yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] jesusice:
That's outdated now. Just download ROM Manager from the market. It'll flash the official recovery for you.

Buy Premium while you're there, buy Koush a beer :)

^ Shift Faced
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Fr3nZy:
thanks, that works great.

2 more questions. 1. If i had to, can I restore the original Recovery Menu?

2. I flashed NFX-Shift.semi-STOCK.1.0.3.deodex but I keep getting FC for the input panel. Is this an issue with the rom or is there a prerequisite before flashing a custom rom.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] riggsandroid:
1. You can restore the original recovery - see this thread here. You should be able to extract the recovery.img in there and flash it via fastboot commands.

2. This is a known issue and was supposedly fixed. I don't use that ROM but have been following it and there was an update at some point to fix the input force closing.

Hope that helps.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] BrandoKC:
Did you flash the keyboard fix? I flashed the ROM and then the keyboard fix right after and haven't had any issues.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] jesusice:
Ditto.

^ Shift Faced
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Fr3nZy:
Thanks, Fixed it. I thought that fix was included with the latest version of the rom.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] menendezg.km:
visionary app

after rooting can i delete visionary app
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] strapped365:
After perm root yes
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] menendezg.km:
Wimax keys

when i backed up the wimax keys, does that mean they arnt on the phone why do we have to be backed up
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] menendezg.km:
wimax

can i check wimax keys with the wimax checker app?????

thanks
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] jesusice:
Yes.

BTW: Wouldn't it have taken less time to just DL the app and try vs asking?

^ Shift Faced
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] menendezg.km:
Thanks for that advice
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] dkd711:
OMG!!!!

Thank you, Thank You, Thank You!!!!

That **** was driving me crazy. I was stuck after step 4 forever. All I had to do was change my phone over to USB charge only mode and wait 10 secs for the phone to remount the SD card. Didn't need to unplug USB cable at all. This step should be in the instructions for ppl right? Or is it only affecting some ppl? I'm running Win7 64bit.

Anyways problem Solved.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] platinumrug:
Is there ever going to be a painless root process made for this phone anytime soon? I plan on upgrading before that April 1st garbage for premier customers, but I don't really want to get a big ass evo, I like the shift's size and usability. I'd like to know. Thanks.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] :
Just got my Shift yesterday coming from HeroC, so hi everyone!

I checked the wiki and this thread and don't see anything mentioned about this. I've tried temp rooting with both Visionary and z4 and both do the same thing. They just hang saying they're rooting the device, then the phone reboots after a minute or so.

Pretty sure dude at the Sprint store ran all the updates before I got the phone in my hands, so maybe the latest updates killed whatever exploit these things were using?

Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

EDIT: Nevermind, z4 randomly worked like the 10th time I ran it right as I was posting this.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] NYCHitman1:
I'm still having the issue with verifying the md5sum's. It keeps saying md5sum NONE. I have removed the Shift folder and re-downloaded/unzip about 10 times already and still the same issue. Is there something I've done wrong? (which I'm doubting because it's not the first Shift I've had to root).
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] riggsandroid:
Try typing busybox in front of md5

so

adb shell

su

busybox md5 .........blahblahblah
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] NYCHitman1:
I ended up uninstalling z4 and going with Visionary+ and verifying the md5sum's worked. Now I'm having a problem acquiring S-off. Kinda curious how to backtrack from here. I don't really know if I should re-push all the files (start from scratch) or wait for someone to help me out with a workaround.

EDIT: Root success. Just backtracked a bit and got the S-off.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] CrashV2010:
I just got my SHift yesterday, and it took maybe about 5 minutes to root and get gb on this phone, lol !!! I'm coming from the HeroC and wow... I love quad scores of 2526 vs 300-400..... I love this android stuff !!!!

CrashV2010
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] xPreSiDenT:
OK i really hope I get an answer here. I just got an HTC Merge(lexikon). But i was surprised to find it hasn't been released yet. so now im stuck with the problem of how to perm root it. I have ran visionary and temprooted it but thats no fun, plus i want to install new roms :D

The merge seems to be very close to the HTC EVO shift, with the only big difference seemingly being the wimax part. The processer is the same, and the memory seems the same too. My question is, would it be safe to try this hboot and recovery on the merge? Would this method be safe (apart from the inherent risk of flashing hboots)? Would these roms work on the merge? Too many questions :p

But I've also read that the merge is apparently very close to the g2 etc, and is supposed to be in the HTC Vision family of phones, from what ive read, it seems i have to first convert it to something like the G2(something about partitions etc) and then i'll be able to start flashing roms on it. so I'm confused.

