How to Root Your HTC Evo 4G!
UPDATE: For newest OTA updated (new Evo 4G), you will have to follow these directions for rooting your Evo 4G! (if below method doesn’t work or you get “Main Version is older! Update Fail!” error!)
If you want to get most of our your HTC Evo 4G, you will certainly want to “root” it.
By rooting your HTC Evo 4G, you have total “control” over your phone plus, you will have the ability to install custom ROMs on your HTC Evo 4G.
Since HTC Evo 4G just launched yesterday, there aren’t any ROMs other the “rooted” ROM to install but still, that gives you access to install many “root” apps such as CPU control apps that can let you overclock your HTC Evo 4G.
Anyways, you will want to follow these directions carefully.
And don’t worry, you won’t brick your phone, I’ve done this hundreds of times on many Android phones and Android OS is pretty darn stable it’s almost impossible to brick your HTC Evo 4G. (Yes, it’s that good.)
*Note – This is a guide for complete dummies, if you are an expert already, go root it already.
So, let’s begin.
How to Root Your HTC Evo 4G!
Download the following three files:
1. Connect your HTC Evo 4G as a “disk drive” to your computer and copy PC36IMG.zip into the root directory of your SD card.
2. Reboot your HTC Evo 4G into “fastboot” by turning it off then pushing the power button WHILE holding down the volume down button.
3. Next, wait like a minute and your HTC Evo 4G will check for the zip file and come to this screen:
4. Hit the Volume Up button to start the update.
5. Your HTC Evo 4G will now “root” your phone, this should take about 5 minutes and when it’s done, hit the Volume Up button again to reboot the device.
Congratulations! You’ve just “rooted” your phone!
6. One more step, connect your HTC Evo 4G to your computer as “disk drive” and rename the PC36IMG.zip to root-PC36IMG.zip. This is so your phone won’t try to install that zip file again by accident when you start fastboot mode again.
Wait!!! But there’s more, having a “rooted” phone doesn’t mean anything unless you have a “rooted” ROM so, let’s try now install the “rooted” ROM.
How to Install Rooted ROM on your HTC Evo 4G!
First, you will need to install Android SDK and ADB drivers so your can backup your stock Android OS (you never know when you need it again) and also to install the new “rooted” ROM.
Download this “rooted” ROM zip file and copy over into the root directory of your HTC Evo 4G’s SD card. (like we did with other files earlier)
1. Follow these steps on install Android SDK and ADB drivers then come back to the next step!
2. Once your phone is in “recovery” mode and your phone is recognized by your computer, unzip the EVO-recovery.zip into a directory.
3. Open up a command prompt, go to the directory where you unzipped the files.
4. Then from there, run “recovery-windows.bat” for Windows, “recovery-mac.sh” for Mac, “recovery-linux.sh” for Linux.
5. If you don’t get any errors then you should see something like the following:
6. Once you get to this step, your HTC Evo 4G should have entered into the “new” recovery mode.
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7. You should see a menu like this on your HTC Evo 4G now:
(Optional) How to Backup Your Stock Android System!
Just in case you might want to restore to the stock Android system, follow these steps so you can backup your current “stock” Android system before installing the “rooted” Android system.
8. Select the “Nand backup” using the volume buttons then hit the power button.
9. Hit the power button again and your HTC Evo 4G should start backing up.
10. Once it’s complete, you should see the following screen.
(Congratulations! Now you know how to back up existing ROMs on your HTC Evo 4G! This backup saves the whole “machine” state of your phone.)
11. Next, let’s return to the main menu by selecting “Return” and hitting the power button.
How to Wipe your HTC Evo 4G!
12. You will need to complete “wipe” your HTC Evo 4G before installing any new ROMs, so select “Wipe” then hit the power button.
13. Select “Wipe data/factory reset” then hit the power button. Hit power button one more time.
14. Once that’s done, select “Wipe Dalvik-cache” and hit the power button. Hit power button one more time.
15. Return to the main menu again and select “Flash zip from sdcard” and hit the power button.
16. Select “Supersonic_1.32.651.1_rooted.zip” then hit the power button. Hit it again.
17. Once that’s done, simply reboot your phone and voila, now you have completely freed your HTC Evo 4G with a “rooted” ROM.
18. Verify that you have installed the “rooted” ROM by browsing the application menu and you should see an app called “Superuser Permissions”.
Congratulations, you’ve just rooted your phone and learned how to backup/install custom ROMs on your HTC Evo 4G.
Tip: You can now install Custom ROM apps that will allow you to install new ROMs on the fly without going through all these tedious steps, go to the Android Market and search for “ROM”.
If this is the first time you are rooting your Android phone, try watching this video I made while I did “rooted” my HTC Evo 4G. It’s a bit confusing because I did it while rooting my phone for the first time but a lot of the steps can be more understandable before you begin the process of rooting your HTC Evo 4G:
Credits – Huge thanks to XDA Developers as always, without their guide, I wouldn’t have been able to make this one.
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- How to Use Rom Manager after You Root to Manage HTC Evo ROMs!
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June 5th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
I know that the update released by HTC to fix the storage bug also prevented the phone from being rooted. Is this a new method to root the phone?
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 6th, 2010 at 11:32 am
No, that’s only a “rumor” bloggers spreading around, I updated my phone to the latest update by accident, thought it couldn’t root but it rooted just fine, Sprint OTA has “NOT” blocked rooting (yet) as of their last update.
