Trying to load custom recovery - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, all i am quite new here. I have a kindle that i have successfully moded to ICS but i am having difficulty trying to load a different recovery option for the evo 4g
it is fully rooted, however when i attempt to go into the boot loaded, it just asks me if i want to update the PC36IMG-ENG.zip and not install it any idea on what im doing wrong here? just trying to load ics on here
thanks!

gbdavidx said:
Hello, all i am quite new here. I have a kindle that i have successfully moded to ICS but i am having difficulty trying to load a different recovery option for the evo 4g
it is fully rooted, however when i attempt to go into the boot loaded, it just asks me if i want to update the PC36IMG-ENG.zip and not install it any idea on what im doing wrong here? just trying to load ics on here
thanks!
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What recovery are you trying to install? the -eng is unfamiliar to me.

gbdavidx said:
Hello, all i am quite new here. I have a kindle that i have successfully moded to ICS but i am having difficulty trying to load a different recovery option for the evo 4g
it is fully rooted, however when i attempt to go into the boot loaded, it just asks me if i want to update the PC36IMG-ENG.zip and not install it any idea on what im doing wrong here? just trying to load ics on here
thanks!
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Did you press volume up to confirm the update?

Just make sure you rename the recovery file to PC36IMG.zip, put it on the root of your SD card, boot into bootloader, them press volume up to accept the update.
Hope this helped!
Sent from my Rooted Google Nexus 7 using XDA Premium HD

What is that "-eng" at the end of the op's PC36IMG? I've never seen that?!

It means English...no seriously it means English
You must mean unlocked. If you had rooted, you would already have a custom recovery because you flash from custom recovery to root

om4 said:
It means English...no seriously it means English
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hmmm...I have never seen that, I was thinking perhaps it meant Engineering, as in hboot eng blah blah blah.
I learned something new today!
But---English??!! English what tho?

Some updates are regional, it happens but I've never seen it on with HTC. I've mostly seen it with Huawei and a few international phones that are for a specific region, think of it as a language pack on windows
gbdavidx you should read my guide Don't Panic, it has all the info you need. The link is in my sig

om4 said:
Some updates are regional, it happens but I've never seen it on with HTC. I've mostly seen it with Huawei and A few international phones that are for a specific region, think of it as a language pack on windows
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Good to know...I just wonder what recovery the op is trying to install? I thought all recoveries installed via hboot just had to be renamed PC36IMG.zip...whether it be Amon, Smelkus etc....
Thanks for the answer tho!:good:

om4 said:
Some updates are regional, it happens but I've never seen it on with HTC.
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Scratch that, I saw it once with my sister's GSM Evo 3D. When I told her I had never seen that before she was pretty pissed

om4 said:
Scratch that, I saw it once with my sister's GSM Evo 3D. When I told her I had never seen that before she was pretty pissed
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And I just looked at your "Don't Panic" link...that is AWESOME info...I'll read more tomorrow...VERY informative...that should be stickied in this forum also (saw it was in the Evo LTE forum, but most, if not all applies to the OG Evo eh?):good::good::good: I bookmarked it!

Yeah it does, HTC has pretty much the same boot loader for these phones just different variations. I'm so tired I clicked into the wrong forums lol

om4 said:
Yeah it does, HTC has pretty much the same boot loader for these phones just different variations. I'm so tired I clicked into the wrong forums lol
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Well, your tiredness led to me being more informed and I appreciate it...(btw the last couple sentences in that guide---HI-LARIOUS!)
Now, go to bed:silly:

I left to computer to hit the head and my gf added those last 2, I went ahead and left then there. She's absolutely brilliant!
Edit: I've been out of the game for about a year and a half but most of the relevant knowledge is there in regards to HTC Unlock method. It was originally more of a universal guide. I started aiming it towards LTE users since thats what I have now. You guys are free to take my guide and tailor it to the Evo 4G. I would love to do it myself, but like I said I've been out for a year and a half and trying to play catch up with a device I no longer even own will be very frustrating lol
Edit: the fact that I can even write a guide that applies to such a broad range like htc is because understanding the theory helps. Half of that guide could easily apply to Motorola, Samsung, lg. But like I said I began to aim it towards the EVOLTE

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is there gonna be a new method to root the mytouch slide?

