Well, finally, root for HTC Evo 4G Gingerbread is here!
Step 1. Download Evo 4G Gingerbread rooting files here, this includes everything you will need on Windows-based systems including driver and recovery: (Unzip it to the root folder of your hard disk such as c:\rootevo4ggingerbread.)
Download HTC Evo 4G Gingerbread rooting files
Step 2. Uninstall HTC Sync if you have it installed then install the drivers in the zip file, HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe, you must use these drivers ONLY! You can re-install HTC Sync if you need after rooting.
Step 3. Put your Evo 4G into USB Debugging Mode by checking it on under Settings->Applications->Development and plug your phone into your computer via USB cable.
Make sure your phone is set as “Charge Only”.
Step 4. Open up a command prompt by typing “cmd” under Start->Search, then type:
cd \rootevo4ggingerbread
If you unzipped your files to your desktop, you can type this instead:
cd Desktop\rootevo4ggingerbread
Then type:
adb devices
This will give you the serial number of your Evo 4G.
Step 5. Go to the site Revolutionary.io and hit the Windows download and choose “Windows”, “HTC Evo 4G”, “2.16.0001″, and enter the serial number you got in the previous step. You can cancel the file download as it’s already been included in the zip file you downloaded earlier.
That should give you a beta key. Just leave this browser open as we will use it soon.
Step 6. Go back to your command prompt and type:
revolutionary.exe
Running this will ask you for your beta key, copy and paste it!
Your phone will reboot twice into fastboot and you should be able to see your phone going from S-ON to S-OFF! WHOOHOO!
Next, the program will ask you if you want to download and flash ClockworkMod Recovery, hit “y” and let it do the work.
If for some reason flashing Clockwork Recovery FAILS, type the following and install it manually:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3.img
Step 7. Go back to your Evo 4G phone and choose BOOTLOADER and hit the Power Button.
Step 8. Choose RECOVERY then hit the Power Button.
Step 9. Choose USB-MS Toggle and hit the Power Button. This will enable your Evo 4G as a disk drive on your computer.
Step 10. Copy over the file su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip in the evo4grootgingerbread folder to your SD Card of the Evo 4G.
Step 11. Hit Power Button to disable USB-MS toggle, then choose “Flash zip from sdcard” and hit the Power Button.
Step 12. Choose “Choose zip from sdcard” and hit the Power Button.
Step 13. Choose the file you copied over in Step 10, su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip and hit the Power Button. This will install superuser app and enable root on your Evo 4G.
Step 14. Reboot and you should have a rooted Evo 4G. Pat yourself on the back then install cool stuff like free wifi tethering, ROMs, and more at HTCEvoHacks.com.
FAQ
I don’t get the recovery screen you got, instead I get Revolutionary recovery, how do I connect my phone as USB disk drive?
You can either simply reboot your phone and copy over the files as a USB disk drive then reboot into recovery (by holding down Power button and Volume down button then selecting Recovery), OR you can go to Mounts & Storage->Mount USB in Revolutionary recovery. Don’t worry, it’s the same thing, just different colors.
I am getting invalid errors at Revolutionary.io, how do I get a beta code?
This usually happens if your HBOOT isn’t 2.16.0001, this means you don’t need the new rooting method to root, try the older root method here. You can check your HBOOT version by rebooting into bootloader by powering off and holding down Power button and Volume down button.
I type “adb devices” and get no serial number!
That means your drivers aren’t installed correctly or your phone isn’t in Disk Mode or USB debugging is not check on, please check those three and you should be good to go!
I get stuck on white logo screen after doing everything successfully.
Try getting back into Recovery by powering off your Evo 4G, powering it back on by holding down both Volume Down and Power Button. Once in Bootloader, choose “Recovery”. Once in Recovery, go to Wipe and wipe cache, and also go to Advanced and wipe Dalvik Cache and reboot. This won’t erase anything but erase your cache, which sometimes causes trouble after rooting or installing new ROMs. If all else fails, just install a new ROM, I recommend MikG here.
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Xda developers.com look for ur section n let the fun begin I have Radiance 3.5 rom with beats audio working cause a developer put it on a kernel to support it. Who said the cant beats audio working
i dont have the same recovery screen as you, i have Revolutionary recovery & would like for you to give me EXTREME detail on what to do please lol
It’s not giving me my device that’s attached so that means it’s not gonna give me my serial number! Help is much appreciated.
did you ever figure this out because i am having the same issue
It is also located on the back of your phone under your battery.
i did the cmd but got no serial number, help?!
i figured it out
i entered revolutionary.exe and its still saying “Waiting for device…”
i am getting the same… did yours finally continue or what did you do?