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tanner Reply:
July 4th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
ive done just what you told me to do and when i do the first update it says this main version is older! update fail!do you want to you want to reboot device? up or down ……. what do i need to do
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karlos Reply:
July 8th, 2010 at 1:14 am
Same problem here…
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Doyou want to rebbot device?
up or down???
What to do?
Jhoan Reply:
July 13th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
I’m having the same problem and I don’t see an answer anywhere here…. Should I reboot my device or not??????
Jared Reply:
July 20th, 2010 at 8:27 am
Same here…
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
What do I do?
Tom Reply:
July 29th, 2010 at 9:22 am
Same problem here…
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Doyou want to rebbot device?
up or down???
please help.
What to do?
June 6th, 2010 at 11:04 am
I followed the steps, as soon as i finished step 7 I was unable to log back into the bootloader. Every time I try it just starts up the phone normally. Any suggestions?
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 6th, 2010 at 11:33 am
No, you shouldn’t have to reboot it, after step 7, you should be in the new “recovery” mode, make sure ur phone is connected to your computer!
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June 6th, 2010 at 11:40 am
Ok well, how do i get back into the recovery mode then? Volume down + power does not work for me anymore.
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June 6th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
this may be very stupid but this is my first android phone. I was able to complete the rooting steps but how to i get the apps to save on my sd card now or maybe im not understanding exactly what rooting is.
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June 7th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Great work with the videos. You’ve made it look easy and I’m sure the community appreciates it.
Once we have the device rooted, can Sprint do anything to block or undo root access? I just don’t want to lose the ability to tether for free
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 8th, 2010 at 9:19 am
No, once you’ve rooted, Sprint can’t block you anymore, plus there should be a load of aftermarket ROMs available soon much better than stock ROM, there’s absolutely no need to stay with the stock rom.
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June 7th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Will 4g still work on the phone using this method? Are there any things that you can not use with the phone after it is rooted vs using it stock?
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June 8th, 2010 at 5:22 am
hi all!! I just finished rooting my phone, but when rebooting, it just shows the sprint 4G intro over and over again. Does anyone know what can i do to fix it??
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June 8th, 2010 at 5:31 am
OHHh i fixed it…nevermind.. Thanks for your whole video of rooting.. It was AWSOME!!
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travis Reply:
June 21st, 2010 at 10:05 am
how did you fix it. i’m having the same problem
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daniel Reply:
June 28th, 2010 at 3:51 am
enter to the recovery an wipe everything again, after that then run the zip from the recovery..
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June 8th, 2010 at 7:01 am
Hi, i have been following your instructions but am having a problem installing the usb driver. when i do to device manager and click on android_winusb, i get an error message “the folder specified does not contain a compatible software driver for your device. if the folder contains a driver,
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June 8th, 2010 at 7:02 am
“make sure it is designed to work with windows for 32bit systems.” …. i am running windows vista 32bit. please help !!
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June 8th, 2010 at 9:54 am
ive followed your instructions to the T and it doestnt even want to install that zip program,, in fact it says it now when i try to recopy it and put it in my “root” folder that the file has been “corrupted”
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 8th, 2010 at 10:16 am
Hmmm, try re-downloading the zip file, that must a corrupted download I think.
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June 8th, 2010 at 11:21 am
Can anyone help with the correct usb driver for a 32bit system, the one i have will not load.
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June 8th, 2010 at 11:57 am
Hi, i have been following your instructions but am having a problem installing the usb driver. when i do to device manager and click on android_winusb, i get an error message “the folder specified does not contain a compatible software driver for your device. if the folder contains a driver, make sure it is designed to work with windows for 32bit systems.” …. i am running windows vista 32bit. please help !!
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June 8th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
how do i unroot if i dont like it
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June 8th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
4g doesnt work anymore with root
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June 8th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
I am having trouble with the recovery. I thought it all went well, but when I go into recovery mood to make a back up of the original all I get is the image of the phone and the red triangle. I hit power button and volume up and a blue screen saying Android system recovery … and I get 4 options. one is reboot system, other is apply sdcard:update.zip, others say wipe data and wipe cache. What do I do to install correctly? Thanks!
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June 8th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
nevermind. thx
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June 8th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Hello Maxx Haxx, Thanks for the advice totally rooted my phone took a while but finally installed WiFi Tether and got everything working perfectly now…. I just have some questions.
(1) Can I back up the entire state/apps/media content of my phone into SD card so I can start back to where I am now? Just in case I should lose my EVO or some catastrophic failure should happen I dont want to start over
(2) Android is offering a system update (1.32.651.6), should I download it? Will it kill my root. You said this should be safe but in the future if I get these prompts I should hold off on updating (until its confirmed to work) as well so I wont lose my hacks.
(3) Perhaps you can give us a few suggestion in another video/post about any other maxx tips, tricks or apps that we use as a rooted user (besides loading custom roms & wifi tether) PS I have no local 4G service, so I assuming it works fine via the hack.
Thanks again
Juan
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 11th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
1. Yes, you can use ROM manager to backup everything. (or Nandroid)
2. I don’t think you’d lose your root but you’d have to re-flash a “rooted” ROM. I would just wait until someone uploads the updated ROM, usually someone does.
3. Yup, more htc evo 4g hacks coming!
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June 8th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
i am with you fred i herd the is not working i want to root but i also want to keep 4g coverage and have the option to revert back.
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 11th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
There’s an updated ROM that works with 4G and wifi so, watch out for that.