a method kinda like the mytouch3G?
because i am having alot of problems trying to root my mytouch slide
ive looked through all the guides and im really scared to brick my phone,
(i bricked my mytouch 3G :[ )
so can someone give me a guide tht shows what the phone is doing while ur doing everything on your comp? or something more clear?
because i am very afraid of bricking
please get back to me ASAP!
I can guide you through the process but everyone here spent hours figuring it out before simpleroot came out you should try that maybe.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App
Subu said:
a method kinda like the mytouch3G?
because i am having alot of problems trying to root my mytouch slide
ive looked through all the guides and im really scared to brick my phone,
(i bricked my mytouch 3G :[ )
so can someone give me a guide tht shows what the phone is doing while ur doing everything on your comp? or something more clear?
because i am very afraid of bricking
please get back to me ASAP!
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You really can't brick this phone as you can't do anything to the bootloader. Nothing short of pulling the battery while flashing the radio from the engineering image or something is going to brick it.
There have been no reports of anyone killing their phone yet.
Edit: will there be another method? You will have to go to a psychic forum to get the answer to that one.
actually there is a process but i really dont wanan tell anyone how to brick their mytouch slide.. just sees evil, ya know/
please link the guide to which youre talking about
haha
YouTube...
what a wonderful ally! Try googling for a video on rooting this phone. You'll find it there...or check out the ROM BIBLE for links...
Well, even though you should have looked first, here is the link to kingofyo's well done video of Eugene's method. After you have root, you HAVE TO flash the ENG ROM to DOWNGRADE your rom and radio. The link's in the ROM BIBLE, also. But make sure that once you're done with ENG and you flashed your chosen rom, make SURE flash the newest slide radio, also found in the "Bible". Good luck, Chuck...
lol i love how my community service speaks for itself and people recommend my stuff right off ^^
i thought i read somewhere that the NEWEST mt3gs has been patched in our root method.
the new mt3gs has smaller numbers on the top row of the physical keyboard
well i know of people who have already rooted theirs(the new ones) so i wouldnt say its unrootable
Originally found this in the *Root the Slide & Other HTC Devices*6/15/2010* How-To Updated 6/29/2010 on page 78.
oxi83 said:
And just when I was beginning to lose hope, everything worked.
I was using my program with the "stop after one 'offline'" setting. I'll upload a copy so that others can use it. It's a C#.NET program so you'll need windows and the .NET framework. It should be placed in the SDK tools folder. When your phone is on or starting, click "Run" and it'll take you through a full cycle telling you if it's successful or not (except if you tell it to stop after one "offline", then you should run adb devices to check if it worked or not). If it doesn't work, restart the phone and click Run again once it's far enough through the startup. It's by no means magic and if your phone is like mine, expect to do it many many times for it to work. However it does make it simpler since you only need to press 3 buttons every time you cycle.
"Adaptive timing" makes the program start the loop a second and a half before it detected offline mode last time. I'm not sure if that's any good, but others said that it works better when you loop for as little as possible.
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This worked for me on the first try when other methods didn't come through. I'm not guaranteeing it will work for you too, but maybe.... just maybe...
Just unzip the file to your root SDK folder with adb.exe then make sure you have installed .NET framework then run the Autorun.exe. Good luck.
kingofyo1 said:
well i know of people who have already rooted theirs(the new ones) so i wouldnt say its unrootable
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thats really good to hear.
shadowmike said:
thats really good to hear.
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Yup. I had a new one and the easiest way to go about doing it is by keeping the battery cover off, keep loop running and keep going into recovery then battery-pulling if it doesn't work.
It's not exactly elegant, but it lets you get a ton of tries done in a fraction of the time - I was basically fully rooted within 10 minutes of starting after I started using this method.
shadowmike said:
i thought i read somewhere that the NEWEST mt3gs has been patched in our root method.
the new mt3gs has smaller numbers on the top row of the physical keyboard
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It can be rooted.
h.nocturna said:
Originally found this in the *Root the Slide & Other HTC Devices*6/15/2010* How-To Updated 6/29/2010 on page 78.
This worked for me on the first try when other methods didn't come through. I'm not guaranteeing it will work for you too, but maybe.... just maybe...
Just unzip the file to your root SDK folder with adb.exe then make sure you have installed .NET framework then run the Autorun.exe. Good luck.
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please make a video on it!
i need further description...
sorry guys im kinda slow!
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h.nocturna said:
Originally found this in the *Root the Slide & Other HTC Devices*6/15/2010* How-To Updated 6/29/2010 on page 78.
This worked for me on the first try when other methods didn't come through. I'm not guaranteeing it will work for you too, but maybe.... just maybe...
Just unzip the file to your root SDK folder with adb.exe then make sure you have installed .NET framework then run the Autorun.exe. Good luck.
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downloading framework now....just put autorun.exe on my sdcard? or just run it
Or maybe the easy way to root it like the droid x. Where you just connect your device and click on root me or unroot me.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using Tapatalk
Drzfr3shboialex said:
Or maybe the easy way to root it like the droid x. Where you just connect your device and click on root me or unroot me.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using Tapatalk
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I wish we could use flashrec: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...0bioAw&usg=AFQjCNFl4TpWi3QnwoU2WlTIns0-nL5Kjw
You can just dl the recovery then it flashes it for you, used it to root my g1 multiple times. Too bad it probably wont work on the MTS....Unless a dev could modify it for us...Would save a lot of trouble with dealing with loop or offline in rec.
Ace42 said:
I wish we could use flashrec: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...0bioAw&usg=AFQjCNFl4TpWi3QnwoU2WlTIns0-nL5Kjw
You can just dl the recovery then it flashes it for you, used it to root my g1 multiple times. Too bad it probably wont work on the MTS....Unless a dev could modify it for us...Would save a lot of trouble with dealing with loop or offline in rec.
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One touch root sounds like less of a headache
mulletcutter said:
One touch root sounds like less of a headache
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I'm gonna give the autoroot a try, if it fails like the others did for me then i'm gonna wait for a new method.

