Has Unrevoked Hurt Your Phone?

[npark]

I used unrevoked. I understand the opportunity for learning, however, I don't really care to take the extra time to root.

I'm in a different position than the standard Android user. As an adept linux user, I don't see what I need to "learn" in regard to adb shell. It's a shell. It has a help. It has command syntax. Execute desired commands with the right syntax. Whenever I had to modify file permissions, push / get files etc... I never had a problem. A tedious exercise doesn't really teach me much.

I've also learned the relevance and significance of bootloaders, the intention of a recovery and how it's manipulated to serve as a delivery vehicle for software, radio updates and their relevance to kernels.

I've rooted phones the "long" way in the past (and yes, every phone is different). I know one can claim a certain degree of competence after rooting their phone without using the 1click method.

I do think everyone should know how to perform basic troubleshooting. If they can't I don't think they should be rooting--let alone the 1click method. However, using the long method of rooting isn't the only way that one can learn about how their phone works. Using the long-method as a self-segregating process of separating people who shouldn't be rooting in the first place... is not a bad concept though. Just let me have my 1click method.

 

[BigFace]

Did the "UnrEVOke3" last week and added tether. At first, all went well. The next day, I got "ERROR 105". Did the most recent tether app and played with it some more. The best I can tell is the phone went to sleep before it totally connected. Works fine now and is as fast as my cable service.

I new to this but boy I love this phone. The best I've ever had! :0)

 

[nextelfixer]

Finally got up the courage to root my phone and after talking with a bunch of people, I used unrevoked. So far, I have flashed a few different roms and everything is going great!

 

[sasha]

Have used Unrevoked to root two separate Evos no problems with either!

 

[MaxO]

used unrevoked on my evo and my friends DInc both are fine dont really understand why people are against it

 

[Cubfan]

Those against it are nerdy-snobs. It works fine.

 

[giograves]

The question I have is does it make a potential unroot problematic.

 

[Jaimeg123prmt]

what is ADB?

 

[VDub2174]

I used unrEVOked3 when I rooted my EVO and all went perfectly. I've never had a problem flashing ROMs or kernels and all root apps work perfectly.

 

[Tre Lawrence]

Used unrEVOked with no issues... I do see the advantage of "knowing" what's being done as well.

 

[2CupsWithString]

The question I have is does it make a potential unroot problematic.

If the EVO is newer (hboot 2.02 or higher) then unrevoked-forever must always be used, so the problems exist with the long root method or using unrevoked - in any event to return to true factory unrevoked-son.zip has to be flashed prior to rom restoration.

 

[Roach]

There were a lot of people who had trouble with it awhile back. I think it's much better than it was though.

public:jul3update [RootWiki]

 

[27scoob]

Ahh....this thread just makes me smile....it has brightened my day...and of course my answer to this poll is that unrevoked has worked beautifully for me and gave me back that extra long root method time back to spend with my family ... cheers..

 

[ssethv]

I agree with everyones opinion in here... I don't even own an evo but help root people's evo's all the time... I prefer the unrEVOked 3 method but some people want to really KNOW why its working so I walk them through adb shell and try to explain in detail...

Disclaimer-- before I root a phone I ALWAYS tell that person that I will make there first nandroid and flash their first ROM *if they want a ROM* after that I will not help them any more... that is what these forums are for... AC ROCKS... screw xda(jk)

 

[Jamesmckeephx]

I used unrevoked and my phone is actually running better. I got it mainly for tether but found bloatfreeze to be an awesome app and made my battery last longer

Sent from my evo on tapatalk

 

[mbglosta]

I would like to be able to answer this question, but I cant seem to get it on my EVO. I keep getting a lost communication with phone error after it works rooting my phone, right after the reboot. Just brought my Nook Color back to stock, to take advantage of the 2.2 and flash. I will keep trying, cant find the answer in the forum so far.

 

[Jamesmckeephx]

Have you installed the drivers on your computer?

Sent from my evo on tapatalk

 

[Internetpilot]

I used Unrevoked to root my Evo, and had no problems at all -- during the process or since.

As for it being better doing it the long way, I don't know about that.

I'm a career network engineer and a DOS man from WAY back in the dark days before operating systems became pretty. I'm very comfortable using the command line. Any way you look at it, I would have to follow a step-by-step process to root my phone. Some of those steps are simply automated via Unrevoked.

To drive a car really well, you don't need to know how to tune up an engine, and it won't make you a better driver to tune up your car once for the experience of it.

 

[mbglosta]

I did install them, but maybe that is where the problem lies. I am deleting and downloading everything again, starting from scratch. Has to be a stupid mistake, which I excel at when it comes to rooting. Not good at all. Way more paranoid with my EVO than my Nook Color. Even then, I just kept my NC at rooted stock, never slapped a ROM on it. That will change, as soon as roots for the new NC download come. Maybe that practice will help me with my phone rooting. Thanks.

 

[mbglosta]

It was the only way I would have dared to root my Evo. Even then it took me a few tries. All I wanted was to get the ability to force roam, and ad the wifi hotspot. Just did this tonight, and added all the apps that I wanted, and that were suggested. I will not mess with ROMS until after the Gingerbread update. So far my phone works great still, even feels a little snappier, but maybe it's in my head, because I finally rooted the f'n thing !