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June 8th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
I tried rooting but I cant I downloaded the upgrade to fix the sd and now I cant root can anybody help thanks
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June 9th, 2010 at 3:58 am
While in the cmd after I enter “cd tools” it says “The system cannot find the specified”
What did i do wrong?
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 11th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
You need to find the right directory, do “dir” to see where you are “cd”-ing into.
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June 9th, 2010 at 5:07 am
I’m also having trouble with RECOVERY and my computer seeing the ADB in my device manager. Any update if this is working or not? Thanks..
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June 9th, 2010 at 8:04 am
Can someone help me. I did everything step by step and it didn’t work. If I can’t fix this connection issue I will have to go return this wonderful phone and go back to verizon please someone help me out. Do I need to root the phone first and then apply this hack?
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 11th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
You can use nandroid to “restore” the backup stock rom.
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June 9th, 2010 at 8:06 am
I posted the above in the wrong post. Anyway do I need to root my phone before applying the force roaming hack? I can’t get the force roaming hack to work and need it to
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June 9th, 2010 at 11:34 am
Hey when you do the complete wipe, “Wipe Dalvik-cache” and the android system, will i lose all my contacts, ringtones, and etc.
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 11th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
No, dalvik cache is just cache but you will lose your contacts, ringtones and etc unless you used Gmail and backed everything else up using a backup app.
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June 9th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
I’ve downloaded this file PC36IMG.zip a few times and it says it’s corrupt? Any suggestions? This is my first time doing this as some others. Just need a little help here.
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June 9th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
I am trying to root my phone, I saved the file PC36IMG.zip onto my evo. Restarted – and as soon as the phone read the file, the screen reverted to the five options (fastboot, recovery, clear storage, simlock, hboot usb). Thus, I never see the screen at minute 3:30 in the youtube video.
Any suggestions?
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Rob Reply:
June 20th, 2010 at 7:52 am
I’m also getting this problem. Dragging and dropping the PC36IMG.zip onto the root of the SD card, either by a USB adapter or direct USB to the Evo says the image cannot be read when booted.
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June 9th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
Hey, quick question, while in recovery mode i keep getting an error that says that my SD card is not mounted. Can i remount the SD card from here (step
I am running mac OS
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June 9th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
sorry, dont know how i got that smiley, i meant to say step eight.
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June 10th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
thank you very much for the excellent write up. Everything was working perfect along with tether, when i decided to uninstall the tether. I then clicked superuser and clicked something about tether and it went away. I then installed tether again and it stays stuck on start tethering or su request and gives me a message stating “activity SU request (in application superuser permissions) is not responding.”
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June 10th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
thank you very much for the excellent write up. Everything was working perfect along with tether, when i decided to uninstall the tether. I then clicked superuser and clicked something about tether and it went away. I then installed tether again and it stays stuck on start tethering or su request and gives me a message stating “activity SU request (in application superuser permissions) is not responding.”
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June 10th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
propbem solved activated debugging and viola! this was for the activity su request is not responding.
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June 10th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
TO ALL OF YOU STUCK IN RECOVERY MODE.
take out the battery and put it back in. it works fine
thank god
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June 10th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Can anyone please confirm that the 4G will be lost after rooting?
Thanks
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June 10th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
I want to thank you for posting the video on Youtube.com
I followed everything to the last command and this is what I got when I run recovery-windows.bat
C:\sdk\tools\evo-recovery>adb-windows.exe push files /
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
push: files/etc/mtab -> /etc/mtab
failed to copy ‘files/etc/mtab’ to ‘/etc/mtab’: Read-only file sys
C:\sdk\tools\evo-recovery>adb-windows.exe shell busybox –install
busybox: not found
C:\sdk\tools\evo-recovery>echo.
C:\sdk\tools\evo-recovery>adb-windows.exe shell nohup /sbin/recove
nohup: not found
C:\sdk\tools\evo-recovery
Is there anyway that you could tell me what I’m doing wrong?
Thanks,
Edgar
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 11th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Is your phone in “recovery” mode?
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June 10th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
I do appreciate you doing this site, but this video was painful to watch, maybe a redo of the video with the actual steps? but goodwork and thanks for the blog..
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 11th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
Actually working on a redo video right now and easier method for all y’all, hold on!!!
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June 11th, 2010 at 4:51 am
Is there a problem with syncing bluetooth devices?
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June 11th, 2010 at 11:07 am
man i must be really dumb cause i cant get this thing goin that cmd thing its not working some plzzzzzz help me i am willin to pay contact me dabagman7@yahoo.com
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June 11th, 2010 at 11:33 am
so the supersonic zip file is not installing says it’s bad and I have downloaded it three different times..getting very frustrated
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June 11th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
How do I know if the phone is root it or not? I did all the procedures but I don’t see a difference in my phone. I install the Wifi app and it does not work.
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 11th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Do you have the “superuser” app? You need to root the phone then also flash the rooted ROM, otherwise wifi tether wont work.
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June 11th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Where do you get the updated ROM that allows 4g after rooting? The stock ROM does not allow 4g.
Also, is there a way to update the ROM without losing all of your downloaded programs? I keep downloading and redownloading every time I update the ROM.. and probably again in a few weeks when FroYo comes out. That’s a lot of updating..
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 11th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
Working on it, I’ve uploaded video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLVl8xRBTgk but will have a detailed blog post tomorrow, plz check back. Sorry, I am so tired of making videos last couple days, it takes me all day to make these 1080P videos then edit it, render it. I am doing my best here really, I don’t get paid to do this. Thanks for being patient!