[Q] {Q} ClockworkMod

now im coming from many other android related phones but what i remember most that may help....ima test this but i remember ClockworkMod Recovery being used for MT3GS.......we go into our stock recovery; click update.zip (which was the clockwork recovery) and it would boot up a recovery mode that way; has anyone attempted this?
....Just a thought towards root or atleast custom recovery
s0xpan said:
now im coming from many other android related phones but what i remember most that may help....ima test this but i remember ClockworkMod Recovery being used for MT3GS.......we go into our stock recovery; click update.zip (which was the clockwork recovery) and it would boot up a recovery mode that way; has anyone attempted this?
....Just a thought towards root or atleast custom recovery
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The way I understand is the locked or bug in NAND will not allow for a recover. It removes all SU permissions on reboot.
Big Dawg 23 said:
The way I understand is the locked or bug in NAND will not allow for a recover. It removes all SU permissions on reboot.
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i feel as if if we can get into fastboot and do modifications that way (thanks Modaco) why cant we go even further to be that a means of rooting; with appropriate scripts? why is it people are like *sigh* i have no root but i have temp root.......nand locked but i can do **** with android actually open; what if there was a way to initiate visionary on run.....before actual loading the os like the steps as
power on > visionary/turn into custom recov or custom boot like magldr is supposed to be> os?
This thread can't be serious.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using Tapatalk
unforgiven512 said:
This thread can't be serious.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using Tapatalk
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so it cant be serious because i have an idea? that can help speed up the development for your phone? thanks guy
s0xpan said:
i feel as if if we can get into fastboot and do modifications that way (thanks Modaco) why cant we go even further to be that a means of rooting; with appropriate scripts? why is it people are like *sigh* i have no root but i have temp root.......nand locked but i can do **** with android actually open; what if there was a way to initiate visionary on run.....before actual loading the os like the steps as
power on > visionary/turn into custom recov or custom boot like magldr is supposed to be> os?
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Have you contributed anything to the G2 root effort? Some of the best Android hackers are working to root this phone; in fact many of the same ones who came up with the method you posted in your first post.
im actually attempting but with any type of movement requires a brainstorming; so i was literally brainstorming outloud......i cant help if my ideas have been thought of you kno
There's a thinktank thread, it was posted there, it won't work.
Sent from my HDfied HTC Desire
Not trying to be rude, but present some facts. Try it out. Show us the code. Explain your findings. And present your idea in a clean, intelligent, organized manner. That means capital letters. That means punctuation. That means use the space bar.
I agree with, I'd say, ~90% of the other users here. All the useless crap in this forum is doing absolutely nothing towards getting actual development accomplished.
Mods: Please lock and/or delete this thread. Also, I apologize for wasting an entry in the SQL database. =P
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using Tapatalk
well i have an idea; ima pursue it the clockwork mod has been proven to not work so ima attempt ; ima get this working even though i dont have contact with too many devs working on this phone
s0xpan said:
well i have an idea; ima pursue it the clockwork mod has been proven to not work so ima attempt ; ima get this working even though i dont have contact with too many devs working on this phone
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Haha good luck. People keep posting about what should be done yet have no idea what actually goes on to do any of this stuff. It isn't as simple as "making" it, you have to know HOW to make it. Please go to the think tank thread.
thinktank thread is good but the WIKI is even better. I just wish it was updated more often -- but anyway this thing has everything short of #g2root irc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Intro
READ THIS REALLY F*CKING CAREFULLY --- it is great reading. If you have ideas after reading it (i said read it dont glance it dont masturbate on it just read it as if it was your last will and testament) and then speak up.
Look not to rain on ur parade buddy but in order to do that on the mts you first had to install the enginering img to the phone that allows unsigned packages. Now since we have a copy of the eng img for the g2 (we as in the devs not me) and the phone will not let you downgrade to it so therefore the mts way of loading a custom recovery won't work. I traded in my mts to get my g2.
androidcues said:
thinktank thread is good but the WIKI is even better. I just wish it was updated more often -- but anyway this thing has everything short of #g2root irc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Intro
READ THIS REALLY F*CKING CAREFULLY --- it is great reading. If you have ideas after reading it (i said read it dont glance it dont masturbate on it just read it as if it was your last will and testament) and then speak up.
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Wow, I didn't even know this existed. Thanks mate!
As for OP, post this in the thinktank thread. Why did you bother making your own thread? You only had an idea, which is what the other thread is for. If you had tried it out and had success, then it may be a different story.
Don't post stuff here unless you get permission

[Q] Buying my Evo 4G tomorrow and have a few questions. Any help would be appreciated

