yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Android Development] devonparrish:
Its not the file, maybe your computer was already infected. Try rebooting the computer and see what happens
[EVO 4G Android Development] B1ack0pz:
Thanks OP, just wanted to say I'm new to Android rooting and this is my first time ever attempting a root, have never even touched a one-click, and this was by far way easier than I had imagined. Thanks for all your work and the fool-proof guide that even us newbies can follow.
[EVO 4G Android Development] EricSS619:
Can anyone help me? After I perform the temp. root and I type su in my cmd prompt it says

su: permission denied

What can I do from here?
[EVO 4G Android Development] devonparrish:
Make sure you're running cmd as administrator
[EVO 4G Android Development] Ant918:
I got to step 10, chose recovery and got stuck at the white HTC screen, had to pull out my battery.....What am I supposed to do now?
[EVO 4G Android Development] EricSS619:
I tried that, running into exact same problem.
[EVO 4G Android Development] refthemc:
Try again, you need SU access to continue.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Surviven6802:
I have the same same issue as well :-p
[EVO 4G Android Development] cc2278:
On step 9 the PC36IMG update fail. On the second try on step 9 is did not fail but I don’t know what file it flash when I von-up it update everything. I can not go to step 10 after reboo the phone when I check the software it downgraded to this.

but now I can not do step 9 any more, hboot is the same 2.10.0001, but my baseband was 2.15.00.11.19 now 1.36.00.04.02, kernel from 2.623.17-gee557fd htc-kernel@and18-2 #15, now is 2.6.29-ac94cf60htc-kernel@and18-2 #1, build was 3.70.651.1 cl294884 and now 1.17.651.1 cl160858 test-keys, software from 3.70.651.1and now 1.17.651.1, browser is the same 3.1, pri from 1.90_003 and now 1.34_003, prl is the same 60674

can I use htc sync to get my orginal version of android version 2.2, baseband 2.15.00.11.19, kernel version 2.632.17, build 3.70.651.1, software 3.70.651.1,

and pri 1.90_003. back if not how do I get it back.

how can I get it back to the orginal state.

can someone help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] firehorse808:
Hi everyone. I tried following this guide a week or so ago. Epic fail, and no one responded to my question, but I managed to back out of it. Today I decided to start over, since the guide has been updated a few times.

Sad to say, I'm still getting stuck. I have HBOOT 2.10, and followed the guide through step 8 just fine. After typing "reboot bootloader" my Evo rebooted, but there was no option called "bootloader" to highlight (step 9). But it ran through its paces and asked if I wanted to flash, so I pressed Vol-up and it flashed. When it was done, I said no to reboot, and I scrolled down to recovery, as per step 10, and pressed the power button.

With me so far?

I'm at step 10, I have a red triangle, everything's great. I go to type the next command, but I get "error: device offline". I still see my phone in Device Manager, so I try unplugging the usb cable and plugging it back in. No good.

Can I get some help? what am I doing wrong?
[EVO 4G Android Development] illogos:
It did not flash PC36IMG.zip correctly. Rename PC36IMG-ENG.zip on your computer to PC36IMG.zip and then compare the md5 of that file to the one on your sd card. When you are running a retail release, the device will be marked offline in adb while at the red triangle. You need to be running the Engineering build, which is put on your phone with the first PC36IMG.zip. If it does not flash correctly, or there is corruption in the file then it could be preventing adb from working in recovery. I highly suggest you format your SD card and start over with step one after you have ensured that you downloaded the latest files from the OP.

Please tell us what each step of the first flash tells you. For example, it should fail flashing the radio.

I have heard isolated incidents where people said that they needed to unplug usb before flashing that first zip file and not reconnect the usb until the red triangle fully shows up to get the device to list as recovery instead of offline. I'm not sure I believe them, but meh, it might work.
[EVO 4G Android Development] illogos:
You have not done anything wrong. Your phone has been successfully downgraded by the engineering release rom. This is needed so that you can enable adb commands in stock recovery(red triangle screen) so that you can put the custom recovery on your device. Proceed to the step where you load to the red triangle and then adb push recovery files, install busybox, and launch custom recovery. Then go from there to rename the zip files, flash unrevoked-forever, and reboot to bootloader so that the latest 2.2 froyo build of 3.70.651.1 Sprint Lovers w/ custom recovery gets flashed to your phone.
[EVO 4G Android Development] jgalan14:
Just marking this in case I needed when I get my replacement phone
[EVO 4G Android Development] illogos:
Windows XP? Make sure that your account is an Administrator account.