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June 12th, 2010 at 4:57 am
Works nicely, no issues yet. make sure to follow instructions, i skipped a step on accident due to flipping between pages and trying to get windows 7 to notice ADB(my system installed as usb disk storage and still worked), even missing a step is still reversible and can be redone
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June 12th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
I have a Q about rooting the evo i heard that after u root your evo the cameras and video chat does not work and also that it wont work on the 4g network anymore only 3g is this true or has any one had problems with anything on the phone not working after rooting thanks
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 13th, 2010 at 10:47 am
Camera and video chat works fine. If you install FROYO, then it won’t work, this one is actually not that ROM.
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June 13th, 2010 at 11:57 am
hi all!! I just finished rooting my phone, but when rebooting, it just shows the sprint 4G intro over and over again. Does anyone know what can i do to fix it??
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 13th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Did u make sure to “wipe” and clear dalvik cache? If you don’t, that might be why.
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June 13th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
Thanks for this. This resource is excellent. There were a couple times that having an IT background helped, but nothing extraordinary needed in terms of skillset. I am brand new to the “rooting” concept, Android OS, and so on. Posting this via free wifi tether through HTC Evo running OMJ rom after completing the process end-to-end using your instructions. Thanks, again. -j
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June 13th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Having the same problem as:
Juan Leal
June 8th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
“(2) Android is offering a system update (1.32.651.6), should I download it? Will it kill my root. You said this should be safe but in the future if I get these prompts I should hold off on updating (until its confirmed to work) as well so I wont lose my hacks.”
I too am getting this message, I have tried to up, but no success. Any pointers? Do I need to do a recovery?
Thanks for the help,
James S
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June 14th, 2010 at 11:29 am
Hey thanks for all the instructions and videos. Are you going to show how to unlock Nand that toast posted.?
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 14th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Yup, rendering video right now! Just maybe an hour or two more, plz check back!
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if i root my evo will i still be able to use 4g and everything else as normal?
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June 15th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
After I copy the PC36IMG file to phone drive, When I Turn phone off and rebot with the power button and volume down, when it turns on it says No IMAGE! Wrong Image!
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 15th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
make sure PC36IMG.zip file is copied to the root folder!
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Tina Reply:
July 24th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
I cannot get the download files to open? I usually just click open, not save is there any difference?
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June 15th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
I rooted my phone using this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701004
in that guide it mentions nothing about hooking your phone up to your computer and accessing the command prompts. My question is this: what is the purpose of using the command prompts like in the tutorial you show. is my phone not rooted fully by using the method i used?
thank you
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June 15th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
Well I copied it to the phones file… I watched your video and did it the same way. I didn’t see which one the Root folder was, but I will look for it again and try it now. I suppose it is marked as root folder??
Thank you for all your help… very much appreciated
Jack
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john Reply:
June 16th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
by the terms root folder it just means highest accessible folder on the phone, which is the first one which it opens to.
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June 15th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Hi Max..
I don’t have an EVO yet It should be in the mail, but I was wondering if I needed to install the Rooted Stock rom on this tutorial first before installing the new OMJ rom.. or can I just install the OMJ rom while following the rooting tutorial?
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 16th, 2010 at 11:55 am
Hi Paul, yes you can just install OMJ rom instead of rooted ROM, just file name difference!
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June 16th, 2010 at 12:31 am
Once I got to step #9 and started to make m back up I clicked off on the computer in the middle of the back up and now I can not charge the phone, can not see it on the PC, and it shows NO sd card. Nothing I try is working to fix it. Am I out of luck and running to Sprint to pay my $100 for a new EVO after I run over this one for a claim?
Very sad right now. Expensive mistake……:-(
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 16th, 2010 at 11:57 am
That shouldn’t brick your Evo 4G, did u try removing the battery and putting it back on???
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June 16th, 2010 at 8:39 am
Using a mac. Did all steps up to downloading android sdk and adb drivers. Was able to download adroid sdk and it showed options to download android 2.1 but never gave me options for ADB DRIVERS! Even after selecting the force option. Continued anyway (because it said Macs could skip the step regarding the drivers, I think) but my mac never would recognize the phone as a drive in recovery. What now?
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 16th, 2010 at 11:58 am
No ADB drivers needed for Mac/Linux as they are recognized!
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Michael Reply:
June 24th, 2010 at 8:27 am
But my Mac doesn’t recognize my phone as a drive in recovery mode. So what step am I supposed to go to now? As I stated above, I have downloaded the android sdk but don’t know what I’m supposed to do now. What is a Mac user supposed to do next?
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June 16th, 2010 at 10:34 am
help me i did the supersonic zip and my phone keeps rebooting and rebooting help me
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
June 16th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Make sure you “wiped” dalvik cache otherwise you will get that reboot sequence. Try wiping everything and zipping the file again, that will fix it.
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June 16th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
[...] the faint of heart. It's hacking an O/S. This is about as close as you will get to what you want: How to Root Your HTC Evo 4G! | HTC Evo 4G Hacks! Google "how to root an evo" and you'll find tons of stuff, but unfortunately there is [...]
June 16th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
But my Mac doesn’t recognize my phone as a drive in recovery mode. So what step am I supposed to go to now? As I stated above, I have downloaded the android sdk but don’t know what I’m supposed to do now. What is a Mac user supposed to do next?
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June 16th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
I am totally new to android. Got an Evo and am first time “rooter”. First main question is once “rooted” how do i get my phone to work as a phone? you know, use Sprint service, have my cell associated with my phone number, can i make/receive calls, etc. Or do i have to go to sprint to reprogram my cell. that would be kinda embarrassing. thanks.
