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[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Edit: nevermind
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Version 1.9 is alive and kicking! No more getting stuck in RUU mode and no more problems with it hanging on certain computers (hopefully lol)
[EVO 4G Android Development] jminor4326:
Sprint Lovers is Constantly going to Internet

I loaded the Sprint Lovers ROM included in this thread, and since it has been working the phone indicates it is constantly, 100% of the time, going to the internet. This is depicted by the icon in the top tray which is a rotating circle. This can't be right as it must be draining the battery. Besides it's taking up valuable real estate. Suggestions?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
I believe the version you have is still the 3.30 one, there is one updated to 3.70 that may fix it. You can download it from here. Flash it the same as the other one and you should be good to go.
[EVO 4G Android Development] bwagner:
I do not think this will work. The 3.70 Sprint Lovers All-in-One update is what I was flashing after the rooting. It installs fine, but after the ROM and radio flash, I cannot get into recovery anymore. I think it is radio related. I can flash the Sprint lovers System update, and that is what I am using now, but with the old radio.

Brent
[EVO 4G Android Development] Tester70:
When I bootload The pcimg36 isn't picking up from my card or the desktop. I must be missing a step...
[EVO 4G Android Development] RafRugar:
Rooting Issue-Evo 4G Update

Hanging in Checking for ADB. Is this normal?
[EVO 4G Android Development] onepanda:
Could someone please post the rageagainstthecage file? That's the only one I'm missing and re-downloading the .zip file has resulted in a corrupted .zip file..twice :(

Thank you!
[EVO 4G Android Development] ustyrant:
Ok, i'm obviously new to the root scene. I have followed similar tutorials such as softmodding the Nintendo wii, etc, so I feel I can follow instructions pretty well.

it's getting the right instructions that seems to be the hard part. There are so many different tutorials, and methods, and auto scripts, etc etc etc.

I have a new Evo. It has the Android Version 2.2, hboot 2.02, and software version 3.30.651.3

can someone please link me to the best tutorial for my instance. Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] Rekna:
I tried using the 1.9 version and it failed out after making a lot of progress. Attached is the log. Now I am stuck on the white HTC screen, anyone know a thread that I should look to try and get this phone up and running again?

I have tried flashing some stock roms with root but those fail saying they cannot create a symbolic link. I'm now trying to restore to the stock RUU but everytime I try to run it gives me a USB connection error (I have the drivers that come with HTC sync installed). Also I'm a bit confused at which screen I should be at in order to run the stock RUU installer. Any help that anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] thieff77:
im getting same thing, what did u do?
[EVO 4G Android Development] thieff77:
Hanging in Checking for ADB. Is this normal?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Tester70:
Me too :)

Sent from Mama T's EVO using XDA App
[EVO 4G Android Development] Rekna:
I flashed a stock PC36IMG.zip image directly and I'm back up and running without root. I'm going to monitor this thread a bit more before I try doing this again.

Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
you can always do the manual method im sure he will get it working though

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=829045 <manual method
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Hmm, for some reason it lost your phone after running unrevoked forever. Turn your phone off and then hold vol down + power to turn it back on. If you see S=OFF at the top reboot your phone normally and then try running it one more time. That will finish rooting for you.

nope, how far did it make it? If it got stuck at the beginning you'll need to make sure you have htc sync installed and that you are running it as administrator.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Rekna:
The odd thing is that it is still S-ON. Here is the info from my phone:

baseband 2.15.00.09.01

kernel 2.6.32.15-g59b9e50

software number 3.30.651.3

pri 1.77_003

hardware 0003

hboot: 2.02.0000

I'm currently trying to reinstall completely stock using a RUU before trying this again. However, right now i'm stuck with USB 170 errors. I'm currently using the HTC sync drivers and ADB works just fine but for some reason the RUU doesn't. Once I get back to fresh stock i'll try this again and see if I can reproduce the same problem.

Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
That's odd, you did get a lot of errors from the recovery though. There might have been something there that was off.

