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Okay, I had to make an insurance claim on my EVO and I'm getting it tomorrow, what to do you guys think my odds are of getting a new Evo with stock 2.2 froyo already pre-loaded??!!??!
I really am hoping it still has 2.1 than I cant still root it and not have to loose root if I get stuck with stock 2.2... ugh!!!!
So what do you think what are my odds?
(A) HTC Evo Pre-load with stock 2.1?
or
(B) HTC Evo Pre-loaded with stock Froyo 2.2?
BAttitude7689 said:
Okay, I had to make an insurance claim on my EVO and I'm getting it tomorrow, what to do you guys think my odds are of getting a new Evo with stock 2.2 froyo already pre-loaded??!!??!
I really am hoping it still has 2.1 than I cant still root it and not have to loose root if I get stuck with stock 2.2... ugh!!!!
So what do you think what are my odds?
(A) HTC Evo Pre-load with stock Froyo 2.2?
or
(B) HTC Evo Pre-loaded with stock 2.1?
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I think by now they are coming with 2.2 unfortunately. However, always a chance.
Sent from my PC36100
Not good...
Unless the the tech who put your refurbed EVO together was lazy I am pretty positive most if not all EVO's are coming with 2.2. Of course there is the chance.
Whenever someone comes into my local Sprint Store wanting WiFi Hotspot (root) and whatever else, the manager sends em my # to root their phone. I was getting a lot of calls until the past week. I think 2.1 is drying out fast.
I rooted a ladies phone this morning. She bought the phone on launch but had thought the update process would take too long so she kept pressing cancel. Then she decided she wanted root and called me. She was just lucky I guess.
But all the calls I get lately go something like "I just got a EVO with 2.2 can you root it for me?" Its getting old.
Whoever comes up with a 2.2 root is going to get a nice fat donation from me.
well my faith isnt very high lol, but I will say about a month or so a go a friend of mine got his HTC hero replaced thru Sprint care insurance that some of us pay $7 a month for, and we got the Hero with Android 1.5!! which I was a bit shocked about....
I think you have a 50/50 chance right now. I was talking to a tech at a Sprint Repair Store and he said all of the refurb'ed EVO's he has received have 2.1, they are told to do the OTA to 2.2 before giving it to a customer.
He said all the new EVO's are coming to him with 2.2 on already.
Since you are getting it from Assurion, who really knows if you'll get a new one or a refurb'ed.
ugh!!! 2.2 preinstalled
BAttitude7689 said:
ugh!!! 2.2 preinstalled
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That sucks dude
so is it just not physically possible yet, to downgrade to 2.1 or does sprint know of a way and there not telling us?
I have a few questions that would probably be answered by a dummies guide to rooting, I haven't found it yet.
Can someone point me to some threads that may help?
background.
I have 4 Evo phones sitting on my desk in various states of disrepair, either Sprint or Asurion have been expecting them for a few days. I've only destroyed one phone myself, the others are gifts from sprint hoping to silence me on the FroYo issues my phone has been having, or refurbished phones that are defective. All in all, I'm expecting my 6th Evo tomorrow.
Until today I've never rooted a phone. This afternoon I have successfully followed the instructions to root a 2.2 Evo from this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765496
I performed this on one of my non-enabled phones just for grins.
I am planning on performing this procedure on my new replacement tomorrow out of the box.
Here are a few of my questions as an example of my level of experience, or lack there of... Please feel free to answer them, or point me in the right direction to find my answers.
In a nutshell, what can I do with a rooted phone?
Will I be able to use the phone as a modem tethered, and use the wireless router feature?
If I wanted to use a custom rom, where do I start? What features are good to look for for a beginner?
How much hell am I going to get for returning this 'damaged' phone to sprint now that I have rooted it, and what can I do about it?
Thanks
Andrew
One thing you can use a rooted phone for is to search these forums for the answers to your questions that have been posted so many times already. At least you posted in the right forum.
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hahahahah - sorry andrew but he is right.
even though i truly do believe the only dumb question is the one not asked, the best help you coudl ever receive is from yourself.
forums, including this one are a rats nest of uncontroller blabbering and nearly unsearchable threads. (unsearchable because of the countless worthless results you get) but the answers are out there.
yes you can usb and wifi tither
yes you can turn on the vibration feature, wrap it in a jimmy and give your wife a good time
expect pain and heart ache if you are a former iphone ipod touch user... you will hate android for its lack of anything even remotely like the quality of gmes and apps you find on the apple devices.
(hate me for saying that but android cant come close to the graphics and games available from apps) and althoug the apps list is growing, there are countless upon countless repeated apps, all doing the same thing, and only a rare few that actually work.)
and you have how many replacement EVO's ??? for WHAT froyo issues... i find it highly suspect that sprint sent out new phones without sending you to a sprint store to have them reload the phone.
sorry but sprint doesnt send out multiple MULTIPLE phones for supposed issues....
i would love to know what issues you are having.
i think its more of a phone issue than a Froyo issue...
or maybe its the good ol "the problem lies between the keyboard and the chair" issue.
