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[EVO 4G Android Development] 1trulyblessed:
I just got my evo 4g last saturday and noticed that the battery life is ridiculously bad. I searched for an answer without root but it seems the only way to increase the battery life to a level of sufficiency is to root. I'm obviously a newbie when it comes to rooting and this does not seem very newbie friendly. I have froyo and the latest ota update that added swype. Any suggestions on possible methods of rooting for a newbie given the criteria mentioned?
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
similar enough you can proceed
[EVO 4G Android Development] piper at the gates:
dude you do some great work. ill admit i had some problems but you and others were very prompt with replies. im running sprintlovers and am thinking about flashing some new stuff. again dude thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
8.4 uploaded - No changes except sprint lovers rom.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Neo3D:
Does this process unlock nand too?

I'm trying to install amon ra but it's not working and I'm wondering if it's because the nand is still locked.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mainguy21:
you think you can help me on why i keep getting radio errors if i downloaded the main file and i can still not pass the step when trying to flash unrevoked-zip it gets aborted due to radio errors? thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
if your using 8.2 then download unrevoked forever from their site. or redownload the full package again.

what error are you getting
[EVO 4G Android Development] TheNinja370:
Got to 12C, but can't get out of it. Stumped. When I enter the bootloader, I do see S-Off, so I guess that's a good thing? Not sure what to do next. :confused:
[EVO 4G Android Development] cc2278:
Do you think is ok to start from step 1 with hboot_2.xx_soff-V8.3.zip. I'm stuck on 4A

from hboot_202_210_soff-V82.zip when I start z4root it just boot in to HTC quietly brilliant.
[EVO 4G Android Development] info[]box1:
Yes I'm Rooted...!!!

I'm Rooted now thanks to the OP of the thread and everyone supported it. I'm also curious regarding my Nand, was it unlocked via this process.
[EVO 4G Android Development] lawnguy:
was reading your first two posts on your rooting thread and started wondering, you were saying the earlier recoveries i.e. Amon and Clockwork are wrote for the older partitions. if i had already rooted awhile back and currently useAmon now does that still apply? in other words because of the new roms 3.70, is the original recovery not right? or is that just with your root? if its true for new rom builds then should i flash your PC36IMG-Recovery.... thanks ahead of time
[EVO 4G Android Development] mserica513:
thank you thank you thank you!!!! im so happy with my rooted EVO you made it so easy
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
its the newer phones....its an actual hardware and software difference. the amon thats included in this root is backward compatible.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ianclain:
A Question about Build #'s and OTA Updates

I've been following this thread for a few weeks, because I don't want to ask any stupid questions or others that have been answered. I've followed the thread through many updates (and name changes lol). But I have a question I can't seem to get clarity on so far.

I noticed that you updated the Sprint Lover's ROM included. I intend on using Myn's 2.2 Rls 4. I currently have HW 0004, Baseband 2.15.00.09.01 and Software/Build 3.30.651.3 (and bootloader 2.02). This all seems to be OK for Myn's, but my question is... if I flash the included Sprint Lovers ROM, I'm assuming it will update my build number to the 3.70 version? And I'm taking my assumptions a step further in thinking it will not work with Myn's?

Please correct me if I'm wrong, and tell me if there is a way to root using your process, but keep my build number as 3.30.651.3 and use Myn's.

ANYBODY who has recently rooted and successfully flashed Myn's rls4 please help a brotha out :) thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] TheNinja370:
Yeah, I think I am ****ing screwed. It sure seems easy when you read the nice, detailed instructions....until things go wrong and you can't figure out WTF to do next. Still on 12C, no have gone through the possible steps, nothing works.....sigh....
[EVO 4G Android Development] lawnguy:
Awesome, thanks for the insitght. thanks for the explanation.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
faq - first page....and new files are still uploading...

im out for the night....see ya tomorrow.
[EVO 4G Android Development] eldiablito004:
no idea i flashed this pc36img http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=780141&page=20 post # 192 to go back to stock 2.2!!! thats what it gave me...
[EVO 4G Android Development] eldiablito004:
mistake on last post software is 3.29.651.5
[EVO 4G Android Development] amoamare:
Again you should be on .30 not .29
[EVO 4G Android Development] eldiablito004:
ok thats weird then...how would i go to .30? i checked the htc software update from my phone it says there is no updates ...would this v6 hboot will give me .30? or remain the same?
[EVO 4G Android Development] eldiablito004:
do i have to be rooted in order to try this? i get permission denied, ....is it because i unrooted myself? please let me know..thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] Steve1974:
Hes on 3.29 because the PC36IMG.zip that was used here was from the RUU for 3.29. I believe he used that since the radios didnt change between 3.29 and 3.30.