Be sure to have plenty of battery of battery, you can also run the RUU directly from fastboot mode.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Here you go, this one should be good
[EVO 4G Android Development] Rekna:
Thanks for the tip on RUU from fastboot. I've tried that a couple of times but I get the 170 errors there also. The phone is recognized as "HTC bootloader" and doesn't appear to have any problems. However, when I try connecting it errors out. I'm guessing I have a driver issue. I also am on Windows 7 64 bit and formerly was working with a G1. Both of those might be causing some of my driver issues.

EDIT:

I have finally got the RUU to go forward. I will try the auto-root again and report back shortly.

EDIT:

Ok after installing RUU and running the update it worked great. My best guess for what went wrong for me was either 1) driver issues or 2) an incompatibility from a failed attempt at unrevoked3.

Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] N00dle:
I have no idea what's going wrong. I'm not a noob to rooting. I did toasts original method on my first 002 evo.

I'm running the commands by hand to make sure there is nothing weird with the script.

Anyway everything works just fine untill I get to try and flash teh eng-boot. Once renamed and boot into the bootloader it finds the zip and checks it fine. Blue progress bar and all.

Then when it should revert back and ask if I want to install the image it doesn't. I just keep getting dumped back to the bootloader menu.

What's up?

BTW I am running a 003 with the .97 hboot and firmware 3.29
[EVO 4G Android Development] stricklerjosh:
I Just got my evo hardware version 0004...is this the best method to root? Just don't really want to mess up my phone. I rooted my hero with no problems.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
You may have a bad copy of it, there is a link to toast's original post in the op if you want to retry the download
[EVO 4G Android Development] onepanda:
Thanks, it's rooting now...one question though, how long does it usually take at this part?

Checking for root...
The ADB Shell does not have root permissions.
Pushing res\rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin to /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-ar
m5.bin...

*This will take a few moments, please do not disturb this window or your phone
until it finishes...

Thanks again :D
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
With the newer phones I don't think there really is a best method, it just depends on if you like to be more hands on when rooting or if you would rather it be done automatically. Either this way and zikronix's should work for you.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Sometimes it can take up to 30 seconds, it should time out if out is much longer than that though. If you never see it say Waiting for phone then you'll probably need to reboot your phone and try again
[EVO 4G Android Development] onepanda:
Just restarted and tried again...still sitting there, but now it doesn't say it's pushing the file to the phone..

I extracted the .bin from the zip you posted.

Checking for ADB...

Found the phone through ADB.

Checking MTD configuration...

Phone has the old partition structure.

Checking for root...

The ADB Shell does not have root permissions.

*This will take a few moments, please do not disturb this window or your phone

until it finishes...

****Actually, it just said "Waiting for phone", right as I hit ctrl+C like 4 times -.-

****Nevermind, it's been a few minutes and still nothing
[EVO 4G Android Development] N00dle:
well the re-download of the PC36IMG worked I now have S-OFF and 0.76 hBoot. Bad new is that now I can't do anything. I can get into the bootloader but then nothing. It won't boot into android. I can't adb in (device not found) grrrr....

I swear I didn't have issues with my old evo. Stupid replacement and white spots on the screen of my old one.

Anyway should I try the PC36IMG again or is there a different root safe rom I can rename and do it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] onepanda:
I'm now getting this...

Unable to get a root shell, try rebooting your phone and if it still does not

work run the exploit manually.

Type 'adb shell {enter}'

Then './data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin'

It should kick you out of the shell after a moment and disconnect your phone,

once it does that run 'adb shell' and check for a root prompt (#).

if it says Device not found you will have to reboot your phone and try again.

Where exactly do I type 'adb shell'?
[EVO 4G Android Development] RizzoPro:
Trying to root

First off thanks for all your hard work!

I am using your most current version and am running into a problem...

Heres what happens

C:\Users\RizzoPro Win7\Desktop\AutoRoot_v1.8>autoroot

Checking for ADB...

Found the phone through ADB.

Checking MTD configuration...

Phone has the new partition structure.

Checking for root...

The ADB Shell does not have root permissions.

*This will take a few moments, please do not disturb this window or your phone

until it finishes...

