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[Q] EVO root help, will pay money for the successful suggestion!

Just got my evo a few days ago. It seems to get it rooted is not so easy for me.
I upgrade from 3.26(hboot 0.93) to 3.29(hboot 0.97), and I tried something, like suggested by the page 38 of this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...highlight=root
no luck. the software stop at the screen " waiting for the device, plug phone in now and enable usb debugging mode,make sure htc sync is not installed "
Unlike other people easily get root from unrevoked, I am so puzzled... if anybody can give me a hand to root my evo... i will be very much appreciated. thanks!
I have charge only and debugging mode on my phone usb connection. Do i need to adb driver or some other drivers?
Here is basic info of my phone:
hardware version 0003
android version 2.2
baseband version 2.15.00.09.01
kernel version 2.6.32.15-ge2fb08e
build number 3.19.651.5 CL252548 release-keys
software number 3.29.651.5
pri version 1.77_003
PRL version 60671
Thanks, any word is appreciated!

do you have android sdk installed and if so does our evo show up if you look for adb devices in cmd?

Did you install the necessary hboot drivers from unrevoked's website?
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Make sure u have ADB set-up on ur computer.
If not go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
(it says dat u need a rooted G1, dont worry about dat. this works for every windows computer out there. u just need a rooted phone to just confirm it works and blahblahblah)
once u do that, make sure u have ur Hboot drivers updated on ur comp, if not go here.
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
once u do that, rooting ur phone.
this is the only method out of all the others that ive seen, that WILL work for any Evo.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
just read over everything, double check and make sure ur stuff is installed right and you'll be on ur way..
remember, DONT USE UNREVOKED! its been out-of-date and will f**k up ur 4G for good.

djtoonjr said:
Make sure u have ADB set-up on ur computer.
If not go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
(it says dat u need a rooted G1, dont worry about dat. this works for every windows computer out there. u just need a rooted phone to just confirm it works and blahblahblah)
once u do that, make sure u have ur Hboot drivers updated on ur comp, if not go here.
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
once u do that, rooting ur phone.
this is the only method out of all the others that ive seen, that WILL work for any Evo.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
just read over everything, double check and make sure ur stuff is installed right and you'll be on ur way..
remember, DONT USE UNREVOKED! its been out-of-date and will f**k up ur 4G for good.
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i am trying to figure out this root stuff too. if he has a v.003 why can't you use unrevoked?

djtoonjr said:
remember, DONT USE UNREVOKED! its been out-of-date and will f**k up ur 4G for good.
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Not true...if you have the old unrevoked that was up briefly then taken down then yes that can mess up your 4g this was because there was a part in the unrevoked that did not pay attention to the RSA Keys specific to your EVO 4g.
If you use the current unrevoked3 and have hboot .97 or below you can use the one click method unroot method and retain all 4g funcitionality. I did it with my EVO two weeks ago worked flawlesly and I tested my 4g after with no issue running checks via adb shell and normal testing.
hboot= .97 or below you can use unrevoked3 one click unroot.

I HIGHLY recommend this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448

Sir, did you installed abd drivers to run unrevoked 3?
Hi there,
in case to run unrevoked 3, do you need to install abd and sdk drivers???
Stroid01 said:
Not true...if you have the old unrevoked that was up briefly then taken down then yes that can mess up your 4g this was because there was a part in the unrevoked that did not pay attention to the RSA Keys specific to your EVO 4g.
If you use the current unrevoked3 and have hboot .97 or below you can use the one click method unroot method and retain all 4g funcitionality. I did it with my EVO two weeks ago worked flawlesly and I tested my 4g after with no issue running checks via adb shell and normal testing.
hboot= .97 or below you can use unrevoked3 one click unroot.
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this one seems good for my situation
May I ask what is the relationship of this instruction with Unrevoked 3.21?
If i didn't get unrevoked work for my phone (it is supposed to work for hb0.97), do i have better chance with this instruction?
thanks, i need to get root to have free wifi badly.
jlechner said:
I HIGHLY recommend this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448
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do we need sdk for unrevoked 3.21?
the author of this page didn't say we need sdk and abd drivers for rooting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=787304&highlight=root
chadm424 said:
do you have android sdk installed and if so does our evo show up if you look for adb devices in cmd?
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yes, i did
no luck for unrevoked 3.21 with my hboot 0.97 phone
_MetalHead_ said:
Did you install the necessary hboot drivers from unrevoked's website?
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zl362 said:
Hi there,
in case to run unrevoked 3, do you need to install abd and sdk drivers???
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yes download the drivers from the unrevoked site and install to your computer. I think having the android sdk is good but not necessary if you download the drivers from unrevoked. I had to do it three times before it unrooted my evo using unrevoked. I unrooted another evo the first try. It will work if you have hboot .97 i speak from experience from 2 weeks ago.

