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

[a-man]

I just started the rooting process process today at got stuck at step 15.

when i type the 3 commands I still have the red triangle

adb push recovery /

its pushes the 31 files

adb shell busybox --install /sbin

nothing happens

adb shell nohup /sbin/recovery &

it says "nohup: appending output to nohup.out"

Wondering what that means and how i can fix it?

I restarted a few times and I keep getting this message

 

[ErikN]

Thanks

First I wanted to say thanks, I did as instructed and was successful with Rooting. I do have a question though. Once it is all done can I delete/ remove the files that I copied over onto the SD Card. The Zip files that are there. The phone is working i'm just trying to clear up SD Card space and don't want unnecessary files there. Once the ROM loads can I delete the zip?

 

[bvilly]

I rooted yesterday and have been running the Sprint Lovers ROM. My battery life is terrible!!! I thought rooting helps improve battery life. Within the first hour, my battery was at 80%. I was in a good service area, with wifi and 4G off. Screen wasn't on all that much. I thought the kernel #15 was supposed to be ok on the battery life? What should I do? I was about to flash over Fresh ROM at work today but when I finally got around to it, my battery was under 25% so I didn't want to chance it(it dropped alot after I started to download Fresh in ROM Manager on 4G). But up until then it was still bad.

Any suggestions on a fix? I am going to let it die out. I am currently trying to calibrate it. I read that wiping the battery stats on a 100% battery and then letting it die and recharge will help. I dont know what else to do??

Do I need a new kernel, ROM, etc...?

 

[2CupsWithString]

I just started the rooting process process today at got stuck at step 15.

when i type the 3 commands I still have the red triangle

adb push recovery /

its pushes the 31 files

adb shell busybox --install /sbin

nothing happens

adb shell nohup /sbin/recovery &

it says "nohup: appending output to nohup.out"

Wondering what that means and how i can fix it?

I restarted a few times and I keep getting this message

Do you have any other open command prompts with adb running?

 

[a-man]

I didnt have any other command prompts open

should i start over again?

 

[2CupsWithString]

First I wanted to say thanks, I did as instructed and was successful with Rooting. I do have a question though. Once it is all done can I delete/ remove the files that I copied over onto the SD Card. The Zip files that are there. The phone is working i'm just trying to clear up SD Card space and don't want unnecessary files there. Once the ROM loads can I delete the zip?

Sure you can clean them up and remove them, personally I keep an "evo" folder on my sdcard with a good nandroid and some "go to" roms.

I rooted yesterday and have been running the Sprint Lovers ROM. My battery life is terrible!!! I thought rooting helps improve battery life. Within the first hour, my battery was at 80%. I was in a good service area, with wifi and 4G off. Screen wasn't on all that much. I thought the kernel #15 was supposed to be ok on the battery life? What should I do? I was about to flash over Fresh ROM at work today but when I finally got around to it, my battery was under 25% so I didn't want to chance it(it dropped alot after I started to download Fresh in ROM Manager on 4G). But up until then it was still bad.

Any suggestions on a fix? I am going to let it die out. I am currently trying to calibrate it. I read that wiping the battery stats on a 100% battery and then letting it die and recharge will help. I dont know what else to do??

Do I need a new kernel, ROM, etc...?

It's hard to say with battery life, it really is. Personally the best battery life I have gotten was from the EViO rom series.

I didnt have any other command prompts open

should i start over again?

This is a curious problem, you may want to start back at step 11, if that doesn't work make sure your md5 matches and start over.

 

[a-man]

the md5 matches

tried it from the beginning and still stuck at the red triangle with the same message

nohup: appending output to nohup.out


went to install unrevoked and it could not install the update
E:Can't copy META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary

is there any way to root from this version of android that is now installed?
version 2.1 update1

 

[2CupsWithString]

the md5 matches

tried it from the beginning and still stuck at the red triangle with the same message

nohup: appending output to nohup.out


went to install unrevoked and it could not install the update
E:Can't copy META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary

is there any way to root from this version of android that is now installed?
version 2.1 update1

Edit: You're on the 2.1 engineering software? Do you have an HTC splash screen when the phone boots?

 

[zamboniman87]

Fred, I just noticed that the link to which you give credit says that their process is outdated and no longer in use. Does that apply to this also or is this still the most up-to-date way to do things?

Also, this may be a dumb question, but why do we root twice in this process - once with zroot and then with unrevoked? Couldn't we just use the permanent option of zroot? I thought I remember reading somewhere that you don't recommend unrevoked, yes it seems to be used here?

Lastly, and I almost made a separate thread for this but figured I'd could save space and ask here... I'm currently using cwmod recovery and sprint lovers rom. As I've posted here before, I had some difficulty rooting but it works now. If I want to go back to amon's recovery and use a different rom etc, is there any reason to completely flash back to stock first? I have this weird feeling that everything would work better from a clean slate and that if there are any bugs then they would be ironed out, or am I just being ocd? Are there any other things we are flashing besides the recovery and the rom (since most of these roms have custom kernels built in)?

Sorry for so many questions, thanks!!

Thanks for your work!

 

[2CupsWithString]

Fred, I just noticed that the link to which you give credit says that their process is outdated and no longer in use. Does that apply to this also or is this still the most up-to-date way to do things?

