I can't figure out for the life of me how to setup adb on my friends mac booted into windows (he has really old software so he has to use windows)...I dont see any SDK setup I only see SDK Manager, tried running that and I am just lost. I also tried doing it on my laptop because I have adb setup already but it wouldn't do a thing when I had it connected to revoked, and im pretty sure hboot was installed...any ideas?
Well with Windows, you need the usb driver, then hook up in charge only mode and with usb debugging on, then run the tool that comes in the bundle. Don't need adb for unrevoked.
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Well with Windows, you need the usb driver, then hook up in charge only mode and with usb debugging on, then run the tool that comes in the bundle. Don't need adb for unrevoked.
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oh...good grief...where can i get that driver?
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problem is i go to download the driver, go to hboot, connect, and under device manager under other devices there is android 1.0 and USB Device and when I right click there is an option to update driver which just brings up the wizard and doesnt do anything, there is no option for update driver software
You're using these instructs?
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
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Only other thought is if you weren't logged on as admin perhaps the option to update drivers wouldn't be present. Not sure tho.
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You're using these instructs?
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
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Yes...course there not the clearest instructions but I seem to be doing everything right...I have never been so frustrated with rooting a phone and I have rooted 3 phones
what a disaster...still cant figure it out...ive been doing this for 5 hours now.
What version of Windows are you using? I don't understand what you mean by not having an option to update the driver. Never seen it before I guess.
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oh...good grief...where can i get that driver?
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problem is i go to download the driver, go to hboot, connect, and under device manager under other devices there is android 1.0 and USB Device and when I right click there is an option to update driver which just brings up the wizard and doesnt do anything, there is no option for update driver software
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There isnt an option when the wizard comes up to choose a file manualy, or browse my computer, or select a file? Every version of windows ever made has had the option to manualy update a driver, they just look different on different versions of windows.
Here is the driver if you need it. Just unzip it to somewhere on your pc.
http://dinc.does-it.net/android_usb_driver.zip
The file you will want to point it to in the zip is android_winusb.inf
The dInc is NOTHING like rooting a Tbolt. You only need two pieces of software and a phone that is booted up and running with USB Debugging checked under Applications.
Remove HTC Sync if it's installed. Install the modified USB driver provided in the wiki for unrEVOked. Connect the device and select "Charge" mode. Open the unrEVOked tool and execute it.
This will NOT work if you updated to Gingerbread.
It's also not assured to work the first time. Mine took 3 tries, but eventually worked. EVOs I've used it on have worked the first time or third time. It's not a sure thing because of the nature of the exploit used.
Use unrEVOked Forever if you desire a bootloader with permanent S-Off.
It's pretty much that simple.
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The dInc is NOTHING like rooting a Tbolt. You only need two pieces of software and a phone that is booted up and running with USB Debugging checked under Applications.
Remove HTC Sync if it's installed. Install the modified USB driver provided in the wiki for unrEVOked. Connect the device and select "Charge" mode. Open the unrEVOked tool and execute it.
This will NOT work if you updated to Gingerbread.
It's also not assured to work the first time. Mine took 3 tries, but eventually worked. EVOs I've used it on have worked the first time or third time. It's not a sure thing because of the nature of the exploit used.
Use unrEVOked Forever if you desire a bootloader with permanent S-Off.
It's pretty much that simple.
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Agreed. The only thing I'll add to this, since I just rooted my girl's HTC Desire and friend's DInc is this: I followed the Unrevoked Wiki and installed their drivers, Unrevoked forever, and set it up as explained. The phones would reboot as Unrevoked was working, but it would get to a spot waiting for phone to reboot, and they never would.
I realized with the HTC Desire that you need a different tool to root that phone, but you needed the HTC Fastboot drivers for Windows. I downloaded that driver as well, and everything worked. You can get those drivers from HTC Sync, just install it, then when you go to Control Panel to remove it, there should be 3 entries. Remove everything but the HTC Sync drivers.
You can also get them from Revolutionary, located here. That'll get you the HTC Sync drivers only.
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Agreed. The only thing I'll add to this, since I just rooted my girl's HTC Desire and friend's DInc is this: I followed the Unrevoked Wiki and installed their drivers, Unrevoked forever, and set it up as explained. The phones would reboot as Unrevoked was working, but it would get to a spot waiting for phone to reboot, and they never would.
I realized with the HTC Desire that you need a different tool to root that phone, but you needed the HTC Fastboot drivers for Windows. I downloaded that driver as well, and everything worked. You can get those drivers from HTC Sync, just install it, then when you go to Control Panel to remove it, there should be 3 entries. Remove everything but the HTC Sync drivers.
You can also get them from Revolutionary, located here. That'll get you the HTC Sync drivers only.
