Here’s how to root HTC Evo 4G LTE using Linux or Ubuntu.
For Mac, please see How to Root HTC Evo 4G LTE on Mac OSX!
For Windows, please see How to Root HTC Evo 4G LTE!
This root method will give you full root and busybox to your HTC Evo 4G LTE using Linux or Ubuntu.
Step 1. First, you will want to make sure USB debugging is checked ON under Settings->Developer options.
Step 2. Connect your Evo 4G LTE to your computer and make sure USB connection is set to “Charge only”.
Step 3. Download Evo4GLTERoot.zip and unzip, you should get a folder called Evo4GLTERoot under your Downloads directory.
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Step 4. Open up a terminal and type:
cd Downloads
chmod 755 *
sudo ./adb-linux devices
At this point, make sure you get a serial number (such as “HT24WS403473”) and “device”.
If you don’t you can try killing the ADB server then retry:
sudo ./adb-linux kill-server
sudo ./adb-linux devices
Then type:
sh runmelinux.sh
Step 5. Your Evo 4G LTE should be rooted after about 3 reboots.
Step 6. Verify you have SuperSU app, if you do you are rooted, congratulations!
All credits go to XDA users sparkym3 and Dan Rosenburg for exploit, please donate to them not me!
This is the EXACT SAME method used for Transformer Prime ICS root.
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Hey, thanks for the guide, very clear. It didn’t seem to work for me. I did the process on Windows and the phone ended up with a just the wallpaper and the top taskbar, settings would not start at all. I did a factory reset and did the same process on Linux and had the same resuts. Here’s the terminal text, you will notice this is two attempts:
floyd@M4A89GTD:~$ cd /home/floyd/Documents/HTC/Evo4GLTERoot/
floyd@M4A89GTD:~/Documents/HTC/Evo4GLTERoot$ ls
adb.exe adb-mac AdbWinUsbApi.dll fastboot.exe fastboot-mac runmelinux.sh su
adb-linux AdbWinApi.dll busybox fastboot-linux runme.bat runmemac.sh Superuser.apk
floyd@M4A89GTD:~/Documents/HTC/Evo4GLTERoot$ chmod 755 *
floyd@M4A89GTD:~/Documents/HTC/Evo4GLTERoot$ sudo ./adb-linux devices
[sudo] password for floyd:
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
HT25BS407026 device
floyd@M4A89GTD:~/Documents/HTC/Evo4GLTERoot$ sh runmelinux.sh
—————————————————————
One-Click Root ToolKit For Evo 4G LTE!
Script by Max Lee from HTCEvoHacks.com
Credits go to XDA users sparkym3 and Dan Rosenburg for exploit.
—————————————————————
[*] This script will:
(1) root your Evo 4G LTE on ICS
(2) install Busybox
(3) install SU files
[*] Before u begin:
(4) Make sure to read full instructions at OneXRoot.com!
—————————————————————
— STARTING —-
— WAITING FOR DEVICE
Start Rooting…
reboot #1 – DO NOT DISCONNECT YOUR DEVICE!
reboot #2 – DO NOT DISCONNECT YOUR DEVICE!
remount succeeded
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
rebooting
error: device not found
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runmelinux.sh: 49: @pause: not found
floyd@M4A89GTD:~/Documents/HTC/Evo4GLTERoot$ sudo ./adb-linux devices
[sudo] password for floyd:
List of devices attached
HT25BS407026 device
floyd@M4A89GTD:~/Documents/HTC/Evo4GLTERoot$ sh runmelinux.sh
—————————————————————
One-Click Root ToolKit For Evo 4G LTE!
Script by Max Lee from HTCEvoHacks.com
Credits go to XDA users sparkym3 and Dan Rosenburg for exploit.
—————————————————————
[*] This script will:
(1) root your Evo 4G LTE on ICS
(2) install Busybox
(3) install SU files
[*] Before u begin:
(4) Make sure to read full instructions at OneXRoot.com!