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john Reply:
June 16th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
I was also new to android with rooting, it will automatically pick up sprint service.
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June 16th, 2010 at 11:23 pm
can i update my phone software or will that damage my rooting and everthing else
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June 17th, 2010 at 11:27 am
Hey, great write up on the root! Quick question…what do you recommend as the best CPU app for rooted evo’s? (to overclock/underclock…etc etc etc)
email me!
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June 17th, 2010 at 11:44 am
I’m not sure if I installed the correct driver it is listed under Mobile Devices and called HTC USB Sync…Please tell me I didn’t mess something up. I was having problems installing the downloaded software.
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June 17th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
At step 5. I am getting an error saying “Pushing required files to device” followed by “error:device not found”
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June 17th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Max, i’m a first time rooter.
i tried clicking da 3 files dat i need so i can start rooting, but it says it cannot display da pages. wats wrong wit dat ?
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June 17th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Hi Max,
I am curious as to which steps come after each other so we may experience the Full Rooted Phone!
I suppose
1. Rooting your EVO is first, Then what do you do after that, then next???
Is it possible to post a numbered step-by-step of the steps we need to do to fully experience the full effect of rooting a phone? Nothing on the site really gives us a clear understanding on what we are suppose to do first, then 2nd, 3rd, and so on to have the full benefits of a rooted “Safe” phone, Especially people that are new to Android. I did the Rooting part, Now I want to know when I do the ADK and SDK Step, whats next? Roms?
SO For Example.
1. Rooting your Phone
2. Installing SDK, ADK
3. ?
4. ?
5.
ETC…
that would be very helpful,
Thanks Max
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June 17th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Nevermind, I had forgot to unzip the file…Works great!!!
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June 18th, 2010 at 11:53 am
Thank you for all your efforts.
Personally I didn’t come anywhere at all. When I try to access the phone I get a message saying: Please insert a disk into Removable Disk (E:).
It doesn’t seem to see the SD card. Does anyone have an idea what might go wrong?
Thanks in advance,
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Joe Reply:
June 20th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Me too. the phone doesn’t see the SD card and it also wont charge or sync to the computer. Help, my battery is dying!
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ola Reply:
June 22nd, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Turn on your EVO hook up the USB cable between your computer and the EVO. The evo will ask and give you a set of options. Select mount as drive. Now you can copy the files onto your SD card. However, the phone does not have access to the SD card at the same time as the computer, and will then announce HD card not available, if so unplug and replug the cable and select a different option.
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Joe Reply:
June 22nd, 2010 at 5:00 pm
It doesn’t recognize that the phone is even connected. That plus the SD card not being recognized makes me think the phone was damaged during the rooting/recovery process. I have no way to communicate with the phone to reinstall the operating system. I can’t get to the restore from backup screen. Is there any other way to restore it?
ola Reply:
June 23rd, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Sounds more like an issue with your PC, possibly the driver, or the connection cable.
June 18th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Hey max!! thanks a lot!!!
The instructions wore a bit confusing but I figured that I didn’t need to install the ADB updates because i have HTC Sync.
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June 18th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
I have successfully rooted my phone, installed the supersonic rom and alternatively the fresh 0.3. But the WiFi tether does not seem to work. By not work I mean that it will allow me to connect, but it does not connect the connected device to the internet. If I try to open a web site on the laptop the connection times out.
Any ideas?
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Aaron Reply:
June 24th, 2010 at 5:26 am
The encryption doesn’t work. If you have WPA-PSK or WEP encryption turned on, turn it off. I had the same problem, but it worked fine after I turned off the encryption.
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June 19th, 2010 at 7:37 am
bought new htc evo and its great almost done rooting my evo but cant find usb driver for the last step and have windows 7 can u tell me where to find a free download at?
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June 19th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Complete noobie here.. worked like a charm. THANKS!!
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June 19th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
Thanks! I went through the process and works great. Took me a while and I had to wipe dalvik cache a second time to get the sprint loader to stop repeating itself on bootup. Looking forward to following for Rom updates etc. – Thanks again Max.
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June 19th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Juron, go here for the windows 7 32 bit drivers. http://www.the-asylum.com/blog/permalink/htc-sync-htc-hero-and-windows-7-64-bit/
These worked for me just fine. – D
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June 20th, 2010 at 1:11 am
Hey guys I have a question. I rooted my phone and installed the custom Rom last Friday and now Sunday I’m receiving a message that an update is available, should I update or not? I followed all the steps but I’m worried this update will mess up my phone. What should I do?
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June 20th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Yankel…I have had same thing happen, but when I try to install the .6 from the HTC update….it fails…it shows about 1/4 of the way to updating, and then a question mark comes up and it skips and boots. I even installed the NEW cell radio from xda, and that did NOT update my software version…is there anyway that I can get the HTC update?
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June 21st, 2010 at 12:27 am
I did everything listed, did not like that it erased all my apps and personal data on my HTC Evo. I also have been trying to download the SDK platform for like 5 hours and it still hasn’t finished. Any suggestions?
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June 21st, 2010 at 11:52 am
Hi, I JUST got my EVO today. Apparently the new software version 1.32.651.6 does not allow rooting. I am stuck on step 4, as I get NO IMAGE! WRONG IMAGE! every time. Anyone know how to get around this? This is a real bummer to get the phone and not be able to root it!
