yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Android Development] dkdude36:
FACTORY RESET!!! thanks a bunch this could be all that is needed. probably. btw, rage doesnt work on 3.70 over adb. it works with a little prodding on terminal emulator. i just dont kno what that little tweaking is. thats what im asking.
[EVO 4G Android Development] tekkyn00b:
Looked at step 7 again. You mentioned chmod on the ./data...etc... You don't chmod that line. Literally copy and paste each line one by one. If I recall, the second line is installing, or running the file. I'm rusty on my Linux...
[EVO 4G Android Development] xr7kid:
Rooted my 0004 Evo with the 2.10 Hboot using this guide. Worked like a charm, thank you!
[EVO 4G Android Development] tekkyn00b:
Yeah, that was what did it for me. Would not work before doing that. Sorry about not giving you what you asked for. I just don't know. (although hopefully just the factory reset will do it for you).
[EVO 4G Android Development] dkdude36:
thanks this could help quite a few people (me not among them. been rooted since toast's method)
[EVO 4G Android Development] gpz1100:
It's your computer. I just downloaded the file using the first link without any issues. Even tested it with winrar and extracted without faults. Try a different browser or a different computer.
[EVO 4G Android Development] devonparrish:
Hey guys unrevoked is having an open test right now. Its working for a bunch of people. Check out their twitter @unrevoked

If you dont know how to follow these simple instructions ;D
[EVO 4G Android Development] shiftwig113:
and this is not stickied why?
[EVO 4G Android Development] diesel joe:
Does anyone know where I can get the newest ruu? I just got my Evo yesterday, and I have done something wrong. I'm sure I missed a step. Now it won't boot. I found an older ruu but it won't work. I just want to start fresh. Thanks in advance.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dkdude36:
www.goo-inside.me is the place for all ruu's and common stuff. http://www.goo-inside.me/evo/stock/RUU/ there is the evo ruu place. download the newest.
[EVO 4G Android Development] diesel joe:
Cool Thanks alot. I didn't have this much trouble with my hero. I'm sure it is something stupid that I did.
[EVO 4G Android Development] maromas:
i need help
[EVO 4G Android Development] gtszzz:
OK so I'm a friggin idiot when it comes to this stuff so please forgive my ignorance.

I've downloaded the file and saved it to my computer.

I'm going through the instructions and it says to open a comand prompt, so I went to start, run, cmd to open the prompt.

How do I change the prompt to where I extracted the files to and "execute" it from this folder?

Also once you copy and paste the comands in on step 3 does it prompt you to plug in your phone? Step 1 says not to plug the USB port into the computer.

This site seems more geared for people who have a clue. Are there any rooting for dummies instructions that works for 2.02? I found one for .97 and initially tried it then found out it wont work on my phone with 2.02 on it.

Thanks for any help!
[EVO 4G Android Development] devonparrish:
To change the command directory type "cd c:\'your file name'" with no quotes. Im on my evo so I cant get a quick look at the op but im sure someone else can answer the second question :]

Edit: yes, you plug your phone in before you even start. But make sure its set to "charge only" the whole time
[EVO 4G Android Development] kps0927:
Ok, I am a complete moron. I copied the whole section into one command line. I do not know shell format but it looked like that was what I was supposed to do.

Put in one line at a time and am now flashing and waiting to move to item 10......:)
[EVO 4G Android Development] blueridgedog:
I see two issues, one rom manager will not work with rom manager as it requires clockwork recovery. Second, cyanogen may not support all the hardware in the phone.
[EVO 4G Android Development] blueridgedog:
Strange. The rom extended my battery life. I get two days on a charge now, versus one before. I removed all the sprint junk...perhaps that will help you.
[EVO 4G Android Development] blueridgedog:
From what I read, no.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Kfunk:
I am getting this error in step 7:

Unable to chmod /data/local/flash_image: No such file or directory

# .data/local/flash_image: not found

###

What am I doing wrong? I tried copying and pasting line by line (recommended on post 2709) but still a no go
[EVO 4G Android Development] nelanka:
Is my 4G broken?