How do I unroot my Evo 4G with Gingerbread? I was running an app from my company however it was able to detect that I rooted my phone. I need to use that app so I would like to unroot my phone. I never changed to different ROMs so I was not sure if following the steps you outlined in your article “How to Unroot Your HTC Evo 4g back to stock ROM” is what I should do. Any help?
after I put the revolutionary.exe file in the cmd it comes back with…. your device: supersonic, with HBOOT 0.93.0000 is not supported at this time.
Press any key to exit.
Could you please help me. Thanks
I got the same thing, did you get an answer???
same here anybody figure it out? i had to bring my old evo 2.3.3 in to get replaced the new phone has 2.3.5 and i got the same message “will not support at this time”.
Hi, I am really new to rooting I had just rooted my first phone. When I was done I got the Revolutionary recovery screen I am so new to this I’m not sure how to flash different roms I downloaded Rom manager from the market it said that I do not have clockworks. Do I use what is on my phone or do something different . I don’t want to go any further untill I know what to do could you please give me some advise
I downloaded the zip file then unziped it then went to do the cmd then went to type in “cd\Wrootevo4ggingerbread” then it said “this system cannot find the path specified” what do i need to do?
write cd/rootevo4ggingerbread without the W… what u see as a w on the video is the korean font backslash ( \ )
I downloaded the zip file then unziped it then went to do the cmd then went to type in “cd\Wrootevo4ggingerbread” then it said “this system cannot find the path specified” what do i need to do? can also text or call me if anybody wants to walk me though it.
I downloaded the zip file then unziped it then went to do the cmd then went to type in “cd\Wrootevo4ggingerbread” then it said “this system cannot find the path specified” what do i need to do? can also text or call me if anybody wants to walk me though it. 214-529-2536
how did you get the zip file to download? i click on it and all it gives me is a description and a bunch of ads!
what you can do is turn off your phone, take out the battery, and on the back you will have a grey section with a bunch of numbers, what you need to do is go to the bottom numbers that says S/N that stands for serial number, just write that into recovery.
I recieved the same msg “the system cannot find the path specified ” did u figure out a way for the system to recognize the cmd? Can u help me?
im on step 10 and when i go to install e:cant open /sdcard/update.zip(no such file directory) installation aborted help me i dont want to brick it
im trying to root my evo but it will not let me download the root files
Hey guys I’m really new at this and have no idea of what is going on. I cant find the “start”, can someone please tell me where its at? Also, will this erase mt texts and pictures?
never mind guys i figured it out. im a mac user, but someone please answer my other question!
Is there a mirror available for the download? The link to download the file no longer exists here:
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/HTCEvo4G/rooting/rootevo4ggingerbread.zip
when i go to install htc drivers, it says that i have missing files, what should i do?
i am trying to root my evo 4g that already has 2.3; when i get the command prompt to enter the beta key it tells me its invalid and aborts. what do i do now???help please. ( i even tried to unroot it back to 2.2, but no luck)
My problem was that the “USB-MS toggle” isn`t their and my revolutionary load screen is blue not yellow like in the video so i`m stuck at that step i can`t make my phone a disk drive to copy over the new files …
hmm never mind i figured it out, i just started the phone made it a dick drive through the USB choices on the phone opened it up copied and pasted then restarted the phone reloaded it using Power/Volume Down and installed the file that way the options are a little different then from the video but i managed it
I’m in this same situation… That my revolutionary screen is blue not yellow. So can you tell me what you did to correct it.
thanks dude. worked out for me.
When I type in “adb devices” in cmd prompt it runs daemon but under “list of devices attached” my S/N doesn’t show. What am I doing wrong?
I got a little past that. you just need to restart the cmd and try again after you have installed the drivers that came with the file that was told to be downloaded.
Thanks! It worked!
When i tyoe in adb devices it says adb is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
When i tyoe in adb devices it says adb is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. What am I doing wrong I think the drivers downloaded wrong
when i type in adb devices it say adb is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. what am i doing wrong did the driver files not download right if so how do i get them to
when i type in adb devices it say adb is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
I there any way to root the phone with 2.3.5 HBOOT 2.18.0001. I recently had to unroot and i took the ota update and now im stuck in stock purgatory. Help. And also my usb does not work my phone will only charge when off. and in device manager it shows qualcomm cdma technologies msm. I have searched high and low and now im stuck, SOS.
Dan i am having the same issue,should have never made the update,i cant even get into recovery to reinstall a backup.i just wanted the new sence 3.0 rom,went from themed mikfroyo 4.5,to mik frustrated gingerbread man.
