[GUIDE] Rooting 3.7/Hboot2.02+ w/screen shots (1/27/2011)

[digitalkarma]

i think it was. the # was still there. i only typed in reboot bootloader, but nothing happened.

well i downloaded the original RUU and loaded my phone back to stock and will try it again.i think i'll have a better stab at it today. wish me luck!

 

[digitalkarma]

yay I got it! much easier on the 2nd try. It's working beautifully. The guide was helpful. Thank you!

 

[2CupsWithString]

yay I got it! much easier on the 2nd try. It's working beautifully. The guide was helpful. Thank you!

I'm glad it works!

 

[Ronald]

Stuck at Step 9

I have followed all of the steps 1-8, including typing adb shell and then su, and "allow" at the super user prompt on my evo.

I have the "#" prompt.

I was able to make the /sdcard/nandroid folder.

However, I am unabe to make the /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-PR-BACKUP folder. When I tried to paste the /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-PR-BACKUP folder command, I received the following error message:

# mkdir /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-
PR
-BACKUPmkdir /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-
PR
# PR: not found

I re-copied the command and when I pasted it, I received the following error message:

# mkdir /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-
PR
-BACKUP-BACKUPmkdir /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-
PR
-BACKUPmkdir: not found

I then typed in (as opposed to copying from the website) /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-PR-BACKUP. When I hit enter, I received the following:

# mkdir /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-PR-BACKUP
-BACKUPmkdir /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-PR-BACKUP
-BACKUPmkdir: not found

I then re-ran the command to make the /sdcard/nandroid folder and recveived an error message saying that the folder already existed.

I then re-pasted the command and received the following:

# mkdir /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-
PR
-BACKUPmkdir /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-
PR
mkdir failed for /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-, File exists
# PR: not found

I then tried to mount the sdcard, as suggested in some of the posts. That did not work:

# mount /sd card
-BACKUPmount /sdcard
-BACKUPmount: not found

I then downloaded ASTRO and found that my sdcard had the nandroid folder, with a sub-folder named "RSA-". I re-named the folder RSA-PR-BACKUP, and tried the final command of step 9, and received the following:

# cat /dev/mtd/mtd0 > /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-
PR
-BACKUP/wimax.img10cat /dev/mtd/mtd0 > /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-
PR
# PR: not found
#

I typed in the command and received the following:

# cat /dev/mtd/mtd0 > /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-PR-BACKUP/wimax.img
-BACKUP/wimax.imgcat /dev/mtd/mtd0 > /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-PR-BACKUP/wimax.img
-BACKUP/wimax.imgcat: not found
#

HELP! Astro shows the wimax.img file in the /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-PR-BACKUP folder, but it has 0 bytes. Can I proceed to step 10?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Ron

 

[Ronald]

I should also tell you that the sdcard has 3.82 gb of free space. Further, in the /sdcard/nandroid/ folder is a file named "RSA-" which is 12,582,912 bytes. I have not delted this file, and won't do anything to it unless you say so.

Ron

 

[Ronald]

OK, I found the problem. I had saved this entire thread as a PDF. When I copied it from the website, everything worked.

So, let this be a lesson - don't use the commands from a PDF.

 

[Ronald]

Arrgh! This was a bad week to give up sniffing glue.

I am in Recovery - red triangle and all. When I type the "adb push recovery /" command, it returns: "error devidce offline"

Any ideas?

 

[Ronald]

I typed in adb devices and it returned:

C:\evoroot>adb devices
List of devices atached
XXXXXXXXXXX offline

(I x-ed out the device number). Any thoughts?

 

[digitalkarma]

Arrgh! This was a bad week to give up sniffing glue.

I am in Recovery - red triangle and all. When I type the "adb push recovery /" command, it returns: "error devidce offline"

Any ideas?

looks like you ran into a similar problem that happened to me. first time i tried it command prompt was giving me headaches with RSA BACKUP, even with copying and pasting from this guide. i was freaking out about losing my 4g forever! then later on i was able to access my disk drive and both nandroid folder and oem key were there so that wasn't the real problem. steps 11-14 were..i did the same thing you did and also got error: device offline. here were the mistakes i made:


1. chmod 0755 /data/local/flash_image
./data/local/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img sync

solution: obviously flustered by the RSA KEYS part, i entered the 2nd line of code wrong. sync is supposed to be seperate, third line of code

2. when i entered the reboot bootloader command, my phone was supposed to start rebooting but it didn't. what i did wrong was reboot the phone manually. i turned off the phone. powered it into reboot mode: vol down+power, did step 13, got the red triangle screen. i thought i was okay right? i typed in adb push recovery and device said offline. i took the battery out, but the phone was still powering on with red triangle screen so i took it off the USB cord. i rebooted, plugged it back in USB and tried again.."device offline"

solution: i think when i turned the phone off and on, the adb lost connection with phone. i even tried typing in 'adb shell' and 'su' and start from step 8 again to see if i can hook it back up and it still said device offline. also it probably didn't help that i took the device off the USB. ..BUT anyhow. what i did here was unbricked my softbricked phone and started over from scratch. next time, if you type in reboot bootloader and the phone doesn't automatically reboot something is wrong. and it might be related to the sync command i mentioned earlier.

other than that, i had no problems. although the RSA KEY part was giving me problems again today
instead of doing: mkdir /sdcard/nandroid/
i did this command first: mkdir /sdcard/nandroid/RSA-PR-BACKUP
and i got no path exist
and i started doing it like the guide line by line and it worked this time. then again, its the recovery mode you're having trouble with...

hope this helps!! although coming from a relatively noobie who hasn't rooted a phone before such as me!

