[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegh0st:
sweet information! thanks r.storm85 - this is exactly the kind of factual spelled out information I like learning. really appreciate it!

this brings up a question as usual though -

if you rename a ROM or custom recovery etc. to P36IMG.zip and let the stock bootloader detect the file does the bootloader automatically know what the file actually is and which partition to flash it to? or does the file itself control this information and tell the bootloader what it is and where it needs to be flashed to?

(technically if it works no matter what the P36IMG.zip file actually is it works and is a moot point but I would like to know & understand)

I understand what you are saying here yes. however it is conflicting from an earlier post though it must be rare if this actually does happen

thanks again. really like knowing this to. did you manage to ever fix your custom recovery or were you ever able to remove the custom recovery from the phone?

from what I have learned and read so far if s-on actually shows and is true then you really are not rooted. and vice versa - s-off = rooted

I was wondering how root apps could even be something sprint could use against a customer as I am not rooted yet and I have at least 3 rooted apps so that hardly seems proof to me (just a side opinion of mine - probably less hassle removing them though if it came to that)

great information again! got it - if it ain't broke don't fix it =) :D

cool! thanks for the info - I got barnacle wifi tether to work but it's great to have options

thank you ATownI20 - I did try to do my homework (still am trying) before becoming the "? monster"!

and I have really appreciated the help to - I have learned a lot more

now some more things I have been reading and was wondering if someone could explain or point to a thread - and thanks again btw rugedraw

today before lunch I was going over the link you provided again (double checking and all) - http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever#custom_splash

now this page provides information on flashing an unrevoked file to get s-off (which is rooted)

but in the next breath says you need a custom recovery to do this - like clockwork or Amon_RA

ok so is it possible to flash a custom recovery before you are rooted?

it seems to suggest you can from the information otherwise that sure seems like a catch 22 to me

if that is possible why can't the s-off unrevoked file also be flashed without a custom recovery? similar to how the custom recovery was put on a phone?

it also goes on to say if you do not have a custom recovery to use unrevoked3 which puts clockwork on a device - which prompts me to ask -

how does one get Amon_RA on a phone without clockwork? you can't possibly have to first have clockwork via unrevoked3 to then flash Amon_RA

- I thought about just renaming the Amon_RA file to P36IMG.zip and letting the htc bootloader flash it (but I'm pretty sure this won't work with the stock bootloader & s-on as it won't pass the signature check & I don't know if that is possible until one the of the previous questions I asked is answered)

I can't say it enough times either - thanks to everyone who has taken the time to help