide Friday night (Amon_RA version), everything seemed to work.

I was going to update Amon_RA this morning to 1.8.0, and am a bit confused (trying to learn). I did:

adb push recovery-RA-evo-v1.8.0.img /sdcard/

and the file is successfully moved to the root of the SD card.

If I do:

adb shell

it comes back with a $ prompt.

Then I do

su

and it gives me

su
Permission denied
$

Am I missing something? I seem to be able to run programs that have needed root. But it's not giving me superuser permissions at the console. As I'm learning this, I assume I need a "#" prompt.

I can power up with vol-down held and get Amon_RA recovery that's installed during this root process just fine.

Also, do how do I install the Eng boot that I've heard mentioned that toast's version gives.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dacoz21:
Update: Issue has been resolved. Seemed to be a bad download of the image file.

THanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] rperiod:
Help regaw! I get this error message after PC36IMG:

$ ./if you want my body

$ ./and you think I'm sexy

$ ./comeon showty let me know

I kid, worked great for this noob!
[EVO 4G Android Development] SanityKills:
Okay, so that explains the SU app. That's what made me think someone was installing some custom apps and mods to the ROM (aside from the behavior compared to the stock ROM).

So I wonder what the deal is then. I guess I'll re-do the process, do a few cache and data wipes, try again, and see what happens.

Thanks for your work and attentive support.
[EVO 4G Android Development] chunkdaddy00:
Plus one for this issue, I have tried numerous times and still the same results. No Bueno!:mad:
[EVO 4G Android Development] Noxious Ninja:
Not if you don't want to.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Andy S:
OK, so this probably explains my post a bit up, too? The reason I can't run the Amon_RA update (can't get SU in the shell) is that running this ROM doesn't give universal superuser?

Or am I still lost?
[EVO 4G Android Development] scubabear1:
GREAT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cool:
[EVO 4G Android Development] churchwin88:
Okay, I'm kind of just jumping in here not sure exactly what all you have done so I'm going to assume like you said before you are rooted with nand unlocked, right?

First, you do have SuperUser installed, right?

Second, there is another way to check for root. Download terminal emulator by Jack Pavelich from the market and type su then hit enter. If you get $ then for some reason you are not rooted. If you get # then you are.

EDIT: Are you on 2.1 or 2.2?
[EVO 4G Android Development] drivendaily:
Just wanted to chime in here about wimax...it works great. Coming from a fully updated OTA stock unrooted 2.2, after following these instructions I have had no trouble with wimax MAC addresses or missing certs. I was a bit worried after reading about others troubles after running unrevoked forever so I tested it out. 10/2 up while driving through Hartford on I84.

Thanks to everyone who made the root possible.
[EVO 4G Android Development] redline0889:
So i went through all the steps and after all said and done wiped my device like 5 times, used both rom manager and the recovery console to flash cm6 and get this error every time!

assert failed: getprop("ro.bootloader") == "0.76.2000" ||

getprop("ro.bootloader") == "0.79.0000"

E:Error in /sdcard/clockworkmod/download/mirror.kanged.net/cm/stable/supersonic/update-cm-6.0.0-Supersonic-signed.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.

Any suggestions?
[EVO 4G Android Development] wineguy:
When I try to run adb push unrevoked-forever.zip /sdcard/ from the command prompt, it's showing 0 data moved...any suggestions?:confused:
[EVO 4G Android Development] Andy S:
Competed the guide all the way through, taking the Amon_RA options at the end. So I have the exact ROM loaded from there.

That's loaded in the ROM now I think, but yes, I have it. When I downloaded and ran the MSL Reader app, a pop up came up asking for permission for that app to have SU access. Clicked yes and it worked.

That gives me #, but I still can't get it from a command line as I showed above.

Strangely, when following the Amon_RA steps from the terminal on the phone, it gives me SU on the phone, but then tells me the .img isn't there. Specifically, I am trying this:

su(press enter)
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-evo-v1.8.0.img(press enter)
reboot recovery(press enter)

I'm not plugged in, and I have verified the file is on the root of the SD.

EDIT: Are you on 2.1 or 2.2?[/QUOTE]

2.2

Also, when doing it from the PC, I've verified I'm debug and USB charge only.

EDIT: Oops, I just tried it again from the PC, and I was not paying close enough attention to the phone screen and I was missing the SU prompt on the phone. Let me try again. Learning is fun.

