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[EVO 4G Android Development] rezistrat:
This worked great but it had some fuss to it. Most due to not reading things right so heres my two cents.

I'm running Vista: Downloaded the zip file I turned off Microsoft defender and any other program I had running.

Reset my phone and did not sign into anything.

Turn USB debugging on.

Make sure you've synced to you computer with HTC sync at some point so drivers are good.

Set to charge only.

Right click AutoRoot bat Run as administrator.

and let it go.

Now first time I got figured out to run as administrator the program ran than failed at the flashing amon ra part (Red triangle). Using my SD card reader I placed one of PCM36IMG.zip on the root of sd card (I renamed the file "PCM36IMG" with no zip and this was the only way it would flash.

Tried it again this morning and smooth as butter so far. Just about to flash Sacs HD
[EVO 4G Android Development] rickmatic:
I downloaded the autoroot_v2.2 file (full) and when i try to extract everythimg it says CRC failed in radios.zip. The file is corrupt?
[EVO 4G Android Development] rickmatic:
scratch that i got it.
[EVO 4G Android Development] biggame:
Did I just brick my phone?

I tried running Autoroot and everything was fine until it got to the red exclamation and triangle. It sat there for a few minutes and said that it timed out. Now my phone is stuck on the red triangle or the white HTC screen.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Action B:
You.didn't brick it. Just be patient I'm sure haus will post and direct you shortly. In the mean time post your event log for him.
[EVO 4G Android Development] biggame:
Back to stock settings.

Looks like I got the phone back to stock settings so now I just need to know what I did wrong. Thanks.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
It looks like you just had a bad flash, usually all you have to do is run the RUU to get a clean install and try again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] biggame:
Ok. THanks. I'll try to run it again.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Action B:
Let us know how it goes!

I knew it wasn't bricked but I also know how it feels to have something mess up especially with an expensive phone like the evo. You start fearing the worst, but it seems that if you can get a screen, your not bricked and things can be fixed with a little effort.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
New one is up!
[EVO 4G Android Development] NJSurfer:
Hello Everyone,

I just got an Evo 4G last week and it is running hboot 2.10 and has the latest firmware 3.70. I attempted following the steps to root it using auto root and the process hung in the middle of step 7. I am trying to reflash it now using the RUU for 3.70 and the retrying root using the new Auto Root 2.3.

I was instructed to post this log here by the Auto Root 2.2 program when it failed to complete at the recovery stage and it failed to be able to make a nandroid backup. I read all the steps and made sure I had all the prerequisites so I'm not quite sure what is going wrong. Any help anyone could give would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Taylor

(Poor Android Noob)
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Hi Taylor,

It looks like it was just having trouble talking to your phone, I haven't been able to figure out exactly what causes that because I haven't been able to get it to do when I test it, but I'm pretty sure 2.3 will be able to work around it. If you wanted to give that one a try first it should be able to pick up where the old one left off and finish it up for you.

The software that's currently on your phone is so old it doesn't know how to work with the newer evos, that's the reason why some will work normally with it and others don't. Once it's unlocked and upgraded again it'll be back to normal.
[EVO 4G Android Development] NJSurfer:
Thanks for your help xHausx. I just figured out how to reload the Stock Rom by mounting the PC36IMG to my SD card and then running it from the bootloader. So I just finished reloading stock rom onto the phone and it is up and working again and now I'm gonna try the Auto Root 2.3. I'll update here on how things go. Thanks for your help!
[EVO 4G Android Development] dobermankid:
Htc evo 4g ** root and nand unlock ** autoroot v 2.2 ** how to **

I'm getting stuck @ "Failed to get a root shell, please restart your phone﻿ and try again". Any advice? Thank you.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Try doing a factory reset, there is something on your phone that is preventing it from working.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dobermankid:
Wow. Thanks. So that means the phone will go back to the way it was when I first bought it, huh..
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Yup. You can still back up your apps before hand if you wanted to, just do a temporary root using z4root (found here) and then install and run Titanium Backup. Whenever you are done rooting install Titanium again and you will be able to restore your stuff.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dobermankid:
ok, so I did the factory reset. I got past the part I got stuck on previously but now I'm running into another problem..

After it says: "Rebooting the recovery".. it says "daemon still not runnungerror: cannot connect to daemon".