I see the manual hack has been re-written.

I followed the previous versions on 2 different Evos with success. First was on windows 7 32bit, 2nd was on Windows 7 64bit. I installed the main zip int the Program Files x86 and ran from there.

Both went smooth, never had to repeat a step. I did skip all the commands to reboot from adb and did that manually. Also, I prefer Ra recovery so that I can mount the SD card to the computer for easy access to add/remove/rename files.

I always make sure to copy and paste to the command prompt window so that I get no typos as well.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
I hope this version works better !
[EVO 4G Android Development] takeheart:
In response to this: I tried updating my PRL and Profile, although I haven't done the tree.xml thing since doing so. I will do that and report back. One question, though: once PRL/Profile have been updated, is it normal to be able to update them again and still get a "blah blah has been applied" type message?

EDIT: After re-reading, I see that he did NOT do step 20, which I have already done. So, should my best route to be to revert the phone to stock, start over with this root process, and stop before step 20?
[EVO 4G Android Development] matthewdavisnelson:
So, my EVO's WIMAX radio is, in fact, not ruined. Cue the sound byte of the garbage truck backing up: "Beep...beep...beep."

I've acknowledged that 4G coverage is spotty near my home but that other areas of the city I frequent it is quite good. I verified that my WIMAX radio worked last week after buying my EVO. However, after rooting it earlier this week, at which time I installed a custom recovery that was packaged with updated CDMA and WIMAX radios, I found that I could no longer get a 4G signal regardless of where I was.

Figuring that my EVO's WIMAX radio was completed hosed, I unrooted my phone last evening. I fired up the radio this morning just to see whether the images I'd flashed to fixed anything and, lo and behold, my EVO was able to find a good 4G signal.

For anyone wanting to try the steps that I took to restore my WIMAX radio, follow djR3Z's instructions in Thread 780141, "[GUIDE] How to Unroot the EVO in 2 STEPS."

1. I ran the Unrevoked S-On Tool through Amon_Ra's recovery and verified that HBoot reported "S-ON."

2. I flashed the 3.30.651.2 RUU (available in Thread 819838) but discovered that my EVO's app tray still contained the Superuser app installed by Fresh Evo. Fearing that someone at the Sprint store might realized that I'd rooted my phone and scrambled the WIMAX radio, I took additional steps to remove the Superuser app.

3. My attempts to remove the superuser.apk file via adb failed and so, figuring that I couldn't do much damage, flashed my phone to a different PC36IMG file (also available in Thread 780141, "[GUIDE] How to Unroot the EVO in 2 STEPS." This image successfully removed the Superuser app, as well as my custom recovery, but also left my phone's build at 3.29.651.5.

So, I now have a stock EVO with a functioning WIMAX radio but with a build/software number that is different from its original (3.30.651.2). I plan to tinker a bit more with it but do wish to try zikronix's new method.

Once again, I really appreciate everyone's help, especially zikronix and amoamare.

Q: Am I at a disadvantage using Build 3.29.651.5 (instead of 3.30.651.2)? For argument's sake, how could I flash to the newer build? Bear in mind that my EVO is not longer rooted and I no longer have a custom recovery. Maybe I'm not thinking enough about it but, if I could start HBoot and then move into engineering recovery, couldn't I execute the commands necessary to flash to the newer RUU?

If my assumptions are correct, can anyone provide me the commands? I vaguely recall them but see that zikronix has updated the original post with newer instructions.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
last night we confirmed that doing the downgrade does not toast the radio or rsa keys...it downgrades the pri to 1.34 something and the baseband if I recall was 1.39.xx somthing or other. However we discovered wimax wouldnt work when you boot into that downgraded rom with out doing the prl/profile update.

So we did the profile and prl updates rebooted and it worked.

Then we continued with the guide, flashed unrevoked, booted into the rom and 4G still worked. We loaded amon_ra from inside the rom and booted into recovery. and did a nand.

