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Rooting my evo (PAINS)

hi guys,
i know there is alot of threads about rooting the evo.. but as im trying to use the unRevoke 1 click.
it always says my radio is unsupported?
S-Off
and my Radio version is 2.15.00.11.01
if i need to change radios, can somone plz just walk me thru it, part by part?

Did you install custom USB driver?
In device manager how does your evo show up?
Usb debugging on?

beastmods said:
Did you install custom USB driver?
In device manager how does your evo show up?
Usb debugging on?
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yep, i installed the software and it said what it was supposed to say.. however it still was saying unsupported radio, then the damn evo showed up as composite ADB interface? in the device settings lol..

Lahmian said:
hi guys,
i know there is alot of threads about rooting the evo.. but as im trying to use the unRevoke 1 click.
it always says my radio is unsupported?
S-Off
and my Radio version is 2.15.00.11.01
if i need to change radios, can somone plz just walk me thru it, part by part?
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This is how I root my phone awhile back. There are others out there, but I found this one first and did the step-by-step and got my EVO rooted. Simple
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc...-evo-4g-unrevoked-3-rooting-instructions.html

Lahmian said:
hi guys,
i know there is alot of threads about rooting the evo.. but as im trying to use the unRevoke 1 click.
it always says my radio is unsupported?
S-Off
and my Radio version is 2.15.00.11.01
if i need to change radios, can somone plz just walk me thru it, part by part?
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Lahmian said:
yep, i installed the software and it said what it was supposed to say.. however it still was saying unsupported radio, then the damn evo showed up as composite ADB interface? in the device settings lol..
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So how far did Unrevoked get? You said it shows S Off in your bootloader? When I used unrevoked on my girl's phone, I got that error saying incompatible radio version, but everything else in the program ran fine, and it still said it was a triumph. It still installed clockwork recovery, and it was funtioning. So I flashed Unrevoked S Off tool, and all was fine. I then flashed Amon Ra recovery, and there have been 0 issues with her phone so far. I've flashed a couple different roms for her without issue. So did you experience something similar? Did Unrevoked install Clockwork recovery for you? What happens when you select recovery from the bootloader? And is your hboot indeed S off?
EDIT: If you do indeed want to update your radios, here is the link to calkulins radio page : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
You do need to have S off to flash a radio, and you would need a custom recovery. So if you have those two things, then you can flash your radios. You flash them like a ROM, from recovery. You will see a few different/unusual screens while they are flashing, don't freak out. It takes a while for them to flash sometimes too, so be patient while they are flashing, and dont pull the battery, that's how a brick is made. And be sure to have a substantial amount of battery prior. PM me if you have further questions.

There is a link in my thread that should help get you going. If you have S-OFF it is simple to flash a rooted ROM

If your phone shows s off then its rooted
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

When i do the Recovery, i get a black screen with the phone in the middle and a red Triangle Exclamation thing.. and it just stays there till i pull the battery.

Are you sure you have the latest Unrevoked 3.32? Make sure you download from here Unrevoked 3.32 I used that to root my Evo and I have the same radio as you and it worked flawlessly. What OS are you using Win7? Mac? XP? Vista? Unrevoked 3.32 should work. If you can't get it to work try this: Root the Evo. If you follow that guide you will have full root. I have used it several times and it has never failed me. Good luck my friend.
You don't have a custom recovery yet. When you boot into bootloader(press volume down and power) what is at the top of the screen?
Sorry I do not have the same radio as you. Mine is different so use the second link in my post to root your phone. It takes longer but is a sure fire way to get it rooted and get you to flashing custom Rom's. Plus it comes with AmonRA 2.2.1 recovery which is better than Clockwork in my opinion.

Lahmian said:
When i do the Recovery, i get a black screen with the phone in the middle and a red Triangle Exclamation thing.. and it just stays there till i pull the battery.
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Is your s off?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

Don't forget two install the hboot driver's on your pc you get them from unrevokeds site. Also uninstall any app or HTC sync that will connect two your pc when your usb cable is connected also turn off any AntiVirus you have on your pc
Sent from the moon with two tin cans and a very long string

clavoie26 said:
Don't forget two install the hboot driver's on your pc you get them from unrevokeds site. Also uninstall any app or HTC sync that will connect two your pc when your usb cable is connected also turn off any AntiVirus you have on your pc
Sent from the moon with two tin cans and a very long string
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+1
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

i just need to know how to update the radio, i have put the updated radio zip folder on the root of the card, but thats it, how do i flash it w/o already having root?

