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How do I root Evo running 2.2?

If this is in the wrong section, I do apologize. I have a friend who wants me to root his phone for him, but he has done all the OTA updates. Here is the info
Android2.2
Software# 3.29.651.5
Pri version 1.77_003
Prl version 60670
Browser version webkit 3.1
Baseband version 2.15.00.09.01
What is the best method for rooting? I used the Simple Root program to root mine, but I don't think that works on 2.2

Look in the Android Development section for rooting 2.2. It's not nearly as easy as simple root but the instructions are pretty clear and straightforward.

unrEVOked 3.21 works fine for rooting now
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fenixjn said:
unrEVOked 3.21 works fine for rooting now
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doesn't NAND unlock though. I just found that out. Now I'm looking for another solution. Can't seem to find SimpleRoot anywhere on the forum

HiDefinition said:
doesn't NAND unlock though. I just found that out. Now I'm looking for another solution. Can't seem to find SimpleRoot anywhere on the forum
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Unrevoked 3, the newest version, does unlock NAND. I use that method and it worked well and required only few clicks. I also rooted using the old method, Unrevoked 3 worked just as well and I am Nand unlocked.

ricsim78 said:
Unrevoked 3, the newest version, does unlock NAND. I use that method and it worked well and required only few clicks. I also rooted using the old method, Unrevoked 3 worked just as well and I am Nand unlocked.
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Apparently not. I used Unrevoked 3 last night to root my Evo and when I tried to install BusyBox it gave me a failed message saying something along the lines of "....or you are not NAND unlocked" If I'm missing something please let me know. Im ready to flash Fresh3.3 but I dont want to make any moves until I'm absolutely sure I've done everything right

Flash unrevoked 3. 21, reboot, check everything then flash unrevoked forever. But before this flash the latest version of ARMON RA, 1. 8 I think. Afterwards do a android backup FIRST. Then root. Be sure to click the "more " link at the unrevoked site, go through ALL the docs first.
Sent from my Sprint EVO

That would be nandroid backup. Do ARMON ra first, then backup, then root.
Sent from my Sprint EVO

It does unlock nand, but the first ota overwrites it that's why you also flash unrevoked forever, get it... forever.
Sent from my Sprint EVO

debugguy said:
Flash unrevoked 3. 21, reboot, check everything then flash unrevoked forever. But before this flash the latest version of ARMON RA, 1. 8 I think. Afterwards do a android backup FIRST. Then root. Be sure to click the "more " link at the unrevoked site, go through ALL the docs first.
Sent from my Sprint EVO
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debugguy said:
It does unlock nand, but the first ota overwrites it that's why you also flash unrevoked forever, get it... forever.
Sent from my Sprint EVO
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Ok I'll have to try this later on tonight. Off to work now. Is this still easier than using SimpleRoot because I just downloaded that as well.

debugguy said:
It does unlock nand, but the first ota overwrites it that's why you also flash unrevoked forever, get it... forever.
Sent from my Sprint EVO
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Just so we have this straight. I've already flashed Unrevoked. I have S-Off and Super User and all of that.
You're saying to reflash, Reboot, check and make sure everything is cool.
Then run Unrevoked Forever BEFORE or AFTER runnin AmonRa? In the unrevoked menu I can choose my own recovery shouldn't I just do it there?
After then root again?

Ok brother, 1)Run Unrevoked 3.21 using AmonRa when that is done 2)Make a Nandroid 3)You need to put Unrevoked Forever on your SD card and flash that, its that simple, now you are rooted, S-off, nand unlocked etc....
Have fun man, always remember NANDROID, NANDROID, NANDROID!!!!!!
It has saved my ass multiple times, it doesn't matter how advanced a user you think you are EVERYONE makes mistakes.

There is no need to flash unrevoked forever if you root with unrevoked 3.21. It is already included. And if you want confirmation look at the faq for ur3.21.

wrapkgb said:
There is no need to flash unrevoked forever if you root with unrevoked 3.21. It is already included. And if you want confirmation look at the faq for ur3.21.
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This. I was about to say the same thing. UnrEVOked 3.21 does 3 things: Root, NAND unlock and S-OFF all in a nice little executable. Once you get that wonderful "Done" on unrevoked's application you are done and can flash away any custom ROM.

