is there a way to root a 3.7 software evo 4g on a mac?

[interhawk1]

so this might have been asked but im a noob and i just bought my evo4g and im interested in rooting it but i do have a mac and all the threads i found are all for windows and are very confusing for me the phone is running 2.2 and the latest software version(3.7)

so is there away to do this? would love the help

 

[2CupsWithString]

cheers: unrevoked3 recovery reflash tool, v3.32

 

[interhawk1]

ive done this before but it gave me an error: failed to get root. is your firmware too new?

any clue?

** never mind i retried it and it worked thank you!

 

[Lyndal15]

I am a noob when it comes to rooting. I have tried to use unrevoked3 but when I plug in my Evo (running 2.2 and software version 3.7) the program just stays on "waiting for device. Plug phone in and enable USB debugging" which I have done. According to everyone else, the program begins automatically but for me there is no response. What do I need to do next?

 

[XCypserX]

I am a noob when it comes to rooting. I have tried to use unrevoked3 but when I plug in my Evo (running 2.2 and software version 3.7) the program just stays on "waiting for device. Plug phone in and enable USB debugging" which I have done. According to everyone else, the program begins automatically but for me there is no response. What do I need to do next?

Make sure it's set to "Charge only" also.

 

[ronni85]

I jus rooted my phone after stalking the forums lol woot woot

 

[ronni85]

hi i have a mac and just rooted my phone yesterday with unrevoked and i want to flash so i can get the fresh rom but have no clue how to do it. i've googled it and watched youtube but i mostly find that they're either out of date or for windows. i had a pre before my evo and it was way more simple with homebrew so if theres an updated link or anybody that can break it down step by step for a newbie it'd be greatly appreciated thanks in advance!

 

[QuasarZ]

So I had serious trouble rooting with mac so I ended up going with my old windows to root. Then I tried downloading roms on my mac (ZIP files) but the mac automatically un-zips them and puts it in a folder. So lets say you download a zip called plutonium.zip, mac will download and unzip and now the folder will just be called plutonium. What I figured out was once that is downloaded, right click (must have right clicked enabled on mac) and then hit compress. It will re-zip it and now you can use that to put in root of sd card.
Check this link out, ROOTING For Dummies - Android Forums

 

[reverepats]

ive done this before but it gave me an error: failed to get root. is your firmware too new?

any clue?

** never mind i retried it and it worked thank you!

thats happened to me a week ago and it partially ROTTED my EVO.....make sure u got S-ON or S-OFF......i didnt beleive it when it happened to me but i had S-OFF when it gave me that error to.....but it still ROOTED my device.....if u go inot the bootloader and it says S-OFF yur rooted and just in need of a RECOVERY......check it out and make sure....u neva know...i didnt until i checked LOL

 

[ronni85]

So I had serious trouble rooting with mac so I ended up going with my old windows to root. Then I tried downloading roms on my mac (ZIP files) but the mac automatically un-zips them and puts it in a folder. So lets say you download a zip called plutonium.zip, mac will download and unzip and now the folder will just be called plutonium. What I figured out was once that is downloaded, right click (must have right clicked enabled on mac) and then hit compress. It will re-zip it and now you can use that to put in root of sd card.
Check this link out, ROOTING For Dummies - Android Forums

Awesome!!!! Thanks so much b/c i tried to get the myn warm z and it just had a bunch of folders that couldn't be found when i tried to install from sd in recovery mode then i tried fresh and got the same thing so i'll try again thanks a bunch!!!!!