Rooting Evo 4g... WTF?!?!?!?!

[haxle]

Ok so I've tried two different methods of rooting my friends htc evo and both methods, it comes to the pc36img.zip file, i'm in the bootloader and It scans and says no image or wrong image, I've tried three different download locations for that file and same result... any ideas?

 

[ronni85]

yea i'm going thru that too and when i try to find that zip i find old ones from going to google and goin thru xda forums but haven't found an updated one and its driving me insane and i feel like i rooted for nothing *sigh*

 

[2CupsWithString]

unrevoked

 

[ronni85]

I used unrevoked with a mac and when I try to flash a rom it scans for that file in the boot loader menu and says no image found. I try to keep flashing and install the rom and it says aborted and has floyd with a triangle and installation mark and says update zip not found and I'm at a loss of what to do

 

[2CupsWithString]

I used unrevoked with a mac and when I try to flash a rom it scans for that file in the boot loader menu and says no image found. I try to keep flashing and install the rom and it says aborted and has floyd with a triangle and installation mark and says update zip not found and I'm at a loss of what to do

If your root was successful I suggest you grab Rom Manager from the market and use that to flash custom ROMs, it really makes life a lot easier.

 

[SmokeCrawler]

I used unrevoked with a mac and when I try to flash a rom it scans for that file in the boot loader menu and says no image found. I try to keep flashing and install the rom and it says aborted and has floyd with a triangle and installation mark and says update zip not found and I'm at a loss of what to do

The rom gets flashed in the recovery, not bootloader.

Do you have a custom recovery installed, either clockworkmod or Amon RA?

 

[haxle]

so... are you saying use unrevoked because the evo i'm working with has the patch and won't allow me to flash the pc36img? or just do it because it's simpler?

 

[2CupsWithString]

so... are you saying use unrevoked because the evo i'm working with has the patch and won't allow me to flash the pc36img? or just do it because it's simpler?

http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc...-help-info-asking-help-updated-1-24-11-a.html

It is simpler but here's some more info on it.

 

[ronni85]

I have rom manager and it has the clock work mod and I read somewhere that the 3.x versions don't work so I flashed it to 2.0.0.5 or whatever that option is but I'll try it using just rom manager either when I get off 2nite or 2morrow morNing thanks for all the help guys!

 

[SmokeCrawler]

I have rom manager and it has the clock work mod and I read somewhere that the 3.x versions don't work so I flashed it to 2.0.0.5 or whatever that option is but I'll try it using just rom manager either when I get off 2nite or 2morrow morNing thanks for all the help guys!

If you run into problems or have any more questions just ask. Remember, when you flash different roms wipe data and the cache. Rom Manager will give you the option for this.

 

[MaxO]

if you want to keep your apps data i would use titanium backup before you flash a rom

 

[ronni85]

ok so i'm in the process of flashing or loading the rom that i want (myn's warm z 2.2) and its been stuck on the animation for it going on an hour and i've read that it does take a while when it's your 1st time flashing a rom but about how much longer do you guys think i have before i should try again?

 

[ronni85]

Sweet baby Jesus it worked!! I've officially flashed my 1st Rom and I'm so excited thanks for all the help you guys are awesome woot woot!

 

[haxle]

Just wanted you guys to know I got my friends phone rooted just fine finally.. i think it had something to do with the goldcard.. i initally formatted it in FAT instead of FAT32 and then i redid the goldcard and it noticed the pc36img then..

 

[SmokeCrawler]

Sweet baby Jesus it worked!! I've officially flashed my 1st Rom and I'm so excited thanks for all the help you guys are awesome woot woot!

Congrats on getting it to work!

I'm with EvilMonkey, did it really take that long?

 

[bradpaulp]

I had the exact same issue, here's what I found and Did and was able to boot into the clockworkMOD recovery...

Ok easy enough, here's a PC36IMG.zip file containing only clockworkmod 2.6.0.1 - this will let you re-flash your last good nandroid. (download it here: PC36IMG.zip)
The download location for that ZIP is here :
PC36IMG.zip

Copy this to the sdcard of your phone (you may have to mount it in something else if you can't access to it from your phone).

Power off your phone, with the sdcard in place and this file on it, press the vol down and power button until the bootloader loads, it will scan the card and ask if you want to update, hit yes to apply it, after it's done hit no to reboot, then select recovery from the menu, it will hopefully bring you in to clockworkmod recovery where you can go to backup and restore, pick your last nandroid to restore and be on your way.

http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-4g-rooting-roms-hacks/54146-evo-wont-boot-up-anyone-want-try-figure-out.html#post531472

 

[ronni85]

Yea the 1st time I tried it was going on a hour and a half just doing the screen animation then i took the battery out and did it again but it was a lot shorter the second time around

 

[pobrien7880]

someone please hellppp! First of all I am a nooob! Ok so I have an evo 3d and I used the HTC Method off trying to root it. I followed all the directions to the tutorial and everything went smooth until i had to enter fast boot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img. It kept saying sending message or sumthin like that. Finally I got it to go to the revolutionary menu and continued to follow the directions to do something with the .zip file. Then it re booted. SO as of now my phone is unlocked with a s-on. Then i downloaded the ROM manager and downloaded the clockwork mod recovery. I ran the clockwork mod then I backed up my current ROM. Only problem is that there are no files on my sd card of my backed up ROM. OK now also it will not boot into recovery. using quickboot or from the bootloader menu. also in bootloader menu it does a little scan and it always says no image found! please can someone help this is driving me nuts!!!!

 

[HalizDad]

You need s-OFF not s-on to root it, OR to flash a custom rom, use clockwork, etc

Sent from one of my gadgets

 

[AlphaTango414]

Also might help if you put this in the E3D section.

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