Ok so I had my 1.47 Evo and finally decided to root. I ran unrevoked 3 and got root. 1 week later froyo for Evo came out and I got the unofficial .3 update. It gave me 2.2 but I was left with the superuser apk file. Now I'm at the official .6 update but still have the superuser apk. I try to run root apps such as wireless tether but it opens and when I make it tether it says it was unable to start tethering. Running universal androroot I touch it to root and it tells me I already have root. When I touch it to unroot it says it was unable to unroot. Can anybody help me? Please and thank you.
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did you install the OTA or the rooted 2.2 release? if you did the OTA, im sorry but you'll have to wait for 2.2 to be rooted just like everyone else who did.
You lost root when you upgraded to 2.2. No way around it.
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http://community.sprint.com/baw/com...rd-winning-htc-evo-4g-beginning-tuesday-aug-3
I'm at a loss, as I remember reading it but can't find it any where to verify. When Sprint releases 2.2 Aug 3rd, since I'm rooted I should NOT accept OTA or force it to update...or ever do it, right?
Sorry for the dumb question, just wanted to make sure!
You should not.
thanks for the quick reply!
hi im using unrevoked3, how do i go about updating to froyo 2.2 when it comes out OTA? thanks!!
you dont until someone here roots it.
And go ahead and get off unrevoked now. Do a full root and use a rooted rom even if its a stock rom. You will be happier in the end. There are several methods posted in the Dev forum. Just pick one that matches the sweet version your currently running or follow the instructions posted previously in this forum.
Actually, I don't recommend full root if you can get by without it. Full root permanently screws up your PRI, even after unrooting. Until its fixed, people should only do it if they absolutely need it. You can use an ota update, but you will lose root until someone finds a way to root 2.2. Also, you can flash one of the stock 2.2 roms that are rooted. They should work with unrevoked.
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superlinkx said:
Actually, I don't recommend full root if you can get by without it. Full root permanently screws up your PRI, even after unrooting. Until its fixed, people should only do it if they absolutely need it. You can use an ota update, but you will lose root until someone finds a way to root 2.2. Also, you can flash one of the stock 2.2 roms that are rooted. They should work with unrevoked.
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It doesn't screw up your PRI, it just makes it a lower version. For some people this causes lower speeds on 3G; others are fine. But yes, once you do NAND unlock your PRI is stuck like that until someone figures out a way to update it.
I think flashing a 2.2 ROM with unrevoked and expecting it to stay rooted is a risky thing to do. I wouldn't recommend it personally. That is, unless someone has tried it and it works.
I rooted my EVO using unrevoked3 (the one you download and do from your computer, NOT the one that you download straight to the phone) and now my phone won't update to froyo. The progress bar gets about a fifth of the way done and then it goes away and gives me an exclamation point error screen and freezes my phone. Is there a way I can update to 2.2 without losing all my data?
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I rooted my EVO using unrevoked3 (the one you download and do from your computer, NOT the one that you download straight to the phone) and now my phone won't update to froyo. The progress bar gets about a fifth of the way done and then it goes away and gives me an exclamation point error screen and freezes my phone. Is there a way I can update to 2.2 without losing all my data?
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You do realize you will lose root if you update to the OTA 2.2, right?
Yep, but I don't really care. I just need to figure out how to get this to work
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Yep, but I don't really care. I just need to figure out how to get this to work
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Just curious, but why would you want to get the OTA 2.2, when you can keep root and flash to one of the nice, existing 2.2 ROMS already out there?
yep just run simple root and flash to the stock rooted. very simple.
I was able to flash netarchy's rooted stock Froyo using Unrevoked3 from the ClockwordMod recovery. No need for simple root.
You will need to get the 1.47 rom from shipped roms as well htc sync. Search the xda forums for the procedure. I did mine yesterday and it worked for me.
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I'm having the the EXACT same issue! Have you figured it out?! If they are updating the way they suppose to I wouldn't have to root my phone! It sounds like they are so I would rather have the "official" Froyo 2.2
I'm having the the EXACT same issue! Have you figured it out?! If they are updating the way they suppose to I wouldn't have to root my phone! It sounds like they are so I would rather have the "official" Froyo 2.2
Hello everyone and thanks in advance for answering my question. I have 2.2 android version and i rooted my phone with unrevoked. I keep getting notices on my phone for an update but everytime try to update my phone goes through the process and i have to take the battery out because an exclamtion point comes up. I rooted my phone for wifi tethering and want to keep this. So how do i upgrade my evo to the latest version and still be able to use wifi tethering.
Thanks in advance
DO NOT do the OTA update or you will lose your root. Go to the EVO development forum and get a ROM based on the 3.70 update.
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A yeah , don't do the OTA from sprint. Now that you started the update make sure that you are still S-OFF
You can apply the ota fine if you have s-off. All you need to do is flash the stock recovery, apply the ota, then flash clockwork or amon recovery, and then install superuser. I have done it twice now. You can find more details here and android central forums.
Look at my other posts for more details.
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Just picked up my EVO couple of days ago and I can't stop modding. Anyways, I rooted my phone and tried to do OTA. Well, after reading and searching I reflashed my phone with stock RUU and then updated. Rooted again and used Titanium to get all of my files back.
Very pleased but now I'm getting bored and need to do more modding.
I rooted a friends Incredible with ClockWorkMod a while back, he had gotten the Froyo OTA and the other update a few months later (was 17mb or so) and I went to root it then. I noticed he had S-On still even though he got the Superuser and I was able to do things like remove stock apps and other stuff that requires root. I rooted mine only after receiving froyo and I did get S-Off and successfully installed cm7! Will I be able to install cm7 on my friends phone? If not what can I do to install it? Will I have to unroot and root again? Can anyone provide me with the best explanation on how to get cm7 on his phone? Thank you.
Or you could easily get S-OFF by flashing it in CWM.
Source, and instructions here:
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for your help!
It has been quite a while since I rooted my Evo using unrevoked forever. My niece is getting her Evo this Friday and wants me to root it so she can get rid of the crapware and install a good rom on it. Is there are preferred method? Auto root, unrevoked or one click? Also if her Evo comes with GB pre-installed, is there still no way to root it?
Your last question is the most important one...be sure they don't update it for her when they activate it. If it's already got it on there, game over for now.
If she's lucky enough to get one that still has 2.2 on it, all the various methods work. Unrevoked works well and is easy.
If it comes with 2.3, it can't be rooted as of yet; if 2.2, download the windows hboot drivers, then use unrevoked to root.