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Update a Rooted HTC Evo with stock Rom to Gingerbread

Will I be able to Update a Rooted HTC Evo with stock Froyo 2.2 Rom to Gingerbread 2.3 through sprint update ?
I rooted my phone with UnrEVOked about 2 weeks ago , so I'm still in a learning the hole rooting process .
Thank you 4 the help & info u guys here in XDA provide , keep up the good work .
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Sure, but you'll lose root. Just wait until a developer cooks gingerbread into your favorite ROM.

fmedina2 said:
Sure, but you'll lose root. Just wait until a developer cooks gingerbread into your favorite ROM.
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And since the source code comes out tomorrow, you probably won't be waiting long

Cool thx
Is there a way to install a custom Rom without losing data ?
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oranium said:
Cool thx
Is there a way to install a custom Rom without losing data ?
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You should always wipe when flashing a new ROM. Just back up all your apps with titanium backup or mybackup pro. Your contacts should be back up'd by Google.

No. well you can use apps like Titanium Backup, that you can use to backup any apps and their data, but other than that, you just need to sign back in to e-mail and gmail and fb,twitter, ect...

Use your Nandroid
oranium said:
Cool thx
Is there a way to install a custom Rom without losing data ?
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If you're fully rooted with recovery, reboot your phone while holding the volume down button and you should be in either the Amon-Ra or Clockworkmod recovery.
From there explore your menus a bit, and you'll find a place to do a Nandroid backup.
Do that - it will literally back up everything - your kernel, your stock ROM, your apps, your data, all to a nandroid image file on your SDCard.
Then you can wipe everything in your recovery and flash whatever you want.
Now you can play with other ROMS, learn to flash alternatives and such, and if you ever need/want to go back to how it was, just go back into recovery and choose a Nandroid restore.

Also if you use clockwork nand you can restore your apps after youve changed the rom. Flash your current rom first, then wipe everything the new rom needs you to. After flashing the new rom to the nandroid and select advanced restore. Select data and your done. Reboot and enjoy.
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If your going to back up your rom to flash another one use RA recovery to wipe and backup your phone. Clockworkmod does not do a proper wipe of your phone and will leave remnants of your old rom on your phone.
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I havent had any issues and I flash almost once a week. To each its own.
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I lost u guys . Lol ;-)
I'm new to this & not sure exactly how to do it .
I rooted my Evo with UnrEVOked 3
& using the stock 2.2 Froyo Rom
I followed the rooting process from a YouTube video & I did back up during the root process .
I'm not sure what's a nandroid & I think I had to go through some part that had clockwork mod but again as I said I'm not sure what it is . ( I'm sill a rookie with this sorry )
What should I do next ? Did I back up the stock Rom properly via UnrEVOked 3 rooting method ?
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Google nandroid backup. You'll probably be able to find alot of info on youtube as well
Swyped on my precious Eva

on gingerbread and cant go back

so im stuck on gingerbread, and can only use my backup with is a gingerbread one, when i reload cwm 2.5.x through fastboot its doesnt work just loas the rom and never boots past the htc screen. being stuck on gingerbread aint the worst but i always like to move around. any ideas?

try flashing the recovery from rom manager, this will install the 2.5 recovery. fastboot flash will only work if you have the eng h-boot, radio s-off won't do.

yeah got the eng h-boot
and im geting into 2.5, and it says it loads but no dice.
doing the install through rom manager just force closes on gingerbread for me.

fetusbeats said:
yeah got the eng h-boot
and im geting into 2.5, and it says it loads but no dice.
doing the install through rom manager just force closes on gingerbread for me.
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You can't flash back to CM6 via the ROM Manager. You need to flash CWR v2 via the ROM manager, boot into recovery and manually flash your CM6 backup. And be sure to do a full wipe of everything before flashing
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OriginalGabriel said:
You can't flash back to CM6 via the ROM Manager. You need to flash CWR v2 via the ROM manager, boot into recovery and manually flash your CM6 backup. And be sure to do a full wipe of everything before flashing
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Yeah, im flashing from recovery. i dont have a 2.2 backup just gingerbread. im not installing from rom manager. yeah so im trying to install a rom as i dont have a backup. i boot into CWM 2.x and it says all is loaded but sticks on htc screen. ive wiped everything a few times. even tried wiping in cwm 3 and then fastboot flashing 2.5 and trying to install rom there. no dice.

fetusbeats said:
Yeah, im flashing from recovery. i dont have a 2.2 backup just gingerbread. im not installing from rom manager. yeah so im trying to install a rom as i dont have a backup. i boot into CWM 2.x and it says all is loaded but sticks on htc screen. ive wiped everything a few times. even tried wiping in cwm 3 and then fastboot flashing 2.5 and trying to install rom there. no dice.
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To clarify, you're trying to flash CM6 back and you currently have CM7?
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well im actually using the gingervillian 1.4, but previously was using cm6. and alas i ****ed up and didnt do backup previously.