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MONIKA Reply:
July 22nd, 2010 at 11:56 pm
KEN DID ANYONE HELP YOU BC I UPDATED MY PHONE AND NOW I CANT RE ROOT THE PHONE
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June 21st, 2010 at 12:17 pm
[...] FOTA updates. I'm a n00b. Is this just a limitation of rooted phones? I rooted using this method: How to Root Your HTC Evo 4G! | HTC Evo 4G Hacks! I used this file: [...]
June 22nd, 2010 at 3:06 pm
I tried rooting today except it will not let me…is there a bypass to the block?
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June 23rd, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Anyone know where where the backup file is stored?
I followed the backup process but cant seem to find it on my Evo or on my CPU.
Any ideas?
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June 23rd, 2010 at 10:32 pm
I rooted my htc evo and now when checking for a system update it finds 1.32.651.6 but wont install it> It resets the phone then has a big ? Mark and then restarts and then it does the same thing over and over. Any ideas on how to update?
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June 24th, 2010 at 5:22 am
OK, so I have successfully rooted, and everything ’seems’ to be working–except that I don’t have ‘permission’ to save files to the SD card. My camera won’t take pics because it doesn’t have permission to access the SD card, and I can’t download MP3 files from the Amazon market to my SD card. Is there something I need to change there?
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June 24th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
Sigh, what am I doing wrong? I keep holding down the volume button and power button but I never taken to the bootloader screen. The PC36IMG.zip file is in the root directory. Is anyone else having this problem or am I just a dummy?
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Tank Reply:
June 24th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
N/m took the battery out and tried again and it worked now.
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June 25th, 2010 at 11:38 am
I have successfully rooted my EVO. However, it seems like my ringer is not as loud as it used to be. I have it turned up all the way and still not very loud. Has anyone else had this issue? If so, any suggested fix?
Thanks
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June 25th, 2010 at 6:33 pm
I rooted today and lost all my information including contacts, mail, etc!!!!! Any suggestions?!
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June 26th, 2010 at 3:01 am
I have been trying to root my phone mostly all night, I succeded by flassing the rooted rom but when I reboot the Intro keeps on reapearing itself over and over. The main quesstion that I ask myself can I still put different rom’s on my phone if I use the unrEVOked method? I want that Froyo on my phone.
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June 27th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
I tried to root my new version 0003 but after loading the supersonic from sd card the phone is stuck in an endless rebooting? Please help.
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June 28th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
[...] tethering I quickly followed some tutorials on how to get root access.. I followed this tutorial: How to Root Your HTC Evo 4G! | HTC Evo 4G Hacks! but I believe it is the same method mentioned here: [TUTORIAL] How To Root The HTC EVO ~ Part-1 / [...]
June 29th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Hey MAX, Im Having Trouble with the CMT Command Post. I Type in SDk then the C comes up with the SDK but after that when I type in cd tools It says “The System does not recognized as an internal or external command. I Downloaded the SDK File, I Unzipped it to my C Drive.
PLEASE HELP!!!
I Finally did the rooting on my phone and Now this is giving me a problem. DOES MY PHONE HAVE TO BE IN “RECOVERY MODE” In this Step??
Please Help!
Thank you SOOOO MUCH!!
Jack
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June 29th, 2010 at 8:17 pm
THE SYSTEM CAN NOT FIND THE PATH SPECIFIED
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June 29th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Rooting and Wifi tethering worked like a breeze on my new HTC EVO. Thanks a lot for the detailed description provided.
-Rajeshwar Polaty
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June 29th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
Hey Max,
I Installed the Drivers in Recovery mod, after I was done in you video you said to reboot your phone, I did that and Now I cant come to that Green Info Screen when I do the Power and Vol. Down… Does that mean it didnt install correctly?
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June 29th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
great tutorial and I love the fact that people are willing to help/share their insight, but…..
i bought it today 29JUNE, and i noticed that sprint pushed an update around an hour after i had it.
at step 3, i don’t get what you have, i get:
Main version is older!
Update Fail!
do you want to reboot?
what’s up?? have they blocked the rooting with this image?
PLEASE help!
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Sam Reply:
June 30th, 2010 at 10:25 am
Mine is the same way, I downloaded the pushed update Sprint sent via OTA. After installing the update on my Evo, I tried installing this tether and step 3 is the same for me, (Main version is older, update fail). My guess is the update has messed this process up.
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Ken H Reply:
June 30th, 2010 at 11:46 am
ok…so i went to Sprint this morning complaining that the OTA push is causing my phone to randomly reboot. they CLAIM that they did a full factory reset on the phone to return it to it’s factory ROM state and removing the OTA push.
just tried to update with the PC36IMG.ZIP and get the exact same problem at step 3:
Main version is older!
Update Fail!
do you want to reboot?
does anybody have anything on this??? please HELP!
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HTC154 Reply:
July 1st, 2010 at 11:03 am
Uhhhh, me too I tried simpleroot as well, man if I knew that damn update would have caused this issue I NEVER would hav updated.
Nice to see other people posting this a scroogle search came up empty!
June 29th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Hey Max!!! I DID IT!!!! I FINALLY ROOTED MY EVO!!!! YAYYYYYY!!!!!
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH MAX! IM SUPER EXCITED!
THANKS AGAIN!
JACK
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June 30th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
My phone can’t seem to find file PC36img.zip When I save it, it works fine, but when i try to open in my computer it says file is corrupt. What’s going on. HELP
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June 30th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
I just got the phone tonight and The Sprint rep updated the phone in the store, When I attempt the root I am getting “Main Version is Older!” “Update Failed”. Am I screwed until there is a new root for the new version?