I have been unable to find a matching RUU for this lexikon, as all RUUs Ive found are older than the rom version on the phone. The phones splash screen is for US Cellular, however the phone isnt on their site.

some details:

Bootloader screen:

HBOOT - 0.88.0000

RADIO - 1.07.00.1228_2

Dec 2, 2010, 16:07:41

I am experienced with adb and flashing etc, and I'd be happy to work with devs interested in the merge. Any help would be appreciated.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] quixotiCfluX:
boot loop after restoring nandroid

If anyone can help with my boot loop problem please let me know, I've posted in the QA forum

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12539956#post12539956
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Michael61182:
I keep getting this error too. I've googled for hours with no luck on whats going on. Yes I did unzip shift-root file to the root of my sdcard. I'm on a mac if that makes a difference. Please help, cant stand this stock phone, I came from a rooted EVO.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] BrandoKC:
Make sure you are set to "charge only"
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Michael61182:
Thanks I'll try when I get home from work. I've been trying from disk mode.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] mschmiedel:
Excellent post, works like a charm. The only issue is that visionary doesn't always work. Sometimes it reboots the phone and the icon no longer appears; after rebooting the phone again it will work. The rest of the process causes no trouble at all.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Michael61182:
Damn that was easy. Thanks for the suggestion. I'm now rooted. Now on to search for a ROM.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] wrceuro:
Ok so I got the phone Rooted but how do I get into Recovery so I can flash a ROM or what ever I need? I power the phone all the way off and then when I power it back on I hold the Vol Down. Then I click Recovery. The phone goes to the HTC screen and just stays there. Can someone please help?

Thanks
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Michael61182:
download rom manager from the market
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] wrceuro:
Sweet. Thank You
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] DssTrainer:
Great first post.. z4 didn't seem to work but visionary worked perfectly. I am now perm rooted.

Second post was a little speedy... not much for detailed steps there.

1. I ran the wimax backup. I figured out that you had to be in adb shell and su first, tho it wasn't mentioned.

2. You say "if you haven't setup fastboot, do that now".. whats this? I see a fastboot option in my hboot recovery when I hold down and power but what do you mean "set it up" ?

3. When pushing the recovery.img file, I am using the non-sdk version of just platform tools to save on wasted space from the full sdk. So adb isn't in my path. So can I use:

fastboot flash recovery c:\temp\recovery.img

??

Thanks

EDIT. I just got clarification here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11010048&postcount=6

Working

Thanks
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] jesusice:
Download ROM Manager and flash the official recovery.

^ Shift Faced
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] riggsandroid:
Look at this guy! So helpful after midnight on the weekend even with 2 kids and a wedding coming up....

*pats Jesusice on the back*
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] MrTrip:
Disregard this message, I don't read instructions :(
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] DaveInSanAntonio:
Newly Rooted EVO Shift

The process worked for me. I used Visionary. Also, I kept getting the error saying my fone was not connected properly to HTC Sync, which I ignored.

I did not uninstall :confused: SuperUser after I pushed the hack and I went right into trying to permroot...

So when I rebooted after that, I went right to terminal and tried to su root, which was of course denied. That was my check to see if the root took, which it had not because I had not deleted SuperUser prior to attempting permroot.

I installed the Clockwork ROM Manager and did a backup or two.

Got tethered up (using now, BTW). The Hero got real hot... this one is still cool to the touch, actually warmed up more when rooting.

Gonna figure out what to do next.

Thanks to all who helped get to this point! :)

-Dave

---

HTC Evo Shift

-Stock. Rooted.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] assasinbob:
Works great

I had to reboot a few times even though the recovery said S-OFF. Eventually i got z4root to get the job done. For some reason visionary+ would temp root and then refuse to do the perm-root. Flashed CM7 stable, everything works, but gps doesn't work for me, don't know if its my fault tho, or a bug, or my bad luck XP
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] thronnos:
Could someone explain step 1 and 3 for me if I'm using android terminal emulator. I tried it but nothing happened. My device is temprooted. I download the file into the download folder. I use root explorer to extract it... where?? I tried a couple places even the root folder (Its not in SD card) then once its good how do I check the md5 from the terminal. I type Su to get permission then what? The string in the post doesn't seem to do anything no matter how I type it. Or maybe I just don't know the command. I'm fairly new to this kinda thing. :/
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] finalhit:
The root of your sd card is in /sdcard

Thats where you extract the files into. Once you do that, the commands should work.

If not, you need to be more descriptive with what's going on when you do it. I very much doubt they do nothing, unless you're doing something completely wrong. They should be spitting out error messages.

i dont need a signature
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] thronnos:
The numbers don't match. I'm getting d41d8cd98f00b2o4e9800998ecf8427e. What am I doing wrong?
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] finalhit:
There are multiple things that you do a md5check on. You gotta be more specific on what doesnt match.

If its one of the files you downloaded... redownload the file. You probobly got a bad download.

If its one of your post-flash pulls for testing, reflash and try again.