Waiting for the phone...

Found the phone through ADB.

Checking for root...

Got Root!

Checking for needed files...

Pushing res\mtd-eng.img to /sdcard/mtd-eng.img...

ERROR Could not access '/sdcard/mtd-eng.img'!

Make sure your phone is set to charge only and your phone is reading the SD card

properly.

Please post your autoroot.log file to the XDA thread or send it to me directly

at haus.xda@gmail.com

Press any key to continue . . .

I know my SD card is working as I put music on there all the time. The only thing I have noticed is wehn I hook it up to my Win7 box I choose charge only but when I look at all my drives, the SD card shows...ant help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] QuiQNeZZ:
Ok, so what's the difference between the file with the PC36 image and the one without? Is that image file the custom ROM? Will this process/script automatically flash that ROM?

What if I don't want that ROM to be flashed, will it still root the phone and install the recovery image so that I can flash a ROM of my choice if I use the Root file with the non PC36 image included? The download with the image included is painfully slow and saying it's gonna take 11 hours to finish. The other without the image should be done in about 20 minutes.
[EVO 4G Android Development] onepanda:
So here's the error from the autoroot.log file,

Checking for root...

UID is 'uid=2000(shell)'

Running exploit...

$ ./data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin

./data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin: 1: Syntax error: Bad substitution

$

Could something be wrong with the rageagainstthecage .zip file you posted? All I did was unzip it to get the .bin file.

**I re-downloaded the full .zip from the first page, but I'm still getting the same error above in the log.
[EVO 4G Android Development] stricklerjosh:
How do I know if i'm running the 3.7 OTA that you said not to use this method with?
[EVO 4G Android Development] N00dle:
that happens at times. just pull down your notifications again and select charge only even if it is already selected and it should switch. You will know if it says mounting SD card
[EVO 4G Android Development] N00dle:
Well aparently 3rd time is the charm I had to use my microsd reader to do it but I re-downloaded the PC36IMG again and got it working finally. I'm rooted and everything is working again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] RizzoPro:
Trying to root

Hi

Thanks for the suggestion..I got the flashing to start and now it seems like it

re flashing over and over. It reboots and then the following occurs

Rebooting...

Waiting for the phone

Setting the RUU mode...

Reflashing the userdebug firmware

It has done this twice already

also While the reflash is happening the screen has the HTC logo with a triangle in each corner...does that mean anything?

Thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] buckeye826:
MAC Root 2.2 Hboot 2.02

I just got the EVO today. I am a noob to rooting an android phone. Can the EVO be rooted via a mac on 2.2 my software number is 3.30.651.03 my Hboot is 2.02

I do have parallels but it is sketchy at best.

Can this guy be rooted via a mac? Is there a tutorial someplace that I can follow. I have downloaded the SDK and ran a ./adb devices in terminal but it did not show my device I do have it in USB debugging and in charge.

Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] stricklerjosh:
Need help as welll....trying to do this on my new evo on a windows XP machine...I made sure my htc sync is up to date with evo...anything else I am missing?

When I run the autoroot.bat it pops up the command screen and say something about adb...then just sits there...I even right clicked and run as administrator...do I have to let it sit there for a while?

Please help I really want to get this done!
[EVO 4G Android Development] fredrik949:
same thing here and if I close it and run it again command prompt screen appears for a split second then disappears then nothing happens
[EVO 4G Android Development] stricklerjosh:
same exact thing I am getting...hope someone can help! I want some cm6 badly!!! LOL
[EVO 4G Android Development] fredrik949:
just realized that I am using version 1.8 and that there is a 1.9 will try that one and report back. Josh I am trying to get Cm6 too, sounds like we are in the same boat.
[EVO 4G Android Development] stricklerjosh:
I'm using 1.9 and still getting that issue
[EVO 4G Android Development] fredrik949:
yes same thing with 1.9 also he program is still running in the back ground somehow after the first time, because when I tried to move the folder with file in it I got an error that it could not be moved due to file being in use. It only goes away when restarting the computer.
[EVO 4G Android Development] stricklerjosh:
Yea I have tried it and restarted it like 4 times now...I PM'd the OP to ask him
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Zikronix has a 2.02 hBoot S-OFF thread that has pretty thorough instructions on how to root with adb, you can find a link to his there in my original post next to all of the blue text.