"The phone could not be found or was not ready. ADB and Fastboot report it as 'daemon' instead of the expected 'any'. Make sure ADB debugging is truned on, the phone is in the correct mode and that you are using HTC's Evo drivers that come with HTC Sync".

Can I unplug my phone and restart it?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Can you attach the autorootlog file for me to take a look at?

You can try running it again and it should continue on, if it doesn't restart your computer and then try again.

Depending on your phone it may our may not boot. If it flashed it automatically you should be ok to reboot though.
[EVO 4G Android Development] rperez571:
Sorry, didn't see the reply till now. Will upload tomorrow.

Looks like I am having problems loading pages. They take a long time to finish loading. Even when at home, where I have uverse 12+ mb
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
@dobermankind

that is showing it had trouble connecting to the phone and want able to finish rooting. Version 2.3 should be able to work around that; just run it like normal and it will be able to figure out what needs to be done.
[EVO 4G Android Development] abrigo74:
Help

ok im trying to root my friends evo he just got. everything was going Swimingly

untill the dos window said there should be a green circle with a arrow pointing down. well the phone had the red triangle with and !. now the phone dose not boot just hangs at the white evo 4g screen, and the recovery screen has to be pushed from the computer. any help? :confused::confused:

edit: i guess its about step 7
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Can you post the autorootlog.txt file to a post for me? If you scroll down when replying there is a button that will let you attach the file.

If you run the FlashZip file it should tell you if the phone is still locked or not. If it is unlocked you can use that to flash the Sprint Lovers zip and that will finish rooting it and if it's still locked it will tell you what version of RUU or PC36IMG to use.
[EVO 4G Android Development] abrigo74:
every time i try to flash to something it says

Install form sdcard...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

E:Can't open /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip

(bad)

Installation aborted

when i try to run RUU it dosent like see the phone
[EVO 4G Android Development] autorail1:
OK, Before I began. I want to see if I got this Right.

Download the following

Links:

Download this to the desktop:?

AutoRoot v2.3 - Full Root Zip (MD5: 81552E826E0137FA4542C9072DCAAFC6)

I am on Stock 3.70.651.1 So I should Download this to my desktop:

RUU to restore 3.70.651.1 (Thanks to 911Sniper for the original mirror)

Download HTC SYNC to desktop:

http://www.htc.com/www/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=1073&news_id=856

Plug in phone and follow this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z6gtrxwTQk

Thanks for any help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] hgelpke:
Went to root and got this error:

Checking bootloader version...

Checking MTD configuration...

Phone uses the old block size.

Firmware version 'FRF91'

70 was unexpected at this time.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
You'll need to restore the RUU before it will go through. The PC36IMG didn't flash right so the recovery won't let you do anything in it. Try running the FlashZip file while your phone is connected and then canceling out of it when it asks what you want to flash. Then run the RUU and it should be able to find it.

Yup, you got it. HTC sync can also be found on your sd card if you didn't want to download it again.

Which version of autoroot are you using? 2.3 should be able to recognize custom ROMs.
[EVO 4G Android Development] autorail1:
In the video he doesn't do anything with the ruu. I am familiar with loading other custom roms, Can i just do the autoroot, just like in his video?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
It is for just incase autoroot is unable to finish. Running the ruu will restore it to a stock state.

Most of the time it is not necessary but it's always good to have.
[EVO 4G Android Development] G.D.Carter:
I'm using 2.3 and keep getting stuck on the Flashing firmware screen. The phone is stuck on a screen that has a white HTC logo on it, I let it sit there for an hour and it goes no where. This is the 2nd time that its gotten stuck in the same place, Here is the contents of the autorootlog.txt.

------------ AutoRoot.bat Begin - v2.3 - 02/17/2011 13:00:48.00 ------------
Params=1'' 2'' 3'' 4'' 5'' 6''
Working Directory is 'C:\Android\AutoRoot23\'

Phone SN is HT08LHL05387

Checking for ADB...
PLEN='0' PSTATE='device' RETURNTO='start' STEP='assess'
PING ADB State Changed '1' out of '0'. ADB State is 'device' expected 'device'

Checking MTD configuration...
dev: size erasesize name

mtd0: 00c00000 00020000 "wimax"

mtd1: 000a0000 00020000 "misc"

mtd2: 00480000 00020000 "recovery"

mtd3: 00300000 00020000 "boot"

mtd4: 15e00000 00020000 "system"

mtd5: 0a000000 00020000 "cache"

mtd6: 1aba0000 00020000 "userdata"

'check.bat mtd' returned 'old'
MTD matches info from INI file.
Firmware version '3.70.651.1'
Version Major '3'
Version Minor '70'
Battery is at 74 percent.