Then we went ahead and flashed the radios using a new pc36img.zip file I created (contained the same radios) and flashed that. When we booted back in 4g didnt work...we did the prl/profile update again. Rebooted didnt work. Did the tree.xml fix, rebooted and it worked.

The whole time the rsa-keys were STILL THERE.

I then pulled the downloads rewrote the guide and the tool post haste, and reposted.

If people are having 4g problems I recommend doing the above. If this doesnt work...It does look like it is indeed recoverable, the radios are still optional.

So please try the new guide and see if it works
[EVO 4G Android Development] matthewdavisnelson:
@zikronix: I plan to try the new guide today as soon as I've tended to some business. I suspect that everything will work just fine but will reply to confirm the results.

Can you answer the question that I asked with regards to flashing from the 3.29 to the 3.30 build? Is it recommended that I be on the 3.30 build if possible? Shouldn't it be a relatively simple matter to boot into eng-recovery and flash to the stock RUU?
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
depends...what did your phone shiped with...if it shipped with 3.30 then thats what you should have on it (if you have hboot 2.02 then it came with 3.30)
[EVO 4G Android Development] matthewdavisnelson:
My phone did ship with Build 3.30 and HBoot 2.02.

Currently, it uses HBoot 2.02 but, due to thinking that I'd fried the WIMAX radio and might need to return it -- unrooted and with a stock ROM on it to hide evidence that I'd rooted it -- I used a PC36IMG supplied by djR3Z in Thread 780141, "[GUIDE] How to Unroot the EVO in 2 STEPS." This image removed the Superuser app installed by Fresh Evo and removed Amon_Ra recovery, which is good, but left me with a different build than before.

Correct me if I'm mistaken but wouldn't I need to root my EVO once again to gain access to recovery in order flash to the newer build?
[EVO 4G Android Development] mdiaz33685:
same thing after root 2 months ago.

I just got a replacement on mon.

mine came with 3.29 and hboot 2.02,,

used [GUIDE] HBoot 2.02 S-OFF used amoamare,

and downgraded hboot to .76

updated to the new radio and nv and pri from calkulins....

I have no 4g, just stays on scanning...

updated prl and profiles.. renames the tree.xml file.. it created a new one. files name matches on back of phone.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
did you reboot after prl/profile, did you reboot renaming the tree and try, did you perform another prl/profile update and reboot again?

what rom are you using? stock kernel?
[EVO 4G Android Development] amoamare:
mdiaz33685,

People have success on getting 4G back when loading the .30 build of the stock RUU.

There is a PC36IMG.zip that is rooted, and clockwork recovery that is 100% stock and so far everyone that i know that has loaded to this has gotten their 4G back.
[EVO 4G Android Development] takeheart:
Where would one find this PC36IMG.zip? I am on a phone that shipped with .30 and 2.02 and my RSA keys / MAC address are intact, just 4g sits on scanning, so I could run through all this and verify whether it works
[EVO 4G Android Development] jerdog:
using v6 I get this exact same issue - and then I went and did it manually by copying the commands out of the 'evoroot.bat' file and was getting the errors again.... I then noticed something in the evoroot.bat file:

core\adb-windows.exe push recovery /

you run adb-windows.exe from the core directory which is one level up from where you're at when you run the evoroot.bat file.... but "recovery" is another level up which is why things error out because the needed files never get installed

it should be

core\adb-windows.exe push core\recovery /

when I did that everything pushed correctly and I was able to get my friend's Evo rooted
[EVO 4G Android Development] mdiaz33685:
i used steelH and omj, stock kernal, lastest...

yes i always do the prl and profile update...

I tried clockworks recovery and also amons...

I will keep trying....

Im gonna try using a 3.26 rom, and then 3.29, then 3.30..

my last phone was having problems connecting,,, said connecting then would never connect. authenticating then scanning...

but this replacement only says scanning.... when i get back home... I will try downloading a few others....