—————————————————————
— STARTING —-
— WAITING FOR DEVICE
Start Rooting…
reboot #1 – DO NOT DISCONNECT YOUR DEVICE!
reboot #2 – DO NOT DISCONNECT YOUR DEVICE!
remount succeeded
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
error: device not found
rebooting
error: device not found
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runmelinux.sh: 49: @pause: not found
floyd@M4A89GTD:~/Documents/HTC/Evo4GLTERoot$
Which file do we need to download…Evo4GLTERoot or Evo4gLTERoot2 ?
i get this error..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bernie bernie 578611 Apr 18 12:56 adb.exe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bernie bernie 340896 Apr 18 12:56 adb-linux
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bernie bernie 349196 Apr 18 12:56 adb-mac
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bernie bernie 96256 Apr 18 12:56 AdbWinApi.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bernie bernie 60928 Apr 18 12:56 AdbWinUsbApi.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bernie bernie 1075144 Nov 16 2011 busybox
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bernie bernie 183651 Apr 18 12:57 fastboot.exe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bernie bernie 127435 Apr 18 12:57 fastboot-linux
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bernie bernie 156592 Apr 18 12:57 fastboot-mac
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bernie bernie 2161 May 24 13:52 runme.bat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bernie bernie 2359 May 24 13:57 runmelinux.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bernie bernie 2357 May 24 13:58 runmemac.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bernie bernie 91980 May 17 16:52 su
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bernie bernie 568647 May 17 16:52 Superuser.apk
bernie@bernie-SH67H3:~/Desktop/lte$ sudo ./adb-linux devices
[sudo] password for bernie:
./adb-linux: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
am i doing it wrong?
ok.. well after installing the 32 bit stuff (sudo apt-get install ia32-libs) i got this:
— STARTING —-
— WAITING FOR DEVICE
Start Rooting…
failed on ‘/data/local/tmp’ – Permission denied
link failed File exists
reboot #1 – DO NOT DISCONNECT YOUR DEVICE!
/system/bin/sh: cannot create /data/local.prop: Permission denied
reboot #2 – DO NOT DISCONNECT YOUR DEVICE!
remount failed: Operation not permitted
failed to copy ‘su’ to ‘/system/bin/su’: Read-only file system
Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: No such file or directory
Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: No such file or directory
rm failed for /system/xbin/su, No such file or directory
link failed Read-only file system
failed to copy ‘Superuser.apk’ to ‘/system/app/./Superuser.apk’: Read-only file system
rm failed for /data/local.prop, No such file or directory
rm failed for /data/local/tmp, Permission denied
failed on ‘/data/local/tmp.bak’ – No such file or directory
3912 KB/s (1075144 bytes in 0.268s)
mount: permission denied (are you root?)
/system/xbin/busybox: cannot open for write: Read-only file system
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory
/system/bin/sh: /system/xbin/busybox: not found
rebooting
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runmelinux.sh: 49: runmelinux.sh: @pause: not found
Do you have the latest software update 651.3? Then this won’t work you will have to use this method:
https://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-4g-lte-root/how-to-root-htc-evo-4g-lte-unlock-bootloadertwrp-recovery/
actually i figured it out from some other posts.. the original way i had done it had actually worked (using RegawMOD) but it did not copy over the SU .zip file, and once i did that (got it from the Evo4GLTERoot2.zip) and installed it from TWRP, then i was rooted fully…
Can’t find EVO 4g LTE root file in Ubuntu…. Help….. Good vid! I want to root!
Try again, you should see it!
I get a bunch of permission denied errors
— STARTING —-
— WAITING FOR DEVICE
Start Rooting…
failed on ‘/data/local/tmp’ – Permission denied
link failed File exists
reboot #1 – DO NOT DISCONNECT YOUR DEVICE!
/system/bin/sh: cannot create /data/local.prop: Permission denied
reboot #2 – DO NOT DISCONNECT YOUR DEVICE!
remount failed: Operation not permitted
failed to copy ‘su’ to ‘/system/bin/su’: Read-only file system
Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: No such file or directory
Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: No such file or directory
rm failed for /system/xbin/su, No such file or directory
link failed Read-only file system
failed to copy ‘Superuser.apk’ to ‘/system/app/./Superuser.apk’: Read-only file system
rm failed for /data/local.prop, No such file or directory
rm failed for /data/local/tmp, Permission denied
failed on ‘/data/local/tmp.bak’ – No such file or directory
4081 KB/s (1075144 bytes in 0.257s)
mount: permission denied (are you root?)
/system/xbin/busybox: cannot open for write: Read-only file system
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory
/system/bin/sh: /system/xbin/busybox: not found
rebooting
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runmelinux.sh: 49: runmelinux.sh: @pause: not found
Great vid. Very thorough. Is there a way to root an HTC sensation 4g t-mobile on Ubuntu. Iknow this post is quite dated but would appreciate a promt reply. Thnx in advance