I followed the guide and was able to root successfully. Thank you very much for your hard work to make this easy for us newbies. I then updated to the latest Sprint Lovers ROM. Everything works great, except for 4G. It used to work before I rooted. Now when I turn on my 4G connection, it starts scanning, then it reads "Connecting to Sprint", then "Authenticating with Sprint", and then "Disconnected". It does this over and over again. I'm not sure what the problem is, whether its this rooting process, the ROM, or what. How do I restore the 4G capabilities?
[EVO 4G Android Development] jaywetherald:
Not sure if this will work for you, but this worked for me. I still had the usb disk drive assigned, and changed it to "charge only", and was able to complete step 7.

Hope this helps!
[EVO 4G Android Development] timtlm:
Just wanted to let people know that you can use Titanium Backup after doing the z4root in step 4A. I helped a friend root, and was able to backup everything with Titanium Backup and later restore everything after getting Sprint Lovers on there.

The biggest hangup in the process was around step 10. First it didn't want to go into recovery and just wanted to reboot into the ENG rom. After a couple of battery pulls it eventually made it. Then when running the adb command in step 10 he got an error about multiple devices. When running adb devices it showed 4 devices, 1 in recovery and 3 offline all with the same serial number. He rebooted the PC, and it worked after that. He probably could have gone into task manager and ended the adb process and could have avoided the reboot.
[EVO 4G Android Development] lizardking7112:
So what is the best way to manage ROM's. Or do I just have to change SD cards?
[EVO 4G Android Development] blueridgedog:
copy the rom to the sdcard using disk access or adb then flash via recovery.
[EVO 4G Android Development] blueridgedog:
The very first instruction is:

"Extract only the main zip file to a folder of your choice. I recommend the root of C:\"

It sounds like you have not unzipped the file you downloaded to a folder of your choice.

So, in the command prompt you have,

cd c:\
mkdir evoroot
cd c:\evoroot

Extract the files here and proceed with the instructions.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
guide updated removed the rage version as its really not needed. I moved the old orginal post to the bottom of post two for refrence.

also yes i am aware unrevoked is doing a current beta with there new version. but after hanging out in irc for a few hours...it looks as if its still having some problems.

so my method still works. and is the only method that can back up your rsa keys
[EVO 4G Android Development] dirkyd3rk:
Your method is flawless thanks again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Mike4101:
ok everything went great one little thing. Google Maps works but if u go to navigate it just sits and says getting directions tryed to unistall and reinstall google maps still same thing.

Ok fixed it i froze tts service. After unfreeze it Nav worked great.. So the Root is awsome and I will be sending you a little something thanks to all that put this together.

EVO with 2.10
[EVO 4G Android Development] gtszzz:
Thanks so much guys! I got it rooted this morning and am now enjoying my wireless hotspot and getting rid of the bloatware! I'm sure I'll find a lot more cool stuff to use it for as well but this is the main reason I wanted to root the phone! Thanks again!!!!!:D
[EVO 4G Android Development] dcharleyultra:
Those having issues re downloading corrupt files may want to try turning off your anti-virus software - the root exploitation may be considered malware by the AV software.

Swyped from my Evo 4G using Tapatalk
[EVO 4G Android Development] lizardking7112:
Thanks, was hoping there was better way.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
So I just installed the latest cw and I can't back up nothin. So my opinion still stands don't use any other recovery but the one included until further notice
[EVO 4G Android Development] TD22057:
Thanks. Ran into the white screen on step 12 and had to re-flash the recovery but I am good to go! Hardware 003 and Hboot 2.10. Off to get some fresh ROMS...
[EVO 4G Android Development] kps0927:
Got it done. Worked great. Got a little nervous at the long delay at the "quietly brilliant" screen after flash (about 4 minutes) but it booted and things are good. Did my nandroid backup as well as a mybackup. Might take a shot at a custom rom soon. Boy sure is different than the process with winmo !

Thanks for the guide and all the help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] skndeep102:
I cant get past this step

adb push pc36img/PC36IMG-ENG.zip /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip

for some reason the cmd prompt freezes up and wont do anything

i just got my evo today any help?

also i cant find the latest ruu anywhere i would like to run it before i start over
[EVO 4G Android Development] vin255764:
It takes about 1min to push those zips.May be you just need to wait a little more :confused:
[EVO 4G Android Development] djflaco23:
I rooted mine with this method, just follow the tutorial. I had your same setup,
[EVO 4G Android Development] djflaco23:
Give it time to push, I had the same issue, I thought it froze but it took like 180 sec to process
[EVO 4G Android Development] skndeep102:
Thanks guys I'll try again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] farmerdrew6925:
STEP 13

So how important is step 13???? I totally didn't type in the commands and can't figure out how to get back in the adb shell....