Windows Vista and 7? Make sure that you open Command Prompt by going to Start -> type the word Command -> shift-right-click Command Prompt -> Run As Administrator

Make sure to change to the directory you unzipped files to after you open command prompt.

Make sure that z4root said successful. Do not let your phone screen sleep from this point until you see #

Type adb shell on your computer's command prompt

You should see a $. Type su (note that it MUST be lowercase for both letters).

Really fast you should look at your phone screen and there should be a popup that asks you to "allow" Click on allow.

Switch back to your computer and you should see a #. If you did not get an allow prompt and/or # then you should uninstall z4root, reinstall it, and try again. It might have "remembered" that you said "disallow" if you did not explicitly allow it the first time it ran.
[EVO 4G Android Development] illogos:
You need to type adb shell and then press enter, gaining a $ prompt. After that is when you type su
[EVO 4G Android Development] EarlyMon:
Probably noted already, but the Sprint Lovers ROM link has an extra http in it.

Cheers and many thanks for the most excellent work!
[EVO 4G Android Development] mainguy21:
am i supposed to downgrade the radio or something? cause all my errors are the same and they all say something with radio error when flashing unrevoked-forever.zip
[EVO 4G Android Development] illogos:
A couple days ago you needed to downgrade radio file if you had the latest, but no longer. The unrevoked team updated forever to support the newest radio.

If it says radio is not supported, then you have an old version of unrevoked-forever. Download the newest one and then in recovery mode toggle USB mode, delete the old one, copy the new one to sdcard, and then flash from zip in recovery again. It should work for you this time.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Tipharet:
So a couple of problems with a evo Rev. 003. Root failed when I got to step 10. Hboot did not go into recovery and of course I could adb push recovery. So I booted to recovery via hboot the pushed and it failed at the 3rd command in step 10. Now I have lost USB and sdcard seems to be mounting but files aren't being saved when I try to save the files that are to fix USB. What are my options here as I just want to RUU back to stock? The RUU says it can't detect the device and I have no recovery to flash via root.

Insert witty xda app signature here.
[EVO 4G Android Development] illogos:
You need to get access to a sdcard reader so that you can place files on your sdcard. There is a .zip version of the RUU for 3.70.651.1 in the OP if you look in the Unroot section. Make sure you name it PC36IMG.zip and put it on the sdcard. Then all you need to do is start the phone to the bootloader by holding volume down while you power on. It will detect the PC36IMG.zip and it will RUU it to stock 3.70.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ctking07:
3.29 rom and hboot .97

will this work on my evo all the others wont work i have 3.29 rom..... and hboot version .97 i know how to follow these steps to root i rooted my hboot 2.02 thanks greatly if anyone can let me know if this method will work thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] illogos:
Use unrevoked 3 if you are on hboot .97. It's faster, easier, and you don't lose your data I'm pretty sure. http://unrevoked.com/#evo
[EVO 4G Android Development] cc2278:
I started from 4A install the z4 Root and it did not ask for supre user, it boot into htc evo wihte screen and in to htc quietly brilliant.

what should i do now.
[EVO 4G Android Development] durandetto:
I can't get past step 4 I type adb shell and it says successful then I type su and it says permission denied. I have an 004 with 2.10
[EVO 4G Android Development] tempguest:
Everything went smoothly up until step 10.

After "scroll[ing] down to recovery and press[ing] the power button" my phone's screen just continues to display a white screen with "htc EVO 4G" right in the middle; instead of the red triangle. It's been like this for a few minutes now.

Can someone help?

EDIT: Okay, I also noticed that when I pressed the power button to enter recovery, windows tried to install drivers for "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM" but couldn't find any. Does this have anything to do with it?
[EVO 4G Android Development] illogos:
Did you install the latest HTC sync software from HTC.com? Should be version 2.4. That should install enough drivers to get you through the guide. If you still have trouble then download the unrevoked hboot driver and follow their direction at unrevoked.com
[EVO 4G Android Development] tempguest:
Hey, thanks for responding.

I never installed HTC sync, but I did install the unrevoked hboot driver at the start of this process.