I used the old 2 part root method and MY evo has been rooted since June. Now my friend wants his rooted. He has also done all the ota updates. If I do unrevoked 3.21, will I be able to unroot if he ever needs to take his phone back to Sprint ??? I've read a bunch of mixed results.

matthewjulian said:
Ok brother, 1)Run Unrevoked 3.21 using AmonRa when that is done 2)Make a Nandroid 3)You need to put Unrevoked Forever on your SD card and flash that, its that simple, now you are rooted, S-off, nand unlocked etc....
Have fun man, always remember NANDROID, NANDROID, NANDROID!!!!!!
It has saved my ass multiple times, it doesn't matter how advanced a user you think you are EVERYONE makes mistakes.
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All,
I've seen lots of info saying that a EVO 4G that came with 2.2 can't be rooted but based on what I'm seeing here that looks to be outdate info? Are you guys saying that unrevoked 3.21 is meant to be used on a EVO that comes with 2.2 or one that was already rooted?? Might be a dumb question but nothing out there clearly states this...
Thanks,

[Q] Rerooting with Unrevoked 3.22

I already have a rooted htc desire running stock 2.2 rom s-on. Is it ok to use unrevoked 3.22 and reroot to gain permanent unlocked NAND flash?

Ghettonine said:
I already have a rooted htc desire running stock 2.2 rom s-on. Is it ok to use unrevoked 3.22 and reroot to gain permanent unlocked NAND flash?
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There is no problem with trying Unrevoked again, esp if you're S-ON and want to change the Recovery. But why? For S-OFF, you should run Alpharev. But you probably know this already.

droidzone said:
There is no problem with trying Unrevoked again, esp if you're S-ON and want to change the Recovery. But why? For S-OFF, you should run Alpharev. But you probably know this already.
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I really dont have any idea what is Alpharev,I got the phone already rooted from a friend. He says he had never tried installing a custom rom and I notice its S-on but thanks for the advice.

Btw, i just want to make sure if it is ok not to unroot and just simply overite with unrevoked?

{Q} Very Confused. Hboot 2.10 S-on but I'm rooted?

Okay long story short...Replaced my EVO 3 months ago. Used unrevoked to root and have been on Miui for quite some time...
I want to flash the newest radio/wiimax/PRI ect but when I went into Bootloader to flash the PC36img.zip nothing happened. The bootloader finds the img file but nothing else happens. I then noticed that it says S-ON.
I'm confused. I thought in order to be rooted you have to be S-off? If that is the case how can I flash any rom I want? I also have AMON 2.3 recovery flashed as well...
Also, I would like to get to S-off so if I follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045 Will it work? Can I follow this guide with how my phone is now or do I have to unroot first? Thanks in advance.

Starzboy77 said:
Okay long story short...Replaced my EVO 3 months ago. Used unrevoked to root and have been on Miui for quite some time...
I want to flash the newest radio/wiimax/PRI ect but when I went into Bootloader to flash the PC36img.zip nothing happened. The bootloader finds the img file but nothing else happens. I then noticed that it says S-ON.
I'm confused. I thought in order to be rooted you have to be S-off? If that is the case how can I flash any rom I want? I also have AMON 2.3 recovery flashed as well...
Also, I would like to get to S-off so if I follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045 Will it work? Can I follow this guide with how my phone is now or do I have to unroot first? Thanks in advance.
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The original Unrevoked 3.1 came out and could root the EVO before they released Unrevoked Forever. I think all you need to do is go check out the Unrevoked Forever site (http://www.unrevoked.com/forever) and you should be able to S-OFF your rooted EVO so that the bootloader will be able to apply the PC36IMG.zip files.