Hey Andrew, I would be glad to give you some guidance; however, next time try a search in the forum first, as your question may have been asked before.
To search through the forum, click on "Search this Forum" in the upper-right hand part of the screen when at the EVO Forum site: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=619
You say you have a handful of EVOs? Lucky you!
Wel first you need to find out if they have Android 2.1 or 2.2 installed onto them.
To do so, press "Menu" when at your home screen, then "Settings," then scrool to the very bottom and press "About Phone." Click "Software Information" and you will most likely either see "2.1-update1" or "2.2."
Rooting 2.1 is much easier than rooting 2.2. A rooting method for stock 2.2 was actually just released a few short days ago.
To root 2.1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701004
To root 2.2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765496
It looks complicated, but I promise it's not. JUST follow the instructions.
There's even a video guide now!
Hope I could help!
Thanks, I will read through yall's messages in more detail after lunch.
my first replacement was from asurion because I broke the screen, inside the body glove case, inside the leather carry case, dropped from about 2'..
after the 2.2 update my phone has continually reset anywhere from 2 to 15 times a day, the gmail push is highly unreliable. Sprint says it is aware of the problem and they are sending out a replacement phone which was supposed to have 2.1 on it, however, it did not. I've got 2 phones from them on this basis. I decided to finally give up and just wait for a new update.
That's when I discovered that I could in fact go back to 2.1 as part of the rooting process.
I plan on testing the push issue when my new, new, new phone arives today. This one was sent because the last replacement had a defective earpiece. It is almost unusable, I have to use my bluetooth headset, or speakerphone..
Thanks
Andrew
ok, I'm all read up. I think my problem with searching the forum is that I'm not sure that I'm searching for the right thing.
First of all, just to be clear, I have successfully followed the instruction on rooting my 2.2 phone.
I have just received a new phone from sprint that I have not activated yet. I guess I'm hoping to get some guidance as to how to proceed.
Should I just follow the instructions again and root it as I did my other phone?
Are there some other ROM builds that anyone would suggest that I try?
Some real time advice as to how to proceed would be appreciated..
Here is the software info, my new one is only slightly different than all the others have been, perhaps someone could explain what the PRL Version means.
my old phones:
Android - 2.2
Baseband - 2.15.00.07.28
Kernel - 2.6.32.15-g746f4f0 [email protected] #58
Build - 3.26.651.6 CL218634 release-keys
Sotware 3.26.651.6
Browser - Webkit 3.1
PRI - 1.4.0_003
PRL - 60670
New Phone received today (8-30-10)
Android - 2.2
Baseband - 2.15.00.07.28
Kernel - 2.6.32.15-g746f4f0 [email protected] #58
Build - 3.26.651.6 CL218634 release-keys
Sotware 3.26.651.6
Browser - Webkit 3.1
PRI - 1.4.0_003
PRL - 60669
Thanks
Andrew
I guess let me rephrase the q.
I am now sitting on a brand new (sprint refurbished) Evo. I have not activated it yet.
What should I do?
(also, I'm wanting to experiment more, I'm not an idiot, but I do need my phone to be reliable, being self employed, it is the hub of my business..)
a) Root it and put 2.2 back on? and then do what?
b) Root it and put ? back on?
c) Leave it stock and ???
d) ReActivate my Samsung m330 and go home, beaten with my tail between my legs and check my email on the library computer like a homeless geek?
e) eat my fill of cream of mushroom soup and invest in some kite string?
a
Hi guys, I've been apart of this forum for a short while, and i've been using an HTC Aria. I decided to finally upgrade and i'm getting a white HTC Evo tomorrow at a great deal $99.99 with a new contract from Sprint.
A member in my family has the black evo and told me that you must downgrade the white evo to 2.1 in order to root it to 2.2
I did some searching and it seems that it is not the case. I was wondering if I could get some feedback from members with the white evo and what the best method is to root that phone. If anyone could confirm as well that there should be no issue rooting a white evo.
Thanks for your time and I hope to be of service in this part of the forum in the future.
-Mike
Thats not the case at all. You can certainly root 2.2. And it has nothing to do with the phone being white or black, they are both exactly the same phone, just different paint.
You are likely to be on HBoot 2.02 or possibly even 2.10. This is the thread you want to check out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
Read through it carefully before doing anything, it should have all the information you need.
You'll be on HBoot 2.02 and either HW 0003 or 0004. Sprint doesn't sell a lot of white EVOs, so they sit around longer. I know I got mine last week, and it was 0003. My replacement was a Nova screened 0004.
Picked my phone up this morning. It is running HW version 3.0 Going to search for the best root and rom, I want one with optimal battery life as i'm sure at least 90% of users who root their evos do!