I had cm7 but went back to cm6.1.0 on my g1 but returning it to stock Android 1.0 and then rooting from the beginning, the phone is a little faster now after formatting the sdcard
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fetusbeats said:
well im actually using the gingervillian 1.4, but previously was using cm6. and alas i ****ed up and didnt do backup previously.
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I'm not sure what you're asking then ... what are you trying to flash?
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OP are you gfree? U might b able to just unroot / flash the OTW/pcimg10
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yeah didnt use gfree, got my s-ff the hard way on day one. but i have flashed the pc10img after hex editing before so i think i might try once i mull the problem some more.

fetusbeats said:
yeah didnt use gfree, got my s-ff the hard way on day one. but i have flashed the pc10img after hex editing before so i think i might try once i mull the problem some more.
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You should still go the gfree route, they found the initial hack could be overrided; check the Wiki here for a guide to use gfree for those of us that rooted from the get go.
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fetusbeats said:
well im actually using the gingervillian 1.4, but previously was using cm6. and alas i ****ed up and didnt do backup previously.
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Okay, I think I got it. You flashed Gingervillan without backing up your stock ROM?
Here are links to the pre and post OTA stock ROMs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#ROMs
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If you want to flash a non-GB ROM, you need the CWM2 (which is what you did). It sounds like after you put this recovery back though, you tried to flash a GB backup? This won't work (since anything GB requires CWM3).
If you have the CWM2 recovery, just go download any Froyo-based ROM you want to use, place the zip on you SD card, boot into recovery, and apply the zip.

nah just tried to flash a 2.2 rom through cwm2.5 no backup will only flash gb backup through 3.0.0.5

Q ......Please help out ...please thank you....

Hey how are you guys ....I could really use you guys help if it is possible...i rooted my HTC evo 4g and roms a few roms already ..I'm right using Vaelpak 3.0 remastered ..I tryed to flash another Rom but can't seem to get it back into recovery mode...also I'm trying to get my 4g working again please help ...thank you ..
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Hold the top power button and most roms will have a Reboot option, click and go down to recovery, if it doesnt have it, then turn off phone, hold volume down button and power at same time, when bootloader pops up scroll down to recovery and hit power and your in recovery.
make sure you wipe cache and dalvik cache.

land of the reee
Jaybucka said:
Hey how are you guys ....I could really use you guys help if it is possible...i rooted my HTC evo 4g and roms a few roms already ..I'm right using Vaelpak 3.0 remastered ..I tryed to flash another Rom but can't seem to get it back into recovery mode...also I'm trying to get my 4g working again please help ...thank you ..
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what did u touch to screw your 4g?

r916 said:
Hold the top power button and most roms will have a Reboot option, click and go down to recovery, if it doesnt have it, then turn off phone, hold volume down button and power at same time, when bootloader pops up scroll down to recovery and hit power and your in recovery.
make sure you wipe cache and dalvik cache.
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I did both of these options and still a no go just keeps booting into bootloader ...
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I just flash a custom Rom...and I haven't been able to use my 4g since .....
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My Evo is doing something like that. I try to get into recovery mode and it tells me that the image is bad or missing. Phone boots and works fine but want to make some changes to it. Any ideas?
Thanks

Jaybucka said:
I did both of these options and still a no go just keeps booting into bootloader ...
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So, when you're in bootloader, and select recovery, what does it do ? What recovery were you using, amon or clockwork? You said 4g isn't working? What's it do ? Did you backup your rsakeys, or use amon ra to make nand backup? Let me know.
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Ouch-splat said:
My Evo is doing something like that. I try to get into recovery mode and it tells me that the image is bad or missing. Phone boots and works fine but want to make some changes to it. Any ideas?
Thanks
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go to Amon-Ra thread in development. Download his image file, put on the root of your SD card, boot into bootloader, when it asks if you want to flash, accept(vol up I think) then let it flash and try and boot into recovery again.