Ok so this will be my 7th android phone I am getting tomorrow.
I am getting it for sprints coverage increase over t-mobile.
Also for 4G
I am hoping to run cyanogen rom since thats what I had on my nexus and on my
MytouchSlide
Ok here are my q's
I keep seeing different ways to root. what is the advantage of one way over another? is there a large risk of bricking with the one click method? losing root?
i have heard something about a /s root? wtf does this mean. I have never heard of anything like this and I rooted all my phones myself up until this point.... Ive even rooted most of my friends phones.
4G I keep hearing people saying they lose 4G. How is this possible is their a way to NOT lose 4g? has anyone successfully flashed a rom without losing 4G?
I mean I would rather not root my phone than lose 4g but at the same time I really want a rooted phone.
since Cyanogen mod is pretty much useless to me what is another good rom?
how can I get to it without bricking or losing 4g?
So if someone could give me the rundown i would greatly appreciate it.
I am excited for the Evo but am hesitant based on what I have read...
ok. whatever u do, DONT try rooting using Unrevoked, one-click, 1.47 method. none of dat crap.
This is ur answer for rooting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
no automatic shz(maybe just some parts)
it works for any windows computer. just make sure u have adb set up on ur comp and ur good to go.
read the instructions and disclaimers.
make sure u have ur hboot drivers updated(theyre in the post but just go along)
cyanogenmod of course does not have 4G at this moment cuz they build their rom from ground up.
a good rom to use for like 4G and wifi tether and shz would be "Fresh"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743079
of course theres alot more roms out there for evo...u can take a look at mostly all of them here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs
themes however are pretty hard to find. so i wont go there.
hboot is like the bootloader security program. if u notice, when u go to ur bootloader(holding power and volume down at the sametime) you'll see it says, Hboot 2.02 S-ON. my definition of that is,S=security-On. so obviously u wanna turn it off so u can get root, and that link i posted turns it off during the process. dats all there really is too it
djtoonjr said:
ok. whatever u do, DONT try rooting using Unrevoked, one-click, 1.47 method. none of dat crap.
This is ur answer for rooting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
no automatic shz(maybe just some parts)
it works for any windows computer. just make sure u have adb set up on ur comp and ur good to go.
read the instructions and disclaimers.
make sure u have ur hboot drivers updated(theyre in the post but just go along)
cyanogenmod of course does not have 4G at this moment cuz they build their rom from ground up.
a good rom to use for like 4G and wifi tether and shz would be "Fresh"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743079
of course theres alot more roms out there for evo...u can take a look at mostly all of them here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs
themes however are pretty hard to find. so i wont go there.
hboot is like the bootloader security program. if u notice, when u go to ur bootloader(holding power and volume down at the sametime) you'll see it says, Hboot 2.02 S-ON. my definition of that is,S=security-On. so obviously u wanna turn it off so u can get root, and that link i posted turns it off during the process. dats all there really is too it
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I Tried to thank using a thanks button but i can't seem to find it.
Xda developers has changed so much since the good ol windows mobile days ( Motoq Represent lol)
so "Phelony has thanked you for your post
theres no chance you have skype is there lol?
I had some other questions... alot of redundancy but you get the point.
phelony said:
I Tried to thank using a thanks button but i can't seem to find it.
Xda developers has changed so much since the good ol windows mobile days ( Motoq Represent lol)
so "Phelony has thanked you for your post
theres no chance you have skype is there lol?
I had some other questions... alot of redundancy but you get the point.
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lol yeah i do actually have skype, but id prefer u to ask ur questions here so that if other users like yourself have any questions, they might find the answer on here.
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lol yeah i do actually have skype, but id prefer u to ask ur questions here so that if other users like yourself have any questions, they might find the answer on here.
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Lol now you know as well as I do people don't actually read other threads. just the ones they post themselves lol.
So my questions are
I read there is a way to back up your 4g so if you ever **** yourself out of 4g you can restore.
Is this true?
I have heard alot of issues about a new camera... since mine will be purchased in 13 hours is their anything I have to worry about in regards to screwing the camera all up?
Also I had read not to use any other recovery other than the one that root tutorial includes.
is that true?
you had told me
"make sure u have ur hboot drivers updated(theyre in the post but just go along)"
is that hboot202-s_off-V71.zip?
How do i update them?
you had also said "ok. whatever u do, DONT try rooting using Unrevoked"
yet the tutprial you linked to says to
adb push root/unrevoked-forever.zip /sdcard/
adb push root/mtd-eng.img /sdcard/