And again, be more descriptive about where you're having problems, people would have an easier time helping. Just say which step you're doing, where you're getting stuck, etc.

i dont need a signature
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] thronnos:
Ok, I dl from the link. aboove. I'll do it again and when I check the string like it says, the number that I posted is different from the one in the instructions for both the checks actually. The number never changed. Lol. Well, I'm trying again
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] teedmon87:
help

im falling the steps but i cant find the path directory to open sdk in cmd promt

like can you help im lost i need a step by step for idiots and no one else seems to have a perm root for the shift

sd
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] thronnos:
Ok, this problem just started. I have root access. Android terminal emulator has superuser permission but when I check the md5sum. /sdcard/shift/hboot_original.bin it tells me permission denied
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] thronnos:
Didn't matter, I got annoyed and just flashed it. Lol, problem solved I'm now s off. Anyone have any good Rom recommendations and kernel combos?
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] BrandoKC:
I recommend mikshift with the stock kernel. Amazing battery life and smooth as hell.

Check out my themes for mikshift while you're at it.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] thronnos:
As soon as I fix this little issue. I'm checking out mikshift because cm7 has issues. Lol
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] riggsandroid:
not many issues on the latest stable 7.0.3.1 or 7.0.2.1 but the most recent nightlies are having some issues, but that is why they are nightlies.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] thronnos:
Well, maybe I have something configured wrong. I have 7.0.3.1. Umm, GPS doesn't work, flash player usually displays a black screen with audio no video comes through, and 4g doesn't switch to 3g if I lose service. It just drops connection. But for positives, I love the speed, the battery life, the no bloat, I love cm7 it's just the issues I have are important to me. Lol. Figures right? I'm still new to all this, what's the best way to configure everything? And also when I go to keyboard settings I get a black screen
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] thronnos:
I might have found a fix for the GPS not locking. Lol, I started my navigation software. And it took a second, but eventually it forced a GPS lock. Only small issues now. Yay!
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] riggsandroid:
flash issues are not CM7 related as a lot of poeple are having them with the last 2 updates from flash.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] sparksco:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13011807&postcount=17

Also I just posted a new recovery that supports ext on the clockworkmod recovery thread
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] dnwk:
I run the z4root but still cannot run su as permission denied. I don't know how to proceed.

Thanks
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] TOKiMONSTA:
Hi,

I was wondering if anyone is having the same problem as I am. When I go into Settings > Applications > Manage Applications to uninstall the Superuser App, my uninstall icon is grayed out and I can't uninstall it.

Is there a way to uninstall through ADB or the like?

I tried to unroot through Visionary to see if it would remove it but it's unresponsive. The perm root button is unresponsive too.

I have all the steps done..I have s-off but Visionary doesn't do anything when I hit perm root and I can't uninstall superuser app.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] riggsandroid:
Try putting your phone in airplane mode before hitting perm root.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] tatonka_hero:
edit: HTC sync was uninstalled...reinstalling fixed it. Hope the GB update is rootable in the near future, because my phone's being a pain and I decided to just update it
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] stormchaser404:
So...I screwed up and did the update to 2.3.3...clearly a big mistake. It wiped my root and everything I've tried has failed. I cant get any of the temp-root methods to work. I've tried Visionary, and Shift Root & Recovery. I've even tried a factory reset on the phone. What, if anything can I do to get it rooted again? Help!
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] jordanetodd:
I tried gingerbreak, but that didn't work either. It says it won't work for s-off devices. Go figure I'm SOL on battery life and I was hoping to be rooted and rom'd for edc this weekend.

Definitely should have waited to update. Oops. :/
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Michael61182:
I had to send my phone in to HTC for a screen replacement under warranty. I had to unroot obvioiusly before I took it to Sprint the first time and got it back with 2.3.3, so i'm stuck just like you guys. I wonder if SuperOneClick will work, i'm on mac OSX 10.6.8.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] jsp254:
does anyone know if anyone else is working on a new root method for the updated devices? my wife is hella pissed at me. i was going to root her shift, like mine, but decided to try the OTA first to see if she liked it.... yep, big mistake. please, someone take me from this hell i've created!!!!!
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] jesusice:
Apparently I've dropped mine too many times. The only incall volume I have is thru speakerphone and LED and KB light don't work. But I refuse to take it into Sprint until the OTA can be rooted. Sucks.

^ Shift Faced
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] stormchaser404:
I'm beginning to wonder if it CAN be rooted? If it could, wouldn't someone have done it by now? :confused:
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] drob311:
Same boat here plus my speakerphone speaker is totally blown. My keyboard lights and home,menu,back,and search button lights turn on randomly... My phone doesn't ring all the time either, but I won't take it in until it is unbearable and hopefully by than root will be found...
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] jesusice:
Anything *can* be. Where there's a will, there's a way. The problem is the Shift isn't that popular of a phone (at least not with devs). Most of the really good devs are moving to the EVO 3D.