Also, this may be a dumb question, but why do we root twice in this process - once with zroot and then with unrevoked? Couldn't we just use the permanent option of zroot? I thought I remember reading somewhere that you don't recommend unrevoked, yes it seems to be used here?

Lastly, and I almost made a separate thread for this but figured I'd could save space and ask here... I'm currently using cwmod recovery and sprint lovers rom. As I've posted here before, I had some difficulty rooting but it works now. If I want to go back to amon's recovery and use a different rom etc, is there any reason to completely flash back to stock first? I have this weird feeling that everything would work better from a clean slate and that if there are any bugs then they would be ironed out, or am I just being ocd? Are there any other things we are flashing besides the recovery and the rom (since most of these roms have custom kernels built in)?

Sorry for so many questions, thanks!!

Thanks for your work!

1. The link is "out dated" because the method will no longer be updated with new recovery versions or newer versions of Sprint Lovers ROM - it's still a viable root method though. The reason that it's out dated as well is because there are a variety or other easier root methods, one click root & unrevoked. Some people have problems with the one click solution, personally I've never tried it. I've used unrevoked on my brother's phone and that went well. (It is very easy and fast too)

2. The z4root is only a temporary root to allow for the backup of RSA keys and to flash version information.

3. Personally, I've never, not recommended unrevoked, the people who wrote it are extremely smart - I even have a thread (somewhere in here lol) that has a "has unrevoked hurt your phone" poll in it and the results are overwhelmingly in the favor of using it - You don't learn much, if anything, using that method though. I like this "long way" for first timers so they can get their hands dirty.

The unrevoked used in this thread is unrevoked forever, which is just a recovery script that modifies the phone's radio to go "s-off" or nand unlocked, this makes the partitions writable. This is different than the unrevoked3 root method which still uses unrevoked forever but the process in which it applies it is closed source (why some members don't like it).

You don't have to flash back to stock to switch recoveries, just use rom manager to change them up for you - it's really the easiest way.

 

[a-man]

Seems like I had the engineering software because I had developer tools...I do have the htc splash screen...

I used the unrevoked one click flashing file and it worked...flashed cyanogen mod on my phone...

thanks for the help man not sure why I couldnt do it the other way oh well

 

[PookiePrancer]

Sure you can clean them up and remove them, personally I keep an "evo" folder on my sdcard with a good nandroid and some "go to" roms.

Hey Fred! It's been a while since I rooted, and have been thinking about cleaning up my sd card as well, but I don't remember which files were put in from the root. Near as I can tell, I should be able to remove

PC36IMG.zip, PC36IMG-ENG.zip, rsa-OEM, unrevoked-forever.zip, and mtd-eng.img.

Is that correct?

 

[2CupsWithString]

Hey Fred! It's been a while since I rooted, and have been thinking about cleaning up my sd card as well, but I don't remember which files were put in from the root. Near as I can tell, I should be able to remove

PC36IMG.zip, PC36IMG-ENG.zip, rsa-OEM, unrevoked-forever.zip, and mtd-eng.img.

Is that correct?

Hey! - Yeah you can remove those files and get some space back.

 

[Kwdan]

I have a question. I am currently using revoked 3, if I run a full root how will my phone look ( home screen menus, web pages, contacts, apps, phone function etc...). Since I have used revoked 3 I am curious now about rooting and its purpose.

 

[Kwdan]

Please help me.

 

[snowwy66]

i'm curious as to this sprint lovers rom also.

what does it do and don't do. i like roms but don't like installing anything that loses functionality. while i don't use hdmi. i most defenitly use 4g.

and does it lower the speaker volume? i installed another rom. and speaker was lower.
it should be noted that i bought some gummy earphones from walmart for $10. and volume is really good with that set.

i've also heard that this 3.7 update has lowered battery life.

i know it's a lot to ask. but what are the pros and cons. cuz i have everything ready to install this provided it's the same or better then what i have already. which is the last stock rooted update. 3.29 i think it was.

 

[Airwolf79]

I have a question. I am currently using revoked 3, if I run a full root how will my phone look ( home screen menus, web pages, contacts, apps, phone function etc...). Since I have used revoked 3 I am curious now about rooting and its purpose.

You will see no changes initially since you're on the stock rom. Download the terminal emulator app to confirm that you are indeed rooted. Even if you're not going flash a different rom, it's good to be rooted so that u can create nandroid backups, and use great apps like titanium backup, rom manager, and best of all set cpu for great battery life. I personally like the stock rom with launcher pro.

Sent from my EVO using ~Tapatalk~

 

[Airwolf79]

(Btw, go to the terminal em app type "su" and enter. If result is #, ur rooted) Can any experts chime in on this to verify if this is still the best way to find out if ur rooted?

 

[PM-Performance]

I gotta read through this a little, but I might try this one tonite on my GF's new Evo.
I rooted mine a few times Eons ago on unrevoked and worked fine. Since hers is on Hboot 2.10 and 3.70update, unrevoked wont allow me to root it.
She is jealous now when she sees my battery life. lol.

Any reason why Sprint lover's rom was included in this? just a shameless plug for the OP or something? Just wanna make sure Im not missing something.

 

[carini2k1]

can anyone tell me if these root instructions still apply?
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