adb push pc36img/PC36IMG-ENG.zip /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip
adb push pc36img/PC36IMG-MR.zip /sdcard/PC36IMG-MR.zip
adb push root/flash_image /data/local/
adb push root/rageagainstthecage /data/local/tmp
Is that an ok version of this unrevoked?
I miss my MTSlide lol. alas I am on a T-mobile employee plan (cause I am a T-mobile employee) and Am way past tired of being treated like someone who does NOT spend money on my line even though I pay 45 for 1 line. So I am switching To sprint tomorrow. I broke the screen on My mytouch Slide and they want me to pay a 130 dollar deductible on a phone with a 700 mhz processor ( only cause I OVER CLOCKED IT!)
sorry for so many questions. It just seems like I have found a lot of answers that contradict each other and I am not looking forward to a brick.
phelony said:
Lol now you know as well as I do people don't actually read other threads. just the ones they post themselves lol.
So my questions are
I read there is a way to back up your 4g so if you ever **** yourself out of 4g you can restore.
Is this true?
I have heard alot of issues about a new camera... since mine will be purchased in 13 hours is their anything I have to worry about in regards to screwing the camera all up?
Also I had read not to use any other recovery other than the one that root tutorial includes.
is that true?
you had told me
"make sure u have ur hboot drivers updated(theyre in the post but just go along)"
is that hboot202-s_off-V71.zip?
How do i update them?
you had also said "ok. whatever u do, DONT try rooting using Unrevoked"
yet the tutprial you linked to says to
adb push root/unrevoked-forever.zip /sdcard/
adb push root/mtd-eng.img /sdcard/
adb push pc36img/PC36IMG-ENG.zip /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip
adb push pc36img/PC36IMG-MR.zip /sdcard/PC36IMG-MR.zip
adb push root/flash_image /data/local/
adb push root/rageagainstthecage /data/local/tmp
Is that an ok version of this unrevoked?
I miss my MTSlide lol. alas I am on a T-mobile employee plan (cause I am a T-mobile employee) and Am way past tired of being treated like someone who does NOT spend money on my line even though I pay 45 for 1 line. So I am switching To sprint tomorrow. I broke the screen on My mytouch Slide and they want me to pay a 130 dollar deductible on a phone with a 700 mhz processor ( only cause I OVER CLOCKED IT!)
sorry for so many questions. It just seems like I have found a lot of answers that contradict each other and I am not looking forward to a brick.
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lol its all good. what people mean by dont use Unrevoked, its actually a .exe program dat will do it all for you, but since the current version they have is not update with the securities and stuff, it wont work and will infact crash your 4G.
backing up ur 4G, uhh im not so sure about that, my advise, root it first then make a nandroid backup lol.
the camera version isnt so big but it just has to do with watever rom u have and i like i mentioned before, Fresh should be a good one to use(in the rooting process u acually flash over a rom called"Stock_Rooted) but it wont f k it up. But, if u do endup messing up ur camera, its because of the rom doesnt work with ur phone so just flash one dat does work and you'll be good.
in the Like A Boss method, yes u do use unrevoked-forever, its just a zip. not a program so its usable, u get?
the "hboot202-s_off-V71.zip" file is actually ALL the files u will need in rooting.\
the actual hboot drivers are found here.(even come with instructions, and yes, its from unrevpked aswell but its not the bad file everyone is warning u to stay away. lol)
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
once ur rooted, u will have Amen_ras recovery, but if u dl Rom Manager on ur phone and click Flash CLockworks Recovery, you'll be fine. although i dont kno how to get back to Amen_ras after flashing ClockworksMod lol
djtoonjr said:
lol its all good. what people mean by dont use Unrevoked, its actually a .exe program dat will do it all for you, but since the current version they have is not update with the securities and stuff, it wont work and will infact crash your 4G.
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Ok so unrevoked made some sort of 1click. that should be avoided at all costs... got ya.
djtoonjr said:
backing up ur 4G, uhh im not so sure about that, my advise, root it first then make a nandroid backup lol.
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Lol I hope Nandroid does. If i lose 4g I will be swearing angrilly in languages that do not even exist yet. If anyone has more info on this feel free to chime your happy asses in!
djtoonjr said:
the camera version isnt so big but it just has to do with watever rom u have and i like i mentioned before, Fresh should be a good one to use(in the rooting process u acually flash over a rom called"Stock_Rooted) but it wont f k it up. But, if u do endup messing up ur camera, its because of the rom doesnt work with ur phone so just flash one dat does work and you'll be good.
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So your saying for sure that I will always be able to fix my camera?
your positive on this though right?
djtoonjr said:
in the Like A Boss method, yes u do use unrevoked-forever, its just a zip. not a program so its usable, u get?
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Yeah so these are the actual files not a 1 click root program got ya.
djtoonjr said:
the "hboot202-s_off-V71.zip" file is actually ALL the files u will need in rooting.\
the actual hboot drivers are found here.(even come with instructions, and yes, its from unrevpked aswell but its not the bad file everyone is warning u to stay away. lol)