Here is my device manager: [nevermind, xda won't let me post pictures yet]

Do you think if I install HTC Sync, then restart my computer anything adverse will happen? Right now, my phone is still connected to my computer and still displaying that white screen.

EDIT: I took the battery out because it was clear that it wasn't going to do anything, then I started powered back up holding the vol-down button. It automatically went into "HBOOT." After it finished, I went to "recovery" and now I'm at the red triangle. The problem seemed to be that I left my phone plugged into my computer at the start of step 10 -- the guide never said to unplug it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] durandetto:
I can't get su permission in step 4. I am able to reboot my phone through adb so I have to believe my drivers and everything are good. Any help would be great. TIA

Ted
[EVO 4G Android Development] durandetto:
BUMP! someone, anyone please help!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[EVO 4G Android Development] cc2278:
I have to copy my SD card to my pc before i format?

can i get away without formating my SD card, mabe like you said the PC36IMG.zip is bad,

where do i go to get a good copy of PC36IMG.zip

where do i go get the latest OP from. what is the definition of OP.

what is md5.

Thanks for responding
[EVO 4G Android Development] jhasty:
Finally rooted

I finally have root.

And my bad Recovery has been fixed.

The thing that got me past step 10 was to use Windows with the adb.exe that was provided. (I normally use Linux.)

Thanks so much.
[EVO 4G Android Development] durandetto:
Even though no one answered any of my questions I finally got it done. Thank You for making me do it on my own, I feel like a better person for doing it by myself. And thank you zikronix for all of your hard work you are awesome.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cc2278:
install busybox, and launch custom recovery. Then go from there to rename the zip files

where do i get busybox from, and rename whitch zip files
[EVO 4G Android Development] firehorse808:
Thanks Illogos for the quick reply. I ran md5 on both files, same hash. Odd that it's not flashing. The only error I saw during the flash process was that the radio didn't flash, but I understand that's normal, so I figured all was well. If it helps, the adb.exe I'm using was downloaded today from the OP, and I'm using the HBOOT drivers from Unrevoked, also downloaded today.

To get running again, I downloaded the PC36IMG.zip from post #2 (the instructions for unrooting). I didn't follow those directions ultimately because selecting recovery took me to the red triangle, and my the device still says offline. So I simply said yes to the flash instead of no, it updated everything, and now I'm up and running. I'm NOT rooted, but my blood pressure is returning to normal, and that's more important.

At this point I think I'll wait for the process to evolve a little more. I don't need to tether this badly... :-)

Thanks again for the assist, and thanks to Zikronix too. yeah, it didn't work out, but at least the fix was easy to find.
[EVO 4G Android Development] vWvSTATICvWv:
Thanks a lot. It worked! :cool:
[EVO 4G Android Development] vlbaston:
Have a question when I do a wipe sd-ext before installing a Rom, for example does that mean I iwill totally lose everything I have stored on my sd card music ext?
[EVO 4G Android Development] hboot2.02:
i have to use a command prompt window from sdk right?...
[EVO 4G Android Development] cbrewington75:
recovery

so I did a clockwork recovery and It takes me to the screen that im used to flashing my roms on ,but it says there are errors on it , and even when i try and install any of my old nandroid backups i get the same thing.

Does anyone know where in the process what I screwed up or whAT I SHOULD DO.

btw the old nandroids came from old evo that got black screen of death,will that keep me from installing those.

Also what would happen if i ran unrevoked forever now that im rooted with soff

man i really want one of my old nandroids back
[EVO 4G Android Development] dcharleyultra:
Success!!

What did you do to finish? I am in the same situation.

Swyped from my Evo 4G using Tapatalk

EDITED: Never mind. I was using version 8.2 vs 8.3.

SUCCESS!! I had to perform a Hard Reset in order to get su in step 7.
[EVO 4G Android Development] LoneStarPhD:
Success!

HBOOT 2.10, Radio 2.15, Build 3.70

Worked using the new instructions with the Z4root. Only problem is I needed to reflash the ROM because it was sticking at the first boot screen.