I thought in order to be rooted you have to be S-off?
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Correct. Possibly you got unrooted by trying to flash the new ota.

tpbklake said:
The original Unrevoked 3.1 came out and could root the EVO before they released Unrevoked Forever. I think all you need to do is go check out the Unrevoked Forever site (http://www.unrevoked.com/forever) and you should be able to S-OFF your rooted EVO so that the bootloader will be able to apply the PC36IMG.zip files.
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Thank you so much! I am now S-off by running the Unrevoked Forever.Zip file. Flashing radios now. Thanks again! I assume that I'll have to flash a Sense ROM to update profile after I flash the radios?

yup.
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I have the same issue. I am fully rooted but s-on. Im guessing it happened when i flashed the latest radio update.

sitlet said:
Correct. Possibly you got unrooted by trying to flash the new ota.
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Wrong. S off is just the security setting. It has no correlation with being rooted. You can be rooted and still be s on like the op.
S off only enables the hboot to flash unsigned/unofficial images to the partitions. S off also allows the system to be written to while android is booted.
The unrevoked forever instructions even state you need to be rooted and have a custom recovery in order to set s off.

lovethyEVO said:
Wrong. S off is just the security setting. It has no correlation with being rooted. You can be rooted and still be s on like the op.
S off only enables the hboot to flash unsigned/unofficial images to the partitions. S off also allows the system to be written to while android is booted.
The unrevoked forever instructions even state you need to be rooted and have a custom recovery in order to set s off.
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Very good post. There is alot of misconception about this. Glad someone cleared it up

root for the newest ota?

Does unrevoked work with the newest ota that was just pushed?

it's been answered several times but the answer is no.
Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk

Ok, new to the forum, new(er) to rooting....
I understand the ota GB cant be rooted.... but... and Ive searched everywhere on numerous forums for about the entire day w/o finding an answer..... is there anyway to roll back the update to 2.2?
shipped-roms and the ruu seem to be out of biz, rsdlite was suggested by a friend... seems to only work with moto...
if it helps at all, I do have a dinc 2.2 rooted... problem is my fiance's phone, she accepted the ota before finding out it couldnt be rooted. Is there anyway to utilize anything from my phone to reflash hers?
Any help would be much appreciated... GB update is killing her phone
Thanks

caleb_w said:
Ok, new to the forum, new(er) to rooting....
I understand the ota GB cant be rooted.... but... and Ive searched everywhere on numerous forums for about the entire day w/o finding an answer..... is there anyway to roll back the update to 2.2?
shipped-roms and the ruu seem to be out of biz, rsdlite was suggested by a friend... seems to only work with moto...
if it helps at all, I do have a dinc 2.2 rooted... problem is my fiance's phone, she accepted the ota before finding out it couldnt be rooted. Is there anyway to utilize anything from my phone to reflash hers?
Any help would be much appreciated... GB update is killing her phone
Thanks
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There is no way to roll back, the phone wont let you. And no nothing from your phone will help. Has your gf phone ever been rooted?

If its S-Off it could be rooted. Otherwise, no.
Sent from my Droid Incredible running some random CM7 nightly.

No never been rooted.... s-on
thanks for the info, been looking for the straight yes/no all day, much appreciated

caleb_w said:
No never been rooted.... s-on
thanks for the info, been looking for the straight yes/no all day, much appreciated
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No problem, glad to help I hope Unrevoked continue the support of the Incredible.
Sent from my Droid Incredible running some random CM7 nightly.

I just got the used Incredible. It has the latest OTA and unrooted but it is S-OFF. How can I root this phone?

wildanw2 said:
I just got the used Incredible. It has the latest OTA and unrooted but it is S-OFF. How can I root this phone?
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You should be able to use Unrevoked:
http://unrevoked.com/recovery/
make sure you have the droid incredible driver installed on your PC as well.
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This process should root your phone, you'll then be able to flash other ROM's that may prove to be quicker, drain less battery, more stylish.