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I am not able to select “Recovery”
When my phone boots back up it says S-OFF
I select Bootloader
on the next screen I cannot scroll down to recovery.
I have tried powering on the phone while holding down the Volume – button but I am still unable to select Recover.
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i cannot get adb to find my device for anything. i have the file unzipped to my c drive and the usb is in charge and debugging mode
i cannot get adb to find my device for anything. i have the file unzipped to my c drive and the usb is in charge and debugging mode
i cannot get adb to find my device for anything. i have the file unzipped to my c drive and the usb is in charge and debugging mode. wtf do i do plz help
Make sure u downloaded the drivers correctly, or try putting ur phone on disk drive. I unistalled the drivers and reinstalled them and put my phone on disk drive mode and it worked!
I have tried several times to root my EVO 4G Gingerbread without success.
It appears to be working ok until I get to the final steps. I get S-OFF and download the recovery and then when it goes to my phone and I can get to the final steps I get Revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4
Reboot system now
Apply update from sdcard
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Install zip from sdcard
Backup and restore
Mounts and storage
Advanced
power off
****Go Back***
But there is no usb-ms to click on. Any ideas?
Hello,
When I get to the revolutionary.exe part, it tells me:
=============================================
| Revolutionary S-OFF & Recovery Tool 0.4pre4 |
=============================================
Brought to you by AlphaRev & unrEVOked.
Waiting for device…
Found your device: PC36100 (supersonic-2.18.0001, Android: 2.3.5, ROM version: 4
.67.651.3)
Your device: supersonic, with HBOOT 2.18.0001 is not supported at this time.
Press (almost) any key to exit.
What can I do?
@Mo Chesta
were you ever able to find how to get past this ? im stuck at the same spot.
So am I, apparently we cannot root or there is not root for android version 2.3.5. Help… anyone.
I have the exact same thing, I tried for an hour and a half, but no go, I can’t put in my beta code because HBOOT 2.18.0001 and it’s not supported. Everything I find is for like mid 2011 and older, obviously this is an updated version and the droid evo 4g’s been abandoned by developers for rooting I guess, very disheartening…….grrrr.
Did you ever figure anything out?
Once I added barnacle the tether worked great!
i am trying to get past the cmd it keeps coming up cannot find the path specified any help?
I am a little confused. How do I know if I have the gingerbread version or whatever. The android version I have is 2.3.5 and I have the HTC EVO 4g (not the HTC EVO 3D). Ant help would be great, thanks.
After step 6 when i type in revolutionary.exe this comes up,
Found your device: PC36100
Your device: supersonic, with HBOOT 2.18.0001 is not supported at this time.
please please help!
Ok, i see a lot of people are getting the same
“Your device: supersonic, with HBOOT 2.18.0001 is not supported at this time.”
that i’m getting when i type revolutionary.exe …. so could anyone please answer please???
PLEASEEE!!!!
this is the 3rd evo i’ve rooted. i followed the directions step by step and it worked perfectly. Thanks a heap!!!!!
Why doesn’t anybody tell the people with 2.3 you can’t root at this time
i lost internet connection during clockworkMod recovery, my phone is currently in fastboot with s-off
PLEASE HELP! :\
when i get to step 6 and type in revolutionary.exe it says my device is HBOOT 2.18.0001 and says its not supported at this time do i have to wait for and update to continue??
i am having same problem please help!!!
i am having the same issue,should have never made the update,i cant even get into recovery to reinstall a backup.i just wanted the new sence 3.0 rom,went from themed mikfroyo 4.5,to mik frustrated gingerbread man.
After I flashed the ev0 4g with the gingerbread-deck rom, everything went well
it all works except for one thing… where is the connect to pc ?
it worked when i downloaded prior to flashing, after flashing i think it set to sync
and I dont know where to set it back for drive storage so i can transfer files back and forth.
I went through dev settings and the regular settings .. notta
if anyone can point to where i can make that setting change, would appreciate it
trying to go to step 6 and its not working what should i do
How is this post different than the one posted about six months ago. You still can’t root 2.3.5, can you? Am I wrong?
hello I love you This page it help me alot when I got my HTC EVO 4G will my vibrator stopped working and I got another one from sprint. when I tried to root it with the revolutionary it says HBOOT 2.18.0001 is not supported at this time. Can you make in update video to root HBOOT 2.18 OR at least send me a link with instructions how to do it. thanks for helping me this page is awesome !!!!!
Awesome you guys… worked perfectly for me. I can’t believe it. A little common sense with the last few step and you’re ok. But it worked….
…. your device: supersonic, with HBOOT 2.18.0001 is not supported at this time. Help