If you are using ROM manager, you can try to flash a different version of Clockwork. That worked for me.

lehalter said:
If you are using ROM manager, you can try to flash a different version of Clockwork. That worked for me.
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Or, IMO, use ROM manager to flash to Amon RA.

k2buckley said:
Or, IMO, use ROM manager to flash to Amon RA.
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Amon-Ra is a much better recovery than Clockwork. Seems to be less borked and less issues than clockwork.

k2buckley said:
So, when you're in bootloader, and select recovery, what does it do ? What recovery were you using, amon or clockwork? You said 4g isn't working? What's it do ? Did you backup your rsakeys, or use amon ra to make nand backup? Let me know.
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When I'm in the bootloader and select recovery it loads up the bootloader again....and as far as the 4g it doesn't come on at all....
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Jaybucka said:
When I'm in the bootloader and select recovery it loads up the bootloader again....and as far as the 4g it doesn't come on at all....
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Unless you backed up before flashing, you probably lost rsa keys. Have fun trying to get em back. Now find a way to get a recovery. Go to amon's thread and there's instructions on how to flash it using terminal emulator
A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on Android OS. We now have CyanogenMod.

Mine did the same thing, not being able to boot to recovery... somehow I guess the recovery image got corrupted... I just used ROM manager to flash Amon Ra (by clicking "flash alternate recovery") and it booted right into recovery....
As for the no-4g.... not good

Ok I do some reading and I got ny 4g working and I know way more then I did before this ...thanks guys for the help ....
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nosympathy said:
Amon-Ra is a much better recovery than Clockwork. Seems to be less borked and less issues than clockwork.
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agreed
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Evokings titanium rom but band still locked

I recently flashed my first rom...yes im a noob. I installed some root friendly apps that say I don't have my nand unlocked. Can someone send a link my way to instruct me? I thought I did it...evo4g...running evokings black titanium
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androidFIERCE said:
I recently flashed my first rom...yes im a noob. I installed some root friendly apps that say I don't have my nand unlocked. Can someone send a link my way to instruct me? I thought I did it...evo4g...running evokings black titanium
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Some more details would be spectacular, such as which apps you're trying to use that give you that error. Do any other root apps work? What method did you use to root? Do you have the 'super user' app installed on your phone? When you boot to the bootloader, does it show Ship S off or Ship S on? What method did you use to flash the rom? Did you do it manually in recovery, or did you use ROM Manager?

When I boot to recovery it shows s-on. I don't remember the exact app name but it was used to manage power and cpu usage to boost performance. I used unrevoked root method found on xda.
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I flashed rom from sd manually via zip
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androidFIERCE said:
I flashed rom from sd manually via zip
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Okay, you should be S off, not S on. Since you have custom recovery installed, you need to download the unrevoked forever s off tool, and flash it in recovery. Then boot back to your bootloader, and be sure that you're S off. At that point, I'd boot back to recovery, do a full wipe (data/factory reset, cache, dalvik cache, and flash calkulin's format all.zip), then reflash your rom. See if it works after that.

Much appreciated friend. To be continued.
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androidFIERCE said:
Much appreciated friend. To be continued.
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Not a problem. And if you are on the newest version of clockwork recovery, you may not be able to flash that Calkulin's Format all.zip. You may need to flash King's format all zip instead, which I will attatch for you. Just remember, that after you flash either of the Format all.zip's, you need to flash a new ROM before you boot up. Once you flash the Format all.zip, everything geti's wiped, and you won't be able to boot up.

So instead of calkulins use kingsmod? Now.I don't wipe again one I use kingsmod do I?
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Nevermind. Flash the format all.zip then flash rom.
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androidFIERCE said:
Nevermind. Flash the format all.zip then flash rom.
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That is correct. Don't try to boot after flashing format all, until you first flash a ROM. Let me know how you make out

androidFIERCE said:
So instead of calkulins use kingsmod? Now.I don't wipe again one I use kingsmod do I?
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Correct, they both do the same thing, except king's is edify compatible, which makes it gingerbread and clockwork 3.0+ friendly.

Also...kings black titanium is my first flashed rom. I like it...but I don't want to miss out on something better. I am sure I will try other roms ...but in the meantime...any suggestions for performance and stability roms. I've seen screenshots of overclocked phones....the response of my current rom is great...but I am into full customization. Any ideas from those who know?
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...sounds like you should try CM7

I recommend CM7. You just need to download and flash the latest gapps with it.