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
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Thanks for the clarification. I understand now. these are drivers for windows not for the actual phone itself. I get it now.
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once ur rooted, u will have Amen_ras recovery, but if u dl Rom Manager on ur phone and click Flash CLockworks Recovery, you'll be fine. although i dont kno how to get back to Amen_ras after flashing ClockworksMod lol
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Ok... I had read somewhere that whatever you do do NOT flash any other recovery. that if you flash clockwork mod it will **** something crucial up.
I have been reading for hours now and am very frustrated with the clusterfuck of contradicting info. I appreciate you taking your time in answering my questions.
I am very nervous But I guess I will see what happens. your 4g is still working i assume?
Someone needs to make a Evo Bible Sticky and keep it updated to quell the great misinformation.
Perhaps once I get it down me and you could make one. or you could
Having this would be a great help. I certainly Will try and do it once I have my bearings for this new phone.
or even a HOW TO NOT BRICK YOUR EVO OR LOSE 4G for Dummies
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Ok so unrevoked made some sort of 1click. that should be avoided at all costs... got ya.
Lol I hope Nandroid does. If i lose 4g I will be swearing angrilly in languages that do not even exist yet. If anyone has more info on this feel free to chime your happy asses in!
So your saying for sure that I will always be able to fix my camera?
your positive on this though right?
Yeah so these are the actual files not a 1 click root program got ya.
Thanks for the clarification. I understand now. these are drivers for windows not for the actual phone itself. I get it now.
Ok... I had read somewhere that whatever you do do NOT flash any other recovery. that if you flash clockwork mod it will **** something crucial up.
I have been reading for hours now and am very frustrated with the clusterfuck of contradicting info. I appreciate you taking your time in answering my questions.
I am very nervous But I guess I will see what happens. your 4g is still working i assume?
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u got it. and yes. im sure about the camera issue too. flashing another recovery instead of the one it came with for rooting will fk it up. besides that, ur good.
and no i dont have 4G working. due to the fact im using CM6.1RC2 and he does not support 4G YET, but i love his work and feels grreat and everything on my phone is really easy to customize. im not so big on 4G anyway due to because i live in Sac Town, CA, and 4G isnt dat big here so its like on and off, so it just kills my battery qucker AND im always connected to my wifi. lol
one other important thing i should add to u before u do it by accident.
when ur rooting it, you'll come up to the point when ur done and have booted into the rom. it says to update ur PRL/PROFILE. on the phone, to get system updates u have to go to Settings>System Updates>and theres like 4 options. Update PRL, Update Profile, Update HTC Software, Update Firmware. ONLY! update PRL and PROFILE. dont update HTC SOFTWARE or else you'll lose partial root. lol. keep dat in mind cuz once u boot ur phone, a pop up might appear saying 3.30.somehitng and its 6mbs. update Yes, or Cancel. CANCEL DAT TART! lol
ONE MORE IMPORTANT THING! lol sorry its just dat it happened to me with 2 hones and i wanna keept u aware of these thigns.
on the Like a Boss method when rooting, wen u get to step 10...
>>>>>>10) You should still be in the boot loader at this point. Scroll down to recovery and press the power button. When you see the red triangle.<<<<<<
when u click on recovery, if it reboots and is stuck on the white HTC splash Screen for more than 15 seconds, just do a battery pull and get back to the bootloader and hit Recovery again. dont worry, everything u did wasnt a complete waste. and once u et to the red triangle with phone screen, resume with the guide.
youll see what im talking about when u get there.
Alright man imma do it... Im nervous lol. I got the 4g now
Successfully rooted and running frost rom ( Very close to Vanilla android or aosp i guess its called) Running well. I was wondering if you know how to get hulu running?
and can you explain to me what kernels I can flash?
With the new evos, only stock htc kernels work 100% atm, from my experience. I have tried a few others but they all stop the camera from working and some cause done graphic tearing. Until the new source comes out, I would stick with htc #10 or #17.
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phelony said:
Successfully rooted and running frost rom (very close to vanilla android or aosp i guess its called) Running well.
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Funny, read your 1st post randomly to see if I could advise/help out while watchin MNF or if you already had jumped. Just finished updating to latest Frost, love his ROMs so far. Have fun, I'm lovin my EVO.
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dboftlp said:
Funny, read your 1st post randomly to see if I could advise/help out while watchin MNF or if you already had jumped. Just finished updating to latest Frost, love his ROMs so far. Have fun, I'm lovin my EVO.
Sent from my HTC Supersonic EVO using XDA App.
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Thank I am digging mine too. Will be glad if i never screw up my 4g lol