Thank you for the hard work!
[EVO 4G Android Development] greymalken:
Hi guys I have quick question about flashing roms. (I rooted using this method about 2 weeks ago and LOVE IT! Thanks Zik)

I originally flashed with the 3.30-based software. Last night I updated to a 3.70 based ROM. It went without a hitch. My question is what do I do with the folders on my sdcard labeled "PC36IMG-ENG" and "PC36IMG-MR"? My new rom (the newest Sprint Lovers build) is in a folder called "PC36IMG" which is the one I flashed. Can I deleted the "-ENG" and "-MR" from my sdcard or do I need to keep them there?

Thanks!

-- Grey
[EVO 4G Android Development] leenypost:
Are you serious? Read the first post. Man some people... Sorry if I seem upset but all over this thread it clearly states in big bold red letters that you can not use clockwork. You have most likely broken your phone.

After looking at first post it is not in red on that post but it is in giant bold letters even including a link as to why you should not use clockwork.
[EVO 4G Android Development] leenypost:
@ greymalken You can delete them.
[EVO 4G Android Development] greymalken:
Thanks Leeny.
[EVO 4G Android Development] lowtide:
No, it will not. It will only wipe apps and their data.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cbrewington75:
Calm down chief the only reason I did that is because I had no recovery when complete. Btw the unrevoked file and pc36 was damaged in original post. But thanks for trying to help, merry xmas
[EVO 4G Android Development] illogos:
Do not restore a nandroid from another phone. Especially if it was taken using Amon Ra 1.8. You will permanently lose 4g by overwriting your phones wimax partition with that from another phone.

Also, clockwork recovery cannot restore amon ra backups. And amon ra cannot restore clockwork backups.

Also also, newer phones that ship with hboot 2.02/2.10 have a different partition structure. That means all the data is stored differently. This is why clockwork does not work correctly and can brick your phone. The version of Amon Ra in this thread is customized to work correctly with the new data structures. Thus why we say to only use that.

The reason why you did not have a recovery after you finished the process is likely because you did not properly flash the sprint lovers rom found in PC36IMG-MR.zip, which contains the customized amon ra recovery. To get this recovery on your phone download the small "fixed recovery" zip and flash it through the boot loader.
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
Damn...I hear bells. Is school in Session?
[EVO 4G Android Development] leenypost:
LOL, I think you can officially hand this thread over to him now :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] blueridgedog:
work for me

Worked on a 2.02 004...no issues. Beer sent.

Note: The Sprint Lovers rom has the search button disabled. If you want it enabled, there is a patch on the download page.
[EVO 4G Android Development] JusticeAA:
Worked as well with HBOOT2.10

All people post are problems and it scares people away from rooting, aka freedom.
[EVO 4G Android Development] stevo11811:
good job on this guide, rooted 0004, everything works, checked 4g RSAs still intact, BTW op, you might want to revise step 12 just a little bit, i wasnt sure when to flash that other pc36img MR, my phone did something completely different, but a simple battery pull and reset i was on my way.. woohoo, now to just find a kernel that works with the new camera
[EVO 4G Android Development] VECTUS:
Problems with step 10

When I type adb push recovery / on the first step of step 10. I get "device offline" as a reply in ADB. I haven't had this problem before. Anyone know how to get it back "online"?

Disregard: added "adb push root/rageagainstthecage /data/local/tmp" before going to step 10 and this worked.
[EVO 4G Android Development] leenypost:
Only kernals that presently work are htc#15 and #17
[EVO 4G Android Development] heythatsghetto:
Thanks for this guide, worked flawlessly with 3.70 and hboot 2.1, flashed sprint lovers rom. And loving it. Best thing I ever did with my evo
[EVO 4G Android Development] dcharleyultra:
Success!!

I now have rooted my Evo!!

My problems before were probably because I did not perform a hard reset before running thru the procedure. Once I did the hard reset, evrything worked as scripted.

Thanks to all involved in this procedure!!

BTW, I had /have hboot 2.10, build/sw 3.70.651.1, hw 0004.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Yager:
I had to replace my rooted Evo 4G due to a camera issue, got my new Evo and followed the instructions to root the device. It had Hboot .97 and build 003. Everything seemed to go fine and s-off is good. I rebooted and tried to get in to Recovery to load a new ROM. I get to the boot loader and click recovery, the phone just freezes at the white Evo screen. I did the root steps again. Same thing. I followed the instruction for broken root. This seemed to work i got in to recover and loaded fresh ROM. Everything works great, but same freeze at white screen after clicking recovery a second time. Follow the broken root steps again, i can get in to recovery one time, after that it freezes again. Any help is greatly appreciated!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jbcarrera:
The recovery you have is not for your HBOOT find the older version of the recovery and flash that one

Sent from my EVO at the edge of hell
[EVO 4G Android Development] cbrewington75:
Beautiful,thank you. This explains why i had ahell of a time getting thing thing back on. now I at least no which part the recovery is in. The step where it says to rename the "zips" is when the errors started.

one more thing , i assume this is all done thru commands, should i start all over or just from the bad flash portion?