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I'm also thinking the Unrevoked tool won't be updated to support the dInc, if anyone was wondering. The Supersonic (EVO 4G), which is technically identical to the dInc, is now supported by Revolutionary. Version 0.5 will probably support the dInc, I'm thinking. Might be good if people looked there rather than the Unrevoked site.
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I'm also thinking the Unrevoked tool won't be updated to support the dInc, if anyone was wondering. The Supersonic (EVO 4G), which is technically identical to the dInc, is now supported by Revolutionary. Version 0.5 will probably support the dInc, I'm thinking. Might be good if people looked there rather than the Unrevoked site.
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I was wondering if that'd be the case with Revolutionary, pretty slick tool! Easy to use, and it supported the Desire so I'd think if it's supporting the EVO that the DInc would be too. I agree, that'd be the place to look.
S-off is included in the Unrevoked tool now. No need to flash Unrevoked Forever separately.
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S-off is included in the Unrevoked tool now. No need to flash Unrevoked Forever separately.
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Well, you can tell how long ago I rooted my dInc!
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Well, you can tell how long ago I rooted my dInc!
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I hear you, I'm starting to forget things about it and I'm still running the thing.
I'm just holding out these last few months for either the Prime (hoping for the best) or the Vigor. It's time for a change.
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I hear you, I'm starting to forget things about it and I'm still running the thing.
I'm just holding out these last few months for either the Prime (hoping for the best) or the Vigor. It's time for a change.
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If you want my opinion, I think development for the Vigor/Inc HD will be nothing short of explosive. A lot of what's been learned on the Tbolt will make it's way there and I think there will be a lot of back and forth on those platforms.
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I can't figure out for the life of me how to setup adb on my friends mac booted into windows (he has really old software so he has to use windows)...I dont see any SDK setup I only see SDK Manager, tried running that and I am just lost. I also tried doing it on my laptop because I have adb setup already but it wouldn't do a thing when I had it connected to revoked, and im pretty sure hboot was installed...any ideas?
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If you have never rooted this phone before, and this phone has the latest Gingerbread update then I don't think it's possible to root.
I may be wrong though.
And yeah I rooted my bro's TB and it was a bit of a pain (had to do terminal bullcrap and run a bunch of specific commands)
For the INC you just press big fancy buttons (make sure you have the driver on your PC) and it's done.
well thanks guys I will try again..he is on 2.2 so I dont believe thats gingerbread
CC268 said:
well thanks guys I will try again..he is on 2.2 so I dont believe thats gingerbread
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No you should be fine. Try to find a way to get us some screenshots of the PC so we can get a better idea of what's up. Or just try it on a different pc for as much time as you have in it already.
iowabowtech said:
No you should be fine. Try to find a way to get us some screenshots of the PC so we can get a better idea of what's up. Or just try it on a different pc for as much time as you have in it already.
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I will be trying again today. I have everything setup on my Alienware M14x so I dont know if I can do it on the same computer I have been trying to set it up on his 2007 Macbook Pro (however I can't use ios because its too old for revoked so we have been trying on bootcamp on windows xp). I will try again using some of the info you guys gave. Should i do Revoked 3 or forever??
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I have the 47.651.1 build. This is a new evo from my insurance claim. My last phone before it got messed up was on the same build. Been trying to root for like 2 months. Read all the threads and tried both the toast and unrevoked method. Even went on youtube to follow along on the tutorials there. I'm starting to think maybe its my computers os. I have windows 7 ultimate 64 bit on both my laptop and my desktop. I really dont have access to a 32 bit system at the moment to try. Anyhow, when I try the unrevoked method. The phone reboots the first time into the bootloader and the phone scans the card. It says no file found or wrong file, something like that. Then when I go to the hboot usb plug. The computer makes the usb error noise. Going into the device manager I see that I have an android 1.0 device that has no driver. Yes, htc sync and .net are installed on both my systems. I searched high and low for this driver. I saw a thread about this where someone said this driver isnt needed. I donno but thats where i always get stuck on the unrevoked method. Now on the toast method I get stuck also on the bootloader screen. This time though, i get a message saying something like "main version is older" and it gives me the option to rebot back to the phones desktop. I looking forward to tethering again and trying out new roms as well as helping others that may be in my same situation and can't find the answer they need. Have any of you guys rooted with 64 bit version of windows 7? Please help..
You need to do a manual install of the htc sync drivers. Goto device manager and right click on the one with an exclamation point and select install driver. Go manual with everything (sorry I'm on a bus replying from memory, can't remember the specifics). Find where the htc sync installed to and select the drivers from there. If all goes well, this will install your adb drivers so that your phone can talk to your pc.
The main version older issue has to do with having the wrong PC36IMG.ZIP file loaded on the sd card. Toast's is old. I think the one whitslack posted is good. "How to start over" in the development forum.