I just finished reading this entire thread... wow....
[EVO 4G Android Development] schmooo:
evo noob question here in between steps 3 and 4 how do i tell which hboot i have to know wheter to go to step 4a or step 4b thanks

ok figured that out i have hboot 2.02....

if im still on the 3.30 build is this method of rooting necessary or can i use the other "one-click" method
[EVO 4G Android Development] mainguy21:
i already downloaded the unrevoked forever yesterday and the main file today.

the errors im getting are "radio unsupported" on everything i try to flash it aborts the installations and all of em say that also it says check unrevoked-zip/sdcard.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Fam Money:
Thanks to zikronix for the thread/package and illogos for his step by step.

Stock Specs:

Hboot - 2.02

Radio - 2.15.00.09.01

Hardware - 0004

Software - 3.30.651.3

Package used: hboot_2.xx_soff-V8.3.zip

I followed illogos' guide exactly and then flashed the Sprint Lovers ROM after the holy grail backup. I did a factory reset before rooting. The only issue I had was the first nandroid backup, for some reason it completed in about 10 seconds. Other than that everything went as planned.

Thanks again!
[EVO 4G Android Development] vin255764:
adb.exe pops up for a sec and keep closing..what am I doing wrong?
[EVO 4G Android Development] devonparrish:
You're not supposed to open it. Just follow the directons. It doesn't tell you to click on adb. Open a cmd prompt and move it to your extracted folder. Hit enter, then you're good to go on the guide
[EVO 4G Android Development] vin255764:
Ah,ok :rolleyes:

its my .exe habbit after win mo
[EVO 4G Android Development] devonparrish:
Yeah dude I was doing the same thing, don't worry haha
[EVO 4G Android Development] cc2278:
I started the root with hboot_202_210_soff-V82.zip. and was successfully downgraded, but now I'm stuck on the z4root it just reboot in to HTC quietly brilliant. and my 4g is not locking keep scanning.

I messed up somewhere can I just start over with

hboot_2.xx_soff-V8.3.zip.

I downloaded hboot_2.xx_soff-V8.4.zip started from step one and when I got to 4A z4root it just boot in to

HTC quietly brilliant

what am I missing?
[EVO 4G Android Development] vin255764:
this worked ( I see them in sd card):

adb push root/unrevoked-forever.zip /sdcard/

adb push root/mtd-eng.img /sdcard/

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

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

next 2 did nothing and after adb shell I get $

Can I create those folders somehow else?

Sorry for too many questions lol
[EVO 4G Android Development] devonparrish:
After you type adb shell type su and you should get #
[EVO 4G Android Development] TheNinja370:
Okay, I am rooted. :-) It finally dawned on me that it simply wasn't reading from the sd card consistently. After removing the card and seating is again more firmly, I was able to complete the flash process from 12C onward.

My phone is a 0003, with Hboot 2.10.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cbrewington75:
any ideas why i cant flash any roms such as myns or latest azaeral, everything starts then aborts
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jbcarrera:
Try and rename it PC36IMG and flash it through bootloader if that doesn't work ruu back to stock and reroot

Sent from my EVO at the edge of hell
[EVO 4G Android Development] cbrewington75:
Thanks , do you happen to have a link to the ruu that would work for:

2.10, 3.70, 004

i had to download the diffrent files just to get mine to reboot, have no idea which one it accepted!

This was so easy on my first EVO, dont know what got til its gone!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jbcarrera:
in the OP he has a link to download ruu get it from there i think his oneclick root may work for you but this thread is your best bet he comes in here all the time to help also

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=838448
[EVO 4G Android Development] sladehawke:
Glad to hear it ultimately worked for you....

90% of users should expect to feel this way for at least 10 minutes to an hour during the process. It's a character building exercise.
[EVO 4G Android Development] blueridgedog:
Do you mean the ability to make and use nandroid backups? If so, yes.
[EVO 4G Android Development] itoig:
not sure why i am having trouble rooting my phone, i just bought it has hboot 2.02 and hw 0004 with software 3.70. everything is successful until after the pc36img loads, i tell it to not restart and then go into recovery. the screen goes black then it shows this phone image lying down with a big red triangle with an exclamation point. so i do the step below it

adb push recovery / <=== this works fine

adb shell busybox --install /sbin <== stops here and tells me i don't have permission

adb shell nohup /sbin/recovery & <===never get to it

so i go in the faq section and read to do it on another pc (no luck) or rename the pc36img.mr to pc36img and the original to .eng and start again into the bootloader, it looks like is checking the pc36img file, but then just goes to the menu to pick recovery and never loads the file.