Checking for root...
UID is 'shell'
Installing exploit...
pkg: /data/local/tmp/AutoRoot.apk

Success

1498 KB/s (767044 bytes in 0.500s)
adb: Product directory not specified; use -p or define ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT
Sending Intent...
Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cmp=com.autoroot.getroot/.getroot }

Checking for root...
UID is 'Got Root!'

Checking for ADB...
PLEN='0' PSTATE='device' RETURNTO='s4' STEP='rageit'

Checking for needed files...
Flashing misc partition...
Rebooting in to bootloader...
Verifying bootloader status...
hBoot version '2.10.0001'
Version Major '2'
Version Minor '10'
Bootloader shows Firmware version '1.17.651.1'
Version Major '1'
Version Minor '17'
hbpreupdate set at '11'
Security is 'on'
Setting RUU mode...
... OKAY
Sending flash PC36IMG_UD.zip command...

Checking for ADB...
PLEN='0' PSTATE='fastboot' RETURNTO='bootveri' STEP='"fastboot"'
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Is it the htc evo 4g screen you see when the phone starts up or a different one?

Edit: misread it first time I looked, if it is on a black screen with white lettering that is the ruu screen. There should be a progress bar that comes up on your phone when it receives the command to flash. If that never shows up or you see it say "waiting for fastboot" on your desktop try unplugging an reconnecting the phone
[EVO 4G Android Development] Geauxt:
it says:

Rebooting

Waiting for the phone

Phone is finalizing the flash, waiting

Waiting for the phone

daemon still runningerror: cannot connect to daemon

Found phone connected as 'device'

Giving time to configure itself

Rebooting into the recovery

Waiting for the phone

ADB sever didn't ACK

failed to start demon

error: cannot connect to daemon

Found the phone connected as 'recovery'

Setting up temporary Recovery

daemon not running. starting it on port 5037

daemon started sucessfully

daemon still runningerror: cannot connect to daemon

What do I do, I'm stuck at the black screen with the red triangle and exclamation point, I'm still a noob please help
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Are you using autoroot 2.2 or 2.3? If the latter you should be able to run the script again and it will continue where it left off, otherwise you will need to download the new one.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Geauxt:
i restarted the autoloader app and it said something about unknown bootloader

then something about unrevoked forever, i used my old sd card from my other evo that had unrevoked on it, i didn't use this computer to do the unrevoking, what do i need to do? and said the abd server didn't ack and i never saw a circular icon, its still in the same screen in on my phone
[EVO 4G Android Development] nrap:
this seems like the guide for me to use. but how do i know which hboot i have? where in the settings does it say? i have hardware version 4, purchased 2 weeks ago
[EVO 4G Android Development] bigj225:
You should have 2.02 but just to make sure power down the phone and turn it back on holding the power button and the volume down at the same time. Up at the top left hand corner it should say Hboot then the number I believe.
[EVO 4G Android Development] nrap:
excellent. you're right 2.02 thanks for the reply!
[EVO 4G Android Development] John_Q:
I just got my Evo today and it says

SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT - 0.97.0000

MICROP- 041f

TOUCH PANEL- ATMELC03_16ac

RADIO -2.15.00.09.01

Aug 19 2010, 14:29:08

Can I use unrevoked?