Man I think sprint updated me and I can't root.

Its on
baseband 2.15.00.11.19
Software 3.70.651.1

DevilStrider said:
Its on
baseband 2.15.00.11.19
Software 3.70.651.1
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Me too Just got a replacement Evo for my wife and nothing I tried works so far as far as rooting goes. So its not just you that have an issue.
Same Radio
HBOOT 2.10.0001
Tried regular old Unrevoked first.

Yeah man I'm trying to install a older official rom to see what happens.

I install the official RUU_Supersonic_1.47.651.1_Radio_2.05.00.06.10_rele ase_CL195459 and it allowed root. Let me test before doing it.

Running warm twopointwo now.

DevilStrider said:
Its on
baseband 2.15.00.11.19
Software 3.70.651.1
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Try again. I had exactly the same versions posted as you and http://unrevoked.com/recovery/ worked on the first attempt.

you are all fine but do not read.
www.unrevoked.com
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
either or. top is one click. bottom is the cool and no mess up way.
enjoy

fyoory said:
Me too Just got a replacement Evo for my wife and nothing I tried works so far as far as rooting goes. So its not just you that have an issue.
Same Radio
HBOOT 2.10.0001
Tried regular old Unrevoked first.
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Actually the Autoroot here just worked on my wifes Evo:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448

fyoory said:
Actually the Autoroot here just worked on my wifes Evo:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448
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I want to root,but unrevoked starts and says failed to push recovery..and don't want to use autoroot cuz it installs sprint lovers Rom,and I want to keep it stock...

2nd link in post 7 works well. It's manual, and more involved, but you see what's going on every step of the way. Learn something too.

jocampo86 said:
I want to root,but unrevoked starts and says failed to push recovery..and don't want to use autoroot cuz it installs sprint lovers Rom,and I want to keep it stock...
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you need to set up drivers for unrevoked, and put your phone in charge only mode with usb debugging on. i wouldnt use autoroot it is just an auto version of the second link i posted. when things are automated, you never kno what went wrong.

dkdude36 said:
you need to set up drivers for unrevoked, and put your phone in charge only mode with usb debugging on. i wouldnt use autoroot it is just an auto version of the second link i posted. when things are automated, you never kno what went wrong.
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With autoroot how it roots depends on the phone, it was originally based on toastcfh's method but will use unrevoked forever if the eng hboot can not be used. It also saves everything it does in a log file so you can see exactly what happened if something does go wrong.

Unrevoked works fine with the new Sprint update. I don't want to sound like a jerk, but there's gotta be something you're doing wrong. My Evo was purchased on 1/1/11 and had all the most recent updates and I got it first try.

AbsolutZeroGI said:
Unrevoked works fine with the new Sprint update. I don't want to sound like a jerk, but there's gotta be something you're doing wrong. My Evo was purchased on 1/1/11 and had all the most recent updates and I got it first try.
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Nothing wrong. I know how to use adb and I have been root EVO's for a while. I got home from sprint after they replaced my screen and unrevoked would not root it. I tried it 3 times. So I just downgraded and rooted from there. So I'm good. Thanks for your input.

jocampo86 said:
I want to root,but unrevoked starts and says failed to push recovery..and don't want to use autoroot cuz it installs sprint lovers Rom,and I want to keep it stock...
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You have the windows drivers installed before running unrevoked, right?

Just to let u guys know,,I was having a error w htc sync after uninstalling as son as I uninstalled it went thru on the first try!!!!unrevoked

Brand new
Ok so I purchased my EVO right before xmas. I was running the same software, hardware as the current EVO's being handed out today. Took me quite awhile to muster up the courage as well as do all the research before deciding to root. As of last night, succesfully rooted using Unrevoked3 following all instructions, flashed cyanogen 6.1.2 and everything went flawlessly. Albeit I may not be in the "know" as most on here (newbie, especially on android) but following my recent adventure, I have also rooted 2 more EVO's (friend+boss) running the same specs as mine and the OP, all with no problems. I know that this may not be the case for everyone but for the MOST part, everyone I have encountered here seems to really try to be helpful.
< One very happy rooted EVO user

hey xhausx, is there some sort of error detection .log in your script? seems like a great tool, just if you have no idea where something messed up there will be problems.

