Why can't EVO. Get rooted? - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Why is the newest EVO. So hard to root than other android phones? I had 3.3 and now upgraded to 3.7. Unrevoked doesn't work for it yet. Why is that?
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It's a process to find a security hole to achieve root.
That being said, weren't you rooted previously?

That's what you get for not paying attention. Don't ever run an RUU. And this doesn't belong in the development section But I guess that's another symptom of not paying attention
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aph said:
That's what you get for not paying attention. Don't ever run an RUU. And this doesn't belong in the development section But I guess that's another symptom of not paying attention
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+1 QFT
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Google is your friend, my friend.
If you have a new Evo you need to use an alternative method to root your phone!! The old methods and UNREVOKED will brick your phone. Here is what you need to know first.
I'm sure there are instructions here at xda to achieve the same thing but I'm not going to search it out for you. This is the method we used for a co-worker's Evo v.003

I never rooted before. And yes I do know that unrevoked worked for the older EVO and not the newer. I was just wondering what would be the cause for it being so difficult to do since other phones seem to get it solved more quickly. But thank you for your responce.
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aph said:
That's what you get for not paying attention. Don't ever run an RUU. And this doesn't belong in the development section But I guess that's another symptom of not paying attention
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Thanks for being an ass. I ask a simple question based on what I have read, haven't tried to root because of what I read, and get talked to like a kid. I have been a member here for several years and am brand new to android. Thanks for the welcome
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romagnus said:
I never rooted before. And yes I do know that unrevoked worked for the older EVO and not the newer. I was just wondering what would be the cause for it being so difficult to do since other phones seem to get it solved more quickly. But thank you for your responce.
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HTC is getting better at blocking our rooting methods. That and the update only came out a few days ago, it takes time.

aph said:
That's what you get for not paying attention. Don't ever run an RUU. And this doesn't belong in the development section But I guess that's another symptom of not paying attention
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Spot on
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$20 to walk me through rooting my phone.

I'll give $20 to someone who will walk me through rooting my phone, via paypal.
It's the holidays so I can't do it now, however, I'd like to do it within the next few days.
I'd like to do it via skype. I'll have my cam ready so you can see my phone and computer screen, if you need to.
I'm afraid I'll mess something up, I read through the final frontier post for rooting, and it was so confusing for me, so I'd rather have someone help me and I will reimburse them.
I have hboot 2.10, version 0003 and my computer is windows 7 64 bit. I don't know if that matters but hey.
Thanks!
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when did you purchase your phone? is it up to date with the newest OTA?
Use unrevoked. Its as simple as installing a few drivers and following the menus.
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http://www.thedroiddemos.com/2010/08/27/how-to-root-the-htc-evo-4g-with-froyo-2-2-video-walkthrough/
Unfortunately Unrevoked WILL NOT work for the new hboots(ie 2.02/2.10).
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I can help you, p.m me & i'll see what I can do
josh995 said:
I'll give $20 to someone who will walk me through rooting my phone, via paypal.
It's the holidays so I can't do it now, however, I'd like to do it within the next few days.
I'd like to do it via skype. I'll have my cam ready so you can see my phone and computer screen, if you need to.
I'm afraid I'll mess something up, I read through the final frontier post for rooting, and it was so confusing for me, so I'd rather have someone help me and I will reimburse them.
I have hboot 2.10, version 0003 and my computer is windows 7 64 bit. I don't know if that matters but hey.
Thanks!
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Here. I foun deverything you need to Root your phone...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=619
Ill take my 20$ now and merry christmas.
Hamspiced said:
Here. I foun deverything you need to Root your phone...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=619
Ill take my 20$ now and merry christmas.
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So if you don't want to help someone please just don't post anything at all, its that simple. Read the post and move on. Think you can handle that? Thank you and Merry Christmas to you as well.
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Dude ill help for free pm if interested.
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thats funny. I have an old friend of mine coming over on monday for me to root his droid for him. He said he would pay me to do it so he didn't murder his phone. I told him not to worry about it.
zone23 said:
So if you don't want to help someone please just don't post anything at all, its that simple. Read the post and move on. Think you can handle that? Thank you and Merry Christmas to you as well.
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Hey, for christmas I got you an htc sense of humor.
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sorry to crash your thread josh995 but im getting a replacement evo on tuesday I had a launch date 002 evo and I know alot has changed since then so if someone could please give me some info on how to root it and if the whole hardware 004 works with cm6 and custom kernels I would really appreciate it!
Sorry once again josh995 I didn't it was necessary to start another thread
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Hamspiced said:
Hey, for christmas I got you an htc sense of humor.
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Great if I come across a joke I can use it..
Read through the last 20 pages or so of zicronix root method then read through the steps a few times and you should be fine. I just rooted my phone a couple days ago with hboot 2.10, with little problems and nothing I couldn't handle on my own.
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zone23 said:
Great if I come across a joke I can use it..
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Found one of those too!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=1575061
Ill help for free also just pm me.
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Yes, I just really, really don't feel comfortable doing it myself, but I want to do it to remove apps I don't want and stuff.
When I have time in the next few days I will PM those who have offered to help me and we can set up a time. Thanks a lot
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I would take that bounty off right now if I were u. My gtalk and email are in my signature. I will walk you through step for step for free. Not today though. K am free all week though.
If anyone did pm him a solution please clue me in. Just switched from iPhone and can't find how to root my 0004 2.02 hoot. Read that unrevoked would not work. Love the community her BTW.. been on here reading since I got my EVO 2 days ago.
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Yeah its supposed to be hboot.. not hoot. Not gotten used to this keyboard yet..
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Easiest and reliable way to jailbreak

