[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rrascal:
First of all thanks specifically to the four people mentioned below, amon ra, and also to everyone on this forum and the forum team. I am really becoming edumacated, but still have a long way to go.

This is a question for netarchy, toast, whitslack, and/or l33t or anybody.

BACKGROUND:

Bought 2 evo’s. 1 for me and 1 for my wife. Computer is an Imac.

Rooted my evo using netarchy’s “the easiest 1.47.651.1 root+nand unlock you’ll ever see without a gui (updated)” thread 741294. It is easy.

Followed that up with whitslack’s “starting over method” thread 715915.

Now running netarchy’s odexed 2.2 with 4.0.3a kernel with pri 1.40. (what a pain to get it updated to 1.40 but I bagged it).

Everything is running great for me. All directions and instructions were perfect and worked as advertised. EASY PEASY. (except bagging the 1.40 pri of course).

CURRENT GOAL:

Now I want to root my wife’s phone. I am not running a more current kernel yet because I have been reading my butt off to find a method to not downgrade her pri to 1.34. I can’t wait to try a newer kernel, but that will have to wait.

I found many threads with references to modified pc36img.zip images without the rcdata included in them to root without downgrading the pri to 1.34. None of them really definitively answers whether or not the process works completely. Most of the threads end in dead ends because of a signed file problem loading modified PC36IMG.ZIP files.

QUESTIONS:

Since rooting was so easy before, I would like to use the same method’s on my wife’s phone. She is still at 1.47 (been holding off all updates OTA). So, since netarchy’s method utilize’s Toast’s PC36IMG.ZIP which downgrade’s the pri to 1.34, I have the following questions:

1)	Is it possible to run unrevoked forever to turn s-off on my wife’s phone (still on 1.47 or 2.1), then complete step 2 below and use the unrevoked tool to turn s-on back on and still have my wife’s phone still rooted and nand unlocked via netarchy’s procedures? I think that this would allow me to complete step 2 below without the problems of a signed PC36IMG.ZIP mentioned in l33t’s thread wip update pri to 1.40. I would like to not leave s-off because I would be the one to brick her phone through my fat fingered mistakes. I would like to use this tool only to get her phone exactly to where mine is in the easiest fashion possible.

2)	- Could I follow Netarchy’s procedure (after unrevoked forever) as before, but substitute l33t’s PC36IMG.ZIP (from l33t’s WIP update pri 1.40 thread - I think he removed the rcdata from it) for Toast’s PC36IMG.ZIP and achieve the exact same results as before except the pri will remain at 1.40? Thus I would achieve root and nand unlock with the 1.40 pri.

3)	When following Whitslack method, does Whitslack’s PC36IMG.ZIP also downgrade the PRI to 1.34 or not? I am not sure of, or if there is any difference in his file versus Toast’s. I believe differences do exist, I just do not know exactly what they are.

4)	If Whitslack’s PC36IMG.ZIP file does downgrade the pri to 1.34, is there an alternative file to use in his method to not downgrade the PRI to 1.34 , or is l33t’s PC36IMG.ZIP file OK to use with Whitslack’s method also? Should the s-on tool be utilized after Whitlack’s method using l33t’s PC36IMG.zip?

5)	After whitslack’s method should I then reload the new amon ra recovery tool since I think his method loads amon ra 1.7.0.1

6)	After reading, I am totally confused regarding backups. I love my nandroids now that I am rooted (a full backup tool should be standard from HTC and Sprint from the get go). I also now read that a new Amon-RA recovery exists. I believe I read that it now has the ability to select specific portions of a backup to restore. Please correct me if I am wrong and this may be my answer. So my question is where or how would I be able to backup my wife’s current contacts with custom ringtones and people’s pictures in favorites and her calendar before rooting -before all the data for these gets wiped before rooting (maybe not possible)? Does the google sync do all of this (after reading I don’t think it does)? This is the main concern for an easy root for her evo. We don’t care about sms, mms, emails nor homescreens (the homescreens are relatively easy to re setup – just some finger pushing). I know I can use a file manager (like ASTRO and Appbrain) for apps and apps data, and Titanium backup after rooting (but I don’t get how to restore on Titanium or what to restore – I played with it on my evo with no success except for apps). Yes I am dumb and I also believe her data would be wiped by this point anyways.

7)	If I substitute the new Amon ra recovery 1.80 in part two of Netarchy’s root procedure, would that be sufficient to save her data and then selectively restore what is needed? Or would this be too late to save her contacts, custom ringtones, people pictures, favorites, and calendar?

8)	Do I even need to do Whitlack’s method, because I would immediately be loading Netarchy’s 2.2 odexed rom. Could I just after using Netarchy’s root and nand unlock procedure (with the l33t’s PC36IMG.ZIP and the new Amon ra recovery 1.80, immediately proceed to flashing Netarchy’s 2.2 odexed 2.2 rom and be done because his 2.2 load procedure includes radio and wimax updates?

9)	If it is possible to use unrevoked forever (s-off) and the new s-on tool, do I have the correct sequence of their uses in order? Or am I mixing apples and oranges methods and it just won’t work?

10)	Is there a better procedure (and what is it) to do what I want? If I have to bite the bullet and just manually reload everything just let me know and I will go about it that way.

I know a few other people have kind of the same questions, so maybe this can be a way to help others with the same questions get the answers. Us noobs are always looking to take short cuts and think we understand when we really don't know nothing.

Thank you for all of your efforts prior to this. You people are geniuses.

Sorry for the length of this. I do not not totally understanding everything after reading for weeks and thanks for any response in advance. I really tried to understand before asking these questions. If I should have known better, then please blast away at me for not finding the answers already and I apologize before hand for wasting everyone's valuable time.