Nevermind it worked with unrevoked. Happy times!
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
That's strange, it should have accepted it. Can you double check to make sure you still have 2.02 and if you have S-OFF or S-ON?
[EVO 4G Android Development] sprintgeek101:
i can indeed confirm I still have hboot 2.02 and s-on
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Next step depends on what all you have tried, did you use any other method of rooting before trying this one? You'll probably need to use the recovery to get your phone back.
[EVO 4G Android Development] dad0507:
no camera/camcorder

I finished rooting my phone yesterday and flashed Azrael v2.5!!!!!! Awesome job to EVERYONE who could make this happen!!! Everything works great except my camera doesn't work. When I pick either it gives me a black screen with the task bar in landscape. I have the 2.02 hboot and 003 hardware. Its one of the more tempermental EVO's!!! Are we waiting for an update for the drivers??? I really want to use the video confrencing but with no camera or camcorder its a no go. Any help is much appreciated.
[EVO 4G Android Development] sprintgeek101:
Hey guys, can anyone point me to where I can find how to flash the pc36img.zip from within adb? My phone wont go past the HTC screen, but I am able to access the system through adb. Your help is greatly appreciated.
[EVO 4G Android Development] runningnak3d:
adb boot oem-78

fastboot flash zip PC36IMG.zip

-- Brian
[EVO 4G Android Development] sprintgeek101:
Thanks for the tip Brian, however, my cmd window keeps saying "Waiting for device." I am not sure how to reboot the phone so that it registers it. Seriously, if you can help me revive it, I will for sure, hook you up somehow. Thank you.

UPDATE: The signature verification failed :( any ideas? Also, how can I bypass the signature verification?
[EVO 4G Android Development] runningnak3d:
Sorry another typo....

OK, type adb reboot oem-78 and have it ready in your cmd window...

Power on your phone and when you release the power button start hitting enter / up arrow / enter / up arrow / etc.. in the cmd window. At first you will get error: device not found, but eventually it will take and your phone will go to an black screen with HTC in the middle. Once that happens, then you can fastboot flash zip rom.zip. Remember, it MUST be the rom from the RUU 3.29 or 3.30 -- it doesn't matter as long as it is signed...

-- Brian

EDIT: I thought you were on of the people that didn't even have adb access. You can ignore the part about spamming adb reboot oem-78 and just type it as long as adb can talk to your device. The rest still stands...
[EVO 4G Android Development] o0RaidR0o:
xHausx what can I say but pure genious, I've made the mistake of accepting the 2.2 OTA and simply thought it would be months before I could ever root. But you like a ray of sunshine to brighten my day. It worked as directed. I will be making a donation. I now have to learn how to load a custom rom. I'm rather fond of the sense ui any suggestions?

DOH! just realized the rom you provided has sense UI...I'm giddy all over!
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Glad to hear it worked for you. The one included is mostly stock but if you want to try one that's a little bit more customized Myn's warm 2.2 and Fresh are both very popular. As for kernels I've used Netarchy's since they first got the FPS unlocked and haven't looked back.
[EVO 4G Android Development] snandlal:
Xhausx?? I have bootloader version 2.02.001 , my screen is always black, it can go into fastboot and bootloader and know that cuz my computer shows "android bootloader" in the device manager. I cant flash ruu's and when i try to flash images in fastboot, it says not allowed remote. Also what scares me is that my serial number that shows up when i type fastboot devices is 123456789012. This is new hardware 0003 shipped with hboot 2.02. I did manage to flash mtd-eng.img and unrevoked forever. When i flashed pc36img-eng, it had a fail pu and bootloader wouldnt flash either. Am i screwed?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
what did you flash to make your screen crap out? You still may be able to flash stuff but it will be hard to know exactly what condition your phone is with no screen

Edit: One thing you can try is pulling all of the files out of the PC36IMG.zip and flashing them one at a time.

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot flash system system.img

Your SN can always be changed back but I'm curious as to how you got your phone so fubar'd lol
[EVO 4G Android Development] snandlal:
Well i tryed to downgrade the hboot like an idiot. I used the pc36img.zip with the modded hboot 2.002.001 and after that it went black. Ive tryed fastboot command but i keep getting remote errors i guess cuz i dont have the eng hboot. The only fastboot commands that work are fastboot erase xxxxx. Those dont pull error. I know im an ass. I had it rooted and s off. I was at the part where most were at with the incompatable recovery. I shoulda never tryed to downgrade hboot. I guess my partitions are messed up? Im sure i erased the tp images. Ive done this before w another evo but i was able to feel my way thru to flash eng-pc36img. Now when i flash it, i get failed pu on radio v2. And it wont flash bootloader. Now, when i press volume up and power it does to a diag mode and vibrates multiple times. I know i dont have froyo on there cuz that was done away with after eclair. Anything to do?
[EVO 4G Android Development] snandlal:
How would i go about changing my serial number to the correct one?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Well whoever cooked up that zip shouldn't be having people flash it to begin with, you can't just throw random stuff in a zip like that if you don't know what you are doing.