[Q] New and want to root

I would like to start with an apology,
I have been reading what I could for a couple weeks now and am just honestly confused.
I have a sprint evo 4g and would like to root it.
I have seen a few posts saying it can't be rooted because I took an update a few days ago and don't know if I blocked myself from root. Also I was wondering if I just reset to factory would it undo the block?
Again I'm sorry if this question has been previously answered.
baseband
2.15.00.05 02
kernel
2.6.35 10-gc0a661b
htc-kerneland18-2#1
tue jun 14 23:58:32 cst 2011
software number
4.24.651 1
PRI
2.15_003
hardware version
0004
hboot
2.16.0001
Sorry, there is no root for you(us) at this time. We are all patiently waiting. No way to downgrade to an earlier rootable version either.
Welcome to the Evo 4G boards!
roger that, thanks
No problem. In the meantime there are other things you can do to achieve a more customized feel. I am a sucker for transparent widgets, which can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990014
Also, I have purchased the full versions of LauncherPro and Custom Launcher Icons from the market.
If you have MP3 files that you would be willing to upload to "the Google cloud" I can send you a Google Music Beta invitation. Just send me a private message with your email address so I can send you an invite.
Really? Did ssomeone ask this question AGAIN?.....I mean, I understand you being new and all. I'm fairly new also. But damn man. Didn't you read the rules? Search, search and search again BEFORE YOU POST. Just saying....search
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KFlannigan5 said:
Really? Did someone ask this question AGAIN?.....I mean, I understand you being new and all. I'm fairly new also. But damn man. Didn't you read the rules? Search, search and search again BEFORE YOU POST. Just saying....search
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I am new here to, as far as posting. I love this forum, but there is ONE bad problem; there is TOO MUCH information on some topics. Search is easy to say, but very hard to do and sift through sometimes HUNDREDS of posts and still not be able to find what is needing to be found.
I swear, I wanted to find if there was a STOCK ROOTED ROM, available to me, and all I could find after an hour was a listing of I think maybe 50 ROMS, and NONE of them stated it was a ROM that would unroot my phone, or if my phone would stay rooted after the flash. I still dont know. I gave up looking.
I purchased a launcher pro license also, but I'm finding that I like GO Launcher EX and most of the GO Dev team's apps better. It's far more customizable and bacon-y.
Nick N said:
No problem. In the meantime there are other things you can do to achieve a more customized feel. I am a sucker for transparent widgets, which can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990014
Also, I have purchased the full versions of LauncherPro and Custom Launcher Icons from the market.
If you have MP3 files that you would be willing to upload to "the Google cloud" I can send you a Google Music Beta invitation. Just send me a private message with your email address so I can send you an invite.
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hell id be willing to upload mp3s lol send me an invite!
I don't think the evo will be rooted ever again we are screwed every one now has the crappy evo 3d. I was wondering if the same method they use to root the phone would work on ours
cal4877 said:
I don't think the evo will be rooted ever again we are screwed every one now has the crappy evo 3d. I was wondering if the same method they use to root the phone would work on ours
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Crappy? I own both phones and the 3d is nice, it has a couple bugs that need to be addressed but the dual core makes it much faster and I'm getting about 13 to 16 hours battery life on a stock battery, I'm barely getting a little more than that on my extended battery in the EVO... Sidenote: the OTA gingerbread update made me switch phones, my og evo hasn't been the same since
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KFlannigan5 said:
Really? Did ssomeone ask this question AGAIN?.....I mean, I understand you being new and all. I'm fairly new also. But damn man. Didn't you read the rules? Search, search and search again BEFORE YOU POST. Just saying....search
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I have searched, and searched, and been confused by what appeared to be conflicting information.
I've seen people with my version rooted, but don't understand enough yet so I thought it would be appropriate to ask. Again I have been reading about rooting this phone since I got it, but as this would be my first root I wanted to be certain I moved forward correctly first.
I am sorry if I offended you.
*edited for grammatical error
eggsack said:
I am new here to, as far as posting. I love this forum, but there is ONE bad problem; there is TOO MUCH information on some topics. Search is easy to say, but very hard to do and sift through sometimes HUNDREDS of posts and still not be able to find what is needing to be found.
I swear, I wanted to find if there was a STOCK ROOTED ROM, available to me, and all I could find after an hour was a listing of I think maybe 50 ROMS, and NONE of them stated it was a ROM that would unroot my phone, or if my phone would stay rooted after the flash. I still dont know. I gave up looking.
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Here is a stock rooted rom for when you get root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830153 There are a lot of things to view in this forum but honestly it takes time to understand stuff. I did not learn to decipher new from old and right from speculation right away. You got to sip through the crap and especially before asking certain things. Hey better yet PM a person if you have a question and you think they may be able to answer you. The mods made changes in this forum as well as others a while ago to make developers post things in a certain manner to make it easier. I read this from one of the stickys... which I recommend everyone to read..
[ROM] 08/03/11 | SPRINT LOVERS | 2.3.3 | 4.24.651.1 | Radio/Wimax/PRI All-In-One
[Kernel]Golden Monkey 1.1 (31-July-2011)
etc.... take a minute and take it all in it could be overwhelming
redisk said:
I have searched, and searched, and been confused by what appeared to be conflicting information.
I've seen people with my version rooted, but don't understand enough yet so I thought it would be appropriate to ask. Again I have been reading about rooting this phone since I got it, but as this would be my first root I wanted to be certain I moved forward correctly first.
I am sorry if I offended you.
*edited for grammatical error
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some people with your version were rooted prior to the new software upgrade so that is why you see them rooted. Right now you have to wait and believe me when it is rooted you will know and no need to ask anymore. Keep checking Develpment section.
Read the Unrevoked 3.21 thread or even the HBoot 2.10 downgrade thread just for an fyi on how things work
playya said:
some people with your version were rooted prior to the new software upgrade so that is why you see them rooted. Right now you have to wait and believe me when it is rooted you will know and no need to ask anymore. Keep checking Develpment section.
Read the Unrevoked 3.21 thread or even the HBoot 2.10 downgrade thread just for an fyi on how things work
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Thanks for this info. I messed around and took the update, but I'm S-Off and still able to achieve root correct?
Tahde said:
Thanks for this info. I messed around and took the update, but I'm S-Off and still able to achieve root correct?
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Yes, you are able to acheive root through flashing a pre-rooted rom but aside from that, no, you cannot get root just by re-rooting. S-off just means the security flags are off for your device meaning the boot loader doesn't discriminate files. As long as it's PC36IMG.zip you should be good to go. If you want an appropriate way to flash roms, I suggest looking at twrp. It's sexy as hell and I love the red rum theme for it.
It's the first themable recovery, and it looks great. Then you can look at getting cm7 or any other rom you want regardless if you want AOSP or Sense.
Indirect said:
Yes, you are able to acheive root through flashing a pre-rooted rom but aside from that, no, you cannot get root just by re-rooting. S-off just means the security flags are off for your device meaning the boot loader doesn't discriminate files. As long as it's PC36IMG.zip you should be good to go. If you want an appropriate way to flash roms, I suggest looking at twrp. It's sexy as hell and I love the red rum theme for it.
It's the first themable recovery, and it looks great. Then you can look at getting cm7 or any other rom you want regardless if you want AOSP or Sense.
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Thanks. I remember when I took OTA update and thought that I was screwed, but only to find I was S-off. There was a thread where I flashed amon ra recovery and was able to flash a custom rom (mikmik). I went back stock and have not messed around with my EVO (other phones and tablets Lol). Just been out the EVO loop lately and was not sure if flashing amon recovery was the preferred method still.
Going to take a look at the recovery you suggested and give it a go. I'm just so use to cwm. Even having amon was a different feel for me.
The dual core processor is probably the difference other than that is the same crap and I forgot to mention about the 3d camera its horrible!! Htc said you don't need glasses I just a video for a few seconds and got dissy it doesn't make any sense about the whole 3d deal. And also why would they lower the megapixel of the camera specially if your going to have a 3d phone? I think no body is able to use the 3d feature because of the quality

