I know, I know, I know...
I am a member of a few different forums for other things and there is always a neb that comes on and asks a question that has been beat to death.
I have heard that God kills a kitten ever time someone post a thread before doing a search on what you are trying to get answered. So for my sake, God's sake and that poor kitten sake, I did read through a lot of post before I had the sack to post this question
I am posting this question because there seems to be a lot of different answers to a lot of different questions, so, I was hoping for very direct answers to these questions that I know have been asked plenty of times...
Here it goes...
I have purchased the HTE EVO w/ android 2.2 and I have had it for about 2 weeks.
I want to root my phone, which is my first ever smart phone.
This is what I would like to happen...
1) I want to be able to have the restore point so that I can flash my phone back to stock so that if something happens the warranty will still be good.
* Does this save on my home pc or sdcard? Or Both?
I have read that you need to download here not there(ruu...clockworks/rom manager)...no here not there...If you download anything but this you will not be able to get it back to the stock setting and Sprint will know you have rooted the phone...The whole thing started to get a little confusing.
I am a very simple person so I am hoping for a very simple answer, if there is one.
1) How do I root my HTC EVO that has the android 2.2?
2) How do I make sure that I can have a recovery point incase I mess it up (brick, etc...)
3) How do I make sure that I can flash my phone back to the original settings just incase I have to send it in to be fixed for some reason, which rom manager lets me do this?
4) Is it legal to do this?
5) What might be the biggest no-no to do before, during and after you root your phone?
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read this.
Visit the wiki, that should answer most of your answers.
1. Rooting voids warranty
2. Always perform a nand backup if you want to revert to your previous state.
Visit the wiki, the instructions are simple.
EDIT: Actually the wiki will answer all of your answers.
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Sorry for the silly ? But what is the wiki?
It is a sticky in Android Development called Evo Wiki. You have to put effort in searching, I believe in you!
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if you figure out if you want to root, i will be glad to help you do it. [honestly, that seems to be my self-chosen job on this subforum]
dkdude36 said:
if you figure out if you want to root, i will be glad to help you do it. [honestly, that seems to be my self-chosen job on this subforum]
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I need help PLEASE!!!! I just got my EVO on 11/18/10 and nothing works
(think its operator era ME! not even unrevoked3 and that's suppose to be simple if you can help me root my phone i got some lunch money for you
thanks for any thing you can do!
Goddamit don't try to root new evos wih unrevoked or you could be bricked for eva!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it could be impossible for you to root because you ran unrevoked, but might as well give it a try. Gtalk, email, and Im are all [email protected] and like I said earlier, rooting evos seems to be my job.
Ok...
I am a new b at this. How can I get my evo rooted?
I noticed not to use unrevoked, but that is the only thing out there when I do a search.
Can someone please point me to the right dirction. some idiot proof instructions, videos, etc...
Thank you in advance.
dkdude36 said:
Goddamit don't try to root new evos wih unrevoked or you could be bricked for eva!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it could be impossible for you to root because you ran unrevoked, but might as well give it a try. Gtalk, email, and Im are all [email protected] and like I said earlier, rooting evos seems to be my job.
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How many have you done? I would like to do it to line but I would like to have the answers to the questions on my op. Does not week like anyone has been able to simplify an answer yet? Thanks for your help, my ears are open.
chefdrew said:
How many have you done? I would like to do it to line but I would like to have the answers to the questions on my op. Does not week like anyone has been able to simplify an answer yet? Thanks for your help, my ears are open.
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i have helped like 4 people root on hboot .79, and i am in the process of helping 3 people (at once heh) to root 2.02. i have never actually rooted 2.02, but me and the people i'm working with should finish soon.
Juan Camaney said:
Ok...
I am a new b at this. How can I get my evo rooted?
I noticed not to use unrevoked, but that is the only thing out there when I do a search.
Can someone please point me to the right dirction. some idiot proof instructions, videos, etc...
Thank you in advance.
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DO NOT RUN UNREVOKED OR YUO COULD PERMANENTLY CORRUPT YOUR PHONE!!!!! at the moment, there is no brainless way of doing it. you need to manually set up the adb and usb drivers, and then do some coding work, along with downloading like 1/3 gig of files.