I love my G2 but I really like the sense ui so I want to jailbreak my G2 but I want to know which is the best way I have been reading through the forums and can't find a clear answer any help would be greatly appreciated
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision
Scroll down to the root guide and begin.
cant get adb
thanks but that way is hard and i cant figure it out i cant really get adb down enough to truly trust my self to do it
Please don't use the term jail break unless you are referring to an actual iphone
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my bad "Root" its been a while since i had to ask anything last question i posted was about my g1
This is about as easy as it can get, thought it really isn't the recommended method anymore. If that's still too hard for you, then you need to slow it down and start reading.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160
ericc191 said:
This is about as easy as it can get, thought it really isn't the recommended method anymore. If that's still too hard for you, then you need to slow it down and start reading.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160
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Please note that any means other than the wiki have resulted in many, many bricks; as long as you follow the wiki guide perfectly, double check your typing, etc. you'll be fine.
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the www.threunlockr.com guide worked for me perfectly.
Easiest and reliable are not the same thing. The Wiki method is most reliable.
Pirateghost said:
Please don't use the term jail break unless you are referring to an actual iphone
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Can you say pretensious? C'mon dude really? You can jailbreak a PS3...that's not an iphone
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The method posted by OriginalGabriel is the way to go. Trust me. I did it and was smooth as butter. I'm not sure why it has such a bad rep since I have heard of NO bricks from the easy root method. I think people see "Visionary" and get scared. It's perfectly safe for temprooting but a VERY bad idea for perm-root. The Gfree method is used for that... all you will be doing is running the scripts for Gfree instead of keying them in manually. No ADB, no hassle, much less room for error. Once you are rooted, get rid of Visionary and enjoy.
Spastic909 said:
Can you say pretensious? C'mon dude really?
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Naw, I agree with Pirateghost. Jargon exists for a reason. If one does not use the proper terminology, its hard to know what they are talking about. For instance, sometimes people ask "How do I unlock my phone?". Its impossible to know whether they are asking how to root, or how to unlock the SIM.
Ashaman_Kupo said:
the www.threunlockr.com guide worked for me perfectly.
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+1, this way also worked for me.
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Spastic909 said:
Can you say pretensious? C'mon dude really? You can jailbreak a PS3...that's not an iphone
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who coined the term jailbreak on ps3? geohot? you mean the infamous iPhone guy???
its not pretentious. iphones and androids are worlds apart.
redpoint73 said:
Naw, I agree with Pirateghost. Jargon exists for a reason. If one does not use the proper terminology, its hard to know what they are talking about. For instance, sometimes people ask "How do I unlock my phone?". Its impossible to know whether they are asking how to root, or how to unlock the SIM.
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This +100
People coming over from the iPhone world may not know what all is going on here, so it is important to not confuse terminology. exactly like redpoint73 said, how do we know if they mean UNLOCK or ROOT or ROM?? do you know? if you do, then by all means help the guy out, i would prefer to not get the terminology muddled with inconsistencies.
Is the unlockr.com a good way to go
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amacg1 said:
Is the unlockr.com a good way to go
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Again: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160
If you want fast, safe and reliable, this is it. Read the thread if you have doubts.
amacg1 said:
Is the unlockr.com a good way to go
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i used the gfree method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855764
edit: go with what he said ^^
killswitch11 said:
Again: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160
If you want fast, safe and reliable, this is it. Read the thread if you have doubts.
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Spastic909 said:
Can you say pretensious? C'mon dude really? You can jailbreak a PS3...that's not an iphone
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Ahaha but we android users want to call it root, just to make it different from iphones
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lainvalenajr said:
Ahaha but we android users want to call it root, just to make it different from iphones
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Um, no ... Android is Linux/Unix based and "root" is the full access user to Linux/Unix; we're not trying to be special, we just are
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I'm thinking about stealing a friend's car, better learn how to jailbreak that *****.
Sorry, the term "jailbreak" is most definitely for the iPhone, not any Android device. Don't be disrespectful now.

