2.2 (Froyo) is rooted! Talk about it here

[UTnick]

well im officially stuck....im such a noob.... never done adb before and when i tried the command prompt i received this error:" cannot stat 'flash_image': No such file or directory" help!!!!!!

what kind of memory card is in your phone?

 

[igotsanevo4g]

well im officially stuck....im such a noob.... never done adb before and when i tried the command prompt i received this error:" cannot stat 'flash_image': No such file or directory" help!!!!!!

Dont worry, you just had a typo in the adb/command prompt.

just go over everything you typed and make sure it is correct and matching with the XDA guide.

 

[d3xn2o]

well im officially stuck....im such a noob.... never done adb before and when i tried the command prompt i received this error:" cannot stat 'flash_image': No such file or directory" help!!!!!!

The "Flash_image" .zip should be in the Tools Folder of SDK

I haven't Read the Thread so Im assuming its ADB pushing?

 

[igotsanevo4g]

The "Flash_image" .zip should be in the Tools Folder of SDK

I haven't Read the Thread so Im assuming its ADB pushing?

Yeah, it adb pushing. But im pretty sure he just had a typo, happened to me too.

Update - Simple root works like a charm, i am on rooted 2.1, time to flash a nightly

What the newest most stable nightly i should flash?

 

[d3xn2o]

Yeah, it adb pushing. But im pretty sure he just had a typo, happened to me too.

Update - Simple root works like a charm, i am on rooted 2.1, time to flash a nightly

What the newest most stable nightly i should flash?

just do RC2 Make a Back up and start from there...

RC2 is very stable Compared to the nightlies....

You could always try this... <- PSSSTTT The Smiley is a link!!!

 

[UTnick]

Yeah, it adb pushing. But im pretty sure he just had a typo, happened to me too.

Update - Simple root works like a charm, i am on rooted 2.1, time to flash a nightly

What the newest most stable nightly i should flash?

ooh, i dunno. i run the AC ROM, but there is a nightly thread that is pretty bumpin.

 

[jcoel01]

i typed everything the same im lost man.... the sdcard is the generic one that came with the phone

 

[d3xn2o]

i typed everything the same im lost man.... the sdcard is the generic one that came with the phone

Make sure the file is in the tools folder of your SDK

Since it is ADB push

 

[jcoel01]

in cmd, should it show c:/documents and settings or C:\android-sdk-windows\tools

 

[d3xn2o]

in cmd, should it show c:/documents and settings or C:\android-sdk-windows\tools

Stupid Backslashes

Its

C:\Android-SDK/tools


first one if backslash

then referring to folders its forward slash...

 

[igotsanevo4g]

just do RC2 Make a Back up and start from there...

RC2 is very stable Compared to the nightlies....

You could always try this... <- PSSSTTT The Smiley is a link!!!

(dont frodo me for this ha) Where am i supposed to get this magical "RC2" you speak of?

 

[jcoel01]

no dice.... i appreciate your help

 

[UTnick]

hey, guys -- don't forget that you don't have to use adb push. instead just plug your phone into your computer and mount it as a drive and then drag and drop the files on you sdcard. just don't forget that the files don't go into a folder. and then don't forget to unmount the phone and set it back to charge only. if you don't set it back then you won't be able to run the other adb commands.

adb push flash_image /data/local/
adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/

alright, those two files do go into a folder. that folder is the data/local (on the phone -- not the card)for the flash_image
and
data/local/tmp (on the phone -- not the card) for the rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin

 

[jcoel01]

ok so just put the files on the root of the sd card and then proceed with the steps?

 

[Beezzy]

so you followed all the steps and stopped just short of running the unrevoked zip, correct? cause all you have done so far is revert your phone back to a rootable version of 2.1 and will no longer have 2.2. so at this point you just need to actually root it and then install a Froyo 2.2 ROM. u you can use the link above to do so to roo it and after it is rooted you will then have to install a custom ROM. i suggest using the AC ROM which is in the Sticky section.

I haven't attempted any of this yet. I'm still very new to rooting. I don't need a bricked phone cause of me typing in a command line in wrong. I wish I had a second EVO to test **** on lol

 

[UTnick]

ok so just put the files on the root of the sd card and then proceed with the steps?

check my edit -- you're too quick

did another edit -- if you're super fast.

 

[d3xn2o]

(dont frodo me for this ha) Where am i supposed to get this magical "RC2" you speak of?

CM6 RC2 W/O Frodo

 

[jcoel01]

ok scratch that i got it the guy at xda re did his guide to help out better

 

[trooper54]

Did a quick write up paraphrasing the steps on XDA. Tried this during lunch using simple root. No major hiccups. Don't want to try it again though.

Let me know what you guys think. Let me know if i missed anything.

http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc...34-how-rooting-htc-evo-froyo-2-2-windows.html

 

[UTnick]

I haven't attempted any of this yet. I'm still very new to rooting. I don't need a bricked phone cause of me typing in a command line in wrong. I wish I had a second EVO to test **** on lol

i wouldn't worry too much about doing something wrong. it's when you interrupt a process where you really have to watch out. and this phone is so fast it is hard to interrupt a process. so go ahead and get things downloaded to your PC so when you are ready you can put them on your phone with the directions i outlined above. once you get that done you will be itching to root.