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so this android 1.0 needs an adb driver? When the phone is hooked up with usb debug on it shows an adb device in the device mngr. Well i'll try that and get back to you. Thanks for the reply.
Just tried, none of the drivers in those folders work for the android 1.0 device. Any other thoughts? If I update to froyo, do you think the new root method will be easier?
Don't update via OTA from Sprint. There is currently no way to root Froyo.
Did you look at whitslacks root method? I never used Unrevoked since it is not a full root (no nand unlock).
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I gained root access with Windows 7 64 bit using the link in my signature.
unrevoked3 will give you root access and nand unlocked.
if you're going to use unrevoked3 go to their web page and download the usb drivers from them, just follow their directions. i had no trouble, widows 7 premium 64 bit. i'm sure you will be able to root just fine with your computer(s).
after you get root access, run unrevoked forever.
Jim M said:
unrevoked3 will give you root access and nand unlocked.
if you're going to use unrevoked3 go to their web page and download the usb drivers from them, just follow their directions. i had no trouble, widows 7 premium 64 bit. i'm sure you will be able to root just fine with your computer(s).
after you get root access, run unrevoked forever.
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How sure are you unrevoked unlocks NAND?
It only unlocks it long enough to flash a recovery then NAND relocks
Without a real full NAND unlock a lot of custom ROM's wont run right and cause 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.
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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 ;-)
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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.
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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.
I bought an unbranded/unlocked Desire a few days ago, and it had Froyo preinstalled.
It REFUSES to connect to HTC Sync, and it seems impossible to root using unrevoked too (i've tried Vista, Win7 and Ubuntu). All without success. I have tried EVERY method/guide/tutorial out there.
So my question is this. HOW DO I ROOT?!
I'm thinking of using this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768256
And then using unrevoked on the stock 2.1, but in that thread it says
Update:
The new version of unrevoked3 (3.21) can now root froyo ROMs directly, and a downgrade is no longer necessary if you just want to root and install custom recovery, although there appear to be a few issues with this new release. If you want to rebrand/debrand your phone, rooting won't achieve this and you can use this method instead. If you cannot get the new version of unrevoked3 to work you can also run this and use the older version (3.14) that works with Android 2.1.
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So i have no garauntee that unrevoked will work on 2.1 either, and i'm not downgrading for no reason.
Does anyone have any ideas, cause i'm running out of ideas here.
DannyDrama said:
I bought an unbranded/unlocked Desire a few days ago, and it had Froyo preinstalled.
It REFUSES to connect to HTC Sync, and it seems impossible to root using unrevoked too (i've tried Vista, Win7 and Ubuntu). All without success. I have tried EVERY method/guide/tutorial out there.
So my question is this. HOW DO I ROOT?!
I'm thinking of using this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768256
And then using unrevoked on the stock 2.1, but in that thread it says
So i have no garauntee that unrevoked will work on 2.1 either, and i'm not downgrading for no reason.
Does anyone have any ideas, cause i'm running out of ideas here.
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Does it have a new H-boot that unrevoked cant do yet? What is the H-boot on the phone?
Does unrevoked come up with any errors? Have you instaleed the correct drivers, adb for it?
What is your hboot #?
Power off, press down volume and power on should tell you at the top.
Then check the sticky topics, at the top of dev section, as they have solved newest hboot problems.
Ps this is best for the q&a section, good luck, and sure we'll all try and help.
Desire is the source of all suffering.
HBOOT number is 0.93, take it this is too new?
The non-connection to HTC Sync worries me, if it wont connect to the manufacturers software, what is there to make me think it will work with anything else?
Don't quote me on this but unrevocked should work on 0.93,
Best is to get suck into this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709146&highlight=unrevocked
And see how you do.
Goes through the whole deal with drivers etc.
Do you have ADB yet? because you can use adb devices to check to see if your desire is connecting to your computer, but as cjm1979 said you need to get latest drivers from the adb, but seem to remember you have to uninstall htcsync anyway to use unrevocked. But it should all be there in that guide.
But getting adb and drivers is important.
> Uninstall HTC sync 3.x version from your windows box and install 2.x version and then try it ( Important: Disable any firewall/antivirus tools when doing it)
The latest version of unrevoked should work.
Just found this in the unrevocked topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725738&highlight=solved&page=36
My HBOOT version is 0.93.0001
Follow the instruction to unrevoked,f after installed the HBOOT driver and enable USB debug, run unrevoked as administrator and connection "charging only",
the unrevoked still not start as follow, any idea?
Solved: I never install HTC sync.
Read all post found similar situation and I install and uninstall HTC sync. Problem resolved.
Never used htcsync for myself anyway.
Ok guys, i found the problem.
This is embarassing, But i forgot to uninstall DroidExplorer which unknown to me, was cocking it all up silently. Uninstalled that, ran unrevoked and it looks to be working, i'm currently on the ClockworkMod recovery screen. Yeah, all working now, and i should be rooted now.
