Evo Shift 4g- Rooted

[falz]

I got my Shift today. The existing root exploit for other Froyo devices work just fine on this one. I initially tested with `rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin`, without success- the phone has to be rebooted before you can `adb shell` into it again.

I then tried with z4root and it worked fine. The Superuser app must be installed first, install and run z4root. I set it to do the temporary root- on screen it said it worked but shell was still $. Ran it again, this time superuser access was requested on screen. Once granted it went fine. I was then able to remount /system and copy busybox and su to /system/bin.

Happy to see Google not patching these exploits, thanks!

 

[edgemaster191]

thats good news thanks for the info!

because of this, what do you think it will take to get a perma-root with nand unlock?

know of anyone who is working on it?

 

[igotsanevo4g]

thats good news thanks for the info!

because of this, what do you think it will take to get a perma-root with nand unlock?

know of anyone who is working on it?

It will probably have the same NAND lock as the G2/Desire Z. Which is crackable

Probably easily ported too, i say if your brave - try the G2/DZ method and see what up

 

[etbrandt]

Sweet, can't wait for a sense-less rom. I forgot how much it irritated me....

 

[edgemaster191]

It will probably have the same NAND lock as the G2/Desire Z. Which is crackable

Probably easily ported too, i say if your brave - try the G2/DZ method and see what up

haha i'm not that brave....

 

[falz]

I didn't mention earlier but this isn't a permanent root. It's still nice and useful as one can install an Adblocker or Titanium Backup while rooted.

I'll let someone with actual experience with an Android device figure out the permanent root. This is my first Android phone and I'd like it to last more than 12 hours.

 

[hmmm]

Cool, I can't wait for a beginners type guide to be released for this phone to root it. This is my first smartphone and I have read up on rooting the Evo but I am not sure I would try it using instructions from another phone while trying to change the process slightly for a different phone.

I mostly want to root for tethering and to install something to close/hide the apps I don't care about like stupid NASCAR junk.

 

[AZwldcats]

Sweet, can't wait for a sense-less rom. I forgot how much it irritated me....

Why not just turn it off?

 

[tndank]

I mostly want to root for tethering and to install something to close/hide the apps I don't care about like stupid NASCAR junk.

For tethering you can use z4root and wireless tether. Install z4root, run, select temp root. Then, run wireless tether. All done.

 

[hmmm]

For tethering you can use z4root and wireless tether. Install z4root, run, select temp root. Then, run wireless tether. All done.

And when you lose root it will still work? So if I install that titanium backup or whatever program can hide the Sprint apps and then lose root that program will also continue to work?

 

[tndank]

Titanium wont work with the temp root. Wireless tether does, though.

When your phone is rebooted, just run the temp root again. Couple friends of mine are loving this setup since I showed them a couple weeks ago. Easy for them to do and tethering is all they want. They wanted Netflix on their xbox and don't have internet at their house currently.

Just trying to help solve half your problem while we wait for a permanent root and the ability to use Titanium and other apps.

 

[falz]

Why not just turn it off?

The home screen can easily be changed but Sense is still all over the place:

* Dialer
* Contacts
* Messaging
* Lock screen (Scrolling left/right from stock Android is far easier than down when holding phone with one hand)

And possibly more. Comparing a phone running Sense with one that's stock such as LG Optimus S, all of the above apps are way nicer stock. I eagerly await news of someone working on a Cyanogen port.

 

[AZwldcats]

The home screen can easily be changed but Sense is still all over the place:

* Dialer
* Contacts
* Messaging
* Lock screen (Scrolling left/right from stock Android is far easier than down when holding phone with one hand)

And possibly more. Comparing a phone running Sense with one that's stock such as LG Optimus S, all of the above apps are way nicer stock. I eagerly await news of someone working on a Cyanogen port.

You can turn off Sense and go back to Stock Android for Lock Screen etc:

How To: Turn off HTC Sense ? AndroidGuys

 

[bcnice20]

The home screen can easily be changed but Sense is still all over the place:

* Dialer
* Contacts
* Messaging
* Lock screen (Scrolling left/right from stock Android is far easier than down when holding phone with one hand)

And possibly more. Comparing a phone running Sense with one that's stock such as LG Optimus S, all of the above apps are way nicer stock. I eagerly await news of someone working on a Cyanogen port.

Well I can assure ya there will be aosp love for the shift once we get this nand unlocked

After all I did just get mine

Did any other devs make the switch?

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[anon(26204)]

Well I can assure ya there will be aosp love for the shift once we get this nand unlocked

After all I did just get mine

Did any other devs make the switch?

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Hey what up bcnice20, glad to see you grabbed a "Shift" I've been following and using your work on my Evo. Nevertheless, just wanted to say whats up and thanks for all your dev work!

 

[fifedogg]

Titanium wont work with the temp root. Wireless tether does, though.

When your phone is rebooted, just run the temp root again. Couple friends of mine are loving this setup since I showed them a couple weeks ago. Easy for them to do and tethering is all they want. They wanted Netflix on their xbox and don't have internet at their house currently.

Just trying to help solve half your problem while we wait for a permanent root and the ability to use Titanium and other apps.

Titanium worked perfect for me with the temporary root. I reinstalled all my appz off my sd card.

 

[david11c]

I am glad to see you made the switch bc. My only concern with switching was developer support and hopefully some more follow you.

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[falz]

You can turn off Sense and go back to Stock Android for Lock Screen etc:

How To: Turn off HTC Sense ? AndroidGuys

Thanks for the link but this procedure doesn't work - the option it points to is greyed out. Even if it did it would have still leave the contacts, sms, dialer apps there.

Anyway glad to hear that at least one dev picked up this phone!

 

[bcnice20]

Ok so imo this most effective way to temp root this device is with visionary plus

http://android.modaco.com/content/h...m/320722/19-nov-r14-visionary-one-click-root/

It has options that allow you to set where it reroots the device on each reboot and allows you to set the system to r/w after each root as well

Now on to the not so good stuff I've tried multiple ways even combined all of the well known root methods to unlock nand to no avail (well except for unrevoked theres no real source to it).

So although every method completes without any issues, on reboot everything is still wiped and your back to square 1 :-/.
So it would appear a new exploit must be found (unless unrevoked works) in order to fullyy unlock the device....

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[Compusmurf]

Using the Visionary plus, I clicked the temproot now option, it starts doing something, then it forces a reboot.

Is this normal or am I missing a step somewhere?