You'll need to download the full zip at least once to get all of the files, the second one I posted so anyone who already has the big files can get the updated script without redownloading everything. Try starting another download of it, you may have a bad connection to the mirror.

You can check by going into Settings -> About Phone -> Software -> Software Number.
[EVO 4G Android Development] stricklerjosh:
i'm running 3.3
[EVO 4G Android Development] dechutes:
Hi,

I have a new evo with 004 and 3.30. The software runs great, but then after the pc38 image loads it says pushing amaon ra to /.. and just repeats that over and over. I get the attached log file. Any Ideas?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
@stricklerjosh & @fredrick949

Double check to make sure your phone does not have the 3.70 software on it, that you have HTC sync installed and that you are using the stock ADB drivers. Unrevoked's drivers will sometimes interfere with this. You will also want to use 1.9 as it works much better with the more troublesome phones.

If all of that looks good you may need to run the RUU first, many people say that has helped them get it working.
[EVO 4G Android Development] skeith223:
I just thought about what you said I installed unrevokes hboot drivers and I think thats why it keeps hanging how can I get the original drivers back on my phone....
[EVO 4G Android Development] stricklerjosh:
Does unrevoked work with our versions? Mine is software #3.3 I made sure I installed the HTC sync for evo as I previously has a cdma hero that I was rooting and using. not sure what you mean by stock adb drivers. I used adb fine with my hero...do I need to DL something else?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
You'll need to use ctrl+C to break the loop and then flash the RUU to get out of that screen. Once you've restored your phone download the new version 1.9 and you should be good to go.

Be sure to check your battery life as well, it may not hurt to turn it off and let it sit on the charger for 15 or 20 minutes before flashing anything else.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
When you plug your phone in it should try to install some from it, once it does that reinstall htc sync and you should be set.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Unrevoked is working on an update but it's not ready yet, if you try to use the older one on newer phones it can permanently corrupt your phone.
[EVO 4G Android Development] supernet2ec2:
This is what happens when i run cmd.exe and attempt to root my phone.

D:\AutoRoot_v1.6>autoroot quick

Checking for ADB...

Found the phone through ADB.

Checking MTD configuration...

Phone has the new partition structure.

The quick method will only work on older EVOs, aborting.

Press any key to continue . . .

Im wondering if my phone is at all rootable or if their is a method i haven't been able to find. Im not sure as i have tried everything that was listed in your post. If your able to give me a idea whats wrong with my device (or if my HTC EVO 4G is incapable due to the newer motherboard) let me know. Im just thinking its a new motherboard on the phone that did it, and which is why its not working not your code. Hopefully im wrong tho
[EVO 4G Android Development] stricklerjosh:
ok so what should I do? Need some help...do I have to have the sdk and your zip in the same folder? I gotta figure this out
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Youll need to use the RUU to restore with and then try again. Sometimes an incomplete unrevoked root will cause that.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Shouldn't, everything needed is included in the zip. I would try restoring with the RUU and then retrying, that is probably your best bet for fixing it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] stricklerjosh:
ok...how do I do that? just DL the correct RUU and then run it?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
The quick method requires the engineering hboot to be installed but htc changed the partition structure in the newer phones so it wont work with them.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
you got it
[EVO 4G Android Development] stricklerjosh:
so plug in my phone...don't mount and just run the ruu?
[EVO 4G Android Development] fredrik949:
yes it will give you step by step instructions as you run the RUU. I just did this and I am still having the same problem. does anyone have a link to the correct htc drivers as this might be the problem.
[EVO 4G Android Development] stricklerjosh:
how long does it sit at the checking for ADB screen? is it supposed to be a while?
[EVO 4G Android Development] fredrik949:
software 3.30 did RUU still having same problem, so I am guessing it is the ADB drivers. do you have a link to the correct ones?
[EVO 4G Android Development] fredrik949:
for the RUU or the autoroot?
[EVO 4G Android Development] dechutes:
Thank you for the quick reply. I tried the RUU and the same thing is happeing. Any other thougths?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Wraith272:
Hi, I'm having problems rooting a friend's phone, it gets past finalizing the firmware flash and then reboots and cannot find the device? I've attached the log to this post.
[EVO 4G Android Development] darkworld260:
I want to make sure that i am able to root with this method? here is my phones info