Any help would be appreciated.

"13) Ok your phone is rooted now, and you should be inside the rom. The rom you just flashed is Sprint Lovers 12/21/10 build rom with the modified recovery. Download a rom of your choice copy it to the root of your sd card and flash it. But type the following first

adb shell mv /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip /sdcard/PC36IMG-MR.zip

adb reboot recovery"

****Also does the PC36IMG.zip have to load everytime you go into boatloader?
[EVO 4G Android Development] agi12357:
What command strings should I use to backup the stock recovery?

Z4root (temporary) works great. I have the 4G RSA Keys backed up. Anyone know what command strings can I use to backup the stock recovery before I replace it?

I hate to ask such questions but I googled for this now for several hours and came up dry so far. Thanks muchly in advance.

I have this setup too:

Evo-4G

ANDROID VERSION

2.2

BASEBAND VERSION

2.15.00.09.01

KERNEL VERSION

2.6.32.15-g59b9e50

BUILD NUMBER

3.30.651.3 CL272076 RELEASE-KEYS

SOFTWARE NUMBER

3.30.651.3

BROWSER VERSION

Webkit 3.1

PRI VERSION

1.77.003

PRL VERSION

60672

HARDWARE VERSION

0003

Supersonic EVT2-3 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-2.02.0000

MICROP-041f

TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac

RADIO-2.15.00.09.01
[EVO 4G Android Development] sleepy8594:
Get white screen while trying this everytime... (hw0004 2.10 3.7) everstep is perfect and get root but never recovery. Help!
[EVO 4G Android Development] EVOltron:
I think we have the same problem.

after step 13

adb shell mv /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip /sdcard/PC36IMG-MR.zip

adb reboot recovery

instead of going into recovery, it's stuck at the white htc evo 4g screen. I tried the FIX BROKEN RECOVERY. I rename it to PC36IMG and the phone read it and update but after I reboot option it went to the same white htc evo 4g screen. Each time I waited 10-30 minutes before I have to pull the battery. Please help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] gpz1100:
Evoltron, try the instructions in this thread, first post

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=705026

Look for the install section.

I downloaded the .zip references in this thread, then used the adb method in the thread above to flash it to the device.

Edit: If you're missing flash_image, look at the last step of step 4 in this guide (post #1)
[EVO 4G Android Development] gpz1100:
To the OP,

If you're still subscribed to this thread; Perhaps a number of these repetitive questions can be avoided if each step of the guide is commented with what it actually does, and perhaps a brief reason why. I followed the guide verbatim initially and had a few hickups, but overall it went well. I had no idea what each command did. After the process was done, it started making more sense. Just a thought...
[EVO 4G Android Development] devonparrish:
Hey I'm running the new clockwork just to test it and when I did a nandroid it got hung up on generating the md5 sum for 5-10 minutes. Kind of annoying for me but not a dealbreaker I guess. Does anyone want to make me a flashable zip of the new Amon Ra in the op? Thanks :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
Follow the fix broken recovery that will fix it. I had the same issues with cw in testing today
[EVO 4G Android Development] devonparrish:
Thanks :D I like clockwork but thats really annoying haha
[EVO 4G Android Development] mattweed9:
Okay, so I decided to try and root and made it to step 12. I ended up being 12c stuck on the white evo screen. When I pulled the batter then went back into the boot loader, it scanned but never asked to flash anything. Not sure really where to go from here. :confused: I made sure everything was on the SD and renamed the files like it said.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mattweed9:
I made it to 12c and it does not ask to flash after a battery pull. Not sure what to do?
[EVO 4G Android Development] farmerdrew6925:
Forgot to type the following, from step 13:

adb shell mv /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip /sdcard/PC36IMG-MR.zip

adb reboot recovery

Is this important? If so how can I do this again?