POQbum said:
You should be able to use Unrevoked:
http://unrevoked.com/recovery/
make sure you have the droid incredible driver installed on your PC as well.
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This process should root your phone, you'll then be able to flash other ROM's that may prove to be quicker, drain less battery, more stylish.
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Not sure if unrevoked would work or not. But if your s-off you can just flash cwm or amon ra recovery thru hboot, and then flash the super user binary thru recovery. Bam your rooted.
Clockwork Recovery 5.0.2.0 --> http://dinc.does-it.net/PB31IMG.zip Place on root of sd in no folders.
Super user binary -->
http://dinc.does-it.net/su.zip Place anywhere you like on your sd.

POQbum said:
You should be able to use Unrevoked:
http://unrevoked.com/recovery/
make sure you have the droid incredible driver installed on your PC as well.
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This process should root your phone, you'll then be able to flash other ROM's that may prove to be quicker, drain less battery, more stylish.
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I have tried unrevoked for 3 times but with no succes. I got a message “Error: failed to get root. Is your firmware too new?”
What do you mean by the droid incredible driver? I just installed the HBOOT Driver from unrevoked.
INCREDIBLE XC SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.92.0000
RADIO-2.15.10.07.07
Android version 2.3.4
Software number 4.06.605.2

wildanw2 said:
I have tried unrevoked for 3 times but with no succes. I got a message “Error: failed to get root. Is your firmware too new?”
What do you mean by the droid incredible driver? I just installed the HBOOT Driver from unrevoked.
INCREDIBLE XC SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.92.0000
RADIO-2.15.10.07.07
Android version 2.3.4
Software number 4.06.605.2
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See my post a couple up.
And for your info unrevoked gave the to new firmware error because you must be on the stock froyo radio for it to work, you are on the latest gingerbread radio. And there is also a newer version of gingerbread out, the official one 4.06.605.3 ruu you can get it in the dev section but if you do go from .2 to .3, do it before rooting as it will also un-root you.

cmlusco said:
See my post a couple up.
And for your info unrevoked gave the to new firmware error because you must be on the stock froyo radio for it to work, you are on the latest gingerbread radio. And there is also a newer version of gingerbread out, the official one 4.06.605.3 ruu you can get it in the dev section but if you do go from .2 to .3, do it before rooting as it will also un-root you.
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I read your previous post and follow your instruction but with no luck. I tried several custom recovery and renamed it to PB31IMG.zip but always fail. Is there any other way to flash the custom recovery, perhabs with fastboot, adb, etc and how? Can I flash back to RUU Froyo OTA then use unrevoked to get root since I already S-OFF?
Edit: Done! I get root again, thanks cmlusco. The problem is my SDCard which I used in Desire before. After reformatting the SDCard, everythings went well.

wildanw2 said:
I read your previous post and follow your instruction but with no luck. I tried several custom recovery and renamed it to PB31IMG.zip but always fail. Is there any other way to flash the custom recovery, perhabs with fastboot, adb, etc and how? Can I flash back to RUU Froyo OTA then use unrevoked to get root since I already S-OFF?
Edit: Done! I get root again, thanks cmlusco. The problem is my SDCard which I used in Desire before. After reformatting the SDCard, everythings went well.
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Glad to hear you got it working.

My gf finally wants me to root her Dinc and I noticed it's running 2.3.4 and dead stock. From reading here I guess it CANT be rooted now?
Has anything changed since the last post in this thread or is there a topic I should be following to find out when/if/how I can root the phone?

Curb71 said:
My gf finally wants me to root her Dinc and I noticed it's running 2.3.4 and dead stock. From reading here I guess it CANT be rooted now?
Has anything changed since the last post in this thread or is there a topic I should be following to find out when/if/how I can root the phone?
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It is still impossible, unfortunately.
Sent from my Droid Incredible running some random CM7 nightly.

cmlusco said:
Not sure if unrevoked would work or not. But if your s-off you can just flash cwm or amon ra recovery thru hboot, and then flash the super user binary thru recovery. Bam your rooted.
Clockwork Recovery 5.0.2.0 --> Place on root of sd in no folders.
Super user binary -->
Place anywhere you like on your sd.
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I have the exact same scenario but in the past I have never rooted a phone other than to get rid of software (that sprint forced on EVO) so I have never used recovery. I have been searching but maybe didn't go back far enough to be clear. Do I just copy the files as you stated and then select "recovery" while in the hboot screen???
INCREDIBLE XC SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.92.0000
RADIO-2.15.10.07.07
Android version 2.3.4
Software number 4.06.605.2
Any further explanation would be greatly appreciated.
TIA