is there anyone else having the same issue? or any guidence for me to try?
[EVO 4G Android Development] 1trulyblessed:
I was able to get the temporary root with z4root working, but when I type 'adb shell' and press enter it gives me the '$'. I then type 'su' and it states that super user is denied. How do I get past this point? Please help!
[EVO 4G Android Development] 1trulyblessed:
After typing 'adb shell' do I press enter before typing su?
[EVO 4G Android Development] leenypost:
Forget flashing myns for now to be safe. No reason for it. 3.70 is better.. Myn will update to it eventually and flash it then if your a mynoholic but until then I suggest flashing azrael x version 3.0 which is based off of 3.70... Its fast and smooth as silk.
[EVO 4G Android Development] vin255764:
Im freaked out lol

I bought evo few days ago,hboot was 2.02

Last night i decided to get rooted and hboot is 2.10

I ran htc update 2 days ago (menu settings>system updates)

Is it normal?
[EVO 4G Android Development] uffal:
worked for me

worked using root version: hboot_2.xx_soff-V8.4.zip

Hardware Version 0003

Android Version 2.2

HBOOT-2.02.0000

Software Number 3.30.651.3

Only mild issue with procedure was just before step 10. My phone didn't reboot into recovery when i told it to, it booted into a white screen which required a battery pull. I then tried unplugging usb from computer and I got into recovery, but only for a few seconds before it rebooted automatically into the ROM. I tried once again to get into bootloader then recovery with my phone plugged in, and it worked. I proceeded with the rest of the steps without any issues.

Great work on this root.
[EVO 4G Android Development] leenypost:
Update will make you have hboot 2.10... But it will also unroot you if you rooted before update.
[EVO 4G Android Development] devonparrish:
Yes you do. You should get $ after adb shell, then type su then you should have #. If you get permission denied try running cmd as administrator
[EVO 4G Android Development] 1trulyblessed:
Thank you. I will give that a try and let you know how that works out.
[EVO 4G Android Development] TheNinja370:
Take a REALLY close look at what you're typing, like spaces, etc. I kept fudging that line because I wasn't leaving a space between install and /sbin. It will work. That also sounds like a problem I was having with the file not being read on the card everytime. When I removed the sd card and reseated it a bit more firmly (don't break anything, of course), things went smoothly for me. Worth a shot, right?
[EVO 4G Android Development] ravenstarr:
Ok, so I follow all instruction and get to step 7 and try the ./data/local/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img

sync

step....and get permission denied every time. Could someone PLEASE tell me how to get thru this step????/

Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] vin255764:
Successfully rooted :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] ChadH42:
Great Post! I have finally rooted successfully!
[EVO 4G Android Development] 1trulyblessed:
I just tried as an administrator and still no such luck... what next?
[EVO 4G Android Development] 1trulyblessed:
I'm still being denied super user even as an administrator. May someone please help?
[EVO 4G Android Development] vin255764:
One suggestion to Zikronix:

If you add cmd.exe to the zip,it will make life easier for future rooters.

Great job,guys :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] schmooo:
schweeeww after a few sweaty tense moments i have a successful root given ya some thanks on that one fer sure

double thanks at that... now onto the flashing any suggestions on the fastest smoothest rom with the best battery life dont really care bout sense
[EVO 4G Android Development] ZENGURU:
Vin,

I'll send you detailed instructions in how to, what you need to download 1st. That info that I'll be sending you, you can re-arrange it so there should be no problems and post it and everyone can enjoy. Though, at first you have to do a lot of reading until you get the right post, cabs, dl's, the whole nine yards and above all, you need to know your phone.:D:D:D
[EVO 4G Android Development] luis3344:
i rooted and flashed the sprint lovers rom with no problems but now when i try to go into recovery it stays in the white loading screen can someone help me fix it thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
use fix broken recovery fix
[EVO 4G Android Development] jirafabo:
my problem was because i had adb.exe located elswhere, in my androidsdk/tools folder. i just ran it from that directory instead of from the desktop where i had unzipped. i tried to replace the other version with the new one, but it wouldnt let me. so far so good. if you have two locations of adb, it might not work...
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
to be honest and not to sound like a ****....but if you dont know how to open a command prompt on your computer running windows. and your in this forum....then your in the wrong place.

Either way though thanks for the suggestion.