Someone wanna give the pros and cons of cm7? I have heard it plenty of times. Same type of thing right? I can flash cm7 straight from. Zip on my sd card?
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When u say gapps that's foreign to me...I am still noob. Is this a cynagen rom. I see alot of screen shots with people clocking their androids way ocmver the stock 1 gig. How do they accomplish this. Sorry for all the questions.
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androidFIERCE said:
When u say gapps that's foreign to me...I am still noob. Is this a cynagen rom. I see alot of screen shots with people clocking their androids way ocmver the stock 1 gig. How do they accomplish this. Sorry for all the questions.
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http://goo-inside.me/gapps/latest/7/universal/ < gapps [google apps] you flash them in recovery after flashing a new gingerbread rom, its so that your market, gmail, ect installs and work. And CM7 offers a lot of customization, plenty of themes, ect. You can overclock your phone using setcpu or from settings > cyanogen mod settings > performance > cpu settings. The only real con is a few select apps don't have gingerbread support yet, like juice defender, I believe. And if you want to update your PRL, you have to flash a sense rom, update, flash back, but that's easy.

Okay so that zip file is the gapps for cm7 rom? Now is the cm7 fast and responsive and is it a gingerbread based rom? I've been doing this replying back and forth from my phone...havent done the research yet.
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PERFECT!!!
Okay now I am S-OFF. Thanks for the help guys...also...i was peeping in on mikifroyo 4.6, if i can get another lead on flashing roms...first data/factory reset, then wipe cache, then wipe dalvik, then i can flash new rom? Or do i need to flash a format all.zip first?

im running myns warm 2.2 i love sense i've been to cm7 and back a hundred times that with netarchy's 4.3.1 kernel is nice fast pretty decent battery life too but ya gotta give it day or so to see better life and lots of mods for myns too. id rather wait for gingerbread til someone other than cm to come out with one

[Q] Please help an older lady

Last week, I rooted my Sprint HTC EVO 4g using directions I found on this site plus the revolutionary site. All I did was turn S-OFF so I could do wireless tethering with my phone - I did not change the stock ROM - it worked great and I thank you for all you do here.
However, today Sprint sent an OTA update. I know I should not accept it. However, how do I get the update? I have been reading on this forum and I know that the wonderful developers create Sprint stock ROM updates, but I do not know how to choose the correct one and update my stock ROM.
Could someone please advise me on what I should do - or point me in the direction I should go to find out how to get the update?
Thanks in advance for your help.

Hey,
Yeah you are right about that ota can unroot and damage your phone!
Alright to do this you will need to flash a rom! this link below is a tutorial how to do so! just scroll past all the rooting guide and follow the directions how to flash a rom! Make sure to do a Nandroid first! then wipe your data cache and Davlik Cache!
http://www.goodandevo.net/2011/03/h...flash-new-rom-and-kernel-on-your-htc-evo.html
Then download the rooted o'xed version of the rom and place it on your sd card! and just follow the instructions on how to flash! This is the latest ota of htc sense and it runs great Brad is a great guy and makes great things! and this is just is the stock evo rom with update!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455340
Tips:
Remember you will loose your data text apps and so forth! so you might want to use titanium back up to save your apps and data first!
Be sure to nandroid
Be sure you wipe!
Have fun good luck and if you need anything pm me!
Oh and If i helped hit the thanks please!
Stevo!

Thanks you so much!

have you tried rom manager in the app market? there are stock evo roms there and itll flash it for you and everything

Nelsonr618 said:
have you tried rom manager in the app market? there are stock evo roms there and itll flash it for you and everything
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Don't use rom manager on the evo amon ra and amon RA style recovery are the only ones that work properly when. Wiping cwm doesn't always wipe properly and causes issues and rom manage does not work without cwm recovery
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klm56srq said:
Thanks you so much!
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You welcome! Glad I could help!

Rom manager doesn't work how?
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ladle3000 said:
Rom manager doesn't work how?
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it doesn't work without CWM he said
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With out clockwork mod recovery rom manager is useless you can't flash or wipe anything with it as it uses cwm to do so, so if you are using amon ra or amon RA style supersonic recovery(my preference) then rom manager becomes useless besides doing it in recovery you're not trusting a script to do it without screwing something up
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Its worth noting that the if you want to keep the same sense rom (like the one your have before you root) stevos link to brads page will be the best.
an app that would be worth downloading before you flash a rom if its your first time is titanium back up (and super user assuming you have not installed it already) titanium back up will allow you to save (back up) your apps so when your flash the rom you can reload the apps that you have now onto the new installation. I hope this helped!

Here is a wiki it list stock rom's and costume one's for the supersonic (HTC EVO).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs