[PSA] ROOTING Help, Info & Asking for help (updated 1/24/11)

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prittyboy203 said:
Finally I have root access thank you lord lol it was sooooooo easy and was alot better this time around now on to the Roms what a great gift to your self its like giving your self a new phone everyday haha officially used the hboot 2.02. Universal auto root guide really easy to use trust I just broke my first evo 4 days ago and just got another one really happy great work everyone working on these rooting guides

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Awesome!
 
Thanks for the guides and merry Christmas man I got my little Xmas gift a root brand new evo haha I used the universal auto root one and it was sooooo easy I couldn't believe it but I have a few quick questions i want to download the new updated radio and pri and nv or what ever its called but I'm on fresh Rom now and I download the files he posted to use for his fresh updater and when I try to use the files it tells me the file you downloaded doesn't have the md5 file or something like that and it says if you want to continue with out it press yes and I know from past dumb experiences the radios bomb your phone and theres no coming back from that so I dont wanna go threw if I'm getting errors already before I even try so what can I do to update the radios safely

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And how or where can I get a stable fast overclock kernel that can work with his Rom or I should already know this just wanna take the extra precaution before attempting anything with this new piece of hardware lol like if you could link me to where I can get it when you have free time no rush man it Xmas some people aren't on the computer or there phone like me right now haha but much appreciated thanks

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can't even get past the first line of instructions, keeps saying "device not found". trouble shoot guide says to install drivers for your phone (unrevoked or adb). i installed the unrevoked drivers on my computer.

BASEBAND VERSION: 2.15.00.11.19
HARDWARE VERSION: 0003
BUILD #: 3.70.651.1 CL294884 release-keys

I am using this guide --->[ROOT][GUIDE] HBoot 2.02/2.10 SOFF - The Savior Edition - Upd. 12.26.10 - xda-developers to root



mabye i shouldnt root, this may be too much for me. :(
 
flyer8493 said:
can't even get past the first line of instructions, keeps saying "device not found". trouble shoot guide says to install drivers for your phone (unrevoked or adb). i installed the unrevoked drivers on my computer.

BASEBAND VERSION: 2.15.00.11.19
HARDWARE VERSION: 0003
BUILD #: 3.70.651.1 CL294884 release-keys

I am using this guide --->[ROOT][GUIDE] HBoot 2.02/2.10 SOFF - The Savior Edition - Upd. 12.26.10 - xda-developers to root



mabye i shouldnt root, this may be too much for me. :(
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Did you turn on USB debugging? from the home screen go to start menu settings applications development, enable usb debugging.
 
thefredelement said:
Did you run z4root before hand to get root access?
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Yes, I ran z4Root at step 4A, which reported successful root.

FYI, I tried running z4Root after a reboot, which again said successful root, but I can't get TI Backup to run, which says it does not have root access.
 
drybear said:
Yes, I ran z4Root at step 4A, which reported successful root.

FYI, I tried running z4Root after a reboot, which again said successful root, but I can't get TI Backup to run, which says it does not have root access.
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Are you on z4 root v1.3?
 
drybear said:
Yes, I ran z4Root at step 4A, which reported successful root.

FYI, I tried running z4Root after a reboot, which again said successful root, but I can't get TI Backup to run, which says it does not have root access.
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I have had lots of issues using z4root. I got it to work one time out of about 25. Others have had success with factory resets, then running z4root. I will give that a go in a couple of days when I root, but am happy I had the opportunity to backup some stuff with Titanium the one time it worked.
 
thefredelement said:
Did you turn on USB debugging? from the home screen go to start menu settings applications development, enable usb debugging.
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yes i did. i installed the unrevoked drivers to my desktop and unzipped
-----> hboot_2.xx_soff-V8.4.zip placing it in f:\root. (f:\ is my main drive on my dualboot computer not c:\ in case that matters)

which screen should my evo be in? should I be in hboot or should i be on the home screen when i start? also my phone was in "charge only" mode.
 
Hello all. Im new to all of this and I would like to root my evo (my info for my phone is android 2.2, software version 3.70.651.1, hardware version 0004, hboot 2.10.0001) is this the correct link to follow per the instruction above.....Rooting:
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For any phone with the official version of 3.70 you have to follow this guide: [ROOT][GUIDE] HBoot 2.02/2.10 SOFF - Root! The Final Frontier Edition - Upd. 12.21.10 - xda-developers

do I have to have a rom to install after I root the system?
should I back up my current system before i root it?
 
budman56 said:
Hello all. Im new to all of this and I would like to root my evo (my info for my phone is android 2.2, software version 3.70.651.1, hardware version 0004, hboot 2.10.0001) is this the correct link to follow per the instruction above.....Rooting:
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For any phone with the official version of 3.70 you have to follow this guide: [ROOT][GUIDE] HBoot 2.02/2.10 SOFF - Root! The Final Frontier Edition - Upd. 12.21.10 - xda-developers

do I have to have a rom to install after I root the system?
should I back up my current system before i root it?
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Yes, that is the correct guide.

If you want, you can get z4root first and then install titanium backup to get temporary root access (you'll need it anyway in the guide) to backup your current app data.
 
flyer8493 said:
yes i did. i installed the unrevoked drivers to my desktop and unzipped
-----> hboot_2.xx_soff-V8.4.zip placing it in f:\root. (f:\ is my main drive on my dualboot computer not c:\ in case that matters)

which screen should my evo be in? should I be in hboot or should i be on the home screen when i start? also my phone was in "charge only" mode.
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When windows pops up and says it needs device drivers to you point it to the unrevoked usb driver?
 
flyer8493 said:
i did it last night, do i need to point to the unrevoked usb driver everytime i plug it in or just one time?
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Just once, it should install them and you should be good to go.

Rumor has it that the new Unrevoked is coming out today for an easier root method.
 
I tried the new Unrevoked, but it didn't work for me. I just did a factory reset, and was finally able to get rooted following the directions.
 
Need some help please. I am just rooting and I am floowing instructions and it says open Command Prompt. When I click on ADB it opens the prompt and then closes it. What am I doing wrong?
 
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