youtube has step by step instructions..its a lil more intense to root this badboy
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Unrevoked3 issues

Trying to use Unrevoked3 to flash my Desire GSM, but I can't seem to get past the "Waiting for device" part.
I have installed the HBOOT drivers properly, and I plugged in the phone via USB and I have USB debugging enabled.
And yes, I have tried running it from Administrator.
As far I've read, these are the only required steps for it to work. Am I missing something?

p3lim said:
Trying to use Unrevoked3 to flash my Desire GSM, but I can't seem to get past the "Waiting for device" part.
I have installed the HBOOT drivers properly, and I plugged in the phone via USB and I have USB debugging enabled.
And yes, I have tried running it from Administrator.
As far I've read, these are the only required steps for it to work. Am I missing something?
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Did you install HTC Sync for the Device drivers whilst booted and not in hboot?
this isn't dev related btw, please post those things in Q & A or general, thx

I have the same issues on my 0.93 hboot. Deinstalles HTC Sync and installed the usb drivers? I'm stuck at waiting for device

1. this should be in Q & A
2. what sw version of htc rom are you on?

d0msen said:
Did you install HTC Sync for the Device drivers whilst booted and not in hboot?
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Never installed HTC Sync.
I generally never install software I have no use of
d0msen said:
this isn't dev related btw, please post those things in Q & A or general, thx
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Suppose thats right, I'm not too familiar with these forums, though a mod could move this topic if needed.

poope said:
I have the same issues on my 0.93 hboot. Deinstalles HTC Sync and installed the usb drivers? I'm stuck at waiting for device
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check if youe phone is listed as having correctly installed drivers in device manager, if so, did you maybe forget to activate usb-debugging?

p3lim said:
Never installed HTC Sync.
I generally never install software I have no use of
Suppose thats right, I'm not too familiar with these forums, though a mod could move this topic if needed.
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As in the HTC sync must be installed first, then uninstalled. The HTC drivers is a requirement for unrevoked to work.

p3lim said:
Never installed HTC Sync.
I generally never install software I have no use of
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You can uninstall the software itself after installing it while keeping the drivers.
Anyway, the drivers come with the software so you gotta install it at least once ;-)

Rambo87 said:
As in the HTC sync must be installed first, then uninstalled. The HTC drivers is a requirement for unrevoked to work.
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Thanks, this fixed my issue

Now that my Desire is rooted, do you guys have any suggestions on what ROM to use?
Just used the default one that came with unrevoked3, but I know that there are more out there.
Preferably one with Froyo or Gingerbread (not sure if its available yet tho)

check out what they offer, most are different but have lots in common as well. Gingerbread ROMs are not available yet.

[Q] I miss my Evo rooted! help

i miss my evo being rooted!!...on friday i got my replacement and i cant root it my new EVO with unrevoked yet. a message keeps popping up saying that my FIRMWARE is too new. I dont know but i find my phone super boring with it being stock. can someone help me out please?
this is my software info
Android
2.2
Baseband
2.15.00.11.19
Kernal Verison
2.6.32.17-gee557fd
[email protected] # 15
Build number
3.70.651.1
Software number
3.70651.1
PRI Version
1.90_003
PRL Version
60678

1. Download and install the hboot drivers
2. Install then uninstall htc sync
3. Enable usb debugging on phone
4. From the bootloader, select clear storage [factory reset]
5. Star phone normally, connect phone to pc in charge only
6. Run unrevoked

Did you try unrevoked 3 ?

reaper24 said:
Did you try unrevoked 3 ?
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yes i did....

teh roxxorz said:
1. Download and install the hboot drivers
2. Install then uninstall htc sync
3. Enable usb debugging on phone
4. From the bootloader, select clear storage [factory reset]
5. Star phone normally, connect phone to pc in charge only
6. Run unrevoked
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thanks.. ima give this a try when i get home...but would it matter if i already downloaded the hboot drivers to root my previous evo?

did you turn your antivirus off on your computer? if on pc did you right click unrevoked and ran as administrator?

jsantos248 said:
thanks.. ima give this a try when i get home...but would it matter if i already downloaded the hboot drivers to root my previous evo?
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No, they're the same ones, just needed to make sure you had them.

jsantos248 said:
yes i did....
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Man that's weird I just got my evo a week ago brand new never been used in retail box 0004 had no problem rooting it.

emcp422 said:
did you turn your antivirus off on your computer? if on pc did you right click unrevoked and ran as administrator?
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yeah i did both...ive rooted my previous evos and never had a problem..this is the first time

i got my phone thru my insurance would they do something to it ...to make it not able to root it?

do you have something like wheres my droid on your phone, try uninstalling it, if you have qik uninstall updates, my first evo wouldnt root because of them

Reboot your phone, that way when it starts, nothing is running. Then run unrevoked after going through my instructions.