D710 Source Code Released!

http://briefmobile.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch-source-code-released
https://opensource.samsung.com/
Scroll down to find D710 and have fun building those kernels!
We needs that root ...
Then you know ****s about to go down ....
iSaint said:
We needs that root ...
Then you know ****s about to go down ....
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Root is easy. Port the recovery, flash it then flash su. BINGO!
I know its easy but no one has done it yet ... thats the problem lol
iSaint said:
I know its easy but no one has done it yet ... thats the problem lol
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I'm going to work on it. Samsung has provided us unlocked bootloader, and source. All I have to do is find out what partition the recovery is on.
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Awesome, things should go quickly now!
Can't wait to see how custom colonels will utilize our duel core processors!
I just hve to say, so far, Samsung is being quite awesome
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greengoldmello said:
I just hve to say, so far, Samsung is being quite awesome
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Hopefully they will be good with timely updates as well..but we'll see. So far I like what i see though
Korey_Nicholson said:
Root is easy. Port the recovery, flash it then flash su. BINGO!
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no need to port recovery for that...
just change ramdisk/initramfs to push SU files to /system
done its rooted
DooMLoRD said:
no need to port recovery for that...
just change ramdisk/initramfs to push SU files to /system
done its rooted
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Can you do that for the E4GT?
Please help us!!!
Wow Doomlord..You make it sound so EZ!!! I've been trying everything and anything..I dont wanna Hard Brick this thing cause I know I'd have to wait,who knows how long seeing that they are on Back Order!!
jaybizza said:
Wow Doomlord..You make it sound so EZ!!! I've been trying everything and anything..I dont wanna Hard Brick this thing cause I know I'd have to wait,who knows how long seeing that they are on Back Order!!
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It is that easy. It's just that getting R/W access to /system may or may not be trivial. I haven't tried yet, I'm still getting used to this ginormous screen in my pocket....It is a little disorienting, and I'm coming from an E3D lol.
I'm from HTC so I don't have any familiarity with how this works...
does the "update.zip" (based on model number or other identifier) method work for anything? Since the bootloader isn't "locked" (crypto-signed) does that mean that update.zip's (or their equivalent) signature's aren't crypto-signed...or signed at all?
If the security is that lax, well, it is a matter of minutes until any one of us walks right into root....by accident
Rooting & Security
If this is not the right thread to ask this in, I apologize as I am not trying to hijack this thread. That being said, I am new to Android having only had my Samsung View 4g since its release and my new Epic Touch since last night. I have read several news articles that have indicated that a rooted device somehow is less secure then a stock device and I am wondering if this is true and if there is a way to have Root access and still remain secure or if this is just another thing the non-tech media are over hyping?
Blu3Fr0g said:
If this is not the right thread to ask this in, I apologize as I am not trying to hijack this thread. That being said, I am new to Android having only had my Samsung View 4g since its release and my new Epic Touch since last night. I have read several news articles that have indicated that a rooted device somehow is less secure then a stock device and I am wondering if this is true and if there is a way to have Root access and still remain secure or if this is just another thing the non-tech media are over hyping?
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They are over-hyping it, you have nothing to fear unless you actually are looking for an app to mess up your phone. Root access has an app called superuser which lets you control which apps can use root access to the system or not. Don't worry, its safe!
update.zips
update zips are signed updates from like samsung, we either can apply zips in CWM, which has been pushed to epic either via ADB originally or via ODIN and flashing a TAR to a partition Odin makes the world go around and around for noncrippled samsungs (im pointing at the replenish my mom has)
Can this be ported to Galaxy S2 - i9100
If samsung keeps this up, I may have to put my HTC away for a couple months. Does samsung have skins like htc phones?

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