REVOLUTIONARY [unrevoked/alpharev]

I am aware that they have acheived S-Off for a large amount of devices.
Will this process work for DI2 running OTA Gingerbread? Or are we unaware of what it is for at the moment?
Thank you.
michaelrango said:
I am aware that they have acheived S-Off for a large amount of devices.
Will this process work for DI2 running OTA Gingerbread? Or are we unaware of what it is for at the moment?
Thank you.
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Just tried on my moms with GB OTA and still fails to get root so it wont work yet
So, this question has been asked and answered a dozen times in these forums, and questions do not belong in the dev section.
devator22 said:
So, this question has been asked and answered a dozen times in these forums, and questions do not belong in the dev section.
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Actually no... He is referring to the news announced not to long ago about alpharev And unrevoked.
No news released yet on it suppose to be sometime today
I stand corrected, does not work for dinc 2 gb
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People. Need. To. Do research before asking questions. Literally seconds after it was announced on twitter I downloaded and tried it out and posted that it did NOT work for GB posted my results here and droidforums.
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Also sorry for the extra periods in my post. I slight inibreated ¤sp¤
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sacnotsack said:
Also sorry for the extra periods in my post. I slight inibreated ¤sp¤
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For a second I thought you said inbreeded.
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The only s-off solution for GB right now is xtc clip.
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So has there been any success in using the exploit used for the evo 3d temp root on our phone?
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[Q] Root for Android 2.3.3

How long do you think it will take for a ROOT to come out for the Android 2.3.3?
Between now and the end of time.
We don't know and asking for etas won't get you anywhere.
borrecognize said:
How long do you think it will take for a ROOT to come out for the Android 2.3.3?
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I don't know... but glad someone finally thought to ask!
(sike!)
i am patiently waiting. I miss my old evo rooted. I was actually given a brand new evo that had 2.2 on it and the ota showed up and without thinking i updated. So mad about that.
Thanks, I'll be patient.
I understand this is hard work and you guys are doing it all for love (or for something other than money), so I'm not going to add my voice to the chorus asking when the root solution for 2.3.3 will be ready--even though I'm a-yearning and a-craving to upgrade and re-root my phone. I'll just say thanks for now to all you geniuses for making these phones so much better!
Hope it's soon because I'm ready I just got my evo 4g yesterday and tried to superoneclick root and z4root and it didn't work.. Never thought to check and see if 2.3 can root. Damn
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the more people ask, the less likely it will be done!
And if you had searched, you would have seen this has already been asked!
I bet root will be available when you stop making new accounts just to make the same thread asking the same question over and over again.
If anything, the devs are probably getting tired of the obnoxious kids in the Evo forums badgering them. Instead of trying harder, I'd give up if I were in their shoes.
Believe it or not, there are worst things than not being able to root your phone.
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BigMatza said:
I don't know... but glad someone finally thought to ask!
(sike!)
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Ha....classic
We're comin from a pure power source.
Its gonna be 17 more days.
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borrecognize said:
How long do you think it will take for a ROOT to come out for the Android 2.3.3?
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It will come out between the time you posted this message and the time you download the root program.
Lol best answer in this thread
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New video just added on YouTube showing root and where to download essential tools to do so
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geeksquadryder said:
New video just added on YouTube showing root and where to download essential tools to do so
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link?
10char
Link?? Please...
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To my knowledge the 2.3.3 root was gonna be another couple weeks. I could be wring tho...
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Root

Who knows how to create a root method for gb incredible
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Dude, if it existed there wouldn't be new threads asking. The Unrevoked team would be the ones coming out with it, assuming they will root the Inc 2.3.
Bottom line, the OTA has been taken, root added, and flashable zip has been made in the Development forums. It's the same exact thing, so if you're unrooted and S-ON you're out of luck. Period. No flashing back, no flashing recovery, no root as of now. You're stuck on stock 2.3.
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How do I contact them
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htcdroidincredible23 said:
How do I contact them
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I'm sure they're already aware of GB being out, its just up to them if they want to try to get root access.
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Correct, they are under no obligation to provide root access, it is merely up to them if they want to pursue it. I know that they've teamed up with AlphaRev to work on root and S-OFF for the newer phones coming out.
I don't know what to tell you as far as contacting them. They do have a website, so try that. Otherwise, anyone who accepted the 2.3 OTA with S-ON is out of luck.
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Is this OP for real???
I call either language barrier or oblivious.....
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I hope not. One would think that if he rooted, he would know about Unrevoked. Chances are, if he could root, he'd be here then asking if his phone's bricked.
MODS, this thread should be closed in my opinion.
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RMarkwald said:
I hope not. One would think that if he rooted, he would know about Unrevoked. Chances are, if he could root, he'd be here then asking if his phone's bricked.
MODS, this thread should be closed in my opinion.
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I completely agree and also with Loonatik. If this guy doesn't have a language barrier then he is a complete idiot. And his tone from all his post make him sound very impatient kind of as if here were doing us a favor.
If I've helped you, hit the thanks button!
I don't see it happening...it would involve the unrevoked crew to have an s-on unrooted incredible with
GB and unless someone donated,pulled some insurance trick(no bueno) or there was a dev out there with said inc(chances are most if not all don't or don't care) the chances are slim to none

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