EDIT: Well, I've got #, but just like in terminal on the phone, it's telling me recovery-RA-evo-v1.8.0.img not found when I do the following line:

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-evo-v1.8.0.img

Feel clueless as to what I'm doing wrong. Does it sound like since I have the "#" that I should move this somewhere else to ask? Should this root method from the OP give me all the rights I need to update Amon_RA? I kind of wanted to do that before putting other ROMs on here, so I can back up this fairly stock setup.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Bizdady:
I was getting this untill I flashed 0.76 Eng Bootloader

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=752832
[EVO 4G Android Development] churchwin88:
I'm not sure exactly what the problem is. You do have flash_image on your sdcard still, right? Or try re-downloading it maybe it got corrupted.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Andy S:
I'm not sure exactly what the problem is, either :)

In the root of my SD card, I have "recovery-RA-evo-v1.8.0.img". MD5 checks.

I even tried the stock SD card to make sure it wasn't my 16GB card. The stock card was the one I used when I did the whole process in the OP.

Just went back and did this again just to be sure (from the OP):

adb push flash_image /data/local/
[EVO 4G Android Development] churchwin88:
My flash_image is on the root of my sdcard...
[EVO 4G Android Development] Andy S:
I just pushed it there, too. I can see it in Astro.

Still telling me the img isn't there.
[EVO 4G Android Development] churchwin88:
Wow, I'm lost. Umm, do you have the older version of amon-ra installed at all? If not, you can try downloading the 1.7.0.2 version and see if it works but I doubt it will.

You can always try posting in the amon-ra thread and see if anyone can answer this problem there.

EDIT: Are you doing this via terminal or adb? I'm sure both but just want to make sure.
[EVO 4G Android Development] rjmjr69:
Place this file on the root of your sd card and turn off the phone then hold down the volume down button while pressing power and let the phone load this file it will give you the latest armon recovery 1.8.0 and the eng boot 76.200

View attachment PC36IMG.zip

IF YOUR ALREADY ROOTED AND NAND UNLOCKED
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
Just a thought on this...When you complete this tutorial you end up completly stock with HBOOT 0.93--PRI 1.40--everything latest stock. At this point you have the ability to flash any 2.2 ROM you wish Damage---Fresh---etc---and keep this status. Except for CM6 which is needing the lower HBOOT 0.76. I am saying this because if CM6 patches this and becomes available on the HBOOT 0.93 you will find yourself sitting with 0.76 for no reason. I have not asked but is CM6 making plans to do this? If so I would not downgrade the HBOOT...just my 2cents.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Bizdady:
Good question, might be good to post on CM thread. A lot of ppl including myself that want root for CM6 specifically are having issues due to the boot loader.

Sent from my Evo CM6
[EVO 4G Android Development] Andy S:
I was doing it both on the terminal on the phone and a cmd line on the PC. I had the version of Amon-RA that was included in the link in the first post (1.7.0.2).

I was as rooted and unlocked as following this guide would give me.

I think I'll just try to flash another ROM later, then see.

Thanks all.
[EVO 4G Android Development] churchwin88:
If you already have 1.7.0.2 and can do nand backups and flash zips, I'd just stick with it. Only difference really between the new version is that there is a return button instead of having to push both vol. up+down to go back.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Clay333:
@Andy S (Flashing Amon-RA)

@Andy S

Put the recovery image in your Android sdk tools folder. Be sure your phone is in Hboot fastboot mode and plugged in to PC. Open a command prompt there (C:android-sdk-windows\tools:) and type:

fastboot devices (make sure you see your phone after you press enter)

fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-evo-v1.8.0.img

Be careful thought because you won't be able to reload your recoveries from clockwork after you do this (not that I know of at least) without reflashing clockwork mod the same way you did this.

Good Luck
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
Thanks to this root method it is all just a matter of Flashing the appropriate PC36IMG.zip but I predict at least 2 bounty threads..."HBOOT FIX"...LOL!!! And then some guy posting "Heres Ya HBOOT FIX"---first ya gotta run 3 times around your house counter clockwise for RA-recovery and 3 times clockwise for clockwork recovery...then ya flash this magically delicious file I just made ...HAHAHAHA!!! :cool:
[EVO 4G Android Development] jake1515:
Problem

This was the first time for me to Root my phone. I followed the whole process, everything worked fine, used the Amon package, and finished. How do i know if the Root worked? I can't get the wireless teether to work, and even worst sites such as channelsurfing.net where i was enjoying live football games don't work now, it just boots me out of my web browser when I try to load the Flash player up to play a stream. I even installed flash 10.1 again thinking maybe this "Amon" didn't come with flash on it, but to no avail. I'll be working on the crap all day probaly... sombody please help!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Andy S:
I thought it also included wimax backup. That was my main reason for wanting it, after what happened with the unrevoked mess.

This is what I see:

# fastboot devices
fastboot devices
fastboot: not found

Why wouldn't it show up?