^ Shift Faced
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] XTRoRDiNAiRE:
Will there ever be unvrevoked for this device ?
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] crump84:
I wouldn't count on it anytime soon.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] jrny99:
is there a one click root somewhere like the hero has?
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] crump84:
This is the closes thing to a one click method http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=976605
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] jrny99:
delete please
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] CheesyNutz:
what recovery is used in the OP ? clockwork ?
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] drob311:
2.5 or something close... I know that it doesnt support the the latest scripts
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] jesusice:
It's clockwork but these instructions are outdated. Just download ROM Manager and flash from there.

^ Shift Faced
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Jcki4:
do this work for ther OTA update on the shift??
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] crump84:
If your running the official Gingerbread update, none of this thread applies
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] bLiTzJoN:
Just got my wife a Shift for her birthday today. Z4 or Visionary won't temproot, so I concur, this thread needs updated with an updated method of rooting. I'd love to see an Unrevoked version supporting the Shift.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Stuke00:
Can't update the thread until an updated rooting method is found.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Michael61182:
You should search this thread a little more than the first post. 2.3.3 hasnt been rooted yet, looks as is most dev's are working on rooting EVO 3D, maybe after that, they'll come back to the shift.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] notsointeresting:
Is the phone on the android 2.3.3 OTA update? if you want to check go to Settings>About phone>Software information> and on android version you should see either 2.2 or 2.3.3 if it already has 2.3.3 then your sol because there is no method of temp or perm-rooting the shift with the gingerbread (2.3.3) update

Edit: looks like someone above me already said it lol
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] earldriscoll:
2.2 and temp root will not work

I have android 2.2 and neither Z4 nor Visionary temp root will work. Any ideas?
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] jesusice:
Try doing it in Airplane Mode? I had trouble the first time but a couple times since doing it I've had no problems using z4. I suspect the difference is that the first time I had all my apps installed and the other times I was coming from a fresh wipe.

^ Shift Faced
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Bondue:
i tried rooting my wifes shift and everything went great until after reboot and i temp rooted it again with visionary, it shut down came back on visionary was gone and no root going to wipe and try again though just unsure why that happened.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] Bondue:
all is well now she is rockin a rooted overclocked shift. thanks everyone for your hard work!
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] linuxman008:
WiMax (RSA) keys...

Thanks for this. Really helpful. And now that the s-off method for the sensation and s. 4g and evo 3d is almost ready, maybe teamwin will focus on the original evo and shift getting root back.

Other than that, I have another problem. While I was attempting to begin my rom making quest, I tried porting a bunch of roms from other 3g only devices, and somewhere along the way (I don't where) I wiped my rsa keys. Did the check with the app, there gone. I have tons of backups that have a wimax.ht**********.img in a ton of my backups, all at 12 mb, and when I do a full restore, clockwork doesn't say restoring WiMax, and when I goto advanced restore, the option to restore WiMax doesn't exist. I have tried to rename them wimax.img and restoring them in clockwork, but then they just give me md5 mismatch errors. Please help, 3g on sprint sucks. (12 kb/s down, 5 kb/s up :()

I haven't tried anything with fastboot because I don't know what commands to use. I have root and s-off and run a mixture of MIUI 1.7.8 for playing games and MikShifted G 1.2 for browsing and such, but I've just been using MIUI lately since 4g stopped working, and its horrible.

Any help or direction will be appreciated, thanks in advance.
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] halrulez:
So is this working anymore? I just got a EVO SHIFT the other day for free from bestbuy. My old hero kicked the bucket. I lived to love to hate that phone. It was awesome to be around a device that everyone was working on for a little there.I do like how fast this thing is right out of the box but I do want to run a rom without all the sprint CRAP. I have the newest OTA too
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] crump84:
If your running Gingerbread then this won't work. Your going to have to wait until a new exploit is found. In the meantime you can temp root your Shift using this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1185243
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] supergear:
I just got my shift a few days ago from Best Buy Mobile and got lucky that it came with 2.2. :D
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] warstoke:
you can actualy figure out wich ver it comes with from looking at the box ive noticed at radioshack the boxes with the updated shifts say 2.3 on the box

and u can ask if they have any that arnt 2.3 just tell them you have heard of battery life
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] galaara98:
Hmmm just came to sprint from verizon with htc incredible, been rooted for years.. Im in a bit of unroot jetlag of sorts... But the real question is how do I help?

Feels almost painful to not have root...
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] RobZilla10001:
Got my girlfriend a shift 2 days ago, lo and behold, Froyo :) had it rooted and flashed in under an hour thanks to XDA
[EVO Shift 4G Android Development] galaara98:
I have 2 shifts but both came in box GB :(