Make sure you download the newest version of unrevoked, I think its up to 3.2 or 3.3 now. Unrevoked 3 is out of date.

jsantos248 said:
i got my phone thru my insurance would they do something to it ...to make it not able to root it?
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Never had that problem only thing I can think of that would of cause that would be whoever had that phone be4 you installed a hboot that wasn't rootable. Refurbs are always someone elses problem that ends up in your lap.
I got mine through them the first one was junk had lines down the screen when you turned it on then called em and they sent a brand new one next day. No problem rooting it.

reaper24 said:
Never had that problem only thing I can think of that would of cause that would be whoever had that phone be4 you installed a hboot that wasn't rootable. Refurbs are always someone elses problem that ends up in your lap.
I got mine through them the first one was junk had lines down the screen when you turned it on then called em and they sent a brand new one next day. No problem rooting it.
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im on the phone with them as we speak...going to tell them im not satisfy and that i want a new phone..so far its wroking lol

I don't know which version of unrevoked you're using, but make sure you're using the newest one as somebody else mentioned. If you're using the version that you used to root previously, uninstall it & install the newest version. If that doesn't work, there are other methods to root.
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so did they replace the phone?
either way, i just want to put in a good word for an alternative to unrevoked: i had a *very* good experience with this universal auto root procedure by xhausx
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448
his procedure is pretty thorough and has specific instructions for various HW versions and HBOOT versions. it seems to me if you followed it to the letter you would very likely have success.
good luck!

NxNW said:
so did they replace the phone?
either way, i just want to put in a good word for an alternative to unrevoked: i had a *very* good experience with this universal auto root procedure by xhausx
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448
his procedure is pretty thorough and has specific instructions for various HW versions and HBOOT versions. it seems to me if you followed it to the letter you would very likely have success.
good luck!
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yeah they sent me a BRAND NEW EVO!!...i called last night about 9:00pm and got my new phone today about 12:30pm...so it worked perfectly...now im debating if i wanna root it lol its always something with me

what am i missing here?

ok im new to rooting but i've looked at evey guide and i am trying to use unrevoked to root right now. on my millionth attempt my computer/the program is still staying "waiting for device". its in usb debugging as well. did something change or is there something else i need to do from here?

Can u give us more info on ur phone then we can try to help u.
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its an evo
from a year or so back version 2.3.5
software 4.67.651.3

First off you need to install the hTC drivers onto your computer,then it will see your phone,also make sure USB debugging is turned off,settings/applications/developement... http://www.htc.com/www/help/ ,follow the install instructions.

Unrevoked doesn't work with 2.3+
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stonknod said:
ok im new to rooting but i've looked at evey guide and i am trying to use unrevoked to root right now. on my millionth attempt my computer/the program is still staying "waiting for device". its in usb debugging as well. did something change or is there something else i need to do from here?
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I had that same problem. I ended up having to switch over to linux to originally root my Evo

Revolutionary io is what he needs aside from HTC drivers unrevoked wont work like someone said above
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stonknod said:
its an evo
from a year or so back version 2.3.5
software 4.67.651.3
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You're going to have to use the HTCDev.com website to unlock your bootloader.

[Q] How to root HTC Evo 4G on 2.3.4??

Ok so I've been looking around and can't seem to find really good answers to my questions. First of all I'm wanting to root a Japanese HTC Evo 4G on version 2.3.4 Hboot 2.15. The only way I can really find how to do this is to go through HTCdev and do a bootloader unlock. Now my problem with that is that it says it will wipe all personal information on the phone during this process, which I don't want to have to go through and re-input everything again. All posts I find on this are pretty old and don't seem to apply atm. So I guess basically I have a couple questions. Can you back up this info so that you don't have to back through and manually re-input it all?? Is it safe and good to do for my phone? I'm fairly familiar with the root process as I had an HTC Evo 4G before that I rooted but ended up losing that phone and had to get a new one, that being said it was my first root ever done. Also if anybody knows of roms that work great with the AU mail service?? I had flashed a couple of roms before and couldn't get that service back on the phone no matter what I tried so stayed rooted with just stock rom. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated and links and such. Thank you

Also I should mention that I don't understand or speak enough japanese to actually feel comfortable following a japanese youtube video on how to do this. I watched 1 and understood most of what he was saying but just not comfortable enough to use it as a guide.