Android HTC EVO 4G by sprint

Android Version 2.2

Kernal Version 2.6.32.15

Build Number 3.30.651.3

Software Number 3.30.651.3

Hardware Version 0003

H-Boot Version 2.02

So am i able to root???? and 1 last question

If i flash with a rom that says software version 3.70.651.1 found on the new sprint lovers roms will i be able to flash the custom rom with no problem? and if i decided i dont wanna flash a custom rom can i just stick with the stock one but be rooted?

Please help and thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] G_Dmaxx:
Root

Rooted and ROM'ed mine months ago with Unrevoked, heres my wifes new EVO specs:

Android Version 2.2

Kernal Version 2.6.32.15

Build Number 3.30.651.2 CL271968 release-keys

Software Number 3.30.651.2

Hardware Version 0003

H-Boot Version 2.02

Any problems with this version? Should I wait for Unrevoked to work on Hboot 2.02?

Thanks in advance!:D
[EVO 4G Android Development] G_Dmaxx:
I'm a sort of noob but you should have no problems flashing a 3.70...ROM just as long as you do a full wipe first, or just stick with the stock ROM, but after you load a custom on there and it gets rid of the bloatware and is faster and more robust and gets you better battery life and gets you freebie apps and the list goes on...why would you wanna stick with stock??
[EVO 4G Android Development] darkworld260:
What method did you use?
[EVO 4G Android Development] G_Dmaxx:
I used unrevoked 3.x whatever it was on mine a few months back (right after they got unrevoked working for the EVO,) what I'm asking is will my wifes EVO work with this method given the specs from above? thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] darkworld260:
this is going to sound noob but how would you do a full wipe your phone?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Your the second person who had had that happen to them. That is just a bug in the script.

If you boot the phone back up and run it again it should see the phone is unlocked and finish rooting.
[EVO 4G Android Development] G_Dmaxx:
Honestly dude you dont want to brick your phone so do alot more reading before you try anything. In recovery before you flash you wipe cache and dalvik? Theres two things there to wipe and then your ready to go, you need to watch some of the youtube videos.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
To replace the adb drivers just go to control panel, then device manager and then search for adb from there. Once you find it select it and tell it to uninstall the drivers. Then unplug and plug your phone back in, it should try to re install the drivers for it automatically.

I'm typing this through my phone so it is hard to be detailed but a quick google search should bring up how to do it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] darkworld260:
yeah if i brick my evo right now i will be stuck with a flip phone for the next 2 years so i am being as careful as possible.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
This comes with the sprint lovers 3.70 rom so you will have it I've everything finishes. You will also be able to flash roms through the recovery if you want to try others as well.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fredrik949:
Ok I remember when I did that back when I was trying to use unrevooked I had to uninstall the sense portion. should I do that again or just leave everything after installing?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Unrevoked is not working with new phones yet. Some people have been lucky and just had it fail while others have had their phones permanently corrupted by it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] G_Dmaxx:
But my question is will your method work with those specs? I know unrevoked wont.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dshook19:
Ok I have hboot version 2.02

Baseband 2.15.00.07.28

Build 3.26.651.6

Prl 60662

Will this version of root work fine for me? Could I use unrevoked3? I'm a noob to this and just need some help cause I'm sick of this stock phone and I've only had it for a few days. I came from a rooted hero. I messed up trying unrevoked3 so I ruu ed to this version
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
If you uninstall everything and then reinstall htc sync you should be good
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Yep, this one will work with your phone. You may need to uninstall the unrevoked first though.

As long as you have the ruu handy it's worth a try though.