I'm rooted and running sprintlovers but was just wondering.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dkdude36:
THE KEY BACKUP YOU HAVE IS UNRESTORABLE!!! IT IS A DECENT WAY TO BACKUP BUT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO RESTORE THESE RIGHT NOW! HERE IS A RESTORABE METHOD! ZIKRONIX IF I AM WRONG JUST TELL ME... i dont deserve credit for this. many people do. we had a big descussion about this on the irc a few days ago. this takes place right after u run z4root, and right before the chmod line. baisically right where you would do it normally. code:

if you are not in an adb shell already:

adb shell

su (accept promt on phone within 10 seconds. make sure screen is unlocked first)

cat /dev/mtd/mtd0 /sdcard/wimax.img

this should save ur entire wimax.img to your sdcard. if ur keys get screwed, just make a backup with amon-ra, and replace the broken wimax.img inside of it with this one. then restore it. another method would be to flash it using fastboot commands.

fastboot flash wimax wimax.img

good luck and happy rooting...
[EVO 4G Android Development] :
The new clockwork correctly backs up the wimax area. The md5 generation is annoying but worth it to me for three open source aspect of clockworkmod.

Sent from my EVO using CM7 and Tapatalk.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fcshawty:
stuck on step 10, tells me "error: more than one device and emulator" what to do now?
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
kill the adb tasks in task manager or reboot your computer
[EVO 4G Android Development] maromas:
Would you be able to tell me how turn it off I have win7. Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] JinB:
Your antivirus can be accessed by right clicking it in the notification area (lower right). Sometimes is hidden, so click the little "up arrow" at the notification area. You should be able to susspend it from there.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dkdude36:
oh, and maybe another suggestion just because i can, maybe you should change it up a bit and pick something totally different from stock (sprintlovers is pretty stock) for the pc36img-mr.zip. like maybe myns for the rom, netarchy for the kernel, and then the newest everything else. just to wow the new rooters with the new performance and look of the phone???????

ok, ignore all that...

freedom of speech rules!
[EVO 4G Android Development] maromas:
Thanks!! for the help on that
[EVO 4G Android Development] NinjaWolf:
Root:lets get small edition

:confused:can any one help me,i am really weary to root

can you guys explain this root methods warning(one about 4g)

this warning is what is keeping me away from rooting

also what is a recovery,i already know what a rom and kernal is.

:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
[EVO 4G Android Development] bnyirady:
Stuck at White Screen... PLZ HELP ASAP

Ok, So a quick update... Not sure why but I just tried it one more time and it went straight to bootloader lol I guess that's just how things go with these things... Anyway, I didn't do anything special... Just kept trying it. Thanks for the potential help fellas! :)

So I followed the directions to the letter and it worked perfectly. Once I got to the part where one of 3 things could happen, mine went to the white HTC EVO 4G screen and froze there. So I did what it says and took out battery, and restarted using Vol Down and Power. Went back to White screen. So tried to do it again. Same thing. Did it several more times and nothing changed. Then I just tried pressing the Power button in case I could boot into rom and the reboot to bootloader from there and it won't even go into the rom. So I'm stuck. Need help quick. How can I force the phone to get into the bootloader to install the second PC36IMG file? Please tell me I'm not bricked!

Ben
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jbcarrera:
Your not bricked try this my EVO only goes in to boot loader if I do this hold down volume down then while still holding vol down press and hold power until you see the bootloader

Sent from my EVO at the edge of hell
[EVO 4G Android Development] bnyirady:
Thanks man! Yeah, it went to bootloader 1 minute after I posted that lol.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jbcarrera:
No prob it happens

Sent from my EVO at the edge of hell
[EVO 4G Android Development] maromas:
Help

I'm stuck on step #9 my phone does read the PC36IMg.zip now that i change SD's to a 8gb but when the blue bar on the right of the phone finish loading the next message is "checking PC36IMG.zip" and it dosen't do nothing after that it just goes to the first screen. any Help will be appreciated
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jbcarrera:
if you renamed the zip file make sure it doesn't say PC36IMG.zip in the name remember that Xp and up on windows doesn't show the file ext so if you see PC36IMG.zip chances are its names PC36IMG.zip.zip
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
myns wont work if they flashed the pc36img-mr file...not until its built off 3.70 this is because we upgrade the radios, pri, etc with that last pc36img file.

I also fixed the typo.
[EVO 4G Android Development] sesgv13:
Can anybody confirm if this will work with thee new 3.70

Brand new phone out the box
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
yes it will
[EVO 4G Android Development] Testrunner:
Z4 MOD

HELP! For whatever reason I can't get Z4 mod to apply a temp root. I have tried this on two separate evo's and have followed the directions to a T.