Use the Revolutionary tool to root your phone http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/revolutionary

Hmm nope doesn't work. I keep getting Failed to get Root! Not sure what else to do after I punch in the beta key and hit enter it just sits at Zerging Root for about 30 secs then pops that up. Also it appears that maybe the HTCdriver is not working properly? When I look at the drivers from my computer for the phone it says 2.0.7.6 and when I click on the HTCdriver 3.0.0.007 nothing really happens except for asking for permission to run and then I hit run and that's it.

So here's a question now. I see I can delete the driver for this. Should I, then try to run HTCdriver 3.0.0.007?? Not sure what else to do atm.

Try uninstalling the driver and install them with this http://dl3.htc.com/application/sync/htc_sync_3.0.5617_us.exe
Then try using the revolutionary tool

jaydub5150 said:
Hmm nope doesn't work. I keep getting Failed to get Root! Not sure what else to do after I punch in the beta key and hit enter it just sits at Zerging Root for about 30 secs then pops that up. Also it appears that maybe the HTCdriver is not working properly? When I look at the drivers from my computer for the phone it says 2.0.7.6 and when I click on the HTCdriver 3.0.0.007 nothing really happens except for asking for permission to run and then I hit run and that's it.
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hey. did you get to root your evo? mine is also like this. Zerging Root but fails to get root.. my evo is also from japan under kddi.. i dont seem to get past the zerging root part. any suggestions or am i doing something wrong. any help would be great. thanks in advance..

JemAguilar said:
hey. did you get to root your evo? mine is also like this. Zerging Root but fails to get root.. my evo is also from japan under kddi.. i dont seem to get past the zerging root part. any suggestions or am i doing something wrong. any help would be great. thanks in advance..
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What Hboot do you have?
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FinZ28 said:
What Hboot do you have?
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i used gingerbreak on 2.18 hboot to unlock my boot loader but htcdev site won't let me get the token

FinZ28 said:
What Hboot do you have?
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My hboot is 2.15.00.09.04...

JemAguilar said:
My hboot is 2.15.00.09.04...
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That looks more like your radio (baseband) version.
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FinZ28 said:
That looks more like your radio (baseband) version.
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im sorry it is the radio.. my bad. the hboot is 2.15.0001

JemAguilar said:
My hboot is 2.15.00.09.04...
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Make sure your driver's are up to date, that HTC Sync is completely uninstalled from your computer, use a good USB cable & make sure the phone is booted to the OS.
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FinZ28 said:
Make sure your driver's are up to date, that HTC Sync is completely uninstalled from your computer, use a good USB cable & make sure the phone is booted to the OS.
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i did all of those things... the problem is the zerging root part. i recently did my htc aria. its now booted in cm7. so im really having troubles with this htc evo...

JemAguilar said:
i did all of those things... the problem is the zerging root part. i recently did my htc aria. its now booted in cm7. so im really having troubles with this htc evo...
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You don't by chance have a PC36IMG file on your SD card, do you? I saw where this was causing some issues for others, particularly when the phone reboots to the bootloader. Delete the file if it's there, rename it or move it off the root of your SD card.
Also, make sure you have USB debugging enabled on your phone, and any antivirus software on your computer turned off. I've used Revolutionary to root & S-off 4 different OG EVO's and I've only had an issue once, and it was due to HTC Sync being installed on my laptop (Revolutionary would open and then immediately close).
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FinZ28 said:
You don't by chance have a PC36IMG file on your SD card, do you? I saw where this was causing some issues for others, particularly when the phone reboots to the bootloader. Delete the file if it's there, rename it or move it off the root of your SD card.
Also, make sure you have USB debugging enabled on your phone, and any antivirus software on your computer turned off. I've used Revolutionary to root & S-off 4 different OG EVO's and I've only had an issue once, and it was due to HTC Sync being installed on my laptop (Revolutionary would open and then immediately close).
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i removed the sd card and all you said i did. still ain't working...

JemAguilar said:
i removed the sd card and all you said i did. still ain't working...
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Hmmm......
Have you by any chance tried it on a different computer?
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FinZ28 said:
Hmmm......
Have you by any chance tried it on a different computer?
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no I haven't because Im currently fixing my other laptop because it wont boot up. so no i haven't tried it on a different computer.