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[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Wiping your data partition will 1st everything to stock. Are all your radios/pri up to date? Sometimes having mismatches between those and the kernel can cause weird things
[EVO 4G Android Development] JinB:
How do I know if they are matched. I've done nothing sync rooting. Do I just run prl update? Profile?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
If you have used unrevoked forever the easiest way is to simply run an RUU, reflash the recovery/hboot and then restore a nandroid. Afterward update your profile & PRL.
[EVO 4G Android Development] JinB:
Never used it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
You could use the sprint lovers pc36img version instead as well, then you would just need to nandroid & update profile/prl

edit: I say that one because Ive tried it out and know it works good. Calkulin has a thread with all of the radio verisons, pri etc that you could also use
[EVO 4G Android Development] JinB:
Okay. thanks for the advice.

FYI, I fully charged it last night. Then I unplugged it. In 5 hours of sleep it went to 29 percent.

If I attempt this later today, when do monitor this site? I'm guessing you are about to go to bed...

So there's not just a simple, one step process to revert back to where the phone was a week ago?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
If you use a nandroid from then but your radios will most likely stay the same. Also, have you checked in your batt info to see what yhey biggest user of your batt is?

I'll be back this afternoon sometime.
[EVO 4G Android Development] JinB:
After a couple of years flashing windows mobile phones, I thought I could pick up on this android stuff real fast... this is so much more involved and I feel like a 6 year old trying to prepare a 5 course dinner for the Queen of England... :(

Edit: Okay, I flashed Azrael X 3.1. It went okay unless you count 1. I had a white screen for about an hour and a half. 2. my pc won't sync with my phone anymore. 3. sd card was not securely seated... blah.... blah.... blah

I want my slow old wm phone back ... life was simple Ha!
[EVO 4G Android Development] photoheidi:
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

I rooted my Hero last year, but then I got my Evo in November and I was just sure it was unrootable! I have been following this thread since then and waiting for something that would work. And I tried it today and it worked PERFECTLY!!! thank you so much for all of your time and effort and willingness to answer every single question in this thread. you are awesome and amazing for taking your time and energy to create this method.

Sincerely

Heidi

A very happy newly rooted Evo user
[EVO 4G Android Development] Harry Seaward:
Ok, so....

Do I just run AutoBoot.bat and then stand back and watch or do I need to do anything else not mentioned in the first post? There are 3 different PC36 files in the .zip file. How does it know which one to use? Is the 3.70 PC36 file a 'just in case' type of thing or does this actually get used in the rooting process? Does the AutoRoot.bat take care of unlocking NAND or is that a preliminary step I need to do before starting? When/how do I do the nandroid (is this the same thing as unlocking NAND?)?

Like I said, I'm a complete n00b and the process seems pretty simple (point-n-click) but I want to make sure I'm not missing something important before I get started.

Thanks again, X, for all of your hard work on this project! It really is appreciated. :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] *evo4me2*:
Thanks xHausx, worked like a charm. The only problem I ran into at first was an error about UNC paths not being supported as current directories, but that was b/c of running the script on my virtual machine. Using the 'pushd' command to assign a drive letter to the directory fixed that issue, and everything else was smooth :) Thanks for all the great work :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
For most phones it will be able to complete everything on it's own with out any need to intervene. There are some though that you will need to flash the PC36IMG manually with, if that is the case it will give you instructions on how to do it and wait until it sees the phone is ready to continue. After that is done it will finish up normally. This will unlock your NAND and make a NANDroid automatically but it is still a good idea to make one more NANDroid once everything is back up and running. Unlocking the NAND is unlocking the phone to modifications (unlocks the partitions) and a NANDroid is a full back up of those partitions. (it saves them as images)

The RUUs are handy to have just in case something goes wrong but aren't necessary. Also, the three PC36IMGs included are the HTC debugging firmware, one containing just the recovery and the other contains the Sprint Lovers ROM with updated radios and a recovery.

lol, win mo phones were simple to use that is for sure. My old touch doesn't have anything on the evo though, hell I didn't even know you could put android on it till after I stopped using it.

Try flashing the full sprint lovers zip and then restoring a nandroid, if that doesn't do anything then you can rule out your radios and all that stuff.
[EVO 4G Android Development] shooff37:
I was rooted, I used the old method, but I tried to Unroot. I have tried everything my phone is jacked, I need to take it in for repair I have dead pixels a bunch of light spots all over the screen. I have tried unrevoked method and I tried a hard reset, I have also tried a few methods on the site. When I boot into recovery I get the "wrong or no image" message, and then it sends me to the screen with the red Triangle, and all I can do is reboot, at this point the phone is working but is stuck in 2.1 mode like when I first bought it. I cannot update to 2.2, it says my phone is up to date and it is not. CAN SOMEONE PLZ HELP?

I WILL MAKE A DONATION FOR A WALK THROUGH.

I can do over the phone if that is easier. I am going crazy and have been trying for over 30 hours to fix this.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Check your bootloader to see if it shows S-ON or S-OFF, if it is the latter you should be able to run the RUU and be good to go.
[EVO 4G Android Development] rpwhite3:
To Root or Not.. :)

I use my EVO for personal use (have a work BB).. I want to root, had a Palm Pre rooted, and loved it... but... Not sure since I don't have all the time in the world to jack with it..

I have S-ON, HW 003, what else do you need to tell me if this auto root thing will work or not. Seems like the Sprint Lovers that this comes with will be good for me to start, as I tend to like sense... But once I root, I am sure I will try others..

Just need a little push I guess...

:)

Chow...

Rp3
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
For most 003s all you will have to do is run it and it will do everything on its own, depending on your phone though you may have to intervene and do a few things on your phone but other than that you shouldn't have any issues with it. Just be sure you understand everything that is required before beginning and you should be good.
[EVO 4G Android Development] rpwhite3:
Theres the issue, like someone said earlier there is lots to "Understand", I have been reading for quite some time, but there is a lot.. I guess I should just go for it this weekend, and see what happens and have you guys on retainer.. :)..

Maybe tomorrow or sunday...
[EVO 4G Android Development] VinhFTW:
I just got done rooting my friends phone and it worked out great! The only problem is I tried flashing the Hboot 0.76 from Calkulin from here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=752832&highlight=bootloader

It installs halfway then I get this message

E:Multiple firmware images

E: Cant store zip image

Installation aborted

I tried doing a search but to no avail. Any help would be appreciated!
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Depending on the phone you may not be able to use it. When rooting did you have to flash the PC36IMG through the bootloader or was it able to do it for you?
[EVO 4G Android Development] VinhFTW:
It was able to do everything. I have s-off and I am able to flash certain roms. My friend really wanted to try Evozone Riptides rom but I was unable to flash it. Something about it being aligned or signed? Seems like he might be out of luck
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
There is a thread somewhere around here that tells you how to trick it into letting you install the .76 bootloader but be warned a few people have permanently bricked their phones trying it. If autoroot was able to flash everything itself he should be ok to use it but definitely no promises...

Try to turn verification off and then flash, it sounds like the ROM is not signed.
[EVO 4G Android Development] VinhFTW:
How would I go about turning verification off? Thanks for the help Haus!
[EVO 4G Android Development] JinB:
It's there, on the phone, in recovery. On the screen right before where you select the rom to flash...
[EVO 4G Android Development] VinhFTW:
Ahhh I see...I'm still stuck on an older version of Recovery. Did not realize that option was there. Time for an update! Thanks again guys
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
You'll need to reboot your computer to fix ADB. Then boot your phone back into the recovery with the red exclamation mark and try 'autoroot makenandroid' again. It should be able to pick up where it left off.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Harry Seaward:
I did this once (saw it in another post) and that's when I started getting the "device not found" errors, but I'll try it again and see what happens.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Looks like you just found a bug. Does the StartRecovery file work?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Harry Seaward:
Here's what I get from startrecovery.bat

C:\RootingFiles\AutoRoot_v2.2>StartRecovery
EVO Recovery Mode

Pushing required files to device...

adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) -
- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) -
Press any key to continue . . .
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Looks like you're going to have to reinstall the adb drivers. If you have unrevokeds drivers installed make sure you completely uninstall them and then install HTC Sync. That will automatically install the correct drivers for you.

http://www.htc.com/us/support/evo-sprint/downloads/
[EVO 4G Android Development] Harry Seaward:
Ya, I blew it. I install the Android SDK something or other thinking I needed this to enable the ADB debugging option on my phone (it isn't in the Development screen). Then I forgot I installed it. :/

Anyway, I ripped this POS and ripped and reloaded HTCSync. I started 'startrecovery' from the command prompt and there's nothing going on for about 10 minutes now. I guess this is ok, since before it was erroring out right away. How long do I wait and what can I do if nothing happens?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Check your phone, you should see a green menu now. If so use it to flash the URFSOff.zip and that will unlock your NAND for you.

Usually the sdk won't interfere but it sounds like for some reason it is
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
hmm, you probably need to re-install htc sync as well. Once that is installed you will be able to run the RUU and restore your phone to stock.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Harry Seaward:
No menu....just hangs at the red triangle.

Is it time to RUU?

Edit: Now I can't even RUU. The RUU says it cannot find the phone. Tried it in recovery mode and FASTBOOT USB. No go either way.

Now what?
[EVO 4G Android Development] androidboy69:
ok but can you please tell me where to get the RUU? and can i run it through fastboot?

because thats the only thing im able to boot right now besides recovery.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
There are links in my OP that will take you to the RUUs. From the bootloader go to fastboot mode so you see FASTBOOT USB highlighted in red and then run the RUU from your PC.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Pull the battery from your phone and let it sit for a few seconds, then try it from fastboot mode again. It should connect to your computer.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Harry Seaward:
I moved to another computer (XP instead of Vista) and I've successfully completed the RUU. It said my phone had image 1.17 something but I know it was 3.70 before I started trying to root so I don't know if the image I loaded from the autoroot was the 1.17 but anyway, it seems my Vista machine has some problem with the phone/sync/USB drivers since the XP machine worked just fine.

I'm bummed I didn't get to save my configuration but I backed up my text messages which was my main concern anyway.

I'll have another crack at the root maybe tomorrow.

Thanks for all your help, X!
[EVO 4G Android Development] lita24:
Fully root?

Hello, I used this method to root my phone. It worked and so easy! :) Thanks. Just would like to know what is the difference between this method and unrevoked? Also is the Universal Auto Root make your phone fully rooted? Thanks, L2311
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Hello,

Glad to hear it worked well for you. I'm not very familiar with how unrevoked works but from what I have heard at some point it puts your phone in diagnostic mode which can be risky. Autoroot uses the debugging firmware from HTC instead which allows it unlock the phone. Although on certain phones this will need to use unrevoked's unrevoked forever tool to finish rooting.

Once autoroot finishes your phone is completely unlocked and you will be able to do anything you want to it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] JinB:
X, it's been 16 hours since a full charge. Battery is sitting at 69% with mild use. I think that is acceptable. I'll stay on this rom (Azrael 3.1) for awhile and see if it maintains. I sure don't know what happened the other day... battery would drain like you were pouring it out of a bucket.

Again thanks for help and tolerence.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Are you still using the stock kernel? Net's newest cfs havs nosbc has been working pretty good for me with setcpu on conservative but I don't really have much to compare it against. During the week it will usually last about 6 hours with very heavy use, thats pandora(sometimes youtube), bluetooth, web browsing or reading the news and the screen on most of the time. When I don't use it it sleeps like a baby though, the battery barely budges if I leave it unplugged over night.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
wrong thread... :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] JinB:
I think it's HTC stock kernel #15. Some post suggest rolling back to pri 1.77 if you are experiencing battery drain, but I think I'll leave mine alone.

During the night my phone (unplugged) retrieved 4 emails and nothing else and it dropped 3%.

If I want to try the "newest cfs havs nosbc", where is the info on that?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=719763

v2.3.1 is pretty solid on my phone, getting slightly more drain over night than you with 2 email accounts that check every half hour and a outlook account that is set to download emails as they arrive.
[EVO 4G Android Development] adrian2pm:
thanks for this X. this worked on my friends phone..first try i had a little hiccup but second try it went smoothly didnt have to touch the phone just sit there and let it do its thing ...
[EVO 4G Android Development] JinB:
Maybe I'm looking for trouble in all the wrong places, but I don't see v2.3.1... I see v4.3.1 beta and 4.1.9.1 - is this it?:

*netarchy-toastmod-4.1.9.1-cfs-havs-universally compatible (Aggressive undervolting)*

Mirror 01

Are you at 1.90 or did you go back to 1.77?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Sorry, meant 4.3.1. My PRI is 1.90 and all my radios are up to date with the eng bootloader.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ooMikeoo:
how long is this supposed to sit at the red triangle with exclamation point?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
It should only take a second or two for it to see it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dilligaf5353:
Stuck at splash screen, can get into recovery console, can't restart autoroot

I've been having some trouble since yesterday.

I followed the directions for autoroot, but upon rebooting into the recovery console step the computer never recognized that the phone had restarted.

I just bought the white htc evo at best buy on Wednesday so this is a brand new phone

Baseband Version, 2.15.00.11.19

Kernel version, 2.6.32.17-gee557fd htc-kernel@and18-2 #15

Software Number, and 3.70.651.1

PRI Version. 1.90_003

Hardware Version. Write this down too. 0003

HBOOT version number. Hboot-2.10.0001

the phone appears to have root access when I start it up.

I am able to load different files onto the sd card using my old touch pro 2

so even if I could get it back to factory default right now I would be happy.

Any suggestions?

I can get into android at all

htc sync does not recognize the phone is connected

FYI,

I have searched a lot through the forum, and some other ones but not much luck.

I have been an avid Win Mobile user running cooked versions of winmo, as well as running android from the SD card.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Can you attach your log file for me? You should be able to restore by turning your phone on in to the bootloader and then setting it to fast boot mode. Once it is there you will be able to run the RUU on your desktop and it will restore it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] JinB:
I was/am in the same boat with you - experienced in win mobile and android on the sd card. But this is alot different. I was able to muddle through it and get rooted and flash a new rom (not with any confidence).

I will throw out a suggestion to remove HTC drivers from your PC and re-install the new ones from OP's first page. I had loaded the new HTC drivers when I started this EVO rooting thing, but I borked them by mistakenly hooking up my old TP2 and it installed those drivers again. Now the EVO isn't recognized by the PC. Un-install and re-install hasn't fixed that problem.

But I just use a card reader to move files to the SD card.

XHausx will help you out. He usually arrives later in the day. (Edit: I see he's here)

Good luck!
[EVO 4G Android Development] dilligaf5353:
see attachement

ok, so if i choose fastboot, it then shows fastboot usb in red, my computer dings like it has something connected to it. I should then be able to just run the stock ruu from my pc? I downloaded it from a link in the thread, but what I got fails to run

RUU_Supersonic_1.47.651.1_Radio_2.05.00.06.10_release_CL195459.exe

is that the wrong one?

See log file attached
[EVO 4G Android Development] dilligaf5353:
JINB

Thanks for the response as well, I do understand this is a different animal, and I've rooted a couple other android phones with no problem. I'd use the card reader, but I don't have one for the MicroSD card. I've followed the directions on the drivers as well thanks again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
You'll want to run the 3.30 RUU, that is the lower version you will be able to run. It sounds like your phone connected normally so you should be good to go.

edit: apparently there are still a few more bugs, there where a few time it should have let you continue but didn't
[EVO 4G Android Development] fooz:
This worked like a charm, THANKS!

It took a few tries, but got it to work after I task killed everything right before I ran the batch file.

Thanks again! :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] o0omarko0o:
wow! worked like a charm! cm with more gees here i come!

3.29 / .97 / 0003 with a win 7 machine

THANKYOU! :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] Stuuffy:
how long exactly is it supposed to stay on the screen with the red exclamation mark inside the triangle? Mines been doing it for atleast 5 minutes now and im starting to get kind of worried...

sorry if this question has already been asked but i really didn't want to go through 150 pages of replies

Edit: looked and saw that it should only be there for a few moments, but mine stays there forever. Also, my phone wont boot up now (it stays at the white evo 4g screen) I have tried restarting my computer and getting back to the screen with the red triangle and running startrecovery then it takes me to a black screen with htc background. I clicked the option flash zip from sdcard and then tried the pc36img.zip and it didn't work. I dont know where to go from here. Help please :(
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Were you able to flash the PC36IMG correctly? If something went wrong there it will not be able to connect to the recovery.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Stuuffy:
i just edited my post, sorry. But originally i got the point where it asked if i wanted to update. I didn't see anything about that in the instructions so i said no, then said no to rebooting and it took me to the red triangle screen
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Ya, you will need to flash that in order to continue. You should be able to restart it from the beginning again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Stuuffy:
sorry, i'm the biggest noob ever when it comes to rooting and stuff, how do i do that?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
If you still have the red triangle up push vol up & power, you should be able to reboot from there.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Stuuffy:
gets stuck at the white evo screen when i do that
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
You will need to flash the RUU through fastboot then, that will restore it to like new again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] lubbad85@hotmail.com:
Thank you

Thank you for the hard work. I failed the first time and had to reflash the oem RUU. but got it right the second time. Thank you for your hard work.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Stuuffy:
sorry, how do i do that? When i choose fastboot it asks if i want to update, then if i want to reboot. I say no to both and then it just goes to the white evo screen and then the red triangle.

$18.05 worth of beer if you can help me fix it ha, thats what left in my paypal
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
When it asks to restart say No, then push power while fastboot is selected. The word HBOOT that is highlighted in blue should change to say FASTBOOT USB and be highlighted in red. Once there all you have to do is run the RUU on your desktop to restore it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Stuuffy:
k sorry hopefully this will be the last stupid question i have to ask. What is the RUU? I know its like the update/restore thing but is it included in your .zip or do i need to download it from somewhere?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
It's all good, no need to apologize for anything. The words you are looking for will be in all caps on your phone so thats why I typed them like that.

The ruu will reinstall all of the software on your phone so it is like new again. I didn't include it because it's pretty big and different phones use different version but you should be able to get the one for your phone from the link below.

http://www.multiupload.com/W679R1W391
[EVO 4G Android Development] b_allert:
i believe i am rooted as when i reboot to bootloader it says S=off however i cannot make a backup it says to check revocery log but im not exactly sure how, and even if i did what would i be looking for? please some help would be nice.

i used auto root 2.2

thanks

also, when i go to bootloader, it runs the pc36img and there is alot of updates there, should i run those or no?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Don't run the pc36img again, it will undo everything. You can delete it from your sd card now that you are rooted.

Usually when it says that it's because your sd card is full or your battery is too low.
[EVO 4G Android Development] JinB:
X, again after 2 days, the battery life is starting to suffer...

I had this happen after original root and sprint lovers.

So I flashed another rom and all was good for 2 days.

But now it's starting to drain the battey alot faster again.

If you have an idea, let me know. Thanks.