Not a problem, I never used clockwork, and haven't backed up with amon_ra yet. I always figured this was a temporary ROM until I figured out what I wanted.
[EVO 4G Android Development] sprink0281:
The reason I posted that was, this a guide thread not for random stupid and irrelevant comments all the thank you's an irrelevant posts like the few of many above, can go in a seperate thread,this way this thread doesn't get cluttered and easier to find answers so people don't have to keep asking the same questions over and over and over because most are to lazy to search 100 plus pages.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mschmiedel:
Damn it, this means 1GB card = no party? :mad:
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
The PC36IMG.zip you are looking for you probably already have...it can be found in either the clockwork or ra zip you downloaded in the tutorial. Right click either one and explore...both have it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mr.bill:
Main Version Older

I unrooted my EVO that I OTA updated with eaz, however I keep getting Main Version Older on my wife's EVO that we bought less than a week ago with 2.2 already on board. I think that there MUST be an issue with the ones that came with 2.2 preloaded, if not. Someone please respond to this. I have seen several post with this issue, but no one responds with a fix......PLEASE HELP!!!! I am stuck at the MAIN version OLDER, yes I have re-downloaded PC36IMG.zip file multiple times with the same result...... If you have a fix, then please help!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Andy S:
I can't help with your problem directly, but I can tell you I was successful in downgrading and then coming back to a rooted 2.2 via the instructions here. My phone is a bit over a week old, and definitely had 2.2 out of the box.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Clay333:
Yes the last PC36IMG I downloaded had it in there, but I don't know how to zip it up to flash from recovery. I have a zip file for .76 that can be flashed from recovery, can I just replace the 1 file (hboot 0.76.2000.img) with the hboot 0.96.000.img file found in the PC36IMG without changing any of the mainfests, text, or other files and flash it without any problems?
[EVO 4G Android Development] regaw_leinad:
This means that your

./flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img

did not work, try starting again, verifying every step.

Make sure to just Follow Part 2 all the way through, so you have root as well.

The phone I originally rooted was home 2 days from the Sprint Store, w/ 2.2 loaded from the factory.
[EVO 4G Android Development] bron019:
im having the main version older issue
[EVO 4G Android Development] regaw_leinad:
This means that your

./flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img

did not work, try starting again, verifying every step.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mschmiedel:
PC36IMG.zip not found solved for good...

Answering my own question, it does work with non SDHC cards, you just need to reformat to FAT32 as somebody else already stated. I'm just finishing the downgrade on my evo with a 1GB card and it's being smooth, just reformated...
[EVO 4G Android Development] otaylor10:
When I power on my Evo it only goes to the Fastboot screen with the skating androids. No matter what I try I cant get it to actually load into a ROM. I did something I probably shouldn't have after I got done Unrevoked Forever I tried to roll back the hboot with some PC36IMG I had got from a thread on here. But after I updated that Im stuck with this problem. Any help is GREATLY APPRECIATED.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Othic:
Im at the part where I need to install the modified usb driver but under my device manager, it doesn't show Android 1.0 under other devices. Any ideas?
[EVO 4G Android Development] jake1515:
well i installed Virus"s Revolution Rom and that solved my problem!!!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Andy S:
Heh, did the same thing awhile ago when I was trying to figure out how to update Amon_RA and it wasn't working. Put the last PC36IMG.zip back on the SD and apply it. The PC36IMG.zip from either the Clockwork or Amon_RA recovery with the three files.
[EVO 4G Android Development] emk1160:
amon_RA's rom (non working wifi tether)

Hey guys sorry to be the noob but i just rooted 2.2 froyo exactly to the tee on the video walk through n i chose to go with the amon_RA's rom n i cant wifi tether can ne one help me out n tell me what rom has working wifi? thanx so much n once again sorry to be the annoying noob.....
[EVO 4G Android Development] VandyCWG:
just install the wireless tether pre8 apk, and that should do it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Andy S:
Did you give the tether app superuser rights when the box popped up?
[EVO 4G Android Development] electric contractor:
Wimax

All steps went thru without a problem. Did step #2 and used clockXX I have noticed that I do not have a operating Wimax. I have tested for two days in areas I know work. I found someone on PPCgeeks that has same problem. I downloaded Wimax to PC but cold not find anything in all my searched.

Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] Dread 7us:
Rooted my gfs evo worked perfectly thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] willy900wonka:
It could be that there are different versions of phones which were shipped with 2.2. Probably those originally with 2.1 which were updated and those with a new 2.2 release. Both would arrive with 2.2 from the store.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=7881100#post7881100

Explains what I did to compensate for the differences.
[EVO 4G Android Development] backdown:
nevermind.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ms79723:
can you push everything else? im assuming so since i think you had to push everything else before that....well...if you can push everything else to the sdcard, then i say just change it from charge to disk drive, add that to the root of the card and then change it back to charge and go to the next step
[EVO 4G Android Development] regaw_leinad:
ok for the errors in the flash_image part try

adb shell /data/local/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img

as one line instead of

adb shell
cd /data/local/
./flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img
[EVO 4G Android Development] You stole Boo Boo's Name:
rolling back to 2.1 breaks wimax you can't manually update it
[EVO 4G Android Development] bwolters:
Rooted and running BakedSnacks

Thank you to everyone that put the time in and helped us all out.