Possible to just be "unrootable" as of right now?

Tried Unrevoked and xHaus's method with errors related to my firmware being too new. On both.
Any thoughts on how to get around this?

therealmkl said:
Tried Unrevoked and xHaus's method with errors related to my firmware being too new. On both.
Any thoughts on how to get around this?
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Did you install and then uninstall HTC Sync before running Unrevoked?

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Did you install and then uninstall HTC Sync before running Unrevoked?
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Yes, it gave me the "Is your firmware too new?" error.
I don't buy that it has to do with some market apps like what their website says on that one. I had run the 3.7 RUU about 15 minutes before I uninstalled HTC Sync and ran Unrevoked. Whatever was on the phone was stock of the 3.7 RUU. No downloads or upgrades to any apps prior to.

therealmkl said:
Yes, it gave me the "Is your firmware too new?" error.
I don't buy that it has to do with some market apps like what their website says on that one. I had run the 3.7 RUU about 15 minutes before I uninstalled HTC Sync and ran Unrevoked. Whatever was on the phone was stock of the 3.7 RUU. No downloads or upgrades to any apps prior to.
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Strange.....I rooted my friend's phone the other day and I got this error and realized I hadn't uninstalled HTC Sync. I also had to reset the phone by going into settings> SD & phone storage> factory data reset. Try that and you should be good to go.

Did you also download and install the modified hboot drivers? Unrevoked DOES work on all EVOs now so there's gotta be something else going on.

Yeah I just bought my evo 2 days ago and unrevoked worked perfect
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Weird.... let me give the wiping of factory data and make sure double check HTC sync is uninstalled.

Make sure you install those hboot drivers too.

For whatever reason I got the urge to try Haus's method again.....worked like a charm.
I'm wondering if installing those HBOOT drivers is what did the trick

therealmkl said:
For whatever reason I got the urge to try Haus's method again.....worked like a charm.
I'm wondering if installing those HBOOT drivers is what did the trick
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In my friend's case, it was HTC Sync being installed that fouled it up the first time, but after removing it I got the same error. Apparently the Unrvoked had already done needed to be undone for it to work properly. After resetting the phone, it worked like a charm. Not sure what did it for you, but I'm glad you got it resolved.

Need a lot of help.

Long story short, my microphone broke on my old EVO, so I unrooted to take it back. I got a new one and tried to root it again used UnrEVOked3 again and it not work. Recovery does not work, there is no superuser options. On the hboot menu it does say S-OFF. I have tried to reuse the UnrEVOked3 and it will not recognize my device. I am just looking for some form of help so that I can get my phone rooted so I can get CM7.
Thanks

have you tried to dl superuser (the one from Chains) from the market?

Just did, still will not let me use root apps or anything, only difference is now I have the app.

Did you reboot?

Use this thread as a reference to completely unroot your phone, then retry unrEVOked...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141

mrpurplehawk said:
Long story short, my microphone broke on my old EVO, so I unrooted to take it back. I got a new one and tried to root it again used UnrEVOked3 again and it not work. Recovery does not work, there is no superuser options. On the hboot menu it does say S-OFF. I have tried to reuse the UnrEVOked3 and it will not recognize my device. I am just looking for some form of help so that I can get my phone rooted so I can get CM7.
Thanks
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Well, since you show S off, I'd just flash a PC36IMG of Amon Ra recovery, and then flash a new rom. I've seen people report of Unrevoked having a difficult time for whatever reason. I've never had a hiccup with it, but taht doesn't matter. Perhaps there was something on your computer causing you issues, such as HTC sync, PDAnet, an anti virus program, etc. Anyways, download this PC36IMG, put it on the root of your SD card. Shut your phone off, then boot to the bootloader. It'll ask you to update, and select vol up to say yes. Once it's done, you can boot into recovery and flash away. That should all work just fine, because you're S off already.