Thanks again
[EVO 4G Android Development] jcbyrski:
This worked awesome! Thank you so much!
[EVO 4G Android Development] hboot2.02:
Prerequsites:

Extract only the main zip file to a folder of your choice. I recommend the root of C:\ into a folder of your choice or on the desktop. Make sure you have the drivers installed for your phone (recommended: SDK Drivers or unrevoked hboot drivers) and USB debugging is on. If possible master reset your phone. At the least reboot the damn thing. This was setup for people running windows, if you have access to it do it on a 32bit version. Use the adb.exe included with the package Oh and Read the FAQ and Warnings for f-sakes

when it says install the hboot drivers... is that what i get from unrevoked forever? just a little confused on the beginning part... sorry lol
[EVO 4G Android Development] sfld:
Is there a reason why sprint hotspot wouldnt work because of this root?

Im on the .19 radio so i dont know if thats the reason why, but when i try to tether with sprint hotspot it simply reboots my phone
[EVO 4G Android Development] leenypost:
do you pay for hotspot? What rom are you running? Have you flashed the newest tether zip meant for 3.70?
[EVO 4G Android Development] sfld:
Well myns rom isnt based on 3.7 yet.

Im running myns rom.. My prl was 1.93 i downgraded that to the 1.77

My radio is at .19 and has been running fine.

I just realized that while running ziggys rom on my 0004 device the camera is broken so i think im going to revert to the htc 17 or 18 rom whatever is better.

Im just wondering if the radio .19 is screwy with the way i rooted this phone
[EVO 4G Android Development] leenypost:
Shouldn't be the radio. And you don't need to change the ROM, you need to change the kernal...You might have a problem because someone said you can only run htc #17 with Myn's Rom if you have the camera problem... But HTC #15 is the one designed for the 3.70 base and all the radios that go with it. If you have troubles I would advise you flash a 3.70 base ROM and htc #15. Good luck
[EVO 4G Android Development] sfld:
ya my bad i meant kernel lol
[EVO 4G Android Development] jch8828:
Thanks a lot for everyone who put together this. Finally rooted successfully. For people with hw 0004/hboot 2.10 who stuck on 4a, factory reset before anything. Took me a while to figure this out.

Now, I am working on custome Rom. Have a nice day.
[EVO 4G Android Development] cc2278:
Can someone help

Is hboot_2.xx_soff-V8.3.zip same as hboot_202_210_soff-V82.zip. the same.

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. where can i get the official ruu.
[EVO 4G Android Development] info[]box1:
Doesn't find the PC36IMG File

I need a little insight here.

Im at the step where you type the command: reboot bootloader, and device search for PC36IMG file. My issue is while in bootloader mode it scan and I see PC36IMG for a split second during the scan. But Im not ask to flash anything.:confused:

Anyone have any insight?
[EVO 4G Android Development] mainguy21:
damn i downloaded the new unrevoked zip cause i kept getting the unsupported radio version and its still the same damn why...what am i doing wrong???????????? when i try to flash unrevoked zip..says installation aborted due to radio version.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dudeevo:
Perfect Guide

I'm new to the XDA site. I've got a buddy that talked me into it and helped me figure out how to get everything set up over GTalk no less. Ran through it with no problems the first time. Thumbs up :D Donation has been sent. Keep up the good work.

Specs before root:

Hardware: 003

Radio 2.15.0011.19

Software: 3.70.651.1

PRI: 1.9_003

Kernal# 15
[EVO 4G Android Development] soxfan81:
Thank you worked great. I'm a noob but between seaching the thread and being careful and reading twice worked perfect.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Libdawg:
Great guide!!!!

Great guide!!! Worked great. This is the first time that I have tried rooting an Android phone and you made it easy! Now let the hacking begin. :D:):D:)