There is a video how to downgrade the Dinc back to 2.1 by applefanatics
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celfon said:
I have the exact same scenario but in the past I have never rooted a phone other than to get rid of software (that sprint forced on EVO) so I have never used recovery. I have been searching but maybe didn't go back far enough to be clear. Do I just copy the files as you stated and then select "recovery" while in the hboot screen???
INCREDIBLE XC SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.92.0000
RADIO-2.15.10.07.07
Android version 2.3.4
Software number 4.06.605.2
Any further explanation would be greatly appreciated.
TIA
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You take the PB31IMG.zip and the su.zip and place them on your sd card in no folders. Boot into hboot and wait a couple secs. It will find the PB31IMG.zip and prompt you to hit volume up to flash it. Once thats done then select recovery from hboot and select install zip from sd and select the su.zip. Answer yes when prompted to install. After it has finished reboot your phone and install thr superuser app from the market. Thats it then your fully rooted.

Thanks for your help again.
I hit volume up to flash and within about a second it shows update complete and asks to reboot device. I've tried both ways Yes and No, with No continuing on and doing the su.zip as instructed. It doesn't seem to do anything either way. How long should the PB31IMG take to flash?

Can't get S-OFF via Revolutionary

I'm currently S-ON with hboot 2.10.0001.
When I try to use Revolutionary to get s-off it tells me that I don't have the right Hboot version.
So I checked the wiki for the tool and it says I need 2.16.0001 or 2.15.0001.
I tried flashing 2.16.0001 in recovery and it appears to work but at the top of my bootloader it still says 2.10.0001?
I'm not sure what the issue is.
P.S. ive been running miui for a while and do have some root just not unlocked nand i guess.

topdnbass said:
I'm currently S-ON with hboot 2.10.0001.
When I try to use Revolutionary to get s-off it tells me that I don't have the right Hboot version.
So I checked the wiki for the tool and it says I need 2.16.0001 or 2.15.0001.
I tried flashing 2.16.0001 in recovery and it appears to work but at the top of my bootloader it still says 2.10.0001?
I'm not sure what the issue is.
P.S. ive been running miui for a while and do have some root just not unlocked nand i guess.
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have you tried unrevoked also you cant flash roms without being nand unlocked (s-off)

UPDATE: Never mind. Unrevoked forever got me S-OFF
I can certainly flash roms and access recovery. No problems there.
I definitely have root (titanium backup works and I can issue superuser commands in terminal)
Is it possible that the bootloader is wrong?
BTW I cant flash different recoveries, it goes through but when I check I still have the same recovery (Amon RA).
I used a very old method of rooting (prior to GB). Everything has been cool but I did revert to stock everything briefly about 7 months ago.
When I took my phone in cause of a burnt out battery.
Can I use unrevoked even though I'm already rooted?
Don't want to mess anything up since everything is working except small things like adaway (requires s-off and won't work unless i use ADB from recovery).

topdnbass said:
I can certainly flash roms and access recovery. No problems there.
I definitely have root (titanium backup works and I can issue superuser commands in terminal)
Is it possible that the bootloader is wrong?
BTW I cant flash different recoveries, it goes through but when I check I still have the same recovery (Amon RA).
I used a very old method of rooting (prior to GB). Everything has been cool but I did revert to stock everything briefly about 7 months ago.
When I took my phone in cause of a burnt out battery.
Can I use unrevoked even though I'm already rooted?
Don't want to mess anything up since everything is working except small things like adaway (requires s-off and won't work unless i use ADB from recovery).
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I myself can't help with the unrevoked ?s because I never rooted a phone with unrevoked
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Lmao revolutionary on 2.2
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Why not update to 2.3.3 OTA and then use unrevoked takes 3 minutes to root
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