Try what he ^^^ said first...if that still fails, try what I said lol

what h-boot do u have and were u runing 3.70 when u did unrevoked 3 cause it should not work at all u need tun another method to root

lcorona056248 said:
what h-boot do u have and were u runing 3.70 when u did unrevoked 3 cause it should not work at all u need tun another method to root
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Not sure what you're talking about. I think your info is outdated. Unrevoked works with all hardware and software versions for the Evo (3.70) included. I've used it more than a few times. Unrevoked was updated months ago, like right after Christmas.

k2buckley said:
Not sure what you're talking about. I think your info is outdated. Unrevoked works with all hardware and software versions for the Evo (3.70) included. I've used it more than a few times. Unrevoked was updated months ago, like right after Christmas.
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cool i didnt know that i still have the first production hardware 002 so no need for me to keep up to date.. but i will keep that in mind when i get my next one thanks bro
i would do what k2buckley said and run amon ra recovery should help u a ton

that worked, thank you so much!!!

mrpurplehawk said:
that worked, thank you so much!!!
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You're welcome man, glad it worked for ya!

Latest unrevoked and white evo

Myself and my wife both had black evos from launch day. I recently got the nexus 4g and she came back to the evo after trying the arrive. But this time she got a white evo with 3.70.651.1 with either hboot 2.02 or 2.10 I can't remember. But I could have sworn latest unrevoked worked with this. But at the end it says root failed is your firmware to new? what am I doing wrong now that I wasn't before? I know my replacement evo had 3.70.651.1 and hboot 2.02 and it rooted...
Any help would be great thanks guys

Go into the bootloader, select clear storage [factory reset]. Boot into the phone, enable usb debugging, make sure htc was installed at one point, removed when using unrevoked, install the hboot drivers, then run unrevoked.

I've done all that. If im not mistaking once you install hboot drivers once which I did in past then it should still work on any evo I root. USB debugging is on, it just says firmware to new root failed at the end. Is hboot 2.10 rootable with unrevoked?

iceman99393 said:
I've done all that. If im not mistaking once you install hboot drivers once which I did in past then it should still work on any evo I root. USB debugging is on, it just says firmware to new root failed at the end. Is hboot 2.10 rootable with unrevoked?
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She is going to have to get an older PC36IMG and let it downgrade in hboot. I have one that works but I am not on my computer that has it right now. I know there is a website you can find them one (the name slips my mind but I think it is like shipped roms or something?) Just get one of the older versions, update, and see if unrevoked works. (Just don't let the phone update before you run unrevoked.)

iceman99393 said:
Myself and my wife both had black evos from launch day. I recently got the nexus 4g and she came back to the evo after trying the arrive. But this time she got a white evo with 3.70.651.1 with either hboot 2.02 or 2.10 I can't remember. But I could have sworn latest unrevoked worked with this. But at the end it says root failed is your firmware to new? what am I doing wrong now that I wasn't before? I know my replacement evo had 3.70.651.1 and hboot 2.02 and it rooted...
Any help would be great thanks guys
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Just rooted two Evo's in the past week with no problems and they had all the updated firmware and software. Make sure you are using the latest Unrevoked software and try it on a Mac or Win7 machine. I get less errors on either one of them. Win7 make sure you load the drivers like previously mentioned

playya said:
Just rooted two Evo's in the past week with no problems and they had all the updated firmware and software. Make sure you are using the latest Unrevoked software and try it on a Mac or Win7 machine. I get less errors on either one of them. Win7 make sure you load the drivers like previously mentioned
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What hboot?
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA App

Just run unrevoked again , it will work it just sometimes takes 2 or 3 times. Trust me I've used it over 100 times and I get firmware to new about a quarter of the time.

Arnezie said:
Just run unrevoked again , it will work it just sometimes takes 2 or 3 times. Trust me I've used it over 100 times and I get firmware to new about a quarter of the time.
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I tried3 times but ima reinstall drivers and reflash package and try again. Maybe drivers have been updated when they updated unrevoked? Well see. Thanks
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Reinstall the hboot drivers and make sure htc sync is uninstalled as it will interfere with adb commands. 2.10 is rootable, all evos at this time are rootable.

also dont forget apps like wheres my droid, lookout, antivirus mess with root process, also your computers antivirus will need to be turned off, because the root exploit is recognized as virus.
when you run the unrevoked file if on pc right click and run as administrator

iceman99393 said:
What hboot?
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newest Hboot 2.10 I believe is the number