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Quoc Reply:
June 30th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Hey Russ, just so you know through my posting below you I’m having the same problem. You’re not the only one.
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Quoc Reply:
June 30th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Just a thought, I just had a recently updated on my phone too! I wonder if that’s the case and if so hopefully if HTC Evo 4G Hacks replies. All we have to do is reverse or reboot the phone back to it’s original settings. Then try rooting the phone again.
I think the update will prompt us to update the new version again afterwards, but as he mentioned, once the phone is rooted, then there’s no way Sprint can unroot.
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June 30th, 2010 at 6:30 pm
I rooted my phone with the instruction you gave us and it works great. I ha a question. With the instruction is my phone NAND UNLOCKED or its just rooted? If its just rooted I see you have instruction on how to NAND UNLOCKED your phone. Since I already rooted my phone where do I start off to NAND UNLOCKED my phone? If you could point me in the right direction that will be great.
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June 30th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
I attempted to root my phone using the instructions you gave however when I attempted to fastboot my phone, a message came up stating that the update failed. Did I do something wrong. I was able to download the file PC36IMG.zip onto my SD card. Not sure what went wrong, can anyone give me any suggestions. Ultimately I’m just trying to make my phone a wifi hotspot.
Here’s my error message:
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Do you want to reboot device?
yes or no
Of course I choose yes, but is there a newer version of PC36IMG.zip
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July 1st, 2010 at 1:50 am
I believe the recent update by Sprint is blocking the latest rooting hacks. I downloaded unrevoked and the wireless tether and the unrevoked claims it worked but the wireless tether will not.
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July 1st, 2010 at 9:48 am
So this is where I am at:
i checked my software version and it appears that Sprint now has a policy of immediately pushing the update when you buy the phone to 1.47.651.1. To date, i do not see anyone in the forums who has successfully rooted with this update. If this is wrong, somebody PLEASE let me know.
when i went to sprint store yesterday and asked that they reset it to the factory install, 1.32.651.1, they claimed that they did, but when i check the phone, i am still at 1.47.651.1
as far as i can tell, the only software loads that are rootable with the PC36IMG.ZIP file are
1.32.651.6 & 1.32.651.6
IF SOMEBODY KNOW ANY MORE ON THIS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!! THANKS!!!!
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July 2nd, 2010 at 12:20 am
Pretty sure we are screwed ken, they figured out how to patch the problem.
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July 2nd, 2010 at 9:56 am
Anyone know if he will release root for the new 1.47 rom…I restored my device back through htc sync because of so many issue trying to use update patch for 1.47…so now I have 1.47 stock with no root, and just want to root my device again and keep the rom I am on…so I guess we just need an update to the root IMG!
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July 2nd, 2010 at 7:24 pm
So I let my gf play with my phone one night. She accepted the ota update now I can’t get 4g with my rom or boot into recovery. Is it at all possible to go back to a stock setup without booting to recovery?
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July 4th, 2010 at 3:27 am
I have followed the steps, I mean how easier can it be? I have an issue, I keep getting main version older. Please help me.
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July 4th, 2010 at 3:33 am
When trying to root my HTC Evo I get this message: main version is older update fail
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July 5th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
yea i am having the same problem with Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
has anyone come up with a way to by pass this
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July 5th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
IT keeps telling me:
“Main version is older”
“update fail”
“do you want to reboot your device?”
Can any1 please help me out with this. I’m brand new to Android. been with symbian for over 6 years but know jack about android please help
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July 6th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Hi I had this working. My phone was rooted and everything, not when I updated my phone I can’t seem to use my tether. I had and app that allowed my tether to work but after the update that app stopped working. Is my tether never going to work or does your way of rooting the phone allow it work? Please help
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MONIKA Reply:
July 22nd, 2010 at 11:59 pm
LONIE DID ANYONE HELP YOU OUT I REALLY NEED HELP TOO. I UPDATED MY PHONE AND NOW I CANT SEEM TO HAVE THE ROOT ANYMORE
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July 7th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
i am in the middle of rooting my evo, and i am at a point where i am confused as what to do, it says installing archives im trying to figure out shold this process be taking place and also i am just confused as to where the file is to unzip. also if im in the middle of rooting and i am unable to complete the root will my phone still work until i can finish the process?
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July 8th, 2010 at 10:31 am
Hello,
I have a question.
When I try to flash the PC36IMG file to my EVO. I do not get the same options as you did. In fact, I get:
HBoot
(Volume up) for previous
(Volume down) for next
(Power) to select
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
CLEAR STORAGE
SIMLOCK
HBOOT USB
I cannot choose yes or no as you did in you video. What should I do? Please help very stressed
Thanks,
Antonio
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July 8th, 2010 at 11:04 am
ive done just what you told me to do and when i do the first update it says this main version is older! update fail!do you want to you want to reboot device? up or down ……. what do i need to do
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July 8th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
hi I have the same problem,
this main version is older update fail
if any body know another wey to do it.?
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July 9th, 2010 at 8:47 am
hello
i tried rooting it but i got a message
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Do you want to reboot device?