Can you try a few things and see what it says?

try 'fastboot oem h' & 'fastboot getvar all' and copy & paste what it says. If it doesn't want to let you select it right click and select all, after that you should be able copy it normally
[EVO 4G Android Development] snandlal:
I got the info but it won't copy.

fastboot getvar all says

INFOversion: 0.5

INFOversion-bootloader: 2.02.001

INFOversion-baseband: 2.15.00.09.91

INFOversion-cpld: None

INFOversion-microp: 041f

INFOvesion-main:

INFOserialno: 123456789012

INFOimei:

INFOproduct: supersonic

INFOplatform: HBOOT-8x50

INFOmodelid: PC36*****

INFOcidnum: 11111111

INFObattery-status: good

INFObattery-voltage: 3667mV

INFOpartition-layout: Generic

INFOsecurity: off

INFObuild-mod: ENG

INFOboot-mode: FASTBOOT

INFOcommitno-bootloader: 52609458

INFOhbootpreupdate: 11

INFOgencheckpt: 0

all: Done!

finished. total time: 0,014s

i didnt put my IMEI but it was there. the INFOversion-main was blank tho.
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
Something is interfering with it. Do you have autoroot version 2.3?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Geauxt:
I have version 2.3, should I just wipe my SD card?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
As long as you have room on it you shouldn't need to. Do you have another computer you can try to root with?

If you could attach or send me the autorootlog file also that will show what is happening.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Geauxt:
look at next post
[EVO 4G Android Development] Geauxt:
nvm it worked, YOU ARE AWESOME
[EVO 4G Android Development] dobermankid:
Is there a video on how to do 2.3?

or

Can I just do another factory reset and try it all over again?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
The process is the same for v2.3, I just updated the rom and recovery it flashes and made it more reliable. It is something on your desktop that is preventing it from working so a factory reset won't help.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Geauxt:
Does this put amon-ra on my phone so I can backup my phone when i decide to try installing different roms

Victory for L---S---U
[EVO 4G Android Development] rubber duckie:
awesome this worked like a charm. i have done at least 10 roots in the past for EVOs, and this by far is the fastest ( second to the first unrevoked at launch). make sure u have the latest htc sync , for some reason the one that came with a new untouched phone didnt work. not sure if this makes a different, but run it from the desktop, first time i tired with a old sync and running it from my downloads folder it didnt work.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Action B:
So if I had purchased an app from the marketplace could I just redownload it for free or must it be backed up before the root?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Geauxt:
Yep, as long as you sign back in with the same gmail account that you had on your phone when it starts back up after rooting

Victory for L---S---U
[EVO 4G Android Development] dobermankid:
FML

Autoroot log attached.. what am I doing wrong?
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
You're using an old version, 2.3 should work better for you.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ppal01:
I have not found many comments here on hardware 004 but, will this work on my brand new EVO? I have listed here the system I have. I watch the video and it seemed so straight forward I thought I would give this a try. I just got my EVO a week ago and hope I don't have a unit that won't work with this scritp. I have only put a few apps on it and just done a sync so no data to worry about. Should I just do a quick wipe of my system to ensure it will run smoothly?

Thanks

Baseband version

2.15.00.11.19

Kernel version

2.6.32.17-gee557fdhtc-kernel@and18-2#15

Build number

3.70.651.1 CL294884 release-keys

Software number

3.70.651.1

PRI version

1.90_003

PRL version

60675

Hardware version

0004

HBOOT

2.10.0001

Radio-2.15.00.11.9
[EVO 4G Android Development] xHausx:
yup! This should work well for you, let me know how it goes
[EVO 4G Android Development] ppal01:
Dude, you Rock! I shut down services on my computer I did not need, installed HTC Sync, killed open tasks on the phone, connected it to the computer and let her rip. I about 30 minutes my phone was up and running. Nice script, love how easy this was. :D I think the main thing was I just had to be paitent on the final boot and BOOM, I GOT ROOT!!