Exactly! I'm flabbergasted as well!
So here's my story. My previous EVO HW003 was returned to Best Buy for repairs because my voice speaker had failed. I could make/receive calls but nobody could hear me. I did voice recordings as well and nothing could be heard when playing back the recording. So anyways, I took it in to BB. I went with the Rapid Exchange which guaranteed me a new/re-manufactured phone within 3 days! Well, today I received my phone. Got home from work and began researching how to root the EVO HW004 as I had heard something about the newer bootloader on this particular model, and a little different way of rooting it. So I sat down on my sofa, and for ****s and giggles I attempted to go into recovery to see what would happen. I was expecting the red exclamation mark, instead I was presented with the white HBOOT screen with the following:
Supersonic EVT3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-2.10.0001
MICROP-041F
TOUCH PANEL-AMTELC03_16ac
RADIO-2.15.00.11.19
OCT 15 2010, 12:07:00
HBOOT
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
CLEAR STORAGE
SIMLOCK
HBOOT USB
It's running ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.0.5. I intend to flash AmonRA as that is my personal preference. I'm soooo stoked as I don't have to go through the whole rooting process! Has anyone out there experienced the same from Best Buy? Is there anything I should be concerned about or anything I should know before flashing the latest version of AmonRA. Again, I'm on the following:
HW004
Android version 2.2
Baseband version: 2.15.00.11.19
Kernal Version: 2.6.32.17-gee557fd
[email protected] #15
Build Number: 3.70.651.1 CL294884 release-keys
Software #: 3.70.651.1
Browser Ver: Webkit 3.1
PRI Version: 1.90_003
PRL Version: 01115
I look forward to your feedback on this! Thanks in advance all! I'm not going to flash anything until I get some solid feedback regarding this odd occurrence.
AHH HA!!!
That is awesome!
It happens from time to time, they cant catch every single one of them.
I know right? I mean, the only explanation I have on this, is that someone returned their EVO, forgot to unroot it, or didn't know how to. It went back into the production line and fixed whatever hardware issues it was having, and they didn't bother to reflash the ROM? hahaha Luck usually doesn't follow me, but wow. I'm like ...wow right now! lol
yeah you are lucky indeed. my friend just got a refurb and it came with 2.3.3 already right out of the box. i saw the sprint employee take it out and turned it on. i looked and it was indeed software 4.22. the fact that yours did not have gingerbread updated is pure luck and couple that with it being rooted......i would buy a lotto ticket lol
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yeah you are lucky indeed. my friend just got a refurb and it came with 2.3.3 already right out of the box. i saw the sprint employee take it out and turned it on. i looked and it was indeed software 4.22. the fact that yours did not have gingerbread updated is pure luck and couple that with it being rooted......i would buy a lotto ticket lol
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That's exactly what I was thinking on my way to Best Buy after work today. I was telling myself, "****, I hope they didn't update the software on it, it's going to suck if they did." The first thing I checked when the Geek Squad tech handed it to me was to check the HW version and SW version. I paid close attention as the phone tech proceeded to activate my EVO. I would have stopped him on the spot if he had attempted to update the SW. haha So, am I safe to flash the latest Amon RA? If so, can someone be kind enough to post a link to the latest version? I've been on HW003 for the past year. I'm almost green again at this point. hehe
Yes, I will be buying a lotto ticket tonight! haha
EDIT: I found this link for Amon RA. I'm going to flash this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
Just talked to best buy yesterday about trading my Evo in when I get the 3d tomorrow and asked if I should unroot it. They said I could just leave it rooted, doesn't matter. Maybe some lucky person will get mine still unrooted
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wow man, you got luck as hell
Zameus said:
That's exactly what I was thinking on my way to Best Buy after work today. I was telling myself, "****, I hope they didn't update the software on it, it's going to suck if they did." The first thing I checked when the Geek Squad tech handed it to me was to check the HW version and SW version. I paid close attention as the phone tech proceeded to activate my EVO. I would have stopped him on the spot if he had attempted to update the SW. haha So, am I safe to flash the latest Amon RA? If so, can someone be kind enough to post a link to the latest version? I've been on HW003 for the past year. I'm almost green again at this point. hehe
Yes, I will be buying a lotto ticket tonight! haha
EDIT: I found this link for Amon RA. I'm going to flash this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
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Amon-Ra doesn't exist for the LTE. You'll have to use TeamWin. Works just fine and is a completely touch interface.
I'm still new to both the boards and my HTC Evo 4G.
I've read a hundred times over that we still can't root GingerBread, nor can we roll it back to 2.2.
So to keep busy, i'm reading as much as i can and googling all over and came across an older app called DMUpdater.
Reportedly this app did let you roll back from 2.2 to 2.1, but not for the HTC Evo. So do you think it can be done on the Evo as well? Or completely SOL with S-On?
EDIT: As I keep reading, I don't think it will work, but maybe some one out there will find a way someday!