Advice to newbies(like myself) - put aside an evening doing it. Just follow the steps and if your phone hangs up just start over on that portion of the tutorial. The education into how your phones systems work is invaluable. Lift up your skirt tighten garter belt and just go for it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Andy S:
Is there a step by step guide somewhere on loading ROMs?

With the problem I've had upgrading amon_RA, thought I'd look for a step by step in the wiki or elsewhere to make sure I didn't waste a bunch of time doing it wrong, and didn't see anything.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Othic:
So what happens when your phone doesnt show up in Device Manager and you can't update the USB driver?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Bizdady:
I had to use a diff pc :(
[EVO 4G Android Development] Othic:
after 3 hours of trying to figure it out, reinstalling htc sync worked. it had me install it then uninstall it in the begining...
[EVO 4G Android Development] Othic:
well i spoke too soon. i give up this is retarted
[EVO 4G Android Development] emk1160:
Yea I gave it superuser permissions .... and normally my WiFi will work but the second I start tethering i go back to WiFi n it says error n won't turn on .... has ne one else had this problem?
[EVO 4G Android Development] ucf.elk:
Thanks for the suggestion Topgun!

Question for you though: If I'm in my current state (rooted stock 2.2 with all data/settings/apps loaded), can I keep everything in its current form and switch to CM6? Should I download ROM manager now too?

Again thanks for the help and suggestions!
[EVO 4G Android Development] rajas_evo:
what version of the wifi tether did you install?

i root my evo 2 days ago, and have stock 2.2 rooted with wifi. i used the pre8 version. i tried the one from the market but that didnt work, so i got the pre8 directly from google.

google for android-wifi-tether > then go to the downloads tab and you will see the pre8 version.

my wif tether is rocking!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] misterzeno:
Thanks for the method, stock 2.2 OTA, first root worked on first try. Trying different roms and themes now. :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] rajas_evo:
mine didnt show up under 'other' either... but it showed up at the top.. named Android Phone or something similar.

if u cant get past a specific step.. go back and repeat from the last step where you had success. sometimes the result you get when performing the steps are different from what should happen.. and when that happens, you simply need to go back a few steps and do over until u get the desired result.

i had the same issue... and some other similar ones. but i made sure to follow each step carefully and made sure it was getting the desired results according to the guide.
[EVO 4G Android Development] emk1160:
Well I went n got that one n tried it n still got the same problem...
[EVO 4G Android Development] torankusu:
flash_image and reboot not permited.

Hi All,

so i did all the necessary steps and stayed with the rom on this post, i didnt wanted to flash to a custom rom since i wanted to stayed stock with root and everything enabled. i noticed that it only has superuser on it which is fine, but i tried to do "reboot recovery" from terminal emulator after typing SU by the way and it gives me a "not permited" that is one of my issues then the other one is i was trying to flash_image from terminal emulator and it tells me that it is not found, as if flash_image is not install. is this to be expected when you stay with the 2.2 rom you load in the last step of the guide ? do i have to load a custom rom ? i didn't want to load one because netarchy's stock 2.2 rooted was giving me issues with the stock browser being slow compare to a similar evo never been rooted running stock 2.2.

what do you think guys, can i install flash_image and maybe troubleshoot why terminal emualtor doesnt want to permit the reboot comand, remember i stayed with the 2.2 rom that you flash at the end of this tutorial.

thanks guys
[EVO 4G Android Development] logie:
Do you have USB debugging enabled?
[EVO 4G Android Development] zone23:
Man that is great news and I was just getting ready to start a new thread..
[EVO 4G Android Development] EyeslikeOlives:
That's what we're talking about right now. OP says to run as WinXP SP3 compatibility and as Administrator. It worked for him. For some reason Win7 is having trouble with the drivers. However I could only get it to SP2 compatibility, not sure how to get SP3.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dirtyernie:
Followed instructions to the "T" and my phone's screen is at a picture of a phone with a triangle and an exclamation point inside the triangle (for 10 minutes). I still have unrevoked3 running on lappy. Any suggestions on what is going on?
[EVO 4G Android Development] EyeslikeOlives:
Run as Administrator on WinXP SP3 compatibility. I'm actually going to see if OTA Simple Root will work at this point.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dirtyernie:
Run what as Admin? I am set at Admin. Phone is stuck at triangle.
[EVO 4G Android Development] trim81:
I do not think unrevoked 3 unlocks the NAND

getting errors installing cyanogent and even amon RA

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-evo-v1.7.0.2.im

g

sending 'recovery' (4148 KB)... OKAY [ 1.109s]

writing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)

finished. total time: 1.109s