(Vol Up) yes
(Vol Down) no
what can i do to fix it
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July 12th, 2010 at 10:04 am
KOO IT WORKS DUDE U R DA S@&# … IF U EVER IN HOUSTON REMEMBER THAT U GOT FANS AND FRIENDS THAT FOLLOW U … THANX
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July 12th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
Mine did that too, update fail…so I guess gotta wait till a new updated PC36IMG file comes out…I think a week ago my droid was updated to a new firmware that’s prolly why rooting wasn’t going through..here’s the the software info:
firmware version 2.1-update 1
baseband version 2.05.00.06.10
Kernel version 2.6.29-789bf291 htc-kernel@and18-2 #1
PRI version 1.40_003
PRL version 60667
hope you guys can figure it out…
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July 13th, 2010 at 12:36 am
Hello,
I’m trying to root my HTC evo but everytime I get done unzipping the file it says Main version is older and Update fail. Is there something than I’m missing?
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July 16th, 2010 at 12:05 am
Hello,
I have a question.
When I try to flash the PC36IMG file to my EVO. I do not get the same options as you did. In fact, I get:
HBoot
(Volume up) for previous
(Volume down) for next
(Power) to select
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
CLEAR STORAGE
SIMLOCK
HBOOT USB
I cannot choose yes or no as you did in you video. What should I do? Please help very stressed
Thanks,
Antonio
I don’t get the “Do you want to update” prompt either.
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HTC Evo 4G Hacks Reply:
July 16th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
That’s because you didn’t copy the files over right, try copying the files into the “root” directory of your SD card!
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jeremy cross Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
what is the name of the root files in the directory of my SD card? Do i just create one?
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July 17th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
when you say copy and move to your root folder where is that on my SD card, or do i have to make one up if so where?
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July 18th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
How do I root my Evo if Im plugging it into a MAC with OSX
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July 19th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
i did evreything step by step i have the new firmware update i read all 176 comments and i still cant find answer.
i tried over and over and keep getting this messages please send me a email concering this or comment bak i ben trying to do this for a couple of days now if i can get a answer that would be awsome
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Doyou want to rebbot device?
up or down???
What to do?
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July 19th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
I have the problem as Fher… What do I do??? Please help!
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July 20th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
Rooted my evo fine, but my 4 G is not working anymore…any ideas?
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July 21st, 2010 at 9:10 am
everytime i tried to root my evo when in recovery mode, while checking pc36img.zip file it says no image or wrong image. and when its done checking it shows main version is older! update fail. wtf does that mean is there a newer version of the root soft?
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July 23rd, 2010 at 12:04 am
HELLO I had this working. My phone was rooted and everything, noW when I updated my phone I can’t seem to use my WIRELESS tether. I had THE app that allowed my tether to work but after the update that app stopped working. THE ROOT IS GONE AND I CANT SEEM TO INSTALL IT IN MY PHONE ANYMORE. DOES THIS MEAN tetherING IS never going to work or IS THERE way of RE-rooting the phone? Please help ME I HATE TO PAY FOR INTERNET WHEN I USE TO HAVE IT FOR FREE. IS THERE ANOTHER WAY TO GET FREE HOTSPOT …PLZ SOMEONE HELP US I KNOW EVERYONE HAS TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM
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July 23rd, 2010 at 10:56 am
i cant update my htc evo 1.32.651.1 to 1.32.651.6 why?
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July 25th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
to get free teithering what root do i have to use?
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July 27th, 2010 at 7:19 am
so basically the root provides me free 4g thru my phone and can connect up to more than one pcs?
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July 28th, 2010 at 8:04 am
HTC EVO HACK ROOT
I did exactly what your instructions recommended but i’m getting this error. Please assist.
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Do you want to reboot device?
(Vol Up) yes
(Vol Down) no
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July 28th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
i got to the recovery mode part and my computer see it under usb driver like it should but when i go to out the adb driver on to the phone i get and error saying “the folder specified does not contain a compatible software driver for your device.”"make sure it is designed to work with windows for 64bit-based systems”
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August 2nd, 2010 at 6:01 pm
So is there a way to root Froyo? Not going to upgrade to Froyo till I know I can keep wifi tether.
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August 20th, 2010 at 9:16 am
Ok just got an htc evo 4G and am looking to unlock and root it which seems easy enought then what i want to do is use it on Boosts cdma service as I currently use blackberry 8350i on the iden side. I know the evo can work on boost cdma plan just not exactly sure of the steps. i have seen a few and couple places sell phones ready to activate on boost but wont sell the how to info yet. I have a used boost cdma c290 phone so i will swap my iden plan to cdma. i have heard it may be as simple as swaping the MDN and MSID but want to see if any of you guys have it done yet and what I might need to do and in what order. thanks in advance..
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August 20th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Is there a more up to date version of root? I tried the one above and got
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Do you want to reboot device?
(Vol Up) yes
(Vol Down) no
Any help would be appreciated.
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August 22nd, 2010 at 2:42 am
after I do the recovery-windows.bat. keep getting error:device offline. HELP HELP
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August 22nd, 2010 at 6:28 pm
finally got around to rooting my phone tried to download the rooted rom from the link but when i try it says the page was not found….anybody know where i can download it??????
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August 24th, 2010 at 11:09 am
Having the same problem with what I’m amusing is an outdated file?!
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Do you want to reboot device?
(Vol Up) yes
(Vol Down) no
Any help would be appreciated.
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August 31st, 2010 at 10:16 am
hello, i am really interested in rooting my EVO but i have the updated 2.2 version. the reason i want to update it is to use the free wifi.will following the steps given above work with my phone?or do i need to follow a different set o directions?
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September 1st, 2010 at 9:28 am
hello every one l wandid to ask that l cant dowlod Rooted” HTC Evo ROM becus it gives me this erro 404. The requested page was not found why can some one tell me why thaks
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