I just found this. Wondering if this (http://www.techofweb.com/technology/root-android-gingerbread-gingerbreak.html) would help us to unlock and root out 2.33 evos. I unlocked my last two smart phones (windows os) , but the android is still new to me.
Sadly no; the gingerbreak didn't work on the evo.
Yeah it wont work i test it and nothing!
Hack
Thanks to both of you. Wanted someones input before I try on my phone. Don't need to brick it.
acunn1 said:
Thanks to both of you. Wanted someones input before I try on my phone. Don't need to brick it.
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No problem, at least you asked and didn't complain after the fact.
i bricked it by flashing the villianrom 3.0. i realized my mistake and what i want to know is 1) Is my Phone COMPLETELY bricked? 2) Will a usb Jig work on a COMPLETELY bricked device?
I do have the option of easily replacing it, but that is the last resort thing. I want to know answers to these questions, not our $0.02 on this. i was fully aware of the hardware differences but did not know the VillianROM was for ATT GS2.
Sorry wrong section. Can someone move it to T-Mobile Galaxy S II section?
aranurea said:
i bricked it by flashing the villianrom 3.0. i realized my mistake and what i want to know is 1) Is my Phone COMPLETELY bricked? 2) Will a usb Jig work on a COMPLETELY bricked device?
I do have the option of easily replacing it, but that is the last resort thing. I want to know answers to these questions, not our $0.02 on this. i was fully aware of the hardware differences but did not know the VillianROM was for ATT GS2.
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You should get a jig and try it out to be sure. If it is completely bricked you can get it unbricked.
You can find more here: http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-t-mobile/
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Sorry wrong section. Can someone move it to T-Mobile Galaxy S II section?
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I notified the Moderators to help you move this to the right forum.
Sorry if this is prohibited here or in another forum.
I am going to buy a Sprint Note 2 with a bad esn from eBay.
I want to get it flashed to verizon prepaid unlimited.
I know it can be done.
1st question: can I keep my current Verizon phone number?
2) can I flash it myself (I do own a doner phone its a broken Droid 3 (verizon 3g) that will not power on it is a refurb I had replaced last year.)
3) would it be easier to allow someone to do this for me? and would anyone here be willing to help me flash it remotely for a reasonable fee?
4) after it has been flashed and working will I loose any functionality?
5) and will installing roms on this phone brick it or mess up anything if it does get successfully flashed??
Thanks so much
Chris
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Sorry if this is prohibited here or in another forum.
I am going to buy a Sprint Note 2 with a bad esn from eBay.
I want to get it flashed to verizon prepaid unlimited.
I know it can be done.
1st question: can I keep my current Verizon phone number?
2) can I flash it myself (I do own a doner phone its a broken Droid 3 (verizon 3g) that will not power on it is a refurb I had replaced last year.)
3) would it be easier to allow someone to do this for me? and would anyone here be willing to help me flash it remotely for a reasonable fee?
4) after it has been flashed and working will I loose any functionality?
5) and will installing roms on this phone brick it or mess up anything if it does get successfully flashed??
Thanks so much
Chris
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1.Yes
2.Yes you will need a phone that can be powered on
3.Yes im not the guy I am not familiar with verizonbut you may find someone
4. No
5.No
Hi Everyone, I am extremely new to rooting phones but I am very interested in rooting my phone. I have a verizon Samsung Galaxy note 2, SCH-I605 running 4.3,with build number VRUEMJ9 , I have been all over the place trying to get as much info as possible before trying anything because I am afraid of bricking my phone. I have read that the bootloader cant be unlocked so that means I cant install CWM. I was interested in trying the saferoot root method. I have been searching the forum like crazy but it just keeps confusing me more. I understand that since the bootloader is locked that I cant install custom ROMS, And once you root a phone can you turn it back? I guess if anyone can help me out I would really appreciate it, or even point me in the right direction of where I can learn more.Thanks alot in advance guys. Hope everyone is having a good day..
Yours is a Verizon Note 2... which is different from the international N7100.
Check out http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-note-2-root/how-to-root-verizon-galaxy-note-2-sch-i605/ and see if it helps.
This is where many users have been going to learn to root their device since Galaxy S2 times.
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Lol thanks I didn't even realize I posted in the wrong forum