Well that was easy. Took me 30 minutes, no hitches other than a brief hang-up on the white "htc EVO 4G" screen, but as the guide said, pulling the battery solved that problem.
[GUIDE] Rooting 3.7/Hboot2.02+ w/screen shots (1/27/2011)
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Won't boot properly after unrevoked-forever
OK. I'm not a noob to Linux and have expience rooting and patching my Pre. I just upgraded to an EVO (and my first Android) and followed the steps to root and install the Sprint Lovers ROM. Everything went smooth until step 19 (Power on the phone) which should have been the easiest and (nearly) final step. But when it powered on the phone stayed on the White HTC Evo screen. I waited 30 minutes with no change so I followed a previously receommended step and pulled the battery and rebooted.
The first reboot resulted in nothing by 5 vibrations and a black screen. Pulling the battery and rebooting, I was able to get to the unlock and setup screen but after about 10 seconds, 5 vibrations and a black screen.
Pulling the battery & rebooting again, I was able to unlock, skip through the set screens, and get to the home screen. I was also able to go to the applications and verify that the Sprint Lovers ROM was installed by activating the WiFi app. But shortly after, 5 vibrations and a black screen.
So now my question is, how do I either reflash the ROM and revert back to stock, or repair the current ROM?
I have viewed a couple other posts (below) but nothing is jumping out as a correct next step...
evo just vibrate 5 times and not come on - Android Forums
[Q] Stuck in recovery/bootloader screen.. [Archive] - xda-developers
Please help! :-[
OK. I'm not a noob to Linux and have expience rooting and patching my Pre. I just upgraded to an EVO (and my first Android) and followed the steps to root and install the Sprint Lovers ROM. Everything went smooth until step 19 (Power on the phone) which should have been the easiest and (nearly) final step. But when it powered on the phone stayed on the White HTC Evo screen. I waited 30 minutes with no change so I followed a previously receommended step and pulled the battery and rebooted.
The first reboot resulted in nothing by 5 vibrations and a black screen. Pulling the battery and rebooting, I was able to get to the unlock and setup screen but after about 10 seconds, 5 vibrations and a black screen.
Pulling the battery & rebooting again, I was able to unlock, skip through the set screens, and get to the home screen. I was also able to go to the applications and verify that the Sprint Lovers ROM was installed by activating the WiFi app. But shortly after, 5 vibrations and a black screen.
So now my question is, how do I either reflash the ROM and revert back to stock, or repair the current ROM?
I have viewed a couple other posts (below) but nothing is jumping out as a correct next step...
evo just vibrate 5 times and not come on - Android Forums
[Q] Stuck in recovery/bootloader screen.. [Archive] - xda-developers
Please help! :-[
Some additional information...
My PC won't recognize the EVO any longer (Can't ADB or access as a flash drive).
I can access Recovery.
Supersonic EVT3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-2.10.0001
Microp-041f
Touch Panel-Atmelc03_16ac
Radio-2.15.00.11.19
Oct 15 2010,12:07:00
Sometimes 5 vibrations, sometimes not while in recovery. When not, I can toggle USB-MS, but my PC still doesn't recognize it.
I have tried to recover by placing PC36IMG.zip in the root of my SD Card. But when the phone boots into bootloader, the zip file isn't recognized. This seems to be because the SD Card isn't mounted. I have used a new SD card with the same results.
When I go to mount in recovery, I am unable to mount SDCARD. Error: Build: RA-supersonic-v2.3 E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0) (No such file or directory)
I'm unable to access the device through Windows using ADB. Error: Device not found.
It seems I'm screwed every way I turn.
My PC won't recognize the EVO any longer (Can't ADB or access as a flash drive).
I can access Recovery.
Supersonic EVT3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-2.10.0001
Microp-041f
Touch Panel-Atmelc03_16ac
Radio-2.15.00.11.19
Oct 15 2010,12:07:00
Sometimes 5 vibrations, sometimes not while in recovery. When not, I can toggle USB-MS, but my PC still doesn't recognize it.
I have tried to recover by placing PC36IMG.zip in the root of my SD Card. But when the phone boots into bootloader, the zip file isn't recognized. This seems to be because the SD Card isn't mounted. I have used a new SD card with the same results.
When I go to mount in recovery, I am unable to mount SDCARD. Error: Build: RA-supersonic-v2.3 E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0) (No such file or directory)
I'm unable to access the device through Windows using ADB. Error: Device not found.
It seems I'm screwed every way I turn.
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OK. After 5 hours and no sleep, I was finally able to restore my stock ROM.
RUU was useless. I was never able to get it to recognize my device.
1st, I needed to fix the unmountable SD Card. Following the instructions here, I was able to get the SD Card working again. I also followed the steps to Fix the USB, but this didn't make any difference with RUU.
After this, I was able to copy the stock PC36IMG.ZIP file to the SD Card.
Finally, I was able to Power|Volume Down and my EVO recognized the PC36IMG.ZIP file and installed the "Update".
After rebooting, I received the dreaded 5 vibrations once again. Removing/replacing the battery, I booted with the comforting Sprint boot graphic.
I'm still getting the 5 vibrations and black screen still though! Now what to do?
RUU was useless. I was never able to get it to recognize my device.
1st, I needed to fix the unmountable SD Card. Following the instructions here, I was able to get the SD Card working again. I also followed the steps to Fix the USB, but this didn't make any difference with RUU.
After this, I was able to copy the stock PC36IMG.ZIP file to the SD Card.
Finally, I was able to Power|Volume Down and my EVO recognized the PC36IMG.ZIP file and installed the "Update".
After rebooting, I received the dreaded 5 vibrations once again. Removing/replacing the battery, I booted with the comforting Sprint boot graphic.
I'm still getting the 5 vibrations and black screen still though! Now what to do?
As far as I know, the black screen with 5 vibrations is a hardware error code.
The phone is brand new. I powered it on briefly before rooting & installing the Sprint Lovers ROM. I suppose that it could be hardware related. Being that I didn't run it stock for very long, I can't be sure.
It seems that the phone won't charge when it is turned on. Also, this morning I rebooted and received an HTC Sense error and the phone wouldn't boot as it did earlier.
I'm not one to go and take it to a store as I feel that this is a result of my doing. But after reinstalling the stock ROM, I would have thought that any damage done by rooting & installing the custom ROM would have been reversed.
It seems that the phone won't charge when it is turned on. Also, this morning I rebooted and received an HTC Sense error and the phone wouldn't boot as it did earlier.
I'm not one to go and take it to a store as I feel that this is a result of my doing. But after reinstalling the stock ROM, I would have thought that any damage done by rooting & installing the custom ROM would have been reversed.
I have to agree, I just did some googling on that error and it does seem like it's hardware.
It's hard to be totally sure because the phone didn't run stock for that long, if you are back at stock and still having the problems I would just bring it in.
Make sure you do a full un root though.
Thank you very much! 
Just wanted to say thank you very much for all the time and effort you put into this guide. I really appreciate it!
Just wanted to say thank you very much for all the time and effort you put into this guide. I really appreciate it!
Just wanted to say thank you very much for all the time and effort you put into this guide. I really appreciate it!
No problem, I'm really glad it has helped a lot of people to get their EVOs rocking and rolling just how they like them.
Tried and tried but was never able to get this fixed. I took the device back to the store. As soon as I mentioned 5 vibrations, they offered a new device. Seems this is a known issue.
That being said, I'm not sure I'm going to attempt a custom ROM install again.
Thanks all for your help!
That being said, I'm not sure I'm going to attempt a custom ROM install again.
Thanks all for your help!
Ah, alright then. I'm glad it's solved.
Give your new EVO a few weeks and just make sure it's all good and it'll give you some time to get some apps setup, this guide will always be here when you're ready
.hello. Im new to rooting and figured i would give this a try. I am on step 3 when i click debugging a prompt comes up on my computer screen telling me (windows needs to install driver software for your android phone) I click locate and install then it asks for a cd. problem is i never recieved a cd with my evo.Can someone help please?
I have the drivers now but when i enter(adb push root/unrevoked-forever.zip /sdcard/) i get device not found. Can someone point me in the right direction please?
I have the drivers now but when i enter(adb push root/unrevoked-forever.zip /sdcard/) i get device not found. Can someone point me in the right direction please?
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I had a problem when the Triangle came up, my computer all of the sudden could not recognize my phone. I'm running winXP and my fix was to download the latest htc software from htc's site. After that, all was good. Thanks Fred. This was my first root and thought it was a mistake, but now I'm glad to set my Evo FREE!!!! From Sprint Bloatware B/S.
Try re-connecting your phone to the computer or using a different USB port.
Did you install HTC sync? - Please follow the steps one by one, it's a lot easier.
yes i did install htc sync.I have three different usb ports on my laptop and I tried them all. The funny thing is i was at work when i first took the phone out of the box. I connected to the computer at work and installed the htc sync that was on my phone to the computer. I was able to connect to htc sync with no problem. I was gonna try and root my phone using the computer at my job but quickly realized that my supervisor put a block on the computers that doesnt allow me to write to unauthorized disk drives.So i go home and try with my laptop,i was able to install HTC sync but for some reason i wasnt able to get the drivers,after searching i finally got the drivers that were needed. Still no luck,the htc sync doesnt even recognize my phone.I even tried the unrevoked 3 and it stays stuck on the "plug phone in screen". I dont understand why my phone isnt recognized by the programs but when i check the driver manager it shows up. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance
How were you able to get the driver? The HTC sync app actually installs the driver that's needed.
Do you have USB debugging enabled? Did you do a factory reset? Do you have any music/media sync applications installed?
yes i did have debugging enabled,i also did a factory reset. All i have as far as music/media is what the phone came with. I got the drivers from a forum i was sent to when i googled htc evo drivers for root.I did everything the instructions said to do and im still not able to get the device to be recognized.I guess my phone was just not meant to be rooted
yes i did have debugging enabled,i also did a factory reset. All i have as far as music/media is what the phone came with. I got the drivers from a forum i was sent to when i googled htc evo drivers for root.I did everything the instructions said to do and im still not able to get the device to be recognized.I guess my phone was just not meant to be rooted
They are all meant to be rooted
. I think we just need to figure what on your computer is interfering with the USB drivers.Can you un-install the first drivers & htc sync? - I'm not sure if this will scrub the drivers though.
this literally only took an hour, including download time for files.
excellent work!! thank you!!
excellent work!! thank you!!
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