Am i correct in saying that since the phone was unlocked/unbranded, i can now just whack an update.zip on my SD and flash it? Or is there anything else to be done before that (I know enough to do a Nandroid backup before that step)?
Thank you all for helping an idiot solve his non-problem!
I've uninstalled Sync, moved the drivers to system32, ran unrevoked as admin, ran it in compatibility mode, nothing. All required drivers/softwares/fairy dust is present. I really have tried nearly everything listed on tutorials. I've damn near broken googles servers just searching for a fix!
You don't copy any drivers, HTC sync installs in 2 parts - the program and the drivers.
Once installed, go into Add/Remove Programs and uninstall the program but leave the drivers. This works fine
Then make sure unrEVOked is running BEFORE you connect your phone, and make sure USB Debugging is enabled on the phone
One of the tuts i read said movng the drivers to system32 might help, but did it hell. I'm all rooted now, just installed TitaniumBackup, is it meant to ask for permissions 2000 times every time i do something? It just asked me about 20 times O.O
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One of the tuts i read said movng the drivers to system32 might help, but did it hell. I'm all rooted now, just installed TitaniumBackup, is it meant to ask for permissions 2000 times every time i do something? It just asked me about 20 times O.O
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Once, when you've ticked the box,
Unless your talking about superuser notifications which you can turn of in the superuser app
Desire is the source of all suffering.
You mean the 'remember' box? Yeah, done that too but it keeps popping up asking for permissions anyway.
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You mean the 'remember' box? Yeah, done that too but it keeps popping up asking for permissions anyway.
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Yes meant the remember box, is the box always the SU box or is it a grey notification box saying SU access has been granted.
Its always the SU box, asking me to give permission, but the remember box is always ticked.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
So I have a vast amount of experience in rooting phones (done my own Samsung Fascinate, HTC Thunderbolt, friend's HTC Evo). I have been rooting, flashing roms, kernels, making custom themes, etc for the past year and a half so I know what I am doing. However, each phone seems to bring a new learning experience. I have read up a bit on rooting it but I am a bit confused at the best method to root this phone and flash a rom...any suggestions on a good guide/what-to-do? I was thinking of flashing CM7 or MIUI
Keep in mind I have a pc so I can do it on a pc but he has Apple computers that can dual boot into windows as well, but keep that in mind.
use unrEVOked to root. Check the stickies in the development forum
you'll have clockwork recovery after that so i'm assuming you should know what to do from there with flashing roms, backing up etc.
br125 said:
use unrEVOked to root. Check the stickies in the development forum
you'll have clockwork recovery after that so i'm assuming you should know what to do from there with flashing roms, backing up etc.
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Need a little more guidance...I have looked at this thread...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739428
Already have adb setup on my computer but do I need to set that up on his mac (can that even be done?) and I can't find a concise guide on the best way of rooting and how to do it
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Need a little more guidance...I have looked at this thread...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739428
Already have adb setup on my computer but do I need to set that up on his mac (can that even be done?) and I can't find a concise guide on the best way of rooting and how to do it
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Yes you can use ADB on OS X, but it isn't needed to root. Just download the unrevoked app from their site, and run it. No drivers required, no ADB needed. Plug 'n play! (Phone needs to be set to charge only though, with USB debugging on)
BrettApple said:
Yes you can use ADB on OS X, but it isn't needed to root. Just download the unrevoked app from their site, and run it. No drivers required, no ADB needed. Plug 'n play! (Phone needs to be set to charge only though, with USB debugging on)
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doesnt have the right software needed on his mac he has old osx so cant do it on his so i will have to try on my windows laptop
Well it works on 10.5 and 10.6. So it's either Tiger and earlier or a PowerPC. I think it only works on Intel based Mac's (Leopard +). I don't think it's a universal binary.
I haven't had to do it on Windows, but you should just be able to get the drivers from their site as well. HBOOT Driver Install
In which case you do need drivers. I think they're packaged with the unrevoked tool, been a long time since I've used it though.
Rooting on the INC is easy.
It's not like most other phones because you don't have to deal with ADB, the unrevoked team made it easy.
1) Download droid incredible driver (easiest way to download the correct driver is to get HTC SYNC)
http://www.htc.com/us/support/droid-incredible-verizon/downloads/
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Apparently they're also packaged in the unrevoked tool, in which case just get it from there.
2) Download and run unrevoked:
http://unrevoked.com/recovery/
Follow the 3 steps in unrevoked and you're done. BAM. Rooted.
Also S-OFF is highly recommended (allows you to do more stuff to your phone and ensures that root will not be taken away)
I have a problem I can't install a Rom primexl error E: can't open/sdcard/primexl3d.zip why?