 

[Ronald]

It worked, thank you very much. I re-started at step 11 and everything worked from there. Phew!

 

[digitalkarma]

you're welcome. i know this has nothing to do with the rooting process but..

now that i'm using Sprint Lover's Rom, can i treat(not that i haven't done so already), use it the same way as the Stock Rom?
can i download apps from the market without any problem? i went on the market and right away it starts automatically installing updates for Adobe Flash, but i went back and uninstalled the update.

since i'm rooted can i move any apps now to sd card?

i'm sure i shouldn't accept OTA updates, but what about PRI and PRL updates?

any dos or donts when using Sprint Lover's rom or when using other Custom ROMs in general?

 

[2CupsWithString]

you're welcome. i know this has nothing to do with the rooting process but..

now that i'm using Sprint Lover's Rom, can i treat(not that i haven't done so already), use it the same way as the Stock Rom?
can i download apps from the market without any problem? i went on the market and right away it starts automatically installing updates for Adobe Flash, but i went back and uninstalled the update.

since i'm rooted can i move any apps now to sd card?

i'm sure i shouldn't accept OTA updates, but what about PRI and PRL updates?

any dos or donts when using Sprint Lover's rom or when using other Custom ROMs in general?

You can use the market and do whatever you'd like. Yes, you can move apps to the SD, you could do this before root as well .

Never accept an OTA! If you want the latest radio information, check this thread: [ Radios ][ 12-17 ] All EVO Radio, WiMAX, PRI, NV & HBoot versions - xda-developers

 

[Headgas]

Hey I got to step 19 and it just sits there at the white HTC EVO 4G screen... Can you please help me? What should I do?

 

[2CupsWithString]

Hey I got to step 19 and it just sits there at the white HTC EVO 4G screen... Can you please help me? What should I do?

Welcome to Android Central? How long has it been at that screen, this reboot usually takes longer than usual.

 

[anon(135158)]

Hi, I am getting stuck at step 8. Everything goes well up to there, then when i type su, nothing happens on my phone. There is no 'accept' to press, just the friendly 'temporary root' message on blue background. The command line times out and give the message 'Permission Denied' and then goes back to $

I am running this on Win 7 64 bit. Thanks for the thread and any help!

EDIT: HWv3 Android v2.2 build 3.70

 

[digitalkarma]

so in recovery mode, the black screen with the green text is called The Armon Ra Recovery? so is this HTC EVO's built-in default recovery mode(does it even have a built-in recovery?) or is Armon Ra a 3rd party recovery like Clockwork Mod that was flashed from the root files? what/where is the particular file name for Armon Ra recovery?

Ziktronix mentioned Clockwork Mod wasn't flashing ROMs correctly for some people and even breaking RSA Keys and Wiimax. so now i see why it was not included in the folder. Do i even need Clockwork Mod? and any users here prefer Clockwork Mod over Armon Ra?

 

[anon(135158)]

Hi, I am getting stuck at step 8. Everything goes well up to there, then when i type su, nothing happens on my phone. There is no 'accept' to press, just the friendly 'temporary root' message on blue background. The command line times out and give the message 'Permission Denied' and then goes back to $

I am running this on Win 7 64 bit. Thanks for the thread and any help!

EDIT: HWv3 Android v2.2 build 3.70

Update: So i tried to follow in the footsteps of this thread and when i click on the super user icon in my apps page I receive the message:

The application Superuser Permissions (process com.noshufou.android.su) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

To repeat my issue, I am stuck on step 8 where I cannot get permission for the su in the adb shell.

Thanks for any and all help!

 

[2CupsWithString]

so in recovery mode, the black screen with the green text is called The Armon Ra Recovery? so is this HTC EVO's built-in default recovery mode(does it even have a built-in recovery?) or is Armon Ra a 3rd party recovery like Clockwork Mod that was flashed from the root files? what/where is the particular file name for Armon Ra recovery?

Ziktronix mentioned Clockwork Mod wasn't flashing ROMs correctly for some people and even breaking RSA Keys and Wiimax. so now i see why it was not included in the folder. Do i even need Clockwork Mod? and any users here prefer Clockwork Mod over Armon Ra?

ClockworkMod Recovery v2.6.0.1 is aware of your WiMax keys, the concerns are kind of out dated now.

Yes, the green text is Amon RA recovery, it over wrote the EVo's built in recovery.

I like clockworkmod because it works with ROM Manager and it's easy for backing up and flashing different ROMs, actually if you install rom manager from the market it will flash clockworkmod recovery for you if you want and will also flash back to Amon as well.

 

[2CupsWithString]

Update: So i tried to follow in the footsteps of this thread and when i click on the super user icon in my apps page I receive the message:

The application Superuser Permissions (process com.noshufou.android.su) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

To repeat my issue, I am stuck on step 8 where I cannot get permission for the su in the adb shell.

Thanks for any and all help!

Did you hard reset your phone in the first step?

 

[johnchen3]

I downloaded the hboot_2.xx_soff-V9.zip, after extracting I am missing the RomManager.apk file. I tried to download the hboot_2.xx_soff-V9.zip from multiple sites and all are missing the RomManager.apk files. Do I need that file in order to root? Thanks.