Any help please?
[EVO 4G Android Development] maromas:
Thanks . Yes I notice that ones when I look at the file in the phone with the app "file explorer". But after that I renamed correctly and still does the something it would read the file and ones is done it will say that checking......PC36IMG.zip and after that it will just go back to first screen. to select (fastboot)

Update : i was able to pass step #9

Now on step #10 when i put "adb shell busybox --install /sbin" it gives me permission denied (13) -
[EVO 4G Android Development] mightybhwk:
I need some help,

I'm going thru with rooting my phone and everything is going good until I get to backing up my RSA keys. From the # prompt I typed,

cat /dev/mtd/mtd0 /sdcard/wimax.img

a bunch of of gibberish flashed on the screen and this come up

/sdcard/wimax.img: No such file or directory

then it locks up the command prompt

I tried the second step

busybox sed -n '/BEGIN CERTIFICATE/,$p' /dev/mtd/mtd0 > /sdcard/rsa_OEM.key

and the file size on sdcard is 0

What do I do now?

Well I got it fixed. I rebooted the phone and redid z4root and went back into SU and both backups are on the sdcard now

wimax 12 m

rsa_oem 4.47 m
[EVO 4G Android Development] godiZFICTION:
Rooted my second Evo with this guide. Flawless. Thanks again, OP.
[EVO 4G Android Development] 1BadHEMI:
SUCCESS!!!

My 1st post here... Just wanted to chime in that my 1 month old Evo version 0004 Hboot 2.10 is finally rooted up thanks to your guide! Was pretty straight forward, with a few minor issues, but everything worked out like a champ! So a BIG thanks for the tutorial :D I was using Z4Root up until this point for a temporary root to get rid of the new OTA bloat, but after reading the tutorial, I said to heck with it, and took the plunge!

My first go round, ended up with the phone locking up at the red triangle. I let the computer sit here for about an hour and then decided to pull the plug, and start over. Up to this point, I had my 32GB sdcard card in my phone, and was using the new HTC USB drivers. I noticed that when the phone was in the bootloader, the computer was giving me an error about USB. I searched for unRevoked's Hboot USB drivers and installed them per the instructions listed below.

//unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install (add http: the begining)

Now the computer saw the phone in both normal and bootloader modes. I highly recommend installing those drivers to save a headache! If you are running Win7 (either 32 or 64-bit), just tell it to install the driver. It works fine in 64-bit!

Next, I had read about an issue some were having with larger sdcards and decided to reinstall my oem 8GB card and give it a go again. I also dug a bit deaper in the thread on how to manually push Z4root to my phone from adb as the first time it was a pain as I had downloaded the apk, but then couldn't install it until I installed Astro from the Market. Funny thing here is since I was now on the older 2.1 Eclair, I didn't realize that my phone was already rooted, so it wasn't actually necessary to reinstall Z4root this time. Anyhow, for those that are lazy, or who don't know how to search, here is the instructions for pushing and installing Z4root from adb:

adb install .\z4root.1.3.0.apk

Just make sure you move the z4root.1.3.0.apk into the root folder you are working from.

So now, I was on the older stock 2.1 ROM after being stuck the 1st go round, its 3:30am and not about to give up. I start the root process over again at step 1, and by 4:15am I am back up and running smooth as ever, rooted, and reinstalling my apps from the Market! Don't know why the larger sdcards are having issues, but thankfully my 8GB card was in the other room! Of course using those unRevoked Hboot USB drivers helped as well since the phone could be seen in Device Manager.

Btw, I am running Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit. I know the OP said if you had 32-bit to use that, but it does work on 64-bit as well.

Battery seems to be pretty solid as well with the Sprint Lover's ROM. My phone has been off the charger since around 4:30am, its 5:30pm and is still at 58% remaining. I have been using the heck out of it today as well with reloading apps, testing, phone calls, texting, playing music, etc. Really happy so far!

Once again, thanks for the guide!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] amoamare:
takeheart,

That's because you did get root, i explain that ONE post above your's and why it does obtain root.

Do the manual method and when you get to the rageagainstthecage.bin part, do it the way i said to do it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] takeheart:
See my above response to your post; hadn't seen it until after I hit "Submit" :)

I am continuing on with the manual process now and am flashing the PC36IMG. I'll see if I run into any other complications.

Update: S-OFF achieved. Booting up to apply Amon RA now.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
I updated the entire front page major changes....Fu$k scripts....all by hand. LOL